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Macedonia At The 2000 Summer Olympics
The Republic of MacedoniaOfficially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", short "FYR Macedonia" competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, officially under the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia won its first ever Olympic medal on the final day of competition. Magomed Ibragimov won a bronze medal in wrestling. It was Macedonia's only medal of the 2000 Olympics. The at-the-time president of Macedonia, Boris Trajkovski, was in Sydney during the Olympic Games and attended the Opening Ceremony. Medalists Athletics ;Men ;Track ;Women ;Track Canoeing Shooting Swimming ;Men ;Women Wrestling ;Freestyle Notes References *Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)The Results Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)Official Report of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Committee Of North Macedonia
The Olympic Committee of North Macedonia ( mk, Олимписки комитет на Северна Македонија) is the National Olympic Committee of North Macedonia. Members of the committee are 26 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and four members. It is based in the country's capital, Skopje. History The Olympic Committee of North Macedonia was founded as the ''Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'' in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993 reflecting the disputed status of its country's official name. In March 2019, the IOC approved its name change to the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia. List of presidents Assignments and aims The Committee aims to develop the sport activity and sport education in North Macedonia. It also works to spread the Olympism and to interest the young people in the value of the sport and the Olympic Games. The main assignments and aim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Slalom K-1
These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater Whitewater forms in a rapid context, in particular, when a river's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that froths, making the water appear opaque and ... course. The venue for the 2000 Olympic competition was in Penrith. Medalists Results Qualifying The 23 competitors each took two runs through the whitewater slalom course on 19 September. The combined score of both runs counted for the event with the top 15 advancing to the final round the following day. Final 15 competitors each took two runs through the whitewater slalom course on 20 September. The combined result of both runs counted for the event. References 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe slalom results.*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna Stojanovska
Vesna Stojanovska ( mk, Весна Стојановска; born January 20, 1985) is a Macedonian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and holds multiple age-group records in 200 and 400 m freestyle, and in 50, 100, and 200 m butterfly. Regarded as one of Macedonia's top swimmers, Stojanovska has earned All-American honors and numerous Atlantic Coast Conference titles in her own discipline while studying in the United States. Stojanovska made her first Macedonian team, as a 15-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance to the succeeding round in any of her individual events, finishing twenty-ninth in the 200 m freestyle (2:05.58) and thirty-first in the 400 m freestyle (4:19.69). In 2001, Stojanovska moved to United States to afford proper education and ultimately fulfill an American dream. She attended Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and trained for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metre Individual Medley
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response. Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming is featured in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics. Swimming involves repeated motions known as strokes in order to propel the body forward. While the front crawl, also known as freestyle, is widely regarded as the fastest out of four primary strokes, other strokes are practiced for special purposes, such as for training. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19–20 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. U.S. swimmer Misty Hyman stunned Australia's defending champion Susie O'Neill to claim the Olympic title in front of a raucous home crowd. Seen as almost a lock victory for O'Neill, Hyman seized off a powerful lead and held a full body length over the champion at the 150-metre turn to maintain her relentless pace and touch the wall first in one of the oldest Olympic records in the book. She improved a sterling lifetime best of 2:05.88 to erase Mary T. Meagher's 1984 record by 1.02 seconds, but her time was just a 0.07-margin closer to O'Neill's world record. In a signature race, O'Neill ended up with only a silver in 2:06.58, adding it to her gold from Atlanta in 1996 and bronze from Barcelona in 1992. Meanwhile, Petria Thomas took home the bronze in 2:07.12, handing the entire medal lock for the Aussies with a two–t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 Metre Freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. United States' teenager Brooke Bennett became the second swimmer in Olympic history to defend her title in the event, and the fifth to strike a long-distance freestyle double, since Debbie Meyer did so in 1968, Petra Thümer in 1976, Tiffany Cohen in 1984, and the legendary Janet Evans in 1988. She maintained a powerful lead from start to finish before hitting the wall first in 8:19.67, the second-fastest of all time, cutting off Evans' 12-year Olympic record by 0.53 seconds. After effortlessly striking a medley double over the past six days, Yana Klochkova added a silver to her medal tally at these Games, in a scintillating Ukrainian record of 8:22.66. Bennett's teammate Kaitlin Sandeno gave the Americans a further reason to celebrate, as she powered home with a bronze in 8:24.29. Switzerland's Flavia Rigamonti lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjana Boševska
