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2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's Shot Put
The women's shot put at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Swansea University Stadium from 18–23 August. Medalists See also *List of IPC world records in athletics References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 IPC Athletics European Championships - Women's shot put throw shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ... 2014 in women's athletics Shot put at the World Para Athletics European Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shot Put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's competition began in 1948. History Homer mentions competitions of rock throwing by soldiers during the Siege of Troy but there is no record of any dead weights being thrown in Greek competitions. The first evidence for stone- or weight-throwing events were in the Scottish Highlands, and date back to approximately the first century. In the 16th century King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing. The first events resembling the modern shot put likely occurred in the Middle Ages when soldiers held competitions in which they hurled cannonballs. Shot put competitions were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland, and were a part of the British Amateur Championships beginning in 1866. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Herrmann
Frances Herrmann (born 22 June 1989) is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F34 throwing events. Career She 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 she won a silver medal in the women's F32-34/51-53 discus throw event as well as competing in the F32-34/52/53 shot put and the F33/34/52/53 javelin throw. References External links * * Living people 1989 births Paralympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Germany German female javelin throwers German female discus throwers German female shot putters Medalists at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of IPC World Records In Athletics
World records in disability athletics are ratified by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). In Paralympic athletics competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classes are as follows: * 11–13: Blind and visually impaired * 20: Intellectually disabled * 32–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sens ...; classes 32–34 compete in wheelchairs, while 35–38 are ambulant * 40–46: Ambulant athletes with amputations or other disabilities such as dwarfism * 51–58: Wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries or amputations The IPC recognizes records for each of these classes. Key: Outdoor Men 100 m 200 m Notes: 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Willing
Martina Monika Willing (born 3 October 1959) is a Paralympic athlete from Germany competing in field events. She is both blind and paraplegic. Until 1994 she competed in the F11 classification for vision impaired athletes; following her paralysis, she returned to competition as a seated thrower. Willing has competed and medalled in eight Paralympic Games - all seven summer games from 1992 in Barcelona to 2016 in Rio as well as at the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer. Complications during knee surgery following a fall at the Lillehammer Paralympics led to her paralysis. , she is world record holder in both F11 and F56 javelin, and P11 pentathlon events. Willing won the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award The Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award is named after South Korean Dr. Whang Youn Dai, who contracted polio at the age of three. She devoted her life to the development of paralympic sport in Korea and around the world. At the 1988 Paralympic Summe ... in 2000. She worked as a bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilke Wyludda
Ilke Wyludda (born 28 March 1969) is a discus thrower from Germany. She set eleven junior records at discus throw (and also two at shot put), and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins until beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships. Wyludda never won the world championships, but she became Olympic champion in 1996. In early January 2011 Wyludda revealed in Bild that she had to have her right leg amputated because of Sepsis Sepsis, formerly known as septicemia (septicaemia in British English) or blood poisoning, is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This initial stage is follo .... After losing her leg she returned to athletics and began entering para-sport competitions. In 2012, she represented Germany at the London Paralympics becoming the first German athlete to have represented her country at both Olympic and Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stela Eneva
Stela Eneva ( bg, Стела Енева, born 18 July 1975) is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the F42-46 discus throw, shot put and javelin throw events but failed to win any medals. She had more luck when she 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 she won a silver medal in the women's F57-58 discus throw event but could not medal in the shot put. She also won silver at the 2012 Paralympics in London. References External links * 1975 births Living people Bulgarian female discus throwers Bulgarian female shot putters Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Buggenhagen
Marianne Buggenhagen (born 26 May 1953 in Ueckermünde, East Germany) is a Paralympian Track and field, athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events. Career history She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won four gold medals in discus, javelin, shot put and pentathlon. Then at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States she again won the shot and discus and won a bronze in the javelin. The following games in 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2000 in Sydney, Australia she yet again won the shot put. At her fourth games in 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2004 she won her fourth consecutive shot put title and won a silver in the discus throw. Marianne was one of the few athletes to have competed in Barcelona to also compete in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, there she failed to win a fifth shot put managing only to win the bronze medal, but did manage to win the discus throw, her twelfth medal in all of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svitlana Stetsyuk
Svitlana (Ukrainian: Світлана from Russian:Светлана) is a Ukrainian dialect female given name and may refer to: *Svitlana Akhadova (born 1993), Ukrainian canoeist *Svitlana Azarova (born 1976), Ukrainian/Dutch composer of contemporary classical music *Svitlana Bilyayeva (born 1946), archaeologist specialising in Ukraine, the Golden Horde and the Ottoman Empire *Svitlana Bondarenko (born 1971), former international breaststroke swimmer from Ukraine *Svitlana Chernikova (born 1977), Ukrainian former competitive ice dancer *Svitlana Fil (born 1969), Soviet rower *Svitlana Frishko, Ukrainian football striker *Svitlana Gorbenko, Paralympian athlete from Ukraine * Svitlana Halyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian professional racing cyclist *Svitlana Iaromka (born 1989), Ukrainian judoka * Svitlana Kashchenko (born 1968), Russian-born Nicaraguan sport shooter *Svitlana Konstantynova (born 1975), Ukrainian speed skater *Svitlana Kopchykova (born 1967), Ukrainian swimmer * Svitlana Kry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Bogacheva
Mariia Bogacheva (russian: Мария Богачева; born 26 April 1977) is a Russian Paralympic athlete competing in F54-classification javelin throw and shot put events. She is a gold medalist and a two-time silver medalist in the women's shot put F54 event at the World Para Athletics Championships. She also won six medals, including five golds, at the World Para Athletics European Championships. She won the silver medal in the women's shot put F54 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She competed 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 ... in Tokyo, Japan. References External links * Living people 1977 births Place of birth missing (living people) Russian female javel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Vertinskaya
Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene ( Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of peace. It is mostly used in countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Balkans. Diminutive forms in Slavic languages include Ira, Irinka, Irinushka, Irisha, Irka, Irochka, Irinochka. Origin Irina is connected with Irene of Macedonia who was the first woman recognized by the church as a great martyr. She was born pagan as Penelope and later baptized as Irene. Some sources refer to her being baptized by Saint Timothy, in which case she lived in the 1st–2nd century, while others date her death in the year 315. Opinions also differ about the location of her birthplace, the city of Magedon, placing it either in Persia or in Migdonia (Macedonia). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franziska Liebhardt
Franziska Liebhardt (born 5 January 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Germany. She competes in throwing events in the F37 classification and in the long jump in the T37 classification. , she holds the women's F37 world record in the shot put, which she set whilst competing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ... in Rio de Janeiro. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liebhardt, Franziska 1982 births Living people German female shot putters German female long jumpers Paralympic athletes for Germany Paralympic gold medalists for Germany Paralympic silver medalists for Germany Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Berná
Eva Berná (born 25 May 1986), also known as Eva Datinská, is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F37 shot put events. She competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There she competed in the F37 discus, javelin and shot put events but failed to win any medals. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F37-38 shot put event but failed to win a medal in either the F37 discus or F35-38 Javelin v She also 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 she won her second bronze medal in the women's F37-38 shot put event but again failed to medal in the F37/38 discus References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
