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Born Season’s Best Personal BestAge (Days)
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 200 MetresHeat A
ETCh Record: 20.28 Christoph Lemaitre FRA Stockholm 19 Jun 11
2, 75 19y 363d 1995 20.91 20.91 -15SAMUELSSON Samuli FIN – Finland
His mother Sølvi Meinseth (Née Olsen) has held the Norwegian 400m record since 1991 with 52.45100 pb: 10.72 -15. ht World Youth 100/200 2013. 6 Norwegian 100 2014In 2015: 1 Grimstad 100; 1 Sandnes 100/200; 1 Hamar 200 ‘B’; 1 Uppsala 100; 1 Oslo Diamond 200 ‘B’
3, 196 19y 29d 1996 21.20 21.20 -15MEINSETH Even NOR – Norway
2008 Olympic finalist at 400m ... winner of 23 Swedish titles including 17 at 200m indoors or out400 pb: 44.56 -07. qf WJC 200 2000; qf WJC 200 2000; 2 EJC 400 2001; sf EIC 200 2002/2005; sf WCH 200 2003/2005; 3 WIC 200 2004 (2003-ht); 2 ECP 2002004; qf OLY 200 2004; 2 ECH 200 2006 (2002-ht, 2010-sf); 7 WCH 400 2007 (2009-sf); 2 WIC 400 2008; 8 OLY 400 2008; 1 EIC 400 2009 (2007-4, 2011-ht); 2ETCh 400 2009 (2011-6); sf ECH 400 2012; ht ECH 200/400 2014. 1 Swedish 200 2001/2003/2004/2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/2013 (1 100 2004, 4002002/2005/2011/2012); 1 Swedish indoor 200 2002/2003/2004/2005/2006/2007/2009/2011 & indoor 400 2012. Has run 3000m steeplechase in 11:12.75In 2015: 3 Swedish indoor 200; 2 Weinheim 200 ‘B’; 1 Florø 200 (dnf 100)
4, 282 32y 201d 1982 20.77 20.30 -07WISSMAN Johan SWE – Sweden
2014 European 200m bronze // 100 pb: 10.20w, 10.21 -13 (10.48 -15). 10 ETCh 100 2011; 5 ECH 100 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; 3 ETCh 200 2013 (2014-4); 4WSG 200 2013 (1 4x100); sf WCH 200 2013. 1 Ukrainian 100 2010/2012/2014 (1 200 2012/2013). Coach-Viktor Bryzgin (1 OLY 4x100 1988), husband of OlgaBryzgina (1 OLY 400 1988)In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor 60; 3 Ukrainian Universities 100; 1 Ukrainian Teams 200; 4 Rabat 200
1....19.19..... Usain Bolt JAM..................... 20092....19.26..... Yohan Blake JAM.................. 20113....19.32..... Michael Johnson USA..............19964....19.53..... Walter Dix USA.....................20115....19.58..... Tyson Gay USA..................... 20096....19.63..... Xavier Carter USA................. 20067....19.65..... Wallace Spearmon USA........... 2006=8.. 19.68..... Frankie Fredericks NAM.......... 1996..... 19.68..... Justin Gatlin USA.................. 201510.. 19.72..... Pietro Mennea ITA.................1979
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....20.09..... L-S Tsákonas GRE2....20.21..... Christophe Lemaitre FRA3....20.37..... Churandy Martina NED4....20.40..... Delano Williams GBR5....20.42..... Jimmy Vicaut FRA6....20.45..... Karol Zalewski POL7....20.47..... Chijindu Ujah GBR8....20.49..... James Ellington GBR9....20.49..... Robin Erewa GER10.. 20.54..... Richard Kilty GBR
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Men’s 200 MetresHeat B
ETCh Record: 20.28 Christoph Lemaitre FRA Stockholm 19 Jun 11
2, 250 21y 353d 1993 20.70 20.70 -15OGARKOV Denis RUS – Russia
2012 European bronze medallist at 200m // 100 pb: 10.14 -14. sf WJC 200 2010; 3 ECH 200 2012 (2014-sf); 4 ETCh 200 2013 (2011-6); 2 under-23 ECH 2002013 (2011-4); 2 ETCh 100 2014; 7 COM 200 2014 (2 4x100); sf ECH 200 2014 (gold 4x100 having run in heats). 1 UK 200 2014 & indoor 2011; 1 English under-23 200 2011/2012. Two of his uncles competed for Wales as schoolboys, one as a javelin thrower and another as a rugby player. Coach-Dan CossinsIn 2015: sf UK indoor 400 (pb 47.84 in heat; qualified for final but scratched); 2 Gainesville 200; Second leg for British team which won the ‘B’ final at theIAAF World Relays (unfortunately, they just missed qualifying for the ‘A’ final which would have meant automatic Olympic selection for the British team); 2Hengelo 200
3, 125 24y 51d 1991 20.67 20.36 -14TALBOT Danny GBR – Great Britain & NI
