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2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 1500 Metres
The men's 1,500 metres at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto from 11–16 June. Medalists See also *List of IPC world records in athletics References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 IPC Athletics European Championships - Men's 1, 500 metres 1,500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics (sport), athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Champi ... 1500 metres at the World Para Athletics European Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1,500 Metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics (sport), athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately miles. The event is closely associated with its slightly longer cousin, the mile race, from which it derives its nickname "the metric mile". The demands of the race are similar to that of the 800 metres, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre race is predominantly aerobic exercise, aerobic, but anaerobic exercise, anaerobic conditioning is also required. Each lap run during the world-record race run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 in Rome, Italy averaged just under 55 seconds (or under 13.8 seconds per 100 metres). 1,500 metres is three and three-qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafal Korc
Rafal Korc (born 9 March 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Poland who competes in T20 classification middle-distance running events. Korc represented Poland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ... in London, where he won bronze in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres, 1500 m race. He has been selected for three IPC Athletics World Championships, but he has been unable to replicate his Paralympic Games success, with his best finish being 5th at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, 2013 Games in Lyon. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Korc, Rafal Paralympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Poland Living people 1982 births Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Bychenok
Alexey Bychenok (born 31 July 1986) is a Russian male cross-country skier and biathlete who is also engaged with the Paralympic athletics. He represented Russia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and competed in the biathlon events. Alexey claimed his first Paralympic medal for Russia after claiming a silver medal in the men's middle sitting event during the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Biography Alexey Bychenok was born on 31 July 1986 in Temirtau, Russia (now situated in Kazakhstan). He had an injury that he sustained in 1995 caused his legs to be amputated. He took the sport of cross-country skiing in 2010. Career Alexey Bychenok competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympics, which was his first Paralympic event and took part only in the biathlon events despite being a more specialised cross-country skier. He maximised the opportunity to represent his country in the 2014 Winter Paralympics which was held in his home soil and managed to clinch a silver medal in the 12.5 km mi ... [...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] |
T54 (classification)
T54 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics in the track and jump events. The class includes people with spinal cord injuries who compete using a wheelchair in track events. They have paraplegia, but have normal hand and arm function, normal or limited trunk function, and no leg function. This class includes CP-ISRA classes CP3 and CP4, and some athletes in ISOD classes A1, A2 and A3. Definition This classification is for track and jump events in disability athletics. This classification is one of several classifications for athletes with spinal cord injuries. Similar classifications are T51, T52 and T53. The International Paralympic Committee defined this class in 2011 as, "These athletes will have normal arm muscle power with a range of trunk muscle power extending from partial trunk control to normal trunk control. Athletes who compete in this group may have significant leg muscle power. These athletes have reasonable to normal trunk control whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Geierspichler
Thomas Geierspichler (born April 14, 1976) is a Paralympian, Paralympic wheelchair racing, wheelchair racer from Austria. He competes in the T52 (classification), T52 classification. Career He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he won a bronze medal in the men's Marathon - T52 event, went out in the first round of the men's 800 metres - T52 event, finished sixth in the men's 1500 metres - T52 event and finished eighth in the men's 5000 metres - T52 event. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's 1500 metres - T52 event, a silver medal in the men's 800 metres - T52 event, a silver medal in the men's 5000 metres - T52 event, a silver medal in the men's Marathon - T52 event and a bronze medal in the men's 400 metres - T52 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, China. There he won a gold medal in the men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T52 (classification)
T52 is disability sport classification for disability athletics. People in this class have good shoulder and upper body control, but lack fine motor skills in their arms and hands. They have no to limited trunk and leg function. The class includes people with a number of different types of disabilities including spinal cord injuries. Similar classifications are T51, T53 and T54. Definition This classification is for disability athletics. This classification is one of several classifications for athletes with spinal cord injuries. Similar classifications are T51, T52, T53 and T54 Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the athletes in this classification as: " Wheelchair athlete with good shoulder, elbow and wrist function. Limited finger movements. No leg or trunk function. " The Australian Paralympic Committee defines this classification as being for people with "Damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back. Substantially impaired or no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayram Yilmaz
Bayram or Bairam or Beyram may refer to: * Bayram (Turkey), the Turkish word for a festival or celebration * Bayrami (Bayramilik and Bayramiye), a Sufi order * Public holidays in Azerbaijan People * Bayram (name) Places * Bayram, Baghlan, Afghanistan * Beyram, Iran, a city in Fars Province, Iran * Bairam, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Bayram, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Beyram, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Beyram, West Azerbaijan Beyram ( fa, بيرم, also Romanized as Beyrām; also known as Bahrām) is a village in Kani Bazar Rural District, Khalifan District, Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ..., a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Beyram District, an administrative subdivision of Fars Province * Beyram Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Fars Province See also * Bajrami {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hristiyan Stoyanov
Hristiyan Stoyanov (born 20 August 1998) is a Bulgarian para-athlete who competes in middle-distance running. He represented Bulgaria in the Paralympic Games. Career Stoyanov represented Bulgaria 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 the men's 1500 metres T46 event and won a silver medal. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoyanov, Hristiyan 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Gabrovo Paralympic athletes for Bulgaria Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paraly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Iaremchuk
Aleksandr Vitalyevich Iaremchuk (russian: Александр Витальевич Яремчук; born 19 February 1995) is a Russian cross-country skier, para-biathlete and para-athlete. Career Iaremchuk represented Russia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in the biathlon and cross-country skiing. He also competes in the Summer Paralympics. He represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Russian athletes competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee (acronym RPC). On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four y ... in the 1500 metres T46 event and won a gold medal. Personal life Iaremchuk lost his left arm around the age of seven. He took up athletics aged 13. He has two sons with his wife Anastasia: Yermil (born 2017) and Arseny (born 2021). References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iaremchuk, Aleksandr 1995 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T46 (classification)
T46 and F46 are disability sport classification for disability athletics. People in this class have a single below or above the elbow amputation. The amputee sports equivalent class is ISOD the A6 and A8 classes. People in this class can have injuries as a result of over use of their remaining upper limb. The classification process to be included in this class has four parts: a medical exam, observation during training, observation during competition and then being classified into this class. Definition This classification is for disability athletics. T46 is for track events and F46 is for field events. This classification is one of several classifications for athletes with ambulant related disabilities. Similar classifications are T40, T42, T43, T44, T45 and T47. Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the athletes in this classification as: "Single above elbow/Single below elbow amputation or similar disability." The Australian Paralympic Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Varfolomeev
Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: * Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature * Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982), leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982 * Leonid Buryak (b. 1953), USSR/Ukraine-born Olympic-medal-winning soccer player and coach * Leonid Bykov (1928–1979), Soviet and Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer * Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955), Soviet and Russian opera and film composer * Leonid Feodorov (1879–1935), a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, and survivor of the Gulag * Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, and pamphleteer * Leonid Gaidai, (1923–1993), Soviet comedy film director *Leonid Geishtor (b. 1936), USSR (Belarus)-born Olympic champion Canadian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
