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Athletics At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Discus Throw
The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Monday, 25 September and Wednesday, 27 September. The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was set at 63.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10 UTC+10:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +10:00. This time is used in: As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Port Moresby, Dededo, Saipan'' North Asia *Russia – Vl ...)'' Abbreviations Records Qualification Group A Group B Final References External linksOfficial Report of the 2000 Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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List Of Olympic Records In Athletics
The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War, and 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event. The athletics events, which take place at each Games, are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events (such as walks and the marathon) and combined events (the heptathlon and the decathlon). Women compete in 23 athletics events during the Games, and men compete in 24; while 21 of the events are the same for both men and women, men exclusively compete in the 50 km walk, the women's combined event is the heptathlon while the men compete in the decathlon, and the short distance hurdles for women is contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monia Kari
Monia Kari (born 14 April 1971 in Basel, Basel-Stadt) is a Tunisian discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 61.74 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 .... This is the current African record. Achievements References External links * * * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt Tunisian female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Tunisia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Tunisia African Games gold medalists for Tunisia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qi Cao
Cao Qi (; born January 15, 1974) is a retired female Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 66.08 metres, achieved in September 1993 in Beijing. The Chinese and Asian record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres. - IAAF.org She won the 1993 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larisa Korotkevich
Larisa Korotkevich (russian: Лариса Короткевич; born 3 January 1967) is a retired female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is , achieved on 29 May 1992 in Sochi. This mark ranks her 16th on the all-time discus rankings and, as of 2014, no woman has surpassed that mark since it was set.Discus Throw – Women - senior - outdoor IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-16. Korotkevich competed twice at the Summer Olympics, once for the Unified Team in 1992 and later for Russia in 2000. Her best performance was fourth place in 1992. She made four appearances at the |
Nicoleta Grasu
Lenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a retired Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu. Grasu is best known for winning medals at the 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ... and 2001 World Championships. A few years followed without any international medals, but she did finish sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006, she returned to the medal podium with a bronze at the European Championships. Her personal best throw is 68.80 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Poiana Braşov. International competitions Personal Nicoleta and Costel's child Ștefan Grasu is a professional basketball player. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksana Yesipchuk
Oksana Aleksandrovna Esipchuk (russian: Оксана Александровна Есипчук; born 13 December 1976 in Bryansk) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 63.68 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tula. She finished ninth at the 2001 Summer Universiade. In addition she competed at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ... as well as the 2005 World Championships without qualifying for the final round. International competitions References *sports-reference 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Bryansk Russian female discus throwers Olympic female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimíra Racková
Vladimíra Racková, née Malátová (born 15 May 1967, in Opava) is a Czech discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.50 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Kladno Kladno (; german: Kladen) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 67,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the region and together with its adjacent suburban areas has a population of more than 110,000. .... Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-01. International competitions External links * 1967 births Living pe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Antonova
Olena Anatolyevna Antonova ( uk, Олена Анатольевна Антонова; born 16 June 1972) is a Ukrainian former discus thrower. She was born in Nikopol. Career Antonova's personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Kyiv. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, upgraded to silver later. Already in retirement, Antonova was suspended from competition for two years in July 2013, after a re-tested doping sample from the 2009 world championships proved positive for 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 developed by American pharmaceutical company W .... Achievements References * 1972 births Living people Ukrainian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Xin (athlete)
Yu Xin (born 23 February 1977) is a retired female discus thrower from PR China. Her personal best throw was 64.90 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Jinzhou. She also has 19.32 metres in the shot put. She won the 1998 Asian Championships and finished thirteenth at the 2000 Olympic Games 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 .... Achievements External links * 1977 births Living people Chinese female discus throwers Chinese female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Asian Athletics Championships winners {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stiliani Tsikouna
Styliani ("Stella") Tsikouna ( el, Στυλιανή "Στέλλα" Τσικούνα also written ''Stiliani Tsikouna,'' born October 19, 1972 in Chalcis) is a Greek discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.25 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Iraklio. This ranks her third among Greek discus throwers, only behind Ekaterini Voggoli and 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 Gre ... Achievements References *sports-reference 1972 births Living people Greek female discus throwers 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 for Greece UTEP Miners women's track and field athletes Sportspeople from Chalcis Medit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seilala Sua
Seilala Maria Sua (born 25 February 1978 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a discus thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 65.90 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Sacramento, California. She was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Coach Seilala Sua-Zumbado was an assistant coach in charge of the throwers for the University of Hawaiʻi Hawaii Rainbow Wahine track and field program in 2011-2012. She also served as volunteer coach at her alma mater UCLA in 2005-2006 school year. Athletics career As a professional, Sua-Zumbado was a member of two US Olympic Teams in the discus (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens), four-time USA Track & Field (USATF) National Champion in the discus, one-time USATF National Champion in the shot put and a three-time World Championships competitor. She was ranked in the Top 10 nationally in the discus for eight consecutive years and had the No. 6 mark in the world in 2001. While competing in the shot put, Sua-Zumbado ranked in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
