Michael Anthony Powell is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. He is a two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in this event. His world record of 8.95 m has stood since 1991.
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of 35 years of age and over. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups. For international events the first age group is 35 to 39. Men as old as 105 and women in their 100s have competed in running, jumping and throwing events. Masters athletes are sometimes known as "veterans" and the European Masters Championships, for instance, is known as "Eurovets". This and other high level events including biennial World Championships cater largely to elite-level athletes, but many masters athletes are novices to athletics and enjoy the camaraderie offered by masters competition at the local, National and International level. Most National governing bodies for track and field hold annual Masters championships. Prestigious National meets such as the Penn Relays and the United States Olympic Trials put on exhibition events for top masters athletes. Masters athletics is growing Internationally with over 6000 athletes competing at recent World Championships. World; National and Regional records are maintained for each age group.
World Masters Athletics (WMA) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of masters athletics – which includes track and field, cross country, and road running events – as participated by people over 35 years of age.
Anna Bożena Włodarczyk is a Polish athlete. She is the 1980 European long jump champion.
The World Masters Athletics Championships are the biennial championships for masters athletics events held under the auspices of World Masters Athletics, formerly called the World Association of Veteran Athletes, for athletes 35 years of age or older. Masters athletes are divided into 5-year age groups.
This is the progression of world record improvements of the long jump M70 division of Masters athletics.
This is the progression of world record improvements of the long jump M65 division of Masters athletics.
This is the progression of world record improvements of the high jump of Masters athletics.
In the sport of athletics, pentathlons have taken various forms over the history of the sport, typically incorporating five track and field events. The only version of the event to remain at a high level of contemporary competition is the women's indoor pentathlon, which is present on the programme for the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
2019 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the eighth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This eighth edition took place in Toruń, Poland, from 24 to 30 March 2019.
2006 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the second in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This second edition took place in Linz, Austria, from 15 to 20 March 2006.
2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the third in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This third edition took place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from 17 to 22 March 2008.
2010 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the fourth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This fourth edition took place in Kamloops, Canada, from 2 to 7 March 2010. This is the first WMACi to be hosted outside of Europe.
2012 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the fifth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This fifth edition took place in Jyvaskyla, Finland, from 3 to 8 April 2012.
2014 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the sixth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This sixth edition took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 25 to 30 March 2014.
2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the seventh in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This seventh edition took place in Daegu, South Korea, from 19 to 25 March 2017. This was the first Indoor Championships held in an odd-numbered year, to alternate with the Outdoor Championships that switched to even-numbered years in 2016.
2023 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the ninth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships. This ninth edition took place in Toruń, Poland, from 25 to 31 March 2023.
This is the progression of world record improvements in different age divisions of men's triple jump in Masters athletics.
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