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2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's Discus Throw
The women's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23, 25 and 29 January. Medalists F12 The Women's discus throw, F12 was held on January 22 *The event included both F11 and F12 classified athletes: **F11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye, to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand. **F12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees. China's Liangmin Zhang set a world record for athletes with an F11 classification, with a throw of 40.42. Results Final Key: WR = World Record F35/36 The Women's discus throw, F35/36 was held on January 29 *F35/36 **F35 = good static balance, problems in dynamic balance, may need assistive devices for walking but not when standing or throwing, may have sufficient lower extremity function to do a run up when throwing. **F36 = walk wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is an classical antiquity, ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue ''Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the Ancient Olympic Games, original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zena Cole
Zena Cole (born March 18, 1957) is an American Paralympic discus thrower, who has competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, winning a bronze medal in London. Biography Zena Cole was born in Oregon, Ohio. When she was 18-months-old she contracted polio and spent years in an iron lung ventilator. Until the age of twelve, she used crutches and braces which often broke while she was playing outside. The doctors suggested that she should use a wheelchair. In 1991 she was diagnosed with a condition called post-polio syndrome which caused her to retire from the Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation. In 2011, Cole won a silver medal at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships and the same year won a gold medal at the Parapan American Games. She also participated at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where she won a bronze medal for discus throw of 5.29 m. She participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, competing in discus and club thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Sivakova
Tamara Sivakova () (born 16 August 1965) is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in the throwing events. She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain for the Unified Team there she won a gold medal in the discus throw for category B3 athletes and finished 5th in the pentathlon. Four years later she competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States for Belarus. Here she won a gold in the shot put F12 and a bronze in the discus F12 but again failed to medal in the pentathlon. She competed at her third games in Sydney, Australia in 2000 where she won the silver medal in the F13 discus and failed to medal in the pentathlon. In 2004 in Athens, Greece she finished as winner of the gold medal in the F12 shot put and silver medal in the F13 discus throw She competed at her fifth Paralympics in 2008 in Beijing, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Williams (athlete)
Claire Williams (born 29 September 1987) is a Paralympian Track and field, athlete from Wales competing mainly in category T12 throwing events. She has qualified as a member of the Great Britain team in three Paralympic Games, in 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2004 at Athens, 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2008 at Beijing and 2012 Summer Paralympics, London 2012. At London she took the bronze medal in the discus. Career history Williams was born in Carmarthen, Wales in 1987. Williams, who has a visual impairment, became interested in sport while a school girl, taking up jujitsu. At the age of 12 she switched to athletics, becoming Welsh Schools Champion for hammer throw, hammer and discus. She was educated at Bro Myrddin Welsh Comprehensive School, Ysgol Bro Myrddin and was part of Carmarthen harriers. In 2004, at the age of 17, Williams was selected for the Great Britain team for the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. She threw a personal best of 35.26m in the T12 discus, coming in fifth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siena Christen
Siena Christen is a former para-athlete from Germany who competed mainly in F12 category shot put and discus throw events. She competed in the shot put and discus events at the Paralympic Games in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. In 2000, Christen won a bronze medal in the women's shot put F12 event. At the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ..., she won a silver medal in the discus throw F12 event and a bronze medal in the shot put F12 event. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people German female discus throwers German female shot putters Visually impaired discus throwers Visually impaired shot putters Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic shot putters Paralympic athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marija Iveković
Marija is a feminine given name, a variation of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. Depending on phonological rules concerning consecutive vowels or the use of the palatal approximant, "Mary" in these languages is ''Marija'' if consecutive vowels are disallowed and otherwise ''Maria''. Marija is the most common female name in Croatia. The name Marija was the most common feminine given name until 1969. The male equivalents are Marijan, Marijo and Mario. Notable people with the name include: * Marija Bankauskaitė, Lithuanian ceramics artist * Marija Bursać, Bosnian Serb Yugoslav resistance fighter * Marija Čolić, Serbian handball player * Marija Ćirović, Montenegrin model * Marija Dūdienė, Lithuanian painter * Marija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archaeologist * Marija Gluvakov, Serbian pianist * Marija Jovanović, Montenegrin handball player * Marija Jurić Zago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Field
