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Athletics At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's Long Jump
The women's long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 5 and 7 August 2022. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: Schedule The schedule was as follows: All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Qualification Qualifying performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final Final The medals were determined in the final. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Women's long jump Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Women's long jump Long jump at the Commonwealth Games, 2022 2022 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Stadium
Alexander Stadium is an athletics stadium in Perry Barr, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is the largest athletics stadium in the United Kingdom. The stadium has four stands with a total seated capacity of 18,000. The stadium site has four buildings which include the Gymnastics and Martial Arts Centre (GMAC), High Performance Centre, East Stand and newly built West Stand. Original construction began in 1975, and the stadium opened in 1976. It is owned and operated by Birmingham City Council. In May 2020, the stadium underwent a £72 million redevelopment which was completed in April 2022 ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The venue hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the athletics and para-athletics competitions of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The main stadium has a nine lane category 1 IAAF certified track. The stadium has an additional 6 lane warm up track and separate throws field. The West Stand offers 6 hospitality boxes, hospitality loun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancy Sojan
Ancy Sojan (born 1 March 2001) is an Indian field athlete. She won a silver medal in the women's long jump event at the 2022 Asian Games. She hails from Thrissur, Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile .... References External links * Living people 2001 births Indian female long jumpers Sportspeople from Thrissur Athletes from Kerala Sportswomen from Kerala Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games athletes for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships medalists Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{India-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Gittens
Tyra Gittens (born 6 June 1998) is an Olympic athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. Gittens set 6 national records for Trinidad and Tobago indoor records in Pentathlon 4746 points, high jump 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), and long jump 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in), Trinidad and Tobago outdoor records in Heptathlon 6418 points, high jump 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in), and long jump 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in). Early life Her hometown is Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, and she went to high school in Nashville at The Ensworth School before attending Texas A&M University to complete a BA Degree and University of Texas at Austin to pursue a master's degree. Career In July 2017, Gittens broke her own national junior heptathlon record in winning the Pan American Combined Events Cup in Ottawa, Canada, gaining 5,490 points in the seven-discipline event to improve on the 5,337-point standard she had established in 2016. Competing in the long jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Gittens finished 19th in the qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Dale
Samantha is an English feminine given name in use since the 17th century that is of uncertain derivation. It is now in popular use worldwide due to various popular culture influences. Etymology Some etymologists have suggested Samantha might be a derivative of Semanthe, a similar name likely invented by English playwright Sir John Suckling for a character in his play '' Aglaura'', which was first staged in England in 1637. Semanthe was later used by other English or Irish writers for characters in works of fiction published in the 17th and 18th centuries, including for a character in the 1682 tragic play '' The Loyal Brother'' by Irish dramatist Thomas Southerne, a character in the 1690 tragic play '' The Treacherous Brothers'' by English playwright George Powell, a character in the 1699 tragic play ''Friendship Improved'' by Anglo-Irish dramatist Charles Hopkins, a character in the 1705 tragic play ''Ulysses'' by English dramatist Nicholas Rowe, a character in the 1718 histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ackelia Smith
Ackelia Smith (born 5 February 2002) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes internationally in both the long jump and the triple jump. Career In June 2022, Smith won the Jamaican national championship in long jump with a jump of 6.56 metres and finished runner-up in the triple jump with a distance of 13.93 metres. Prior to that, in the same month representing the University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ... she had reached the finals of the NCAA championships in both events finishing eighth in the long jump (6.34 m) and fourth in the triple jump (13.79 m). Selected for the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, 2022 World Athletics Championships in the triple jump, Smith scored a big personal best of 14.36 metres to qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarangi Silva
