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Curtis Jensen
Curtis Jensen (born 1 November 1990), also known as Curt Jensen, is an American shot put thrower. He has made 11 national finals, with his best finish being third at the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Biography Jensen was raised in Geneseo, Illinois where he attended Geneseo High School, where he competed in gridiron football, football, wrestling, and track, with a best finish of 2nd at the state meet in discus throw. In 2009, Jensen joined the Illinois State Redbirds track and field team. His two NCAA Division I championship finals appearances came during his final year in 2014, where he placed 8th both 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, indoors and 2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, outdoors in the shot put. From 2013 to 2021, Jensen made 11 appearances at USATF indoor and outdoor championships, with a best finish of 3rd at 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the 2018 outdoor edition in a non-global-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
