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Aleksandr Grigoryev (athlete)
Aleksandr Grigoryev (russian: Александр Николаевич Григорьев; born 7 October 1955) is a former Belarusian high jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He represented his country at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and was a seven-time Soviet champion. He was a medallist at the European Athletics Championships, IAAF World Cup and multiple times at the European Cup. He held a personal best of . Born in Saint Petersburg, he was a member of the SK VS Minsk sports club in Belarus during his career.Aleksandr Grigoryev Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. He had his breakthrough year in 1975, winning his first national title at the Soviet Sparta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 European Cup (athletics)
The 1977 European Cup was the 6th edition of the European Cup of athletics. It was the first edition to introduce "A" and "B" Finals. The ''"A" Finals'' were held in Helsinki, Finland. The first two teams in those qualified for the inaugural IAAF World Cup. "A" Final Held in Helsinki on 13 and 14 August for both men and women.2010 Italian almanach (p467) Team standings Results summary Men's events Women's events "B" Final The winners qualified for the "A" final. MenHeld on 6 and 7 August in , Sweden Women Held on 6 August in |
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 millionDemographia: World Urban Areas , Demographia.com, April 2016 on an area of . Located on the , the southeastern coast of France on the , at the foot of the |
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most populous city in Poland, while its urban area is the most populous in the country and one of the most populous in the European Union. Katowice has a population of 286,960 according to a 31 December 2021 estimate. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Upper Silesian metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of 5-5.3 million people."''Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union At The 1980 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union (USSR) was the host nation of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 489 competitors, 340 men and 149 women, took part in 202 events in 23 sports. The Soviet Union won a record 80 gold medals (although since surpassed by the United States), and their 195 total medals are the second best result in history. Medalists The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 80 gold and 195 total medals. Competitors Archery ;Men ;Women Athletics ;Men's competition Men's 100 metres *Aleksandr Aksinin :* Heat — 10.26 :* Quarterfinals — 10.29 :* Semifinals — 10.45 :* Final — 10.42 (→ 4th place) * Vladimir Muravyov :* Heat — 10.37 :* Quarterfinals — 10.34 :* Semifinals — 10.42 :* Final — 10.44 (→ 6th place) * Andrei Shlyapnikov :* Heat — 10.43 :* Quarterfinals — 10.59 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Nikolay Sidorov :* Heat — 21.15 :* Quarterfinals — 20.83 :* Semifinals — 21.17 (→ did not advance) * Vladimir Muravyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 European Cup (athletics)
The 1979 European Cup was the seventh edition of the European Cup of athletics. The ''"A" Finals'' were held in Turin, Italy. The first two teams qualified for the 1979 IAAF World Cup. "A" Final Held in Turin on 4 and 5 August.2010 Italian almanach (p467) Team standings Results summary Men's events Women's events "B" Final The winners qualified for the "A" final. MenHeld on 21 and 22 July in , Yugoslavia Women Held on 21 July in Antony, France [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benn Fields
Benjamin "Benn" Fields (born December 17, 1954) is an American former high jumper. In 1979 Fields won silver medals at the Pan American Games and the Soviet Spartakiad. He won his specialty at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials, but missed out on Olympic participation due to the American boycott. Early career Fields attended Washingtonville High School in Washingtonville, New York, where he set school records in both high jump and triple jump. Originally, he jumped as Ben Fields; he adopted the spelling "Benn" later in his career to make his name more distinctive. In 1972, his senior year at Washingtonville, Fields suffered from a bruised back but recovered fast enough to enter the New York State high school championship meet as one of the favorites in the high jump; he won the state title with a jump of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m). After graduating from Washingtonville, Fields entered the State University of New York at New Paltz, setting a SUNY Athletic Conference r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1979 Soviet Spartakiad
The athletics events of the final stage of the 7th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR were held in the Central Lenin (Luzhniki) Stadium in Moscow between 21 July and 29 July 1979. One world record was broken, by Marina Makeyeva in the women's 400 m hurdles. Men's events Women's events References Soviet Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-16. {{Soviet Athletics Championships Soviet Spartakiad Spartakiad International athletics competitions hosted by the Soviet Union 1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ... 1979 Spartakiad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Yashchenko
Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko (russian: Владимир Ильич Ященко) or Volodymyr Yashchenko ( uk, Володимир Ященко) (12 January 1959 – 30 November 1999) was a Ukrainian member of the Soviet national team and former world record holder in the high jump (233 cm, 234 cm and 235 cm). He first broke the record at age 18 with a jump of 2.33 m, at the USA-USSR junior dual meet in Richmond, Virginia, 1977.Reineri, Giorgio (1999-12-01Yashchenko, the last King of the Straddle IAAF. Retrieved on 2019-10-11. He won the 1978 European Championships high jump competition with a jump of 230 cm. On 12 March 1978 he achieved the highest mark using the straddle technique. In 1979 he suffered a severe knee injury and his career was effectively over at the age of 20.Downes, Steven (1999-12-08Obituary: Vladimir Yashchenko The Independent. Retrieved 2019-10-11. Yashchenko died from cirrhosis Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