Lakshini Sarangi Silva Sandaradura (; born 27 October 1996), also known as Sarangi de Silva, is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete who has specialized in long jump. She also works as a banker at Seylan Bank. She is the current national title holder in women's long jump in Sri Lanka and is also a current national record holder in the women's long jump with a career best leap of 6.65 meters. Biography She pursued her primary and secondary education at the Sri Sumangala College in Panadura. Her father served as an army officer and her brother works as a quantity surveyor. She began her pursuit of sports activities at a very young age, when she was in school. She joined Sri Lanka Army as a volunteer after completing her Advanced Level Education. She pursued her Higher National Diploma studies in Business Management at the ICBT Campus. Career She took part at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Meet when she was 16 years old and secured fifth position in long jump. She endured a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christabel Nettey
Christabel Nettey (born June 2, 1991 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the long jump. She is a two-time Olympian, 2016 and 2020. She has been to two Commonwealth Games, winning gold at the 2018 edition and bronze at the 2014 edition. She won gold at the 2015 Pan American Games. Athletic career She was a gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 Pan American Games. She has also won bronze medals at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Nettey placed fourth at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and was a member of Canada's 2016 Olympic team. She has indoor and outdoor personal bests of 6.99 metres (indoors at the XL Galan and outdoor at the Prefontaine Classic, both in 2015). Both of these performances were Canadian records. She attended Arizona State University and competed collegiately for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Her best performance for them was a second-place finish at the NCAA Women's Div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Usoro
Ruth Usoro (born 8 October 1997) is a Nigerian athlete who competes at long jump and triple jump. Career As a student at Texas Tech University, on 26 February 2021, Usoro jumped 6.82m in the long jump to meet the qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. It was the 2nd best jump in the world for the season at the time and the 3rd best on the Nigerian all-time list alongside Ese Brume. On 12 June 2021, she jumped 14.19m to win the triple jump at the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon. She also won the NCAA indoor title in 2021. Her personal best triple jump of 14.50 in Texas met the qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the triple jump and placed her in the top 10 in the world for the year. Despite arriving in Tokyo to compete at the Olympic Games, Usoro was ruled out when her name was included on a list of ten athletes from her country ineligible to participate due to non-complia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail Irozuru
Abigail Irozuru (born 3 January 1990, in Manchester) is an English track and field athlete, specialising in long jump. She was sponsored by Virgin Trains West Coast and had a Class 390 ''Pendolino'' train named after her in September 2011. She competed for the Sale Harriers, the same club as former Great Britain athletes Diane Modahl and Darren Campbell. Early life Irozuru was born in Manchester. Both of her parents are from the Igbo people of Nigeria. Career Irozuru began participating in athletics as a 14-year-old after she excelled at a youth athletics match by winning the 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m and the long jump. This led to an invitation by Ian Wiltshire to start training at the City of Manchester Stadium before its conversion to a full football stadium. Her talent quickly shone through and in 2006 Irozuru won Silver at both the English Schools Championships and British Schools Championships competing against highly accomplished young jumpers. After establishing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippa Fotopoulou
Filippa Fotopoulou formerly Filippa Kviten (, born 20 December 1996 in Limassol) is a Cypriot track and field athlete who competes as a long jumper. Career In May 2022 she made her personal best with 6.79, just one cm less than the national record, which was held by Maroula Lambrou since 1985 The same year she competed in the 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump and placed 11th with a 6.54 jump and then at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in where she had three fault attempts during the qualification. She was 7th with a 6.34 jump at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.At the same games she won the bronze medal in the 4x100 relay Personal life Her twin sister Olivia Fotopoulou is also an international athlete, competing in 100 and 200 metre races. Both sisters studied together at the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, the Capstone, or Bama) is a Public university, public research unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Ugen
Lorraine Ugen (born 22 August 1991) is an English long jumper and occasional 100 m sprinter with respective personal bests of 7.05 m and 11.32 s. Ugen competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics in Rio in the long jump, finishing in eleventh place.Lorraine Ugen IAAF. Retrieved on 29 May 2015. Ugen captained the Great Britain team at the inaugural in 2018, winning gold in the women's long jump. For England, she anchored the women's 4 x 100 metres relay team to gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games< ...
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