Related Research Articles
Linford Christie is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was the first European athlete to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m and held the British record in the event for close to 30 years. He is a former world indoor record holder over 200 metres, and a former European record holder in the 60 metres, 100 m and 4 × 100 metres relay.
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440-yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the "quarter-mile"—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete.
Karlstad is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitants in the wider municipality in 2023, and is the 21st biggest municipality in Sweden. Karlstad has a university and a cathedral.
Christophe Lemaitre is a former French sprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. In 2010, Lemaitre became the first white athlete to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed 100 m event. Lemaitre has run a sub-10 second 100m on seven occasions: three times in 2010 and four times in 2011. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2012 London Olympic Games and in the 200 metres at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Geraldina Rachel Asher-Smith is a British sprinter internationally active since 2011. In 2019 she was the first British woman to win a World title in a sprint event.
Erik Wijmeersch is a Belgian former track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. His greatest success was a gold medal in the 200 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1996. His best time of 20.66 remains the Belgian indoor record for the event. He also holds bests of 10.17 seconds for the 100 metres and 6.69 seconds for the indoor 60 metres.
Ewa Nikola Swoboda is a Polish track and field sprinter who specialises in the short sprints. She is a World Indoor Championships silver medallist, two-time European Championships silver medallist, European Indoor Championships gold and two-time silver medallist, and European Games gold and silver medallist. Swoboda is a two-time Olympian and competed at the 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Armand "Mondo" Duplantis is a Swedish-American pole vaulter who is regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time. Duplantis is the world outdoor and indoor record holder. He's a two-time Olympic champion, two-time World outdoor and indoor champion, and the current European champion.
Natalia Kaczmarek is a Polish sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the 2024 European champion as well as the European silver medalist from 2022. She also won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Kaczmarek earned several global medals as part of 4 x 400 m relays, including gold in the mixed event and silver in the women's event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Jonathan Sacoor is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.
Femke Bol is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion and the short track world record holder. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team and the 2024 Olympic Champion with the Dutch mixed team.
Lieke Klaver is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She specializes in the 200 metres and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team and the 2024 Olympic Champion with the Dutch mixed team.
Pia Skrzyszowska is a Polish athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won gold medals in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Championships and 2021 European Under-23 Championships.
Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir is an Icelandic sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She won the gold medal in the 200m at the 2018 Youth Olympics Games. She claimed gold in the 100 m and bronze in the 200 m at the 2018 European Under-18 Championships.
Azeddine Habz is a French middle- and long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
Julien Alfred is a Saint Lucian sprinter. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event, setting a new national record of 10.72s in the final. Her medal was the first-ever Olympic medal for Saint Lucia. She then won a silver in the 200 metres. Alfred also won the gold medal in the 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
Géraldine Frey is a Swiss track and field athlete. In 2022, she became the Swiss national champion over 200 metres.
Julia Henriksson is a Swedish athlete who competes as a sprinter. She has won Swedish national champion titles at 60m, 100m and 200m and is the Swedish indoors national record holder over 200 metres and joint record holder outdoors over 200 metres.
Lurdes Gloria Manuel is a Czech sprinter. In 2024, she became Czech national indoor champion over 200 metres and set a European U20 indoor record over 300 metres.
Nora Lindahl is a Swedish sprinter.
References
- ↑ "Erik Erlandsson". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Svenskt juniorrekord av Erik Erlandsson". Friidrottaren. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Revansch för Erlandsson på 200 – "Jag gick bara ut och körde"". Friidrott. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Swedish Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships 2024: Felix Svensson leads fastest qualifiers from round 1 of men's 200m". Olympics.com. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Chaos: Erik Erlandsson gets back the final place after all". svt.se. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Alone outside Malmö – Erik is Scania's entire EC hope". skd.se. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  | This biographical article relating to Swedish athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |