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unusual facts about javelin


Hyleas Fountain

She continued into the Javelin but was only able to make a non-competitive performance.


1906 Intercalated Games

For his accomplishments he was presented with a ceremonial javelin by King Georgios I. This javelin is still on display in a local pub near Sheridan's hometown in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland.

Ahmed Meshaima

He followed this in Beijing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics by competing in the shot putt and javelin but failed to match his 2004 achievement and went home without any medals.

Ainārs

Ainārs Kovals (born 1981), a Latvian javelin thrower and Olympic medalist.

Amentum

In the experiments made by General Reffye for the Emperor Napoleon, a javelin that could be thrown only 20 metres by hand could be thrown 80 metres with the amentum.

Béla Szepes

One of the most successful javelin thrower of his time, he won the Hungarian championships seven times in a row from 1925 to 1931.

Brittany Borman

Borman competed in the US National Championship in 2010 and 2011, finishing seventh in the javelin both years.

Centennial Stadium

The stadium features a 400m synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.

Chris Huffins

At the Sydney Olympics, Huffins performed consistently, and after the first nine events, including the javelin, he led eventual winner Erki Nool by 6 points.

Christine Stückelberger

She is the fifth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, and javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg.

Cliff Temple

In 1993, Cliff Temple began an investigation into the conflicts of interest in the business affairs of Fatima Whitbread, the former world record-holder in the javelin and the then mistress of Andy Norman, the influential promotions officer of the British Athletic Federation (BAF).

Colby Mules

Harold Alfond Stadium new in 2008, contains an illuminated 400-meter, 8-lane track, with area for the long and triple jump, new discus and hammer cage and separate areas for shot put and javelin competition.

Curtis Moss

On May 12, 2012 he set an event record for the javelin throw at the Ponce Grand Prix in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with a distance of 75.32 metres.

David Ottley

In the episode "The Boy Who Cried Rat" of Good Morning Miss Bliss, Mr Belding (Dennis Haskins) proclaims that nobody remembers second place, referencing the javelin throw of 1984 Summer Olympics.

Detlef Michel

Michel's personal best under the old (pre-1986) javelin design specifications of 96.72 meters, thrown in Berlin on June 8, 1983, was for a while tied with Ferenc Paragi for second best in the world, behind only Petranoff's world record; it was later also exceeded by Uwe Hohn.

En spjutkastares visor

Rautavara was also a successful javelin thrower and his gold medal in 1948 Olympic games is referred in the album title.

Follo

Most parts of Follo are well suited for outdoor activities, and many athletes have come from this district – such as Trine Hattestad (javelin), Jon Rønningen (wrestling), and Siren Sundby (sailing).

Gabriele Bühlmann

She is, jointly with equestrian Markus Fuchs, the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola.

Ida Marcussen

She competed at the international combined event meets in Götzis and Ratingen, setting new personal bests in the shot put, javelin and 800 metres.

Interceptor aircraft

Efforts to replace the Javelin with a supersonic design under Operational Requirement F.155 came to naught.

Jacqueline Todten

She competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the Javelin where she won the Silver medal finishing behind team mate Ruth Fuchs.

Jim M. Courtright

Following the Olympics Courtright competed in the 1937 Pan-American Exposition Games (a precursor to the Pan American Games) in Dallas, Texas where he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw.

John Landowski

He enrolled at the University of Michigan's College of Literature Science and Arts where he competed in the pole vault and javelin throw for the Michigan Wolverines men's track and field team.

Jonni Myyrä

He threw one officially ratified world record in the javelin, 66.10 meters in Stockholm on 24 August 1919 and several other performances exceeding the official record at the time that were for various reasons not ratified, including his eventual personal best of 68.55 thrown in Richmond, Virginia on 27 September 1925.

Jowett Javelin

The song "Jowett Javelin" appears on the Harvey Andrews album "Snaps" and describes a ride in the automobile.

Julius Hutka

Július Hutka (Humenné) is a paralympic athlete from Slovakia competing mainly in category F57 shot putt and javelin events.

Karen Forkel

This ranks her fifth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk and Beate Koch.

Kenth Eldebrink

Kenth Eldebrink (born 14 May 1955 in Morjärv) was a Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw event.

Lee Bartlett

Bartlett was twice Albion's team captain and four times the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association javelin champion; his 1928 MIAA Field Day record was not bettered until 1969.

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

Captain Oliver Wendell “Spearchucker” Jones – from New Jersey, neurosurgeon, played football for the Philadelphia Eagles, also threw javelin as a track athlete

Meggitt Banshee

Banshee entered service with the British Army in the mid-1980s as an aerial target for the Short Blowpipe and Javelin shoulder launched missiles.

Menendez

Osleidys Menéndez (born 1979), Cuban Olympic championship javelin thrower

Nadeeka Lakmali

Lakmali qualified for the finals of the Javelin throw in 2013 IAAF world championships with a best of 60.39m from the Group B. Even though she was not able to match the automatic qualifying mark of 61.50m, she entered the finals as the next best performance from Group A and B. With this performance she became the second athlete from Sri Lanka after sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe to reach the final round at an IAAF World Athletics Championship.

Patla

Genowefa Patla (born 1962), a female javelin thrower from Poland

Phil Northrup

At the 1927 Penn Relays, Northrup won the javelin throw and finished second in the long jump to 1928 Olympic gold medalist Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech.

Sándor Krasznai

He trained among others Sándor Boros, Viktória Fekete and Zsuzsa Malovecz, all of whom became Hungarian champions in javelin throw.

Seppo Räty

Now Räty is coaching another javelin talent from Northern Karelia, Oona Sormunen.

Serafina Akeli

Patsy Serafina Akeli (born December 7, 1978 in Motootua) is a Samoan javelin thrower.

Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala

In the year of 2007 she participated in European Junior Championships where she won the silver medal and was beaten only by Ukrainian javelin thrower Vira Rebryk.

Susanne Jung

This ranks her ninth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel, Tanja Damaske, Ruth Fuchs and Ingrid Thyssen.

Sylvi Saimo

That was first gold medal by Finnish woman in Summer Olympics, and only for 44 years, until Heli Rantanen won gold in javelin throw at 1996.

Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair set the Washington state javelin record in 1975, competing for the Peninsula High School Seahawks, in a dual meet against Curtis High School.

Tom has recently returned to track and field, sharing his expertise with the javelin throwers at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington.

Ute Hommola

Ute Hommola (born January 20, 1952 in Weißenborn, Saxony) is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the women's javelin throw event.

Vadims Vasiļevskis

Latvia had three competitors in javelin throw: Vasiļevskis, Ēriks Rags and Voldemārs Lūsis, with Vasiļevskis being the youngest and the least known of the three.

Women's powerlifting in Australia

Australian Commonwealth Games competitors and Australians Olympians who took up the sport include Bev Francis, a shot putter and javelin thrower.

Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum

In the 1972 Games, hosted in Heidelberg, West Germany, she won a gold medal in javelin with a new world record of 18.5 metres, and also won a silver medal in the shot put.


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