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2003 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 400 Metres
These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday 27 August 2003 at 21:50h. Final Semi-final *Held on Monday 25 August 2003 Heats Held on Sunday 24 August 2003 References {{DEFAULTSORT:2003 World Championships In Athletics - Women's 400 Metres Events at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, H 400 metres at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440-yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile (1,760 yards) and was referred to as the "quarter-mile"—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete. Like other sprint disciplines, the 400 m involves the use of starting blocks. The runners take up position in the blocks on the "ready" command, adopt a more efficient starting posture which isometrically preloads their muscles on the "set" command, and stride forwards from the blocks upon hearing the starter's pistol. The blocks allow the runners to begin more po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel-Ann Regis
Hazel-Ann Regis (born 1 February 1981) is a retired Grenadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She participated at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, without reaching the final. Competing for the LSU Lady Tigers track and field team, Regis won the 2004 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships title in the 4 × 400 m relay. Her personal best time is 50.64 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou .... Competition record References External links * 1981 births Living people Grenadian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geisa Aparecida Coutinho
Geisa Aparecida Muniz Coutinho (born 1 June 1980) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres sprint. She represented Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a four-time participant in the World Championships in Athletics (2003, 2005, 2009, and 2011). Her personal best in the 400 m is 51.08 seconds, and she holds the South American record of 3:26.68 minutes for the 4×400 metres relay. She was the South American champion in the 400 m in 2003, the silver medallist in 2005, and the bronze medallist in 2011. She has won three South American titles with the Brazilian relay team and a bronze at the Pan American Games. At the 2011 Military World Games, she was a triple gold medallist, having won the 400 m, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events. Career Born in Araruama, she discovered athletics while at high school and tried the pole vault and sprinting events. She eventually focused solely on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni
Sandrine Carmen Genevieve Thiébaud-Kangni (born 21 April 1976 in Sucy-en-Brie, France) is a French-Togolese Athlete 1990 tp 2000. 400 metres French Junior Record older since 1995. 53sec73 .4×400 meters 3.32.79 transfere allégeance 2001 to Togolese sprinter and heptathlete. She is a two-time Olympian and a multiple-time national record holder for the 400m and heptathlon. She is also the daughter of middle-distance runner Roger Kangni, who competed in the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Athletic career Former French athlete. Coach Jacques Piasenta et Georges Wieczorek. French Team capitaine -Youth, Junior - Under23 from 1992 to 1999. - French Champion Youth (combiné Récents, 300 m, long jump, 4×100 mètres. 1993 - French Champion Junior 1994 Junior World Championships SemiFinal Lisbon 1994 French Champion Junior 400 m, 4 x400 - 4ieme 400 m European championships 1995 - Européan Champion 4x400 mètres (1995) - French junior indoor champion 400 m - Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Shinkins
Karen Shinkins (born 15 October 1976 in Newbridge, County Kildare) is a retired Irish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ..., as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1999. She has personal bests of 51.07 (1999) outdoors and 51.58 indoors (2002). The latter is still the national record. Competition record References 1976 births Living people Irish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ireland World Athletics Championships athletes for Ireland People from Newbridge, County Kildare Athletes from County Kildare Olympic female sprinters {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Tkach
Anna Tkach (, ; born 17 April 1975) is a retired Russian-born Israeli sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Tkach is Jewish, and was a Russian citizen until 2003 when she changed nationality to Israel. She competed for her new country in the 400 metres at the 2003 World Championships, reaching the semi-final. She also competed in the 4 x 400 metres relay. Her personal best times were 11.45 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Moscow; 23.07 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Moscow; and 50.67 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Tula. She also holds the current Israeli record in the 400 metres at 52.06. See also *List of Israeli records in athletics *Sports in Israel Sport in Israel plays an important role in Israeli culture and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sport. The most popular sports in Israel have traditionally been Association football (mainly) and basketball (secondly) – with the fi ... Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Amertil
Christine Amertil (born 18 August 1979 in Nassau, New Providence) is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University. Achievements * 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – bronze medal * 3rd World Athletics Final – fifth place * 2004 Olympic Games – seventh place * 2nd World Athletics Final – fourth place * 2003 World Indoor Championships in Athletics The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 14 to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK. There were a total number of 589 ... – silver medal References External links * * 1979 births Living people Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Bahamian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandie Richards
Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Career She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the 1986 Championships. The next year, she won bronze at the World Student Games, followed by her Olympic debut a year later in Seoul, South Korea. Richards competed for San Jacinto College and then the Texas Longhorns women's track and field team, where she won the 1990 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. In 1998, Richards won Commonwealth gold at 1998 Commonwealth Games and won a 400 m bronze and relay gold at the 1998 Goodwill Games. She was a member of the winning 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2001 World Championships, taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sviatlana Usovich
Sviatlana Usovich (; 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 team) from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008. Competition record Personal bests *400 metres - 50.79 s (2004) *800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ... - 1:58.11 min (2007) References External links * 1980 births Living people Belarusian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireille Nguimgo
Mireille Nguimgo (born 7 November 1976) is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She has not competed on top level since the 2004 season. Achievements Personal bests *200 metres - 23.64 s (2000) *400 metres - 50.69 s (2000) - national recordCameroonian athletics records She also holds the national record in 4×400 metres relay
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Antonina Yefremova
Antonina Yefremova (born 19 July 1981) is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Yefremova received a two-year ban in 2012 for using testosterone at the 2011 World Athletics Championships. She won the gold medal at the 2001 European U23 Championships, finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and fourth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. She reached the semi-final at the 2000 World Junior Championships, the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games, and competed at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, the 2005 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without progressing from the first round. In the 4 x 400 metres relay she finished fifth at the 2002 World Cup, fifth at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, fourth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, fifth at the 2005 World Championships, won a bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and won a gold medal at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makelesi Batimala
Makelesi Bulikiobo Batimala (born 23 October 1977) is a Fijian sprinter. Biography Nicknamed the "Sprint Queen" by the ''Fiji Times'' and Fiji Village, she has represented her country in several international competitions, including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She won four gold medals at the 2003 South Pacific Games, in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 4 × 100 m relay events. She also won the women's 200m sprint at the Australian Athletics Championships in 2008. While taking part in the 2007 World Athletics Championships, she qualified to represent Fiji at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was Fiji's flag bearer at the Games' opening ceremony. As of 2007, she held the Fiji national record for the women's 100-metre sprint, at 11.66 seconds. ''Fiji Times'', 24 July 2007 which she broke 2 mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |