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Athletics At The 1995 Pan American Games – Women's Discus Throw
The women's discus throw event at the 1995 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Atletico "Justo Roman" on 24 March. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Discus Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games 1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ... Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiquity, ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue ''Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the Ancient Olympic Games, original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the first modern competition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1995 Pan American Games ...
The Athletics Competition at the 1995 Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina between 17 and 25 March. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Participating nations ReferencesGBR Athletics {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1995 Pan American Games 1995 Athletics Pan American Games 1995 Pan American Games File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritza Martén
Maritza Martén García (; born August 17, 1963 in Havana) is a retired discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... and won the gold medal. She also won the 1987 Pan American Games. Her personal best throw of was achieved in 1992. International competitions References External reference * * * 1963 births Living people Cuban female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Cuba Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bárbara Hechavarría .
Bárbara Hechavarría (born 6 August 1966) is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 68.18 metres, achieved in February 1989 in Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. Achievements References *1966 births Living people Cuban female discus throwers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Kuehl
Kristin "Kris" Kuehl (born July 30, 1970, in Windom, Minnesota) is a retired track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the discus throw event. Kuehl attended Division III Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Kuehl was the 2002 USA champion, and won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, after gaining the bronze four years earlier in Mar del Plata. Her personal best throw is 65.34 metres (214.37 feet), achieved in April 2000 in St Paul. International competitions External links Kris Kuehlat USA Track & Field USA Track & Field (USATF) is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US). The USATF was known between 1979 and ... * * * 1970 births Living people People from Windom, Minnesota Track and field athletes from Minnesota American female discus throwers Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Isabel Urrutia
María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 25 March 1965) is a former Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, athlete and politician from Colombia. She won the first ever gold medal for Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games. Athletic career Background Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. Weightlifting She switched to Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships, 1989 World Championships. She won gold at the 1990 World Weightlifting Championships, 1990, silver 1991 World Weightlifting Championships, 1991, gold 1994 World Weightlifting Championships, 1994, silver 1995 World Weightlifting Championships, 1995, bronze 1996 World Weightlifting Championships, 1996, silver 1997 World Weightlifting Championships, 1997, and bronze at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. Urrutia won a gold medal in the women's 75&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliana Martinelli
Liliana María Martinelli (born May 20, 1970) is a retired female discus thrower from Argentina. Career She competed in the discus contest at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in 35th place (55.68 metres). Martinelli set her personal best in the women's discus throw event (58.24 metres) on April 21, 1996 in 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 Río de la Plata, on South .... International competitions References *sports-reference 1970 births Living people Argentine female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Argentina Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games silver medalists for Argentina South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisângela Adriano
Elisângela Maria Adriano (born July 27, 1972), is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja. Her personal best discus throw is 61.96 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Leopoldo. Career Adriano was born in São Paulo. In 1999 she was suspended by the IAAF for a two-year period, but she was later reinstated before time. She competed in both the discus and shot put at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, without reaching the final in either event. She also competed in the discus at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She won the discus and shot put events at the 2009 Brazilian national championships. She holds the South American record in both events. She won her seventh continental discus title at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics with a championship record of 61 metres. She also won the shot put silver medal behind Chilean Natalia Ducó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Brick
Theresa Brick (born ) is a Canadian weightlifter, competing in the 75 kg category and representing Canada at international competitions. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999. It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Austral .... She also represented Canada as a discus thrower. Brick was inducted in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2005 for weightlifting and athletics. Major results References 1965 births Living people Canadian female weightlifters Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian female discus throwers Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Amaro
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina ( diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) ( Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgette Reed
Georgette Reed (born 26 January 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. She competed in the women's shot put at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She is the daughter of former Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ... football player George Reed. References External links * * 1967 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canadian female shot putters Canadian female discus throwers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada World Athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Chalá
Carmen Anita Chalá Quilumba (born June 7, 1976) is a judoka and former field athlete from Ecuador. Early life, family and education Carmen was born in the Ecuadoran province Carchi but at heart she is from Manabí. Her family has many athletes in it: older sister Eva, and younger sisters Diana and Vanessa have all been national judo team members. Athletic career Carmen Chalá was a national champion in athletics in shot put and discus throw. However, by 1995, realizing that there are not many chances to be a successful field athlete at an international level, she began learning and practicing judo. She was 29 years old, considered very late to begin an endeavor like that. Her older sister Eva Chalá inspired her to try judo as she was already involved in it herself; Eva later became a referee for the sport as well. After only a month of judo training, Carmen became a national heavyweight champion. In the final, she defeated Olympian María Cangá, whom Carmen considered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
