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Hässelby SK
Hässelby Sportklubb ( English: "Hässelby Sports Club"), commonly referred to as Hässelby SK, or HSK is a professional sports club in Hässelby, Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1913, the club offers a range of sports, including football, athletics and floorball. The athletics club, Hässelby SK Friidrott is one of the most prominent clubs in Sweden. Hässelby SK played a pivotal role in the establishment of a number of running events, including Stockholm Marathon, XL Galan and the Tjejmilen. History Formation In 1913, nine schoolboys decided to form Hässelby SK, or Hesselby SK as it was spelled at the time. The first club uniform consisted of a white shirt and blue pants with a white stripe at the bottom. In need for a sports field, the newly formed club wrote to the area's most influential man, Carl Bonde. He allowed HSK to borrow the "field next to the cowshed," which remains the club's location today. 1914-1950 By 1914, the club participated in various sports, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hässelby
Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of Stockholm, Sweden. It contains the suburban areas of Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad, and its territory also corresponds to Hässelby Parish in the Church of Sweden. Hässelby SK is the town's local sports club. In popular culture '' Hässelby'', a 2007 novel by the Norwegian author In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is referred to as authorship. Therefore, a sculpt ... Johan Harstad, takes place largely in its titular suburb. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasselby Neighbourhoods of Stockholm Suburbs in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association (, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and for women – and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. SvFF is supported by 24 district organisations. Background Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF) (English: Swedish Football Association) was founded in Stockholm on 18 December 1904 and is the sports federation responsible for the promotion and administration of organised football in Sweden and also represents the country outside Sweden. SvFF is affiliated to the Swedish Sports Confederation (RF) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). In 2009 there were 3,359 clubs affiliated to the Swedish Football Association with a total of more than a million members, of whom about 500,000 were active players. Together, they account ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump. He is one of six athletes to win gold in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games, and is one of two people to win gold in the same individual athletics event in four Olympic Games, along with USA discus thrower Al Oerter. He is the head track and field coach for the University of Houston. Lewis topped the world rankings in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events frequently from 1981 to the early 1990s. He set world records in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, while his world record in the indoor long jump has stood since 1984. His 65 consecutive victories in the long jump over a span of ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avicii Arena
Avicii Arena, originally known as the Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as the Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; ), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden. Despite the name changes, the local metro station is still named Globen metro station. The arena represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System. Construction Avicii Arena is the largest spherical building on Earth and took two and a half years to build. It has a diameter of and an inner height of . The volume of the building is and it has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey. In the upper area there are 40 VIP boxes and a restaurant. The steel, concrete and glass construction designed by the architects Berg Arkitektkontor AB is supported by a MERO space structure. History Globen was inaugurated on 19 February 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Globen Galan
The Globen Galan is an annual indoor athletics event held in February at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting was first held in 1990 and from 2000 to 2010 known as GE Galan, because General Electric was the official title sponsor. From 2011 to 2015 the official name changed to XL Galan and was sponsored by Swedish book-trade company XL-BYGG. The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour, but after a loss of sponsorship, was not held in 2017. Meseret Defar made a world record run in the 5000 metres at the 2009 edition. She returned for a second record attempt in 2010 and finished just hundredths of a second short of the record, although Alemitu Bekele's second-place finish improved the European record indoors.Julin, A. Lennart (2010-02-11)Another blazing 5000m run by Defar - Stockholm report IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-11. World records Over the course of its history, numerous world records A world record is usually the best global and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Classic Marathon
