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Athletics At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's Discus Throw
These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 .... There were a total number of 39 competitors, with the qualification round mark set at 62.00 metres. Medalists Results Qualification Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 62.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final. Final See also * 1995 Women's World Championships Discus Throw * 1997 Women's World Championships Discus Throw References External links Official Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's Discus Throw D Discus throw at the Olympics 1996 in women's athletics Women's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial Olympic Stadium
Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000-seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the opening ceremony in July 1996, where it hosted track and field events and the closing ceremony. After the Olympics and Paralympics, it was reconstructed into the baseball-specific Turner Field, used by the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball for 20 seasons (1997–2016). After the Braves departed for Truist Park, the facility was purchased by Georgia State University, which rebuilt the stadium a second time as Center Parc Stadium, designed for American football. History During the week-long athletics program, the stadium bore witness to Donovan Bailey of Canada winning the 100 m in a world record time of 9.84 s; Michael Johnson winning both the 200 and 400 metres titles, breaking the 200 m world record in the process; and France's Marie-José Pérec al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Machado
Teresa Machado (22 July 1969 – 28 February 2020) was a Portuguese discus thrower and shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...ter. Her personal best discus throw was 65.40 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Jacinto. Competition record External links * 1969 births 2020 deaths Portuguese female discus throwers Portuguese female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Portugal People from Ílhavo Sportspeople from Aveiro District {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Katewicz
Renata Katewicz (born May 2, 1965 in Kaniczki, Pomorskie) is a retired female discus thrower from Poland. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics; in 1988 and 1996. Katewicz is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's discus event at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori .... International competitions Referencessports-reference* 1965 births Living people People from Kwidzyn County Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Universiade medalists in athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Ivanova .
Valentina Ivanova (russian: Валентина Иванова; born 10 May 1963) is a retired female discus thrower from Russia, who competed in the discus contest at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in 24th place (58.38 metres). Ivanova set her personal best in the women's discus throw event (65.12 metres) on 2001-01-27 in Pietersburg Polokwane (, meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern SothoPolokwane - The Heart of the Limpopo Province ... International competitions References *sports-reference [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Faumuina
Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina (born 23 October 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand discus thrower. Career Faumuina was a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in four Summer Olympics. After winning the discus event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester she was featured on a stamp from Samoa. She is currently New Zealand's Trade Commissioner and Consul General, New York. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 7th in the discus with a throw of 64.45 metres. Early in her career, she was coached by Les Mills, discus gold medallist at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Faumuina was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics. On 16 October 2005, she was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2006, she appeared in the New Zealand version of the television series '' D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterini Voggoli
Ekaterini Voggoli ( el, Αικατερίνη Βόγγολη, , born October 30, 1970 in Larissa) is a retired Greek discus thrower. She was the 2002 European champion and 2003 World Championship bronze medalist. In June 2004 she beat Anastasia Kelesidou's Greek record by 2 centimetres, throwing 67.72 metres in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... - Athletix Achievements References * 1970 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Goormachtigh
Romane Jacqueline Elisabeth Goormachtigh (born 28 February 1970 in Dordrecht, South Holland) is a retired discus thrower from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... There she did not reach the final, after having thrown 58.74 metres in the qualifying heats. She was named Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year in 1993. Achievements References *Dutch Olympic Committee 1970 births Living people Dutch female discus throwers Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Sportspeople from Dordrecht Athletes from Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqui McKernan
Jacqueline ("Jackie") McKernan (born 1 July 1965) is a retired Northern Irish discus thrower. She represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at three Olympic Games (1988, 1992, 1996) and won silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in 1990 and the Universiade in 1993. Career Born in Belfast, McKernan was a member of the City of Lisburn Athletics Club. She finished 18th in qualifying at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, before going on to win a silver medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games representing Norther Ireland, with a throw of 54.86 metres. She then finished 28th in qualifying at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. McKernan's personal best throw is 60.72 metres, achieved when winning the silver medal at the Universiade on 17 July 1993 in Buffalo. This is the Northern Irish record, and places her sixth on the UK all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie, Jade Lally, Venissa Head, Philippa Roles and Shelley Newman. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeňka Šilhavá
Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá (born 15 June 1954 in Krnov, Czechoslovakia) is a retired female track and field athlete from the Czech Republic, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of . That mark still is the national record. Šilhavá represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in sixth place () in the women's discus, and in eleventh place in the women's shot put event (). She threw again in the 1996 Summer Olympics at the age of 42. Three years after the Olympics, she threw masters W45 world records in both the shot put and discus that still stand. Doping Šilhavá tested positive for anabolic steroids at the European Cup in Moscow in August 1985 and was subsequently banned for life by the European Athletics Federation. The ban was later reduced to 18 months by the IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Kelesidou
Anastasia "Tasoula" Kelesidou ( el, Αναστασία Κελεσίδου, ; born 28 November 1972) is a Greek retired discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.70 metres. Her only international victory came at the 1997 Mediterranean Games. Personal life She was born in Hamburg, West Germany. Her family hails from Strymonochori, Serres Sérres ( el, Σέρρες ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northe .... Honours References * 1972 births Living people Greek female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Greece Olympic silver medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanaska Angelova
Atanaska Stefanova Angelova ( bg, Атанаска Стефанова Ангелова; born 21 September 1972 in Rousse) is a retired female discus thrower from Bulgaria. She set her personal best (58.94 metres) in the women's discus throw event on 10 August 1995 at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she didn't reach the final round. Angelova also competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... International competitions References *sports-reference 1972 births Living people Bulgarian female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Bulgaria Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Bulgaria Sportspeople from Ruse, Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-a ... [...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] |