In Barcelona 2010 became the first man to win the sprint treble at the European Championships (but now he has lost all those titles to British athletes)100 pb: 9.92 -11 (10.16 -15). 4 World Youth 100 2007 (5 200); 1 WJC 200 2008; 1 EJC 100 2009; dq qf WCH 100 2009 (false start); 2 ETCh 100 2010; 1 ECH100/200/4x100 2010; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; 3 EIC 60 2011 (2009-sf); 1 ETCh 100/200 2011; 3 WCH 200 2011 (4 100); 2 WCH 4x100 2011; 1 ECH100 2012; 6 OLY 200 2012; 1 ETCh 200 2013; 7 WCH 100 2013 (injured); 2 ECH 100/200 2014 (3 4x100); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014 (5 100). 1 French100/200 2010/2011/2012/2014, 200 2013 & indoor 60 2011/2014/2015. Coach-Pierre Carraz. 1.91/82kgIn 2015: 1 French indoor 60; 2 IAAF World Relays 4x200 (5 4x100); 1 Vénissieux 100; 2 Tourcoing 100; 2 Rome Diamond 100; 4 Marseille 100; 1 Oslo Diamond200
4, 101 25y 10d 1990 20.21 19.80 -11LEMAITRE Christophe FRA – France
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION2013 European under-23 Champion at 200m (where he defeated 400m star Pavel Maslak and the British favourites Talbot & Gemili)100 pb: 10.24w, 10.25 -13. 400 pb: 46.05 -14 (46.25i, 46.76 -15). 4 WJC 200 2012 (4 4x100, 2 4x400); dq ETCh 200 2013; 1 under-23 ECH 200 2013 (2 4x100);sf WCH 200 2013; 1 ETCh 200 2014 (7 100); 8 ECH 200 2014; sf EIC 400 2015 (2 4x400). 1 Polish 100/200 2013/2014 (1 indoor 200 2014/2015 & 400 2015He qualified for the the 2014 European 200m final by a manual draw between him and James Ellington (GBR), as they each clocked identical times (20.518)in their semi-finalsIn 2015: 1 Gdańsk 200 (2 100); 4 Prague Odložil 400; 6 Oslo Diamond 200; 2 Bydgoszcz 200
5, 231 21y 318d 1993 20.45 20.41 -13ZALEWSKI Karol POL – Poland
Reigning German 200m Champion indoors & out // 100 pb: 10.31 -14 (10.33 -15). 5 WJC 200 2010; 3 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; sf ECH 200 2014. 1 German200 2011/2014 (1 indoor 2014/2015)In 2015: 1 German indoor 200; 3 IAAF World Relays 4x200; 1 Gladbeck 100/200; 4 Weinheim 100; 1 Regensburg 200 (20.66 into 3.0 wind)
6, 133 23y 362d 1991 20.66 20.46 -14EREWA Robin GER – Germany
Spanish record holder for 200m // 100 pb: 10.27 -12 (10.49 -15). sf WJC 200 2010; ht ECH 200 2012; 5 under-23 ECH 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013. 1 Spanish200 2013. Student of College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell UniversityIn 2015: 1 Lewisburg 400; 1 Ithaca 400; 3 Penn Relays 100; 1 Swarthmore 200/400; 1 European Clubs Cup 200/400; 4 Huelva 400; 1 Spanish Clubs
1....19.19..... Usain Bolt JAM..................... 20092....19.26..... Yohan Blake JAM.................. 20113....19.32..... Michael Johnson USA..............19964....19.53..... Walter Dix USA.....................20115....19.58..... Tyson Gay USA..................... 20096....19.63..... Xavier Carter USA................. 20067....19.65..... Wallace Spearmon USA........... 2006=8.. 19.68..... Frankie Fredericks NAM.......... 1996..... 19.68..... Justin Gatlin USA.................. 201510.. 19.72..... Pietro Mennea ITA.................1979
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....20.09..... L-S Tsákonas GRE2....20.21..... Christophe Lemaitre FRA3....20.37..... Churandy Martina NED4....20.40..... Delano Williams GBR5....20.42..... Jimmy Vicaut FRA6....20.45..... Karol Zalewski POL7....20.47..... Chijindu Ujah GBR8....20.49..... James Ellington GBR9....20.49..... Robin Erewa GER10.. 20.54..... Richard Kilty GBR
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Men’s 800 MetresETCh Record: 1:45.41 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Bergen 20 Jun 10
Sun/16:15
French record holder // 8 WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 3 ECH 2012; sf OLY 2012; 4 ETCh 2013/2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 7 WCH 2013; 8 ECH 2014 (First to last infinal 200m). 1 French 2012/2014. His real name is Bossé but is adamant that people write “Bosse” (no accent) and pronounce it “Boss”. Coach-Bruno GajerIn 2015: 4 Doha Diamond; 5 Ostrava 1000; 7 Rome Diamond; 3 New York Diamond
1, 86 23y 40d 1992 1:43.88 1:42.53 -14BOSSE Pierre-Ambroise FRA – France
8x Italian Champion (5 in + 3 out) // 400 pb: 47.64 -13 (48.55 -15). 6 WJC 2008; 8 Mediterranean Games 2009; sf ECH 2010/2014; 4 under-23 ECH 2011; htEIC 2013; sf WCH 2013; 3 ETCh 2013 (2010-8, 2013-5). 1 Italian 2011/2012/2014 & indoor 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014In 2015: 1 Milan 1000; 1 Trento 400; 5 Kawasaki; 3 European Clubs Cup; 8 Rome Diamond
