The Pedro's Cup is a biannual
athletics
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Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
event of two legs, which features an indoor
track and field
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competition in January or February and an outdoor competition during the European summer period. The first competition of each year since 2005 has taken place in
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
,
Poland
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. The second competition of each year has taken place in another city, currently Poznan, Warsaw and Szczecin have hosted the summer/autumn Pedro's cup competition. The event typically draws top level competition, including at least fifteen
Olympic medalists
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Medalist with most medals by sport Summer Olympic sports
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in 2008 and more in 2009. The meet is unique because it draws best athletes of the world to compete in a rather cold climate.
At the 2008 event,
Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consiste ...
became the first sprinter to turn in a sub-10 second
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 conteste ...
time in Poland, and in 2009, he equalled the meet record of 9.82 seconds. The 2010 indoor event featured only three events (pole vault, shot put and high jump) but
Anna Rogowska
Anna Rogowska (born 21 May 1981) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. She became the World Champion in 2009 in Berlin.
Career
Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek ...
provided a record-breaking performance by vaulting 4.81 m and beating the previous
Polish best mark.
Finals
Results
2005
The 2005 Pedro's Cup indoor competition was held in Bydgoszcz on 26 January 2005. This was the first time the competition had taken place.
2006
The 2006 Pedro's Cup indoor competition was held in Bydgoszcz on 25 January 2006.
2007
The 2007 Pedro's Cup indoor competition was held in Bydgoszcz on 14 February 2007.
2008
The 2008 Pedro's Cup indoor competition was held in Bydgoszcz on 20 February 2008.
2009
The 2009 Pedro's Cup indoor competition was held in Bydgoszcz, 10 February 2009. This competition featured men's shot put for the first time.
Meeting records (indoor)
Men
Women
References
External links
Pedro's Cup web siteForsport
{{European Athletics Indoor Permit Meetings
Annual track and field meetings
Athletics competitions in Poland
Sport in Bydgoszcz
Annual indoor track and field meetings
2005 establishments in Poland
Recurring sporting events established in 2005