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Athletics At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's Heptathlon
The Women's heptathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at Hampden Park on 29 and 30 July 2014. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Women's heptathlon Women's heptathlon 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ... 2014 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). It took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014. Glasgow was selected as the host city on 9 November 2007 during CGF General Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, defeating Abuja, Nigeria. It was the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland with around 4,950 athletes from 71 different nations and territories competing in 18 different sports, outranking the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Over the last 10 years, however, Glasgow and Scotland had staged World, Commonwealth, European, or British events in all sports proposed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including the World Badminton Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Taylor (athlete)
Jessica Taylor (born 27 June 1988 in Manchester) is a British track and field athlete who competes in the heptathlon. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ... held in Glasgow, Taylor represented England and finished third in the women's heptathlon. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Jessica 1988 births Living people English heptathletes British female athletes Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Manchester Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makeba Alcide
Makeba Alcide (born 24 February 1990 in Castries, Saint Lucia) is a Saint Lucian track and field athlete. She holds the Saint Lucia records and OECS records for women's 60m Hurdles, Pentathlon and Heptathlon, and the Saint Lucia record for 100m Hurdles. Biography Makeba was born in Castries, Saint Lucia, to Andre Alcide and Agath Alphonse. An alumnus of St Joseph's Convent in Castries, she was one of the island's most outstanding junior female athletes. Competing in the under-20 Pentathlon at the CARIFTA Games between 2007 and 2009, she took silver in that event at the 2009 edition of the meet, on home soil in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia. She set personal-best marks for 100-metre Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put and the 800-metre run. After a strong performance at the 2009 National Championships, Makeba was named to the Saint Lucia team for the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Championships in Havana, Cuba. She only completed three of the seven events in her first full internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers (born 13 January 1993) is a British-Anguillan politician and the Minister for Education and Social Development of Anguilla. She has been a model, beauty pageant titleholder and athlete. She was crowned as Miss Universe Great Britain 2018 and represented Great Britain at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant, placing in the Top 20 of that competition. Rogers became the first black woman to represent Great Britain at a Miss Universe pageant.Gena-mour Barrett"Miss Universe GB: First black winner Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers on 'great achievement'", Newsbeat, BBC News, 18 July 2018. In February 2022 she was the acting premier of Anguilla for ten days. Biography Kentish-Rogers is a graduate of Law from the University of Birmingham. As well as being a beauty queen and a barrister, she is also an accomplished athlete, having competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She was a heptathlete and ran in the 400 metres in India in 2010 and competed in the heptathlon in Scotland in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anny Oyono
Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the el, Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah ( he, italic=yes, חַנָּה Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace" or "beautiful". Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana, Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the English spelling. Saint Anne is traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary, which accounts for its wide use and popularity among Christians. The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens. In the context of pre-Christian Europe, the name can be found in Virgil's '' Aeneid'', where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city. Variant forms Alternate forms of Anna, including spelling variants, short forms, diminutives and transliterations are: * Aina – Catalan, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian * An – Dutch * Ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy Sealy
Katy Louise Sealy (born 15 October 1990) is a Belizean international athlete. She was brought up in Suffolk in England but qualifies for Belize because her father was born there. She lived in Bawdsey. Sealy was a heptathlete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and carried the flag for Belize. She also competed as a heptathlete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia. Despite being a previous Central American heptathlon champion, she failed to qualify for the heptathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Sealy was however given a wildcard for the 100 metres hurdles which she competed in, finishing 7th in Heat 1. She has set a number of Belizean athletic records, including indoor 800 metres, high jump, and javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Clements (athlete)
Grace Clements (born 2 May 1984) is an English track and field athlete. She was born in Dartford, Kent and educated at Dartford Grammar School for Girls. She won a bronze medal for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India, competing in the heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ....Alex Hoad: Grace Clements revels in Commonwealth Games She now teaches in the Royal Grammar School Guildford.'' KentOnline. 13 October 2010 See also * England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games References External links * Profileat ''The Power of Ten'' Living people 1984 births Sportspeople from Dartford English heptathletes British heptathletes Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Tappin
Jessica may refer to: Given name * Jessica (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with this name * Jessica Folcker, a Swedish singer known by the mononym Jessica * Jessica Jung, a Korean-American singer known by the mononym Jessica, former member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation * Jessica (''The Merchant of Venice''), a character in Shakespeare's play Animals * ''Jessica'' (spider), a genus of spiders * ''Catocala jessica'', a moth of the Noctuidae superfamily, described from Arizona through Colorado to Illinois and California * ''Perrona jessica'', a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Jessika'' (opera), 1905 opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster Albums * ''Jessica'' (Gerald Wilson album), 1983 *''Jessica'' ( sv), 1998 debut album by Swedish singer Jessica Folcker Songs * "Jessica" (instrumental), a 1973 song by the Allman Brothers Band * "Jessica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salcia Slack
Salcia Venecia Slack (born 10 December 1989) is a Jamaican Sport of athletics, athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2015 World Championships in Beijing without finishing the competition. Her biggest success to date is the fifth place at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Her personal bests in the combined events are 6141 points in the heptathlon (Tucson 2015) and 4181 points in the pentathlon (Birmingham, AL 2015). She has a son, Bendray. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *200 metres – 23.92 (0.0 m/s) (Tucson 2015) *800 metres – 2:14.34 (Tucson 2015) *100 metres hurdles – 13.68 (0.0 m/s) (Tucson 2015) *High jump – 1.68 (Alamosa 2014) *Long jump – 6.32(+0.4 m/s) (Grand Valley 2015) *Triple jump – 13.22 (+1.4 m/s) (Albuquerque 2015) *Shot put – 14.99 (Tucson 2015) *Javelin throw – 44.87 (Alamosa 2014) *Heptathlon – 6141 (Tucson 2015) *400m hurdles - 58.24 (Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Stanwell
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name Born in the Middle Ages * Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson * Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224–1275), second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier Born in 1600s and 1700s * Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729–1796), later Empress Catherine II of Russia * Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628–1685), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway * Sophie Blanchard (1778–1819), French balloonist * Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia * Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères ( 1795–1840), English baroness * Sophie Germain (1776–1831), French mathematician * Sophie Piper (1757–1816), Swedish countess * Sophie Schröder (1781–1868), German actress * Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), German author Born 1790–1918 * Sophie, Duchess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Zelinka
Jessica Zelinka (born 3 September 1981 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian pentathlete, heptathlete, and 100 m hurdler. Her personal best score is 6599 points for the heptathlon. She was the gold medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games. Zelinka won silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and repeated her silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Zelinka finished in 6th overall in the heptathlon and 7th in the 100 m hurdles. Career Zelinka first became interested in track and field in elementary school and competed in her first heptathlon at 16. She missed much of the 1999 outdoor season because of an illness.2006 Commonwealth GamesZELINKA Jessica(accessed 2012) Her first international competition was the 2000 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she was fifth in the heptathlon and also competed in the heats of the 100 meter hurdles. She missed most of the 2002 season due to a back and hamstring injury. Zelinka's first major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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