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2007 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Javelin Throw
The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)'' Abbreviations Records {, class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:110%;" width="95%" , - !colspan="6", Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships , - , World Record , , {{flagathlete, Osleidys Menéndez , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, CUB , , 71.70 m , , August 14, 2005 , , {{flagicon, FIN Helsinki, Finland , - , Event Record , , {{flagathlete, Osleidys Menéndez , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, CUB , , 71.70 m , , August 14, 2005 , , {{flagicon, FIN Helsinki, Finland , - , Season Best , , {{flagathlete, Christina Obergföll , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GER , , 70.20 m , , June 23, 2007 , , {{flagicon, GER Munich, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. History The javelin throw was added to the Ancient Olympic Games as part of the pentathlon in 708 BC. It included two events, one for distance and the other for accuracy in hitting a target. The javelin was thrown with the aid of a thong ('' ankyle'' in Greek) that was wound around the middle of the shaft. Athletes held the javelin by the ''ankyle'', and when they released the shaft, the unwinding of the thong gave the javelin a spiral trajectory. Throwing javelin-like poles into targets was revived in Germany and Sweden in the early 1870s. In Sweden, these poles developed into the modern javelin, and throwing them for distance became a common event there and in Finland in the 1880s. The rules continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Madejczyk
Barbara Madejczyk (born 30 September 1976 in Ustka) is a javelin thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 64.08 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Málaga. Achievements See also *Polish records in athletics References * 1976 births Living people People from Słupsk County Polish female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Pomeranian Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century Polish women Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serafina Akeli
Patsy Serafina Akeli (née McKenzie) (born 7 December 1978 in Motootua) is a Samoan javelin thrower. She is a two-time Olympian, a 2008 national javelin throw champion, and a member of the QEII Track Club in Australia. She set both a national record and a personal best throw of 54.78 metres, by winning her event at the New Zealand Athletics Championships in Wellington, New Zealand. Akeli made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she placed fortieth in the qualifying rounds of the women's javelin throw, at a distance of 45.93 metres. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, Akeli achieved her best career result, when she finished ninth in the final round of the women's javelin, with a best possible throw of 51.25 metres. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalila Rugama
Olivia Dalila Rugama Carmona (born April 9, 1984, in Managua) is Nicaraguan javelin thrower. She represented her nation Nicaragua at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also registered her own national record of 55.28 metres in the women's javelin throw at the 2007 Bolivarian Games in Caracas, Venezuela. Throughout her career, Rugama was part of the team of the Polytechnic University of Nicaragua's track and field squad. Rugama qualified for the Nicaraguan squad in the women's javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by granting an invitation from the Nicaraguan Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense) and the IAAF under the Universality rule with an entry mark of 53.23. Rugama threw a javelin with a satisfying distance of 51.42 metres on her second attempt in the prelims, but her effort was not sufficient to compete for the final round with a fortieth-place finish. Dalila Rugama has won in 4 times (2001, 2006, 2013 and 2017) the Women's Javelin Throw and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Pounds
Dana Pounds is an American track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. In 2007, she competed in the women's javelin throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ... held in Osaka, Japan. She did not qualify to compete in the final. She won the women's javelin throw event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships both in 2005 and in 2006. In 2008, she won the women's United States Air Force Athlete of the Year award. Personal life In December 2013, her husband David Lyon was killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American female javelin throwers World A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrė Jakubaitytė
Indrė Jakubaitytė (born 24 January 1976) is a female javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...er from Lithuania. Her personal best throw is 63.65 metres, achieved in September 2007 in Kaunas is also the current national record. She competed at the 2007 World Championships, but without reaching the final. Achievements References * External links * * * 1976 births Living people Lithuanian female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Lithuania Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Lithuania {{Lithuania-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buoban Pamang
Buoban Pamang ( th, บัวบาน ผามั่ง; RTGS: Buaban Phamang, born 27 December 1983 in Chiang Rai) is a female javelin thrower from Thailand. In 2006, she won the Athletics at the Asian Games in a new national record of 61.31 metres. In 2007, she took another gold medal, at the 2007 Summer Universiade in another national record of 61.40 metres. Later that year she competed at the 2007 World Championships, but without reaching the final. The next year she competed at the 2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... International competitions References * * 1983 births Living people Buoban Pamang Buoban Pamang Female javelin throwers Buoban Pamang Buoban Pamang Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Resende
Alessandra Nobre Resende (born March 5, 1975) is a Brazilian javelin thrower. She is a two-time Ibero-American and a four-time South American champion for her category. Resende, however, narrowly missed out of the medal podium, when she placed fifth in the final at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, with a best throw of 57.95 metres. At age thirty-three, Resende made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ..., where she competed in the women's javelin throw. She threw the javelin into the field at 56.53 metres, finishing twenty-seventh overall in the qualifying rounds. Competition record References External links *Profile – UOL Esporte Brazilian female javelin throwers Living people Olympic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Stoian
Monica Stoian (born 25 August 1982) is a female javelin thrower from Romania. She finished seventh at the 1999 World Youth Championships and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... without reaching the final. At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, she did make the final and finished third, achieving a personal best of 64.51 metres in her first attempt. Achievements References * 1982 births Living people Romanian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Romania Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Romania Medalists at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldie Sayers
Katherine Dinah "Goldie" Sayers (born 16 July 1982), is a former British javelin thrower, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom. On 20 May 2007, Sayers set a new British record in the javelin at , thus becoming the first British woman to throw over 65 metres since javelins were redesigned in 1999. Sayers set the record when competing for her university, Loughborough, at the Loughborough International match. She cemented this achievement at the Norwich Union Glasgow Grand Prix on 3 June 2007 where she beat a top-class international field in rainy conditions with a throw of 63.59 m. Defeated rivals included European champion and Olympic silver medallist Steffi Nerius and world champion Barbora Špotáková. Early life Sayers was educated at Fairstead House School, Newmarket, and at The King's School, Ely. She played hockey, netball and tennis at county level, and was an under 11 national table tennis champion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariya Yakovenko
Mariya Yakovenko (russian: Мария Яковенко; born 6 January 1982 in Krasnodar) is a female javelin thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 62.23 metres, achieved in August 2007 in Tula. She competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 as well as the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final. Vakovenko tested positive for Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (Oral Turinabol) 19 February 2013 and was subsequently banned for two years, ending 7 August 2015.IAAFList of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under IAAF Rules 31 October 2014 iaaf.org International competitions See also *List of doping cases in athletics A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lada Chernova
Lada Chernova (born 1 January 1970) is a Russian javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 63.35 meters, achieved in August 2007 in Tula. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup. She also competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final. Chernova was given a two-year ban from competition in 2008 after testing positive for the banned substance metenolone. After her return to competition, she failed a second drugs test - for bromantan in February 2012, and was handed a lifetime ban by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA. Chernova successfully appealed the decision in a Russian court, but the ban was subsequently confirmed following a counter-appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
