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Marc Borghans
Marc Borghans (born 1 April 1960) is a former Dutch middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance runner. He competed in the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships and two editions of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships (1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, 1984 and 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, 1987). Marc and his wife, Milenka, sister of Moré Galetovic, live in Chicago with their son, Roberto. References 1960 births Living people People from Beek Dutch male cross country runners Dutch male long-distance runners Dutch male middle-distance runners Clemson Tigers men's track and field athletes Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands) 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, 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 (athletics), 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 athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
