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1985 IAAF World Indoor Games
The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the ''World Indoor G ... and gained official status. There were a total number of 319 participating athletes from 69 countries. . Doha 2010. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Results Men Women Medals table Participating nations * (1) * (2) * (6) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (1) * ( ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikem Billy
Ikem G Billy (born 25 January 1964) is a British former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He was the bronze medallist at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games and a silver medallist at the 1989 Summer Universiade. He was a two-time national champion, with one win outdoors and one indoors. He represented his country at the IAAF World Indoor Championships on two occasions and England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Career Billy grew in the Wirral and took up running at an early age, first representing England at the age of thirteen. Ikem Billy – European Junior Champion Wirral AC (July 2015). Retrieved on 2016-02-14. His first success came at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Sjöberg
Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg (; born 5 January 1965) is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javier Sotomayor and Mutaz Essa Barshim. He twice held the world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38 m (1985) and 2.41 m (1987). He was the 1987 World Champion and three-times an Olympic medallist. Early life Sjöberg was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland and was a member of the Örgryte IS club. Career Sjöberg has a gold medal from the World Championships in Rome 1987 and has three Olympic medals: silver medals from Los Angeles 1984 and Barcelona 1992, and a bronze medal from Seoul 1988. Sjöberg is the only high jumper to have won medals in more than two Olympic Games. He won the 1985 World Indoor Games, is a four-time European Indoor champion and twice won the World Cup title. Sjöberg received the ''Svenska Dagbladet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Smith (race Walker)
David Gregory "Dave" Smith (born 24 July 1955) is a retired male race walker from Australia, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 (Moscow). His best Olympic result was finishing in tenth place in the men's 20 km race at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His son, Dane Bird-Smith Dane Alex Bird-Smith (born 15 July 1992) is an Australian racewalking athlete. He competes in the 20 kilometres race walk, and has a best of 1:19:28 hours for the distance, set in 2017. He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he was the br ..., also became an international walker for Australia.Gleeson, Michael (12 August 2013)Bird-Smith walks out of father's shadow ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Retrieved 2015-07-15. International competitions References * *Profile 1955 births Living people People from South Australia Australian male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Damilano
Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walking, race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior (athletics), senior level, at the International athletics championships and games, International athletics competitions. Biography He was the Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Olympic Champion and the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 1987 and 1991 World Championships in Athletics, 1991 World Champion in the 20 km race walk. He has 60 caps in Italy national athletics team, national team from 1977 to 1992. Damilano is also the world record holder of the racewalking, 30 km race walk with the time of 2:01:44.1, achieved in Cuneo in 1992. He is the twin brother of the former race walker Giorgio Damilano and of the coach Sandro Damilano. In 1999, Maurizio Damilano and Giorgio Damilano founded Speed walking, Fit Walking. Achievements National titles Maurizio Damilano has won the individual Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Lelièvre
Gérard Lelièvre (born 13 November 1949 in Laval, Mayenne Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ill ...) is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics during his career, starting in 1976. Achievements References * 1949 births Living people People from Laval, Mayenne French male racewalkers Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mayenne Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Ridgeon
Jonathan ("Jon") Peter Ridgeon (born 14 February 1967) is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles. In the 110m hurdles, he won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships and the gold medal at the 1987 Universiade. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Biography Ridgeon was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He won the 110 m hurdles at the European Junior Championship in 1985, ahead of his fellow British athlete Colin Jackson, who finished runner-up. Ridgeon then finished second to Jackson at the 1986 World Junior Championships. He represented England in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ridgeon won the 110 m hurdles gold medal at the 1987 Universiade (World University Games) in Zagreb. At the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Ridgeon won a silver medal in the 110 m hurdles (with Jackson taking the bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Moracho
Javier Moracho Torrente (born August 18, 1957, in Monzón, Huesca) is a retired hurdler from Spain. He won the European Indoor Championships in 1986 and a silver medal at the inaugural World Indoor Games in 1985. He finished seventh at the 1980 Olympics. Moracho's personal best time was 13.42 seconds, achieved in August 1987 in Barcelona. The Spanish record currently belongs to the former Ecuadorian Jackson Quiñónez Jackson Quiñónez Vernaza (born 12 June 1980 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is a Spanish hurdler of Afro-Ecuadorian descent. He represented his birth country Ecuador until October 2005. Career He won the bronze medal in 60 metres hurdles for his n ... with 13.34 seconds. Furthermore, another Spanish hurdler Felipe Vivancos has run in 13.41 seconds.IAAF profile foFelipe Vivancos/ref> International competitions References * * 1957 births Living people Spanish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Caristan
Stéphane Caristan (born 31 May 1964) is a retired hurdler from France, who set the world's best year performance in 1986. He did so by winning the men's 110 metres hurdles final at the European Championships in Stuttgart, clocking 13.20, which was also his personal best. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. Caristan later became the coach of French sprinter Christine Arron. International competitions 1Did not finish in the final Personal bests Outdoor *110 metres hurdles – 13.20 (+2.0 m/s, Stuttgart 1986) *400 metres hurdles – 48.86 (Barcelona 1992) Indoor *60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ... – 7.50 (Liévin 1987) References External links * * * * * Profile All-Athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Uvizl
Ivan Uvizl (born 16 August 1958) is a Czech former long-distance runner. He was a bronze medallist at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games and was a three-time Czechoslovak champion. He participated three times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He started running in the late 1970s and began to compete internationally shortly afterwards, including finishes of fifth at the 1981 Summer Universiade and eighth at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships.Ivan Uvizl Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-02-20. He won his national titles in this period, taking the outdoor 5000 metres t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Clary
Donald Gene Clary Jr. (born July 29, 1957) is an American former long-distance runner who competed mainly in 5000 meters and cross country running. He represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics and competed three times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, taking a junior title in 1975 and a senior team silver medal in 1980. He was the 3000 meters silver medallist at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games. Career Don Clary was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and graduated from East Anchorage High School in 1975. Clary had his first success as a junior (under-20) athlete at the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships where his fifth-place finish took the American juniors to the team title, alongside Bobby Thomas, Roy Kissin, and Ralph Serna. He went on to attend the University of Oregon and ran for the Oregon Ducks collegiate team. At the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships he placed seventh and was runner-up in the team rankings alongsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Campos
João José Pontes Campos (born 22 September 1958 in Albufeira) is a Portuguese former middle-distance runner who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec .... References 1958 births Living people People from Albufeira Portuguese male middle-distance runners Portuguese male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal S.L. Benfica athletes World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Sportspeople from Faro District {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
