Elana Meyers
Elana Meyers Taylor (born Elana Alessandra Meyers; October 10, 1984) is an American Olympic Bobsleigh, bobsledder and World Champion who has competed since 2007. Born in Oceanside, California, Meyers Taylor was raised in Douglasville, Georgia and is a graduate of George Washington University, where she was a member of the softball team. Career Meyers Taylor won the silver in the bobsled two-woman event with Shauna Rohbock at the FIBT World Championships 2009, 2009 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. She was named to the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics on January 16, 2010. On February 24, 2010, Meyers Taylor and Erin Pac won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Their first run has a time of 53.28. Their second run has a time of 53.05. Their third run has a time of 53.29. Their fourth run has a time of 53.78 for a total of 3:33.40, a difference of +1.12 from first place. In 2010, Elana Meyers Taylor received a grant from the Women's Sports ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elana Meyer
Elana Meyer, Order of Ikhamanga, OIS, (born 10 October 1966) is a South African long-distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metres event. Meyer set the 15 kilometres road running List of African records in athletics, African record of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in Cape Town. The record was equalled by Ethiopia's Mestawet Tufa in 2008. The record was beaten in 2009 by Tirunesh Dibaba, also from Ethiopia, who posted a new List of world records in athletics, world record of 46:28 minutes. Meyer also held the half marathon African record (1:06:44 hours), set in January 1999 in Tokyo. The record was broken by Mary Keitany of Kenya at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by running the distance in 1:06:36 hours.IAAFTop List(as of 11 October 2009) She was the gold medallist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and set world records in that event in 1991, 1997, 1998, and 1999. She also had several good placings i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2013
The FIBT World Championships 2013 took place at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun in St. Moritz, Switzerland, for the record twenty-second time, after hosting the event previously in FIBT World Championships 1931, 1931 (Four-man), FIBT World Championships 1935, 1935 (Four-man), FIBT World Championships 1937, 1937 (Four-man), FIBT World Championships 1938, 1938 (Two-man), FIBT World Championships 1939, 1939 (Two-man), FIBT World Championships 1947, 1947, FIBT World Championships 1955, 1955, FIBT World Championships 1957, 1957, FIBT World Championships 1959, 1959, FIBT World Championships 1965, 1965, FIBT World Championships 1970, 1970, FIBT World Championships 1974, 1974, FIBT World Championships 1977, 1977, FIBT World Championships 1982, 1982, FIBT World Championships 1987, 1987, FIBT World Championships 1989, 1989 (Skeleton (sport), Skeleton), FIBT World Championships 1990, 1990 (Bobsleigh), FIBT World Championships 1997, 1997 (Bobsleigh), FIBT World Championships 1998, 1998 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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George Washington University
The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington, D.C.'s jurisdiction. It is one of the nation's six University charter#Federal, federally chartered universities. GW is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among List of research universities in the United States#Universities classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity." It is a member of the Association of American Universities. The university offers degree programs in seventy-one disciplines, enrolling around 11,500 Undergraduate education, undergraduate and 15,000 Graduate school, graduate students. The school's athletic teams, the G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Douglasville, Georgia
The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. , the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately west of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metro area. Highway access can be obtained via three interchanges along Interstate 20. History Douglasville was founded in 1874 as the railroad was constructed in the area. That same year, Douglasville was designated as the county seat of the recently formed Douglas County. The community was named for Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. Georgia General Assembly first incorporated Douglasville in 1875. On September 21, 2009, Douglas County was devastated by the second worst flood in Georgia history (the first being the failure of the Kelly Barnes Dam in 1977). Over of rain fell in one night, destroying many roads and homes. The county was later declared a disaster area, and the governor of Georgia de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2025 – Monobob ...
The Monobob competition at the IBSF World Championships 2025 was held on 8 and 9 March 2025. Results The first two runs were started on 8 March at 14:04. The final two runs were started on 9 March at 15:30. References {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Championships 2025 - Monobob Monobob Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2025
The 2025 IBSF World Championships IBSF World Championship may refer to: * IBSF World Snooker Championship * IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton) {{Disambiguation ... were held in Lake Placid, United States from 6 to 15 March 2025. Schedule Seven events were held. ''All times are local ( UTC–5 for events from 6–8 March, UTC–4 from 9 March onwards).'' ;Bobsleigh ;Skeleton Medal summary Medal table Bobsleigh Skeleton References External linksOfficial website {{World championships in 2025 IBSF 2025 in American sports 2025 in bobsleigh 2025 in skeleton Bobsleigh in the United States Skeleton in the United States March 2025 sports events in the United States ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2016 – Two-woman
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) is the international sports federation for the sliding sports of Bobsleigh and Skeleton. It was founded on 23 November 1923 by the delegates of Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States at the meeting of their first International Congress in Paris, France. In June 2015, it announced a name change from FIBT to IBSF. The federation's headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IBSF works closely with the IOC to conduct Winter Olympics every four years. Along with the Winter Olympics, the IBSF hosts World Championships the other three years. The races are hosted on tracks in North America, Europe, and Asia. The tracks are shared with the sport of Luge, although that is managed under a different governing body, the International Luge Federation. History of Bobsleigh The world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1897. By 1904, competitions were taking place on natural ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2016
The IBSF World Championships 2016 took place at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Igls, Austria, from 8 to 21 February 2016. Schedule Six events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Medal summary Medal table Bobsleigh Skeleton Mixed References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Championships, 2016 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ... International sports competitions hosted by Austria 2016 in bobsleigh 2016 in skeleton 2016 in Austrian sport Bobsleigh in Austria Skeleton in Austria February 2016 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2024 – Monobob
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The Monobob competition at the IBSF World Championships 2024 was held on 24 and 25 February 2024. Results The first two runs were started on 24 February at 09:04. The last two runs were held on 25 February at 09:04. References Monobob Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2024
The 2024 IBSF World Championships were held in Winterberg, Germany from 18 February to 3 March 2024. Schedule Seven events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1 +01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time * West Africa Time * Western European Summer Time **Brit ...).'' ;Bobsleigh ;Skeleton Medal summary Medal table Bobsleigh Skeleton References External linksOfficial website {{World championships in 2024 IBSF 2024 in German sport 2024 in bobsleigh 2024 in skeleton Bobsleigh in Germany Skeleton in Germany February 2024 sports events in Germany ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2009
The FIBT World Championships 2009, officially known as the Bauhaus FIBT Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships, February 20 to March 1, 2009, at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Lake Placid, New York, for the ninth time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1997 (skeleton), and 2003 (men's bobsleigh). Lake Placid was chosen 25–11 over Igls, Austria. Event preparations Local schools were involved in a "Scholastic Sliding Challenge" (SSC) as part of the FIL World Luge Championships that was held in early February 2009. (September 26, 2008, article accessed October 3, 2008.) This program was developed at the 2007 World Luge Championships in Igls, then carried over to last year's World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany. 22 schools participated in the Lake Placid area that involved over 4000 students. The track was iced down on October 6, 2008, the earliest it has ever been iced in preparation for both the FIBT and FIL championships. Local ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2017 – Two-woman
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) is the international sports federation for the sliding sports of Bobsleigh and Skeleton. It was founded on 23 November 1923 by the delegates of Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States at the meeting of their first International Congress in Paris, France. In June 2015, it announced a name change from FIBT to IBSF. The federation's headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IBSF works closely with the IOC to conduct Winter Olympics every four years. Along with the Winter Olympics, the IBSF hosts World Championships the other three years. The races are hosted on tracks in North America, Europe, and Asia. The tracks are shared with the sport of Luge, although that is managed under a different governing body, the International Luge Federation. History of Bobsleigh The world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1897. By 1904, competitions were taking place on natural ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |