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Alejandra GarcÃa (archer)
Alejandra GarcÃa Flood (born June 13, 1973) is an Argentine pole vaulter. Career Her personal best jump is 4.43 metres, which she achieved in April 2004 in Santa Fe. This is the current Argentine record, and was a South American record until 2005. She is a former high jumper, winning silver at the 1993 South American Championships. In 2000 and 2010 she won the Konex Award Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex Awards, are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities. History and purpose Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The pur ... Merit Diploma as one of the five best athletes from each decade in Argentina. Competition record References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Alejandra 1973 births Living people Argentine female pole vaulters Argentine female long jumpers Argentine female high jumpers Argentine heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the RÃo de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa MarÃa del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1995 Pan American Games – Women's Heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 1995 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Atletico "Justo Roman" on 21 and 22 March. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Heptathlon Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games 1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ... Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Ibero-American Championships In Athletics
The 1998 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''VIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the eighth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal from 17–19 July.. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. As had previously occurred at the 1992 edition, the competition coincided with a world's fair, being held as part of Lisbon's Expo '98 event. The Spanish team topped the medal table with sixteen gold medals and 37 medals in total. Mexico won the next highest number of golds, taking seven in a haul of 16 medals, while the hosts Portugal had the second highest medal tally, having secured 21 medals in the three-day competition. Cuba sent a small delegation due to economic constraints and many of its foremost athletes were absent. In spite of this five Cubans topped the podium, leaving them fourth in the rankings. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 South American Championships In Athletics – Results
These are the results of the 1997 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini in Mar del Plata, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ..., on 4, 5 and 6 April. (p 338–345) Men's results 100 metres Heats – 4 AprilWind: Heat 1: +2.1 m/s, Heat 2: +6.6 m/s Final – 4 April Wind:+2.0 m/s 200 metres Heats – 5 AprilWind: Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -2.2 m/s Final – 6 April Wind:-4.2 m/s 400 met ...
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1997 South American Championships In Athletics
The 1997 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ... between 4 and 6 April. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table External links Men Results– GBR Athletics – GBR Athletics {{South American athletics championships S South American Championships in Athletics 1997 in South American sport International athletics competitions hosted by Argentina 1997 in Argentine sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's Pole Vault
The women's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9. It was the first time that this event was contested by women at the World Indoor Championships. Medalists Results Qualification Qualification: 4.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ... Pole vault at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 1997 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total number of 712 participating athletes from 118 countries. Results Men 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 Women 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 * Mary Slaney of USA originally came second in the 1500 metre and was awarded the silver medal, but was later disqualified for doping. Medal table Participating nations * (1) * (1) * (1) * (4) * (2) * (1) * (6) * (10) * (1) * (7) * (4) * (10) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (16) * (4) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (8) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (18) * (2) * (1) * (10) * (2) * (18) * (7) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (4) * (6) * (44) * (1) * (1) * (34) * (4) * (40) * (14) * (1) * (1) * (14) * (3) * (8) * (5) * (25) * (3) * (17) * (10) * (4) * (5) * (2) * (1) * (4) * (2) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Ibero-American Championships In Athletics – Results
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people 1996 Mount Everest disaster, die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly (sheep), Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur massacre (Australia), Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Gun laws of Australia, Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del RÃo and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was Aircraft hijacking, hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MedellÃn
MedellÃn ( or ), officially the Municipality of MedellÃn ( es, Municipio de MedellÃn), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics, the city had an estimated population of 2,508,452 according to the 2018 census. With its surrounding area that includes nine other cities, the metropolitan area of MedellÃn is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people. In 1616, the Spaniard Francisco Herrera Campuzano erected a small indigenous village ("''poblado''") known as " Saint Lawrence of Aburrá" (''San Lorenzo de Aburrá''), located in the present-day El Poblado commune. On 2 November 1675, the queen consort Mariana of Austria founded the "Town of Our Lady of Candelaria of MedellÃn" (''Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Ibero-American Championships In Athletics
The 1996 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''VII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the seventh edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque in MedellÃn, Colombia from 9–12 May.. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. The competition was held at an altitude of 1480 metres above sea level, which served to raise performances in most athletic events, bar the long-distance running contests. Eleven championships records were improved during the three-day competition which comprised 42 events; there were 22 men's events and 20 women's events (with equal programmes bar the men's steeplechase and pole vault). Two national records were broken at the event: Costa Rica's Alex Foster beat the 110 metres hurdles record, while decathlon runner-up Alejandro Cárdenas set a Mexican record of 7614 points. Cuba sent a full strength delegation and won almost half the event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
