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2008 European Cross Country Championships
The 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race. Results Men individual 10.0 km Total 77 competitors Men teams Total 12 teams Women individual 8.0 km Total 64 competitors Women teams Total 11 teams Men U23 individual 8.0 km Total 85 competitors Men U23 teams Total 16 teams Women U23 individual 6.0 km Tota 66 competitors Women U23 teams Total 11 teams Junior men individual 6.0 km Total 94 competitors Junior men teams Total 16 teams Junior women individual 4.0 km Total 81 competitors Junior women teams Total 11 teams References {{coord, 50, 53, 35, N, 4, 20, 49, E, region:BE-BRU_type:event_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for Sport of athletics, athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. European Athletics has 51 members and is headquartered in Lausanne. Originally created in 1932 as a European Committee, it was made into an independent body during the Bucharest conference of 1969. The first European Athletics congress took place in Paris on 6–8 October 1970, with Dutchman Adriaan Paulen elected as its first president. From a volunteer-led organization based in the acting Secretary's home country, European Athletics has developed into a professional organization with a permanent base in Switzerland. European Athletics runs and regulates several championships and meetings across Europe – both indoor and outdoor. History After the foundation of the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) in 1912, it was cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokhtar Benhari , the head of a village or neighbourhood in many Arab countries as well as in Turkey and Cyprus
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Mokhtar may refer to: Places *Bordj Badji Mokhtar, desert town in southwestern Algeria * Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, district in Algeria * Cham Mokhtar, village in Iran * Chebaita Mokhtar, town and commune in Algeria * Tam-e Mokhtar, village in Iran * Mokhtar, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, village in Iran * Mokhtar, Sistan and Baluchestan, village in Iran Other * Mokhtar (film) * Mokhtar (name) *El Mokhtar, an Arabian horse See also * Mukhtar A mukhtar ( ar, مختار, mukhtār, chosen one; el, μουχτάρης) is a village chief in the Levant: "an old institution that goes back to the time of the Ottoman rule". According to Amir S. Cheshin, Bill Hutman and Avi Melamed, the muk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anália Rosa
Anália de Oliveira Rosa (born 28 February 1976) is a Portuguese long-distance runner who competes in cross country, track and road running events, including the marathon. She has represented Portugal at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships a total of nine times. Biography Rosa was born in Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro. She began her career as a cross country specialist. She won the 2000 World Student Cross Country Championships and established herself on the senior national scene as well, taking three straight short course titles from 2000 to 2003. She made her major international debut at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura, running in the short race. She switched to the long race at the next edition and reached the top-fifteen runners. Over the following seasons, she made a number of other top-twenty finishes (including 11th in the long race and 16th in the short at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriënne Herzog
Adriënne Herzog (born 30 September 1985, Amersfoort) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She has had most of her success in cross country running, being twice a bronze medallist at the European Cross Country Championships (2009 and 2012). She represented the Netherlands on the track at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to make the final on either occasion. She was a finalist, however, at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She is a seven-time Dutch national champion in cross country. She also won a bronze medal at the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships. On the circuit, she won the 2009 Lotto Cross Cup Brussels. Herzog was implicated in doping practices as part of investigations connected with Operación Galgo. Her coach at the time, Manuel Pascua Piqueras, was a central figure in the scandal. After being interrogated by the police, she was ultimately not charged of an offence after the ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa María Morató
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Mary Cullen
Mary Teresa Cullen (born 17 August 1982) is an Irish long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres on the track, and cross country running. She holds the Irish record over 3000 m indoors. Early career Born in Sligo, she competed in international athletics at a young age, running in the junior race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 3000 metres at the inaugural IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics when she was sixteen years old. After meeting American coach Ray Treacy in Ireland, he offered her a scholarship to attend university in the United States. She went on to study social sciences at Providence College and represented their college athletics team, the Providence Friars.Mary Cullen: Enjoying the fame game '' |
Inês Monteiro
Inês Alexandra das Neves Monteiro (born 18 May 1980) is a Portuguese athlete who competes in middle and long-distance track running, as well as road running and cross country. She started out as a cross country runner, winning a silver and a gold medal at the 1998 and 1999 European junior race. She has represented Portugal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, and has competed twice at the World Championships in Athletics. She is a regular performer at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, generally finishing around 30th place. Monteiro made her marathon debut in 2008 and finished fifth at the Rotterdam Marathon. She is the most successful athlete at the Cidade de Ovar Half Marathon, having won the competition six times.Cidade de Ovar Half Marathon [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Augusto
Jessica may refer to: Given name * Jessica (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with this name * Jessica Folcker, a Swedish singer known by the mononym Jessica * Jessica Jung, a Korean-American singer known by the mononym Jessica, former member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation * Jessica (''The Merchant of Venice''), a character in Shakespeare's play Animals * ''Jessica'' (spider), a genus of spiders * '' Catocala jessica'', a moth of the Noctuidae superfamily, described from Arizona through Colorado to Illinois and California * ''Perrona jessica'', a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Jessika'' (opera), 1905 opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster Albums * ''Jessica'' (Gerald Wilson album), 1983 *''Jessica'' ( sv), 1998 debut album by Swedish singer Jessica Folcker Songs * "Jessica" (instrumental), a 1973 song by the Allman Brothers Band * "Jessica" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Merrien
Lee Merrien (born 26 April 1979) is a British middle distance and long-distance runner. He has been named to the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics following a Facebook campaign after he was initially not selected to the team. He has won multiple events at the Island Games for his home of Guernsey. Career Merrien competed at his first Island Games in Gotland in 1999, however he did finish in a medal position that year. Representing his home of Guernsey, he went on to win nine gold medals over the next several years at the Island Games in the half marathon, 1,500 m, 5,000 m and 4 × 400 m relay, and also won two silver medals and one bronze. At the 2009 Island Games on the Isle of Wight he set Island Games records in both the 1,500 m and the 5,000 m events. In the 2011 London Marathon, he set a new personal best of 2 h 14 min 27 s, which was within the "B" qualifying time for the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the fastest British competitor in the race. He admitted afterwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Skinner (athlete) (1941–1998), American close-up magician
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Michael or Mike Skinner may refer to: * Mike Skinner (racing driver) (born 1957), American NASCAR competitor, inaugural NASCAR Truck Series champion *Michael Skinner (rugby union) (born 1958), former English rugby player *Mike Skinner (musician) (born 1979), British rapper/musician who performed using the stage name, The Streets * Michael Skinner (biologist) (born 1956), American molecular biologist and fertility specialist *Michael Skinner (magician) Michael Skinner (1941 1998) was an American magician known for his close-up magic work. He was born in Rochester, New York in 1941; but he spent most of his professional life living and working in Las Vegas, Nevada. Skinner worked for over 20 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Theury
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driss El Himer
Driss El Himer ( ar, ادريس الهمِر) (born 4 April 1974 in Kezazna, Morocco) is a French long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics, finishing 68th. He finished 6th in the long race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 11th in the 5000 m final at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, and 8th in the 10,000 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has .... Achievements External links * 1974 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics French male long-distance runners French male marathon runners French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Olympic athletes of France 21st-century French people {{France-longdis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
