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Javier McFarlane
Javier Arturo McFarlane Olazabál (born 21 October 1991) is a Peruvian track and field athlete who competes mainly in the 110 metres hurdles and long jump. He was the hurdles gold medallist at the South American Games in 2014 and the South American Championships in Athletics in 2015. His personal bests are 13.57 seconds for the 110 m hurdles and for the long jump. He competed internationally from a young age and won several medals at the South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics. He also has represented his country at the Pan American Games and Summer Universiade. His brother Jorge McFarlane is also a hurdles/long jumper and a South American champion. Career Early career Born in Lima, McFarlane followed his older brother, Jorge, into the sport of athletics. While his brother specialised in hurdling and long jump, Javier McFarlane began with combined track and field events and was the winner of the octathlon at the 2008 South American Youth Championships in Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined Track And Field Events
Combined track and field events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of track and field events, earning points for their performance in each event, which adds to a total points score. Outdoors, the most common combined events are the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. Due to stadium limitations, indoor combined events competition have a reduced number of events, resulting in the men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon. Athletes are allocated points based on an international-standard points scoring system, such as the decathlon scoring table. Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to the women's outdoor version. Various combined events See also * IAAF World Combined Events Challenge * European Cup Combined Events * Icosathlon Notes and references External links Decathlon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2011 Pan American Games
Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively.Athletics technical manual The sport of athletics is split into distinct sets of events: events, events, and racewalking events. Mirroring the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2011 Summer Universiade
The athletics competition at the 2011 Summer Universiade has been held at the New Shenzhen Stadium in Shenzhen, China from August 16 to August 21, 2011. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal summary Medal Table Participating nations * (9) * (9) * (2) * (17) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (11) * (11) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (12) * (16) * (3) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (34) * (2) * (6) * (69) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (5) * (6) * (11) * (1) * (11) * (1) * (4) * (3) * (30) * (2) * (1) * (5) * (16) * (12) * (1) * (18) * (16) * (24) * (3) * (1) * (4) * (10) * (9) * (7) * (6) * (9) * (1) * (8) * (2) * (22) * (12) * (32) * (13) * (13) * (17) * (9) * (2) * (26) * (1) * (10) * (1) * (20) * (7) * (3) * (1) * (7) * (2) * (6) * (2) * (5) * (9) * (1) * (7) * (3) * (13) * (9) * (1) * (3) * (4) * (4) * (3) * (26) * (12) * (4) * (12) * (74) * (2) * (16) * (6) * (2) * (6) * (4) * (14) * (35) * (16) * (16) * (10) * (2) * (2) * (7) * (14) * (2) * (1) * (18) * (1) * (19) * (8) * (22) * (3) * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 World Junior Championships In Athletics
The 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19 to 25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the Championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. It was the second time that the event took place in Canada, after the 1988 edition in Sudbury. This became the last event announced by Scott Davis. Katsiaryna Artsiukh of Belarus, the winner of the women's 400 m hurdles title, had a positive test for Metenolone (a banned steroid) on the day of her victory. She was banned from the sport for two years. Opening ceremony The competition opened the evening of 19 July and, following a ninety-minute light and music presentation, the championships were officially opened by the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and Gary Lunn, the Minister for Sport. One event was held on the first day, the women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhamal Bowen
Jhamal Bowen (born 8 January 1991) is a Panamanian long jumper. He was born in Colón. Like Irving Saladino, he was coached by Florencio Aguilar. As a junior he among others finished ninth at the 2008 World Junior Championships, won gold medals at the 2009 South American Youth Championships and the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships and finished fifth at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Around that time he also competed on the European meet circuit. He finished ninth at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships, won the silver medal at the 2010 Central American Games (and a gold medal in the relay), won the gold medal at the 2011 Central American Championships (and a silver in the relay), finished fifth at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships, won the silver medal at the 2013 Central American Games, finished sixth at the 2013 South American Championships, fifth at the 2014 Ibero-American Championships, won the gold medal at the 2014 Central American Championships, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2010 South American Games
The athletics events at the 2010 South American Games ( es, IX Juegos Suramericanos) were held from March 20–23 at the Alfonso Galvis Duque Stadium in Medellín, Colombia. The competition also acted at the 4th South American Under-23 Championships. A total of 42 events were contested, 21 by male athletes and 21 by female athletes. The stadium was 1541 metres above sea level, thus some athletes' performances benefited from altitude assistance.Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-24)100m record at South American U23 champs IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-27. Brazil topped the medal table with 13 golds and 41 medals overall. Hosts Colombia were the next most successful (11 golds and 35 total) while Venezuela and Peru took third and fourth place respectively. Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva provided one of the highlights of the competition, equalling the South American record in the women's 100 metres with a run of 11.17 seconds. Jorge McFarlane of Peru took victory in both the 110 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 South American Under-23 Championships In Athletics
The 4th South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque at the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot on March 20–23, 2010. The championships, organized by CONSUDATLE, were held as a part of the South American Games (organized by ODESUR). A detailed report on the results was given. The most prominent result was achieved in the heat of the women's 100 metres by Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva. Her time of 11.17 (wind: 1.4 m/s) equaled the South American and Brazilian record, and set a new championships and games record. Participation 13 countries participated in the Under-23 Championships. 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Perú, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela competed in both the South American Games and in the Under-23 Championships. Panamá competed only in the Under-23 Championships, but did not register for the athletics section of the South Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONSUDATLE
Atletismo Sudamericano (''South American Athletics''), formerly CONSUDATLE (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; ''South American Athletics Confederation''), is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within South America. CONSUDATLE is one of six area associations of World Athletics (WA). CONSUDATLE was founded on May 24, 1918, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Therefore, the CONSUDATLE claims to be the oldest athletics area association of the world. The founding members were Argentina, Uruguay, and Andean Chile. Successively, the other countries joined: Brazil in 1922, Ecuador and Peru in 1925, Bolivia in 1930, and Colombia in 1937. Paraguay and Venezuela followed later, and Guyana, Panama, and Suriname joined within the last decades. Presidents The current president Roberto Gesta de Melo was re-elected in 2010 for the period 2011-2015 in Rio de Janeiro. Former presidents can be found here. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 South American Championships In Athletics
The 2009 South American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''2009 Campeonatos Sudamericanos'') was the forty sixth edition of the tournament and was held between 19 and 21 June in Lima, Peru. Brazil dominated the tournament, easily finishing with the highest total points and medals, and also winning the most gold, silver, and bronze medals. Colombia and Argentina took second and third places, respectively, while hosts Peru finished in fifth. Numerous records were broken at the Championships, including two area records, 10 Championship records and seventeen national records. Both area records were achieved in the 20000 metres track walk event, with Luis Fernando López running 1:20:53.6 in the men's race to break Jefferson Pérez's previous mark, and Johana Ordóñez winning the women's race in 1:34:58. Mario Bazán also beat one of Pérez's records, setting a Championship record in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Colombian Norma González was the athlete with the most med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 South American Junior Championships In Athletics
The 38th South American Junior Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Juveniles) were held in São Paulo, Brazil in the Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo from July 25–26, 2009. The Champions for men’s 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from the classification of the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in the Hasely Crawford Stadium from July 31 to August 2, 2009. A detailed report on the results was given. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 212 athletes from about 12 countries: Argentina (30), Bolivia (6), Brazil (75), Chile (27), Colombia (21), Ecuador (10), Panama (6), Paraguay (2), Peru (10), Suriname (2), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (20). Medal summary Medal winners are published. Complete results can be found on the CBAt website, and on the "World Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
