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2012 World Junior Championships In Athletics
The 2012 World Athletics U20 Championships, World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international Sport of athletics, athletics competition for athletes qualifying as Junior (athletics), juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 July 2012. A total of 44 List of athletics events, athletics events were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Several medalists from the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 2010 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including Jacko Gill, Jodie Williams, Shaunae Miller, and Angelica Bengtsson. Gill and Bengtsson were successful. Men's results Track Field Women's results Track Field Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1566 athletes from 171 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odean Skeen
Odean Skeen (born 28 August 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter. Career At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Skeen won the 100 metres in his then-personal best of 10.42 seconds, ahead of Masaki Nashimoto and David Bolarinwa. On 21 April 2017, while competing for Auburn University at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Alabama, Skeen set a new personal best of 9.98, becoming the 15th Jamaican to break the 10-second barrier The 10-second barrier is the physical and psychological barrier of completing the 100 metres sprint in under ten seconds. The achievement is traditionally regarded as the hallmark of a world-class male sprinter. Its significance has become less .... Achievements References External links * 1994 births Living people Athletes from Saint Catherine Parish Jamaican male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica Youth Olympic gold medalists in athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muktar Edris
Muktar Edris (born 14 January 1994) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country races. He is a two-time World champion over 5000 metres. Career Muktar made his first international appearances in 2011, taking seventh place in the junior race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (sharing the team silver medal) and finishing fourth in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships with a time of 28:44.95 minutes. He began to raise his profile in 2012 with two prominent wins on the junior stage. First he defeated Kenyan opposition to win at the 2012 African Cross Country Championships, and then he went on to take the 5,000 metres gold medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He performed well in the 5,000 m that year, taking the Ethiopian national title (in the absence of many established runners). He won over the distance at the Meeting Lille Métropole and competed on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelhadi Labâli
ʻAbd al-Hādī (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Hādī'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the Guide". It may refer to: Given name *Sheikh 'Abd al-Hadi Aqhili, one of the names used by Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917), Swedish Sufi painter and author * Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid (born 1987), Malaysian footballer * Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal (born 1952), Afghan politician *Abdul Hadi Awang (born 1947), Malaysian politician * Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi (born 1969), Tunisian held in Guantanamo * Abdul Hadi Dawai (1894–1982), Afghan poet and diplomat * Abd Al Hadi Omar Mahmoud Faraj (born ), Syrian held in Guantanamo * Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar (1925–1966), Egyptian painter * Abdelhadi Habassa (born 1976), Moroccan runner * Abdulhadi Al Hariri (born 1982), Syrian footballer * Abdul Hadi al Iraqi (born 1961), Iraqi terrorist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich
Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich (born 15 September 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 metres. He is a two-time World Athletics U20 Championships medalist in the 1500 m, in 2012 and 2014. Biography As a 14 year old, Ngetich ran a time of 3:51.00 at altitude for the 1500 metres at the Kenyan national junior championships. His first major international competition was at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships, where he set a PB of 3:40.39 in the final to finish 2nd. Ngetich only lost to Hamza Driouch of Qatar, who later served a two-year drug suspension for doping that annulled his 2012 Olympic results, but not his world junior championships result. Two years later, Ngetich won another medal at the World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, this time a bronze losing to countryman Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe and Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin. Ngetich ran his personal best time of 3:32.97 at the 2016 KBC Night of Athletics, towed along by Ayanleh Souleiman. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamza Driouch
Hamza Driouch ( ''Ḥamza ad-Driyūsh''; born 16 November 1994) is a Qatari track and field athlete. He was born in Guelmim, Morocco. In February 2015 it was announced that Driouch had been banned from athletics for two years for abnormalities in his biological passport profile. Biography The Qatari mid-distance runner won a silver medal in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore and took gold in the 1,500m at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona. Driouch is a Moroccan citizen, he moved to Qatar in 2010 with his brother, who was then looking for a job in the Gulf State. His father being deceased, his elder brother Ibrahim was looking after him. Hamza Driouch subsequently obtained Qatari nationality, Although the fact that the Qatari nationality must be obtained after 20 years of residence in Qatar but it was not the case with Driouch. Additionally, Hamza was granted the Qatari nationality before reaching age of 18. Driouch made his Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Kiplagat Melly
