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Athletics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Heptathlon
The women's heptathlon competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was won by Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium. The event was held at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Olympic Stadium on 12–13 August. Summary The defending Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon, 2012 Olympic champion and the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, 2015 World Champion, Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill ranked second on the years rankings with 6733 points. The 2015 World runner-up Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Canada topped the season's lists with 32 points more. Katarina Johnson-Thompson had one of the highest personal best scores, though her fitness for the two-day event was in question, ranking 17th in the world. Other strong entrants included 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon, 2016 European Champion Anouk Vetter and world medallist Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (ranked third and fourth for the season). While Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akela Jones
Akela Jones (born 22 April 1995) is a Barbadian track and field athlete who holds Barbadian records in the women's heptathlon, pentathlon, long jump and high jump. She won gold in the long jump at the 2014 World Junior Championships. In 2015, she was NCAA champion in the heptathlon and won bronze in the high jump at the Pan American Games. Early career Jones first competed in the CARIFTA Games as a 12-year-old in 2008, winning silver in the under-17 girls' high jump with a jump of 1.71 m. On 20 March 2009 Jones cleared 1.81 m in Bridgetown; , this remains the age 13 world best. At the 2009 CARIFTA Games she repeated her silver from the previous year, clearing 1.80 m to equal the championship record but losing to Jamaica's Petergaye Reid on countback. Jones won her first CARIFTA Games gold medal in 2010, clearing a championship record 1.85 m in the high jump; additionally, she won silver with the Barbadian team in the 4 × 100 metres relay. Later that spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Barlag
Sylvia Johanna Martha Barlag (born 4 May 1954) is a retired track and field athlete and physicist from the Netherlands. She competed in pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics and finished in 10th place. Between 1979 and 1981 she was the national champion in high jump. Biography Barlag holds a PhD in physics from the University of Amsterdam (1984). Between 1983 and 1989 she worked as a researcher at CERN, more specific in the Obelix experiment for LEAR, as part of the collaborative charm hadroproduction experiment for Super Proton Synchrotron ( SPS) as well as in DELPHI for LEP. After Cern in 1989 and until 2006 she worked at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Barlag got married in 1987 and has two children. She works as a quality control manager in an international high-tech firm and is a member of national (2002–present), European (2007–present) and international (2011–present) athletics federations. Olympic results Results Women's Pentathlon Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The International Olympic Committee
This is a list of members of the International Olympic Committee. According to the Olympic Charter, the members of the IOC "represent and promote the interests of the IOC and of the Olympic Movement in their countries and in the organisations of the Olympic Movement in which they serve". Currently, there are 109 members and 39 honorary members and one honour member. Current members The chairperson of an international organization, who represents an Olympic sport (e.g. the chairman of World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport ...), is represented in the IOC "ex officio" (i.e., because of that position). * Athletes' Commission members are elected for eight-year terms. Honorary members Most honorary members are former members who, after finishing their terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC is the authority responsible for organizing the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics. The IOC is also the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the worldwide Olympic Movement, which includes all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. , 206 NOCs officially were recognized by the IOC. Since 2013, the IOC president has been Thomas Bach; he will be succeeded by Kirsty Coventry in June 2025. Mission Its stated mission is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: *To encourage and support the promotion of ethics and good governance in sport; *To support the education of youth through sport; *To ensure that the spirit of fair play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant
Pierre-Olivier, Baron Beckers-Vieujant (Uccle, 3 May 1960) is a Belgian businessman and former CEO of Delhaize. Biography Born Pierre-Olivier Beckers, he is the youngest of the six children of Guy Beckers, a former president and CEO of Delhaize. The Beckers family is one of the significant shareholders of the company. Guy Beckers (1924–2020) was the husband of Denise Vieujant (born 1929), granddaughter of Jules Vieujant, one of the founders, together with his brothers-in-law Delhaize. In 1996 Guy Beckers was granted Belgian nobility, with the honorary title of chevalier. Pierre-Olivier Beckers has been made a baron in July 2012. In November 2012 he has obtained, for himself and his descendants, a name change into ''Beckers-Vieujant''. Beckers obtained a BA in applied economics at the Universite Catholique de Louvain ( Louvain School of Management), Louvain-La-Neuve and an MBA at Harvard Business School (United States). In 1983 he married Karine Josz (born 1961) and they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Belgian Records In Athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ... maintained by its Athletics Federation: / (LRBA/KBAB). Outdoor Key to tables: Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Mixed Notes References ;GeneralBelgian Outdoor Records – Men''11 May 2025 updated''Belgian Outdoor Records – Women''14 September 2024 updated''Belgian Indoor Records – Men''9 March 2025 updated''Belgian Indoor Records – Women''9 March 2025 updated'' ;Specific External linksVAL web siteLBFA web site {{National records in athletics Belgian Records Athletics Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofía Yfantídou
Sofia Yfantidou (Greek: Σοφία Υφαντίδου; also transcribed in English Ifadidou; born 10 January 1985) is a Greek track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event. She finished 24th, with 5947 points, achieving an Olympic record ( OHB) at the heptathlon event of javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ... with 56.96 metres. Competition record Personal bests References External links * Living people 1985 births Greek heptathletes Greek female athletes Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Ikauniece-Admidina
Laura Ikauniece (formerly Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa; born 31 May 1992) is a Latvian athlete competing in heptathlon. She participated in two Olympic Games, finishing fourth in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. She won a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2015 World Athletics Championships. She set a Latvian record in the heptathlon (6,815 points) and a Latvian record in the indoor pentathlon (4,701 points). Early life She was coached from a young age by Andis Austrups, and started working with him when she was nine years-old. She studied at the University of Latvia (UL) Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art (FEPA). Career She won a silver medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Italy, reaching 5647 points. Later that year she competed in Finland at the European Youth Olympic Festival and won high jump bronze and only missed a medal by one centimetre in the long jump. The next year she finished 6th in the World Junior Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Rath
Claudia Salman-Rath ( Rath; born 25 April 1986, in Hadamar) is a German athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. Rath represented Germany at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics where she finished 11th in the heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ..., scoring a personal best of 6107 points. She followed this up with a win at the national heptathlon championships, scoring 5746 points. International competitions References External links * * * * * * * * 1986 births Living people People from Hadamar Sportspeople from Giessen (region) Athletes from Hesse German heptathletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Nwaba
Barbara Udoezi Nwaba (born January 18, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who represents the Santa Barbara Track Club. Nwaba is known for the pentathlon and heptathlon. She is the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field champion in the heptathlon. Early life and education Nwaba was born January 18, 1989, in Los Angeles, California, to Nigerian parents Theodore & Blessing Nwaba. She is the oldest of 6 children. A 2007 graduate of University High School, Nwaba was the CIF Los Angeles City Section champion in the 300 meters hurdles in 2007 and a 4-time runner up and representative in the high jump to the CIF California State Meet, but was eliminated in the preliminary rounds. Nwaba attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on academic grounds, intending to study optometry, ultimately graduating in 2012 with a degree in sociology. After redshirting a season, she set the school records in the 100 meters hurdles, 400 meters hurdles (since surpassed), and was par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolin Schäfer
Carolin Schäfer (born 5 December 1991) is a German Sport of athletics, athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Schäfer took bronze at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. At the age of 15, she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, 2007 World Youth Championships. She was the heptathlon 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 2008 World junior and 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, 2009 European junior champion. Schäfer represented Germany at the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she finished fifth and seventh respectively. Statistics International competitions Personal bests * Heptathlon – 6836 pts (Götzis 2017) ** 100 metres hurdles, 100 m hurdles – 13.07 s (+2.0 m/s, Ratingen 2017) ** High jump – 1.86 m (Götzis 2017) ** Shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
