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2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup
The 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 16 February 2008 at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow, Russia. It was the fourth and final edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2007 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain and Northern Ireland did not send either a men's or women's team and they were replaced by Ukraine and Spain, respectively. The men's team from Greece also opted not to participate and they were replaced by Sweden (the third best finisher in the 2007 European A League). The host nation won both the men's and women's competitions. The competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. The international team points totals were decided by their ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov (russian: Евгений Борисов; born March 7, 1984) is a Russian hurdler. He placed third at the 60 metres hurdles at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia alongside Staņislavs Olijars. His personal best in the 60 m hurdles came at the 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow when he won the event in 7.44, breaking his previous best by 0.14 seconds. This put him 22nd on the all-time list. His 110 metres hurdles best is 13.55. Competition record See also *List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (men) This is the complete list of men's medalists at the IAAF World Indoor Championships. Current program 60 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 3000 metres 60 metres hurdles 4 × 400 metres relay High jump Pole vault ... References External links * 1984 births Living people Russian male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriy Koldin
Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic (russian: Юрий, Yuriy, or uk, Юрій, Yuriy, or bg, Юрий, Jurij, or be, Юры, Jury) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slovak and Croatian Juraj, akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, and German Jürgen, and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri, Portuguese Iury, and Dutch Joeri. The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuri Dolgoruky, Grand Prince of Kiev (c. 1099–1157), in early accounts recorded as ''Gyurgi, Dyurgi''. Yaroslav the Wise, great-grandfather of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, was the first Ruthenian ruler whose patron saint was Saint George. The saint is now depicted on the coat of arms of Moscow. Ancient and medieval world (Listed chronologically) * Yuri Dolgorukiy or Yuri I Vladimirovich (c. 1099–1157), Grand Prince of Kiev * Yuri II of Vladimir (1189–1238) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livio Sciandra
Livio Sciandra (born 23 September 1980) is a former Italian male middle distance runner who won an individual medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and won five national titles at senior level. Achievements National titles He won 5 national championships at individual senior level. *Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, w ... **800 metres: 2003, 2007, 2008 * Italian Indoor Athletics Championships **800 metres: 2002, 2008 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sciandra, Livio 1980 births Living people Italian male middle-distance runners Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Athletics competitors of Centro Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Alberto Marco
Luis Alberto Marco Contreras (born 20 August 1986) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres. Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships. In the 800 metres he finished fourth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. Marco was a finalist at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics in Barcelona. His personal best time is 1:45.14 minutes, achieved in June 2012 in Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The ria .... Competition record References 1986 births Living people Spanish male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Spain {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Dyldin
Maksim Sergeyevich Dyldin (russian: Максим Серге́евич Дылдин) (born 19 May 1987) is a Russian sprint athlete. He was part of the team that finished third in Men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but the team was disqualified after teammate Denis Alekseyev tested positive for doping. Dyldin himself was disqualified for four years for refusing to be tested. His ban extends from 22 May 2015 to 5 January 2021. See also *List of doping cases in athletics *List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals *List of World Athletics Championships medalists (men) Men have contested events at the World Athletics Championships since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was held in 1976 for the ... * 4 × 400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics References External links * Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Licciardello
Claudio Licciardello (born 11 January 1986 in Catania) is a track and field sprinter from Italy, who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.25 seconds, achieved in the heats at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Biography At the 2009 European Indoor Championships he won the silver medal in the 400 metres, and a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Jacopo Marin, Matteo Galvan and Domenico Rao Domenico Rao (born 11 June 1977) is a male track and field sprinter from Italia who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 47.09 seconds, achieved in 1998. Biography He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2009 E .... He also competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Achievements See also * Italian all-time lists - 400 metres * Italy national relay team References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Licciarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman (born 2 November 1982) is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events. Wissman won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in Athletics 2009 in Torino, Italy. This was Johan's first and long awaited international gold medal at the time 45.89. He finished second in 200 m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships 2004 and second in 400 m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2008. He also won the silver medal in the 200 m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. He came in seventh place in 400 m in the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan and he finished 8th in the 2008 Olympic Summer 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 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmytro Hlushchenko
Dmytro Hlushchenko, ukr. Дмитро Леонідович Глущенко (born 17 February 1981) is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.Athlete biography: Dmytro Glushchenko beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 25, 2008 His personal best time in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in . In the 100 metres he has 10.25 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in . He finished fifth at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Yepishin
Andrey Sergeyevich Yepishin (russian: Андрей Серге́евич Епишин, born 10 June 1981 in Zhukovsky) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Athlete biography: Andrey Epishin beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008 Career He won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the . Participating in the |
Łukasz Chyła
Łukasz Chyła (born 31 March 1981 in Dziemiany) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.Athlete biography: Lukasz Chyla beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008 Chyła represented in . He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with |
Yuriy Borzakovskiy Turin 2009 Cropped
Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic (russian: Юрий, Yuriy, or uk, Юрій, Yuriy, or bg, Юрий, Jurij, or be, Юры, Jury) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slovak and Croatian Juraj, akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, and German Jürgen, and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri, Portuguese Iury, and Dutch Joeri. The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuri Dolgoruky, Grand Prince of Kiev (c. 1099–1157), in early accounts recorded as ''Gyurgi, Dyurgi''. Yaroslav the Wise, great-grandfather of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, was the first Ruthenian ruler whose patron saint was Saint George. The saint is now depicted on the coat of arms of Moscow. Ancient and medieval world (Listed chronologically) * Yuri Dolgorukiy or Yuri I Vladimirovich (c. 1099–1157), Grand Prince of Kiev * Yuri II of Vladimir (1189–1238) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
