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Meta Antenen
Meta Antenen (born 7 April 1949) is a retired Swiss pentathlete. Between 1969 and 1975 she won nine medals at the European championships, mostly in the long jump and hurdles. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in four events in total and placed eighth in the pentathlon in 1968 and sixth in the long jump in 1972. Antenen was selected as the Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1966 and 1971. Her husband Georges Mathys is an Olympic Swiss field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ... player. International competitions 1Did not start in the semifinals 2Did not finish in the semifinals References 1949 births Living people Olympic athletes of Switzerland Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orpund
Orpund is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Orpund is first mentioned in 1255 as ''Orpunt''. The municipality was formerly known by its unknown name ''er Orpondes'', however, that name is no longer used. The oldest traces of settlements in the area were neolithic, Bronze Age and La Tène era artifacts which were discovered during construction of the Nidau-Büren Canal. A horde of Bronze Age items and a Roman era settlement were found on the Büttenberg. During the Middle Ages, the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau founded a monastery at Gottstatt and gave the village of Orpund to the monastery. The village and the monastery jointly owned an island in the Thielle/Zihl river, which they used for fishing. At the end of the 14th century, Bern acquired all the lands around Nidau and Orpund was incorporated into the Bernese bailiwick of Nidau. Part of the village was in the parish of Mett while the rest belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the largest city (by area and population) of the Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area with some 5.1 million inhabitants, as well as the largest city of Westphalia. On the Emscher and Ruhr rivers ( tributaries of the Rhine), it lies in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and is considered the administrative, commercial, and cultural center of the eastern Ruhr. Dortmund is the second-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg. Founded around 882, Wikimedia Commons: First documentary reference to Dortmund-Bövinghausen from 882, contribution-list of the Werden Abbey (near Essen), North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Dortmund became an Imperial Free City. Throughout the 13th to 14th centuries, it was the "chief city" of the Rhine, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 European Indoor Games
The 1967 European Indoor Games were held at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) from 11 March to 12 March 1967. The track used for the championships was 150 metres long. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations * (1) * (3) * (7) * (46) * (2) * (19) * (3) * (5) * (7) * (13) * (1) * (12) * (4) * (2) * (15) * (3) * (38) * (10) * (4) * (4) * (3) * (24) * (18) See also * European Athletics Indoor Championships * List of European records in athletics References Resultson the website of Maik Richter at ''gbrathletics'' at ''gbrathletics'' {{European athletics champs European Athletics Indoor Championships European Indoor Games The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games, ... 1967 in Czechoslovak sport Sports competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a Federation, federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, fifteen national republics; in practice, both Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, its economy were highly Soviet-type economic planning, centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Saint Petersburg, Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kyiv, Kiev (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR), Tas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021 Odesa's population was approximately In classical antiquity a large Greek settlement existed at its location. The first chronicle mention of the Slavic settlement-port of Kotsiubijiv, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, dates back to 1415, when a ship was sent from here to Constantinople by sea. After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529, under the name Hacibey, and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792. In 1794, the modern city of Odesa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Cather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 European Junior Games
The 1966 European Junior Games was the second edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was the first edition to have received official support from the European Athletic Association, following the unofficial first edition in 1964. The event was held at the Central Stadium Chornomorets in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on 24 and 25 September. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-05-29. Men's results Women's results Medal table References ;ResultsEuropean Junior Championships 1966 - Men's results R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's Pentathlon ...
The women's pentathlon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 September 1966. Medalists Results Final 1 September Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1966 European Athletics Championships, Womens pentathlon Pentathlon Combined events at the European Athletics Championships Euro The euro (symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's Long Jump ...
The women's long jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966. Medalists Results Final 3 September Qualification 2 September Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (3) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1966 European Athletics Championships, Womens long jump Long jump Long jump at the European Athletics Championships Euro The euro (symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 80 Metres Hurdles
The women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966. Medalists Results Final 4 September Wind: 0.2 m/s Semi-finals 3 September Semi-final 1 Wind: 0 m/s Semi-final 2 Wind: 0 m/s Heats 2 September Heat 1 Wind: 0 m/s Heat 2 Wind: 0 m/s Heat 3 Wind: 0 m/s Heat 4 Wind: 0.1 m/s Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (2) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (3) * (1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1966 European Athletics Championships, Womens 80 metres hurdles 80 metres hurdles Sprint hurdles at the European Athletics Championships Euro The euro (symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 European Athletics Championships
The 8th European Athletics Championships were held from 30 August to 4 September 1966 in the Nép Stadium in Budapest, Hungary. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. A new IAAF ruling was applied for the first time making gender verification for female events mandatory. As a consequence, all women competitors were forced to have a sex check. Several of the greatest women athletes missed this year's championships, among them world record holders Iolanda Balaș (high jump) from Romania, as well as Tamara Press (shot put) and Tatyana Shchelkanova (long jump), both from the Soviet Union. Medal summary Complete results were published. Men Women * The women's 100 metres gold medallist Ewa Kłobukowska Ewa Janina Kłobukowska (born 1 October 1946) is a Polish former sprinter. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 4×100 m relay and 100 m sprint and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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