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Dicksonpokalen
The Dicksonpokalen (Dickson Trophy) is an annual athletics award given to the winner of the 1500 metres at the DN Galan meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. The award was created by James F. Dickson, a stable master or equerry for the royal court. DN Galan. Retrieved 2019-08-04. Dickson had previously given an award for the best runner of the English mile as part of a public sports festival in as early as 1887. A Swede, H Lönnroth, was the first known winner of the award with a time of six minutes and two seconds, competing against one other man in heavy rain. No trophy was provided to Lönnroth given the lack of competition and slow performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DN Galan
BAUHAUS-galan, formerly known as DN-Galan is an annual, international athletics meeting that takes place at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. Previously it was one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events until 2010, and has since been part of the Diamond League circuit. It was first organized in 1967. Having been known as the DN-Galan since its first edition, a title sponsor deal with DIY company Bauhaus led to a rebranding of the event in 2015, following a period of financial instability for the organisers. Since 1967, the Dicksonpokalen (Dickson Trophy) is awarded to the winner of the men's 1500 metres or mile run at the competition. History After the 2019 season concluded the BAUHAUS-galan was announced to be separating from the professional Diamond League circuit of one-day meets. However, the meet was readmitted into the circuit and included in the Diamond League's 2020 calendar announcement. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s. Following Coe's retirement from athletics, he was a Conservative member of parliament from 1992 to 1997 for Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall, and became a Life Peer on 16 May 2000. He headed the successful London 2012 Olympic bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics and became chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Harboe-Christensen
Poul is a Danish masculine given name. It is the Danish cognate of the name Paul. Poul may refer to: People * Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer *Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer *Poul Erik Andreasen (born 1949), Danish football player and manager *Poul Bang (1905–1967), Danish filmmaker *Poul Anker Bech (1942–2009), Danish painter *Poul Bjerre (1876–1964), Swedish psychiatrist *Poul Borum (1934–1996), Danish writer *Poul Bundgaard (1922–1998), Danish actor *Poul Simon Christiansen (1855–1933), Danish painter *Poul Skytte Christoffersen (born 1946), Danish diplomat *Poul Elming (born 1949), Danish opera singer *Poul Glargaard (1942–2011), Danish actor *Poul Hansen (1913–1966), Danish politician *Poul Hartling (1914–2000), Danish politician and Prime Minister *Poul Heegaard (1871–1948), Danish mathematician *Poul Henningsen (1894–1967), Danish writer and architect *Poul Richard Høj Jensen (born 1944), Danish sailor *Poul Christian Hols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Københavns Idræts Forening
Københavns Idræts Forening (abbreviated Københavns IF, KIF) is a Danish athletics club based in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen. The club is based at the Østerbro Stadium and the indoor Club Danmark Hallen in Valby. The club was founded in 1892 as ''Københavns Fodsports-Forening''—the club adopted its current name in 1914—and is Denmark's oldest athletics club. 37 members of Københavns Idræts Forening have competed at the Olympic Games. Niels Holst-Sørensen, one of the club's athletes, won a gold medal in the 400 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo. Gunnar Nielsen another of the club's athletes was 1955 world record holder at 1500 metres with 3.40.8. By the time of its centenary in 1992, the club's members had won a total of 575 gold medals at the Danish championships—the club is second only to Sparta in the number of Danish champions that it has produced. Famous athletes * Christian Christensen * Nick Ekelund-Arenander * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Valdemar Hansen
Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque du Soleil show * ''Axël'', an 1890 drama play by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam * Axel (dance turn), a type of turn performed in dance * Axel lift, a movement in pair skating * Axel jump, a type of jump in figure skating * "Axel F", the 1985 instrumental theme song of ''Beverly Hills Cop'' by Harold Faltermeyer Companies, organizations * Axel Hotels, hotel chain * Axel Springer SE, largest digital publishing house in Europe Other uses * Axel Maersk, Danish container ship * Citroën Axel, automobile made by Citroën * Typhoon Axel (other), multiple storms named Axel See also * Aksel * Axl (other) * Axle An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Johansson (runner)
Oscar Johansson may refer to: * Oscar Johansson (ice hockey) (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey winger * Oscar Johansson (politician) (1882–1947), Finnish lawyer, civil servant and politician * Oscar Johansson (footballer) (born 1995), Swedish footballer See also * Oskar Johansson Oskar Johansson (born 23 June 1977) is a Canadian world class sailor from Toronto. He won the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship in 2000 and competed in Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and finished in 15th pl ... (born 1977), Canadian sailor * Oskar Johansson (footballer) (born 1990), Swedish footballer {{hndis, Johansson, Oscar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIK Friidrott
AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The club was founded 1891 in Stockholm and the football department was formed in 1896. AIK's home ground is Friends Arena, located in Solna, just north of Stockholm City Centre. League champions in 2018, AIK has 12 championship titles and is third in the all-time Allsvenskan table. The club holds the record for having played the most seasons in the Swedish top flight. In addition, in this century AIK is the club that has finished top three in Allsvenskan the most times (11), and finished top three six times in a row (2013–2018). In Europe, have qualified for the group stage of a UEFA competition; the club also reached the quarter-finals of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, qualified for the 1999–00 UEFA Champions League group stage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Haugom
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device *Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script See also *Han (other) *Hans im Glück, a Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Langat
Nancy Jebet Langat (born 22 August 1981) is a Kenyan middle distance, runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She won the gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ... in the 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a personal best time of 4:00.23. She also competed at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, 2005 World Championships, without reaching the finals. In her younger days she mainly competed in the 800 metres, and was successful as a junior. Langat won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and became the second Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold. The first one was Pamela Jelimo, who won the 800 m at the same Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, 2009 World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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