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Athletics At The 2014 Asian Games – Men's Shot Put
The men's shot put event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ..., South Korea on 2 October. Schedule All times are Korea Standard Time ( UTC+09:00) Records Results ;Legend *DNS — Did not start References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games - Men's shot put Shot put men 2014 men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
The Incheon Stadium, commonly known as the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium ( ko, 인천아시아드주경기장, Incheon Asiadeu Jugyeong-gijang), is a stadium located in Incheon, South Korea. Completed in July 2014, it is used mostly for athletics meets and was the main venue of the 2014 Asian Games. The stadium has been designed with an initial capacity of roughly 60,000 spectators. After the 2014 Asian Games, capacity was reduced to 30,000 spectators. The stadium has an oval running track enclosing a regulation-size soccer field. Outside, there's a tennis court, a subsidiary stadium, and the 1,415.13 m2 Yeonhui Cricket Ground. The main stadium was used for the opening and closing ceremony and athletics competitions of the 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Asian Para Games. Utilizing the long linear landscape from South to North to actively connect to surrounding parks, and the natural continuity of the rooftops to facilitate the approach by spectators, in order to overcome the difficul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road; it continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub as well as being one of China's three largest cities. For a long time, the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou was captured by the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major transshipment port. Due to a high urban population and large volumes of port traffic, Guangzhou is classified as a Large-Port Megacity, the largest type of port-city in the world. Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejen Hommadow
Tejen (older spellings: Tedzhen, Tejend, Tejent) is an oasis city with district status in the Karakum Desert, in Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It lies along the M37 highway, between Dushak and Mary, by road southeast of Ashgabat. It has a population of approximately 52,000. To the east is the larger oasis of Mary. Etymology The meaning of ''tejen'' is unclear. Atanyyazov explained, ...The meaning of this ancient name is not clear...Barthold noted that this name was also used in the form of Tuzhen in the X-XI centuries...Vambery derived it from the words ''tei-e hend'' (''tei-e kent'', ''tei''— “down”, ''kent'' - “village”, “city”) and derived from that “downstream of the city,” “downstream of the city,” or “downstream of the river". He writes that he may have understood the meaning of the word as "city in the desert"...the name of the village along the Gerrud River is mentioned...This name also means "the foot of the city"...As Barthold rightly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Dementev
Sergey Dementev ( uz, Сергей Дементьев; born 1 June 1990) is an Uzbekistani athlete specialising in the shot put. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch .... His personal bests in the event are 19.37 metres outdoors (Almaty 2015) and 18.95 metres indoors (Tashkent 2017). International competitions References 1990 births Living people Uzbekistani male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Uzbekistani sportspeople Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Prakash Karhana
Om Prakash Singh Karhana (born 11 January 1987) is an Indian shot putter. He trains at the Salwan Throws Academy, where he first began to learn how to shot put, and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation to identify and support Indian athletes. He was originally a basketball player, but was approached by Lalit Bhanot, secretary of the Athletics Federation of India, to consider switching to the shot put. Om Prakash Karhana holds the Indian national record in shot put at 20.69 meters which he achieved in May 2012 at Szombathely, Hungary and he qualified for and competed at the 2012 London Olympics. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he reached the final, finishing in 6th place. References External links * Om Prakash Karhanaat Olympic Gold Quest Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) is a program of the Foundation for Promotion of Sports and Games, a Not for Profit (Section 25) Company, which is committed to bridging the gap between the best athletes in India and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Il-woo (athlete)
Jung Il-woo (; born 28 March 1986) is a South Korean athlete specialising in the shot put. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( tk, Ýapyk binalarda we söweş sungaty boýunça V Aziýa oýunlary/Япык биналарда ве сөвеш сунгаты боюнча V Азия оюнлары), which is also counted as the 5 .... His personal bests in the event are 19.49 metres outdoors (Sapporo 2015) and 19.24 metres indoors (Ashgabat 2017). Both are current national records. International competitions References 1986 births Living people South Korean male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Guangfu
Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thailand * Wang Township, Minnesota, a township in the United States * Wang, Bavaria, a town in the district of Freising, Bavaria, Germany * Wang, Austria, a town in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria * An abbreviation for the town of Wangaratta, Australia * Wang Theatre, in Boston, Massacheussetts * Charles B. Wang Center, an Asian American center at Stony Brook University Other * Wang (Tibetan Buddhism), a form of empowerment or initiation * Wang tile, in mathematics, are a class of formal systems * ''Wang'' (musical), an 1891 New York musical * Wang Film Productions, Taiwanese-American animation studios * Wang Laboratories, an American computer company founded by Dr. An Wang * WWNG, a radio station (1330 AM) licensed to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashari Suroor
Mashari ( fa, ماشاري, also Romanized as Māshārī) is a village in Siyahu Rural District Siyahu Rural District ( fa, دهستان سياهو) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Fin District of Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ..., Central District (Bandar Abbas County) , Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 25 families. References Populated places in Bandar Abbas County {{BandarAbbas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Gholoum
Ahmad Abdullah Hassan Gholoum (born 31 May 1980) is a Kuwaiti athlete specialising in the 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 .... He won multiple medals on regional level. His personal bests in the event are 19.18 metres outdoors (Amman 2007) and 19.08 metres indoors (Hangzhou 2012). The latter is the standing national record. Competition record References 1980 births Living people Kuwaiti male shot putters Asian Games competitors for Kuwait Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Kuwait Arab Athletics Championships winners West Asian Athletics C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amin Nikfar
Amin Abraham Tiny Paul Nikfar ( fa, امین آبراهام پل نیکفر, born 2 January 1981 in San Jose, United States) is an Iranian-American shot putter. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. Amin finished 1st (Gold) in the 2004 Asian Indoor Championships. He finished tenth at the 2005 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. His personal best throw is 20.05 metres, achieved in July 2011 in Toronto. This is the current Iranian national record. Amin is the son of Mohammad Nikfar and Diane Nikfar. Amin received The Big Pi Award in 2012 from Pi Lambda Phi Pi Lambda Phi (), commonly known as Pi Lam, is a social fraternity with 145 chapters (44 active chapters/colonies). The fraternity was founded in 1895 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Pi Lambda Phi is headlined by prestigious chapte ... fraternity. It is awarded to alumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
