2005 World Championships in Athletics

2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...

Hazel Clark Hazel Mae Clark (born October 3, 1977) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters middle distance race. She was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 2000, 2004 and 2008. She has won six national titles and two USA Oly ...

Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair (born July 14, 1980) is a Jamaican athlete competing over 800 metres. Kenia first broke onto the international scene in 2005. On June 12 Sinclair broke Inez Turner's 10-year-old record to become the 5th Jamaican woman to go under tw ...

Mina Aït Hammou Mina may refer to: Places Iran * Minaq, East Azerbaijan * Mina, Fars * Mineh, Lorestan Province * Mina, Razavi Khorasan * Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province United States * Mina, California * Mina, Nevada * Mina, New York * Mina, Ohio * Mina, ...

Agnes Samaria Agnes Maryna Samaria (born 11 August 1972 in Otjiwarongo) is a retired Namibian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Samaria won two of the three medals that the country won at the 2007 All-Africa Games. She has been a UNIC ...

Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas (born 21 January 1981) is a Grenadian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She also ran collegiately at Louisiana State University (LSU). Her personal best is 2:00.09 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Summ ...

Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc (born July 23, 1976 in Kranj, Slovenia) is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a then personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes. In 2001, she won the si ...

Zulia Calatayud Zulia Inés Calatayud Torres (born November 9, 1979, in Havana) is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event. Early career Calatayud, who attended Havana's Manuel Permuy Sports School, got involved in athletics to help her deal wit ...

Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi ( ar, حسنة بنحسي; born 1 June 1978) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres ...

Teodora Kolarova Teodora Kolarova ( bg, Теодора Коларова) (born 29 May 1981 in Varna) is a Bulgarian middle distance runner. She finished 6th in the 800m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, setting a personal best tim ...

Miho Sato is a retired Japanese athlete specialising in middle-distance events. From Ise, Mie, she competed in the 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the semifinals. She is married to a long-distance runner, Atsushi Sato. Competitio ...

Marcela Britos Marcela Valeria Britos (born February 26, 1985 in Maldonado) is a Uruguayan track and field athlete, who specialized in middle distance running. She represented Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed in the women's 800 met ...

Mayte Martínez María Teresa ("Mayte") Martínez Jiménez (born 17 May 1976 in Valladolid) is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships (she did not take part on 2003 Championships in P ...

Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk (born 5 March 1980 in Puławy) is a Polish middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She finished fifth at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, ...

Nahida Touhami Nahida Mahour Bacha Touhami (born 10 February 1978) is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the women's 800 and 1500 metres. Achievements Personal bests *200 metres - 24.85 s (1996) *400 metres - 53.08 s (2003) *800 metres - ...

Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich ( be, Святлана Вусовіч; born 14 October 1980) is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her younger sister, Ilona, is also an athlete. On 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified her (and her relay ...

Lucia Klocová Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * '' Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film * ''Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA'' * "Lucia", a Swedish c ...

Tetiana Petlyuk Tetiana Hryhorivna Petlyuk or Tetiana Hryhorivna Petliuk ( uk, Тетяна Григорівна Петлюк; born 22 February 1982) is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in ...

Seltana Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou (Arabic: سلطانة آيت حمو; born 21 May 1980) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Champions ...

Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma (born 24 July 1981 in Bologna) is a former Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Biography She finished seventh at the 2007 World Athletics Final, sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, sixth at th ...

Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola ( ; born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. ...