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2003 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 100 Metres Hurdles
These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday August 27, 2003 at 19:25h. Summary In the third heat of the semi-finals, Patricia Girard and Vonette Dixon had a rare, unbreakable tie for the second qualifying spot. Since the Paris track could accommodate 9 runners, this was a rare case where 9 were advanced to the finals. Running before a home crowd, Girard was marginally first over the first hurdle of the final. She extended the lead over the second hurdle, but by the third, the field had come back. Jenny Adams and Perdita Felicien emerged with the lead. By the fifth hurdle, Felicien was all alone. Glory Alozie, Miesha McKelvy and Brigitte Foster-Hylton Brigitte Foster-Hylton OD (born 7 November 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican 100m hurd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Metres Hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.5 metres from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.5 metres long. The hurdles are set up so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner, but weighted so this is disadvantageous. Fallen hurdles do not count against runners provided that they do not run into them on purpose. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 100 m hurdles begins with athletes in starting blocks. The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record set by Oluwatobiloba Amusan, Tobi Amusan stands at 12.12 seconds. History The race started back in the 1830s in England wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Shekhodanova
Nataliya Shekhodanova (born 29 December 1971) is a Russian hurdler. She competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. She finished seventh at the 1990 World Junior Championships and seventh at the 1996 Olympic Games. However, at the Olympics she failed a doping test for steroids.Olympic News , Sports Library She later reached the semi-final at the 2000 Olympic Games. Her personal best time was 12.59 seconds, achieved in July 1996 in |
Carmen Zamfir
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalised its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. ''Carmen'' has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical Western canon, canon; the "Habanera (aria), Habanera" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of ''opéra comique'' with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Laukhova
Svetlana Laukhova (Cyrillic: Светлана Лаухова; born 1 February 1973) is a retired Russian athlete who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals. Her personal bests of 12.72 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (2001) and 7.95 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (1998). Her husband was the football player Sergey Dmitriyev. Doping rule violation Laukhova was disqualified from the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships because of an anti-doping rule violation. Competition record See also *List of doping cases in athletics *List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women) *Russia at the World Athletics Championships *Doping at the World Athletics Championships As a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) prohibits the use of banned performance-enhancing substances by competitors at the World Championships in Athletics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Kallur
Susanna Elisabeth "Sanna" Kallur (; born 16 February 1981) is a Swedish former athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Kallur holds the world indoor record for 60 m hurdles. Career Kallur made a breakthrough by winning the 100 m hurdles at the 2000 World Junior Championship. She then initially failed to make an impact on senior competition, failing to make the final of two World Championships and then the 2004 Olympic Games. She improved her personal best to 12.67 seconds. European champion In 2005, she won her first senior gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships in Madrid. But once again she failed to reach the final of the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. She came third in the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Kallur, in her biggest achievement to date, won the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Whyte
Angela Whyte (born 22 May 1980) is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She is a three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, and 2016) in the 100m hurdles at the Summer Olympics. She has won multiple medals at both the Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games in the 100 metres hurdles. She was a four-time All-American and a five-time Big West Conference champion in two years of competition at the University of Idaho and holds school records in the sprints, hurdles, jumps, multi-events and relays at both Idaho and the University of New Mexico. She also holds two Big West records in the 100m hurdles. She is currently an assistant track and field coach at Washington State University. Personal life Whyte was born in Edmonton, Alberta. College career Whyte attended the University of New Mexico and competed on the track and field team in 1999 and 2000. She set individual school records in the 55m hurdles (8.15), 60 meters (7.59), 60m hurdles (8.49) and 100m hurdl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Lenskiy
Irina Lenskiy ( he, אירנה לנסקי; born 12 June 1971) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. Personal life She is of Jewish background, and was a Ukrainian citizen, known as Irina Lenskaya, until 1999 when she emigrated to Israel. She also held the surname Omelchenko for a period. In Israel she represents the sports club Maccabi Rishon LeZion. She stands tall and weighed about during her active career. Her daughter Olga Lenskiy (born 1992) competed in sprints at the 2009 World Youth Championships. Career By the time of migrating to Israel she had already taken part in the 1995 and 1997 World Championships, both in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time was 55.69 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Kyiv, and she also had 52.60 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in 1997. In the short hurdles distances (100 and 60 metres) she competed at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, the 2001 World Championships, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariya Koroteyeva
Mariya Mikhailovna Koroteyeva (russian: Мария Михайловна Коротеева; born 10 November 1981) is a Russian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 12.60 seconds, achieved during the Olympic Games in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... International competitions References * 1981 births Living people People from Kashira Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast Russian female hurdlers Olympic female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Russian Athletics Championships winners {{russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Yiping
Su Yiping (; born August 4, 1979, in Changshu, Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a female Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ... hurdler. Her personal best time is 12.91 seconds, achieved in October 1999 in Huizhou. Competition record External links * 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Suzhou Runners from Jiangsu Chinese female hurdlers Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Atede
Angela Atede (born 8 February 1972) is a Nigerian athlete who mainly competes in the 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h .... Her personal best is 12.72 seconds, achieved in 1998. Competition record External links * * 1972 births Living people Nigerian female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes of Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Faustin
Nadine Faustin-Parker (born 14 April 1976) is a Haitian hurdler born in Brussels, Belgium. She has represented Haiti at three Summer Olympics; (in 2000, 2004 and 2008). She competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor season, but represented Haiti at the 1999 World Championships. She earned All-America honors at the University of North Carolina before graduating in 1999 and was inducted into the University of North Carolina Track and Field Hall of Honor in 2007. She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games. She won the gold medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships. She won the silver medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005, the World Indoor Championships in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final. Her personal best time is 12.74 seconds, achieved at the 2004 Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Ferga-Khodadin
Linda Ferga married Khodadin (born 24 December 1976 in Paris) is a French former athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles indoor. Competitions record Lina was also Champion of France for the 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ... in 2005 (12.66s). References * * FFA profile 1976 births Living people French female long jumpers French female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Athletes from Paris Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games 21st-century French women {{France-hurdles-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