7x German Champion (4 in + 3 out) // 6 World Youth 2005; sf WJC 2006; 3 ECP 2007 (2008-4); 1 EJC 2007; 3 under-23 ECH 2009; ht WCH 2009; 4 ETCh 2010;dnf EIC 2011 (injured when another runner fell); 5 EIC 2015. 1 German 2008/2009/2013 (1 indoor 2008/2010/2013/2015). Son of former East German 800mrunner Katrin Wuhn (4 EIC 1500 1987). Coach-Adi ZaarIn 2015: 1 German indoor; 5 EIC; 5 IAAF World Relays Distance Medley; 2 Hengelo; 1 Dessau
7, 155 26y 262d 1988 1:45.48 1:45.48 -15SCHEMBERA Robin GER – Germany
2013 World Youth silver (where he made up a huge amount of ground to pass five men in the last 100m)2 World Youth 2013; sf WJC 2014. 1 Russian junior 2015. He is being compared with Yuriy Borzakovskiy (who is now the Russian Team Manager)In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; 1 Russian Teams
8a, 257 19y 115d 1996 1:48.57 1:48.29 -13TOLOKONNIKOV Konstantin RUS – Russia
2014 Commonwealth Games & 2015 European indoor finalist // sf EJC 2011; 6 COM 2014; 6 EIC 2015. 1 Scottish indoor 2010; 1 British Universities 2012; 1Scottish 2013; 1 UK indoor 2015. Says he has to wear odd socks for each race. Coaches-George Gandy & Henry GrayIn 2015: 1 UK indoor; 6 EIC; 2 Loughborough v Army 400; 6 Oordegem; 5 Ostrava 600; fell Birmingham Diamond; 2 Loughborough Open
8b, 120 23y 57d 1992 1:47.65 1:46.69 -14LEARMONTH Guy GBR – Great Britain & NI
1....1:40.91.. David Rudisha KEN................ 20122....1:41.11.. Wilson Kipketer DEN.............. 1997=3.. 1:41.73.. Sebastian Coe GBR................ 1981..... 1:41.73.. Nijel Amos BOT.................... 20125....1:41.77.. Joaquim Cruz BRA................. 19846....1:42.23.. Abubaker Kaki SUD................ 20107....1:42.28.. Sammy Koskei KEN................ 19848....1:42.34.. Wilfred Bungei KEN............... 20029....1:42.37.. Mohammed Aman ETH............ 201310.. 1:42.47.. Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS........... 2001
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....1:43.88.. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA2....1:43.94.. Adam Kszczot POL3....1:44.25.. Marcin Lewandowski POL4....1:45.07.. Giordano Benedetti ITA5....1:45.21.. Artur Kuciapski POL6....1:45.48.. Robin Schembera GER7....1:45.59.. Kevin López ESP8....1:45.83.. Mark English IRL9....1:45.97.. Sofiane Selmouni FRA10.. 1:46.11.. Thijmen Kupers NED
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Men’s 3000 MetresETCh Record: 7:50.99 Richard Ringer GER Braunschweig 22 Jun 14
Sun/15:02
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSurprise winner of 3000m at 2014 European Team Championships and a key contribution to the team win of Germany (because their closest rivals, Russia,gained only 11th place in the same race)7:46.18i -15. 5000 pb: 13:25.24 -14. (13:48.15 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:28.96 -14. 1500 pb: 3:41.55 -14 (3:42.04 -15). 13 EJC 5000 2007; ht WCH 1500 2008; 7under-23 ECH 5000 2011; 1 ETCh 3000 2014 (2013-5); 7 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014; 5 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2010-31u23, 2011-4u23, 2013-7. 1 GermanXC 2013/2014 & 5000/10,000 2014In 2015: 1 German indoor 3000; 5 EIC 3000; 8 Rehlingen 1500; 15 Rome Diamond 5000
1, 153 26y 114d 1989 7:50.99 7:50.99 -14RINGER Richard GER – Germany
1....7:20.67.. Daniel Komen KEN.................19972....7:23.09.. Hicham El Guerrouj MAR......... 19983....7:25.02.. Ali Saidi-Sief ALG.................. 20004....7:25.09.. Haile Gebrselassie ETH........... 19985....7:25.11.. Noureddine Morceli ALG..........19946....7:25.79.. Kenenisa Bekele ETH..............20077....7:26.62.. Mohammed Mourhit BEL..........20008....7:27.18.. Moses Kiptanui KEN............... 19959....7:27.26.. Yenew Alamirew ETH............. 201110.. 7:27.55.. Edwin Soi KEN......................2011
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....7:38.22.. Mohamed Farah GBR2....7:46.59.. Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR3....7:48.82.. Roberto Alaiz ESP4....7:54.13.. Antonio Abadía ESP5....7:54.65.. Yegor Nikolayev RUS6....7:55.07.. Stanislav Maslov UKR7....7:55.42.. Ali Kaya TUR8....7:57.77.. Isaac Kimeli BEL9....7:57.97.. Dennis Licht NED10.. 7:58.61.. Krystian Zalewski POL
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Men’s 3000m SteeplechaseETCh Record: 8:25.50 Yoann Kowal FRA Braunschweig 22 Jun 14
