Encyclopedia > 2002 African Championships in Athletics
The 13thAfrican Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis, Tunisia in August, 2002. For other uses, see 13 (disambiguation). ... The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics. ...
AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Sprints are races in athletics. ... Frank Fredericks (born October 2, 1967) is a Namibian athlete, the first and so far only Olympic medalist of his country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Uchenna Emedolu (born September 17, 1976) is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance events, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Idrissa Sanou (born June 12, 1977) is a Burkinan athlete specializing in the 100 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burkina_Faso. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Frank Fredericks (born October 2, 1967) is a Namibian athlete, the first and so far only Olympic medalist of his country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Aziz Zakari (born September 2, 1976 in Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Eric Milazar (born June 1, 1975 in Rodrigues) is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 400 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Djabir Saïd-Guerni (born March 29, 1977 in Algiers) is an Algerian athlete competing in the 800 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... William Yiampoy (born 17 May 1974 in Emarti) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (born September 8, 1980) is a South African middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Laban Rotich (born 20 January 1969 in Mosoriot) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Abdelkader Hachlaf (born 3 July 1979) is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Paul Bitok (born 1970) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who won two silver medals at consecutive Summer Olympics (1992, 1996) over 5000 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Benjamin Limo (born August 23, 1974 in Eldoret) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Brahim Boulami was banned for 2 years in 2002 after testing positive for the banned performance enhancing drug EPO. Boulami had set two world records in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 7:55. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Wilson Boit Kipketer (born: October 6, 1973 in Kenya, one of twelve children) is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Said Saaeef Shaheen formerly Stephen Cherono (born October 15, 1982 in Keiyo, Kenya) is a long distance track athlete now representing Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja (born November 30, 1975) is a Malagasy athlete who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Madagascar_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Liberia. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Llewellyn Herbert (born July 21, 1977 in Bethal) is a South African athlete competing over 400 metres hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... There are severel people with the name Willie Smith: Willie Smith: a snooker player Willie Smith: the 1899 mens US Open golf champion Willie The Lion Smith: a jazz pianist Willie Smith: a jazz alto saxophonist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Hatem Ghoula (born 7 June 1973) is a Tunisian race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ...
AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Abderrahmane Hammad (born May 27, 1977 in Dellys) is an Algerian athlete competing in the high jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Botswana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Hatem Mohamed Mersal (born 20 January 1975) is an Egyptian long jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Pole vaulting is an athletics event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Olivier Sanou (born July 2, 1975) is a Burkinan athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burkina_Faso. ... Andrew Owusu (born July 8, 1972) is a Ghanaian athlete who competes in the triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. ... Janus Robberts (born March 10, 1979 in Louis Trichardt) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark For alternate meanings, see Discus. ... Janus Robberts (born March 10, 1979 in Louis Trichardt) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gerhardus Pienaar (born 10 August 1981) is a South African javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Christiaan Harmse (born 31 May 1973) is a South African hammer thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... // The Decathlon Day 1: 100 m long jump shot put High Jump 400 m Day 2: 110m hurdles discus throw pole vault javelin throw 1500 m Decathlon sprouted from the ancient game pentathlon. ... Hamdi Dhouibi (born 24 January 1982 in Kairouan) is a Tunisian decathlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ...
AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Hestrie Cloete-Storbeck (born August 26, 1978 in Germiston, South Africa) is a highly successful high jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Pole vaulting is an athletics event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Françoise Mbango Etone (born April 14, 1976) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Cameroon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cameroon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Françoise Mbango Etone (born April 14, 1976) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Cameroon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cameroon. ... Kene Ndoye (born November 20, 1978) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. ... Vivian Chukwuemeka (born May 4, 1975) is a Nigerian shot putter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark For alternate meanings, see Discus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Vivian Chukwuemeka (born May 4, 1975) is a Nigerian shot putter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... Hayat El Ghazi (born 1979) is a Moroccan hammer thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (track and field) event consisting of seven events. ... Margaret Simpson (born December 31, 1981 in Krapa) is a Ghanaian heptathlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ...
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