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  TDK Europe - Sports
The 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was one of the top five sporting events worldwide.
TDK's involvement with the 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Paris 2003 included global brand exposure through the male athletes bibs, advertising boards around the track's perimeter, on composite boards and on all official print material.
For all world records broken by the male competitors, TDK did award the athlete 100,000 US dollars, and was given the honour of joining the medal presentation ceremony.
www.tdk-europe.com /en/sport/paris2003.php   (183 words)

  
 World Cup 2006 - Venue Profile: Stuttgart - Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | Reuters.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Even the World Cup stadium is called the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in honour of the inventor of the automobile.
Stuttgart hosted matches at the 1974 World Cup and for a brief few weeks the city showed it had the soul of a party town beneath the boring façade.
Built in 1933 for the German Gymnastics Festival, it was given a major face lift for the 1993 World Athletics Championships, when it was renamed from the Neckar Stadium to the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion.
worldcup.reuters.com /venue/stuttgart   (787 words)

  
 1993 World Championships in Athletics information - Search.com
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22.
The 1993 World Championships was the final time the women's 3000 m would be contested.
At subsequent Championships the race was replaced by the longer 5000 m.
www.search.com /reference/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics   (121 words)

  
 Sporting Life - Athletics | World Athletics Championships, Helsinki, Paula Radcliffe, News, Results, Schedule, Guides, ...
The 10th staging of the World Athletics Championships will be marked by a return to its first host city, Helsinki.
Although the idea of a separate global athletics event had been mooted since the first set of rules drafted by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in 1913, it had been decided the Olympics served as the world championships.
Maurice Greene won his first world title in Athens in 1997 before becoming the first man to complete the sprint double in Seville in 1999 and it was also the scene of Michael Johnson's new 400m world record of 43.18secs.
www.sportinglife.com /athletics/worldathletics2005/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/05/07/15/ATHLETICS_World_History.html   (799 words)

  
 Toyota to Be Official Partner of 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Paris 2003
Toyota to Be Official Partner of 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Paris 2003
Through becoming an official partner to the 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Toyota is putting in practice its philosophy of "contributing to a prosperous society through automobiles" by contributing to the growth and popularity of the sport of athletics and this top-level, international sporting event.
The first World Championships in Athletics was held in Helsinki, Finland in1983.
www.toyota.co.jp /en/news/03/0422.html   (395 words)

  
 SI.com - Athletics - World Athletics Championships History - Thursday August 14, 2003 11:00 AM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Czechoslovak Jarmila Kratochvilova was untouchable in the women's 400 and 800, setting a world record in the one-lap event while East Germans Marlies Goehr and Marita Koch demonstrated the strength of the formidable East German women's team with wins in the 100 and 200 respectively.
Athletics, the most elemental of sports, had never seemed so attractive in the clear, clean Nordic air.
The mark is one of a dozen women's world records set in the 1980s which have survived into the new millennium.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/2003/08/14/worlds_history   (1639 words)

  
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Early in the 1997 season he broke the world indoor records in the 1500 meters and the mile and then won the world indoor championships at 1500 meters.
He won the 1500 meters world championship and took second in the 5000 meters at the world championships.
At the end of the season he was sick and withdrew from the World Athletics Final but won the Iaaf male athlete of the year award for a third straight time.
www.famousmuslims.com /hicham.htm   (773 words)

  
 Trine Hattestad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower, born on April 18, 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway, as Elsa Katrine Solberg.
In 1993, she won her first major international title, the World Championships in Stuttgart as well as the IAAF Golden Four.
At the 1999 World Championships, she lost the title again, finishing third, but in 2000 she won the only title missing in her career as she won the Olympic Games in Sydney.
www.surfindark.com /index.cgi/000110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trine_Hattestad   (231 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport The 2004 Olympic Games
Throughout the 1990s Sonia O'Sullivan was the shining light of Irish athletics, though the lack of a large major medal haul does not represent the talent the Cobh athlete had.
She first burst onto the world scene when she won the NCAA Indoor 3,000 and Cross Country titles, the 3,000m at the Student Games and set an indoor world record in the 5,000m.
She went into the 1993 World Championships brimming with confidence and was highly fancied to take gold in the 3,000m.
www.rte.ie /sport/olympics2004/teamireland/sonia_osullivan.html   (466 words)

