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Mile Walk
The Mile race walk is a rarely contested racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. World bests IAAF doesn't ratify world records in this event. On July 9, 2017, Tom Bosworth of Great Britain set the Mile walk world best in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ... in a time of 5:31.08. All-time top 25 *i = indoor performance *h = hand timing Men Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6:02.30: * Tim Lewis also walked hand-timed 5:38.2 (1987) and 5:41.12 (1987). * Dawid Tomala also walked 5:57.61 (2023). Women Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6:19.40: * Sada Eidikytė also walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bosworth
Thomas Stewart Bosworth (born 17 January 1990) is a British two-time Olympic race walker who holds three World bests, including the World Best for the 1Mile race walk, 5:31.08. He also holds six British records, won 13 British Championships gold medals, a silver Commonwealth Games medal and is a World European Olympic Games finalist. Bosworth is currently ranked 1st overall in the UK for 20 km. He was also selected to carry the Olympic Torch through Potternewton, Leeds. Career Bosworth currently trains full-time at the UK Race Walking centre in Leeds, at Leeds Met University. He holds British records for walking 3 km, 5 km, 10 km and 20 km, with his Personal Best for 20 km at 1:19:38. He first set the 20 km British record in Dudince, Slovakia in March 2016 to better a 20 km race walk mark set by Ian McCombie in 1988 clocking 80:41 taking 81 seconds off McCombie’s record, which was set just over a year before Bosworth was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñaki Gómez
Iñaki Gomez Goroztieta (born January 16, 1988) is a Canadian retired race walking, race walker. He competed in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk, 20 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and finished in 13th place. More recently, he competed in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow where he finished 8th place. In university, Gomez won three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA 5000-metre race walk titles (2008-2010) as a member of the UBC Thunderbirds. In July 2016, he was named to Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics#Athletics (track and field), Canada's Olympic team. At the Rio Olympics, he finished in 12th place. He announced retirement the following year, on May 3, 2017. In March 2018 Gómez was elected the World Athletics member of Athlete's Commission. Personal bests Achievements †: Guest appearance out of competition. See also * Canadian records in track and field References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Michta-Coffey
Maria Michta-Coffey (born June 23, 1986) is an American race walker of Polish descent. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 20 kilometer race walk after winning the U.S. Olympic trials with a time of 1:34:53.33.http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Results22-1.htm At the 2012 Olympics, she finished in 29th place in the 20 kilometer race walk with a time of 1:32:27, a new personal best. Life and career She had a strong 2014 season, setting four American records in the race walk, and even breaking her own American record in the 20 km twice in just over one month. She was the highest placed American finisher ever in the Women's 20 km IAAF World Race Walking Cup, setting a new American record of 1:30:49 and finishing 30th. Michta won her 6th National Title of 2014 on September 14 at the National 30k in Valley Cottage, NY. Michta graduated from high school in the Sachem School District on Long Island in New York New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbi Lawrence
Deborah "Debbi" A. Lawrence (née Spino, born October 15, 1961, in Columbus, Indiana) is a retired female racewalker from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event (45:03) at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995. This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nat ... in Göteborg, Sweden. Personal bests *10 km: 44:42 min – 1992 *20 km: 1:33:48 hrs – Sacramento, California, 16 July 2000 Achievements Personal life She is a vegetarian and affirms that her success as an athlete is due in a large part to a vegetarian diet. References External links * * 1961 births Living people American female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Seaman
Rachel Seaman ( Lavallée, born January 14, 1986, in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian race walker. She competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She began race walking at age 14 but decided to focus on the event at 18. A year later, she won the 2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup Junior championship. Her first experience internationally at the senior level was the 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, which is where she met future husband, American race walker and coach Tim Seaman. The couple was married October 31, 2009. She now lives and trains with him in Chula Vista, California. She set her first Canadian record in the 20 km walk at the 2011 USATF Masters Championships, the St. Patrick's Day 20K in Huntington Beach, California. As she has improved her personal best, she has improved the record several times. Her current record is 1:29:54, set March 15, 2015, at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan. Her split time at 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Thomas (athlete)
