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1999 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Hammer Throw
These are the official results of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 24 August 1999 at 18:00h. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Central European Time (UTC+1 +01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time * West Africa Time * Western European Summer Time **Brit ...)'' Startlist Records Final See also * Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games - Women's hammer throw * 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking References IAAFhammerthrow.wz {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 World Championships In Athletics - Women's Hammer Throw H Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships 1999 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer Throw
The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. These three components are each separate and can move independently. Both the size and weight of the ball vary between men's and women's events. The women's hammer weighs for college and professional meets while the men's hammer weighs . History Tradition traces it to the Tailteann Games (ancient), Tailteann Games in Hill of Tara, Tara, Ireland, around the year 1830 BC. Some time later the Celtic warrior Cú Chulainn, Culchulainn reputedly took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached, spun it around and hurled it a long way. The wheel was later replaced by a rock with a wooden handle attached. A sledgehammer began to be used for the sport in Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Priemer
Manuela Priemer (born November 19, 1978, in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria) is a retired female hammer thrower from Germany. She set her personal best (67.26 metres) on June 4, 2003, at a meet in Cottbus Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian .... Achievements References * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Weiden in der Oberpfalz Athletes from Bavaria German female hammer throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Hammer World Record Progression
The first World Record in the hammer throw for women (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994. Up to today, the IAAF has ratified 25 world records in the event. Record Progression References {{Athletics record progressions Hammer World record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ... Hammer, women\ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Shaw
Lorraine Amanda Shaw (born 2 April 1968) is an English hammer thrower who competed at two Olympic Games. Biography Shaw's personal best throw, and the previous British record, is 68.93 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough. She competed at four consecutive Commonwealth Games; starting in 1994 when she represented England in the hammer throw event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Four years later she represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was followed by a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne .... Domestically, Shaw won seven AAA hammer throw titles in 1994, 1998, 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamila Skolimowska
Kamila Skolimowska (4 November 1982 – 18 February 2009) was a Polish hammer thrower. She is best known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and former Polish record, was 76.83 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Doha. She died on 18 February 2009 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal at the Polish national team training camp. Early life and career She was born in Warsaw.. Retrieved on 28 December 2008. Her father is super heavyweight weightlifter Robert Skolimowski who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Weightlifting Championships. Skolimowska first made herself known at age fifteen, when she won the hammer throw event at the 1997 European Junior Championships; the first time hammer throw was staged at the European Junior Championships. She was actually fourteen years an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Pedrares
María Dolores Pedrares Alonso (born January 17, 1973, in Tuy, Pontevedra) is a retired female hammer thrower from Spain. She set her personal best (67.14 metres) on June 26, 2004, at a meet in Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr .... Pedrares is a four-time national champion in the women's hammer throw event with straight victories from 1999 to 2002. Competition record References * 1973 births Living people Spanish female hammer throwers Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain Spanish Athletics Championships winners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katalin Divós
Katalin Divós (born 11 May 1974 in Szombathely) is a female hammer thrower from Hungary. Her personal best is 70.79 metres, achieved in May 2001 in .IAAFBiography: Katalin Divós/ref> Achievements See also *List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or ... References External links * 1974 births Living people Hungarian female hammer throwers Hungarian sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary Doping cases in athletics Sportspeople from Szombathely Athletes from Vas County 20th-century Hungarian women 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen Hungarian Athletics Championships winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Mathes
Simone Mathes (born 13 March 1975 in Stadtsteinach, Bavaria) is a retired female hammer thrower from Germany. She set her personal best (67.97 metres) on 31 May 2004 at a meet in Fränkisch-Crumbach. Mathes also competed in the discus throw and the shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym .... She is a five-time national champion in the women's hammer throw (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, and 1999). Achievements *All results in the women's hammer throw event References * 1975 births Living people People from Stadtsteinach Sportspeople from Upper Franconia Athletes from Bavaria German female hammer throwers German female discus throwers German female shot putters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anelia Yordanova
Aneliya Kumanova (née Yordanova; ; born 27 April 1972 in Svishtov) is a retired Bulgarian shot putter and hammer thrower. Representing her nation Bulgaria in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), Kumanova initiated her athletics career as a hammer throw specialist, before turning sights extensively on the shot put event. In 2000, Kumanova demolished a Bulgarian record at 65.35 metres in the hammer throw from the European Cup Series in Sofia, and then attained her own personal best of 18.38 in the shot put at the same tournament three years later. Throughout her athletics career, Kumanova trained for the sport club Levski-Spartak Club in Petrich under her personal coach Kharalampi Georgiev. Kumanova made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she initially competed in the inaugural women's hammer throw. During the qualifying stage, she tossed a hammer at a satisfying distance of 54.92 metres on her second attempt, but finished only in twenty- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Ellerbe
Dawn L. Ellerbe (born April 3, 1974) is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the hammer throw. She is currently the assistant athletic director at California State University, Northridge and a popular fashion model and blogger. Ellerbe is a member of the University of South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame and is on the Board of Directors for the United Way of the Midlands in Columbia, South Carolina. Ellerbe was featured in the ''New York Times'' article, "Sports of The Times; At Sydney, the First Toss Goes to the Women" by George Vecsey. and by CNN Sports Illustrated, "Ellerbe leads U.S. in debut of hammer throw." Her interest in fashion was profiled in "My Way: Dawn Ellerbe" in skirt!Columbia. During her time as a student athlete at the University of South Carolina, Ellerbe was a four-time NCAA champion, six-time All-American and five-time Southeastern Conference champion. After receiving her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Montebrun
Manuela Montebrun (born 13 November 1979) is a retired, female hammer thrower from France. She is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time World Championship bronze medallist. Career Born in Laval, Mayenne, Montebrun won two back-to-back World Championship bronze medals in 2003 and 2005. She had finished fourth in the final of the 2005 World Championships, but was belatedly awarded the bronze medal in 2013 when the 2005 World Championships gold medallist Olga Kuzenkova was stripped of her gold medal for doping. Montebrun's outdoor, personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved on 11 July 2005 in Zagreb, Croatia. Montebrun retired from athletics in June 2012. Originally fifth in the 2008 Olympic final, Montebrun was promoted to the bronze medal position in 2016, after the drugs disqualifications of Aksana Miankova Aksana Miankova, also transliterated as Oksana Menkova, (, born 28 March 1982) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. Her personal best of 78.69 m ranks her as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Gubkina
Lyudmila Gubkina (; born 13 August 1973 in Navapolatsk, Vitsebsk Voblast) is a Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...ian hammer thrower. Her personal best is 69.92 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Minsk. Achievements External links * * 1973 births Living people Belarusian female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belarus Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Belarus FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Belarus Competitors at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |