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2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's Javelin Throw
The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 27 participating athletes. The final was held on Sunday August 13, 2006, and the qualifying round on Saturday August 12, 2006 with the mark set at 61.00 metres. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)'' Abbreviations Records Qualification Group A Group B Final See also * 2004 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens) * 2005 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki) * 2007 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Osaka) * 2008 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Beijing) References Official results {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 European Athletics Championships - Women's javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's deca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. History The javelin throw was added to the Ancient Olympic Games as part of the pentathlon in 708 BC. It included two events, one for distance and the other for accuracy in hitting a target. The javelin was thrown with the aid of a thong ('' ankyle'' in Greek) that was wound around the middle of the shaft. Athletes held the javelin by the ''ankyle'', and when they released the shaft, the unwinding of the thong gave the javelin a spiral trajectory. Throwing javelin-like poles into targets was revived in Germany and Sweden in the early 1870s. In Sweden, these poles developed into the modern javelin, and throwing them for distance became a common event there and in Finland in the 1880s. The rules continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Records In Athletics
The following are the national records in Track and field athletics, athletics in the Czech Republic maintained by the Czech Athletics Federation (ČAS). Of the records from the era of Czechoslovakia, those who represented a Czech club at the time of the record are included. Outdoor Key to tables: + = wikt:en route, en route to a longer distance h = hand timing Mx = mark was made in a mixed race OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference) Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Notes References ;GeneralCzech Records ''26 August 2023 updated'' ;Specific External linksČAS web site ''31 March 2015 updated'' {{National records in athletics National records in athletics (track and field), Czech Athletics in the Czech Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll (; born 22 August 1981) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was World Champion in 2013. Her personal best throw of 70.20 m is the German record. It also ranks her fifth on the overall list. Career At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Obergföll won the silver medal with a European record (70.03m) by finishing second behind Osleidys Menéndez, who set a new world record at the same event. Obergföll finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. With 70.20m, she improved her own European record at the European Cup Super League meeting in Munich on 23 June 2007. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal, but lost the European record to Barbora Špotáková. At the 2012 Olympics in London, she repeated her greatest success, when she won a silver medal. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, which was held in Moscow, Russia, Obergföll got the gold wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Petersson
Annika Petersson (born 10 January 1979) is a Swedish javelin thrower. She competed at the 1998 World Junior Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 57.31 metres, achieved in August 2007 in Eskilstuna. This was the Swedish record before Sofi Flinck Ida Sofi Emilia Flink (born 8 July 1995) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains ..., who holds the current record at 61.96. References 1979 births Living people Swedish female javelin throwers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (born 28 October 1985) is an Icelandic former javelin thrower. Biography She represented her country at both 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games and has also competed at the 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 European Championships and 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Championships. Her personal best is 63.43 metres, achieved on 12 July 2017 in Joensuu, Finland. She is the current Icelandic record holder. Competition record Personal life In end of 2020, Ásdís was infected with COVID-19 and was hospitalised for a week where she was put on a ventilator A ventilator is a piece of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently. Ventilators .... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hjalmsdottir, Asdis 1985 births Living people Asdis Hjalmsdottir Athletes (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilze Gribule
Ilze Gribule (born 25 January 1984 in Krāslava) is a former female javelin thrower from Latvia. Her personal best throw is 58.74 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba .... Achievements References * External links * * 1984 births Living people Latvian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Latvia People from Krāslava {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi
Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (Greek: Αγγελική Τσιολακούδη, , born 10 May 1976 in Alexandroupoli, Greece) is a Greek javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 63.14 metres, achieved at the 2002 European Championships in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu .... Achievements References * * 1976 births Living people Greek female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Greece Sportspeople from Alexandroupolis Egyptian people of Greek descent Olympic female javelin throwers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan
The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective ''felix'', meaning "happy, lucky", though in the neuter plural form ''felicia'' it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase ''tempora felicia'', "happy times". The sense of it as a feminine personal name appeared in post-Classical use and is of uncertain origin. It is associated with saints, poets, astronomical objects, plant genera, fictional characters, and animals, especially cats. People * Felicia Nimue Ackerman (born 1947), American Brown University Philosophy professor, monthly op-ed columnist, poet and author * Felicia Adeyoyin (1938–2021), Nigerian academic * Felicia Barton (born 1982), an American semifinalist on the eighth season of ''American Idol'' * Felicia Bond (born 1954), American writer and illustrator, author of ''If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'' * Felicia Brabec (born 1974), American politician and clinical psychologist * Felicia Brandström (born 1987), Swedish singer and one of the cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lada Chernova
Lada Chernova (born 1 January 1970) is a Russian javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 63.35 meters, achieved in August 2007 in Tula. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup. She also competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final. Chernova was given a two-year ban from competition in 2008 after testing positive for the banned substance metenolone. After her return to competition, she failed a second drugs test - for bromantan in February 2012, and was handed a lifetime ban by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA. Chernova successfully appealed the decision in a Russian court, but the ban was subsequently confirmed following a counter-appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldie Sayers
Katherine Dinah "Goldie" Sayers (born 16 July 1982), is a former British javelin thrower, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom. On 20 May 2007, Sayers set a new British record in the javelin at , thus becoming the first British woman to throw over 65 metres since javelins were redesigned in 1999. Sayers set the record when competing for her university, Loughborough, at the Loughborough International match. She cemented this achievement at the Norwich Union Glasgow Grand Prix on 3 June 2007 where she beat a top-class international field in rainy conditions with a throw of 63.59 m. Defeated rivals included European champion and Olympic silver medallist Steffi Nerius and world champion Barbora Špotáková. Early life Sayers was educated at Fairstead House School, Newmarket, and at The King's School, Ely. She played hockey, netball and tennis at county level, and was an under 11 national table tennis champion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumyana Karapetrova
Rumyana Karapetrova ( bg, Румяна Карапетрова; born February 7, 1982, in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian javelin thrower. She finished sixth at the 2006 European Championships with a career best throw of 61.78 meters. She also finished tenth at the 2005 World Championships, and competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... without reaching the final. Achievement References External links * * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Kazanlak Bulgarian female javelin throwers Bulgarian sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