Guy Thomas (born 30 August 1977) is a New Zealand equestrian. His speciality is show jumping, either individually or as part of a team. Personal life Guy Thomas was born 30 August 1977 in Burson, California, the son of Graeme "Butch" Thomas and Lu Thomas, both former international riders. Guy Thomas grew up in a riding family. His parents, Graeme "Butch" and Lu Thomas, are highly successful riders and trainers, both having competed in the FEI World Cup Finals. Guy was a natural rider from the time he started riding at the age of two and a half. During his upbringing, rather than exerting pressure to join the family business, his parents pledged their support for whatever life path Guy ultimately chose to pursue. Career Guy Thomas competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for the New Zealand Olympic teamAthletes – Guy ThomaNew Zealand Olympic team Official Site. Retrieved 18 August 2013. and also rode for the New Zealand Team at the 2010 World Equestria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Jelonek
Jakub Jelonek (born 7 July 1985 in Częstochowa) is a Polish race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful .... Achievements References * External links * Jakub Jelonekat the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1985 births Living people Polish male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Częstochowa Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Boyce
Brendan Boyce (born 15 October 1986) is an Irish race walker. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk, coming 29th, and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics where he came 25th. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk where he finished in the top twenty, bettering his performance of the previous Olympiad. In 2021, he represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ..., placing 10th in the men's 50 kilometres walk. Competition record References External links * * * * 1986 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes from the Republic of Ireland Irish male racewalkers Olympic athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Wright (racewalker)
Alex Wright (born 19 December 1990) is an Irish race walker. He attended Brymore Academy where he began his racewalking career. He placed 13th at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ... and 31st at the 2013 World Championships. References External links * * * * 1990 births Living people Athletes from London British male racewalkers Irish male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Ireland Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Championships athletes for Ireland British Athletics Championships winners People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic King (racewalker)
Dominic King (born 30 May 1983) is a British racewalker. He was selected for the British team in the men's 50 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, having previously competed for England in the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. Career King originally took up racewalking after being encouraged by his athletics club's coach. He competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games at the age of 19, but was disqualified during the fifth lap after being in fourth place. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he finished in seventh place. King took a four-year break from international competition prior to competing at a 2012 World Cup event in Saransk, Russia, where he finished in 51st place with his second-fastest time ever. At the Dudinska 50 km in Dudince, Slovakia, he set a new personal best of four hours, six minutes 34 seconds, eight minutes faster than his previous best. This placed him within the Olympic "B" qualifying time for the 2012 Summer Olympics of 4 hours and 9 minutes. King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vít Hlaváč
Vít Hlaváč (born 26 February 1997) is a Czech racewalker. He won the National title 3 times: * 50 km race walk on track: 3:56:29 ( NR) at Mestský atletický štadión, Trnava (SVK) 5 December 2020 * 50 km Race Walk: 3:52:54 in Dudince (SVK) 20 March 2021 * 20 km Race Walk: 1:29:12 in Olomouc (CZE) 10 April 2021 * National record: * 35 km Race Walk: 2:32:50 ( NR) in Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ... (USA) 24 July 2022 References External links * * Czech languageAthlete profile 1997 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Czech male racewalkers Czech Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Christie
Nicholas Steven "Nick" Christie (born September 29, 1991) is an American racewalker. Christie is a multiple time National Champion at the NAIA level and has been the US National Champion for the indoor 3000m Racewalk. He has competed internationally for the US many times since 2012 and at the national level many times as well. As of 2013 he is one of the many rising stars that the sport has in the United States as it gains popularity in the nation. He is also the current national record holder for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the Indoor 3000m racewalk with a time of 11:46.20. History Christie began competing at the collegiate level of Track and Field after graduating from Grossmont High School while at Cuyamaca College in Rancho San Diego, CA where he was initially a decathlete. He was introduced to racewalking by the Cross Country coach at Cuyamaca, Tim Seaman. He quickly picked up the sport and began competing at the national and international level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
