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Athletics At The 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's Decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 4 and 5 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Results References Day 1 results (The Sydney Morning Herald) {{DEFAULTSORT:Decathlon [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', meaning "contest" or “prize”). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not by the position achieved. The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes typically compete in the heptathlon. Traditionally, the title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the person who wins the decathlon. This began when Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "Sir, you are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The event is similar to the pentathlon held at the ancient Greek Olympics,Waldo E. Sweet, Erich Segal (1987). Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Haydenluck
Greg Haydenluck (born July 7, 1958) is a Canadian track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. Track and field career A native of Manitoba, Haydenluck competed as a sprinter while in high school. This included setting provincial records both in 200 (rural provincial) and 400 metres (rural provincial and provincial) events in 1977, records that still stood as of the 2004–05 school year. His success as a sprinter earned him a scholarship to the University of South Dakota. While at South Dakota, Haydenluck switched to decathlon and earned All-American honors both in 1979 and in 1982. He would earn Canada's national championship in the decathlon in 1985. Bobsleigh career By the late 1980s Haydenluck had switched to bobsleigh. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best result of tenth in the two-man event at Calgary in 1988 Winter Olympics. Haydenluck's best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup championships was second in the two-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Middleton (athlete)
James William Middleton (born 15 April 1987) is a British entrepreneur who is the younger brother of Catherine, Princess of Wales. Born in Reading, Berkshire, Middleton was educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne. He briefly attended the University of Edinburgh before dropping out and founding a cake-making business. Middleton began receiving media attention during his eldest sister's relationship with and subsequent marriage to Prince William. He is a mental health advocate and has spoken about his experiences with major depressive disorder. Middleton is also an ambassador for the Pets As Therapy charity. Early life and education James William Middleton was born on 15 April 1987 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, the youngest child and only son of Michael Middleton (born 1949), a former British Airways flight dispatcher, and Carole Middleton (born 1955), a former flight attendant. His father came from a line of solicitors who lived in Leeds, West Yorkshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Nunn
Christopher John Nunn, OAM (born 18 December 1958) is an Australian athletics coach. He was the head coach of the Australian athletics team at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. Personal life He was born in Maffra, Victoria on 18 December 1958 and lived his first eight years in the nearby town of Heyfield. Nunn has a brother and two sisters and in 1976, his family moved to a farm called Leura Hill near Myponga in South Australia. He attended Yankalilla Area School, his interest in sport, particularly athletics, was heightened through the school's physical education teacher, Lance Rosser. After leaving school, he worked as an insurance clerk for two years in Adelaide. In addition, he and athletics friend Robin Gorringe coached athletics during the school holidays. In 1985, he graduated with a Bachelor of Education in physical education and biology at the South Australian College of Advanced Education, now the University of South Australia. In 1990, after teaching for four years in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanitesi Latu
Sanitesi Latu (born 22 December 1950) is a former Tongan Athlete who has represented Tonga at the Commonwealth Games, Pacific Games, and Pacific Mini Games. Latu was born in Toloa on the island on Tongatapu. He competed in the 1969 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby as a high jumper, without success. At the 1971 South Pacific Games in Papeete he won bronze in the Decathlon. He then competed in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, coming 5th in the decathlon. After the Commonwealth Games he moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a storeman and gained permanent residency. He contested the 1975 South Pacific Games in Tumon, Guam, winning gold in both the 110 metres hurdles and the Decathlon. In 1974 and 1978 he was Australian champion in the decathlon. His Australian residency meant he was unable to compete in the 1979 South Pacific Games. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he retired from the decathlon. At the 1985 South Pacific Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuela Tabua
