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1983 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Triple Jump
These are the official results of the men's triple jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' .... There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 8 August 1983. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Eastern European Time ( UTC+2)'' Records Final Qualifying round *Held on Sunday 1983-08-07 with the mark set at 16.50 metres See also * 1980 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Moscow) * 1982 Men's European Championships Triple Jump (Athens) * 1984 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Los Angeles) * 1986 Men's European Championships Triple Jump (Stuttgart) References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1983 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Triple Jump T Triple jump at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple Jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. The triple jump was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympics event since the Games' inception in 1896. According to World Athletics rules, "the hop shall be made so that an athlete lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off; in the step he shall land on the other foot, from which, subsequently, the jump is performed." The current male world record holder is Jonathan Edwards of the United Kingdom, with a jump of . The current female world record holder is Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, with a jump of . History Historical sources on the ancient Olympic Games occasionally mention jumps of 15 meters or more. This led sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Knabe
Wolfgang Knabe (born 12 July 1959) is a West German triple jumper. He finished eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best jump was 17.12 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Düsseldorf. This result places him ninth on the German all-time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai, Dirk Gamlin, Peter Bouschen, Wolfgang Zinser, Jörg Drehmel and Jörg Elbe Jörg or Joerg () is a German name, equivalent to George in English. * Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver * Jörg Frischmann, German Paralympian athlete * Jörg Haider, Austrian politician * Jörg Andrees Elten (also Swami Satyananda), .... He became West German champion in 1988, representing the sports clubs SV Union Groß-Ilsede and TV Wattenscheid. He also won an array of silver and bronze medals between 1983 and 1994, and became West German indoor champion in 1986. He has continued to j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esa Viitasalo
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John Herbert (athlete)
John Alun Adolphus Herbert (born 20 April 1962) is an English former sportsperson, who represented Great Britain as both a triple jumper and a bobsledder. Competing in athletics, he won the gold medal for England in the triple jump at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. He competed in the Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Four-man, four-man bobsleigh event at the 1994 Winter Olympics (finishing in eighth place). Since retired from sport he moved into art and media, working with broadcaster ITV and Art of the Olympians, among others. He was born in Meadows, Nottingham, Meadows, Nottingham. Athletics career Herbert competed in sport of athletics, athletics as a triple jumper in the 1980s and 1990s. He qualified in two Summer Olympics, finishing 10th in 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, failing to make the final in 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988. Herbert also represented Great Britain at the 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zou Zhenxian
Zou Zhenxian (; born November 10, 1955) is a retired Chinese triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...er, best known for finishing fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His personal best jump is 17.34 metres, achieved in September 1981 in Rome. This was the oldest Chinese record, until Li Yanxi broke it with a distance of 17.59 metres. International competitions References *picture External links * 1955 births Living people Chinese male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games Universia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hanna
Steven George Hanna (Birth date: 30 October 1958 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian triple jumper who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ..., and at the same games finished fourth in the triple jump. Steven Hanna jumped 56’1 in the CAC Games in Nassau representing The Bahamas. Mr. Hanna was the 1980 and 1981 NCAA Triple Jump Champion competing for the University of Texas-El Paso. Steve anchored two NCAA titles in Track and Field for the UTEP Miners. References 1958 births Living people Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Bahamian male triple jumpers Bahamian male long jumpers Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Athletes (tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedros Bedrosian
Bedros Bedrosian (born 21 May 1955) is a retired male triple jumper from Romania. His personal best jump was 17.27 metres, achieved in June 1984 in Bucharest. This ranks him second among Romanian triple jumpers, only behind Marian Oprea. He finished fourteenth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and sixth at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics. He became national champion five times in a row, from 1980 through 1984. After retiring he became a coach. He was hired as jumping coach for the Saudi Arabian national team, notably training Hussein Taher Al-Sabee and Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (born 19 June 1981 in Dhahran) is a Saudi Arabian long jumper. His personal best is 8.48 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. This is also the current Asian record. At the global level, he co .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennadiy Valyukevich
Gennadiy Valyukevich ( be, Генадзь Валюкевіч; 1 June 1958 – 30 December 2019) was a triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R .... He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships. He was the father of Dmitrij Valukevic, who currently represents Slovakia. Achievements External links * 1958 births 2019 deaths Belarusian male triple jumpers Soviet male triple jumpers {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bouschen
Peter Bouschen (born 16 May 1960 in Düsseldorf) is a retired West German triple jumper. His personal best jump was 17.43 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Düsseldorf. This result places him fifth on the German all-time list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai Volker Mai (born 3 May 1966 in Templin) is a former triple jumper who represented East Germany. Representing SC Neubrandenburg, he holds the current world junior record with 17.50 metres, achieved on 23 June 1985 in Erfurt. Biography Mai won h ... and Dirk Gamlin. He became West German champion in 1981, 1983, 1986 and 1987 and West German indoor champion in 1981 and 1987. He represented the club DJK Agon 08 Düsseldorf. Achievements References * 1960 births Living people German male triple jumpers West German male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany DJK Agon 08 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Joyner
Alfrederick Joyner (born January 19, 1960) is an American track and field coach and former athlete. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He is the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. He was also the coach and husband of the late four-time Olympic medalist Florence Griffith Joyner and is the brother of six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Career A star athlete at Lincoln High School in East St. Louis, Illinois, Joyner went on to attend Arkansas State University. He competed with their track and field team throughout his college career and, by the time he graduated, Joyner was a three-time NCAA All-American indoor champion, a three-time NCAA All-American and outdoor champion, a four-time Southland Conference champ and had placed 8th in the triple jump at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. In 1984 Joyner traveled to Los Angeles for the Summer Games to compete with the U.S. Olympic track and field team. With a leap of 56 feet 7.5 inche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béla Bakosi
Béla Bakosi (born 18 June 1957) is a retired triple jumper from Hungary. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Compl .... Achievements External links * 1957 births Living people Hungarian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Hungary European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Athletes from Budapest Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
