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Senegal At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Senegal competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics. The Senegalese National Olympic and Sports Committee (french: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais) sent the nation's second-largest delegation ever to the Games, tying with the delegation sent to Moscow in 1980. A total of 32 athletes, 25 men and 7 women, competed in 8 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Senegal was represented at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in sprint canoeing, fencing, judo, and taekwondo. Four Senegalese athletes had competed in Beijing, including Ndiss Kaba Badji, who finished sixth in men's long jump. Breaststroke swimmer Malick Fall became the first Senegalese athlete to compete in four Olympic Games. Meanwhile, track sprinter Amy Mbacké Thiam made her Olympic comeback in London after an eight-year absence. Judoka and double African champion H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hortense Diédhiou
Hortense (also spelled Hortance, Hortence and Hortanse) Diédhiou (born 19 August 1983) is a Senegalese judoka. She participated in three Olympic games: 2004 in the -52kg event, 2008 at -52kg and 2012 at -57kg. She was the flag bearer of Senegal at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. At the 2004 Olympics, she met Frédérique Jossinet who invited her to train in France. Following that recommendation Diédhiou moved to Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ... and in 2011 to Paris. References 1983 births Living people Senegalese female judoka Olympic judoka for Senegal Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Ziguinchor African Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres
The women's 400 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–5 August. London rains became a part of the qualifying round, where the favorites tried to make the final with minimum effort. 52.11 was the slowest time qualifier, though Tjipekapora Herunga managed a 52.31 for the slowest automatic qualifier. In the semi-final, the weather was better. In the first semi, Sanya Richards-Ross was matched with the defending champion Christine Ohuruogu, with only two automatic qualifiers. At the gun, Richards-Ross took off, making up most of the stagger on Krivoshapka to her immediate outside. Relaxing the backstretch but exploding on the second turn, Richards-Ross had built up a huge lead, then slowed considerably on the home stretch letting Ohuruogu gain almost all the lead back. The second semi turned into a match race between Francena McCorory and world champion Amantle Montsho, running stride for strid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28–29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. Cameron van der Burgh smashed a new world record to end South Africa's medal drought for an Olympic gold in the event. He blasted out to a 27.07 split on the first length, and pulled strongly ahead of the field to touch the wall first in 58.46, slashing 0.12 seconds off the record set by Australia's Brenton Rickard in a high-tech bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships. An underwater camera footage also showed him executing three illegal butterfly kicks on the pullout. The champion later admitted that he was doing it, saying that by not doing it "you are falling behind or giving yourself a disadvantage." Rickard's teammate Christian Sprenger ripped off a sterling time of 58.93 to snatch the silver, moving him to sixth all time in the event's history. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Brendan Hansen ended his three-year retirement to tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2013-06-05. FINA also oversees " Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Number of nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Filzmoser
Sabrina Filzmoser (born 12 June 1980 in Wels) is an Austrian retired judoka. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Judo Championships and she has also won medals, including two golds, in her event at the European Judo Championships. She competed at the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 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 1 .... Filzmoser had her last appearance as an ÖJV national team athlete at the ''Upper Austria Judo Grand Prix 2023''. After an Ippon victory against Maysa Pardayeva, she was eliminated in the second round. During this event she was awarded 6th Dan. References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Filzmoser, Sabrina 1980 births Living people Austrian female judoka Olympic judoka for Austria Judoka at the 2008 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judo At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 Kg
Women's 57 kg competition in judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London. The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket). Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time ** B ...) Results Finals Repechages Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Pizzo
Paolo Pizzo (born 4 April 1983) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer, two-time individual world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic silver medalist. Biography In 1996, when Paolo Pizzo was 13, he was diagnosed with head cancer that forced him to abandon the sport, then came slow rehabilitation until his first victory came in 2009. Pizzo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal in the team men's épée event. Pizzo won a gold medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania, Italy, and a gold medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2017 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany. Pizzo won a silver medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France; a silver medal in the team men's épée event at the 2016 European Fencing Championships in Toruń, Poland; and a silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radosław Zawrotniak
Radosław Aleksander Zawrotniak (born 2 September 1981 in Kraków, Małopolskie) is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée (Fencing) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Tomasz Motyka, Adam Wiercioch, and Robert Andrzejuk. For his sport achievements, he received: Golden Cross of Merit in 2008. Record Against Selected Opponents Includes results from all competitions 2006–present and major competitions from pre - 2006. The list includes athletes who have reached the quarterfinals at the World Championships or Olympic Games, plus those who have earned medals in major team competitions. * Joaquim Videira 1-2 * Dmitriy Karuchenko 1-0 * Érik Boisse Érik Boisse (born 13 March 1980, in Clichy) is a French épée fencer. He is the son of Philippe Boisse. Boisse won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating ... 0-1 References sports-reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
The men's épée competition in fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held on 1 August at the ExCeL London Exhibition Centre. There were 30 competitors from 24 nations. Rubén Limardo of Venezuela won the gold medal – the country's only medal of the 2012 Games as well as the country's first medal in men's individual épée. Norway's Bartosz Piasecki won silver (that nation's first medal in the event, as well) and Jung Jin-Sun from South Korea took bronze. Background This was the 26th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900. Three of the eight quarterfinalists from 2008 returned: fifth-place finisher Jung Jin-Sun of South Korea, sixth-place finisher Radosław Zawrotniak of Poland, and eighth-place finisher Bas Verwijlen of the Netherlands. Paolo Pizzo of Italy was the reigning (2011) World Champion, with 2010 champion Nikolai Novosjolov of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Bouzaid
Alexandre Bouzaid (born 29 June 1981) is a French-Senegalese épée fencer representing Senegal in international competitions. Twice African champion (2010 and 2011), he took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Bouzaid was born in Kaolack, Senegal, but raised in Libourne, near Bordeaux, in France. He is of Lebanese descent. He began fencing at the age of four at his local club. He became won the French national championship for his age class in 1996. Two years later he earned a gold medal at the Cadet World Championships in Valencia, Venezuela. He reached the final five times out of six participations at the 1999 Junior World Cup. After his baccalauréat Bouzaid transferred to the Saint-Gratien fencing club in the Paris area and undertook physical education studies at INSEP, a state-sponsored institute for high-performance athletes. He later turned to business studies at ESG Management School, then at ESSEC Business School. He won a team silver medal at the 2007 Summer Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 Metres
The men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney. Competition format The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top five boats from each heat, and the fastest loser, advanced to the semifinals. The top four boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists. Schedule All times are British Summer Time During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and ev ... ( UTC+01:00) Results Heats First five and the best 6th placed rower are qualified for the semifinals. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Semifinals The fastest four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The slowest four canoeists in each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 Metres
The men's canoe sprint C-1 200 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of .... On 12 June 2019, the IOC stripped Jevgenij Shuklin of his silver medal. Silver and bronze medals were then reallocated in 2021. Competition format The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final. Schedule All times are British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00) Results Heats The six best placed boats in each heat qualify for the semifinals. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Semifinals The fastest two canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final alongside the two fastest third placed boats. The last third placed boat alongside, the fourth and fifth placed boats and the fastest sixth place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
