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Athletics At The 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's Shot Put
The women's shot put event at the Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton), Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Results References Final results (The Canberra Times) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shot Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Shot put at the Commonwealth Games, 1978 ... [...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] |
Athletics At The 1978 Commonwealth Games
At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the athletics (sport), athletics events were held at the Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton), Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A total of 38 events were contested, 23 for men and 15 for women. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations * (5) * (44) * (6) * (1) * (6) * (1) * (19) * (78) * (2) * (1) * (87) * (10) * (16) * (3) * (2) * (3) * (9) * (6) * (20) * (1) * (45) * (8) * (5) * (5) * (28) * (13) * (2) * (6) * (4) * (25) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (16) * (12) * (5) * (16) * (4) ReferencesCommonwealth Games Medallists - Men GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21. {{Sports at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, Events at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletics at the Commonwealth Games, 1978 1978 in athletics (track and field), Commonwealth Games International track and field competitions hosted by Canada, 1978 Commonweal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)
Commonwealth Stadium is an open-air, multi-purpose stadium located in the McCauley, Edmonton, McCauley neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has a seating capacity of 56,302, making it the largest open-air stadium in Canada. Primarily used for Canadian football, it also hosts athletics (sport), athletics, soccer, rugby union and concerts. Construction commenced in 1975 and the venue opened ahead of the 1978 Commonwealth Games, hence its name. The stadium replaced the adjacent Clarke Stadium as the home of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League that same year. It received a major expansion ahead of the 1983 Summer Universiade, when it reached a capacity of 60,081. Commonwealth Stadium has hosted five Grey Cups, the CFL's championship game. Soccer tournaments include nine FIFA World Cup qualification matches with the Canada men's national soccer team, Canadian men's national soccer team, two versions of the invitational Canada Cup (soccer), Canada Cup, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta, Alberta's central region, and is in Treaty 6, Treaty 6 territory. It anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". The area that later became the city of Edmonton was first inhabited by First Nations in Alberta, First Nations peoples and was also a historic site for the Métis in Alberta, Métis. By 1795, many trading posts had been established around the area that later became the Edmonton census metropolitan area. "Fort Edmonton", as it was known, became the main centre for trade in the area after the 1821 merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. It remained sparsely populated until the Canadian acquisition of Rupert's Land in 1870, followed eventually by the arri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gael Mulhall
Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin (born 27 August 1956) is a former Australian athlete who competed in the shot put and in the discus throw at the Olympic level and also had a career in powerlifting. Athletics Born in Melbourne, Mulhall-Martin is daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall, an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club. She won the bronze medal in women's shot put at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, becoming the first Australian (male or female) to win an Olympic medal in a throwing event. Mulhall also competed in four successive Commonwealth Games events from 1974, winning double gold in Shot Put and Discus at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Coached by Franz Stampfl, she won a total of 20 senior Australian national championships in her career. At the 1981 Pan Pacific Conference Games she tested positive for the use of anabolic steroid Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Ionesco
Carmen Ionesco (birth name Carmen Ionescu; born July 28, 1951, in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter, who competed for Romania and Canada at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King .... She represented Romania in her first Olympic appearance, at Munich in 1972. Following her emigration to Canada, Ionesco competed for Canada at two Commonwealth Games (1978 and 1982), the 1979 Pan American Games, and the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Her younger sister Florența competed for Romania in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. Achievements References * * Canadian female discus throwers Canadian female shot putters Romanian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Oakes
Judith Miriam Oakes (born 14 February 1958 in Lewisham, Greater London) is a female retired English shot putter, powerlifter, and weightlifter. Athletics career Oakes represented Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. Oakes competed in six consecutive Commonwealth Games from 1978 until 1998 and won a medal at every one of them. She represented England and won a bronze medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Four years later she represented England and won a gold medal, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. A further four years later she represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. The fourth appearance and medal came in 1990 when she represented England and won another silver, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The fifth and sixth medals were gold medals at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Littlewood
Angela Mary Littlewood (born 24 September 1949 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) is a female retired English shot putter. Biography Littlewood attended Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School. She played at left inner for Sherwood Juniors hockey team and was the all-England school champion at shot put. She lived on Bramhall Road in Bilborough, the daughter of Betty Littlewood, a Labour councillor on Nottingham City Council. She wanted to become a PE teacher or go to physiotherapy college. Littlewood went to Nonington College of Physical Education in Nonington, Kent, to be a PE teacher and was elected as the college's first ever Sabbatical officer in 1972. In 1974 she played netball for the county, with Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough. In 1975 she returned to competition, after injury. She moved from Nottingham in 1976 to teach in London. Athletics career Littlewood became the British shot put champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverley Francis
Beverley "Bev" Francis (born 15 February 1955) is an Australian gym owner and retired professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put champion. Early life Beverley Francis was born on 15 February 1955 in Geelong, Victoria, the youngest of five children. As a child she dreamed of playing football. In 1976, she graduated from the University of Melbourne, where she obtained a degree in physical education and a teaching diploma. She then worked as a high school physical education and mathematics teacher for eight years. Career Shot put As a teenager, Francis became an accomplished shot putter. In February 1974, she began serious training. In 1977, she broke the Australian shot put record. From 1977 to 1979 and 1981 to 1982, she was an Australian track and field team member. She missed the 1980 track season due to a knee injury. In 1982, she won the Australian national shot put championships. Along with shot put, she performed the discus throw, javelin throw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venissa Head
Venissa Anne Head (born 1 September 1956) is a former international track and field athlete from Wales who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Biography Head went to secondary school at Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School in Wales, and it was whilst there that she won her first of 15 Welsh shot put titles, at the age of 17. She won 25 Welsh titles in total, with her ten successive discus titles coming between 1979 and 1988. She was a member of the Cardiff Athletic Club, where she still holds the club discus record, as well as both the indoor and outdoor shot put records. She was also a member of Bristol and West Athletic Club, and still holds the club discus and shot put records. She took part in the inaugural IAAF World Championships in 1983, competing in both the shot put and the discus throw. In the shot put, she finished 5th in Group A in qualifying with a put of 18.41 metres. She putted a shorter 18.05 in the final to finish 10th overall. This result is the best ever by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigina Torso
Luigina is a feminine Italian given name A name in the Italian language consists of a given name () and a surname (); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname, although in official documents, the surname may be written before the given name or names. Italian names, .... Notable people with the name include: * Luigina Bissoli (born 1956), Italian cyclist * Luigina Giavotti (1916–1976), Italian gymnast * Luigina Perversi (1914–1983), Italian gymnast {{given name Italian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Ritchie
Margaret "Meg" Elizabeth Stone Ritchie (born 6 July 1952) is a retired Scottish discus thrower and Shot putter. She reached the Olympic finals at discus in Moscow 1980 (9th) and Los Angeles 1984 (5th). She also won the 1982 Commonwealth Games title. Her discus best of 67.48 metres has stood as the British record since 1981, while her shot put best of 18.99 metres has stood as the Scottish record since 1983. Athletics career Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Ritchie won the Scottish championships in discus seven times and in shot put she won three Scottish titles. She also won the UK Championships four times in the discus, and three AAA discus titles. Her personal best throw was , achieved in April 1981 in Walnut. This is the current NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field and British record.UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