  
 Welcome to the Track World Championships - Time-to-Run - runner's track information
In 1983 Helsinki held the inaugural World Championships, and since then the IAAF has had countries host this prestigious Championships, second only to the Olympic Games.
Johannesburg, Wednesday, 20 July 2005 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) today announced that its team to the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki would attend an international training camp in their final preparation for the World Championships.
Athletics Canada is pleased to announce 28 athletes who have been selected to the national team which will represent Canada at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics taking place in Helsinki, Finland, August 5-15.
www.time-to-run.com /track/worldchamps/index.htm   (349 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
But the German was not to be shoved aside that easily and one year later took his fifth World title in Edmonton.
I was satisfied with my distances.” As the fifth longest thrower in the world this year, Riedel is far from being a spent force and given his popularity in Germany where the throws are viewed more positively than in most countries, there is still time for him to make his mark.
Anyone who was present in the Gottlieb-Daimler stadium during the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, Stuttgart and heard the hair-raising roar of the crowd whenever Riedel approached the circle will testify to what he has achieved in both success and popularity.
www.iaaf.net /news/Kind=2/newsId=36928.html   (814 words)

  
 Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: U.S. men's world championships long jump domination ...
Lewis once again won the long jump gold medal at the 1987 Worlds in Rome, and at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Mike Powell made history in wresting the gold medal from Lewis in an epic battle that Powell won emphatically by setting the world record of 8.95m/29-4.50.
Phillips was the world's dominant long jumper outdoors in 2004, soaring over the 27-foot barrier in eight consecutive meets and 10 overall.
Looking ahead to the 10th World Outdoor Championships this summer in Helsinki, the U.S. is stocked with many talented young long jumpers, who could qualify for the team and compete for a medal.
www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20050514_USATF_LJ.html   (783 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Championships 2005 - History
In this section you can find the results and other related information from all of the past editions of the IAAF World Championships.
3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics Tokyo 23 Aug - 01 Sep 1991
2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics Roma 28 Aug - 06 Sep 1987
www.iaaf.org /WCH05/history   (148 words)

  
 Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Surin Partners with Canadian Track and Field ...
Surin’s greatest athletic moment came as a member of the Canadian 4 x 100m relay that won two world championships and an Olympic gold medal between 1995 and 1997.
Athletics Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of track and field including cross-country running and road running.
Athletics Canada is a not for profit, charitable organization operating under a board of directors elected by provincial / territorial members.
www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20050705_AC_Surin.html   (450 words)

  
 A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Michael Johnson | PBS
For much of the decade he was virtually unbeaten in the long sprints—the 200-metre and 400-metre races—and he held world records in the indoor 400 metres and the outdoor 200 metres.
In 1991 he lowered the world indoor mark at 200 metres, winning that event outdoors at the world championships.
In 1995 he twice broke the world mark in the indoor 400 metres and won both long sprints at the world championships.
www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/michael_johnson.html   (362 words)

  
 Greek Press on the 6th World Athletics Championships
World shot put champion Aleksandr Bagach was stripped of his gold medal yesterday and lost $60,000 prize money after testing positive for the stimulant ephedrine.
Marie-Jose Perec's world championship campaign ended in tears on the training track yesterday when she pulled a leg muscle while warming up and was forced to pull out of the 200 meters semifinals.
Haile Gkebresselassie, Ethiopian world record winner in the 10 thousand meter race decided to compete in the world championships in Athens because it was a national duty saying, "I'll carry the national banner, represent my country and lead the Ethiopian team.
www.hri.org /news/special/wac97.greek.html   (11835 words)