3, 235 31y 59d 1984 8:23.0 8:22.81 -12CHAVKIN Nikolay RUS – Russia
2013 European Champion Champion // 2 Youth Olympic Games ‘B’ 2000SC 2011; 5 World Youth 2000SC 2011; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 2000SC 2011; 1EJC 3000SC 2013. 1 English Schools 1500SC 2010; 1 UK School Games 1500SC 2010. Student of Business at Florida State University. Coach/father Jeff SeddonIn 2012 he became only the second British junior to better 8:40 after Paul Davies-Hale in 1979-19811 Florida Relays 1500/3000; 6 Mt SAC Relays 1500; 2 Tallahassee 3000SC; 8 NCAA 3000SC
4, 124 20y 358d 1994 8:34.84 8:34.42 -13SEDDON Zak GBR – Great Britain & NI
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION2014 European Steeplechase Champion, in memorable circumstances (following the disqualification of Mahiedine Mekhissi)1500 pb: 3:33.75 -11 (3:38.56 -15). 3000 pb: 7:44.26i -12, 7:56.88 -11. 11 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2007; 3 EIC 1500 2009 (2011-ht); 3 ETCh 1500 2009; 6 under-23 ECH 1500 2009; 5 ECH 1500 2010; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010; sf WCH 1500 2011 (2009-ht); 10 WIC 3000 2012; sf OLY 1500 2012; 4 EIC 3000 2013(2015-ht); 3 ETCh 3000SC 2013 (2011-5); 8 WCH 3000SC 2013; 2 Francophone Games 3000SC 2013; 1 ECH 3000SC 2014; ht EIC 1500 2015. At WXC: 2005-106J.At EXC: 2007-67u23, 2009-75u23. 1 French 2008/2010/2014 & indoor 1500 2014. After his celebratory lap in Zürich 2014 he proposed to his girlfriendMarianne Coste and she said ouiIn 2015: 3ht EIC 1500; 2 Montbéliard 1500; 6 Rabat 3000SC
5, 99 28y 24d 1987 8:18.38 8:12.53 -13KOWAL Yoann FRA – France
2012 Olympic finalist & 5x Italian Champion // ht WJC 2000; 9 ECP 2006; ht EIC 3000 2009; 7 ECH 2012; 13 OLY 2012; dq ht WCH 2013 (ran inside border); 4ETCh 2014 (2013-7); 12 ECH 2014. 1 Italian 2005/2007/2008/2010/2011. At WXC: 2005-62 short. At EXC: 2010-38, 2011-29In 2015: 7 Italian indoor 3000; 3 European Clubs Cup 3000; 6 Huelva
Norwegian record holder // ht WJC 2008; sf EJC 2009; 2 WJC 2010 (2008-ht); 12 ETCh 2010; 7 under-23 ECH 2011; sf ECH 2012 (2014-ht); sf EIC 2013. 1Norwegian 2009-2012. Student of Media Science at the University of Oslo. He is the younger brother of Norwegian women’s record holder ChristinaVukicevic. Coach/father-Petar Vukicevic YUG (7x Yugoslavian Champion at 110mH)In 2015: ht Weinheim
3, 205 24y 46d 1991 14.29 13.55 -12VUKICEVIC Vladimir NOR – Norway
5, 62 22y 72d 1993 13.83w 13.89 -14LAKKA Elmo FIN – Finland
13.60w -15. 9 ETCh 2014; ht ECH 2014; ht EIC 2015. 1 Italian 2013/2014 (1 indoor 2015). Originally from the Ivory Coast, cleared by the IAAF to compete forItaly from November 9, 2011In 2015: 1 Italian indoor; 5ht EIC; 2 Montgeron; 6 Oordegem; 8 Rome Diamond; 3 Geneva
1....12.80..... Aries Merritt USA.................. 20122....12.87..... Dayron Robles CUB................ 20083....12.88..... Liu Xiang CHN...................... 20064....12.89..... David Oliver USA...................20105....12.90..... Dominique Arnold USA............20066....12.91..... Colin Jackson GBR.................1993=7.. 12.92..... Roger Kingdom USA............... 1989..... 12.92..... Allen Johnson USA.................19969....12.93..... Renaldo Nehemiah USA...........1981=10.12.94..... Jack Pierce USA....................1996..... 12.94..... Hansle Parchment JAM........... 2014
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....13.06..... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA2....13.20..... Garfield Darien FRA3....13.23..... Sergey Shubenkov RUS=4.. 13.28..... Dimitri Bascou FRA..... 13.28..... Wilhem Belocian FRA6....13.42..... Gregor Traber GER7....13.47..... Konstadínos Douvalídis GRE8....13.50..... Milan Ristić SRB9....13.50..... Thomas Martinot-Lagarde FRA10.. 13.52..... Balázs Baji HUN
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Men’s 110 Metres HurdlesHeat B
ETCh Record: 13.20 Sergey Shubenkov RUS Braunschweig 22 Jun 14
Sun/16:00
Ex-Cuba, has lived in Spain since 2012, acquired Spanish citizenship on April 24, 2015 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for Spain from June 15, 20156 Cuban National Games 2010In 2015: 1 Zaragoza; 7 Montgeron; 1 Castellón; 1 Namur; 2 Geneva; 1 Tres Cantos; 1 Spanish Clubs
