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Concepción Montaner
Concepción "Concha" Montaner Coll (born 14 January 1981 L'Eliana, Valencia) is a Spanish long jumper. She took the gold medal the World Junior Championships in 2000. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships she won her first major international senior medal when she finished third with 6.76 metres - the same result as the silver medalist Naide Gomes. Gomes beat Montaner on countback, due to a longer next best jump. In 2007 Montaner won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships, behind Gomes. Her personal best jump is 6.92 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Madrid. She is also a national indoor champion over 60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior ath .... Achievements External links * 1981 births Living people Spanish female long jumpers Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948. Rules At the elite level, competitors run down a runway (usually coated with the same rubberized surface as running tracks, crumb rubber or vulcanized rubber, known generally as an all-weather track) and jump as far as they can from a wooden or synthetic board, 20 centimetres or 8 inches wide, that is built flush with the runway, into a pit filled with soft damp sand. If the competitor starts the leap with any part of the foot past the foul line, the jump is declared a foul and no distance is recorded. A layer of plasticine is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
