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Periklís Iakovákis
Periklís Iakovákis (, , born 24 March 1979 in Patras) is a retired Greece, Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek records in athletics, Greek record holder with a time of 47.82 seconds and fifteen times national champion in the event. He has competed at four Summer Olympics (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics. He was the world bronze medalist in 2003 and the European Athletics Championships, European champion in 2006. His first major win came at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 1998 World Junior Championships and he won the gold medal at the Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, 2001 Mediterranean Games. He was named the 2003 and 2006 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. Career In 1998 Iakovakis won the gold medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics, World Junior Championships in Annecy, France with 49.82 seconds, and five years later he won the bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres Hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten Hurdling, hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows runners down. The current men's and women's List of world records in athletics, world record holders are Karsten Warholm with 45.94 seconds and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone with 50.37 seconds. Compared to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
