Biographical Startlists Men - Saturday 20 June

European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 100 Metres
Sat/15:20
Heat A
ETCh Record:
9.95
Christoph Lemaitre FRA
Stockholm
18 Jun 11
Age
2,
272
KLING-BAPTISTE Tom SWE – Sweden
24y
(Days)
295d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1990
10.70
10.29 -14
Twice Swedish Champion indoors & out // 200 pb: 20.87 -13. sf EJC 100 2009; ht ECH 100 2010/2014; sf EIC 60 2013l ht WIC 60 2014. 1 Swedish 100
2010/2013 & indoor 60/200 2012
In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor 60; 1 Eskilstuna 200; 1 Weinheim 100 ‘C’; 2 Florø 200 (dnf 100); 1 Bollnäs 100
3,
28
SIRATSIUK Illia BLR – Belarus
21y
72d
1994
10.66
10.54 -14
10.48w -14. 200 pb: 21.35 -14 (21.80 -15). ht WJC 200 2012. 1 Belarusian 100 2014. 1 Belarusian indoor 60 2015
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities indoor 60/200; 1 Belarusian indoor 60; 1 Belarusian Universities 100 (2 200); 1 Belarusian Cup 100/200; 1 Minsk Olympic
Prize 100; 3 Tartu 100; 1 Minsk Zhelobobskiy 100
4,
226
SŁOWIKOWSKI Przemysław POL – Poland
21y
212d
1993
10.46
10.46 -15
24y
134d
1991
10.36
10.34 -14
1993
10.49
10.49 -15
1995
10.55
10.49 -14
4 WJC 4x100 2010; 2 under-23 ECH 4x100 2013
In 2015: 4 Polish indoor 60; 2 Bydgoszcz 100
5,
173
FERRARO Massimiliano ITA – Italy
200 pb: 21.45 -14. sf under-23 ECH 100 2013. 3 Italian indoor 60 2014; 1 Italian Universities 200 2014
In 2015: 5 Italian indoor 60; 1 Naples 100 (2 200); 3 Gavardo 100; 1 Italian Universities 100; 5 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’
6,
190
KASHAFALI Salum Ageze NOR – Norway
21y
207d
200 pb: 21.82 -14. 2 Norwegian 100 2014; 1 Norwegian indoor 60 2015
In 2015: 1 Norwegian indoor 60; 1 Lillehammer 100/150; 1 Hamar 100; 1 Bergen 100; 1 Oslo Diamond 100
7,
75
SAMUELSSON Samuli FIN – Finland
19y
362d
10.43w -14. 200 pb: 20.91 -15. ht WJC 100/200 2014. 1 Finnish junior 100/200 2014
In 2015: 6 Finnish indoor 60; 1 Ikaalinen 100; 3 Geneva 200 ‘B’; 1 Lahti 100
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....9.58......
=2.. 9.69......
..... 9.69......
4....9.72......
5....9.74......
6....9.78......
7....9.79......
8....9.80......
9....9.82......
=10.9.84......
..... 9.84......
1....9.97...... Adam Gemili GBR
2....9.98...... Jimmy Vicaut FRA
3....10.05..... Richard Kilty GBR
4....10.06..... Chijindu Ujah GBR
5....10.12..... Ramil Guliyev TUR
=6.. 10.13..... James Dasaolu GBR
..... 10.13..... Sven Knipphals GER
8....10.15..... Jak Ali Harvey TUR
9....10.16..... Christophe Lemaitre FRA
10.. 10.18..... Churandy Martina NED
© Mark Butler 2015 (mbutler@worldscope.eu)
Usain Bolt JAM..................... 2009
Tyson Gay USA..................... 2009
Yohan Blake JAM.................. 2012
Asafa Powell JAM.................. 2008
Justin Gatlin USA.................. 2015
Nesta Carter JAM.................. 2010
Maurice Greene USA.............. 1999
Steve Mullings JAM................ 2011
Richard Thompson TTO........... 2014
Donovan Bailey CAN.............. 1996
Bruny Surin CAN................... 1999
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 100 Metres
Sat/15:27
Heat B
ETCh Record:
9.95
Christoph Lemaitre FRA
Stockholm
18 Jun 11
Age
2,
234
BREDNEV Aleksandr RUS – Russia
27y
(Days)
136d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1988
10.21
10.19 -12
Twice Russian Champion at 100m // 200 pb: 20.58 -12. 4 ETCh 100 2013; qf WCH 100 2013. 1 Russian under-23 indoor 60 2010; 1 Russian 100 2011/2013 &
indoor 60 2012/2013. Partner-Yuliya Katsura (2013 Russian Indoor Champion at 60m), their son Mikhail born June 16, 2014
In 2015: 3 Russian indoor 60; 1 Yerino 100
3,
50
RODRÍGUEZ Ángel David ESP – Spain
35y
55d
1980
10.32
10.14 -08
Full name-Ángel David Rodríguez García
6x Spanish Champion at 100m
200 pb: 20.34w -11, 20.61 -08. 6 EJC 100 99; 8 WCP 100 2002; 4 ECP 100 2006/2008; sf ECH 100 2006/2010/2014; sf EIC 60 2007/2011/2015 (2009-ht); qf