Mirjana Boševska (born June 25, 1981, in Skopje) is a retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...: 1996 and 2000. She was the first woman to represent Macedonia at the Olympics. She swam for the University of Virginia and was a first team All-American four years in a row. References 1981 births Living people Macedonian female freestyle swimmers Female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Macedonian female swimmers Olympic swimmers of North Macedonia University of Virginia alumni Sportspeople from Skopje {{RMacedonia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 Metre Butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. U.S. swimmer Tom Malchow shattered his own Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event. Coming from third place on the final turn, he held off a challenge from fast-pacing Denys Sylantyev of Ukraine to touch the wall first in 1:55.35. Sylantyev trailed behind by almost half a second (0.50) to take a silver in 1:55.76, while Australia's Justin Norris settled for the bronze in an Oceanian record of 1:56.17. Russia's Anatoly Polyakov finished outside the medals in 1:56.34. 15-year-old Michael Phelps, the youngest male U.S. Olympic swimmer in 68 years, continued to improve his personal best of 1:56.50, but it was only enough to pull off a fifth-place finish. Phelps, who later emerged as the most-decorated Olympian of all-time, was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain's Stephen Parry in 1:57.01. Defending Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Lazarovski
Zoran Lazarovski ( mk, Зоран Лазаровски; born December 26, 1980) is a Macedonian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a former Macedonian record holder in the 200 m butterfly. Lazarovski made his first Macedonian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 200 m butterfly. Swimming in heat two, he edged out Hong Kong's Mark Kwok to claim a second spot and twenty-ninth overall by 0.69 of a second in 2:01.30. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lazarovski qualified again for the 200 m butterfly, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:03.69 from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including Olympic veteran Vladan Marković Vladan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владан Марковић; born 20 March 1977 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia with height 1.87 cm and weight 90 kg) is a Serbian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 Metre Individual Medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 20–21 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. Massimiliano Rosolino blasted a new Olympic record to add Italy's third gold medal in swimming at these Games. He edged out U.S. swimmer Tom Dolan with a fastest split (33.52) on the breaststroke leg to take over the lead at the final turn, and hit the wall first in a sterling time of 1:58.98, clipping 0.93 seconds off a record set by Hungary's Attila Czene in Atlanta. Dolan, the defending champion in the 400 m individual medley four days earlier, became the first American to break a two-minute barrier, taking home the silver in a new national record of 1:59.77. Meanwhile, Tom Wilkens earned a bronze in 2:00.87, handing an entire medal haul for the U.S. team with a two–three finish. Czene, the defending Olympic champion, finished outside the podium in fourth place with a time of 2:01.16. Netherlands' Marcel W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. Competing at his third Games, Lars Frölander ended Sweden's 20-year drought to become an Olympic champion in the event, since Pär Arvidsson did so in 1980. Surprised by a massive home crowd, he overhauled Australia's top favorites Michael Klim and Geoff Huegill on the final 25 metres to snatch a gold medal in a new European record of 52.00. Klim added a silver to his two relay golds from the Games, in a time of 52.18, while Huegill took home the bronze in 52.22, handing an entire medal pool for the Aussies with an unexpected two–three finish. At 18 years of age, U.S. teenage swimmer Ian Crocker came up with a spectacular swim to earn a fourth spot in an American record of 52.44. Meanwhile, Canada's Mike Mintenko shared a fifth-place tie with Japan's Takashi Yamamoto in a matching standard of 52.58. Germany's Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Miladinovski
Aleksandar Miladinovski ( mk, Александар Миладиновски; born August 4, 1979) is a Macedonian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events. He represented the Republic of Macedonia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and held five Macedonian records in the butterfly (50 and 100 m) and individual medley (100 and 200 m). Miladinovski made his first Macedonian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He finished forty-first in the 100 m butterfly (55.62), and thirty-eighth in the 200 m individual medley (2:07.45). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Miladinovski maintained his program, competing again in two swimming events. He cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 55.23 (100 m butterfly) and 2:07.38 (200 m individual medley) from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. In the 200 m individual medley, Miladinovski challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Olympic veterans Orel Oral of Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
