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Tonique Williams
Tonique Williams-Darling ( Williams; born January 17, 1976) is a Bahamas, Bahamian Sprint (running), sprint Athletics (sport), athlete. She won the gold medal in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres, 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. College She attended the University of South Carolina Columbia, University of South Carolina, graduating with a bachelor's degree from the Moore School of Business in 1999. Professional Williams-Darling had a breakout year in 2004. She started with a bronze medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary, running a personal best behind Russia's Natalya Nazarova and Olesya Krasnomovets. Then in July, at the Rome meeting of the IAAF Golden League, Tonique broke Mexico, Mexican 2003 World Championships in Athletics, world champion Ana Guevara's 23 race winning streak in the 400 meter race. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Williams-Darling beat Guevara again. In a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. Though the sense of "athletics" as a broader sport is not used in American English, outside of the United States the term ''athletics'' can either be used to mean just its track and field component or the entirety of the sport (adding road racing and cross country) based on context. The foot racing events, which include sprint (running), sprints, middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance running, long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumpin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1999 Central American And Caribbean Championships In Athletics
Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitions based on human qualities of stamina, fitness, and skill ** College athletics, non-professional, collegiate- and university-level competitive physical sports and games Teams * Athletics (baseball), an American professional baseball team currently based in West Sacramento, California, with no city designation, previously known as: ** Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1954) ** Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967) ** Oakland Athletics (1968–2024) * Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876), an American professional baseball team * Philadelphia Athletics (American Association), an American professional baseball team, 1882–1890 * Philadelphia Athletics (1890–1891), an American professional baseball team * Philadelphia Athletics (NFL), an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze Medal
A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives a gold medal and the second place a silver medal. More generally, bronze is traditionally the most common metal used for all types of high-quality medals, including artistic ones. The practice of awarding bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ... third place medals in the Olympic Games began at the 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, Missouri, before which only first and second places were awarded. Olympic Games Mint (coin), Minting Olympic medals is the responsibility of the host city. From 1928 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moore School Of Business
Moore may refer to: Language * Mooré language, spoken in West Africa People * Moore (surname) ** List of people with surname Moore * Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador * Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior officer in the British Army * Moore Powell (died c. 1573), a Welsh politician Places Australia *Moore, Queensland, a town in the Somerset Region *Division of Moore, an electoral division in Western Australia Greenland * Moore Glacier United Kingdom * Moore, Cheshire, England United States * Moore, Idaho * Moore, Indiana *Moore, Montana * Moore, New Jersey *Moore, Oklahoma *Moore Township, Pennsylvania * Moore, South Carolina *Moore, Texas *Moore, Utah * Moore, Washington * Moore, West Virginia *Moore County, North Carolina *Moore County, Tennessee *Moore County, Texas *Moore Haven, Florida * Banning, California, formerly known as Moore City Schools Australia * Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia United States *Moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of South Carolina Columbia
The University of South Carolina (USC, SC, or Carolina) is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, It is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment. Its main campus is on over in downtown Columbia, close to the South Carolina State House. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities with Highest Research Activity". It houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland and the world's largest Ernest Hemingway collection. History Foundation and early history The university was founded as South Carolina College on December 19, 1801, by an act of the South Carolina General Assembly initiated by Governor John Drayton in an effort to promote harmony between the Lowcountry and the Backcountry. On January 10, 1805, having an initial enrollment of nine students, the college comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens, Greece
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries, with 301 medal events in 28 different Olympic sports, sports. The 2004 Games marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance, and also marked the first time Athens hosted the Games since their first modern incarnation in 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 as well as the return of the Olympic games to its birthplace. Athens became the fourth city to host the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions (together with Paris, London and Los Angeles). A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games, replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since 1928 Summer Olympics, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprint (running)
Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an opponent. Human physiology dictates that a runner's near-top speed cannot be maintained for more than 30–35 seconds due to the depletion of phosphocreatine stores in muscles, and perhaps secondarily to excessive metabolic acidosis as a result of anaerobic glycolysis. In athletics (sport), athletics and track and field, sprints (or dashes) are races over short distances. They are among the oldest running competitions, being recorded at the Ancient Olympic Games. Three sprints are currently held at the modern Summer Olympics and outdoor IAAF World Championships in Athletics, World Championships: the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres. At the professional level, sprinters begin the race by assuming a crouching position in the starting bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. It comprises more than 3,000 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and north-west of the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. The capital and largest city is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas' territory as encompassing of ocean space. The Bahama islands were inhabited by the Arawak and Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan- speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the "New World" in 1492 when he landed on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 CARIFTA Games
The 23rd CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on April 2–4, 1994. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 265 athletes (153 junior (under-20) and 112 youth (under-17)) from about 17 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (2), Bahamas (30), Barbados (44), Bermuda (12), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (3), Dominica (2), French Guiana (6), Grenada (10), Guadeloupe (21), Guyana (9), Jamaica (60), Martinique (15), Saint Kitts and Nevis (9), Saint Lucia (3), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (35). Austin Sealy Award The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Obadele Thompson from Barbados. He won 2 gold medals (100m, and 200m) in the junior (U-20) category setting new games records. Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 CARIFTA Games
The 22nd CARIFTA Games was held in Fort-de-France, Martinique, on April 10–11, 1993. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 272 athletes (175 junior (under-20) and 97 youth (under-17)) from about 19 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (3), Bahamas (28), Barbados (32), Belize (1), Bermuda (13), British Virgin Islands (7), Cayman Islands (2), Dominica (1), French Guiana (4), Grenada (8), Guadeloupe (26), Guyana (5), Jamaica (54), Martinique (36), Saint Kitts and Nevis (7), Saint Lucia (12), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (29), US Virgin Islands (3). Austin Sealy Award The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Nikole Mitchell from Jamaica. She won 3 gold medals (100m, 200m, and 4 × 100m relay) in the junior (U-20) category. Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 CARIFTA Games
The 21st CARIFTA Games was held in Nassau, Bahamas, on April 18–20, 1992. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 236 athletes (141 junior (under-20) and 95 youth (under-17)) from about 19 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (2), Bahamas (51), Barbados (19), Belize (2), Bermuda (15), British Virgin Islands (4), Cayman Islands (10), Dominica (4), French Guiana (2), Grenada (6), Guadeloupe (20), Guyana (3), Jamaica (58), Martinique (7), Saint Kitts and Nevis (4), Saint Lucia (11), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (16), Turks and Caicos Islands (1). Austin Sealy Award The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Claudine Williams from Jamaica. She won 2 gold medals (400m, and 800m) in the youth (U-17) category, and a further gold medal in the 4 × 400m relay in the junior (U-20) category. Medal summary Medal winners are pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
