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Thames Valley Harriers
Thames Valley Harriers (TVH) is an athletics club founded in 1887. It is based at the Linford Christie Stadium, in West London, England, which is named after member and Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Linford Christie. In track and field, TVH competes in the Premiership Division of the National Athletics League (NAL) as well as the Division 1 of the Southern Athletics League. The club has won all of its matches in the NAL since its inception in 2021 and is the sole winner of the Premiership trophy. The club also competes in road running and cross country at national, regional and county level. In recognition of the club's recent success - and TVH's record of strong contribution to its local community - England Athletics voted Thames Valley Harriers the top London Club for 2015. History Thames Valley Harriers is one of the UK's longest-established and most successful athletics clubs. It was founded in 1887 by seven aspiring cross-country runners who used the 'Peels' coffee ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linford Christie Stadium
The Linford Christie Stadium is an athletics stadium in Wormwood Scrubs, West London, England. The venue first opened as the West London Stadium in 1967. It initially had a cinder running track, which was upgraded to a synthetic surface in 1973. In 1993 the stadium was renamed after Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Linford Christie, who often trained at the venue with the Thames Valley Harriers. The stadium was redeveloped further between 2004 and 2006, when additional facilities for sports including football, rugby and hockey were installed. The work was funded by London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, the Football Foundation, Chelsea F.C. and Barclays. Chelsea players John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea, the England national team and Aston Villa. He was most recently the a ... and Shaun Wright-Phillips attended the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Olney
Alec Olney (4 January 1922 – 25 April 2017) was a British long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon .... References External links * 1922 births 2017 deaths Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hampstead Athletes from London English male long-distance runners Members of Thames Valley Harriers {{longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Meakin
Alfred F. "Alf" Meakin (born August 30, 1938) is a retired track and field athlete. Athletics career He represented Great Britain in the men's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 meters relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, alongside Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones, and David Jones. He represented England and won a gold medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay with Peter Radford, Len Carter and David Jones, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ..., Western Australia. References British Olympic Committee 1938 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) British male sprinters English male sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1500 Metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately miles. The event is closely associated with its slightly longer cousin, the mile race, from which it derives its nickname "the metric mile". The demands of the race are similar to that of the 800 metres, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre race is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required. Each lap run during the world-record race run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 in Rome, Italy averaged just under 55 seconds (or under 13.8 seconds per 100 metres). 1,500 metres is three and three-quarter laps around a 400-metre track. During the 1970s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wiggs
Mike Wiggs (25 April 1938 – 8 December 2011) was a British middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1938 births 2011 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics British male middle-distance runners British male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Place of birth missing Members of Thames Valley Harriers {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Omagbemi
James Stephen Omajuwa “Jimmy” Omagbemi (26 November 1930 – 12 November 2012) was a Nigerian track and field athlete who represented the country at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. At the games, he was fifth in the 100 yards and won silver in the 4×100 yards relay. He participated in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics but did not medal. He attended San Jose State University, San Jose State College and was coached by Bud Winter. Competition record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Omagbemi, Jimmy 1930 births 2012 deaths Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Nigerian male sprinters Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games San Jose State Spartans men's track and field athletes Members of Thames Valley Harriers Medallists at the 1958 Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze Medal Icon (B Initial)
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as strength, ductility, or machinability. The archaeological period in which bronze was the hardest metal in widespread use is known as the Bronze Age. The beginning of the Bronze Age in western Eurasia and India is conventionally dated to the mid-4th millennium BCE (~3500 BCE), and to the early 2nd millennium BCE in China; elsewhere it gradually spread across regions. The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age starting from about 1300 BCE and reaching most of Eurasia by about 500 BCE, although bronze continued to be much more widely used than it is in modern times. Because historical artworks were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 slightly shorter race, called the '' stadion'' and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster. In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Metres
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The inaugural World Championships were in 1983. The reigning 100 m Olympic or world champion is often named "the fastest man or woman in the world". Fred Kerley and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are the reigning world champions; Marcell Jacobs and Elaine Thompson-Herah are the men's and women's Olympic champions. On an outdoor 400-metre running track, the 100 m is held on the home straight, with the start usually being set on an extension to make it a straight-line race. There are three instructions given to the runners immediately before and at the beginning of the race: "on your marks," "set," and the firing of the starter's pistol. The runners move to the star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Segal (athlete)
David Hugh Segal (born 20 March 1937) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the sprints. He had best times of 9.5 seconds for the 100 yards and 21.0 seconds for the 220 yards. While competing in the United States, he ran a time of 20.4 seconds for the straight 220 yards. He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Peter Radford, David Jones and Neville Whitehead. Segal was also an excellent 200 meter sprinter. He was a European 200m silver medalist in 1958 and was British AAA 220-yard champion and record holder in 1958 and '59. In Rome he was in the 200m semi-final but was disqualified for two false starts. While not a favorite, he had been ranked as high as 8th in the world in the 200m by Track and Field News. Before Rome, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, in the relay and placed 5th in the final. At one time, he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10000 Metres
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