2017 European Athletics U20 Championships
The 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships were the 24th edition of the biennial European U20 athletics championships. They were held in Grosseto, Italy from 20 July to 23 July. Medal summary Men Track Field Combined Women Track Field Combined Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count, 1,227 athletes from 47 countries participated in the event. References External links *Results(archived) {{2017 in athletics European Athletics U20 Championships International athletics competitions hosted by Italy European Athletics Junior Championships European Athletics Junior Championships European Athletics Junior Championships European Athletics Junior Championships The European Athletics U20 Championships (formerly named the European Athletics Junior Championships up to 2015) are the European championships for athletes who are under-20 athletes, which is the age range recognised by World Athletics as jun ... Sport in Grosseto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grosseto
Grosseto () is a city and ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the Ombrone river. It is the most populous city in Maremma, with 82,284 inhabitants. The comune of Grosseto includes the ''frazioni'' of Marina di Grosseto, the largest one, Roselle, Principina a Mare, Principina Terra, Montepescali, Braccagni, Istia d'Ombrone, Batignano, Alberese and Rispescia. History The origins of Grosseto can be traced back to the High Middle Ages. It was first mentioned in 803 as a fief of the Counts Aldobrandeschi, in a document recording the assignment of the church of St. George to Ildebrando degli Aldobrandeschi, whose successors were counts of the Grossetana Mark until the end of the 12th century. Grosseto steadily grew in importance, owing to the decline of Rusellae and Vetulonia until it was one of the principal Tuscan cities ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Fitzsimons (Irish Runner)
John Henry FitzSimons (born 12 February 1943) is a British former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the gold medallist at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning with a games record throw of . He is a former British record holder and was the first British man to throw the javelin beyond eighty metres. His personal best is . He was the 1964 winner of the AAA Championships and was runner-up tin Finland's Jorma Kinnunen Jorma can refer to: *Jorma (name), Finnish given name *Jorma (album), released by Kaukonen in 1979 *Jorma (wine), a Finnish wine *nowadays in Finnish language ''jorma'' is a very well-known slang word that means penis A penis (plural ''p ... in 1966. As well as his 1966 gold, he returned to win a bronze medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, helping England to the first ever medal sweep of the javelin by a nation, alongside compatriots Dave Travis and John McSorley. He represented Great Britain ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alessandro Sibilio
Alessandro Sibilio (born 27 April 1999) is an Italian sprinter and hurdler, who competes in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres. He won a gold medal at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 400 m hurdles. Personal bests *400 metres: 45.08 ( Nocera Inferiore, 18 June 2022) *400 metres hurdles: 47.93 ( Tokyo, 1 August 2021) Progression ;400 m hs Achievements National titles Sibilio won two national championships at individual senior level. *Italian Athletics Championships **400 m hs: 2019, 2021 (2) **4 x 400 m relay: 2019 See also * List of Italian records in athletics * Italy at the 2019 IAAF World Relays * List of European junior records in athletics European junior records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletics Association (EAA). Athletics records comprise the best performance of an athlete before the year of their 20th birthday. Technically, in all under-20 age divi ... * Italian all-time li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wilfried Happio
Wilfried Happio (born 22 September 1998) is a French athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. Born by a Martinican mother and a father from Metropolitan France Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ..., he won gold medals at the 2017 European U20 and 2019 European U23 Championships. His personal best in the event is 47.41 seconds set in Eugene Oregon in 2022. Personal life In 2020, Happio is accused of assaulting triple jump athlete Janet Scott, with whom he had a brief romantic relationship. The commission considered, after its judgment, that the facts were "not sufficiently established", and said it was unable "to establish whether Mr. Happio assaulted Ms. Scott or whether he acted in self-defense. " In 2022, he is the subject of a complaint for acts of sexu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luis Salort
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a der ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Sakala
