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2001 South American Championships In Athletics
The 2001 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Vila Olímpica in Manaus, Brazil, from May 18–20. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Participation * (34) * (5) * (77) * (23) * (10) * (16) * (1) (guest) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (7) * (2) * (9) * (28) See also *2001 in athletics (track and field) This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2001. The foremost competition of the season was the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta ... References External links Men Results– GBR Athletics – GBR Athletics Full results {{South American athletics championships S South American Championships in Athletics A 2001 in South American sport International athletics competitions hosted by Brazil 2001 in Brazilian sport May 2001 sports events in South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the state, the city is the center of the Manaus metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan area in the North Region of Brazil by urban landmass. It is situated near the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the only city in the Amazon Rainforest with a population over 1 million people. The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro. It was elevated to a town in 1832 with the name of "Manaus", an altered spelling of the indigenous Manaós peoples, and legally transformed into a city on October 24, 1848, with the name of ''Cidade da Barra do Rio Negro'', Portuguese for "The City of the Margins of the Black River". On September 4, 1856, it returned to its original name. Manaus is located in the center of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Palma
Jonathan Palma (born 8 December 1981) is a retired Venezuelan sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn .... He won multiple medals on the regional level. His personal best of 45.55, set in Ambato in 2001, is the current national record. Competition record References 1981 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Venezuelan male sprinters Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Néstor García (athletics)
Néstor García may refer to: * Néstor García (basketball) (born 1965), Argentine basketball coach * Néstor García (runner) (born 1975), Uruguayan marathon runner * Nestor García (wrestler) (born 1966), Venezuelan Olympic wrestler {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Nestor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10,000 Metres
The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race consists of 25 laps around an Olympic-sized track. It is less commonly held at track and field meetings, due to its duration. The 10,000-metre track race is usually distinguished from its road running counterpart, the 10K run, by its reference to the distance in metres rather than kilometres. The 10,000 metres is the longest standard track event, approximately equivalent to or . Most of those running such races also compete in road races and cross country events. Added to the Olympic programme in 1912, athletes from Finland, nicknamed the "Flying Finns", dominated the event until the late 1940s. In the 1960s, African runners began to come to the fore. In 1988, the women's competition debuted in the Olympic Games. Official records ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Alejandro Semprún
José Alejandro Semprún (born March 12, 1973 in La Guayra) is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela. He competed for his native South American country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 79th place in the men's marathon. Semprún set his personal best (2:12.58) in the classic distance on February 6, 2000 in Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the .... Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise References *sports-reference 1973 births Living people Venezuelan male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Venezuela Venezuelan male long-distance runners 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Frazão
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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