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1951 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 15th World Championships and the 28th European Championships in ice hockey for international teams.

2014 Russian Figure Skating Championships

The results are among the criteria used to select Russia's teams sent to the 2014 European, the World Championships, and the Winter Olympic Games.

Amélie Cazé

She won the Gold medal of the individual event at the 2007, 2008 and 2010 World Championships and 2009 and 2010 European Modern Pentathlon Championships.

Andrea Mead Lawrence

She competed in three Winter Olympics (and two world championships) and was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals.

Annika Viilo

She received a silver medal on the Classic distance at the 1993 World Championships in West Point, and also a silver medal with the relay team, and she received a bronze medal with the relay team in 1989 (Skaraborg).

Art Jorgens

Jorgens has the dubious distinction of having played on teams that won five pennants and five world championships (the New York Yankees in 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939), yet never making a single appearance in a World Series game.

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

But while Bubka would vault in 3 more Olympics and would continue to dominate the World Championships with ultimately 6 consecutive wins, this would be the only Olympic medal he would achieve.

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres

Germany won the K-4 1000 m world championships in 1997 and 1998 while Hungary won in 1999.

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

Brunet had won the past three world championships in this event and was undefeated in this event in over two years.

Chinese Taipei men's national softball team

The 1992 World Championships, the eighth time the event was competed for, was held in Manila.

Christopher Brathwaite

He also competed at the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki.

Dina Asher-Smith

Dina Asher Smith (born 4 December 1995) is a British sprinter who represents Blackheath and Bromley A.C. She is the 2013 European Junior Champion at 200 m and won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow as a member of the British 4 x 100m relay team.

Doug Hele

Moore encouraged him to go to the Norton factory, where he helped Polish engineer Leo Kusmicki design and develop the Featherbed framed Manx Norton single-cylinder racing models that won world championships in the early 1950s.

Frédéric Magné

: World Championships, Bogotá

Garmisch Classic

The area hosted the World Championships in 2011 and 1978, and alpine skiing debuted at the Winter Olympics here in 1936.

Gudiberg

The slalom piste at Gudiberg was improved in preparation for the World Championships in 2011, and has hosted World Cup slalom events.

Hayley Chan

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Chan competed in the women's RS:X class by receiving a berth from the World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.

Heidemarie Steiner

Their greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1970 World Championships in Ljubljana.

History of figure skating

International figure skating competitions began appearing in the late 19th century—in 1891, the European Championships were inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1896, the first World Championships were held in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.

IIHF World Ranking

The Women's 2013 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2013, 2012, and 2011 and at the 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, Canada.

Jazmín López Becker

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Lopez competed in the women's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by receiving a berth from the World Championships in Cadiz, Spain.

Joane Somarriba

She also achieved a time trial victory at the 2003 World Championships in Hamilton, Canada.

Karel Lavický

Lavicky competed in the men's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by receiving a berth from the World Championships in Cadiz, Spain.

Ken Wallace

In 2006, with Australian number one Nathan Baggaley serving a drugs ban, Wallace was selected to represent Australia at the world championships in Szeged, Hungary, where he placed fifth in the K-1 1000 m final.

Kornwestheim

Riders such as Jan de Vries and Henk van Kessel won world championships and set speed records with these machines.

Marek Švec

In 1998, Svec achieved his first success in wrestling, when he won the silver medal, against Russia's Gogi Koguashvili at the World Championships in Gävle, Sweden.

Mark Tonelli

In 1975, Tonelli won his only individual medal at global level, a silver in the 200 m backstroke at the World Championships in Cali, Colombia.

Mikio Oda Memorial International Amateur Athletic Game

It is one of the major track and field meets in Japan called Japan Grand Prix, and qualifying trials for World Championships and Summer Olympic Games have been held.

Miroslav Hajdučík

He also won two golds (1983, 1985) and two silvers (1987, 1989) at the World Championships in the C-2 team event.

