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2001 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Shot Put
The Men's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 20.45 metres. Doping Andrey Mikhnevich of Belarus tested positive for Human chorionic gonadotropin during the championships and his results were subsequently disqualified.Amy ShipleyMikhnevich's Win Is a Shot For Americans The Washington Post, 24 August 2003IAAF 8th IAAF World Championships > Shot Put - men"> IAAF World Championships in Athletics > 8th IAAF World Championships > Shot Put - men iaaf.org Medalists Schedule *''All times are Mountain Standard Time ( UTC-7)'' Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Qualification Group A Group B Final See also * 2001 Shot Put Year Ranking * 2002 European Championships References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Shot Put Shot Put The shot put is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Olympics, revival (1896), and women's competition began in 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948. The shot put is part of the most common Combined track and field events, combined events, the decathlon, the Women's Heptathlon, women's and men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon. History Homer mentions competitions of rock throwing by soldiers during the Trojan War, siege of Troy but there is no record of any weights being thrown in Greek competitions. The first evidence for Stone put, stone- or weight-throwing events were in the Scottish Highlands, and date back to approximately the first century. In the 16th century Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing. The first eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome, Italy
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Antonio Verni
Marco Antonio Verni Lippi (born 27 February 1976) is a Chilean shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Santiago. Biography He is a multiple South American champion, finished eleventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade and won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ... as well as the 2004 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. Verni held the South American Record with 21.14 metres until 2013. Competition record References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verni, Marco Antonio 1976 births Living people Athletes from Santiago, Chile Chilean male shot putters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Nordin
Lars "Jimmy" Morgan Nordin (born 19 October 1979 in Falun) is a Swedish folk singer and ex-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 ...ter. His biggest athletics achievements were the finals of the 2002 European Indoor Championships and 2002 European Championships. He is a seven-time Swedish national shot put champion (1999–2002, 2004–2006). His shot put personal best of 20.73 metres, set in 2002, puts him third on the Swedish all-time list. Athletics competition record Personal bests Outdoor *Shot put – 20.73 (Ludvika 2002) *Discus throw – 47.37 (Karlstad 2005) Indoor *Shot put – 19.96 (Malmö 2001) References 1979 births Living people People from Falun Swedish male shot putters Swedish folk singers 21st-century Swedish singers Musicians f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikuláš Konopka
Mikuláš Konopka (born 23 January 1979 in Rimavská Sobota, Banská Bystrica) is a retired Slovak shot putter. Konopka originally won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Indoor Championships with a personal best throw (indoor) of 20.87 metres, but tested positive for stanozolol and lost the medal. He was suspended between March 2002 and March 2004. His personal best throw outdoor is 20.66 metres, achieved in May 2001 in Ostrava. He currently holds the Slovak indoor record with 21.57, achieved when he won the 2007 European Indoor Championships. On 13 May 2008 Konopka tested positive for metandienone Metandienone, also known as methandienone or methandrostenolone and sold under the brand name Dianabol (D-Bol) among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is mostly no longer prescribed. It is also used non-medically ... and subsequently received a lifetime ban from competing due to a second doping violation. Achievements See also * List of spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver-Sven Buder
Oliver-Sven Buder (born 23 June 1966 in Steinheidel-Erlabrunn, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal. Until 1990 he represented East Germany. Buder grew up in Niederlungwitz in Saxony. He began as a child in track and field and as his talent emerged he was sent to the children and youth sport school in Karl-Marx-Stadt (later Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...).Klaus Amrhein: Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005. 2 Bände. Darmstadt 2005 (publiziert über die Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellscha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davis (athlete)
John Davis may refer to: Academics * John A. G. Davis (1802–1840), professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, shot to death by a student *John Aubrey Davis Sr. (1912–2002), African American activist and political science professor * John Adelbert Davis (1871–1934), American bible college founder *John Davies (lecturer) or Davis (fl. 1816–1850), English chemist and lecturer *John Davis (academic) (1938–2017), English anthropologist and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford * John Emmeus Davis (born 1949), scholar, writer and community organizer * John J. Davis (theologian) (born 1936), American theologian, archaeologist, and Christian educator *John Jefferson Davis, professor of theology and Presbyterian pastor * John June Davis (1885–1965), American entomologist * John Warren Davis (college president) (1888–1980), African American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader * John Davis (paediatrician) (1923–2025), British professor of paediatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