2014 World indoor finalist // 13.23w -14. TJ pb: 15.33 -09. 7 World Youth TJ 2009; sf WJC 110H 2010; ht WIC 60H 2012; sf ECH 2012; 3 under-23 ECH 2013;5 WIC 2014; sf ECH 2014. 1 German indoor 2011/2012Was one of the favourites for the 2011 European Junior title but was disqualified for false-starting in his heat (“It was my fault, but I don’t really have anexplanation.”)In 2015: ht Clermont; 7 Hengelo; 1 Weinheim; 5 Marseille
4, 158 22y 200d 1992 13.42 13.42 -15TRABER Gregor GER – Germany
He was the world #1 in 2014 with five Diamond League wins (though he did not win as expected at the World Indoor & European Championships)4 EJC 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 2 ETCh 2013; ht WCH 2013; 2 WIC 2014 (2012-3); 3 ETCh 2014; 3 ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2013-3). 1 French 2014 & indoors2012/2013/2014. His older brother Thomas Martinot Lagarde (pb 13.26) is also an international hurdler. Their coach-Laurence BilyIn 2015: 1 EIC; 1 Eugene Diamond (beat very strong field: 2nd Aries Merritt, 3rd David Oliver, 4th Orlando Ortega, 5 Sergey Shubenkov); 2 Montreuil; 1 Rabat
5, 102 23y 272d 1991 13.06 12.95 -14MARTINOT-LAGARDE Pascal FRA – France
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONTwice European Champion. 2013 World bronze. Russian record holder2 EJC 2009; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 ECH 2012/2014; sf OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2013; 1 ETCh 2013/2014; 3 WSG 2013; 3 WCH 2013 (2011-ht); sf WIC 2014. 1 Russian2013 (1 indoors 2013/2014). Attends Tyumen State University. His mother Natalya Shubenkova was fourth in the Seoul Olympic Heptathlon and scored 6859in 1984. Coaches-Sergei Klevtsov & Nadezhda KlevtsovaIn 2015: 5 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond
6, 254 24y 260d 1990 13.23 13.09 -12SHUBENKOV Sergey RUS – Russia
Fourth place at the London Olympics // 13.14w -12. 4 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 3 COM 2010 (2014-8); ht EIC 2011; 3 under-23 ECH2011; ht WCH 2011; 4 OLY 2012; 8 COM 2014; 5 EIC 2015. 1 English junior 2009; 1 UK 2011 & indoor 2015. He has dual nationality with the USA (his father SirToby Clarke was born in California). Graduate of Theology and Religious Studies from Bristol University. Coach-Malcolm Arnold. 1.87 tallQualified for 2014 European final outdoors, but forced to withdraw because “A minor strain in warm up could have been a serious injury if I ran the final.”In 2015: 1 Welsh indoor; 1 UK indoor; 5 EIC; 3 Manchester; 1 Hengelo; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 3 RabatConsistent in 2015: his four runs outdoor so far have been 13.53, 13.57, 13.54, 13.53, 13.56
7, 113 25y 101d 1990 13.53 13.31 -12CLARKE Lawrence GBR – Great Britain & NI
1....12.80..... Aries Merritt USA.................. 20122....12.87..... Dayron Robles CUB................ 20083....12.88..... Liu Xiang CHN...................... 20064....12.89..... David Oliver USA...................20105....12.90..... Dominique Arnold USA............20066....12.91..... Colin Jackson GBR.................1993=7.. 12.92..... Roger Kingdom USA............... 1989..... 12.92..... Allen Johnson USA.................19969....12.93..... Renaldo Nehemiah USA...........1981=10.12.94..... Jack Pierce USA....................1996..... 12.94..... Hansle Parchment JAM........... 2014
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....13.06..... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA2....13.20..... Garfield Darien FRA3....13.23..... Sergey Shubenkov RUS=4.. 13.28..... Dimitri Bascou FRA..... 13.28..... Wilhem Belocian FRA6....13.42..... Gregor Traber GER7....13.47..... Konstadínos Douvalídis GRE8....13.50..... Milan Ristić SRB9....13.50..... Thomas Martinot-Lagarde FRA10.. 13.52..... Balázs Baji HUN
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Men’s Pole VaultETCh Record: 6.01 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Leiria 21 Jun 09
Sun/15:05
1 Swedish 2013; 1 Swedish indoor 2015In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor; 1 Swedish under-23 indoor; 1 Sollentuna
1, 279 22y 96d 1993 5.05 5.16 -13STÉNSON Carl SWE – Sweden
1 Finnish 2014. 1.86 tallIn 2015: 9 Finnish indoor; 1 Kuopio; =1 Turku
2, 66 25y 299d 1989 5.35 5.35 -15MARJANIEMI Jouni FIN – Finland
Ex-Ukraine, obtained Spanish citizenship on September 17, 2007Poor record in big championships, though he did reach the London Olympic final4 Ibero-American 2010; 7 ETCh 2010 (2013-7=); dnq ECH 2010 2010/2014; nh WCH final 2011 (2013-dnq); nh ECH final 2012; 12 OLY 2012. 1 Spanish2013/2014. Coach-Javier Navas. 1.89 tallIn 2015: 6 Florence; 5 European Clubs Cup; 9 Żary; 1 Spanish Clubs
2015 European indoor bronze // 5.90i -15. 5 ETCh 2014; 6 ECH 2014; 3 EIC 2015 (2013-dnq). 1 Polish indoor 2013/2015. Lisek means Fox in English. Coach-Wiaczesław KalimiczenkoThe tattoo across his back is “Alea iacta est”, which is latin for “The die is cast”In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; 3 EIC; 1 Sasolburg; 1 Athens; 5 Doha Diamond; 2 Ostrava; 5 Eugene Diamond; 2 Żary; nh Piła
6, 221 22y 308d 1992 5.70 5.82 -14LISEK Piotr POL – Poland
10x Belarusian Champion (6 in + 4 out) // dnq WJC 2006; 8 ETCh 2011; nh ECH final 2012; dnq OLY 2012; nh ETCh 2013. 1 Belarusian 2007/2009/2011/2014& indoor 2007/2008/2010-2013. He is the cousin of 1996 Olympic bronze medallist Andrei Tiwontchik. 1.82 tallIn 2015: 1 Belarusian Cup; 1 Minsk Olympic Prizes; nh Żary
2015 European indoor silver. Former World Student Games Champion // 5.85i -15. 1 WSG 2009 (2011-2, 2013-5); 5 WCH 2009 (2013-dnq); dnq WIC 2010; =2ETCh 2014 (2010-6, 2011-3); 5 ECH 2014 (2010-dnq); 2 EIC 2015. 1 Russian indoor 2015. Attends Kuban State University, Krasnodar. 1.74 tallIn 2015: 1 Russian indoor; 2 EIC; 3 Rome Diamond; 6 Prague Odložil
9, 238 28y 273d 1986 5.71 5.75 -09GRIPICH Aleksandr RUS – Russia
(Thoirs pronounced “Thors”)Scottish record holder. Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games8 under-23 ECH 2013; 4 COM 2014. 1 Scottish 2013. Coaches-Brian Donaldson (Scotland) / Pat Licari at the University of Washington (Seattle). Ex-gymnast,he says he grew too tall. 1.98 tall4 NCAA indoor; 1 Tempe; =2 Eugene Pepsi; =5 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Chula Vista; 1 Los Angeles; 20 NCAA West (therefor didn’t qualify for main NCAAChampionships)
10, 126 22y 75d 1993 5.65 5.65 -15THOIRS Jax GBR – Great Britain & NI
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONOutright world record holder with his indoor 6.16 from Donyetsk 2014. 2012 Olympic Champion. World athlete of the year for 201410 under-23 ECH 2007; 1 EIC 2009/2011/2013/2015; 1 ETCh 2009/2010/2014 (2011-5); 1 ECH 2010/2012/2014; 1 WIC 2012 (2008/2010-dnq); 1 OLY 2012; 2WCH 2013 (2009/2011-3); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014 (2010-2). 1 French 2010/2012/2013 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2013/2015). Coach-Philippe D’Encausse(previously Damien Inocencio). 1.76 tallHis has his own pole vault bed and short run-up in the back garden of his house in Clermont-Ferrand (he can climb nearby tree when he has to adjust adjustthe crossbar)In 2015: 1 Aubière; 1 Reno ’Summit’; 1 Rouen; 1 Karlsruhe; 1 Nevers; 1 Berlin ISTAF; 1 French indoor; 1 Malmö Games; 1 EIC; 1 Drake Relays (Apr 22); 3Drake Relays (Apr 25); 1 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond
11, 100 28y 276d 1986 6.05 6.05 -15LAVILLENIE Renaud FRA – France
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION2013 World Student Games Champion2 World Youth 2007; 1 EJC 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 3 EIC 2013 (2015-4); 1 ETCh 2013/2014 (2009-8, 2010-5, 2011-nm); 2 WSG 2013; 1 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-2);5 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 3 ECH 2014 (2012-4). 1 Russian 2011/2013/2014. Attends Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism. Coachedby his father, Leonid, who was also a triple jumper – as was his mother, TatyanaIn 2015: 2 Russian indoor; 4 EIC; 2 Kawasaki; 7 Doha Diamond; 2 Ostrava; 1 Russian Teams (pb 17.42); 7 Rome Diamond
11, 237 24y 27d 1991 17.42 17.42 -15FYODOROV Aleksey RUS – Russia
