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Ann Jansson (racewalker)
Ann Jansson (born 1 July 1958) is a Sweden, Swedish former racewalking athlete. Career She represented her country at the World Championships in Athletics, IAAF World Indoor Championships and six times at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup. She was a medallist at the European Athletics Championships in 1986. She was a pioneer in the early period of international women's walking and broke several List of European records in athletics, European records. Her 10 kilometres race walk time of 47:58.2 minutes in 1981 was the first ever ratified by the European Athletics Association and she improved this to 47:49.3 the following year, and twice more to 46:14.3 in 1985 and 46:13.2 in 1986. Her record was beaten that same year by Soviet walker Aleksandra Grigoryeva. Her 20 kilometres race walk time of 1:36:37 in 1985 was the best ever recorded by a European woman, though the woman's event was not an officially recognised one at that point. In world rankings, she was the world's number one 10& ... [...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] |
Mari Cruz DÃaz
Mari Cruz DÃaz ( es, MarÃa Cruz DÃaz GarcÃa; born 24 October 1969 in Barcelona, Spain) is a retired female race walker from Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ..., who won the gold medal over 10 km at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart. Achievements External links * Profileat the RFEA * 1969 births Living people Athletes from Barcelona Sportswomen from Catalonia Spanish female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Spanish Athletics Championships winners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Östersund
Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön. It is the only city in Jämtland. The northern part of the urban area is located inside of the municipality of Krokom. Östersund is the region's cultural and economical centre and by tradition a city of trade and commerce. The city had one of the most extensive garrisons in Sweden prior to its closure in the early-21st century. Östersund has the Mid Sweden University's largest campus site with approximately 7,000 students. With a total population of 50,960 (2017) Östersund is the 22nd most populous city in Sweden, the 46th most populous city in Scandinavia, and by far the largest inland city in Northern Sweden. The city was the only Swedish city founded and chartered in the 18th century. Östersund wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Indoor Race Walking Championships
The Nordic Indoor Race Walking Championships ( no, Nordisk mesterskap i kappgang innendørs) was a biennial one-day competition in indoor racewalking between athletes from the Nordic countries organised by Nordic Athletics. Established in 1974, it lasted for three editions before holding the last competition in 1978. The competition was held in February in even-numbered years, alternating with the Nordic Race Walking Championships held outdoors in odd-numbered years. Turku in Finland hosted the first and final editions, while Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ... in Sweden served as host for the second edition. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Kilometres Race Walk
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3000 Metres Race Walk
The 3000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for women at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 3000 meters is 1.86 miles. World records IAAF just ratified world records for women's indoor marks. On January 30, 1999, Claudia Stef of Romania set the 3000 m race walk world indoor record in Bucharest in a time of 11:40.33. The all-time men's best 3000 m race-walk mark was also set indoors and is held by Tom Bosworth of the United Kingdom, at 10:30.28. All-time top 25 *+ = en route to 5000m performance *i = indoor performance *h = hand timing *A = affected by altitude Men *Correct as of June 2022. Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 11:00.68: *Tom Bosworth also walked 10:43.84 (2018), 10:58.21i (2016). *Dane Bird-Smith also wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coppa Città Di Sesto San Giovanni
The Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni is an annual racewalking competition that takes place on 1 May in Sesto San Giovanni in Italy. It is an elite level event which features a men's and a women's race in the 20 kilometres race walk. Organised by Geas Atletica, it has been part of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge – the highest seasonal level of the sport – since the series was inaugurated in 2003. The competition was first established in 1957 as a men's only road walking competition. After various distances ranging from 25 to 32 kilometres in its initial years, the race settled on a 30 km distance from 1960 onwards.Sesto San Giovanni - 30 Km. Multimedia Visini. Retrieved on 2013-05-02. A women's race was included from 1980 onwards. The women's races were initially over [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Race Walking Championships
The Nordic Race Walking Championships ( no, Nordisk mesterskap i kappgang) is an annual racewalking competition between athletes from the Nordic countries organised by Nordic Athletics. Established in 1957, it was a biennial competition until 2004. The events vary between road competitions and track competitions each edition. The 1975 and 1979 editions were open to non-Nordic athletes. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-13. The championships features two senior races: a men's and a women's 10 kilometres race walk. There are also six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siv Gustafsson
Siv Gustavsson (born 9 July 1957) is a Swedish former racewalking athlete. She was the gold medallist at the 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, making her the second ever female world champion in the sport. Gustavsson also won a bronze at the 1986 European Athletics Championships – the first year women's walks were held at that event. She won fifteen Swedish national titles from 1976 to 2004 over distance from 3000 m to 20 km. Career She began to emerge as a walker internationally in the early 1970s, starting with a third place at the Nordic Race Walking Championships junior race in 1971, then two consecutive wins in the category in 1973 and 1975. Her first senior title at the event came over 5 km in 1977, when she beat Britt Holmquist and Norway's Thorill Gylder. The 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and 1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup both featured invitational, non-official women's races and she showed herself to be among the world's best with a runner-up fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt Holmquist
Britt Holmquist is a Sweden, Swedish former racewalking athlete. She was twice a competitor at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup and was the bronze medallist in the first ever women's race in 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 1975. She was part of a Swedish medal sweep alongside Margareta Simu and Siv Gustavsson. While both Simu and Gustavsson returned to the podium at the 1977 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 1977 edition, Holmquist fell back to fifth behind British opposition. Nationally, she won twice at the Swedish Athletics Championships, taking the 3000 metres race walk titles in 1974 and 1980. She also competed at the AAA Championships in 1980, taking third place in the 5000 m walk behind Britain's Irene Bateman and Swedish compatriot Gustavsson. Holmquist's highest global seasonal ranking was third, which she achieved in the 10,000 m walk in 1980. She was twice a regional medallist, taking third at the Nordic Indoor Race Walking Championships in 1974 and being runner-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Athletics Championships
The Swedish Athletics Championships ( sv, Svenska mästerskapen i friidrott) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swedish Athletics Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Sweden.Swedish Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14. The event was first held in 1896 and events for women were added to the schedule in 1927. Separate annual championship events are held for , and |
1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary on 5 and 6 March 1988. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations * (10) * (6) * (24) * (1) * (18) * (3) * (18) * (9) * (20) * (23) * (4) * (42) * (3) * (28) * (14) * (4) * (8) * (8) * (8) * (1) * (23) * (28) * (9) * (4) * (2) * (32) * (8) See also * 1988 in athletics (track and field) This article contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics. International events * African Championships * Balkan Games * European Indoor Championships * Olympic Games * World Cross Country Championships * World Junior Championships Wor ... External links Results - menat GBRathletics.com at GBRathletics.com * {{European athletics champs European Athletics Indoor Championships European Indoor International athletics competitions hosted by Hungary 1988 in Hungarian sport March 1988 sports events in Europe 1980s in Budapest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
