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unusual facts about 60 metres


60 metres

The 60 metres was an Olympic event in the 1900 and 1904 Summer Games but was removed from the schedule thereafter.


Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud

He also competed in 60 metres at the World Indoor Championships in 2003 and 2008.

Aurélie Kamga

Her personal best times are 7.48 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2006 in Mondeville; 11.57 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Niort; and 23.37 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Grosseto.

Fabé Dia

Her personal best times are 7.33 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2000 in Eaubonne; 11.54 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Firenze; and 23.02 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.

Lina Jacques-Sébastien

Her personal best times are 7.35 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2008 in Bordeaux; 11.30 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen; and 22.59 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona.

Peter Emelieze

His personal best times are 6.60 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2009 in Karlsruhe; 10.18 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in August 2008 in Bottrop; and 21.35 seconds in the 200 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2009 in Eaubonne.


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Bevan Spencer von Einem

At around 6pm on 5 June 1983, von Einem (possibly along with other unknown persons) abducted Kelvin in a North Adelaide street, just 60 metres from Kelvin's home in Ward Street.

Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire

It has its source just to the east of the village of Eltisley, 10 miles west of Cambridge, where the hills rise to around 60 metres above sea level.

Danielle Carruthers

She had won the 60 metres hurdles at the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Elizabeth Wanless

Her personal best throw is 18.60 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Berea, Ohio.

Iryna Pukha

Her personal best times are 7.11 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved at the 2000 European Indoor Championships in Ghent; and 11.12 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Chania.

Johan Trandem

His personal best discus throw was 44.60 metres, achieved in September 1928 in Skotterud.

Purcarel

Pùrcarel quarry is the name of a little natural circular hollow, about 60 metres in diameter, located in the woodlands of the little Bertignano Lake, near Viverone, Province of Biella in Piedmont, Italy.

Sisko Hanhijoki

Hanhijoki's personal best time in the 60 metres (indoor) was 7.20 seconds, achieved in February 1990 in Nice.

Skógar

The area is known for its waterfall, Skógafoss, on the Skógá river, which springs from 60 metres at the top of an eroded cliff.