2015 UK Indoor Champion. Now fifth on the UK all-time list // 15.15i -14. LJ pb: 8.21 -15. 1 English under-23 2012; 2 UK 2013/2014 (2011-3); 1 UK indoor2015 (2011/2013-3, 2014-2). Coach-Frank AttohHe also competes at Triple Jump for the club Shaftesbury Barnet in the British LeagueIn 2015: 1 UK indoor; 3 Birmingham Grand Prix; (He was unlucky not to be selected for the European Indoor Championships when he could not quite meetthe tough UKA standard of 8.02); 1 Clermont (pb up from 7.90i to 8.21 – “I'm flabbergasted”); 1 Gainesville; 3 Manchester; 2 Loughborough International; 3Birmingham Diamond(He is due to jump in the triple jump tomorrow as a late replacement for Nathan Douglas (thigh strain))
12, 109 24y 250d 1990 - 14.88 -14BRAMBLE Dan GBR – Great Britain & NI
4, 161 28y 11d 1987 64.76 68.33 -12WIERIG Martin GER – Germany
2013 World Student Games bronze, representing North-Caucasus Federal University of Stavropol3 WSG 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Russian 2014 (“I did not expect this. Something must have gone wrong with my competitors’). 1.95/115kgIn 2015: 3 Adler (Feb 12); 5 Russian winter; 1 Adler (Apr 23); 1 Russian teams; 3 Yerino
5, 255 29y 37d 1986 60.65 62.55 -13SIDORCHENKO Gleb RUS – Russia
2010 Commonwealth Games finalist shot and discus (for Jersey)2014 UK Champion at DiscusSP pb: 19.42 -13 (18.29 -15). 6 Commonwealth Youth Games DT 2008 (9 SP); 1 Island Games DT 2010 (3 SP); 10 COM DT 2010 (12 SP); 1 Island Games SP/DT2011; 8 ETCh SP 2014 (2013-9); 8 COM DT 2014 (9 SP). 1 English under-23 SP 2012/2013 (1 DT 2013); 1 UK DT 2014. Former sprinter. His sister Shadine is alsoa thrower. Coach-John HillierIn 2015: 14 European Throws Cup SP (5 DT ‘B’); 3 Chula Vista SP (9 DT); 7 San Diego SP (10 DT); 5 Irvine SP (9 DT); 2 Loughborough International SP/DT; 2Bedford Games SP; 1 British League div 2/Jun 6 DT (2 SP)
6, 116 23y 271d 1991 58.95 63.46 -12DUQUEMIN Zane GBR – Great Britain & NI
2013 European under-23 bronze // dnq WJC 2010; 12 ETCh 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 2013. 1 French under-23 2011. 1 French 2012In 2015: 1 Potsdam; 1 French winter; 1 Chelles; 1 Vineuil; 1 Montgeron; 1 Pontoise; 1 Grenoble
7, 91 24y 34d 1991 61.51 61.70 -13DJOUHAN Lolassonn FRA – France
7x Italian Champion // 4 ECP 2006 (2008-6); dnq ECH 2006/2014; dnq WCH 2007; 6 World Military Games 2011; 7 ETCh 2014. 1 Italian2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2014. 1.94/115kgIn 2015: 3 Lucca; 1 Palanova; 2 Tarquinia (May 21); 1 Bolzano; 1 Savona; 1 Castiglione della Pescaia; 3 Tarquinia (Jun 10)
8, 178 36y 181d 1978 62.56 65.01 -07KIRCHLER Hannes ITA – Italy
SP pb: 19.17 -14 (17.41 -15). dnq World Youth SP/DT 2009; dnq WJC SP 2010; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Swedish 2014. His first sport was ice hockey. Coach-VesteinnHafsteinsson. 2.00/136kgIn 2015: 1 Uppsala SP/DT; 2 Tartu; 2 Bydgoszcz
9, 278 22y 297d 1992 61.23 66.89 -14STÅHL Daniel SWE – Sweden
Full name-Yennifer Frank Casanas Hernandez3x Cuban Champion, fifth in 2008 Olympics for Spain2 Pan-Am Games 2003; 5 OLY 2008 (2000/2004-dnq, 2012-7); 2 Ibero-American 2010; 2 ETCh 2011 (2010-4); 5 ECH 2012 (2010-11, 2014-8); 9 WCH 2013(2003/2005/2009-dnq). 1 Cuban 2003/2004/2005. 1 Spanish 2006/2014. Cleared by the IAAF to represent Spain from August 6, 2005 (two years after hethrew for Cuba at the 2005 World Championships), then granted Spanish citizenship on May 29, 2008. His wife Dolores Pedrares is a 67m hammer thrower.1.87/117kgIn 2015: 1 Castellón (May 2); 1 Zaragoza; 2 Castellón (May 23); 3 European Clubs Cup; 1 Spanish Clubs
1....74.08..... Jürgen Schult GDR.................19862....73.88..... Virgiljus Alekna LTU.............. 20003....73.38..... Gerd Kanter EST................... 20064....71.86..... Yuriy Dumchev RUS............... 19835....71.84..... Piotr Małachowski POL............20136....71.70..... Robert Fazekas HUN.............. 20027....71.50..... Lars Riedel GER....................19978....71.32..... Ben Plucknett USA.................1983=9.. 71.26..... John Powell USA...................1984..... 71.26 .... Rickard Bruch SWE................ 1984
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....67.93..... Christoph Harting GER2....67.39..... Zoltán Kővágó HUN3....67.20..... Gerhard Mayer AUT4....66.67..... Martin Kupper EST5....66.43..... Philip Milanov BEL6....65.87..... Piotr Małachowski POL7....65.51..... Andrius Gudžius LTU8....65.44..... Viktor Butenko RUS9....65.42..... Robert Urbanek POL10.. 65.04..... Apostolos Parellis CYP
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
