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2001 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 12, 2001. Medalists Abbreviations *''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds'' Records Intermediates Final ranking See also * Women's Olympic Marathon (2000) * 2001 Marathon Year Ranking * 2001 World Marathon Cup The 2001 World Marathon Cup was the ninth edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Edmonton, Canada, inside of the 2001 World Championships. Results See also *2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Mara ... References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 World Championships In Athletics - Women's Marathon M Marathons at the World Athletics Championships 2001 marathons Women's marathons 2001 in women's athletics, World Championships in Athletics marathon Marathons in Canada nl:IAAF wereldkampioenschap marathon 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathon Race
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road running, road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants. The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic Games, Olympic events in 1896. The distance did not become standardized until 1921. The distance is also included in the World Athletics Championships, which began in 1983. It is the only running road race included in both championship competitions (walking races on the roads are also contested in both). History Origin The name ''Marathon'' comes from the legend of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the Greek messenger. The legend states that, while he was taking part in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Krolik
Sonja Oberem, née Krolik (born 24 February 1973 in Rheydt) is a German athlete, who specialized in the marathon races. In her younger days she was a successful triathlete. Achievements Personal bests *Half Marathon - 1:10:13 hrs (1996) *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. There are also wheelchair div ... - 2:26:13 hrs (2001) External links * Leverkusen who's who {{DEFAULTSORT:Oberem, Sonja 1973 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meseret Kotu
Meseret (Amharic: መሰረት) is a female or male given name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: * Meseret Defar (born 1983), Ethiopian long-distance runner and two-time Olympic champion * Meseret Hailu (born 1990), Ethiopian long-distance runner and world half marathon champion *Meseret Mengistu (born 1990), Ethiopian long-distance runner and team medallist at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Nanning, China on 16 October 2010. The competition took place on the city streets, beginning and ending at Wuxiang Square, with a total prize purse of US$245,000 at stake. The Kenyan ... {{given name Amharic-language names Ethiopian given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruna Genovese
Bruna Genovese (born 24 September 1976 in Montebelluna) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race. Biography Genovese won the Italian under 21 half-marathon championship in 1998. She ran her first marathon on 24 October 1999 in Venice, and won the 2004 Tokyo International Marathon with Kiyoko Shimahara finishing second and Elfenesh Alemu third. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise Personal bests *10,000 metres - 33:36.03 min (2005) *Half marathon - 1:11:22 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. There are also wheelchair div ... - 2:25:28 hrs (2006) See also * Italian all-time lists - Half marathon * Italian all-time lists - Marathon References External links * Bruna Genoveseat Marathoninfo {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yun Sun-Sook
Yun may refer to: * Yǔn, Chinese name of Xionites, a nomadic tribe of Central Asia * Yun (Chinese name) (云/雲), a Chinese family name * Yun (ancient surname), an ancient Chinese surname * Yeon, or Yun, Korean (or Dutch given name) family name *Yun (Korean surname) Yun (윤) is a common family name in Korea, which means "governor". The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yoon, Yune, Yiun, or Youn. According to the 2000 census, 948,600 people had the surname in South Korea. It derives from the Chinese cha ..., or Yoon, Korean family name * Yun (Street Fighter), a ''Street Fighter'' character * Yun OS, mobile operation system developed by Alibaba * Yun County, Hubei, in China * Yun County, Yunnan, in China * Yunnan, abbreviated as Yún, province of China * Brother Yun, a Chinese Christian * Arduino Yún, a single-board microcontroller *ISO 4217 for Yugoslav Convertible dinar {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Ferrara
Ornella Ferrara (born 17 April 1968) is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She represented her country twice at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and was the bronze medalist in the marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. She has won marathon races in her home country, including the Rome City Marathon, Carpi Marathon and Venice Marathon. Biography She narrowly missed out on a medal at the 1994 European Athletics Championships, coming fourth. After that she won the Venice Marathon, followed by the Ferrara Marathon. A run at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics brought her the marathon bronze medal. She represented Italy in the marathon at the Summer Olympics in both 1996 and 2000, but did not reach the top twelve on either occasion. In 1997 she came fifth at the World Championships Marathon, claimed the title at the Italian Marathon and closed her year with a third place at the New York City Marathon. She did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Roba
