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Susanna Kallur
Susanna Elisabeth "Sanna" Kallur (; born 16 February 1981) is a Swedish former Track and field athletics, athlete competing mainly in Sprint (running), sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles, 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, 2006 European Athletics Championships. Kallur holds the List of world records in athletics, world indoor record for 60 metres hurdles, 60 m hurdles. Career Kallur made a breakthrough by winning the 100 m hurdles at the 2000 World Junior Championship. She then initially failed to make an impact on senior competition, failing to make the final of two World Championships and then the 2004 Olympic Games. She improved her personal best to 12.67 seconds. European champion In 2005, she won her first senior gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 2005 European Indoor Championships in Madrid. But once again she failed to reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, 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 (athletics), 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 athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
