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Hazel Simpson
Hazel Robson (born 22 August 1979) is a Paralympian Track and field, athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T36 (classification), T36 sprint events. Hazel competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens in the 200m and 400m having won the gold medal in the 100m in Sydney four years earlier. Four years later, competing under her married name of Simpson, she failed to defend the 100m title finishing second behind China's Wang Feng (athlete), Wang Feng who also beat her into second in the 200m. External links profile on paralympic.orgProfile on ParalympicsGB Paralympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain British female sprinters Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. The foot racing events, which include sprints, middle- and long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumping and throwing events are won by those who achieve the greatest distance or height. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", such as the pentathlon consisting of five events, heptathlon consisting of seven events, and decathlon consisting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
