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unusual facts about Personal Best



Emily Dole

Dole joined Seidler and several other elite athletes of the period in playing supporting roles in the film Personal Best starring Mariel Hemingway and Scott Glenn, released in 1982.

It's in the Water

Alex develops some curiosity about her possible lesbianism and rents a number of classic lesbian-themed films: Desert Hearts; Lianna; Personal Best; Heavenly Creatures; Bar Girls; Claire of the Moon; The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love; an unnamed, presumably pornographic video; and, inexplicably, The Godfather, Part III.


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2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

In the process of running a personal best to win the championship, Ohuruogu also got Kathy Smallwood-Cook's 29 year old British national record (from the 1984 Olympics) that had so far evaded her through her career; a career that had included two Olympic medals including the gold in 2008, and a previous World Championship.

Alhaji Jeng

His outdoor personal best is also 5.80 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Zhukovskiy.

Amélie Perrin

Her personal best throw is 71.38 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen.

Andreas Pohle

His personal best jump is 7.97 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Bad Langensalza.

Andrew Rock

In the 2005 World Championships in the Helsinki, he competed in 400m and won a silver medal, setting a new personal best of 44.35.

Arnaud Casquette

His personal best jump is 8.23 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Sestriere.

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.

Dariusz Trafas

His personal best was 87.17 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Runaway Bay.

Daugvinas Zujus

Zujus set his personal best (3:55.10) in the same distance on 6 June 1998 in Ogre, Latvia.

Dimitri Demonière

His personal best time is 10.27 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Tomblaine.

Elīna Ringa

In 2000, in Valmiera (a large town in the Vidzeme of Latvia), she vaulted to 3.72 , setting a new record there as well as improving upon her personal best.

Elisângela Adriano

Elisângela Maria Adriano (born July 27, 1972), is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja.

Elizabeth Wanless

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

Evdokia Tsamoglou

Her personal best throw is 68.12 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Nikiti, Sithonia.

Gideon Gathimba

His personal best times are 3:33.63 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Rabat; 3:52.98 minutes in the mile run, achieved in June 2009 in Ostrava; and 7:49.65 minutes in the 3000 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2009 in Glasgow.

Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe

Her personal best time was 11.32 seconds, achieved in May 1996 in Dijon.

Heiko Reski

His personal best jump was 8.13 metres, achieved in September 1987 in Gelnhausen.

Isabelle Devaluez

Devaluez set her personal best in the women's discus throw event (62.02 metres) on 15 June 1996 in La Garde.

Isménia do Frederico

The following year she competed in the 1997 Francophone Games, recording her all time personal best in the 100 metres with a time of 12.75 seconds.

Jean-Marc Tailhardat

His personal best jump was 5.70 metres, achieved in June 1991 in Montgeron.

Johan Trandem

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

Julianna Tudja

Her personal best is 67.52 metres, achieved in April 2004 in Walnut, California.

Kaliese Spencer

She began making an impact on the Diamond League, finishing as runner-up behind Lashinda Demus at the Prefontaine Classic and the Golden Gala, recording a personal best 53.48 seconds.

Kamil Damašek

A member of Dukla Prague he set his personal best score (8256 points) in the men's decathlon in 1996.

Karin Melis Mey

Her personal best jump is 6.93 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Bad Langensalza, which is the South African record for the event.

Laine Kallas

She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres (2:03.6) on 4 September 1967 at a meeting in Kiev.

Milan Haborák

Haborák's personal best throw is 20.87 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Turnov.

Moisés Campeny

His personal best throw of 75.42 metres, set in 2003, stood as the national record for nine years before being broken by Javier Cienfuegos in 2012.

Nike+iPod

In addition to the in-workout audio feedback, there are pre-recorded congratulations provided by Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Paula Radcliffe whenever a user achieves a personal best (such as fastest mile, fastest 5K, fastest 10K, longest run yet) or reaches certain long-term milestones (such as 250 miles, 500 kilometers).

Olga Bolşova

Her personal best high jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in September 1993 in Rieti.

Orville Taylor

Taylor set his personal best in the men's 200 metres (20.67) on 2002-05-25 in San Angelo, Texas.

Oudéré Kankarafou

His personal best time is 10.25 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Tomblaine.

Pascal Lefèvre

He set his personal best (82.56 m) on August 28, 1989 in Duisburg.

Patricia Foufoué Ziga

Her personal best time was 11.48 seconds, achieved in July 1990 in Montgeron.

Perri Shakes-Drayton

At the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Shakes-Drayton went on to win gold in the Women's 400m final with a Personal Best of 50.85 ahead of another Great Britain runner Eilidh Child.

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.

Peter Sack

His personal best throw is 21.19 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Versmold.

Rachid Berradi

His personal best time is 27:54.23 minutes, achieved in July 2000 in Nembro.

Raphaël Piolanti

His personal best throw is 79.68 metres, achieved in September 1992 in Bourgoin-Jallieu.

Raúl Chapado

His personal best was 16.83 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Rovereto.

Robert Szpak

He achieved a new personal best of 78.33 m in June 2009 in Ostrava.

Rudy Bourguignon

His personal best result is 8025 points, achieved in September 2005 in Talence.

Shaun Bownes

His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Heusden.

Svetlana Shkolina

Her indoor personal best is 2.00 metres, achieved in February 2010 in Arnstadt.

Symphora Béhi

Her personal best times are 11.74 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2004 in her birth city Paris; 23.70 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Montgeron; and 52.38 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Strasbourg.

Tim Abeyie

His personal best time is 20.57 seconds, achieved in July 2008 at Eton, Berkshire.

Torsten Schmidt

His personal best throw is 64.78 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Thum.

Tsvetelina Kirilova

She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where qualified for the second round with the fifth fastest overall time of 55.22 seconds, a new personal best.

Víctor Castillo

Castillo cleared eight metres twice in May 2004, first with a jump of 8.03 m in Mexico City and then a personal best and Venezuelan national record of 8.34 m in Cochabamba.

Vincent Chepkok

His personal best times are 7:30.15 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in Doha in 2011; 12:51.45 minutes in the 5000 metres, also in Doha in 2010; and 28:23.46 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Barakaldo.