Athletics at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival
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100 m
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

Georgy Outurau
 France
10.55 Richard Pulst
 Estonia
10.67 Ramil Guliyev
Ramil Guliyev
Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...


 Azerbaijan
10.73
200 m
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

Ramil Guliyev
Ramil Guliyev
Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...


 Azerbaijan
20.98 Andrew Robertson
 United Kingdom
21.72 Mindaugas Baliukonis
 Lithuania
21.78
400 m
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

Vladimir Krasnov
Vladimir Krasnov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Krasnov is a Russian sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:...


 Russia
47.11 Roman Turcani
 Slovakia
47.75 Ville Wendelin
 Finland
48.41
800 m
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

Aleksandr Sheplyakov
 Russia
1:51.37 Emrah Coban
 Turkey
1:51.92 Samir Dahmani
 France
1:52.39
1500 m
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

David Bustos
David Bustos
David Bustos is a Spanish runner who specializes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.He was born in Palma de Mallorca. In the 1500 metres he finished fourth at the 2007 World Youth Championships and competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships without reaching the final...


 Spain
3:53.24 Cihat Ulus
 Turkey
3:53.85 Daniel Kallay
 Hungary
3:54.59
3000 m
3000 metres
The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

Dieter Vanstreels
 Belgium
8:31.94 Gergo Szoke
 Hungary
8:34.02 Jakub Zivec
 Czech Republic
8:36.57
2000 m St. Andreas Van Ham
 Belgium
5:50.90 Noel Collins
 Republic of Ireland
5:52.06 Antonio Abadia
 Spain
5:54.92
110 m H
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...

 91.4 cm
Cornel Bananau
 Kingdom of Romania
13.83 Dominik Distelberger
 Austria
13.85 Andreas Martinsen
Andreas Martinsen
Andreas Martinsen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Norway men's national ice hockey team.-References:...


 Denmark
13.96
400 m H
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

 84.0 cm
Nikita Andriyanov
 Russia
51.89 Jarno Boutkam
 Netherlands
52.98 Felix Rupprecht
 Germany
53.17
4x100m relay  United Kingdom
James McLean
Wayne Ashall
Eugene Ayanful
Andrew Robertson
41.62  Estonia
Kaarel Joevali
Andres Saaremots
Sander Sooaar
Richard Pulst
41.70  Netherlands
Lindell Philip
Martijn Hoogendam
Joeri Jagers
Stijn Ram
41.73
High jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

Sergey Mudrov
 Russia
2.20 Miguel Angel Sancho
Miguel Ángel Sancho
Miguel Ángel Sancho Rubio is an Spanish high jumper.He was born in Valencia. He finished fourth at the 2007 World Youth Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.His personal...


 Spain
2.14 Kourosh Foroughi
 Republic of Ireland
2.08
Pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

Hugo Enzo Dupressoir
 France
4.90 Dmitry Zhelyabin
 Russia
4.80 Michael Kass
 Germany
4.70
Long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

Dino Pervan
 Croatia
7.49 Lukasz Pabich
 Poland
7.36 Gianluca Levantino
 Italy
7.27
Triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

Anvar Zeynalzade
 Azerbaijan
15.56 Martins Daksa
 Latvia
15.30 Gaetan Saku Bafuanga
 France
15.21
Shot put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

 5 kg
Marin Premeru
Marin Premeru
Marin Premeru is a Croatian discus thrower and shot putter with a personal best of 62.10 in the discus and 19.80 in the shot put. Marin Premeru has the WYB in the shot with 22.79 m.Premeru is coached by Ivan Ivančić....


 Croatia
21.23 Dmytro Savytskyy
 Ukraine
19.76 Tobias Ernst
 Germany
19.46
Discus
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

 1.500 kg
Mykyta Nesterenko
Mykyta Nesterenko
Mykyta Nesterenko is a Ukrainian discus thrower.His personal best throw with the 2 kilogramm implement is 65.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Tallinn. With the junior discus he has a best of 70.13 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. This is the current junior world record...


 Ukraine
72.31 Marin Premeru
Marin Premeru
Marin Premeru is a Croatian discus thrower and shot putter with a personal best of 62.10 in the discus and 19.80 in the shot put. Marin Premeru has the WYB in the shot with 22.79 m.Premeru is coached by Ivan Ivančić....


