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2006 European Cup Winter Throwing
The 2006 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 18 and 19 March at Hadar Yosef Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the sixth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 168 athletes from 28 countries entered the competition. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition. Polish and Russian athletes dominated the proceedings. Poland won five of the eight contests while Russia provided the silver medallist in six events. Russia was the winner in the men's and women's team points competition. Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus was the original winner of the shot put (and a frequent world medallist during the period). In 2013 all his results from August 2005 onwards were annulled after a retest of his doping sample from the 2005 World Championships in Athletics proved to be positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of , it is the economic and technological center of the country. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city ahead of West Jerusalem. Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Mayor Ron Huldai, and is home to many foreign embassies. It is a beta+ world city and is ranked 57th in the 2022 Global Financial Centres Index. Tel Aviv has the third- or fourth-largest economy and the largest economy per capita in the Middle East. The city currently has the highest cost of living in the world. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Małachowski
Piotr Małachowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 7 June 1983) is a Polish retired discus thrower, two-time silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. His personal best throw is 71.84 metres, ranks him fifth in all-time longest discus throw distances, achieved on 8 June 2013 at Hengelo, the Netherlands. Career Małachowski's throwing distances are seen as even more remarkable as he is not as tall as most discus throwers. Małachowski is one inch shorter than Beijing Olympic champion Gerd Kanter and three inches shorter than world champion Robert Harting and discus great Virgillius Alekna. The typical height of a discus thrower is between . Despite his height disadvantage, Małachowski makes up for it with his incredible ring speed. Malachowski is seen as one of the quickest discus throwers in the ring of all time, closely followed by Róbert Fazekas. On 19 August 2008, he won an Olympic silver medal in discus throw (67.82 m) placing behind Gerd K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksana Esipchuk
Oksana Aleksandrovna Esipchuk (russian: Оксана Александровна Есипчук; born 13 December 1976 in Bryansk) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 63.68 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tula. She finished ninth at the 2001 Summer Universiade. In addition she competed at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ... as well as the 2005 World Championships without qualifying for the final round. International competitions References *sports-reference 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Bryansk Russian female discus throwers Olympic female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wioletta Potępa
Wioletta Potępa (born 13 December 1980 in Ciechanów) is a former discus thrower from Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous .... Her personal best throw is 66.01 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Halle. She retired in August 2012. Competition record References * 1980 births Living people Polish female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Ciechanów Athletes from Masovian Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Kleinert
, since 1999 married Schmitt (born 20 October 1975 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German shot putter. Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin. She competed at four Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ..., from 2000 to 2012. Achievements References External links * * * * * * * 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Magdeburg German female shot putters German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany World Athleti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Ryabinkina
Olga Sergeyevna Ryabinkina (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Рябинкина; born 24 September 1976 in Bryansk) is a female shot putter from Russia. She finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she failed to progress from the initial round. In 2005, she achieved a personal best throw with 19.65 metres and won bronze at the European Indoor Championships and silver at the World Championships. Eight years later she was pronounced 2005 World champion when a retest of Nadzeya Astapchuk's doping sample revealed that she had been doping. In 2006, she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships, finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and second at the World Cup, the latter in a season best of 19.54 metres. International competitions See also * List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women) * List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women) *List of European Athletics Championships medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natallia Mikhnevich
Natallia Mikhnevich ( be, Наталля Міхневіч, née be, Харанэка, Kharaneka; born May 25, 1982 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Belarusian shot putter. Career Mikhnevich finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished fifth. She was also fifth at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 won the bronze medal. In 2006, she won the World Indoor Championships in Russia with a new personal best indoor throw of 19.84 metres. Her outdoor personal best is 20.70 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Grodno. She originally won a silver medal in women's shot put at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... but in Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzmitry Shako
Dzmitry Shako ( be, Дзмітрый Шако; born March 25, 1979) is a male hammer thrower from Belarus. He set his personal best (78.54 metres) in the men's hammer throw event on July 27, 2008 in Minsk, Belarus Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the adm .... Achievements References * 1979 births Living people Belarusian male hammer throwers 21st-century Belarusian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Khersontsev
Vadim Khersontsev (russian: Вадим Херсонцев; born 8 July 1974 in Kursk) is a retired male hammer thrower from Russia, whose personal best throw is 81.26 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Bryansk Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population: Geography Urban layout The location of the settlement was originally .... International competitions References *sports-reference 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Kursk Oblast Russian male hammer throwers Olympic male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szymon Ziółkowski
Szymon Jerzy Ziółkowski (; born 1 July 1976 in Poznań) is a retired Polish hammer thrower and an Olympic gold medal winner from Sydney 2000. He also won a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton with a career best throw of 83.38 metres, and two silvers at the 2005 and 2009 editions in Helsinki and Berlin respectively. Career Before winning the 2000 Olympic gold medal he had won the gold medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships, finished tenth at the 1996 Olympic Games and fifth at the 1998 European Championships and competed at the 1995 and 1999 World Championships without reaching the final. After the 2001 season three low-key seasons followed. He competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final. After the 2005 World Championships, he finished fifth at the 2006 European Championships, seventh at the 2007 World Championships and fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games. At the World Athletics Final he finished fifth in 2005, seventh in 2006 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainārs Kovals
Ainārs Kovals (born 21 November 1981) is a Latvian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best throw is 86.64 m. He achieved this at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished second. He has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka. He is married to fellow javelin thrower Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala (born 26 February 1988) is a Latvian javelin thrower. She is the 2007 European Junior silver medalist. Personal life Ozoliņa was born on 26 February 1988 in Riga. She is married to Dainis Sprudzāns. Career Ozoliņ .... International competitions Seasonal bests by year *2002 - 75.05 *2003 - 80.75 *2004 - 82.13 *2005 - 82.22 *2006 - 85.95 *2007 - 82.23 *2008 - 86.64 *2009 - 82.47 *2010 - 82.33 *2011 - 78.39 *2012 - 83.89 *2013 - 80.71 *2014 - 81.75 *2015 - 78.90 References * External links * * * 1981 births Living people Athletes from Riga Latvian male javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Latvia Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Shkurlatov
Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav''. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia, the common variation is Ladislav. Outside of Slavic and Eastern Romance countries, it is sometimes latinized as either ''Vladislaus'' or ''Vladislas''. Spanish forms include ''Ladislao'' and ''Uladislao''. The Portuguese and Romanian forms are ''Ladislau''. The Hungarian form is László. In Russian-speaking countries, it is usually colloquially shortened to either ''Vlad'' (Влад) or ''Vladik'' (Владик). The feminine form of the name Vladislav is Vladislava or, in Polish spelling, ''Władysława''. Origin The name Vladislav literally means 'one who owns a glory', or simply 'famous'. It is a composite name derived from two Slavic roots: ''Vlad-'', meaning either 'to own' (Ukrainia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