  
 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Paris 2003 St-Denis - official web site
The 6th World Championships in Athletics were marked by the emergence of a new star.
The second World Championships in Athletics are remembered for Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s double gold medal in the heptathlon and long jump, a breathtaking performance she matched the following year at the Seoul Olympics.
The final of the 400m hurdles at the 1987 World Championships had all the ingredients of a classic — the aging champion, the old rival and the hungry pretender battling it out in one last head-to-head.
www.paris2003saintdenis.org /en/competition/retroarchives.html   (839 words)

  
 Toyota - Toyota, official partner of the Helsinki World Championships in Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Toyota is the official partner of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, to be held from 6th to 14th August 2005 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
In addition to being responsible for the Championships’ official cars, Toyota’s name will also be seen on the bibs worn by all female athletes and on the official boards in stadium and on all official designations.
The 10th IAAF World Championships in Helsinki will be the biggest tournament ever organized in Finland, with over 2,000 athletes representing some 200 countries attending.
www.toyota-europe.com /about/news_and_events/helsinki_2005.asp   (343 words)

  
 Hall of Fame 2004
First world championship was 1991, singles freestyle world championship.
Subsequently won 1992, and 1993 world singles freestyle titles, being the only man to win 3 titles in a row until Vasek tied that record this year.
In 1996 appeared for the first time on the shirt for the world championships and won the Team Freestyle world championship with partner Eric Wulff.
www.footbagcanada.com /hof15.htm   (605 words)

  
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The European Athletics Championships of 1986 and the World Athletics Championships of 1993 have been held there and the Daimler-Stadium will be the host the IAAF World Athletics final from 2006 to 2008.
After World War I, the monarchy broke down and the Free State of Wurttemberg was established, as a part of the Weimar Republic.
After World War II, an early concept of the Marshall Plan to support the reconstruction and economic/political recovery of Europe was presented during a speech given by US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes at the Stuttgart Opera House (September 6, 1946).
www.travelplaces.co.uk /fifa-world-cup-stuttgart.htm   (2758 words)

  
 USA Basketball
In basketball circles, the World Championship title is considered as prestigious as the Olympic title.
The next World Championship competition is scheduled for 2010 in Turkey for the men, and in 2010 at a site TBA for the women.
Initiated in 1993 as the FIBA 22 And Under World Championship and originally designed for men 22-years-old or younger, FIBA lowered the age eligibility to 21 years of age or younger in December 1998 and the competition is now known as the FIBA U21 World Championship.
www.usabasketball.com /inside.php?page=inside   (1184 words)

  
 Mutola, Maria de Lurdes: Moçambique - Greatest Female 800 m Runner of All Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mutola dominated the 800 m, winning the title at the 1993 and 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
At the Memorial van Damme meeting she broke the world record for 1000 m, becoming the first woman ever to run the distance in less than 2 and a half minutes.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Mutola was a hot favourite for the gold, as she hadn't been beaten in an 800m final since 1992 and her winning streak stretched to over forty 800m and 1000m finals.
www.lucerneworldclass.ch /pages/02_mutola.html   (338 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | World Athletics Championships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
BERHANE Adere unleashed a devastating sprint finish to claim the first track gold at the World Athletics Championships in the women's 10,000m in Paris.
Gebrselassie, who is dubbed the Emperor, was bidding for his fifth world title but he was delighted to settle for silver behind his fellow countryman.
At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Drummond ran his opening leg of the 400 relay with an Afro comb tucked in his sock.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/653/sp5.htm   (1109 words)

  
 World Cup Web 100% Unofficial
Nuremberg was not a venue at the 1974 World Cup nor at EURO 88, but now it is well prepared for a World Cup 2006.
The Westfalen Stadium was opened for the 1974 World Cup and in 1995 110 million marks was spent extending the stadium.
In 1993 it was re-named Gottlieb Daimler Stadium.
www.worldcupweb.com /WCfootball/2006venues2.asp   (594 words)

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