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1991 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Javelin Throw
These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9 UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00. During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time wit ...)'' Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Qualification * Held on Saturday 1991-08-31 Final See also * 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul) * 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split) * 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona) * 1994 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki) References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1991 World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. History The javelin throw was added to the Ancient Olympic Games as part of the pentathlon in 708 BC. It included two events, one for distance and the other for accuracy in hitting a target. The javelin was thrown with the aid of a thong ('' ankyle'' in Greek) that was wound around the middle of the shaft. Athletes held the javelin by the ''ankyle'', and when they released the shaft, the unwinding of the thong gave the javelin a spiral trajectory. Throwing javelin-like poles into targets was revived in Germany and Sweden in the early 1870s. In Sweden, these poles developed into the modern javelin, and throwing them for distance became a common event there and in Finland in the 1880s. The rules continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trine Hattestad
Elsa Katrine Hattestad (née Solberg; born 18 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. During her career, she was a European, World, and Olympic Champion, and broke the world record twice. Her personal best, set in 2000, of 69.48 m is the Norwegian record. It also ranks her fifth on the overall list. Career Hattestad made her international debut at the 1981 European Junior Championships, finishing fifth. The following year, at the age of just 16, she competed in the European Championships for seniors. By the beginning of the 1990s, Hattestad was one of the best female javelin throwers in the world. In 1993, she won her first major international title, the World Championships in Stuttgart as well as the IAAF Golden Four. To that, she added the 1994 European title. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, she won the bronze medal. The following year, she regained the World Championships. At the 1999 World Championships, she lost t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Miyajima
is a Japanese track and field athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Toyama Prefecture Japanese female javelin throwers Olympic female javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laverne Eve
Laverne Eve (born 16 June 1965, in Nassau) is a female track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw (new javelin) is 63.73 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Nashville. In her early career she also competed in shot put and discus throw. 30 years after starting her career, she still throws at a high level. Eve was a member of the Louisiana State University track and field team. In 1982 and in 1983, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete both of the 1982 CARIFTA Games and 1983 CARIFTA Games The 12th CARIFTA Games was held in Fort-de-France, Martinique on April 2–4, 1983. Participation (unofficial) For the 1983 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yield .... She was the first athlete to gain the trophy for the second time. International competitions References External links * * {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katalin Hartai
Katalin Hartai (born 24 March 1963 in Budapest) is a retired female javelin thrower from Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ... who represented her native country during the 1980s and the early 1990s. Achievements Awards * Hungarian athlete of the Year (1): 1990 References * 1963 births Living people Hungarian female javelin throwers Athletes from Budapest Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Mayhew
Donna Lee Mayhew (born June 20, 1960, in Dupont, Pennsylvania) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...: 1988 and 1992. She set her personal best (63.66 metres) in 1988. International competitions References * * 1960 births Living people People from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Pennsylvania American female javelin throwers Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Gibson
Sharon Angela Gibson (born 31 December 1961 in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire) is a female retired English athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw event during her career. Athletics career Gibson twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. Gibson was affiliated with the Notts Athletic Club. She represented England in the javelin event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Eight years later she represented England in the javelin again and finished fourth, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. A further four years later and at her third Commonwealth games she finally won a medal when winning the bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoaneta Todorova
Antoaneta Ivanova Todorova-Selenska ( bg, Антоанета Иванова Тодорова-Селенска; born 8 June 1963) is a retired female javelin thrower from Bulgaria, who set the world record and the world's best year performance in 1981. She made her mark (71.88 m) at a meet in Zagreb on 15 August 1981. Todorova was born in Samovodene, Veliko Tarnovo, and competed in three Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ... (1980, 1988 and 1992). International competitions References * * 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Veliko Tarnovo Province Bulgarian female javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Bulgaria Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heli Rantanen
Heli Rantanen (born 26 February 1970) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was an Olympic Champion, having won gold in 1996. Her winning throw of 67.94 m was more than two metres ahead of the silver medalist. She was the first Nordic woman to become an Olympic Champion in athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti .... Achievements References *Sporting-heroes.net 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Hämeenlinna Finnish female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1996 Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Shikolenko
Natalya Shikolenko ( be, Натальля Шыкаленка; born August 1, 1964, in Andizhan, Uzbekistan) is a javelin thrower who represented USSR and later Belarus. She won an Olympic silver medal and a World Championship gold. Her sister Tatyana Shikolenko is also a successful javelin thrower, first representing Belarus but switching to Russia in 1996. Achievements External links * 1964 births Living people People from Andijan Soviet female javelin throwers Belarusian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Olympic athletes for Belarus World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics CIS Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Verouli
Anna Verouli ( el, Άννα Βερούλη, born November 13, 1956) is a retired Greek javelin thrower. She was born in Kavala. She won the gold medal at the 1982 European Athletics Championships, and a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. Verouli was tested positive for nandrolone at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was banned from the competition. She was married to weightlifter Ioannis Tsintsaris. Honours See also * |
Päivi Alafrantti
Päivi Jaana Maarit Alafrantti (born 8 May 1964 in Tervola, Lapland) is a retired female javelin thrower from Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... Achievements 1No mark in the final External links * * * http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/fi/atw.php?ID=10489 1964 births Living people People from Tervola Finnish female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland European Athletics Championships medalists FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Finland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland) Finnish Athletics Championships winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
