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Mauritius At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Mauritius competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. Mauritius Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of nine athletes, six men and three women, competed only five different sports. Boxer Michael Medor was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. There was only a single competitor in archery, boxing, and weightlifting. Mauritius, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal. Sprinter Stephane Buckland set the nation's historical milestone as the first Mauritian athlete to reach an Olympic final with a prospect of bringing home a medal for the team, but managed only to finish strongly in sixth place. Archery One Mauritian archer qualified each for the men's individual archery through a tripartite invitation. ;Men Athletics Mauritian athletes have so far achieved qualifying s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Chimier
Jonathan James Chimier (born 6 August 1982) is a Mauritian long jumper who won the 2004 African Championships in Athletics. His personal best jump is 8.28 metres, achieved while competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics. This is the Mauritian record. He is also a sprinter and competes mainly in the 60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior at .... He holds the Mauritian record in the event with a time of 6.68 seconds ahead of Stephan Buckland's 6.72. Achievements Personal Bests References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chimier, Jonathan 1982 births Living people Mauritian male long jumpers Mauritian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Mauritius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius At The 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Mauritius competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 2 athletes, 1 man and 1 woman, but won no medals. Sports Athletics Men's track Women's track See also *Mauritius at the Paralympics * Mauritius at the 2004 Summer Olympics References Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics 2004 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 Kg
The women's 75 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece took place at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall between 19 and 20 August. Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ..., with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk. Schedule All times are Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+03:00) Records Results New records References External linksOfficial Olympic ReportIWF Results – Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage {{DEFAULTSORT:Weigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Jesika Dalou
Marie Jesika Dalou (born ) was a Mauritian weightlifter, competing in the 75 kg category and representing Mauritius at international competitions. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ... in the 75 kg event. Major results References External links * * * http://www.the-sports.org/marie-jesika-dalou-weightlifting-spf7593.html * http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/weightlifting/results/3532102.stm 1979 births Living people Mauritian female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Mauritius Place of birth missing (living people) {{Mauritius-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 Metre Freestyle
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 20 and 21. Dutch swimmer and world record holder Inge de Bruijn managed to defend her title in this event, outside her record time of 24.58 seconds. The silver medal was awarded to France's Malia Metella, with a time of 24.89 seconds. Australia's Lisbeth Lenton Lisbeth Constance Trickett, OAM (; born 28 January 1985) is a retired Australian swimmer. She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the world record holder in the shor ..., who finished behind Metella by two hundredths of a second (0.02), took home the bronze at 24.91. This was also the final appearance for de Bruijn at the Olympics, before she retired from her swimming career in 2007. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Etiennette
Anouchka Diane Etiennette (born April 23, 1988) is a Mauritian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Etiennette started swimming at the age of seven, and made her international debut in 2003, at a local swimming tournament in Mauritius. At age sixteen, Etiennette first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ... in Athens, where she finished fifty-eighth overall in the women's 50 m freestyle with a time of 30.00 seconds. On her second Olympic appearance in Beijing 2008, Etiennette made an impressive result in the women's 50 m freestyle, and finished in the fifth heat within less than thirty seconds. However, she failed to advance into the semi-finals, placing sixty-third in the overall standings for the heats. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 Metre Freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20. United States' Gary Hall Jr. defended his Olympic title in the event in 21.93, just two hundredths of a second off the record set by Alexander Popov in 1992. The silver medal was awarded to Croatia's Duje Draganja, who placed behind Hall in 21.94. South Africa's Roland Mark Schoeman completed his full set of medals by adding a bronze in 22.02. Defending bronze medalist Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands (22.56), and dual Olympic champion Alexander Popov of Russia (22.58) missed the semifinals. By the following year, Popov announced his retirement from swimming, and became a full-time member of the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hackel
Chris Jean Tamas Jacques Hackel (born 15 December 1987) is a Mauritian swimmer. Hackel represented Mauritius at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games. 2004 Summer Olympics Hackel competed in the Men's 50 metre freestyle and won his individual heat, but finished 62nd overall out of 86 competitors. 2006 Commonwealth Games Hackel competed in 3 different events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 100 metres freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ..., 200 metres freestyle, and 400 metres freestyle. External links * InfoYahoo! Sports 1987 births Living people Mauritian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Mauritius Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Mauritius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene
Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene ( mn, Уранчимэгийн Мөнх-Эрдэнэ; born March 22, 1982) is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who competed in the Lightweight (−60 kg) and junior welterweight (-64 kg) divisions at three Olympics, in 2004, 2008 and won a bronze medal at the 2012. In 2017, Mönkh-Erdene won a Silver medal in the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands. In the quarterfinals, he won a points decision over Joe Kelly of Ireland, and in the semi-finals, won a split decision over 3-time Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ... champion Aito Koster. In the finals, Mönkh Erdene lost by a unanimous decision against Sammy Wagensveld, also from the Netherlands. Career * East Asian Game Gold medal 2001 * World Cup Silver medal 2008 * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Lightweight
The lightweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 16 to 29 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 57 and 60 kilograms. Competition format Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 28 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various tournaments held in 2003 and 2004. The competition began with a preliminary round on 16 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 29 August. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals. All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 Kilometres Walk
The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held through the streets of Athens with the start and finish at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 23. The race had started with a strong, good-sized bunch of fifty-seven walkers keeping together through the field. As the group left the stadium falling apart, Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova took the front of the pack on the opening 2k laps, followed by several of the anticipated favorites, which included 2000 Olympic champion Wang Liping, the Australian sisters Jane and Natalie Saville, and the Greek duo Athina Papayianni and Athanasia Tsoumeleka. By the half way mark, fourteen walkers were still in close contention with Ivanova maintaining the lead and Belarus' Ryta Turava staying beside her to shorten the gap. As the Belarusian began to lose contact, Ivanova steadily broke away from the group to own the race, until Jane Saville set the pace much faster to chase her on the succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
