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unusual facts about javelin throw


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.


Ameli Koloska

Ameli Koloska, née Isermeyer (born 28 September 1944 in Dessau) is a retired West German javelin thrower.

Antje Zöllkau

Antje Zöllkau, née Kempe (born 22 June 1963 in Saalfeld, Thuringia) is a retired javelin thrower who represented East Germany.

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

On 11 June 1972 Ewa Gryziecka from Poland broke the javelin throw world record with a throw of 62.70m only to have Ruth Fuchs break that record on the same day with a throw of 65.06m.

Breaux Greer

Breaux Greer (born 19 October 1976 in Houston, Texas, USA) is a male American javelin thrower.

Carla Battaglia-Greene

Battaglia would eventually qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships -and USA Track and Field Championships- in both the heptathlon and javelin throw.

Christian Nicolay

Christian Nicolay (born 4 March 1976 in Bassenheim) is a German javelin thrower.

Evfemija Štorga

Evfemija Štorga (born October 7, 1975 in Medvode) is a retired female javelin thrower from Slovenia.

Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan

Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (born 29 September 1967 in Măgura Ilvei, Bistriţa-Năsăud) is a Romanian javelin thrower.

Flor Ruiz

Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado (born 29 January 1991 in Pradera), Valle Del Cauca, is a Colombian javelin thrower.

Gavin Lovegrove

Gavin Brian Lovegrove (born 21 October 1967 in Hamilton, New Zealand) was a javelin thrower from New Zealand, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics, (Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996).

Karolina Tymińska

She won the European Cup Combined Events title in 2013 with a score of 6347 points, defeating Hanna Melnychenko and setting a javelin throw best of 42.40 m.

Nick Nieland

Dr Nicholas ("Nick") Nieland (born 31 January 1972 in Truro, Cornwall) is a British javelin thrower.

Percy Perry Stadium

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

Sabina Moya

Sabina Moya Rivas (born January 27, 1977 in Turbo, Antioquia) is a retired female javelin thrower from Colombia.

SC Komet Berlin

The sport of javelin throwing was introduced to Germany through a 1906 demonstration to the club by then world record holder Swedish athlete Eric Lemming, the developer of the modern technique of the sport.

Willy Rasmussen

Willy Lorang Rasmussen (born 3 December 1937 in Kongsberg, Buskerud) is a former Norwegian javelin thrower.

Yusbelys Parra

Yusbelys Parra (born 31 July 1986 in El Vigía) is a Venezuelan javelin thrower.


see also

Budhial

The village is the hometown of Captain Muhammad Nawaz two times Asian Champion in javelin throw and A Pride of Performance Award Winner.

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.

Gerhard Stöck

Gerhard Stöck was born in Kaiserswalde, Province of Posen (modern Grabionna, Poland), he represented Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, earning a bronze medal in the shot put and a come-from-behind gold medal in the javelin throw.

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.

Julius Yego

Yego became interested in the javelin throw as a youth and he watched videos of athletes such as Jan Zelezny and Andreas Thorkildsen on YouTube to help with his technique.

Kenth Eldebrink

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

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.

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.

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.

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.