The Athens Classic Marathon is an annual marathon road race held in Athens, Greece, normally in early November (the second Sunday of November), since 1972. It also often serves as Greece's national marathon championships. The race attracted 43,000 competitors in 2015 of which 16,000 were for the 42.195 kilometre (26.2 mile) course, both numbers being an all-time record for the event. The rest of the runners competed in the concurrent 5 and 10 kilometres road races and the racewalking contest. The marathon race and course is inspired by the Ancient Athenian army run from Marathon to Athens after the Battle of Marathon. Taking from the tradition of the Olympic Torch, the race features the Marathon Flame, which is lit at the Tomb of the Battle of Marathon and carried to the stadium in Marathon before the beginning of each race.Butcher, Pat (2008-11-06)Marathon talks, in Marathon IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-11-08. In addition, an international marathon symposium is held the day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 World Championships In Athletics
The 1st World Championships in Athletics (; ) were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium (Helsinki), Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Despite the existence of previously held championship events in both 1976 World Championships in Athletics, 1976 and 1980 World Championships in Athletics, 1980, this 1983 championship was marked as the inaugural World Championship. Summary The overall medal table was a closely contested affair. East Germany took the most gold medals (10) over the first championships and finished with a total of 22 medals. The United States had the second number of gold medals, with eight, and also had the greatest overall medal haul, having won 24 medals. The Soviet Union won one more medal than the East Germans and had six golds, although almost half of their podium finishers were bronze medalists. Twenty-five nations reached the medal tally at the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 European Athletics Championships
The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complete results were published. Track 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , Field 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , * Lutz Dombrowski from East Germany jumped 8.25 m in the qualification round, which was a new championship record. Women's results Track 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , * Lucyna Kałek also ran 12.45 in the heats, which was a new championship record. Field 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count, 777 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, 21 athletes more than the official number of 756, and one country more than the official number of 29 as published. * (7) * (12) * (34) * (3) * (28) * (9) * (65) * (38) * (48) * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spårvägens FK
Spårvägens FK is an athletics (sport), athletics club in Stockholm, Sweden serving as the athletics section of Spårvägens GoIF. Over the years, the association has become one of Sweden's most successful clubs with several championship medals and national team athletes. Every year, the club organizes the Stockholm Marathon, the Globen Galan, and the Tjejmilen together with Hässelby SK. History The association was founded as ''Stockholms Spårvägars Gymnastik- och idrottsförening'' in 1919 and was originally only open to employees of Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (then called Stockholms Spårvägar (1915), AB Stockholms Spårvägar). Another club, , started as a part of Spårvägens FK in 1980, but broke away as a separate club in 1983. In 2014, the club was controversially charged 32,500 SEK ($ USD) after their triple jumper Angelica Ström used the Gefle IF gym to practice despite having left Gefle for Spårvägens. After receiving the unexpected bill, Spårvägens leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined Track And Field Events
Combined track and field events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of track and field events, earning points for their performance in each event, which adds to a total points score. Outdoors, the most common combined events are the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. Due to stadium limitations, indoor combined events competition have a reduced number of events, resulting in the men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon. Athletes are allocated points based on an international-standard points scoring system, such as the decathlon scoring table. Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to the women's outdoor version. The throws pentathlon consists of all four Olympic throwing events plus the weight throw. In Sweden, the "Castorama" is also contested, which consists of all throws exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 European Athletics Championships
The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complete results were published. Track 1966 , 1969 , 1971 , 1974 , 1978 Field 1966 , 1969 , 1971 , 1974 , 1978 Women's results Track 1966 , 1969 , 1971 , 1974 , 1978 Field 1966 , 1969 , 1971 , 1974 , 1978 Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count, 871 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, fourteen athletes more than the official number of 857 as published. * (16) * (16) * (12) * (32) * (14) * (68) * (48) * (67) * (1) * (4) * (42) * (3) * (9) * (47) * (1) * (1) * (20) * (30) * (65) * (5) * (18) * (84) * (16) * (43) * (20) * (9) * (65) * (88) * (27) References {{European athletics champs 1971 European Athletics Championships, European Athletics Championships European Athletics Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennart Hedmark
Lennart Per-Olav Hedmark (born 18 May 1944) is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon. He represented his country at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics with the best result of eighth place in 1976.Lennart Hedmark Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 May 2011. He started his career as a specialist and claimed three straight titles in the event at the Swedish Championships from 1963 to 1965.Swedish Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 May 2011. He was sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
