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Nancy Guillén
Nancy Guillén (born October 14, 1976) is a retired female hammer thrower from El Salvador. She set her personal best throw (62.43 metres) on June 9, 2001 at a meet in San Salvador. This is the current Salvadorean record. She attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w .... Achievements References * 1976 births Living people Salvadoran hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for El Salvador World Athletics Championships athletes for El Salvador Female hammer throwers Salvadoran female athletes Central American Games gold medalists f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road 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 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 events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
