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2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On , the mass participation race was cancelled, while the elite championships remained scheduled. Medalists Race results Men Women Team standings Men Women References {{world championships in 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships International athletics competitions hosted by Poland Sports competitions in Poland IAAF World Half Marathon Championships World Athletics Half Marathon Championships The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It ... Half Marathon Championships, 2020 World Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (''Trójmiasto'') with around 1,000,000 inhabitants. Historically and culturally part of Kashubia and Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia for centuries remained a small fishing village. By the 20th-century it attracted visitors as a seaside resort town. In 1926, Gdynia was granted city rights after which it enjoyed demographic and urban development, with a modernist cityscape. It became a major seaport city of Poland. In 1970, protests in and around Gdynia contributed to the rise of the Solidarity movement in nearby Gdańsk. The port of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morhad Amdouni
Morhad Amdouni (born 21 June 1988) is a French middle- and long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. Amdouni was the European under-20 champion in track (5000 m) and cross country running in 2007. He is a two-time French national champion. Personal life Born in France on the island of Corsica, Amdouni is of Tunisian descent. Running career Amdouni made his junior international debut in the 1500 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics but did not progress past the heats. At the 2006 European Cross Country Championships he finished twelfth in the junior race, gaining the team bronze medal with France alongside Noureddine Smaïl. He made significant progress in the junior ranks the following year: first, he managed 38th place at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and then he won the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2007 European Athletics Junior C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Wanders
Julien Wanders (born 18 March 1996) is a Swiss long-distance runner. He currently holds the European record for the half marathon with a time of 59:13, which was set at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 2019 and the European record for the 10K run, with a time of 27:13 set in Valencia on January 12, 2020. Wanders spends about half the year training in Iten, Kenya, and the other half training in Europe. Competition record Personal records References External links Official website* * Christof Gertsch: Der Kenianer.' Porträt in: ''Das Magazin ''Tages-Anzeiger'' (), also abbreviated ''Tagi'' or ''TA'', is a Swiss German-language national daily newspaper published in Zurich, Switzerland. History and profile The paper was first published under the name ''Tages-Anzeiger für Stadt und ...'' Nr. 33, 17. August 2019, S. 16–26. 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Geneva Swiss male long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy
Bohdan-Ivan Volodymyrovych Horodyskyi or Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy ( uk, Богдан-Іван Володимирович Городиський; born 18 May 1994) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. On October 17, 2020, he finished 20th in the half marathon at the World Championships with a new national record (1:00.40), surpassing the previous achievement of Serhiy Lebed (1:01.51), set in 2003. In 2019, he competed in the men's event at the 2019 European 10,000m Cup held in London, United Kingdom. In 2021, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... held in Tokyo, Japan. References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Kissa
Stephen Kissa (born 1 December 1995) is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. He finished 52nd at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships and competed at the 2017 World Championships 5000 metres without reaching the final. The next year he finished 8th in the 5000 metres at the 2018 African Championships. His personal best time is 13:10.93 minutes, achieved in July 2018 at Athletissima in Lausanne. He has 7:54.32 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in July 2018 in Rabat. He won his last race of 2018 at the 15 kilometres road race Montferland Run in the Netherlands. He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In the race, he created a huge lead ahead of the pack early on and later dropped out with nine laps remaining. Kissa later explained that he was attempting to create a fast-paced race in hopes of helping teammates Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo Jacob Kiplimo (born 14 November 2000) is a Ugandan long-distance run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Smith (runner)
Jake Smith (born 19 May 1998) is a British long-distance runner. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On , the mass participation race was cancelled, while the elite ... held in Gdynia, Poland. In 2019, he finished in 8th place in the men's 10,000 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships held in Gävle, Sweden. In April 2021 he ran his first full marathon in a time of 2:11:00 having originally planned to run as a pacer competing only part of the course. In 2023, Smith revealed he had been diagnosed with RED-S and was taking a break from running. References External links * Living people 1998 births Place of birth missing (living people) British male long-distance runners 21st-century British people< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othmane El Goumri
Othmane El Goumri (; born 28 May 1992) is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He represented his country at two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In 2016 he was banned from competition for two years due to irregularities in his biological passport. He competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *1500 metres – 3:37.79 (Casablanca 2013) *3000 metres – 7:48.95 (Madrid 2013) *5000 metres – 13:13.72 (Rabat 2013) *10,000 metres – 28:16.76 (Rabat 2021) *Marathon - 2:06:18 (Siena 2021) Indoor *3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ... – 7:44.73 (Bordeaux 2014) References External links * * * * 1992 births Living people Moroccan male long-distance runners Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Kiplangat
Victor Kiplangat (born 10 November 1999) is a Ugandan mountain runner who won one World Mountain Running Championships (2017). In 2022 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... in the men's marathon event, despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course. Achievements References External links * 1999 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Ugandan mountain runners Ugandan male long-distance runners World Mountain Running Championships winners 20th-century Ugandan people 21st-century Ugandan people Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Uganda Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouhcine Outalha
Mouhcine Outalha (born 15 December 1998) is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. Career He competed in the junior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda. In 2019, he represented Morocco at the African Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (A ... held in Rabat, Morocco. He competed in the men's 5000 metres and he finished in 13th place. Achievements References External links * Living people 1998 births Place of birth missing (living people) Moroccan male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games competitors for Morocco Athletes (track and field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesiba Precious Mashele
Lesiba Precious Mashele (born 13 October 1990) is a South African long-distance runner. In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. He finished in 44th place. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. He competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... held in Tokyo, Japan. References External links * Living people 1990 births Place of birth missing (living people) South African male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Reda El Aaraby
Mohamed Reda El Aaraby (born 12 November 1989) is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He did not finish his race. He finished 11th in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He finished 2nd in the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon. Personal bests Outdoor *1500 metres – 3:47.51 (Rabat 2010) * 3000 metres – 8:06.25 (Montgeron 2015) * 5000 metres – 13:42.53 (Kortrijk 2016) *10,000 metres – 28:44.25 (Wuhan 2019) *Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ... – 59:54 (Málaga 2022) * Marathon – 2:06:55 (Paris 2022) Road * 10 kilometres – 27:58 (Valencia 2019) References External links * * * * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamza Sahli
Hamza Sahli (born 10 May 1993) is a Moroccan athlete who specailizes in long-distance events. He won a bronze medal in half marathon at the 2019 African Games. Representing Morocco at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, he competed in men's marathon and finished 8th. Sahli competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References External links * * * * Moroccan male marathon runners 1993 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Morocco 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