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European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Javelin ThrowETCh Record: 86.78 Tero Pitkämäki FIN Bergen 21 Jun 09
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2012 Olympic silver // 3 under-23 ECH 2007; dnq WCH 2009; 4 ETCh 2010; 4 ECH 2010 (2014-dnq); 2 OLY 2012. 1 Ukrainian 2011. Pyatnytsya is the Ukrainianword for Friday. Coach-Nikolay Gurnevich. 1.86/90kgIn October 2012 he ruptured ligaments in his right knee, for which he underwent surgery the following month. He could not begin walking until January2013, but then his season was curtailed by an elbow injuryIn 2015: 1 Kiev; 1 Ukrainian Teams
6, 160 22y 87d 1993 85.40 85.40 -15VETTER Johannes GER – Germany
2012 European silver, but then controversially not selected for London Olympics9 World Youth 2009; 5 EJC 2011; 2 ECH 2012 (2014-7); 11 WSG 2013; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Russian 20014. Student of Russian State Social University in Dedovsk,but he also writes and records his own songs (mostly rap). 1.88/91kgIn 2015: 1 Russian under-23 winter; 1 European Throws Cup; 5 Beijing; 1 Russian teams; 9 Rabat
7, 240 23y 127d 1992 83.00 83.56 -13IORDAN Valeriy RUS – Russia
1 AAA under-17 2005; 1 English Schools 2007/2008; 1 English junior 2008; 1 South of England 2013/2014; 2 UK 2013/2014. He came to the UK from Uganda asan asylum seeker1 Loughborough Open; 1 British League Premiership/May 9; 1 Loughborough International; 1 Bedford Games; 3 British League Premiership/Jun 6
8, 112 25y 179d 1989 73.53 74.64 -14BUWEMBO Bonne GBR – Great Britain & NI
2009 World Youth silver // 2 World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 10 ETCh 2011 (2013/2014-12); 12 under-23 ECH 2013; 3 Francophone Games 2013; 1Mediterranean under-23 2014. 1 French 2012In 2015: 1 French winter; 1 Franconville; 1 Tourcoing; 4 Forbach; 2 Colmar; 2 Lillebonne
9, 92 22y 309d 1992 72.48 79.98 -13DURECHOU Killian FRA – France
He threw further than 80m for the first time at the 2014 European Team ChampionshipsHJ pb: 2.13i -06. 6 Mediterranean Games 2013; 9 WSG 2013; 4 ETCh 2014 (2013-11); dnq ECH 2014. 1 Italian 2013/2014. Former Italian under-23 Championat high jumpIn 2015: 1 Italian winter; 5 European Throws Cup; 1 Trento; 6 Halle; 1 Savona; 8 Rome Diamond
Twice US Collegiate Champion, representing Boise State University7 ECP 2004; dnq WCH 2007/2013; 2 ETCh 2011; 8 ECH 2012 (2010/2014-dnq). 1 Swedish 2014. 1 NCAA 2004/2005. Works part-time as a financial riskmanager. Coach-Lasse Haka. 1.93/95kgIn 2015: 1 Södertälje; 1 Jelgava
11, 281 33y 250d 1981 78.25 83.23 -13WALLIN Gabriel SWE – Sweden
2007 World Champion & 2008 Olympic bronze // dnq WJC 2000; 6 EJC 2001; 3 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 ECP 2006; 2 ECH 2006 (2010-3, 2012-11, 2014-3); 1 WCH2007 (2005-4, 2009-5, 2013-2); 3 OLY 2008 (2004-8, 2012-5). 1 Finnish 2004/2005/2006/2007/2010/2013. Ex-cross country skier. Coach-Hannu Kangas.Partner-Niina Kelo, their son Jimi born June 9, 2014. 1.95/92kgLists his main hobby as main hobby as “playing the stock market”In 2015: 1 Doha Diamond (88.62, his furthest for two years); 3 Ostrava; 4 Rome Diamond; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Lahti
12, 72 32y 184d 1982 88.62 91.53 -05PITKÄMÄKI Tero FIN – Finland
1....98.48..... Jan Zelezny CZE................... 19962....93.09..... Aki Parviainen FIN................. 19993....92.61..... Sergey Makarov RUS...............20024....92.60..... Raymond Hecht GER.............. 19955....91.69..... Kostas Gatsioudis GRE............ 20006....91.59..... Andreas Thorkildsen NOR........ 20057....91.53..... Tero Pitkämäki FIN................20058....91.46..... Steve Backley GBR................ 19929....91.39..... Julius Yego KEN....................201510.. 91.29..... Breaux Greer USA................. 2007
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST1....88.62..... Tero Pitkämäki FIN2....88.18..... Vítězslav Veselý CZE3....86.82..... Ari Mannio FIN4....86.61..... Antti Ruuskanen FIN5....85.52..... Petr Frydrych CZE6....85.40..... Johannes Vetter GER7....85.36..... Thomas Röhler GER8....85.13..... Jakub Vadlejch CZE9....83.37..... Rolands Štrobinders LAT10.. 83.34..... Teemu Wirkkala FIN