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be us ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason Joseph
Jason Joseph (born 11 October 1998) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He won a gold medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. He has been the national champion in the 110 metres hurdles ever since 2019, earning the title consecutively five times in a row, and holds national records in both events. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2020 Olympics. Early life Jason Joseph was born on 11 October 1998 in Basel, Switzerland to a Caribbean-Swiss family. Initially, he showed interest in sports such as football, breakdancing, and martial arts, as opposed to athletics. He began athletics at age 11 and it started to grow on him slowly, over the years, as time passed. Career He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. Earlier he won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. Prior to 2023: His personal bests are 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.7& ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sezgin Ataç
Sezgin Ataç (born 21 March 1998) is a Turkish long-distance runner. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. In 2019, he competed in the men's event at the 2019 European 10,000m Cup held in London, United Kingdom. In the same year, he finished in 17th place in the men's 10,000 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships were the 12th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was held in Gävle, Sweden from 11 to 14 July. Medal summary Men Track * Med ... held in Gävle, Sweden. References External links * Living people 1998 births Place of birth missing (living people) Turkish male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey 21st-century Turkish people FISU World Universi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sergiy Polikarpenko
Sergiy is a Ukrainian masculine given name that comes from the ancient Roman generic name Segius. The current official transliteration from Ukrainian is Serhii (previously the following variants were also used: Sergiy, Serhiy, Sergii, Serhij). Russian variant of this name is Sergey. Spanish variant of this name is Sergio. Ukrainian-born people * Sergiy Bezugliy (born 1984), sprint canoer * Sergiy Biloushchenko (born 1981), rower * Sergiy Breus (born 1983), butterfly swimmer * Sergiy Bychkov (born 1961), politician, civil engineer, and lawyer * Sergiy Demchuk (born 19??), paralympic swimmer * Sergiy Dzindziruk (born 1976), professional boxer * Sergiy Gladyr (born 1988), professional basketball player * Sergiy Gorbenko (born 1985), professional basketball player * Sergiy Grechyn (born 1979), professional road cyclist * Sergiy Ivliev (born 1984), footballer * Sergiy Kirichenko (born 1952), army general * Sergiy Klimniuk (born 1976), sprint canoer * Sergiy Kolos (born 19??) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dorin Andrei Rusu
Dorin may refer to: ; Romanian masculine given name * Dorin Chirtoacă * Dorin Dănilă * Dorin Drăguțanu *Dorin Goian *Dorin Recean *Dorin Rotariu *Dorin Tudoran ; Surname *Françoise Dorin Françoise Dorin (23 January 1928 – 12 January 2018) was a French actor, comedian, novelist, playwright and songwriter. She was most successful in the 1970s, authored about 30 plays and more than 25 books as well as writing songs for various arti ... (1928–2018), French actor, comedian, novelist, playwright and songwriter; daughter of René * René Dorin (1891-1969), French chansonnier, screenwriter and playwright {{given name, type=both Romanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tariku Novales
Tariku Novales Quinteiro (born 8 March 1998) is a Spanish long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. Born in Ethiopia, Tariku was adopted at 6 years old from an orphanage in Addis Abeba by a Spanish couple. Personal bests Outdoor * 5000 metres - 13:33.08 (Oordegem, 2019) *10,000 metres – 29:24.66 (Burjassot, 2019) *Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ... – 1:01:46 (Valencia, 2021) * Marathon – 2:05:48 (Valencia, 2023) Achievements References 1998 births Living people Spanish male marathon runners Sportspeople from Galicia (Spain) {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, setting an List of Olympic records in athletics, Olympic and List of European records in athletics, European record. At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Ingebrigtsen took silver in the event and a gold for the 5000 metres. He is a four-time European Athletics Championships, European champion, winning the 1500 m/5000 m double in 2018 European Athletics Championships, 2018 and 2022 European Athletics Championships, 2022. His 1500 m victory in 2018 achieved at the age of 17 made him the second youngest ever individual senior European track and field champion, while his double was the first in history. Indoors, he is 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022 World Indoor Championship 1500 m silver medallist a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |