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Athletics At The 2011 All-Africa Games – Women's Heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2011 All-Africa Games was held on 13–14 September. Results ReferencesResults {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games - Women's heptathlon Heptathlon 2011 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete. There are two heptathlons – the men's and the women's heptathlon – composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is held indoors, while the women's is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984. Women's heptathlon Women's heptathlon is the combined event for women contested in the athletics programme of the Olympics and at the World Athletics Championships. The World Athletics Combined Events Tour determines a yearly women's heptathlon champion. The women's outdoor heptathlon consists of the following events, with the first four contested on the first day, and the remaining three on day two: * 100 metres hurdles * High jump * Sho ... [...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] |
Margaret Simpson
Margaret Simpson (born 31 December 1981 in Krapa) is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process. Her personal best is 6423 points, achieved in Götzis in May 2005. Biography In one of her earliest international senior performances, she placed fourth at the 1999 All-Africa Games. She was the junior champion at the 1999 African Junior Athletics Championships, but failed to finish in the event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She was selected for the heptathlon at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and placed 13th overall. Senior success came the following year as she took the bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then won the heptathlon gold medal at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics. She failed to finish at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. In 2004, Simpson became African Champion for a second time and followed this result with a ninth pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriella Kouassi
Gabriela Kouassi (born 18 November 1979) is a retired French-Ivorian heptathlete who saw success on continental level. Representing France, she finished 18th at the 1998 World Junior Championships and 17th at the 2001 European U23 Championships. She later changed her allegiance to Ivory Coast. She won the gold medal at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, the silver medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games and another silver medal at the 2012 African Championships. Her personal best score was 5766 points, achieved in April 2012 in Bambous, Mauritius Bambous is a small town in Mauritius located in the Rivière Noire District. The village is administered by the Bambous Village Council under the aegis of the Rivière Noire District Council. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius i .... This is the Ivorian record. She also holds Ivorian records for pentathlon (indoors), shot put indoors and javelin throw. References 1979 births Living people French sportspeople o ... [...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] |
Patience Okoro
Patience Okoro (born 10 July 1984) is a Nigerian heptathlete. She won a gold medal in heptathlon at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Career In one of her earliest international senior performances, she started during the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria where she won her first international bronze medal. She later placed fifth at the 2006 Africa Championships in Athletics and fourth at the 2011 All-Africa Games competitions. Okoro also won silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ... and a bronze medal during the 2003 events. Achievements African Championships All African Games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Okoro, Patience 1984 births Living people N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthe Koala
Marthe Koala (born 8 March 1994) is a Burkinabe athlete competing in the 100 metres hurdles and heptathlon. At the 2012 and the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles. She also competed in the women's heptathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was injured during the shot put and was unable to participate in the remaining four events.George, Mathew T"PhD student gives Burkina Faso its first-ever Olympic medal" ''The Week ''The Week'' is a weekly news magazine with editions in the United Kingdom and United States. The British publication was founded in 1995 and the American edition in 2001. An Australian edition was published from 2008 to 2012. A children's ed ...'', August 5, 2021. Competition record References 1994 births Living people People from Bobo-Dioulasso Burkinabé female hurdlers Burkinabé heptathletes Olympic athletes of Burkina Faso Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandrine Thiebaud
Sandrine is a popular French female name. It is a diminutive form of Sandra, a shortened form of Alexandra, the female version of Alexander, which means ''Protector of Men''. There are variants such as ''Sandrilene''. People * Sandrine (singer), Australian singer-songwriter of pop music * Sandrine Bailly, French biathlete * Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress * Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress * Sandrine Corman, Belgian model * Sandrine Doucet, French politician * Sandrine Dudoit, French-American statistician * Sandrine François, French singer * Sandrine Fricot, French high jumper * Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress * Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress * Sandrina Malakiano, Indonesian journalist * Sandrine Piau, French opera singer * Sandrine Pinna, Taiwanese actress * Sandrine Renard, Canadian journalist * Sandrine Tas, Belgian inline speed skater and long track speed skater * Sandrine Testud, French tennis player * Sandrine Veysset, French film director Fictional characters * Sandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anny Curty 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 – Bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibiana Mangu
Bibiana can refer to: Places * Bibiana, Piedmont, Italian commune * Santa Bibiana, church in Rome Name * Saint Bibiana, fourth-century Italian saint * Bibiana Aído (b. 1977), Spanish politician * Bibiana Beglau (b. 1971), German actress * Bibiana Candelas (b. 1983), Mexican volleyball player * Bibiana Fernández (b. 1954), Spanish actress * Bibiana Ferrea (b. 1981), Argentine handball player * Bibiana Ng (b. 1977), Malaysian shooter * Bibiana Olama (b. 1982), Equatoguinean athlete * Bibiana Perez (b. 1970), Italian skier * Bibiana Rodríguez (b. 1969), Mexican politician * Bibiana Steinhaus (b. 1979), German football referee See also * Vivian (given name) * Viviana (other) Viviana is a female given name, and may refer to: * ''Viviana'' (film), a 1916 American film * ''Viviana'' (telenovela), a 1978 Mexican telenovela * Saint Bibiana, or Viviana, 4th-century Roman martyr * Viviana (given name) See also * * Bibiana ... * Bibianna, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salome Mugabe
Salome (; he, שְלוֹמִית, Shlomit, related to , "peace"; el, Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II, son of Herod the Great, and princess Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great, and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from the New Testament, where she is not named, and from an account by Flavius Josephus. In the New Testament, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas demands and receives the head of John the Baptist. According to Josephus, she was first married to her uncle Philip the Tetrarch, after whose death (AD 34), she married her cousin Aristobulus of Chalcis, thus becoming queen of Kingdom of Chalcis, Chalcis and Lesser Armenia, Armenia Minor. The gospel story of her dance at the birthday celebration of her stepfather, who had John the Baptist beheaded at her request, inspired art, literature and music over an extended period of time. Among the paintings are those by Titian and Gustave Moreau. Oscar Wilde's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
