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Alison Baker (racewalker)
Alison Baker (born August 6, 1964) is a retired female racewalker from Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event (47:20) at the 1993 World Championships. Achievements References *thecgf External links * * * 1964 births Living people Canadian female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field Athletics
Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. The foot racing events, which include sprint (running), sprints, middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance running, long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumping and throwing events are won by those who achieve the greatest distance or height. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin throw, javelin, discus throw, discus, and hammer throw, hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's 5 Kilometres Walk
The women's Racewalking, 5 kilometres walk event at the Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade, 1989 Summer Universiade was held in Duisburg on 29 August 1989. It was the last time that this distance was contested at the Universiade before being replaced with 10 kilometres in 1991. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:5 Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade Racewalking at the Universiade, 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 10 Kilometres Walk
These are the official results of the Women's 10 km Walk event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fe .... There were a total of 53 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 14, 1993. Medalists Intermediates Final ranking See also * 1990 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Split) * 1992 Women's Olympic 10km Walk (Barcelona) * 1994 Men's European Championships 10km Walk (Helsinki) References ResultsDie Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite {{DEFAULTSORT:1993 World Championships In Athletics - Women's 10 Kilometres Walk W Racewalking at the World Athletics Championships 1993 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 635,911, making it the list of cities in Germany by population, sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in Stuttgart Metropolitan Region, its metropolitan area, making it the metropolitan regions in Germany, fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the list of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP, top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer (consulting firm), Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10 Kilometres Walk
The women's 10 kilometres walk event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held in Victoria, British Columbia. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:10 Walk 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... 1994 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1994 Commonwealth Games
At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, the athletics event were held in Victoria, BC, Canada, at the Centennial Stadium on the grounds of the University of Victoria. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male 19 by female athletes. Furthermore, 2 men's disability events were held within the programme. There were 126 medals decided in total with England topping the table with 36 medals in total. Australia were second with 22 and the host nation Canada came third with 15. The competition saw both the rise and fall of Horace Dove-Edwin, a sprinter from Sierra Leone. He became his country's first Commonwealth medallist with an unexpected silver medal behind Linford Christie in the 100 metres. He had not attended the opening ceremony as his country did not have enough money for a uniform and his story attracted much public sympathy and attention from the press. His meteoric rise (improving from 10.34 seconds to 10.02 over two days) was swiftly punctured as he was banned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1994 Jeux De La Francophonie – Results
These are the full results of the athletics competition at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie which took place on July 11–13, 1994, in Bondoufle, France. Men's results 100 meters HeatsWind:Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.9 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: -1.2 m/s, Heat 6: -1.6 m/s SemifinalsWind:Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -0.8 m/s FinalWind: +0.5 m/s 200 meters HeatsWind:Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.7 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s, Heat 5: -1.9 m/s SemifinalsWind:Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -1.8 m/s FinalWind: -1.7 m/s 400 meters Heats Semifinals Final 800 meters Heats Final 1500 meters Heats Final 5000 meters 10,000 meters Marathon 110 meters hurdles HeatsWind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s FinalWind:-1.1 m/s 400 meters hurdles Heats Final 4 × 100 meters relay Heats Final 4 × 400 met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondoufle, France
Bondoufle () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is 27 km from Paris. In 1994 the city hosted the Francophonie Games at the Stade Robert Bobin, which had been built for the occasion. Population Inhabitants of Bondoufle are known as ''Bondouflois''. Education There are: " Bondoufle. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. * Four preschools (école maternelle): Malraux, Mauriac, Mermoz, and Saint-Exupery * Four elementary schools: Malraux, Mauriac, Mermoz, and Saint-Exupery * Collège Charles Peguy (junior high school) * (senior high school/sixth-fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1994 Jeux De La Francophonie
At the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie, the athletics events were held in Bondoufle, near Paris, France. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations * (3) * (4) * (9) * (2) * (20) * (62) * (2) * (12) * (2) * (4) * (10) * (23) * (7) * (7) * (5) * (80) * (7) * (9) * (3) * (6) * (15) * (4) * (17) * (5) * (3) * (16) * (36) * (13) * (2) * (45) * (10) * (10) * (21) * (6) * (18) * (4) * (12) * (4) * (16) * (3) References GBRathletics {{Events at 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie 1994 Francophonie Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ... 1994 Francophonie 1994 Francophonie 1994 Francophonie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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