2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 Metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 8. Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Athens. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 second time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start. Medalists Schedule Results Round 1 Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2. Round 2 Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals. Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final External linksResults {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 European Athletics Championships - Men's 100 Metres 100 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2006 European Athletics Championships
The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, and Stockholm, Sweden's capital, hosted 1958 European Athletics Championships. Men's results Track 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 Field 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 Women's results Track 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 Field 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 Medal table Participants Trivia * The official song of the contest is ''Heroes'' by Helena Paparizou - winner Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with song „My number one" in Kyiv, Ukraine. Song „Heroes" used in opening ceremony (performed by Helena Paparizou and in an instrumental form during an artistic and pyrotechnic show) and tv intro that event make by public broadcaster SVT. The intro of the event, prepared by the Swedis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mark Lewis-Francis
Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis, MBE (born 4 September 1982) is a retired British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres and was an accomplished regular of GB 4 x 100m relay. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Individually, Lewis-Francis has won the silver medal in the 100 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and silver medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Men's 100m final and numerous indoor medals. Lewis-Francis is a member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club and is also known as the "Darlaston Dart". Early career Lewis-Francis burst onto the scene at an early age but did not attend the 2000 Summer Olympics, instead competing at the World Junior Championships, in which he won gold. Lewis-Francis became Britain's top 100 m sprinter after Dwain Chambers w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandr Smirnov (athlete)
Aleksandr Smirnov (born 25 January 1974) is a Russian sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at 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 1974 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Russian male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Russian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simo Sipilä
Simo or SIMO may refer to: People * Simo (given name), a given name * Simo (surname), a surname * Simone "Simo" Teti, of Paris & Simo * Simo (footballer) (Wassim Keddari Boulif), Spanish footballer nicknamed ''Simo'' Other uses * SIMO (band), an American rock band formed in 2010 * Simo (society), a secret society in West Africa * ''Simo'' (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Peritelini * Simo, Finland, a municipality of Finland * SIMO TCI (''Salón Internacional de Mobiliario de Oficina / Tecnologías de la Comunicación e Información''), an annual trade fair in Spain * Simo (Single input, multiple outputs), a characterization of control systems in system analysis * Silicon Motion, a semiconductor and solid-state drive manufacturer traded as SIMO See also * * Simon (given name) * Samo (other) Samo (died 658) was a Slavic king. Samo may also refer to: Music *Samo (singer) (born 1975), Mexican singer * ''Samo'' (Stoja album), 2000 * ''Samo'' (Nina Kralji ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé
Daniel Abenzoar-Foule (born 4 September 1981) is a retired French-born athlete who competed internationally for Luxembourg in the sprinting events. He represented that country at the 2005 World Championships and 2006 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the second round. He holds the Luxembourgian records in the 100 metres, as well as the indoor 60 and 200 metres. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 10.41 (+1.7 m/s) (Tomblaine 2006) =NR *200 metres – 20.89 (0.0 m/s) (Tomblaine 2006) Indoor * 60 metres – 6.76 (Moscow 2006) NR *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... – 21.12 (Luxembourg 2006) NR References 1981 births Living people Luxembourgian male sprinters Luxembourgian people of French descen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jan Žumer
Jan Žumer (born 9 June 1982 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres, 200 metres and the long jump. In the long jump he competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final round. In the 100 metres he competed at the 2006 European Championships (semi-final) and the 2007 World Championships (quarter-final) without reaching the final round. Competition record Personal bests * 60 metres - 6.68 s (2006, indoor) *100 metres - 10.21 s (2006) *200 metres - 20.59 s (2013) *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 gr ... - 8.07 m (2004, indoor), 8.00 (2006, outdoor) References 1982 births Living people Slovenian male long jumpers S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jarkko Ruostekivi
Jarkko is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Jarkko Ahola (born 1977), Finnish performing artist, composer and singer *Jarkko Ala-Huikku (born 1980), Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler *Jarkko Hattunen (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player *Jarkko Hentula (born 1970), Finnish film and television producer *Jarkko Huovila (born 1975), Finnish orienteering competitor *Jarkko Hurme (born 1986), Finnish footballer *Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey player *Jarkko Immonen (ice hockey, born 1984) (born 1984), Finnish ice hockey player *Jarkko Kari, Finnish mathematician and computer scientist *Jarkko Kauppinen (born 1982), Finnish biathlete *Jarkko Kauvosaari (born 1983), Finnish ice hockey player *Jarkko Kinnunen (born 1984), Finnish race walker *Jarkko Komula (born 1976), Finnish darts player *Jarkko Lahdenmäki (born 1991), Finnish footballer *Jarkko Lahti (born 1978), Finnish actor *Jarkko Laine (1947–2006), Finnish poet and writer *Jarkko Laukia, Finni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marcin Jędrusiński
Marcin Jędrusiński (born 28 September 1981) is a Polish former sprint athlete. Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated. At the individual 200 metres he qualified second in his first round heat behind Shawn Crawford in a time of 20.64 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.58 seconds, but only finished fourth behind Brendan Christian, Churandy Martina and Kristof Beyens. His time was not enough to advance to the semi-finals. Achievements * European Championships in Athletics, European Championships **2nd (silver medal) in 2006 - 4 × 100 m (39.05) * European Cup (athletics), European Cup **3rd in 2001 – 4 × 100 m (39.00) **3rd in 2003 – 200 m (20.53) **2nd in 2003 – 4 × 100 m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ronny Ostwald
Ronny Ostwald (born 7 April 1974, in Beeskow) is a German sprint athlete. He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He has had more success as a relay runner for Germany, winning a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships (belatedly when the United Kingdom team were disqualified after Dwain Chambers failed a drugs test in 2004) and competing in the relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... References * Sports Reference 1974 births Living people People from Beeskow People from Bezirk Frankfurt German male sprinters Sportspeople from Brandenburg German national athletics champions Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |