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Simone Créantor
Simone Créantor (2 June 1948 – 12 February 2020) was a French Sport of athletics, athlete, who specialised in the shot put. Biography Créantor was born at Grand-Bourg. She won thirteen titles :fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme, French national championships in the shot put, five outdoor and eight indoor. She won the silver medal at the Athletics at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, 1983 Mediterranean Games, and also in the Athletics at the 1987 Mediterranean Games, 1987 Mediterranean Games. Her personal best, established in 1984, is 17.45m. Prize list National * :fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme, French Championships in Athletics : ** winner of the shot put in :fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1972, 1972, :fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1981, 1981, :fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1985, 1985, :fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1986, 1986 and :fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1987, 1987 * :fr:Championnats de France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Shot Put
The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olympics, revival (1896), and women's competition began in 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948. The shot put is part of the most common Combined track and field events, combined events, the decathlon, the Women's Heptathlon, women's and men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon. History Homer mentions competitions of rock throwing by soldiers during the Trojan War, siege of Troy but there is no record of any weights being thrown in Greek competitions. The first evidence for Stone put, stone- or weight-throwing events were in the Scottish Highlands, and date back to approximately the first century. In the 16th century Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing. The first eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |