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2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 400 Metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July. Medalists Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded. See also *List of IPC world records in athletics References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 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 ... 2017 in women's athletics 400 metres at the World Para Athletics Championships Women's sport in London ... [...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] |
Leilia Adzhametova
Leilia Adzhametova (born 3 September 1994) is a Ukrainian para-track and field athlete. Adzhametova competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the T13 classification, winning a gold medal in the women's 100 metres T13 event and a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres T13 event. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships she won gold medals in the women's 100 m T13 and women's 100 m T13 events and a bronze medal in the women's 400 m T13 event. See also * Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics References External links * Leilia Adzhametovaat the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 15 November 2019 ... 1994 births Living people Ukrainian female sprinters Paralympic athletes for Ukraine Paralympic gold medalists for Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nataliia Kobzar
Nataliia Kobzar ( uk, Наталія Кобзар, 19 January 2000) is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete. She competes in 100, 200 and 400 metres sprinting events for T37-classified athletes. She won the silver medal in the women's 400 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Kobzar is a two-time gold medalist at the World Para Athletics Championships and also at the World Para Athletics European Championships. She also won six silver medals at these competitions. Career At the World Para Athletics Championships, Kobzar won the gold medals in the women's 200 metres T37 event at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom and in the women's 400 metres T37 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Hermitage
Georgina Hermitage, (born 28 March 1989) is a former British parasport athlete competing in T37 sprint events. In 2015, she qualified for the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, selected for the T37 100m and 200m. She took the gold in the 400m sprint, setting a new world record. Personal history Hermitage was born in Guildford, England in 1989. She has cerebral palsy which mainly affects the left side of her body. She was educated at George Abbot School in her home town. In 2012 Hermitage gave birth to her first child. Sporting career Hermitage took up athletics as a school girl and joined Guildford & Godalming Athletics Club. At the age of 14, frustrated by her lack of progress compared to her peers, she was approached by coach Hazel Childs who suggested she switch to parasports. Hermitage took the advice badly and quit athletics in protest, though she later admitted regretting this decision. In 2012, following the London Paralympics and inspired to leave a leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T37 (classification)
T37 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics in track and jump events. It includes people who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. It is the athletics equivalent of the more general CP7 classification. Definition This classification is for disability athletics in track and jump events. This classification is one of seven classifications for athletes with cerebral palsy. Similar classifications are T32, T33, T34, T35, T36, and T38. The Australian Paralympic Committee defines this classification as being for "Moderate to minimal hemiplegia (i.e. one half of the body affected – arm and leg on same side). Good functional ability in non affected side. Walks / runs without assistive devices, but with a limp." The International Paralympic Committee defined this classification on their website in July 2016 as, "Coordination impairments (hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis)". Disability groups Multiple types of disabilitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kare Adenegan
Karé Adenegan (born 29 December 2000) is a British wheelchair athlete specialising in sprint distances in the T34 classification. She was classified as a disability athlete in 2013. Competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, at the age of 15, she won a silver medal and two bronze medals. In 2018, Adenegan set a then New World record in the T34 100m at the Müller Anniversary Games in London, with a time of 16.80 seconds. Adenegan is one of the only T34 athletes to have completed the 100 metres in sub 17 seconds Adenegan is also the only athlete to have defeated Hannah Cockroft in a T34 Women's wheelchair race. (Once in 2015 aged 14yrs and twice in 2018 aged 17 yrs old). In 2018, she won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award. Early years Adenegan was born in 2000 in Coventry, England and attended Bablake School. She now attends Warwick University. She has cerebral palsy. Athletics career Adenegan took up wheelchair racing in 2012, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Halko
Alexa Halko (born June 28, 2000) is a parasport athlete from the United States competing mainly in T34 classification sprint and middle-distance events. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, where she won a bronze and two silver medals for her country, and followed this with a second bronze five years later at the Tokyo Paralympics. Personal history Halko was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma, USA in 2000. Presently residing in Williamsburg, Virginia she attended Jamestown High School, graduating in 2018. Halko has cerebral palsy. Athletics career Halko started out in parasports at the age of seven after being approached at a farmer's market by a member of the Greater Oklahoma Disabled Sports Association. She had never used a wheelchair prior but uses one to race. Classified as a T34 athlete, she entered her first senior competition in 2015, competing at a Grand Prix in Mesa, Arizona. That same year Halko was chosen to represent the United States at the 2015 IPC At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Cockroft
Hannah Lucy Cockroft (born 30 July 1992) is a British wheelchair racer specialising in sprint distances in the T34 classification. She holds the world records for the 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and 1500 metres in her classification and the Paralympic records at 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and 800 metres. Competing for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she won two gold medals. She won three further gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Early years Cockroft was born on 30 July 1992 in Halifax, West Yorkshire. She had two cardiac arrests after birth which left her with permanent damage in numerous areas of her brain, resulting in weak hips, deformed feet and legs and mobility problems and affecting the fine motor skills in her hands. Her disability means she uses a wheelchair for long distances but she does have an ability to walk short distances. Athletics career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T34 (classification)
T34 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics. The classification is one of eight specifically for athletes with cerebral palsy, and one of four for athletes with cerebral palsy who use a wheelchair. People in this class have hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. This class includes people who have cerebral palsy, or who have had a stroke or traumatic brain injury. Definition This classification is for disability athletics. This classification is one of eight classifications for athletes with cerebral palsy, four for wheelchair athletes ( T31, T32, T33, T34) and four for ambulant ones (T35, T36, T37 and T38). Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the athletes in this classification as: "CP4, see CP-ISRA classes (appendix) Wheelchair". The classification in the appendix by Buckley goes on to say "The athlete has minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair." The Australian Paralympic Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Niewiedział
Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer Film and television * ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom Places * Barbara (Paris Métro), a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France * Barbaria (region), or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa * Barbara, Arkansas, U.S. * Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza * Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy * Berbara, or al-Barbara, Lebanon * Berbara, Akka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breanna Clark
Breanna Clark (born November 4, 1994) is an American Paralympic athlete who has competed in T20 category races. She was diagnosed with autism at age four. She has a twin brother named Rashard. Their mother, Rosalyn Clark, won a silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ... in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay. Breanna is a world, Parapan American and Paralympic champion in the races that she competes in. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Breanna 1994 births Living people Track and field athletes from Los Angeles Paralympic track and field athletes of the United States Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