Montgomery Atwater

In 1966, he repeated his masterful job of avalanche control at the alpine skiing World Championships in Portillo, Chile, where the ski area had been almost completely destroyed by massive avalanches only a year earlier but successfully held the Championships unscathed.

Oleg Ovsyannikov

They were fifth at the World Championships.

Pascal van Assendelft

Two years later Pascal van Assendelft participated in the World Championships in Paris as a member of the Dutch 4 x 100 metres relay team, together with Jacqueline Poelman, Annemarie Kramer and Joan van den Akker.

Primož Peterka

However, at the World Championships in Oberstdorf he won another bronze team medal for Slovenia (together with Jure Bogataj, Rok Benkovič and Jernej Damjan).

Rinat Farkhoutdinov

With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a three-time Japanese national champion and competed three times at the Four Continents and World Championships.

Rowing New Zealand

The Elite National Team represents New Zealand at the highest level of competition, either at the Olympic Games, World Championships or the Rowing World Cup.

Sabena Flight 548

Sabena Flight 548, registration OO-SJB, was a Boeing 707 aircraft that crashed en route to Brussels, Belgium, from New York City on February 15, 1961, killing the entire United States Figure Skating team on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Sergey Bulygin

During his career he won an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet Union 4 x 7.5 km relay team in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and 4 gold medals and a silver at World Championships.

Shayla Worley

As a national team member who had scored well in the first half of the year, she had hopes of being named to the U.S. team for the World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, but her injury had not gotten better, so she was unable to compete.

Sport in Lithuania

Lithuanian cyclists have achieved good results in prestigious cycling tours and the World Championships.

Steffi Kraker

At the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg she won two bronze medals: team and vault.

Susan Corrock

From 194880 the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Tim Brabants

However, he returned to action in 2006, winning the gold medal in Račice in the K-1 1000 m event at the European Championships and the silver medal in the same event at the World Championships in Szeged in August 2006, finishing just 0.06 seconds behind Sweden's Markus Oscarsson.

Tonia Kwiatkowski

Due to an illness, Tara Lipinski withdrew from the 1998 World Championships following the Olympics, and Kwiatkowski skated in her place.

UK Championships in Athletics

There was then a gap of four years until its brief return in 1997 when it also hosted the British trials for the World Championships.

Viktor Ahn

At the World Championships held in Milan, Italy from March 9 to March 11, 2007, Ahn won his fifth world championship, finishing first in the 1000 m and in the 5000 m relay with teammates, Sung Si-Bak, Song Kyung-Taek, and Kim Hyun-Kon.

Vladimir Shilykovsky

His best season was 1958, when he won the overall silver medal in both the European Championships at Eskilstuna and in the World Championships at Helsinki, on both occasions trailing just behind Oleg Goncharenko.

Xing Huina

In 2003, she came in 7th and broke the World Junior Record (30:31.55) in the memorable race of 10,000m at Saint-Denis World Championships.


see also

1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

This was the 55th World Championships, and at the same time was the 66th and last Ice Hockey European Championships.

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Her win highlighted her success in an event in which she had won an Olympic gold, two World Championships titles, and a gold in the World Cup in just three years.

2010 Men's World Floorball Championships Qualifying

The North American Qualifying rounds of the 2010 World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from February 5 to February 6, 2010.

Andy Husbands

iQUE became the first New England Team to become world champions of BBQ by winning the Jack Daniels World Championships in Lynchburg, Tennessee in 2010.

Angelique Seriese

Other medals include eight European championship victories, bronze at the 1987 World Championships in Essen and silver at the 1993 World Championships in Hamilton.

Bart Swings

His brother Maarten Swings and Ferre Spruyt also make the combination of inline speed skating and speed skating, both participating in the inlineskating world championships and qualifying for the ISU Speed Skating World Cup.

Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

During the 2012/13 or 2013/14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum is 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes.