Samuela is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Samuela Anise (born 1986), a Japanese rugby union footballer *Samuela Bola (born 1983), a Fijian rugby union footballer * Samuela Davetawalu, a Fijian rugby league footballer *Samuela Drudru (born 1989), a Fijian association (soccer) footballer * Samuela Leuii (born 1972), a Samoan boxer *Samuela Kautoga (born 1987), a Fijian association (soccer) footballer *Samuela Marayawa, a Fijian rugby league footballer *Samuela Matakibau, a Fijian former police officer *Samuela Nabenia (born 1995), a Fijian association (soccer) footballer *Samuela Tupou (born 1955), a Fijian swimmer *Samuela Tuikiligana (born 1958), a Fijian international lawn bowler *Samuela Valelala, a Fijian rugby league footballer *Samuela Vula (born 1984), a Fijian association (soccer) footballer *Samuela Vunisa (born 1988), an Italian rugby union footballer *Samuela Vunivalu (born circa 1957), a Fijian politician *Samuela Yavala (born 1947), a Fijian sprinter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Kemboi
Cornelius Kemboi (born 29 February 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. Early and personal life Kemboi attended St Patrick's High School in Iten, in the west of Kenya, 350 kilometres north-west of Nairobi. His idol growing up was David Rudisha. He has two older brothers who both received athletics scholarships in the United States. Career Competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, Kemboi finished eleventh in the final of the 5000m. Kemboi ran a new personal best 5000m time of 13:00.68 at the Night of Athletics meeting in Heusden, Belgium in July 2023. He finished third in the 5000m at the Kenyan World Championship trials for the, held in Nairobi. He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest but diss not qualify for the 5000m final. He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, and finished fifth in the men's 5km race on 1 October 2023. In January 2024, he won the Discovery Cross Country race in Eld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panayiotis Zeniou
Panagiotis or Panayiotis ( el, Παναγιώτης, ), "Παν" (all) "άγιος" (holy or saint) suffix "-της" (which can mean "of the"), is a common male Greek name. It derives from the Greek epithet Panagia or ''Panayia'' ("All-Holy") for Mary, mother of Jesus. The feminine form of the name is Panagiota or Panayiota (Παναγιὡτα). Having 3 name days within a year (e.g. 2 February, 26 December), one of them is celebrated together with Maria, Mario, Mary, Despoina (or Despina) and all their diminutives on the Dormition of the Theotokos on 15 August. There are many diminutives of Panagiotis such as Panos (Πάνος), Notis (Νότης), Panagis/Panayis (Παναγής), Takis (Τάκης, from the diminutive Panagiotakis or Panayiotakis), Panikos (Πανίκος, in Cyprus), Pit (Πιτ), while Panagiota or Panayiota is commonly reduced to Giota or Yiota (Γιώτα), and Nota (Νότα). Notable people * Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos, Greek revolutionary and member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Boreham
Colin Boreham (born 26 March 1954) is a British athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Representing Northern Ireland, he finished eighth in the decathlon at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Early life He attended Bournemouth School, then studied Physical Education at the University of Birmingham in 1975.''Times'' Friday July 21 1972, page 10 He completed one year at University of California, Berkeley. He has a teaching certificate from St Luke's College Exeter. Career He taught at Queen's University Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ..., where he was director of physical education from 1977. He held the British high jump record in 1974, 6ft 11, which lasted one year. Personal life He married Sue, with two daughters and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kokoyo
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in '' Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1982 Commonwealth Games ...
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events took place at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 3–9 October 1982. A total of 39 events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women athletes. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participation See also *1982 in athletics (track and field) ReferencesCommonwealth Games Medallists - MenGBR Athletics; Retrieved on 21 July 2010GBR Athletics; Retrieved on 21 July 2010 {{Sports at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 1982 Commonwealth Games events 1982 Commonwealth Games 1982 Commonwealth Games 1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dyer (athlete)
Peter Dyer may refer to: *Peter Dyer, fictional character in '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' * Peter the Dyer, Patriarch of Antioch * Peter Swinnerton-Dyer (1927–2018), English mathematician *Peter Dyer, musician on '' What Were You Hoping For?'' {{hndis, Dyer, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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