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Athletics At The 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 Metres T46
The Men's 200 metres T46 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium London Stadium (formerly and also known as Olympic Stadium and the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford, London, Stratford district of London. It is located ... on 31 August and 2 September. The event was also open to category T45 double arm amputees, and the gold medal was won by T45 athlete Yohansson Nascimento of Brazil. Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows: Results Round 1 Competed 31 August 2012 from 21:00. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final Competed 2 September 2012 at 19:30. Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. ''DQ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Olympic Stadium
London Stadium (formerly and also known as Olympic Stadium and the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford, London, Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, east of central London. The stadium was constructed specifically for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, serving as the track and field, track-and-field venue and as the site of their 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, opening and 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, closing ceremonies. Following the Games, it was renovated for multi-purpose use, and it now serves primarily as the home of Premier League club West Ham United F.C., West Ham United. Land preparation for the stadium began in mid-2007, with the construction officially starting on 22 May 2008. The stadium held its first public event in March 2012, serving as the finish line for a celebrity run organised by the National Lottery ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonis Aresti
Antonis Aresti is a former athlete and Paralympian from Cyprus who competed mainly in category T46 and T47 sprint events. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's 200 metres - T46 event and a silver medal in the men's 400 metres - T46 event Career Born on 15 February 1983 in Limassol, Cyprus by Leonidas and Androula Aresti. At the age of three years, Aresti was dragged by a moving car while he was trying to cross the street. The accident caused a damage on his left hand. Such disability pushed the Cypriot sprinter to deal with sports. He started practising athletics at early age by participating in school events mainly in long-distance races. At age 14 he started running seriously. Then, he won many medals in local youth championships in athletics. Also, he participated in world organisations as a member of the national team of Cyprus. He studied Physical Education at National Sports Academy (NSA) of Bulgaria in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yao Jianjun
Yao or YAO may refer to: * Yao (surname), the transliteration of Chinese family names 姚, 銚, and 么 * Yao (ruler), a mythical Chinese ruler and emperor * Yao Ming, Chinese Basketball All-Star that played for the Houston Rockets * Euphrasie Kouassi Yao, Ivorian politician * Yao people, ethnic minority group of southern China and Vietnam * Yao languages spoken by the Yao * Yao people (East Africa), people of south-central Africa * Yao language, a Bantu language spoken by the waYao people in Africa * Yao language (Trinidad), an extinct Cariban language formerly spoken on Trinidad * Yao may be short for yaodong, a type of Chinese cave dwelling * Yao (Gnosticism), the name of an archon in Gnostic scripture * Yao, Chad, a town in Chad * Yao, Osaka, a city in Japan ** Related: Yao Airport * Yao (爻), the term for the marks used in the preparation of trigrams and hexagrams in I Ching that is also the basis for Kangxi radical 89 * Yao, a character in the ''Mulan'' franchise * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashiru Yunusa
Bashiru is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Bashiru Ally, Tanzanian academic, diplomat and politician *Bashiru Aremu (born 1974), Nigerian computer scientist * Bashiru Gambo (born 1978), Ghanaian footballer *Bashiru Kwaw-Swanzy (1921–1997), Ghanaian politician *Bashiru Ademola Raji, Nigerian soil scientist Surname * Abdul Bashiru (born 1992), Ghanaian footballer *Osman Bashiru Osman Bashiru (born 5 May 1989, in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian former professional association football player who played as a striker. Career Bashiru arrived to Israeli club Hapoel Petah Tikva as part of a loan agreement with his club in Ghana. Wh ... (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer * Umar Bashiru (born 1997), Ghanaian footballer {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antônio Souza
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António ( Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In Galicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Tapia
Roger Tapia is a Filipino para-athlete who competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Early life and education Born with a speech impairment caused by a cleft lip and without his left arm. Tapia began running at age 5 due to his brother being a runner. He attended the José Rizal University and was part of the school's athletics team. He is a native of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. Career Tapia competed in local tournaments for Ilocos Norte winning in events against abled-bodied athletes. This includes the 2008 Palarong Pambansa, the national student-athlete games. Tapia represented the Philippines at the 2011 ASEAN Para Games where he bagged a gold in the 400m event and two silvers in the 100m and 200m events. He qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Nosulenko
Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic (russian: Юрий, Yuriy, or uk, Юрій, Yuriy, or bg, Юрий, Jurij, or be, Юры, Jury) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slovak and Croatian Juraj, akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, and German Jürgen, and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri, Portuguese Iury, and Dutch Joeri. The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuri Dolgoruky, Grand Prince of Kiev (c. 1099–1157), in early accounts recorded as ''Gyurgi, Dyurgi''. Yaroslav the Wise, great-grandfather of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, was the first Ruthenian ruler whose patron saint was Saint George. The saint is now depicted on the coat of arms of Moscow. Ancient and medieval world (Listed chronologically) * Yuri Dolgorukiy or Yuri I Vladimirovich (c. 1099–1157), Grand Prince of Kiev * Yuri II of Vladimir (1189– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Abidogun
Ola Abidogun (born 3 August 1993) is a British athlete who competes in T46 sprinting events. He competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and was part of the British team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where he took bronze in the 100m sprint. He has won multiple medals at the junior level and as a senior won a silver in the 2014 European Championships. Early life Abidogun was born in Ilford, London. Career In 2008 he began competing at the DSE Junior Championships. He competed at the 2010 IWAS World Junior Championships in Olomouc, Czech Republic, where he won the gold medal in the 100m event of his disability sport classification, and the silver medal in the 200m competition. He was chosen for the English team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In his T46 100m heat he ran a time of 11.37, and then 11.32 in the semi-final, both of which were personal bests. He placed fifth in the final. Abidogun wasn't selected for the British team at the 2011 IPC Athletics Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Kompaon
Francis Kompaon (born 16 January 1986 in Rabaul) is a T46 Papua New Guinean athlete. He represented Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, competing in athletics in the one hundred metre sprint, T46 category. With a time of 11.10 seconds, he finished second in the final, five hundredths of a second behind Australia's Heath Francis. It was Papua New Guinea's first ever Olympic or Paralympic medal, and only the second ever Olympic or Paralympic medal won by a Pacific Islander; Tongan boxer Paea Wolfgramm had won a silver at the 1996 Olympics. He also competed in the 200-metre sprint, finishing ninth overall in the heats, with a time of 23.30 seconds. Kompaon was his country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony, and was one of fifteen competitors (out of over 4000) selected to carry the torch during the Paralympic torch relay in Beijing. He had previously won several gold medals at regional competitions in Oceania, and had finished fourth in the 200m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
