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2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 800 Metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23 and 26–29 January Medalists T11 T12 T13 T36 T37 The Men's 800 metres, T37 was held on January 28 T37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on one side of the body, good functional ability on the other side. Final Official site of the Key: WR = World record, SB = Seasonal best, AR = Area Record, R 125.5 = Warning by unsporting manner T46 T52 T53 T54 See also ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
800 Metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the first modern games in 1896. During the winter track season the event is usually run by completing four laps of an indoor 200-metre track. The event was derived from the imperial measurement of a half mile (880 yards), a traditional English racing distance. 800m is 4.67m less than a half mile. The event combines aerobic endurance with anaerobic conditioning and sprint speed, so the 800m athlete has to combine training for both. Runners in this event are occasionally fast enough to also compete in the 400 metres but more commonly have enough endurance to 'double up' in the 1500m. Only Alberto Juantorena and Jarmila Kratochvílová have won major international titles at 400m and 800m. Race tactics The 800m is also known for its tactical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Scott (Paralympian)
Brad Scott (born 15 April 1988) is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T37 middle-distance events. He represented Australia at the three Paralympics – 2008 to 2016 in athletics and won two silver and one bronze medals. Personal He was born on 15 April 1988 with cerebral palsy – right hemiplegia. He has completed degree in Exercise and Coaching Science at the University of Canberra. After his retirement in November 2016, he was moving back to Bunbury, Western Australia to undertake full-time study in primary education at Edith Cowan University. Athletics He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China just two years after taking up running. There he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37 event and finished fourth in the Men's 200 m T37 event. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37 and bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Casoli
Julien Casoli (born 5 July 1982) is a Paralympian athlete, from Vesoul, France competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. Julien competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing where he competed in the 400m, 800m and 1500m and was a member of the bronze medal-winning French team in the 4 × 400 m. He also competed in the 1500 m. event at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ... where he won gold medal (3:26:66). External links * * * Paralympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for France Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Hug
Marcel Eric Hug (born 16 January 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two bronze medals in his first Games in Athens in 2004. In 2010 he set four world records in four days, and at the 2011 World Championships he won a gold in the 10,000 metres and four silver medals, losing the gold in three events to long term rival David Weir. This rivalry continued into the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where Hug won two silvers, in the 800m and the marathon. In the 2013 World Championships Hug dominated the field, winning five golds and a silver. During the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Hug was one of the most consistent competitors in the T54 class, winning two golds, in the 800 m and marathon, and two silvers medals, in the 1500m and 5000m. As well as numerous World and European track medals, Hug is also a world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Weir (athlete)
David Russell Weir (born 5 June 1979) is a British Paralympic wheelchair athlete. He has won a total of six gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and has won the London Marathon on eight occasions. He was born with a spinal cord transection that left him unable to use his legs. Personal life Weir was born in Wallington, part of the London Borough of Sutton. He cannot use his legs due to a congenital spinal cord transection. As a child he was a talented wheelchair athlete, representing Sutton in wheelchair athletics at the London Youth Games, and won the junior event at the London marathon (the mini wheelchair race) seven times. At school Weir was frustrated by a lack of sporting activities for wheelchair users, but after years of persistence he developed a skill for wheelchair racing that would define his career and lead to multiple Paralympic successes. Weir has two sons, Mason, and Lenny, and a daughter, Tillia Grace London Weir. He also has a daughter, Ronie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Byunghoon , a pronoun
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Yoo may refer to: * Yoo (Korean surname), also spelled Ryu or Yu, a Korean family name * YOO, the IATA code for Oshawa Airport See also *You In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. History ''You'' comes from the Proto- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Puigbo Verdaguer
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Colman
Richard Andrew Colman (born 28 November 1984 in Stavanger, Norway) is an Australian Paralympic athlete, competing mainly in category T53 sprint events. He was born with spina bifida. He represented Australia at the four Paralympics - 2004 to 2016. Paralympics Colman competed at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the men's 800 m – T53 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, a silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 m relay – T53–54 event, went out in the first round of the men's 100 m – T53 event, finished seventh in the men's 200 m – T53 event, finished sixth in the men's 400 m – T53 event, went out in the first round of the men's 4 x 400 m relay – T53-54 event. He also competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, where he won a silver medal in the men's 200 m – T53 event, a bronze medal in the men's 400 m – T53 event, was disqualified in the men's 4 x 100 m relay – T53-54 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshihiro Takada
is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T52 long distance events. Olympic career Takada competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where he won a gold medal in the men's Marathon - T52 event, a gold medal in the men's 5000 metres - T52 event, a gold medal in the men's 400 metres - T52 event and a bronze medal in the men's 1500 metres - T52 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... There he won a silver medal in the men's 400 metres - T52 event, a silver medal in the men's 800 metres - T52 event and a bronze medal in the men's Marathon - T52 event External links * Paralympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru
is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T52 long-distance events. Career He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... There he won a silver medal in the men's Marathon - T52 event, finished sixth in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, finished sixth in the men's 400 metres - T52 event and finished fourth in the men's 800 metres - T52 event External links * Paralympic athletes for Japan 1971 births Living people Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Japan Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoya Ito
(born 16 August 1963) is a professional Japanese wheelchair Paralympic athlete from Suzuka, Mie, Japan, and a former entrepreneur. Biography *1998 During a business trip, he fell down and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. During his first treatment, he placed the order for a racing wheelchair by mistake. This mistake triggered him to start competing. *2002 He founded a non-profit organization, "Gold Athlete" to support athletes of disabled sports. *2004 Attended the 2004 Summer Paralympics, in Athens *2005 Became a professional athlete. He was enlisted to the Hall of Fame at The Museum of Marathon in Greece. He was the first Paralympic athlete to be enlisted. *2008 won two gold medals at 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ... in Beijin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