Cathy King

She won the 1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts, and then won a Bronze Medal at the subsequent World Championships behind Elisabet Gustafson's team from Sweden and Helena Blach Lavrsen's team from Denmark.

Christopher Hedquist

Career highlights include: Bronze Medal 2003 U.S. National Championships, 4th 2003 Junior World Championships, 2004 Overall European Cup Champion, Gold 2005 World Universiade, 7th overall 2006-2007 World Cup

Darya Tkachenko

In 2003 she once again won the Ukrainian championships, in 2004 the senior European championships and in 2005 the World championships in Latronico.

Dede Barry

Her coach suggested she take up speed skating, which she did, swayed by watching Eric and Beth Heiden in the world championships in her home town of Milwaukee.

Duluth Entertainment Convention Center

It is the largest curling venue in the United States, and has hosted two World Championships, the US Olympic Trials, and numerous National events.

Dundalk Ice Dome

In April 2007, Dundalk Ice Dome successfully staged the International Ice Hockey Federation Division III World Championships, where Team Ireland claimed a silver medal and promotion to Division II .

Eduar Villanueva

In the final he finished in eighth place, which was the best ever performance by a Venezuelan track runner at the world championships (improving upon William Wuycke's run in 1987).

Ferréol Cannard

He also got a bronze medal with the French team at the World Championships 2004 in Oberhof

FIBT World Championships 1986

The FIBT World Championships 1986 took place in Königssee, West Germany for the second time, having hosted the event previously in 1979.

Greasy pole

In the UK, contests to climb a greasy pole were held at numerous fairs including the Crab Fair in Egremont, Cumbria where the contest continues to this day - alongside the annual Gurning World Championships see Gurn.

Great Sankey High School

BHCVEX were finalists in the North West regional in the 2012-2013 season, which qualified them for the 2013 UK national competition where they won the tournament in alliance with two other teams from East Barnet School qualifying the team for the world championships in Anaheim.

Ivan Hilgert

His wife Marcela Hilgertová is also a former slalom canoeist and medalist from world championships.

Jackie Lockhart

She started in the buzzing atmosphere that enveloped the Scottish Championships in Glasgow, where her team - largely inexperienced at the highest level apart from herself at skip - overcame Rhona Martin's rink in a three-match final to claim the right to represent Scotland at the World Championships in Bismarck, North Dakota, ahead of the newly-famed Olympic gold medallists.

Javid Chalabiyev

In the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships he won first gold medal for his country at the World Championships by defeating Vladimir Nikitin of Russia.

Katherine Washington

Katherine Washington is a former American women's basketball player, who played on the first two U.S. women's national teams, earning world championships in 1953 and 1957.

Kathy Butler

During the IAAF World Championships Olga Yegorova, who had shown positive for the blood-boosting agent erythropoietin in tests conducted by a Paris lab.

Katie Compton

In 2007 she became the first American woman to podium in the Cyclo-cross World Championships (held in the Cyclo-cross capital of the world that year—Belgium) where she won silver between a French duo composed of Maryline Salvetat (who took the gold) and Laurence Leboucher (who won the bronze).

Kentaro Minagawa

His first international successes were at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Schwyz, with a 5th rank in Slalom, and a 9th rank in Giant Slalom.

Kubrat Pulev

At the European boxing championships 2004 in Pula he defeated world class Alexander Povernov (World Championships Bronze medalist 2005).

Lincoln Castle Academy

Represented South Africa in the 1976 (Madonna di Campiglio, Italy) and 1977 (Inzell, Germany) World Championships.

Lošinj

Agostino Straulino (b. October 10, 1914 in Mali Lošinj; d. December 14, 2004 in Rome) was an Italian sailor and sailboat racer, who won one Olympic gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki) and one silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne) in the Star class, and eight consecutive European championships (1949–56) and two world championships (1952–53) in this class and was world champion in the 5.5m-class.

