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2001 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Long Jump
These are the results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Mountain Standard Time ( UTC-7)'' Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Final ReferencesResults {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 World Championships in Athletics - Women's long jump Long Jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with ...
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Long Jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948. Rules At the elite level, competitors run down a runway (usually coated with the same rubberized surface as running tracks, crumb rubber or vulcanized rubber, known generally as an all-weather track) and jump as far as they can from a wooden or synthetic board, 20 centimetres or 8 inches wide, that is built flush with the runway, into a pit filled with soft damp sand. If the competitor starts the leap with any part of the foot past the foul line, the jump is declared a foul and no distance is recorded. A layer of plasticine is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elva Goulbourne
Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne (born 21 January 1980 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. Her personal best result is , achieved in 2004. She represented Jamaica in four consecutive World Championships in Athletics, from 2001 to 2007. Her sole Olympic outing at the 2000 Sydney Games was also her best global performance, placing ninth. She was the silver medallist in the long jump at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the same competition she won silver with the Jamaican women's 4×100 metres relay team. She was the bronze medallist at the 1999 Pan American Games and a two-time champion of the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics (2001 and 2003). College While at Auburn under coach Henry Rolle Sir Henry Rolle (1589–1656), of Shapwick in Somerset, was Chief Justice of the King's Bench and served as MP for Callington, Cornwall, (1614–1623–4) and for Truro, Cornwall (1625–1629). Ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heike Drechsler
Heike Gabriela Drechsler (; ; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000. Drechsler also won Olympic medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres in 1988, a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships, and is a former world record holder in the 200 metres with 21.71 secs in 1986. Biography Drechsler was born in Gera, Bezirk Gera, East Germany (now Thuringia, Germany). As a teenager she was active in the Free German Youth (FDJ) and in 1984 she was elected to the Volkskammer of East Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Bobrovskaya
Elena Bobrovskaya (born 11 April 1975) is a retired Kyrgyzstani athlete who specialized in the 100 metres and long jump. As a sprinter she competed at the World Indoor Championships in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2004 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final. Her personal best time was 11.35 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Bishkek. She also had 23.35 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Tashkent. As a long jumper she competed at the World Championships in 1999 and 2001 as well as the 2000 Olympic Games, but again without reaching the final. Her personal best jump was 6.73 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Almaty. She also had 13.14 metres in the triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ..., achieved in May 2000 in Almaty. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Falaiye
Alice Falaiye (born 24 December 1978) is a Canadian long jumper. She has won gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, .... She also competed at the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final. Falaiye never appeared in the Olympics. Her personal best jump is 6.72 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Baton Rouge. References External links * * * 1978 births Living people Canadian female long jumpers Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Rublyova
Olga Rublyova (russian: Ольга Рублёва; born 28 October 1974 in Volgograd) is a retired Russian long jumper. Her personal best jump is 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villeneuve-d'Ascq (; pcd, Neuvile-Ask) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students, it is one of the main cities of the Métropole Européenne de Lille and the largest in area ( .... International competitions References * * * 1974 births Living people Russian female long jumpers Olympic female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Volgograd {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurélie Felix
Aurélie (or its variants Aurelie or Aurelia) is a feminine name primarily occurring in France, deriving from the Latin Aurelius (golden) family. The masculine forms are Aurèle and Aurélien. The name was historically popular in France, and is currently seeing a resurgence across Europe. The name is sometimes also given outside of France, especially in Mediterranean countries and the Netherlands. In some cases, the accent aigu on the first e is dropped (''Aurelie''), and occasionally the final e is replaced with an a (''Aurelia''), especially in Italy and Romania. Common nicknames include ''Rory'', ''Arie'', and ''Aurie''. People with this given name *Aurélie Amblard, French actress *Aurélie Claudel (born 1980), French model *Aurélie Dupont (born 1973), French ballet dancer *Aurélie Filippetti (born 1973), member of the National Assembly of France * Aurelia Greene (1934–2021), American politician *Aurélie Groizeleau, French rugby union referee and former player *Aur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Brunner
Chantal Margarita Brunner (born 5 November 1970) is a New Zealand Sprint (running), sprinter and long jumper. She was born in Wellington. Her personal best jump is 6.68 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Melbourne. Brunner captured altogether seventeen national titles, nine in the long jump event, six in the 100 metres, 100 m sprint and two in the 200 metres, 200 m event. Achievements References * *New Zealand Champions 1970 births Living people New Zealand female sprinters New Zealand female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes from Wellington City Competitors at the 1993 Summer Universiade Competitors at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Edwards (athlete)
Jacqueline Lois Elizabeth Edwards (born 14 April 1971 in Falmouth, Trelawny Parish) is a Bahamian long jumper, who was born in Jamaica. Career Edwards attended Queen's College High School in Nassau, Bahamas and graduated in 1987. She graduated from Stanford University in 1992. At Stanford, Jackie was an All-American long and triple jumper (1992). Edwards was also a 100, 200 and 4 x 100 relay sprinter. Edwards holds the outdoor Stanford records for the long jump (6.70m, 1991) and the triple jump (13.22m, 1992) while together with, Rhonda Oliver, Alysia Hubbard and Chryste Gaines Chryste Dionne Gaines (born September 14, 1970, in Lawton, Oklahoma) is an American Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the sprints. Education Gaines is a 1988 graduate of South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, Texas. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chioma Ajunwa
Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, MON, OLY (born 25 December 1970) – also known as Chioma Ajunwa – is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player, notable for becoming the first Nigerian to win gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. A member of the Nigerian Police Force, Ajunwa remains only woman to compete at both the FIFA Women's World Cup as a footballer and the Olympics as a track and field athlete. In December 2017, Ajunwa launched the Chioma Ajunwa-Okpara Foundation to discover new Nigerian stars in sports. The Foundation, in collaboration with the Abia State government, sponsored an Under-16 Athletics Championship for Secondary Schools in March 2018. Early life Born into what she describes as "a very poor home", Ahiazu-Mbaise-native Ajunwa was the last of nine children, with six brothers and two sisters. Her father died while she was still young, leaving his wife to solely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maho Hanaoka
Maho Hanaoka ( ja, 花岡 麻帆; born 3 August 1976) is a Japanese former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the long jump and triple jump. She is one of Japan's best female athletes in the horizontal jumps: she holds the Japanese records for the triple jump outdoors with and is also the record holder in both the long and triple jump indoors. Her long jump best of is a former Japanese record, second to Kumiko Ikeda. Her greatest international performance was a long jump gold medal at the 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, where she set a championship record. She was the long jump runner-up at the 2002 Asian Games and a three-time bronze medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships. She won medal in both jumps at the 2001 East Asian Games. At the global level Hanaoka represented Japan at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, twice at the IAAF World Indoor Championships (1999 and 2006), and twice at the Summer Universiade (1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Kashcheyeva
Yelena Koshcheyeva (born 17 February 1973 in Taraz, Zhambyl Province) is a Kazakhstani long jumper. Her most successful year was 2002, when she won a bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games, Asian Games and a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Colombo. In 2004, she reached the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump, long jump final at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games, finishing eleventh. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2003 without ever reaching the final. Her personal best is 6.76 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Bishkek. Competition record References External links * 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Taraz Kazakhstani female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
