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1996 European Indoor Championships In Athletics
The 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Globe Arena, Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden from Friday, 8 March to Sunday, 10 March 1996. This was the first edition to feature women's pole vault. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations * (1) * (1) * (2) * (9) * (9) * (7) * (1) * (15) * (3) * (5) * (18) * (4) * (8) * (7) * (37) * (1) * (33) * (25) * (24) * (7) * (4) * (3) * (12) * (23) * (8) * (4) * (2) * (2) * (5) * (6) * (8) * (12) * (7) * (18) * (33) * (1) * (2) * (11) * (28) * (23) * (8) * (7) * (15) * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe D'Urso
Giuseppe D'Urso (born 15 September 1969) is a former Italian 800 metres runner, vice-world champion in 1993. Biography Giuseppe D'Urso won four medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1996), he has 31 caps in national team from 1989 to 2000. He won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. In addition he won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. His personal best in 800 metres is 1'43"95. Achievements National titles He has won 7 times the individual national championship. *2 wins in the 800 metres (1993, 1994) *3 wins in the 800 metres indoor (1993, 1996, 2000) *2 wins in the 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ... indoor (1997, 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinar Hoen
Steinar Hoen (born 8 February 1971) is a retired Norwegian high jumper. He represented IK Tjalve during his senior career. He has been the meeting director for the Bislett Games since 2007. His indoor and outdoor bests are both 2.36 m – these are also the Norwegian records for the event. Career In his early career he finished eleventh at the 1990 World Junior Championships, fourteenth at the 1991 World Championships, ninth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships and ninth at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics together with Håkon Särnblom without reaching the finals. In 1994 he finished fourth at the European Indoor Championships before winning the European Championships in August with a jump of 2.35 metres. This result was a competition record for exactly twelve years, until Andrey Silnov surpassed it by 2.36 m. Hoen came close to medals in 1995, with fourth places from both the World Indoor Championships and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Pumalainen
Leonid Vladimirovich Pumalainen (russian: Леонид Владимирович Пумалайнен; born 13 April 1970) is a retired Russian high jumper. Career He finished fifth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships, seventh at the 1994 European Championships, and won a bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games behind Javier Sotomayor and Hollis Conway. In 1996 he won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in Stockholm with a jump of 2.33 metres. Pumalainen became Russian high jump champion in 1994. Rivals around this time include Aleksey Yemelin, Grigoriy Fedorkov and Aleksey Denisov. He also became indoor champion in 1996. His personal best outdoors was 2.30 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Eberstadt Eberstadt () is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is best known for its winegrowing and its yearly international high jump meeting (the Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting Eberstadt The Internationales .... I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragutin Topić
Dragutin Topić ( sr-cyr, Драгутин Топић, born 12 March 1971 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian former high jumper. Biography Topić is a world junior record holder with 2.37 m, which he set while winning the 1990 World Junior Championships, three weeks before his win at the senior European Championships. In the same year, Topić received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topić set five national records and claimed four Yugoslav national championships in the men's high jump event. He is a former member of AK Crvena zvezda, where he spent the majority of his career. Topić competed until 2012, and had one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only world junior record with 2.37 m, but also world masters record for the ages over 35 (2.31 m, set in 2009), and over 40 years of age (2.28 m, set in 2012). He competed at eight World Championships, and at six Olympic Games (between 1992 and 2012), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Nsenga
Jonathan Nsenga (born 21 April 1973) is a retired Belgian hurdler. He was born in Mons and represented the club OCAN. In his early career he won the silver medal at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie, the gold medal at the 1995 Universiade, the bronze medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and the silver medal at the 1997 Universiade. He participated at the 1992 World Junior Championships, the 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Indoor Championships, the 1995 World Championships, the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final. In 1997 he received a three-month doping ban for ephedrine use. After the doping ban he finished fourth at the 1998 European Indoor Championships, eighth at the 1998 European Championships, eighth at the 1999 World Championships and second at the 1999 Universiade and seventh at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, the 2001 World Championships, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntis Peders
Guntis Peders (born 15 August 1973 in Valmiera) is a retired Latvian athlete who specialised in the high hurdles. His biggest success is the silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Stockholm, where his country, thanks to him and Igors Kazanovs, for the first time won two medals in one event. In addition, he represented Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as 1995 and 1997 World Championships. He retired from professional athletics after the 1999 season. His personal bests are 13.47 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (Tallinn 1996) and 7.65 seconds in the 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 ... (Stockholm 1996). Competition record References External links * * * 1973 births Living people Latvian male hurdler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igors Kazanovs
Igors Kazanovs (russian: Игорь Яковлевич Казанов; born September 24, 1963) is a former hurdler. Born in Daugavpils, he represented the Soviet Union and later Latvia. He was a soldier in the Soviet army. In the 110 metres hurdles, he finished fifth in the 1987 World Championship final and sixth in the 1993 World Championship final, having run his personal best of 13.26 seconds in the semifinals. In the 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 ..., he won four European Indoor gold medals and was a two-time medallist at the World Indoor Championships. He also competed at two Olympic Games. He has a wife and two daughters. Competition record References External links * * * * 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Papoulias
Panagiotis Papoulias ( el, Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας; born 9 December 1969) is a Greek former track and field athlete who competing middle- and long-distance running events. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships.European Athletics Indoor Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16. He was a two-time participant at the (1995 and 1997) and also ran at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and |
Christophe Impens
Christophe Impens (born 9 December 1969 in Ghent) is a retired Belgian athlete who competed in middle-distance events. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships. His biggest success is the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *1500 metres – 3:34.13 (Brussels 1996) NR * One Mile – 3:55.75 (Brussels 1993) Indoor *1500 metres – 3:38.01 (Ghent 1997) * One Mile – 3:54.13 (Ghent 1997) NR *3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ... – 7:49.43 (Ghent 1996) References 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Ghent Belgian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Belgium Athletes (track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacleto Jiménez
Anacleto Jiménez Pastor (born 24 February 1967 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a retired Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ... long-distance runner. Achievements Personal bests *1500 metres - 3:34.47 min (1996) *3000 metres - 7:35.83 min (1998) *5000 metres - 13:08.30 min (1997) *10,000 metres - 28:27.98 min (1999) References * * 1967 births Living people Spanish male long-distance runners Spanish male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Spain Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelkader Chékhémani
Abdelkader Chékhémani (born 18 July 1971 in Barentin) is a French former middle distance runner who competed in 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, .... Competition record References 1971 births Living people French male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of France Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Barentin Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime Universiade gold medalists for France Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
