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2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's 400 Metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium from 22–29 January Medalists ReferencesComplete Results Bookfrom the 2011 IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsOfficial siteof the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 IPC Athletics World Championships - Women's 400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... 2011 in women's athletics 400 metres at the World Para Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440-yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the 'quarter-mile'—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete. Like other sprint disciplines, the 400 m involves the use of starting blocks. The runners take up position in the blocks on the 'ready' command, adopt a more efficient starting posture which Isometric exercise#Isometric presses as preparation for explosive power movements, isometrically preloads their muscles on the 'set' command, and stride forwards from the block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Ovsyannikova
Anastasiya Ovsyannikova (born 20 October 1988) is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T36 sprint events. Athletics career Ovsyannikova competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a gold medal as part of the women's T35-38 100m sprint relay. As well as her Paralympic success Ovsyannikova won two medals at the 2011 World Championships in Christchurch. A silver as part of the Russian relay team and an individual bronze in the 400 metres. She took time away from athletics after the birth of her son in 2013, and has not appeared at a major international competition since. Personal history Ovsyannikova was born in Sterlitamak in the former Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ... in 1988. Ovsyannikova was educated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Schaer
Manuela may refer to: People * Manuela (given name), a Spanish and Portuguese feminine given name * Manuela (singer) (1943–2001), German singer of Schlager songs Film and television * ''Manuela'' (1957 film), a British film directed by Guy Hamilton * ''Manuela'' (1967 film), a Cuban short film directed by Humberto Solás * ''Manuela'' (1976 film), a Spanish film directed by Gonzalo García Pelayo * ''Manuela'' (2006 film), a film directed by Marco Castro * ''Manuela'' (TV series), a 1991 telenovela starring Grecia Colmenares Grecia Dolores Colmenares Mieussens (born December 7, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan actress. Biography Grecia Dolores Colmenares Mieussens was born on December 7, 1962, in Valencia, Venezuela. She is the daughter of a Venezue ... Music * "Manuela" (Demis Roussos song), 1974 * "Manuela", a song by Julio Iglesias from '' A flor de piel'', 1974 {{disambiguation ja:マヌエラ pl:Manuela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Roy
Diane Roy (born January 9, 1971) is a Canadian wheelchair racer. Between 1996 and 2016 she competed at six consecutive Paralympics and five consecutive world championships and won 11 medals, including a gold medal in the marathon at the 2006 World Championships.Diane Roy . paralympic.ca Career The featured a demonstration of the women's 800 m wheelchair event, in which Roy finished fourth. She also participated in the |
Tatyana McFadden
Tatyana McFadden (russian: Татьяна Макфадден; born April 21, 1989) is an American Paralympic athlete of Russian descent competing in the category T54. McFadden has won twenty Paralympic medals in multiple Summer Paralympic Games. Biography McFadden was born in Leningrad, then Soviet Union, on 21 April 1989. She was born with spina bifida, a congenital disorder that paralyzed her from the waist down. After her birth mother abandoned her in an orphanage that was too poor to afford a wheelchair for her, she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life. The doctors told her she was so sick that she had very little time to live. While in the orphanage, she met Deborah McFadden, who was visiting Russia as a commissioner of disabilities for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Deborah and her partner Bridget O'Shaughnessy adopted Tatyana and took her to live in Baltimore. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda McGrory
Amanda McGrory (born June 9, 1986) is an American wheelchair athlete. Biography McGrory graduated from Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. She attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and in 2018 with a masters in information science. While an undergraduate she competed both in basketball and in track and field. McGrory earned four medals during the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China: gold in the 5000 meters, silver in the marathon, and bronze in both the 800 meters and the 4×100 meter relay. She won both the 2009 London and 2006 New York Marathon wheelchair races. She has also competed in the World Championships for Track and Field (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) and Marathon (2015), winning 10 medals over the years (3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze). McGrory was diagnosed with transverse myelitis when she was five years old, after an allergy shot inflamed her spinal cord. Such an occur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjali Forber Pratt
Anjali Forber-Pratt (born June 22, 1984) is an American wheelchair racer who competes in sprint events at the Paralympic level. She is currently the Director of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Before that, she was an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Human & Organizational Development. Life Born in Kolkata, India and abandoned by her mother, Forber-Pratt was adopted by Lawrence Pratt and Rosalind Forber when she was two and a half months old. Raised in Natick, Massachusetts, Forber-Pratt was diagnosed with transverse myelitis when she was four-and-a-half months old; the disorder left her paralyzed from the waist, down. Forber-Pratt began racing at the national level in 1993 with an appearance at the Junior National Wheelchair Games, and went on to compete at the games three more times—in 1996, 1998, and 2003—winning a total of four gold, six silver, and two bronze medals. She pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Lisha
Huang Lisha (; born September 10, 1988) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair sprint events. She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres - T53 event, a gold medal in the women's 200 metres - T53 event and a gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metre relay - T53/54 event. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ... she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres T53 event, a gold medal in the women's 200 metres T53 event, a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres T53 event and a silver medal in the women's 800 metres T53 event. References External links * Paralympic athletes of China 1988 births Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teruyo Tanaka
(born 24 May 1959) is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T52 sprint events. She competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. There she won a gold medal in the women's 800 metres – T51 event, finished sixth in the women's 200 metres – T51 event and finished sixth in the women's 400 metres – T51 event. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres – T52 event, a silver medal in the women's 800 metres – T52 event and a silver medal in the women's 1500 metres – T52 event. She also competed at the 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 Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Morgan (athlete)
Kerri Morgan (born June 11, 1974) is an American Paralympian T52 wheelchair racer. She won the 800 m event at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships. Personal life Morgan was born in 1974 in Port Jefferson, New York. She completed a degree in psychology at Texas Christian University, later gaining a master's degree in occupational therapy from Washington University in St. Louis. She later worked as an intern at the White House before taking on the role as occupational therapist at Washington University. Sporting career Morgan did not set out to be a wheelchair sprint athlete, preferring to play wheelchair rugby and became the first woman to make the U.S. rugby team. In 2009, she was part of the U.S. Rugby team that won gold at the IWRF Americas Championship in Buenos Aires. She took to the track in an attempt to improve her speed on the rugby court, only to find that she had an aptitude to racing. In 2007, she took first place in the 200m and second place in the 100m at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Stilwell
Michelle Stilwell (''nee'' Bauknecht; born July 4, 1974) is a Canadian wheelchair racer and politician. She is the only female Paralympic athlete to win gold medals in two separate summer sport events. Stilwell was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a BC Liberal candidate for Parksville-Qualicum in the 2013 provincial election. She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Early life and education Stilwell was born on July 4, 1974, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. While attending River East Collegiate, she broke her neck from a fall and became an incomplete quadriplegic. After the accident, she competed in wheelchair basketball, through which she met her husband Mark at the 1996 National Championships in Montreal. Stilwell eventually moved to Calgary where she completed her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Calgary in 1999. Paralympic career Stilwell stayed in Calgary from 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicja Fiodorow
Alicja Fiodorow-Jeromin (born 22 May 1985) is a Paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T46 sprint events. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres - T46 event, finished fourth in the women's 100 metres - T46 event and finished fourth in the women's 200 metres - T46 event. Competing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres - T46 event and a bronze medal in the women's 100 metres - T46 event. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres T46 event. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ..., she won the bronze medal in Women's 200 metres T47. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
