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2006 African Championships In Athletics – Women's High Jump
The women's high jump event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond Stade Germain Comarmond is a multi-use stadium in Bambous, Rivière Noire District, Mauritius. It is currently used mostly for football and athletics matches. The stadium was built in 2001 and opened in August 2003. The venue hosted the 20 ... on August 11. Results ReferencesResultsResults {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 African Championships in Athletics - Women's high jump 2006 African Championships in Athletics High jump at the African Championships in Athletics 2006 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form, and the current universally preferred method is the Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar. The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events in the Olympic athletics program. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meets. The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men's record holder with a jump of set in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 African Championships In Athletics
The 15th African Championships in Athletics were held in Mauritius between August 9 and August 13, 2006. The event was staged at Stade Germain Comarmond in Bambous, Rivière Noire District. This was the second time when the African Championships in Athletics were hosted in Mauritius, the first was in 1992. Many world-class runners were competing, but in terms of the field events the standard was poor. In addition, some of those, especially the throwing events, had very few participants as African federations cannot afford to send large teams. Men's results Track * Many sources (including the IAAF) list the lead off runner as Grace Ebor, a female Nigerian middle-distance runner. This is incorrect as the lead off runner was actually Peter Emelieze. . Peter Emelieze. Retrieved on 2013-09-10. Field |
Stade Germain Comarmond
Stade Germain Comarmond is a multi-use stadium in Bambous, Rivière Noire District, Mauritius. It is currently used mostly for football and athletics matches. The stadium was built in 2001 and opened in August 2003. The venue hosted the 2006 African Championships in Athletics. It is currently the home stadium of the Mauritius national under-17 football team, Mauritius national under-20 football team, Petite Rivière Noire SC Vincent Aycocho, or better known as Petite is a Filipino actor, comedian, singer and TV show host. He is known for as a Filipino comedian in ''Comedy Bar'', Punch line and Clowns, together with their other celebrities; Boobay, Iyah, Donita Nose ... and Bambous Etoile de L'Ouest Sports Club. References Football venues in Mauritius Athletics (track and field) venues in Mauritius Bambous, Mauritius {{Mauritius-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rene Van Der Merwe
Rene van der Merwe (born 15 June 1986) is a South African female high jumper. She was the gold medallist at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics, extending her country's success in the event from Hestrie Cloete. She went on to compete for Africa at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. The following year, she was fourth at the 2007 All-Africa Games. She also represented her country at the 2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ..., where she set her personal best height of . IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-07. International competitions References |
Nkeka Ukuh
Nneka Ukuh (born November 20, 1987) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event, and is best known for winning the gold medal for her native West African country at the 2003 All-Africa Games The 8th All Africa Games were 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by Nigerian Amos Adamu. Venues * Moshood .... Competition record External links IAAF Profile 1987 births Living people Nigerian female high jumpers African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Bouaoudia
Sarah Bouaoudia (born 13 August 1983) is a retired Algerian heptathlete. As a heptathlete she won the gold medal at the 2003 Arab Championships, finished fourth at the 2003 All-Africa Games, won the gold medal at the 2004 Pan Arab Games and finished fifth at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. In the high jump she won the 1998 Arab Junior Championships, the silver medal at the 1999 Pan Arab Games, won the bronze medal at the 2002 Arab Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2003 All-Africa Games, finished fourteenth at the 2005 Universiade, won the bronze medal at the 2006 African Championships She also competed at the 1999 World Youth Championships without reaching the final.Sarah Bouaoudia at IAAF (old) In the long jump she won the silver medal at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marna Fourie
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Patience Okoro
Patience Okoro (born 10 July 1984) is a Nigerian heptathlete. She won a gold medal in heptathlon at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Career In one of her earliest international senior performances, she started during the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria where she won her first international bronze medal. She later placed fifth at the 2006 Africa Championships in Athletics and fourth at the 2011 All-Africa Games competitions. Okoro also won silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ... and a bronze medal during the 2003 events. Achievements African Championships All African Games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Okoro, Patience 1984 births Living people N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arielle Brette
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Anika Smit
Anika Smit (born 26 May 1986) is a South African professional athlete specialising in the high jump. She is well known for winning the gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ... in Melbourne. Her personal best is 1.93 metres achieved in 2007 in Potchefstroom. Competition record External links * 1986 births Living people Afrikaner people South African female high jumpers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Jump At The African Championships In Athletics
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