|
Alexander Zverev (athlete)
Alexander Zverev (born 7 November 1989) is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T13 sprint events. Zverev has competed at two Summer Paralympic Games, 2008 in Beijing and 2012 at London. At the 2012 Games he won silver in the 400m sprint. Personal history Zverev was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 1989. Career history Zverev took up athletics at the age of 13. Due to a visual impairment he was eligible to compete in parasports and was classified as a T13 athlete, for sportspeople with poor vision, but who do not require a running guide. Initially coached by Sergey Nazarov, he qualified for the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing where he took part in the 400m T13 event. At the Games he qualified through the heats to take part in the final, where he finished fifth. In the buildup to the 2012 Games, Zverev took part in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch. There he took the gold medal in his favoured 400m sprint, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Athletics
Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practised by people with a disability as a disabled sports, parasport. The list of athletics events, athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club throw, which are specific to the division. The sport is known by various names, including disability athletics, disabled track and field and Paralympic athletics. Top-level competitors may be called elite athletes with disability. Competitors are typically organised into three broad categories: deaf sports, athletes with a physical disability, and athletes with an intellectual disability. Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves, while athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities are usually assessed and given a para-athletics classification, which groups together athletes with similar ability levels. These classifications are governed by the International Paralympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 Metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Swansea University Stadium from 18–23 August. Medalists Results T11 ;Final T12 ;Final T13 ;Final T20 ;Semifinals ;Final T34 ;Semifinals ;Final T36 ;Final T37 ;Final T44 ;Final T47 ;Final T51 ;Final T52 ;Final T53 ;Final T54 ;Final See also *List of IPC world records in athletics References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 IPC Athletics European Championships - Men's 400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... 400 metres at the World Para Athletics European Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Paralympics
) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , summer_prev = London 2012 , summer_next = Tokyo 2020 , winter_prev = Sochi 2014 , winter_next = Pyeongchang 2018 The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egor Sharov
Egor Sharov (born 16 December 1988) is a Paralympian athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ... from Russia competing mainly in category T13 middle-distance events. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharov, Egor Paralympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Russia 1988 births Living people World record holders in Paralympic athletics Russian male middle-distance runners Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in the United Kingdom. Located along Swansea Bay in southwest Wales, with the principal area covering the Gower Peninsula, it is part of the Swansea Bay region and part of the historic county of Glamorgan; also the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr. The principal area is the second most populous local authority area in Wales with an estimated population of 246,563 in 2020. Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea Urban Area with a population of 300,352 in 2011. It is also part of the Swansea Bay City Region. During the 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was the key centre of the copper-smelting industry, earning the nickname ''Copperopolis''. Etymologies The Welsh name, ''Abertawe'', translates as ''"mouth/es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Nambala
Johannes Nambala (born 15 February 1991) is a Paralympian athlete from Namibia competing mainly in category T13 sprint events. In 2013 he became the first Namibian to win a gold medal at an IPC Athletics World Championships, when he won the 400m sprint in Lyon. As well as World Championship success Nambala has also won two silver Paralympic medals, both silver, and both won at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Personal life Nambala was born in 1991 in the village of Iikokola, in the Uukwaluudhi District of Namibia. He was born with a congenital complication that left him visually impaired; though he is not blind. Nambala now lives in Windhoek, and was educated at Windhoek Technical High School. Athletics career Nambala took up athletics in 2012 whilst in South Africa. Training out of Oshakati Athletics Sports Club he was classified as a T13 competitor for visually impaired athletes. He made his senior debut in 2013 and that year he was selected for the Namibia team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Labzin
Alexey Labzin (born 7 December 1978) is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T13 sprint. He won two gold and three silver medals in 100–400 m events at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Labzin is married and has two sons. He was born and raised in Vidim, Irkutsk Oblast, but after the death of his coach moved to Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Russia Paralympic gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 Metres T13
The Men's 200 metres T13 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 September. Records Prior to the competition, the existing World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ... and Paralympic records were as follows: Results Round 1 Competed 6 September 2012 from 11:20. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final Competed 7 September 2012 at 19:25. Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. ''DNS'' = Did not start. ''DNF'' = Did not finish. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics - Men's 200 metres T13 Athletics at the 2012 Summer P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 Metres T13
The Men's 400m T13 had its first round held on September 9, beginning at 17:15 and the Final on September 10, at 19:05. Medalists Results ReferencesRound 1 - Heat 1 Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics {{Athletics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports. Founded on 22 September 1989 in Düsseldorf, West Germany, its mission is to "enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and inspire and excite the world". Furthermore, the IPC wants to promote the Paralympic values and to create sport opportunities for all persons with a disability, from beginner to elite level. The IPC has a democratic constitution and structure and is composed of representatives from 182 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), four international organizations of sport for the disabled (IOSDs) and five regional organizations. The IPC's headquarters is located in Bonn, Germany. Overview On the basis of being able to organize the Paralympic Games more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was first time the new Paralympic logo featured in the Summer Paralympics since its rebranding after the 2004 Summer Paralympics. 3,951 athletes from 146 countries took part,"Beijing 2008" the largest number of nations ever (ten more than the 2004 Games in Athens). Five countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