The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from (wealth, good fortune) and (friend). Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England. Edwina is the feminine form of the name. Notable people and characters with the name include: Historical figures * Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint * Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933) * Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), Ealdorman of Sussex * Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon * Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) * Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588), Archbishop of York Modern era * E. W. Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest * Edwin Ariyadasa (1922–2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist * Edwin Arrieta Arteaga (died 2023), Colombian murder victim * Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Kitum
Timothy Kitum (born 20 November 1994) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He also won Commonwealth Youth Games 800m with a Games Record 1.49.32 He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, finishing second to Nijel Amos, before going on to win the bronze medal in the men's 800m race at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * 1994 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Elgeyo-Marakwet County 21st-century Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Amos
Nijel Carlos Amilfitano Amos (born 15 March 1994) is a Botswana middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, which was Botswana's first-ever Olympic medal. Amos claimed gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 All-Africa Games. At the African Championships in Athletics, he took golds in 2014, 2016 and 2018. He won the gold medal in his specialist event at the 2012 World Under-20 Championships. Amos is the Botswana record holder for the 800 m, his mark is also the world U20 record. He is a three-time Diamond League 800 m winner. On 12 July 2022, Amos was provisionally suspended from competition for testing positive for metabolite GW1516. On 3 May 2023, it was announced that he had received a backdated three-year doping ban, which would end on 11 July 2025. Early life Nijel Amos hails from Marobela village in the north-eastern part of Botswana. He attended Shangano Community Junior Seconda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldrich Bailey
Aldrich Bailey Jr. (born February 6, 1994) is an American sprinter. He graduated from Mansfield Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas in 2012, and was committed to Texas A&M University in 2012. In 2014 Bailey transferred to the University of Texas as a Track and Field Athlete. On April 28, 2012, Bailey broke the U.S. High School Record in the 400 metres, previously held by Calvin Harrison of North Salinas High School, at the Texas Class 5A Region I meet in Lubbock, Texas. Harrison had held the record since 1993, a year before Bailey was born. He was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by ''USA Today'' in 2011 and 2012. Bailey was part of the US medley relay team that established a new World Youth Best at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. He also competed in the 200 metres, but finished sixth. He wears a duck tail at the back of his head as a signature style. In 2021, Bailey began running the 400 meters hurdles. That season, he pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Solomon
Steven Solomon (born 16 May 1993) is an Australian Olympic sprinter. He is a six-time defending Australian 400 metres champion. In 2011, he broke the 30-year-old national junior record in the 400m. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London at the age of 19, Solomon competed in the finals of the men's 400m race, placing eighth with a time of 45.14 after running a time of 44.97 in the semifinals. He was the first Australian man in 24 years to reach the 400m Olympic final, and became the first Australian since Cathy Freeman to make the final of the 400m at the Olympic Games for Australia. At the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships he won a bronze medal. At the 2013 Maccabiah Games, Solomon won a silver medal in the 400m race. At Stanford in 2013, he established a new freshman record in the 400m. In 2014, he set a new Stanford record in the outdoor 400m with a time of 45.36, and ran a 500m in 1:01.44 (the third-fastest time in the world to that point). Early life Solomon was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arman Hall
Arman "Gino" Hall (born February 12, 1994) is an American sprinter specializing in the 400 m. He is a World and Olympic gold medalist as a member of USA's 2014 and 2016 relay teams. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida and lived with his mother, father and older brother. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by ''USA Today'' in 2011. He won the 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Lille Métropole, France. Hall also ran the 2011 youth world-leading over 200 metres the same year. Hall verbally committed to the University of Florida on December 5, 2011, and joined the Gators track team in the fall of 2012. During his collegiate career, Hall was a 3-time NCAA champion, 10-time Outdoor All-American and 7-time Indoor All-American. While at the University of Florida, Hall majored in African American studies. During his freshman year, at just 19 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
