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Athletics At The 2011 All-Africa Games – Women's High Jump
The women's high jump event at the 2011 All-Africa Games was held on 12 September. Results ReferencesResults {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games - Women's high jump High
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High Jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form, and the current universally preferred method is the Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar. The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events in the Olympic athletics program. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meets. The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men's record holder with a jump of set in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2011 All-Africa Games
The athletics competition at the 2011 All-Africa Games was held from 11 to 15 September 2011 at the Estádio do Zimpeto in Maputo, Mozambique. Medal summary Men Women Para-sport Men Women Medal tables Elite competition Para-sport competition Games statistics At the competition Jangy Addy (Liberia) won the first ever International athletic event gold medal for his country. retrieved 2011-09-13 References *Makori, Elias (2011-09-15)From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Amata
Eyawomano Doreen Amata (born 6 May 1988 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria who specialises in the high jump event. Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa Games. Amata competed for Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but she did not qualify for the finals. She was the flag bearer for Nigeria during the closing ceremony. Her personal bests in the event are 1.95 metres outdoors (Abuja 2008, Daegu 2011) and 1.93 metres (Banska Bystrica 2016). Competition record References External links * 1988 births Living people Athletes from Lagos Nigerian female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uhunoma Osazuwa
Uhunoma Naomi-Pauline Osazuwa (born November 23, 1987, in Oakland, California) is a Nigerian track and field athlete competing in the heptathlon. She represented Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics but failed to finish the competition after recording marks in five events. She qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics in the heptathlon, finishing in 29th place. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree in 2014 from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Competition record NCAA record References External links *IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ... profile foUhunoma Osazuwa* * tfrrs.org. Retrieved on August 4, 2016. < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lissa Labiche
Lissa Mary Audrey Labiche (born February 18, 1993) is Seychellois athlete competing in the high jump and occasionally long jump. Career In the Women's high jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished tied for 20th place and did not advance to the final. She competed for the Seychelles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished 29th in the qualifying round for women's high jump and did not advance to the finals. She was the flag bearer for the Seychelles during the closing ceremony. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *800 m – 2:47.15 (Gaborone 2011) *100 m hurdles – 15.59 (-0.8 m/s) (Gaborone 2011) *High jump – 1.92 m (Potchefstroom 2015) NR *Long jump – 6.28 m (-4.6 m/s) (Windhoek 2012) *Shot put – 9.85 m (Gaborone 2011) *Javelin throw – 24.49 m (Gaborone 2011) *Heptathlon – 4663 pts (Gaborone 2011) Indoor *High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Smit
Anika Smit (born 26 May 1986) is a South African professional athlete specialising in the high jump. She is well known for winning the gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ... in Melbourne. Her personal best is 1.93 metres achieved in 2007 in Potchefstroom. Competition record External links * 1986 births Living people Afrikaner people South African female high jumpers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selloane Tsoaeli
Selloane Joyce Tsoaeli (born 10 July 1977) is a female track and field athlete from Lesotho who competes in the heptathlon and the high jump. She was the high jump gold medallist at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and was a heptathlon bronze medallist at the same event. She also took heptathlon bronze at the 2011 All-Africa Games. Tsoaeli represented Lesotho at the World Championships in Athletics (2007, 2009) and at the Commonwealth Games (2002, 2010, 2014). Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved on 2016-08-07. She was her nation's flag bearer at the . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
