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2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's Shot Put
The men's shot put event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 July. A 6 kg (junior implement) shot was used. Medalists Results Final 19 July Qualifications 19 July With qualifying standard of 19.40 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final Summary Details With qualifying standard of 19.40 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final =Group A= 19 July =Group B= 19 July References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 World Junior Championships in Athletics, mens shot put 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, Shot put Shot put at the World Athletics U20 Championships ... [...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] |
Shehab Mohamed Abdalaziz
The Shihab dynasty (alternatively spelled Chehab; , ALA-LC: ''al-Shihābiyūn'') is an Arab family whose members served as the paramount tax farmers and emirs of Mount Lebanon from the early 18th to mid-19th century, during Ottoman rule (1517–1918). Before then, the family had been in control of the Wadi al-Taym region, purportedly as early as the 12th century. During early Ottoman rule, they maintained an alliance and marital ties with the Ma'n dynasty, the Chouf-based, paramount Druze emirs and tax farmers of Mount Lebanon. When the last Ma'nid emir died without male progeny in 1697, the chiefs of the Druze in Mount Lebanon appointed the Shihab emir, Bashir, whose mother belonged to the Ma'n, as his successor. Bashir was succeeded by another Shihab emir with a Ma'nid mother, Haydar, after his death. Under Haydar, the Shihabs crushed their main rivals for paramountcy amongst the Druze at the Battle of Ain Dara in 1711, consolidating their dominance of Mount Lebanon through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Maxwell (athlete)
Joseph Maxwell, (10 February 1896 – 6 July 1967) was an Australian soldier, writer, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of British and Commonwealth armed forces. Often described as Australia's second most decorated soldier of the First World War, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 8 February 1915, and served at Gallipoli before being transferred to the Western Front. In just over twelve months he was commissioned and decorated four times for his bravery. An apprentice boilermaker before the war, Maxwell returned to Australia in 1919 and worked as a gardener. In 1932, he published ''Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles'', a book written in collaboration with Hugh Buggy about his war experiences. Attempting to enlist for service during the Second World War, Maxwell was rejected on the grounds of his age before enlisting under an alias in Queensland; his identity was disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgi Mujaridze
Giorgi Mujaridze ( ka, გიორგი მუჯარიძე; born 22 March 1998) is a Georgian athlete specialising in the shot put. He won a gold medal in the event at the 2018 Championships of the Small States of Europe. His personal bests are 20.27 metres outdoors (Cairo 2016) and 21.21 metres indoors, the latter being a national record. Giorgi Mujaridze has won a historic victory at the European Throwing Cup 2019 in shot put. The athlete threw 20.27 meters in the shot put competition, obtaining the best result for the 23 and under age group in Šamorín, Samorin, Slovakia. Giorgi Mujaridze has broken the championship’s record and was ranked first among his 14 rivals. Mujairdze is the first athlete to win gold on behalf of Georgia in this competition. He competed in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, shot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics. References 1998 births Living people Shot putters from Georgia (country) Olympic athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Kariuk
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bulgarian Saint Ivan of Rila. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is , while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is . The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in turn derived from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
