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Athletics At The 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's Discus Throw ...
The men's discus throw event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 28 and 29 August. Medalists Results Qualification Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Discus Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ... [...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] |
Roland Varga (athlete)
Roland Varga (born 22 October 1977) is a Hungarian–Croatian discus thrower, Olympic participant. His personal best throw is 67.38 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Veszprém. In 2007 Varga was found guilty of boldenone doping. The sample was delivered on 22 July 2006 in an in-competition test in Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i .... He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008, as well as disqualification of all results accomplished since the day he was tested. The disqualification includes his eleventh place at the 2006 European Championships in August 2006. Since 2009 Varga competes for Croatia and in 2010 he set a new National Record with 67.20 m. Achievements See also * List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Verni
Marco Antonio Verni Lippi (born 27 February 1976, in Santiago) is a Chilean shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Santiago. Biography He is a multiple South American champion, finished eleventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade and won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... as well as the 2004 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. Verni held the South American Record with 21,14 metres until 2013. Competition record References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verni, Marco Antonio 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Santiago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Rozna
Roman Rozna (born 25 March 1976 in Grigoriopol, Moldavian SSR) is a male hammer thrower from Moldova. His personal best throw is 76.62 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Minsk. He finished twelfth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and seventh at the 2003 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships as well as the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... without reaching the final. Achievements References 1976 births Living people People from Grigoriopol Moldovan male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Emilianov
Ivan Emilianov (born 19 February 1977) is a Moldovan shot putter. He competed at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, the World Championships in 2001 and 2007, the World Indoor Championships in 2004 and 2008 and the European Championships in 2002 and 2006 without reaching the finals. He achieved his best throw of 20.64 metres on May 29, 2011, at the Moldovan Championships in Chişinău, Moldova. He has 20.26 metres on the indoor track, which he achieved in February 2000 in Chişinău. He improved his own Moldovan national record in the shot put at an indoor meet in Moldova in February, launching the implement at 20.31 m. Doping case On 18 June 2011, he was banned from competition for 2 years for the use of banned anabolic steroids, metenolone and stanozolol Stanozolol ( abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Guillermo Heredia Hernández
Ángel Guillermo "Memo" Heredia Hernández (born 12 February 1975) is a Mexican former discus thrower and sports coach known for his involvement and expertise in strength and conditioning for the sport of boxing. Career During his discus throwing career he was largely known as Guillermo Heredia. In his first international appearance he placed seventh in the youth section of the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships. He repeated that placing at the 1993 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. He won his first international medal at the 1994 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, securing the junior discus title and also coming eight in the shot put. Later that year he represented Mexico at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the qualifying round. Heredia struggled to break into the sport at a senior level and began doping with human growth hormone and testosterone. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarek Al-Najjar
Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ibn Ziyad, a Muslim military leader who conquered Iberia in the Battle of Guadalete in 711 AD. In literature and placenames Ṭariq is used in classical Arabic to refer to a visitor at night (a visitor "strikes" the house door). Due to the heat of travel in the Arabian Peninsula, visitors would generally arrive at night. The use of the word appears in several places including the Quran, where ṭāriq is used to refer to the brilliant star at night, because it comes out visiting at night, and this is the common understanding of the word nowadays due to the Qur'an. It can also be found in many poems. For example, from the famous poets Imru' al-Qais and Jarir ibn Atiyah. Gibraltar is the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name Jabal A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dashdendev Makhashiri
Dashdendev Makhashiri (born 13 January 1969) is a retired Mongolian athlete who specialised in the discus throw. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three consecutive World Championships starting in 1993. Competition record Personal bests *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 ... – 17.80 (Irkutsk 1998) NR * Discus throw – 60.14 (Busan 1997) NR * Hammer throw – 49.97 (Ulan Bator 2005) NR References External links * 1969 births Living people Mongolian discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Olympic athletes for Mongolia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Male discus throwers Mongolian male athletes Asian Games co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ercüment Olgundeniz
Ercüment Olgundeniz (born July 7, 1976 in Izmir) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the discus and occasionally shot put. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor, where he is coached by Teodoru Agachi. He took part at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. With his throw of 58.17 m, Olgundeniz ranked 28th and could not qualify for the finals. In 2005, he participated at the Mediterranean Games in Almería, and won the bronze medal with his performance of 59.16 m. He was ranked 44th in the world best list in 2004 with his personal record of 63.49 metres (Turkish record) set on July 4, 2004 in Istanbul. In March 2007 in Yalta he improved the record to 64.34 metres. He competed at the 2007 World Championships, but finished last and did not reach the final. Ercüment Olgundeniz won the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy. On May 27, 2012, he improved his national record from 66.89 m set in 2011 to 67.50 m at the Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frits Potgieter
Frederick "Frits" Potgieter (born 13 March 1974, in Pretoria) is a retired South African athlete who competed mostly in the discus throw. He won the silver medal at the 1992 World Junior Championships, as well as several senior medals at regional level. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ..., as well as two World Championships without reaching the final. Potgieter played for Waterkloof High School and Northern Transvaal's Craven for three years. He then participated at various sporting events, including the Universiade and African Games winning medals in discus throwing discipline. A four-time gold medalist, he was placed in fourth place on the South African all-time list. Following 2000 Summer Olympics, Potgie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Doh
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Serge may refer to: * Serge (fabric), a type of twill fabric * Serge (llama) (born 2005), a llama in the Cirque Franco-Italien and internet meme * Serge (name), a masculine given name (includes a list of people with this name) * Serge (post), a hitching post used among the Buryats and Yakuts * Serge synthesizer, a modular synthesizer See also * Overlock, a type of stitch known as "serger" in North America * Surge (other) *Serg (other) Serg may refer to: *Van Serg (crater), a lunar crater named for a pseudonym *''Serg.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Lidia Palladievna Sergievskaya (1897–1970), Soviet botanist, professor, and herbarium curator *Serg., abbreviation for Serge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Bernardo (athlete)
Paulo Bernardo Silva (born 10 March 1952) is a Brazilian politician, member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Communications during the government of Dilma Rousseff and Minister of Planning during the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Personal life Paulo Bernardo da Silva was born in São Paulo, son of Alfredo Manoel da Silva and Sydnéa Bernardes da Silva. He is an employee of Bank of Brazil and was undergraduate in Geology for the University of Brasília (UnB). Bernardo was married to Federal Deputy Gleisi Hoffmann (PT). Political career Bernardo joined politics through unionism as a member of the director's board of the Paraná Bank Officers Union. He was Federal Deputy from Paraná in 3 legislatures (1991–1995, 1995–1999 and 2003–2005). In this period, he also held the offices of State Secretary of Finances of Mato Grosso do Sul between January 1999 and December 2000 and Municipal Secretary of Finances of Londrina between January 2001 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