The visual field is "that portion of space in which objects are visible at the same moment during steady fixation of the gaze in one direction"; in ophthalmology and neurology the emphasis is mostly on the structure inside the visual field and it is then considered “the field of functional capacity obtained and recorded by means of perimetry”.Strasburger, Hans; Pöppel, Ernst (2002). Visual Field. In G. Adelman & B.H. Smith (Eds): ''Encyclopedia of Neuroscience''; 3rd edition, on CD-ROM. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, New York. However, the visual field can also be understood as a predominantly ''perceptual'' concept and its definition then becomes that of the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments" (for example in van Doorn et al., 2013). The corresponding concept for optical instruments and image sensors is the field of view (FOV). In humans and animals, the FOV refers to the area visible when eye mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Acuity
Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of visual perception, vision, but technically rates an animal's ability to recognize small details with precision. Visual acuity depends on optical and neural factors. Optical factors of the eye influence the sharpness of an image on its retina. Neural factors include the health and functioning of the retina, of the neural pathways to the brain, and of the interpretative faculty of the brain. The most commonly referred-to visual acuity is ''distance acuity'' or ''far acuity'' (e.g., "20/20 vision"), which describes someone's ability to recognize small details at a far distance. This ability is compromised in people with myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness. Another visual acuity is ''Near visual acuity, near acuity'', which describes someone's ability to recognize small details at a near distance. This ability is compromised in people with hyperopia, also known as long-sightedness or far-sightedness. A com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Medjmedj
Nadia Medjmedj (born 20 March 1974) is a Paralympian track and field, athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56 (classification), F56 shot put and discus throw events. She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There, she won a bronze medal in both the women's shot put F57/F58 event and the women's discus throw F57/F58 event. References External links * * 1974 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Algeria Paralympic gold medalists for Algeria Paralympic bronze medalists for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stela Eneva
Stela Eneva (, born 18 July 1975) is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the F42-46 discus throw, shot put and javelin throw events but failed to win any medals. She had more luck when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after .... There she won a silver medal in the women's F57-58 discus throw event but could not medal in the shot put. She also won silver at the 2012 Paralympics in London. References External links * 1975 births Living people Bulgarian female discus throwers Bulgarian female shot putters Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic athletes for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassima Saifi
Nassima Saifi (; born 29 October 1988) is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F58 throwing events. Specialising in both the discus throw and shot put, Saifi is a double Paralympic gold medal winner and three time World Champion. Personal history Saifi was born in Mila, Algeria in 1988. Born able-bodied, she had her left leg amputated following after being hit by a car in 1998. Her father, realizing she needed something to work on in her spare time, encouraged her to take up an athletics career. She joined the Mila handisport club where she was able to train. Athletic career Thanks to her father's assistance and encouragement, Saifi made her international debut for Algeria at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen. She entered both the shot put and discus throw, finishing fifth in both. Saifi made her first appearance at a Summer Paralympics in the 2008 Games in Beijing. She entered both the shot put and discus throw, finishing tenth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Majcen
Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Origin Tatiana is a feminine, diminutive derivative of the Sabine—and later Latin—name Tatius. King Titus Tatius was the name of a legendary ruler of the Sabines, an Italic tribe living near Rome around the 8th century BC. After the Romans absorbed the Sabines, the name Tatius remained in use in the Roman world, into the first centuries of Christianity, as well as the masculine diminutive Tatianus and its feminine counterpart, Tatiana. While the name later disappeared from Western Europe including Italy, it remained prevalent in the Hellenic world of the Eastern Roman Empire, and later spread to the Byzantine-influenced Orthodox world, including Russia. In that context, it originally honoured the church Saint Tatiana, who was tortured and martyred in the persecutions of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus, c. 230 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
