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2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior Women's Race
The Senior women's race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal, on March 18, 2000. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', in the Herald, and for the IAAF. Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published. Race results Senior women's race (8.08 km) Individual Teams *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 104 athletes from 29 countries in the Senior women's race. * (2) * (4) * (4) * (4) * (6) * (1) * (6) * (1) * (4) * (6) * (6) * (5) * (6) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (6) * (5) * (3) * (1) * (6) * (4) * (6) * (6) * (2) * (1) * (2) See also * 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race * 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race * 2000 IAAF World Cross Country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merima Denboba
Merima Denboba (born 21 August 1974 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner, who specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. Denboba won the 2003 Oeiras International Cross Country, beating two-time champion Leah Malot in the process.Costas, Paulo (16 November 2003)Bekele wins but is closely shadowed by Kigen IAAF. Retrieved 2009-11-22. She also won the Cross Internacional de Itálica that year, and returned for a second victory in 2004. Medina now coaches the track and field team of Seattle Preparatory School International competitions Personal bests *1500 metres - 4:14.60 min (1994) *3000 metres - 8:44.21 min (1999) *5000 metres - 15:06.08 min (2001) *10,000 metres - 31:32.63 min (1999) *Half marathon - 1:11:37 hrs (2005) *Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kylie Risk
Kylie Risk (born 28 November 1973) is an Australian former long-distance runner. She competed in the 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * 1973 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Australian female long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Australia Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Ryan
Rosemary Ryan (born 8 November 1975) is a retired Ireland, Irish long-distance runner who was on the Ireland 2000 Summer Olympics team. Born in Limerick (city), Limerick, she attended the University of Limerick between 1996 and 1998.Rosemary Ryan Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-02-01. She competed for Ireland five times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 1999 and 2006. Running career Ryan competed for Boston University where she was an All-American. She competed at the 2000 Olympics in the Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres, 5000 metres where she finished in eighth place in her heat race. In 2001, she competed in the World University Games finishing fourth. In 2002, she won a team bron ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agata Balsamo
Agata Balsamo ( Nicolosi, 11 November 1970) is an Italian former long-distance runner. Biography In her career she won 4 times the national championships. Achievements National titles *1 win in 5000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (2003) *1 win in 10000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1999) *2 wins in cross-country Cross country or cross-country may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland * Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY * Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yo ... at the Italian Athletics Championships (2000, 2001) See also * Italian all-time top lists - 5000 metres * Italian all-time top lists - 10000 metres References External links * Agata Balsamoat All-Athletics.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Balsamo, Agata 1968 births Italian female long-distance runners Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Living people FISU World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Smolders
Aanya, Anya or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most cultures especially Indian, and unisex in several African and European countries. Origins and variant forms * Aanya or Anya is an Indian name that means inexhaustible, limitless and resurrection. It is of Sanskrit origin. * Aanya or Anya in Hebrew means favoured by God. *Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of Anna. *Ania is the spelling in Polish, which is also a diminutive of Anna. *The spelling Anja is common in Croatian, Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Slovenian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Serbian and Kurdish. *Anya is sometimes used as an anglicisation of the Irish name Áine *Anya is an old Kurdish name. It means "strength" or "power". *Anya is a Hungarian word for "mother". *Anya is a Nigerian Igbo name, and also word for "eye." *Anya (ⴰⵏⵢⴰ) is an Amazigh/Berber name. It means "rhythm" or "melody" in Berber languages. People with the given name Anya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidiya Grigoryeva
Lidiya Grigoryeva (russian: Лидия Григорьева; born 25 January 1974 in Smychka, Chuvash ASSR) is a Russian long-distance runner from the Chuvashia region. Running career Grigoryeva won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden in a time of 30:32.72, a new personal best and the tenth-best time ever run by a European woman. She also won the 2006 Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:25:10 and the 2005 Paris Marathon in 2:27:01. Her personal best over the half marathon is 1:11:01, run in Edmonton at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She was the women's 2007 Boston Marathon winner with a time of 2:29:18, and captured the 2008 Chicago Marathon title with a 2:27:17 time. Grigoryeva competed for Russia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics in the 10,000 metres, finishing ninth and eighth respectively. Doping In 2016, the IAAF announced that the then-42 year old Grigoryeva had been banned two-and- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Recio
Maria Teresa Recio (born 7 July 1963 in Villares de la Reina) is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and cross-country running. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Achievements Personal bests *1500 metres - 4:18.83 min (1996) *3000 metres - 9:00.72 min (1998) *5000 metres - 15:12.06 min (2000) *10,000 metres - 31:43.80 min (1999) *Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ... - 1:13:42 hrs (2003) References External links * 1963 births Living people Spanish female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain Spanish Athletics Championships winners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivera Jevtić
Olivera Jevtić ( sr-Cyrl, Оливера Јевтић, born 24 July 1977) is a Serbian long-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Running career Jevtić was born in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, otherwise known presently as Užice, Serbia. Her parents are father Milorad and mother Draginja. She is based in her native city, coached by Slavoljub "Slavko" Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club AK Mladost Užice. Jevtić holds the Serbian marathon record of 2:25:23, which she established at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2003. She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In December 2007, coach Kuzmanović and Jevtić went on an altitude training trip to Eldoret, Kenya, when violent conflict erupted from the 2007 Kenyan election crisis. Although they wanted to continue working out in spite of the violence, her training partner, Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhane Adere
Berhane Adere Debala ( Ge'ez: ብርሀኔ አደሬ born 21 July 1973 in Shewa) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in the 10,000 metres and the half marathon. She was world champion over 10,000 m in 2003 and world champion in the half marathon in 2002. Berhane works for UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador for girls' education. Berhane held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold. The African record was broken at the 2008 Olympics by Tirunesh Dibaba, who became the first African to run under 30 minutes. Berhane won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2002, and the bronze medal in the 2001 World Half Marathon Championships. She was the gold medallist over 3000 metres at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She won the 2006 Chicago Marathon with a personal best time of 2:20:42. She won the Chicago Marathon again in 2007 and the Dubai Marathon on 18 January 2008. Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jen Rhines
Jennifer "Jen" Rhines (born July 1, 1974 in Syracuse, New York) is an American long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running events. She has competed in three different Summer Olympics and made 15 US Teams. Rhines attended Villanova University as an undergraduate. While at Villanova, Rhines was a five-time NCAA individual champion: 5000 meters (1994, 1995, and 1996), 5000i meters (1995), and cross country (1994). She won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female cross country runner in 1994–95. As a post-collegiate professional runner, Rhines has won three USA 15K national titles (1998, 2005, 2011), a USA half-marathon championship (2011), and was USA 10,000 meter champion on the track in 2002. She competed in the women's 10,000 meters race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and finished 16th in her semi-final with a time of 34:08.28. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, she competed in the women's marathon and finished the race in 34th place with a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deena Drossin
Deena Michelle Kastor (née Drossin; born February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner. She was a holder of American records in the marathon (2006-2022) and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is also an eight-time national champion in cross country. Early and personal life Kastor is Jewish, and was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. She is an alumna of Agoura High School located in Agoura Hills, California. She ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas. She is married to Andrew Kastor. In August 2010, they announced that she was three months pregnant with their first child, Piper. As a result, she announced she would not compete in that year's New York City Marathon, held November 7. Her daughter was born in February 2011. Career highlights In high school, Kastor won three California state cross country titles and two CIF California State Meet titles at 3200 meters while running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
