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Cezmi Or Memorial
The Cezmi Or Memorial (Turkish: ''Uluslararası Cezmi Or Kupası'') is an annual track and field meeting which takes place in Istanbul, Turkey. The meeting is held in honour of late Turkish sprinter Cezmi Or, who set Turkish records in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres, but died of typhoid fever in 1945 at the age of 24. The memorial meeting was first held one year after his death and has continued annually without interruption. It is held under the auspices of the Turkish Athletic Federation and Can Korkmazoğlu is the current meet organiser. The competition, which is undertaken at the Enka Sadi Gülçelik Stadium, Stadium holds ''Classic Meeting'' status from the continental governing body, European Athletics The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. European Athletics has 51 .... Both internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamel Boulahfane
Kamal Boulahfane (born 1 July 1976) is a former Algerian runner, who specialized in the 1500 metres. He was born in Djimla. Competition record Personal bests *800 metres - 1:46.07 min (2005) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ... - 3:32.44 min (2004) External links * 1976 births Living people Algerian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century Algerian people {{Algeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form, and the current universally preferred method is the Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar. The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events in the Olympic athletics program. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meets. The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men's record holder with a jump of set in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny McFarlane
The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Danny D. McFarlane, OD (born 14 June 1972) is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests. Having won five medals at the World Championships in Athletics and an Olympic bronze medal with the Jamaican 4 x 400 metres team, McFarlane has also won in individual competition: he took an Olympic silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He competed collegiately for the University of Oklahoma. In the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, he equalled Tim Berrett's record for most appearances at the competition, having competed in every Championships since 1993. 2009 The veteran sprinter gained qualification to the 2009 World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres Hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows runners down. The best male athletes can run the 400 m hurdles in a time of around 46 seconds, while the very best female athletes achieve a time of around 51 seconds. The current men's and women's world record holders are Karsten Warholm with 45.94 seconds and Sydney McLaughlin with 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damjan Zlatnar
Damjan Zlatnar ( sr-cyr, Дамјан Златнар, born 16 December 1977 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian-born Serbian former athlete who specialized in the 110 metre hurdles and Bobsleigh, bobsledder. He competed for Slovenia at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 1999 World Indoor Championships, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metre hurdles, 2001 World Championships the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metre hurdles, 2004 Olympic Games, the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, 2007 World Championships, the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, 2008 World Indoor Championships and the Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metre hurdles, 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. His personal best time is 13.56 seconds, achieved in June 2007 in Novo Mesto. Zlatnar s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