Marc-André Moreau

In 2004, he won a World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec and he picked up a silver medal at the 2005 moguls world championships in Ruka, Finland.

Matej Beňuš

His elder sister Dana Mann is also a gold medalist from the world championships in canoe slalom.

Matt Tegenkamp

Tegenkamp also finished second behind Bernard Lagat in the 5,000m at the 2007 U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which earned him the right to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka.

Natalia Mishkutenok

They performed to Franz Liszt's Liebestraum (Dream of Love), which became one of the most noted programs of their career and earned them four perfect 6.0 marks at the 1992 World Championships in Oakland, California.

Natalie O'Connor

In 2005 O'Connor competed for Britain at the World Championships in Eindhoven.

Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell

In the 2009 World Championships in Račice he won a bronze medal at the World U23 Championships in the men's eight.

National Ringette League

The creation of the National Ringette League is following the success of the 2002 Ringuette world championships at Edmonton where Canada took gained the golden medal.

Olga Novikova

At the 2004 Junior World Championships in S-chanf she won silver medals in both the long and the middle distance.

Peta-Gaye Dowdie

As a member of the Jamaican sprint relay team she won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships and gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2007 Pan American Games.

Robert Symonette

He also won silver at three World Championships in 1962 in Poole, Dorset, England, in 1973 in Lysekil, Sweden and in 1977 at Bénodet, France.

Shalonda Solomon

While running in the World Championships, she ran far slower than at the National Championships, finishing a distant 4th place in the 200 metres behind Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown, and American teammates Carmelita Jeter and defending champion Alyson Felix.

Simone Niggli-Luder

Since then, her palmarès has been impressive: she won a gold medal at the junior world championships in 1997, has been 20 times Swiss champion, won the Finnish championships once and the Swedish championships nine times, has won the world cup five times, and won seven gold medals at European championships and a total of 17 gold medals at world championships.

Štrbské Pleso

The Junior World Championships were held in 1990, 2000 and 2009.

Svilen Neykov

As the coach of Bulgaria's national rowing team, Neykov has qualified for World Championships, brought teams to a top three Rowing World Cup finish, earned a bronze medal from the 1999 World Rowing Championships and a 2000 Summer Olympics quota.

Swansea Harriers Athletics Club

Hayley Tullett - World Championships - 1500m bronze medalist (2003) and Olympics (2000 and Athens 2004)

Trampolining

In 1973, Ted Blake organised the first World Age Group Competition (WAG) in the newly opened Picketts Lock Sports Centre; these now run alongside the World Championships.

Underwater rugby

In 1978, underwater rugby was officially recognized by the World Underwater Federation CMAS, and from 28 to 30 April 1978, the first European Championships took place in Malmö, Sweden, and from 15 to 18 May 1980, the first World Championships in Mülheim.

Vicenç Vilarrubla

His best World Championships result is a 27th place at the 15 km event in Oberstdorf in 2005, and his best World Cup result is a 17th place at a 15 km event in Changchun in 2007.

Victoria Tereshchuk

She claimed her first World Championship medal, silver, at the 2006 edition in Guatemala City, Guatemala, but then dropped to 34th and 26th the following year at the European and World Championships respectively.

Vincenzo Onorato

A passionate sailor himself, Onorato likes to race hard himself having competed in the Melges 32, Mumm 36, Farr 30, Farr 40 and X-41 World Championships as helmsman to name a few.

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2002

Notable winners included a young Muamer Hukić (more commonly known as the cruiserweight boxing champion Marco Huck) and there were a number of repeat winners from the last world championships in Belgrade with Ramadani Besnik, Fouad Habbani, Olesya Gladkova, Oxana Vassileva, Barbara Plazzoli and Marjut Lappalainen all picking up gold medals.

Women's rowing in Australia

The first Australian female coxless pair to win a medal at a major international event outside the Olympics were Kate Slatter and Megan Still, who won a gold medal in 1995 in Finland at the World Championships.