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Marta García (runner)
Marta García Alonso (born 1 January 1998) is a Spanish middle- and long-distance runner competing for the On Athletics Club Europe. She won the bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2019 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Indoor Championships, and she was the 2021 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships and 2023 Spanish outdoor championships winner in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres respectively. Biography García is from the Province of León, where she started running from the age of three. She initially competed for the athletics division of the FC Barcelona club. By 2019, she had moved to Palencia to be coached by Uriel Reguero in Valladolid. García's first international race was at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, where she was the 3rd scorer for Spain in 54th place, contributing to a 14th-place team finish. Following that at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships, García finished 13th overall in the U20 race and the first Spaniard ah ... [...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] |
2021 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2021 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships was the 57th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA), which serves as the Spanish national indoor championship for the sport. A total of 26 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over three days on 19 and 21 February at the Polideportivo Gallur in Madrid. ''Runners World'' (2021-02-17). Retrieved 2021-02-27. Results Men Women References ;Results[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 European Cross Country Championships
The 2018 European Cross Country Championships was the 25th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Tilburg, Netherlands. Retrieved 27 December 2017. Medal summary Race results Senior men Senior women Senior mixed relay U23 men U23 women U20 men U20 women References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marca
Marca may refer to: Places * Marca, Sălaj, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania * Marca, a tributary of the Barcău in Sălaj County, Romania * an alternative name for Merca, Somalia * Marca District, in the province Recuay, Peru * Marçà, a village of about 600 near Falset, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain * Eparchy of Marča, historical Orthodox bishopric in Croatia Regions (marches) * Marca is the Latin term for border regions known as a Marks or Marches * Marca Aleramica, created in 961 in western Liguria and named after Aleramo * Marca Anconetana, created in 1198 and centred on Macerata in eastern central Italy * Marca di Ancona, the March of Ancona, an alternative name for the Marca Anconetana * Marca Arduinica, or march of Turin, founded in 941 and named after Arduin Glaber * Marca Geronis, a tenth-century march in Saxony, centred on Merseburg * Marca Hispanica, or Spanish March, or March of Barcelona, created in 795 * Marca Januensis, centred on Genoa, an alternative name fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Gallardo
Carla Gallardo Puertas (born 9 February 1999) is a Spanish long-distance runner. She finished 7th at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 3000 metres, and she contributed to the Spanish U20 team's bronze medal at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships. Biography Gallardo is from Palencia, Spain and has studied to become a medical doctor in parallel with her athletics career. At the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the U20 women's race, Gallardo finished 71st. She won her first international medal later at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships U20 race, placing 19th and contributing to the Spanish team's bronze medal finish. In her first global track final, Gallardo finished 7th at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 3000 metres. Her time of 9:10.07 was the second-fastest ever ran by a Spanish U20 athlete. In December at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships, Gallardo finished 6th in the U20 race. At the 2021 Spanish Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucía Rodríguez (athlete)
Lucía Rodríguez Montero (born 26 July 1998) is a Spanish sport of athletics, athlete. She competed in the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, women's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Competition record References External links * * * * 1998 births Living people Spanish female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from San Lorenzo de El Escorial 21st-century Spanish women {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 European Cross Country Championships
The 2017 European Cross Country Championships was the 24th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Šamorín Šamorín (; hu, Somorja, german: Sommerein) is a small town in western Slovakia, southeast of Bratislava. Etymology The name is derived from a patron saint of a local church Sancta Maria, mentioned for the first time as ''villa Sancti Marie'' ..., Slovakia. As of the 2017 edition, the first three athletes from each nation counted towards the team standings, rather than the top four of previous years. Medal summary Race results Senior men Senior women Senior mixed relay Under-23 men Under-23 women Junior men Junior women Medal table References ;ResultsSenior Men European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-12-15.Senior Women European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-12-15.Senior Mixed relay European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-12-15.Under-23 Men European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-12-15.Under-23 Women Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Athletics
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] |
2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior Women's Race
The Junior women's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Kampala in Uganda, on March 26, 2017. The exact length of the course was 5,858 m (33m start, 2 full laps of 2,000 m and a final lap of 1,825m). Complete results for individuals. Race results Junior women's race (6 km) Individual Teams *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. See also * 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race * 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race * 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race * 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Mixed relay References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Junior women's race Junior women's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of Valladolid, province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 people (2021 est.). Population figures from 1 January 2013. The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula's Meseta Central, at the confluence of the Pisuerga River, Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers before they join the Duero, surrounded by winegrowing areas. The area was settled in pre-Roman times by the Celtic Vaccaei people, and then by Ancient Rome, Romans themselves. The settlement was purportedly founded after 1072, growing in prominence within the context of the Crown of Castile, being endowed with fairs and different institutions such as a collegiate church, University of Valladolid, University (1241), Court (royal), Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palencia
Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of the Inner Plateau, the city lies on the left-bank of the Carrión river. At the regional level, Palencia forms part of an economic axis together with the cities of Valladolid and Burgos. As of 2017, the municipality has a population of 78,892. Geography Palencia lies in the north of the central Spanish plateau, the Meseta Central, in the middle of the Carrión river valley, near the river's confluence with the Pisuerga, which flows through the town creating four islets, Dos Aguas and Sotillo being the largest. Palencia is located approximately 190 km north of Madrid, and some 40 km north of Valladolid, capital of Castile and León. Two hills surround the city in its north-east area. On the closest stands the 30-metre high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
