Athletics At The 2014 Commonwealth Games

	Athletics At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's Shot Put The Women's shot put at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Hampden Park on 30 July 2014. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Women's shot put Women's shot put 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]
picture info	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]
	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang (born 3 August 1990) is a Cameroon-born Portuguese track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. She represented Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the World Athletics Championships in 2015. At continental level, she was a two-time gold medalist at both the African Games and the African Championships in Athletics. She holds a personal best of for the shot put, both indoors and outdoors. This is a Cameroonian record outdoors and an African record indoors. Her best in the discus is a more modest . She represented her native Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Annie Alexander (athlete) Annie Alexander may refer to: * Annie Lowrie Alexander (1864–1929), American physician and educator * Annie Montague Alexander (1867–1950), American philanthropist and paleontological collector See also * Ann Alexander (other) {{hndis, Alexander, Annie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kim Mulhall Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) Kim (Korean surname) * Kim family (other), several dynasties ** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin (Chinese surname) Languages * Kim language, a language of Chad * Kim language (Sierra Leone), a language of Sierra Leone * kim, the ISO 639 code of the Tofa language of Russia Media * ''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson * "Kim" (song), 2000 song by Eminem * "Kim", a song by Tkay Maidza, 2021 * ''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling ''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on the novel ''Kim'' (1984 film), a British film based on the novel * "Kim" (''MASH''), a 1973 episode of the American television show ''MASH'' * ''Kim'' (magazine), defunct Turkish women's magazine (1992–1999) Organizations * Kenya Independence Movement, a defunct political party in Kenya * Khalifa Islamiyah Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alison Rodger (athlete) Alison Rodger FRSC FRACI FAA CChem (born November 21, 1959) is a professor of chemistry at Macquarie University. Her research considers biomacromolecular structures and their characterisation. She is currently developing Raman Linear Difference Spectroscopy and fluorescence detected liner dichroism to understand biomacromolecular structure and interactions with application to the division of bacterial cells. Early life and education Rodger was born in Edinburgh to John and Margaret McDougall. She earned her bachelor's, PhD and DSc from University of Sydney. She was awarded the University of Sydney University Medal for theoretical chemistry. Whilst a student, Roger developed Classical Selection Rule (CSR), a procedure that can be used to analyse reaction mechanisms. In 1985 she completed a diploma in Biblical Studies at Moore Theological College. She gained a master's degree at the University of Oxford in 1988. She moved to the University of Warwick for a second DSc, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nwanneka Okwelogu Nwanneka Mariauchenna "Nikki" Okwelogu (born 5 May 1995) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw events. She was the 2016 discus gold medalist at the African Championships in Athletics. Born in the United States, she set Ivy League records in the throws while at Harvard University. Career Born in Fresno, California to Nigerian parents, Nikki attended Clovis West High School where she competed in both shot put and discus. She went on to attend Harvard University from 2013 and competed for their Harvard Crimson track team. In her first year there she broke the Ivy League record in the discus with a throw of and set a school record in the shot put at .Nikki Okwelogu Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2016-07-03. Her sister Nonny also became an Ivy League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kirsty Yates Kirsty or Kirstie is a feminine given name and nickname. It is a Scottish diminutive of Christine in English-speaking countries and is also linked to Kirsten — the Scandinavian version of Christine. People * Kirstie Alley (1951–2022), American actress * Kirstie Allsopp (born 1971), British TV presenter * Kirsty Bentley (1983–1998), New Zealand murder victim * Kirsty Bertarelli (born Kirsty Roper in 1971), songwriter, former Miss UK * Kirsty Blackman (born 1986), Scottish politician, SNP Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North (2015-present) * Kirstie Clements (born 1962), Australian author, editor, journalist and speaker, former Editor-in-Chief of ''Vogue Australia'' * Kirsty Coventry (born 1983), Zimbabwean swimmer * Kirsty Dillon (born 1976), English actress * Kirsty Duncan (born 1966), Canadian politician and medical geographer * Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976), Scottish television presenter * Kirsty Gilmour (born 1993), Scottish badminton player * Kirsty Hawks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Cameroonian Records In Athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Cameroon maintained by Cameroon's national athletics federation: Fédération Camerounaise d'Athlétisme (FCA). Outdoor Key to tables: h = hand timing A = affected by altitude NWI = no wind information OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference) Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Notes References ;General World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022National Outdoor RecordsWorld Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022;Specific External links {{National records in athletics Cameroon Records Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eden Francis Eden Cherrelle Francis (born 19 October 1988 in Leicester) is an English female athlete who competes in the shot put and discus. She has personal best distances of 17.24 metres and 59.78 metres respectively in these events. Athletics career Francis competed in both events 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 ... in Glasgow, Scotland finishing 6th in the shot put and 7th in the discus. She was the first British (male or female) athlete to win the discus event at the European Athletics U23 Championships, winning in Kaunas, Lithuania in 2009. This also represented Britain's first ever gold medal for a female discus thrower at European, World or Olympic level. Her gold medal was subsequently stolen during a burglary at her home. She has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Athletics At The 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletics was one of ten core sports that appeared at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As a founding sport, athletics has appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games; the recognised precursor to the Commonwealth Games. The competition took place between Sunday 27 July and Saturday 2 August at the temporarily modified Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium. The programme commenced with the 26.2 mile marathon, which started and finished at Glasgow Green and included numerous para-sport events throughout. Racewalking events were dropped from the programme for 2014 – a move condemned by walking athletes. The meet was dominated, in terms of golds won, by Kenya, Jamaica who won 10 gold medals apiece and Australia with eight gold medals, though gold and other medals were distributed among 21 teams, and England took away the most medals, 27 including 13 silver medals. Kenya dominated the distance events, and Jamaica the sprint event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sophie McKinna Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is a British Olympic athlete specialising in the shot put. She won silver medals at the 2011 World Youth Championships and 2013 European Junior Championships. Her indoor personal best is 18.82 metres (Birmingham 2022). At the 2019 World Championships in Doha she threw a new outdoor personal best of 18.61m to qualify for the final. By throwing over the 18.50m required she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. She competed in the event, throwing 17.81m in the qualifying round to finish in 17th place. Domestically, as of 2023 McKinna is a six-time national champion, winning both indoors and outdoors in 2019, outdoors again in 2020 and 2021, and indoors in 2022 and 2023 She is the granddaughter of the former Norwich City footballer and manager Dave Stringer. McKinna works for Norfolk Constabulary Norfolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Norfolk in East Anglia, England. The force serves a popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rachel Wallader Rachel Wallader (born 1 September 1989) is an English shot putter. She finished fourth at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, sixth at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and twelfth at the 2016 European Championships. She has won a total of nine British titles. Five of these were during the indoor seasons of 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018, and four during the outdoor seasons of 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Her personal best is 18.00 metres, achieved in May 2016 in Stoke Rochford Stoke Rochford is a small English village and civil parish south of Grantham in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 230 (including Easton, Lincolnshire, Easton). It has two notable Grad .... In 2010, she was given a 12-month suspension for doping, using a banned stimulant, but served only four months as she could prove that the stimulant was not labelled on her dietary supplement. References 1989 births Living people English female sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]