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Swedish Relay
Swedish relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners. The first runner runs 100 meters, the second one 200 m, the third one 300 m and the fourth runner 400 m, so the total length of the race is one kilometer. Usually Swedish relay is run in the competitions of children and youth, but it has also been run in the DN-Galan, Super Grand Prix competition in Stockholm. It is also contested at Norwegian Championships; the most successful clubs historically being IK Tjalve, IL i BUL and IL Gular. The unofficial world record has been set by a team of four Jamaicans, Christopher Williams, Usain Bolt, Davian Clarke and Jermaine Gonzales at the DN Galan of 25 July 2006 with 1:46.59.See talk page. The medley relays have been a regular part of the World Youth Championships in Athletics and were contested by continental teams at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலி ... [...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] |
Shingo Kawabata
is a Japanese former sprinter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Personal bests Records *100 metres **Former Japanese university record holder - 10.11 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) (Tokyo, 2 September 2000) *Medley relay (100m×200m×300m×400m) **Current Japanese record holder - 1:48.27 s (relay leg: 1st) (Yokohama, 15 September 2001) : with Nobuharu Asahara, Kenji Tabata, and Jun Osakada is a male track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwi ... International competition record References External links * 1978 births Living people Japanese male sprinters Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael O'Hara (athlete)
Michael O'Hara (born 29 September 1996 in Kingston) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles. Career He won a gold medal in the 200 m at the 2013 World Youth Championships. His personal best time is 10.19 seconds, achieved in May 2014 in Kingston. He also has 20.45 seconds in the 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ..., achieved in July 2014 in Eugene. Personal best Achievements References External links * * * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican male sprinters 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waseem Williams
Waseem Williams (born 8 January 1997) is a Jamaican sprinter from Kingston, Jamaica specializing in the 100m and 200m. Williams attended Jamaica College before going on to compete for Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money .... References External links * Purdue Boilermakers Bio 1997 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Purdue Boilermakers men's track and field athletes People educated at Jamaica College {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Johnson (sprinter)
Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American retired sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and 8 World Championships gold medals in the span of his career. He formerly held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m. Johnson is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the history of track and field. Johnson is the only male athlete in history to win both the 200 meters and 400 meters events at the same Olympics, a feat he accomplished at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Johnson is also the only man to successfully defend his Olympic title in the 400 m, having done so at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Aside from his Olympic success, Johnson accumulated eight gold medals at the World Championships and is tied with Carl Lewis for the fourth most gold medals won by a runner. Johnson's distinctive stiff upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Davis (athlete)
Jerome Davis (born August 22, 1977) is an American former sprinter. He attended college at the University of Southern California, and was the Pacific-10 Conference champion in the men's 400m dash four consecutive years from 1996 through 1999. As a sophomore, Davis finished third at the 1997 NCAA men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 45.36 In 1998, he won the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Championship in the 400m event with a time of 45.18. Despite improving his time in the NCAA championships the following year, Davis finished third again, being edged out by LSU's Derrick Brew by 2 one-hundredths of a second for second place. At the 1999 World University Games, Davis took gold, with a time of 44.91. He was on the gold medal-winning USA men's 400m World Championship relay team in 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Brew
Derrick Keith Brew (born December 28, 1977) is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400m. Born in Houston, Texas, he attended Klein Forest High School Klein Forest High School is a public senior high school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, near Houston. It is a part of the Klein Independent School District. It was the second high school built in Klein ISD. Opening in the Fall of 1979, ... where he was coached by Jack Sands. Notes References External links Derrick Brew's U.S. Olympic Team bioUSA Track & Field Bio 1977 births Living people American male sprinters African-American male track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Track and field athletes from Houston World Athleti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Brunson
Marcus Brunson (born April 24, 1978) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He was a two-sport NCAA athlete - football and track - and a former NCAA 60m dash record holder (6.46). He was the Pac-10 Male Track Athlete of the Year for 2001 and the 4th ranked 100m sprinter in the world in 2006. He went to Marcos de Niza Highschool in Arizona Brunson was inducted into the Arizona State University Hall of Fame in 2012. Achievements Personal bests * 60 metres – 6.46 s (indoor, 1999) * 100 metres – 9.99 s (2006) * 200 metres – 20.37 s (2001) External links * * USATF USA Track & Field (USATF) is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US). The USATF was known between 1979 a ... profile foMarcus Brunson 1978 births Living people American male sprinters Track and field athletes from Phoenix, Arizona Ari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton Hill (athlete)
Clinton Hill (born 19 April 1980) is an Australian athlete. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, his family moved to Australia in 1997. He became an Australian citizen in June 2000 and was selected for the national 400 metres team. He competed in the 400 Metres at the 2004 Olympics, but was knocked out in the heats. However, Hill anchored the Australian team that won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay. In 2006 the Australian relay team won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce .... Competition record External links * Athletics Australia profile External links * * 1980 births Living people Australian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pearce (athlete)
Paul Ronald Pearce (born 7 February 1956) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Coogee between 2003 and 2011 for the Labor Party. Early life and education Pearce was educated at Granville Public School, Bronte Public School (where he was Dux) and Sydney Boys High School. He won academic prizes for 1st Level Ancient History and 1st Level Economics. He has received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of London External Programme. He obtained an International Practice Diploma in International Human Rights Law from the International Bar Association. He has received a Master of Laws from Aberystwyth University in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His thesis was entitled "Anti-terrorism laws - time for a rethink?". In 2018, he commenced research into the electoral failures of social democratic parties in Australia, UK and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Brimacombe
Steve Brimacombe (born 7 May 1971) is an Australian athletics coach and former runner. Under the tutelage of renowned Scottish coach Jim Bradley, Brimacombe won the 1991 Stawell Gift after only 8 months of training. At the time he was only 19 and the second youngest winner in Stawell Gift history. In December 1991, Brimacombe won the prestigious Bay Sheffield off 3.75m. On 28 December 1992, Brimacombe set a Colley Reserve track record of 12.28secs off scratch in his semi-final of the prestigious Bay Sheffield. In 1994, Brimacombe caused a huge upset when he won the Australian 200m title beating Dean Capobianco and Damien Marsh who had both run in the 200m world championship final in 1993. A fortnight after winning the Australian 200m title, Brimacombe finished 2nd in the 1994 Stawell Gift off scratch, recording 12.18secs - this equalled the Stawell track record by an Australian for 120m. In July 1994, Brimacombe was a finalist in the Commonwealth Games 200m. Brimacombe moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Basil
Adam Basil (born 14 April 1975) is a former Australian track and field athlete, specialising in 100m and 4 x 100 m relay. Basil joined the Australian Institute of Sport in 2000. He represented Australia at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, 2003 World Championships in Paris, France and 1994 World Junior Championship in Lisbon, Portugal. He was part of the 4x100m Australian team (Paul Di Bella, Steve Brimacombe & Matt Shirvington) that won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada and the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane. In Edmonton the team originally placed fourth. The team was later awarded third place after the winning USA team was retrospectively disqualified due to illegal drug infringements. At the 2003 National 100 m titles Basil placed third behind Patrick Johnson and Matt Shirvington. He ran the 1st leg for Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the 4x100m relay with Paul Di Bella, Patrick Johnson and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