 Croatia
68.20 Andrius Gudzius
Andrius Gudžius
Andrius Gudžius is a discus thrower who competes internationally for Lithuania.-Achievements:-References:...


 Lithuania
60.07
Javelin
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

 700g
Edgars Rutins
 Latvia
71.87 Kirill Kadukov
 Russia
71.47 Stipe Zunic
 Croatia
70.98

Girls

100 m
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

Elza Vildanova
 Russia
11.68 Torema Dorsett
 United Kingdom
11.69 Niamh Whelan
 Republic of Ireland
11.87
200 m
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

Elza Vildanova
 Russia
23.75 Valentine Arrieta
 Switzerland
24.13 Lara Hoffmann
 Germany
24.16
400 m
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

Alexandra Stukova
 Slovakia
54.18 Julia Terekhova
 Russia
54.32 Olha Zemlyak
 Ukraine
55.06
800 m
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

Florina Pierdevara
 Kingdom of Romania
2:07.41 Olha Bibik
 Ukraine
2:07.55 Ekaterina Zavyalova
 Russia
2:08.06
1500 m
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

Daniela Fetcere
 Latvia
4:26.60 Nina Kramer
 Germany
4:29.29 Reka Czebei
 Hungary
4:30.19
3000 m
3000 metres
The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

Daniela Fetcere
 Latvia
9:30.65 Charlotte Ffrench-O`Carroll
 Republic of Ireland
9:37.89 Reka Czebei
 Hungary
9:46.44
100 m H
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

 76.2 cm
Mila Andric
13.69 Lucie Cincinatis
 Belgium
13.78 Ivana Loncarek
 Croatia
13.80
400 m H
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

Leonie Schilder
 Netherlands
59.44 Mila Andric
59.62 Anna-Lena Raukuc
 Germany
59.75
4x100m relay  Switzerland
Andrea Petra Gilgen
Valentine Arrieta
Grace Muamba
Lea Sprunger 
46.17  France
Yariatou Toure
Jessie Saint-Marc
Floria Guei
Floria Guei
Floria Guei is a French sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:...


Mary Gould Dupuit
46.43
Angela Terek
Kristina Jevtic
Andrijana Andric
Ivana Španović
Ivana Španovic
Ivana Španović is a Serbian long jumper.She finished seventh at the 2006 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal the 2007 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships...

46.85
High jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

Elena Vallortigara
 Italy
1.86 Natalia Mamlina
 Russia
1.83 Oksana Okunyeva
 Ukraine
1.77
Pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

Liudmila Eremina
 Russia
3.95 Denise Groot
 Netherlands
3.90 Dana Cizkova
 Slovakia
3.85
Long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

Darya Klishina
Darya Klishina
Darya Igorevna Klishina is a Russian long jumper.She holds the Russian junior record with 7.03 m, the all time second best junior mark.-Personal bests:Key: RJR = Russian junior record-External links:...


 Russia
6.43 Ivana Španović
Ivana Španovic
Ivana Španović is a Serbian long jumper.She finished seventh at the 2006 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal the 2007 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships...


6.20 Els De Wael
 Belgium
6.12
Triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

Cristina Sandu
 Kingdom of Romania
12.98 Maja Bratkič
 Slovenia
12.89 Mia Haave
 Norway
12.67
Shot put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

Lina Berends
 Germany
14.73 Aliona Hryshko
 Belarus
14.57 Vera Kunova
 Russia
13.99
Discus
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

Irina Rodrigues
 Portugal
51.74 Sandra Perkovic
Sandra Perković
Sandra Perković is a Croatian discus thrower. After a successful junior career, she won the discus throw gold medal at the 2010 European Championships, in her first year of senior competition...


 Croatia
49.70 Katja Dingelstedt
 Germany
47.12
Javelin
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

Tatjana Jelača
Tatjana Jelaca
Tatjana Jelača is a Serbian javelin thrower.She finished sixth at the 2007 World Youth Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships...


51.80 Ganna Khabina
 Ukraine
49.58 Maria Lykke Lund Jensen
 Denmark
47.16
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