|
Jonathan Edwards (triple Jumper)
Jonathan David Edwards, (born 10 May 1966) is a British former triple jumper. He is an Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995. Following his retirement as an athlete, Edwards has worked as a sports (primarily athletics) commentator and presenter for BBC television. Formerly a devout Christian, he also presented episodes of the BBC Christian worship programme ''Songs of Praise'', until he renounced his faith in 2007. In 2011 he was elected President of the Wenlock Olympian Society following the death of its then President, Roy Rogers. He was a member of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the 2012 games. Education Edwards was born in Westminster, London and attended West Buckland School in Devon where his potential for the triple jump was spotted at an early age. He was a strong all-rounder, and on leaving received the school's top award for sporting and academic excelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Association Of Athletics Federations
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Triple Jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium. Forty athletes from 27 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The triple jump has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. The event was won by Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the men's triple jump since 1908 (and only the second overall). Edwards became the 12th man to win two medals in the event, adding gold to his 1996 silver. Yoel García's silver put Cuba on the podium for the second Games in a row. Background This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1996 Games were silver medalist Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain, bronze medalist Yoelbi Quesada of Cuba, fifth-place finisher Armen Martirosyan of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF World Indoor Championships In Athletics
The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the ''World Indoor Games'' in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed to IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987. The current name was adapted with the name change of the sports governing body in 2019. They have been held every two years except for when they were held in consecutive years 2003 and 2004 to facilitate the need for them to be held in alternate years to the main World Athletics Championships (outdoors) in the future. Championships Events The events held have remained more or less the same since they originated, with the main alterations coming in the earlier years. The 4 x 400 m relay race for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 with the women's triple jump, the latter as an exhibition event, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Triple Jump
These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 25 August 1999. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Central European Time (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time **B ...)'' Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Qualification * Held on Monday 23 August 1999 with the mark set on 17.00 metres (6 + 6 athletes) Final References IAAF {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Triple Jump D Triple jump at the World Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 World Championships In Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. One of the main highlights of the games was the world record set in the 400 metres by Michael Johnson of the United States in a time of 43.18 seconds. Men's results Track 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. 1 German Skurygin of Russia originally won the gold medal in the 50 km walk in 3:44:23, but was disqualified after he tested positive for drugs in November 2001. 2 Nigeria (Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong, Deji Aliu) originally won the bronze medal in 37.91, but were disqualified on August 31, 2005 after it was found Asonze had failed a doping test in June 1999. 3 The United States (Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Michael J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Triple Jump
These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fe .... There were a total number of 46 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday 1993-08-16. Final Qualifying round *Held on Sunday 1993-08-15 with the mark set at 17.10 metres (4 + 9 athletes) See also * 1991 Men's World Championships Triple Jump * 1992 Men's Olympic Triple Jump * 1995 Men's World Championships Triple Jump References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1993 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Triple Jump T Triple jump at the World Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 World Championships In Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having originally being held every four years in 1983, 1987 and 1991 these championships began a two-year cycle between events. Event The 1993 World Championships was the final time the women's 3,000 m would be contested. At subsequent Championships the race was replaced by the longer 5000 m. Men's results Track 1987 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field 1987 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 1 Michael Stulce of the United States originally finished third, but was disqualified after testing positive for excess testosterone and mestanolone. Women's results Track 1987 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field 1987 , 1991 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Triple Jump
These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 1997-08-08. With the previous two major championships resulting in 18 metre jumps, expectations were high. All medalists from those championships made it into the finals. In addition to world record holder Jonathan Edwards and Olympic champion Kenny Harrison, there were three more athletes who had jumped beyond 17.70m Edwards was the first to get over 17m in the first round with a 17.33m. Near the end of the round, Yoelbi Quesada took the lead with a 17.60m and his Cuban teammate Aliecer Urrutia followed up with a 17.23m. At the end of the second round Quesada had his best jump of the day, a personal best of and Urrutia moved into second place with his best 17.64m. After two round, Harrison only had a 17.05 to his credit, more than a metre l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 World Championships In Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations. Athens used the successful organization of the World Championships the next month during the IOC Session in Lausanne during its campaign to host the 2004 Summer Olympics as proof positive of Athens' and Greece's ability and readiness to organize large-scale, international sporting events. It was the first edition to award wild cards to defending champions even if they did not qualify for their national team. This allowed four athletes from the same country to compete in an individual event in some cases. Men's results Track 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. * The United States ( Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, and Tyree Washington) o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Triple Jump
These are the results of the Men's triple jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In the first round, Walter Davis took the lead with a 17.20m. Now 35 years old, world record holder and 1995 champion Jonathan Edwards lurked in second place with a 16.84m. Early in the second round Yoel García moved into the lead with a 17.40m. Christian Olsson moved into second with a 17.28m. With his next jump, Olsson took the lead with a 17.47m. The next jumper on the runway was Edwards. His masters world record was more than a foot further than all but one of these jumpers had ever achieved. In the fifth round, Igor Spasovkhodskiy, who was only 7th at the end of the preliminary jumps, leapfrogged past Garcia with a 26 cm improvement in his personal best, 17.44m to take the bronze. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Mountain Standard Time ( UTC-7)'' Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 World Championships In Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America. The music for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies was composed by Canadian composers Jan Randall and Cassius Khan. The ceremonies also featured a 1000 voice choir, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Edmonton defeated bids from Paris, France (which hosted the next edition) and the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States to host the event. Men's Results Track 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. 1 Ali Saïdi-Sief of Algeria originally finished second in the 5000 m in 13:02.16, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for nandrolone. 2 Tim Montgomery (USA) originally came second in the men's 100 meters in 9.85, but he was disqualified in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Triple Jump
These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 7, 1995. Almost three weeks before this championship, Jonathan Edwards had just marginally improved upon Willie Banks' ten year old world record (17.97m), by jumping 17.98m in Salamanca. In the preliminary round he was not even the #1 qualifier, edged out by Jérôme Romain. On his first trip down the runway in the final, Edwards became the first athlete in the world to jump further than 18 metres without wind assistance, registering a world record jump of 18.16 m. In his second jump, he jumped even further, setting a new world record of , the first jump one 60 feet and a improvement over his previous world record. 67 cm further than silver medal winner Brian Wellman. It took more than 20 years for Christian Taylor to become th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