Fatuma Roba ( am, ፋጡማ ሮባ; born 18 December 1973) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and for winning three successive Boston Marathons. Early life Fatuma Roba was born on 18 December 1973 in Bekoji, Ethiopia. As Fatuma grew up, there were no female role models in long distance running within Ethiopia, only Abebe Bikila. While Fatuma was at school, she was not encouraged to run but decided to continue regardless. She was coached by Sentayehu Eshetu, who had previously worked with athletes such as Derartu Tulu. Running career She made her first national team in 1988, in the half marathon. That year she was in the top ten in the world championships, by 1992 she had improved to sixth. After coming first in the juniors and seventh overall in the New York Mini Marathon, she decided to try a full length marathon. So in 1994, she took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firiya Sultanova
Firaya Rifkatovna Sultanova-Zhdanova (russian: Фирая Рифкатовна Султанова-Жданова; born April 29, 1961, in Tyukovo, Tatarstan) is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on June 21, 2003, in Duluth, Minnesota, clocking 2:27:05. Sultanova represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ..., where she failed to reach the final of the women's 10,000 metres competition. International competitions Professional marathons References * *marathoninfo 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Tatarstan Russian female long-distance runners Russian female marathon runners Olympic female marathon runners Olympic athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Timofeyeva
Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva (russian: Ирина Николаевна Тимофеева; born 5 April 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon. She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing seventh in the marathon race. She won the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2009. She was banned from the sport for two years, starting 6 September 2016, due to abnormalities in her biological passport. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01. International competitions Professional marathons See also * |
Kazumi Matsuo
is a female marathon runner from Japan, who won the Nagoya Marathon on March 11, 2001 in a personal best time of 2:26:01 hours after having triumphed in the Berlin Marathon seven months earlier. She finished ninth at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event .... Achievements References External links * 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Kobe Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners Berlin Marathon female winners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shitaye Gemechu
Shitaye Gemechu (born 17 June 1980) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in marathon races. Shitaye was the women's winner of the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon for the years 2004 - 2006. She won the 2007 edition of the Treviso Marathon. Shitaye first came to prominence with a win at the 2001 Amsterdam Marathon. She went on to represent Ethiopia in the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics four times consecutively from 2001 to 2007. Her best finish was seventh at the 2001 edition. She was banned for two years in 2009 after failing a test for Erythropoietin (EPO) at a race in Luxembourg. She returned to competition in 2011 and placed fourth at the Turin Marathon. At the 2012 Hong Kong Marathon she was runner-up to Misiker Demissie, crossing the line in a time of 2:31:44 hours in spite of a toe injury. She was runner-up to Ashu Kasim at the Lanzhou Marathon in June 2013. Her husband, Asnake Fekadu, is also a marathon runner.Zorzi, Alberto (2007-03-26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Barsosio
Florence Jepkemoi Barsosio (born 11 August 1976 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long-distance running. Her sister, Sally Barsosio, is also a professional runner. She has competed at world championship finals in long-distance track events, cross country running and road running. The majority of her success has come in marathon races: she won the 2000 Turin Marathon in her debut over the distance and has gone on to win marathons in Paris, Madrid, Florence and Vienna. Barsosio has taken part in two New York Marathons: finishing fifth in 2000 (with her 2:27:00 personal best performance), and eleventh at the 2001 race. Her only Marathon World Championship race came in 2001 and she finished in sixth position. She has also competed over the half marathon distance and has won the Paris Half Marathon and Prague Half Marathon. Early career The older sister of 10,000 metres World Champion Sally Barsosio, Florence began her career as a track and cross country runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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