WCH 100 2007/2009; sf WIC 60 2008/2010/2012; qf OLY 100/200 2008; ht WCH 200 2009; ht OLY 100 2012; 5 ETCh 100 2014. 1 Spanish 100
2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/2013 (1 200 2009/2010/2011) (1 indoor 60 2007/2008/2009/2010/2012). His nickname is ‘El Pájaro’ (the bird)
In 2015: 2 Spanish indoor 60; 8sf EIC 60; 1 Monzón 100; 2 Salamanca 100; 2 Spanish Clubs 100
4,
119
KILTY Richard GBR – Great Britain & NI
25y
291d
1989
10.05
10.05 -15
2014 World Indoor Champion & 2015 European Indoor Champion at 60m
200 pb: 20.34 -13 (20.54 -15). sf WJC 200 2008 (5 4x100); 7 under-23 ECH 200 2009; 2 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; 6 ETCh 100 2013; 1 WIC 60 2014; sf COM
100 2014 (2 4x100); 1 ECH 4x100 2014. 1 English Schools 100 2007; 1 English junior 200 2008. Father Kevin was a 10.8 100m sprinter and a professional
bodybuilder, his sister Heidi is also an athlete. Coach-Linford Christie (formerly Rana Rieder)
In 2015: 1 EIC 60. Hamstring tear in April. Anchored Britain to victory in the ‘B’ final at the IAAF World Relays (unfortunately, they just missed qualifying for
the ‘A’ final which would have meant automatic Olympic selection for the British team); 2 Manchester 100; 1 Gavardo 100; 3 Ostrava 100; 5 Birmingham
Diamond 100; 3 Oslo Diamond 200
5,
101
LEMAITRE Christophe FRA – France
25y
9d
1990
10.16
9.92 -11
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)
200 pb: 19.80 -11 (20.21 -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 ECH
100/200/4x100 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 ECH
100 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 French
100/200 2010/2011/2012/2014, 200 2013 & indoor 60 2011/2014/2015. Coach-Pierre Carraz. 1.91/82kg
In 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 Diamond
200
6,
143
KNIPPHALS Sven GER – Germany
29y
273d
1985
10.13
10.13 -15
2014 European relay silver // 10.07w -15. 200 pb: 20.48 -14. 4 WCH 4x100 2013; sf ECH 100 2014 (2 4x100). 1 British Universities indoor 200 2010 & 60 2011,
representing Bournemouth University where he was a student of Chiropracty; 1 UK indoor 200 2012; 2 German 200 2013
His father Jens was an 8.14 long jumper in the 80s (3 EIC 83), his grandfather Hans Jürgen Knipphals played handball for Germany
In 2015: 4 Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 3 IAAF World Relays 4x200 (8 4x100); 1 Clermont 100 ‘B’ (May 16); ht Regensburg 100
7,
290
KORZH Vitaliy UKR – Ukraine
27y
258d
1987
10.33
10.33 -15
Anchored Ukraine to sprint relay gold at 2013 World Student Games
10.20w -15. 200 pb: 20.65 -14 (20.70 -15). 1 WSG 4x100 2013; 4 ETCh 100 2014; sf ECH 100 2014. 1 Ukrainian indoor 200 2010
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian Universities 200 (2 100); 2 St Pölten 100/200; 1 Ukrainian Teams 100
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....9.58......
=2.. 9.69......
..... 9.69......
4....9.72......
5....9.74......
6....9.78......
7....9.79......
8....9.80......
9....9.82......
=10.9.84......
..... 9.84......
1....9.97...... Adam Gemili GBR
2....9.98...... Jimmy Vicaut FRA
3....10.05..... Richard Kilty GBR
4....10.06..... Chijindu Ujah GBR
5....10.12..... Ramil Guliyev TUR
=6.. 10.13..... James Dasaolu GBR
..... 10.13..... Sven Knipphals GER
8....10.15..... Jak Ali Harvey TUR
9....10.16..... Christophe Lemaitre FRA
10.. 10.18..... Churandy Martina NED
© Mark Butler 2015 (mbutler@worldscope.eu)
Usain Bolt JAM..................... 2009
Tyson Gay USA..................... 2009
Yohan Blake JAM.................. 2012
Asafa Powell JAM.................. 2008
Justin Gatlin USA.................. 2015
Nesta Carter JAM.................. 2010
Maurice Greene USA.............. 1999
Steve Mullings JAM................ 2011
Richard Thompson TTO........... 2014
Donovan Bailey CAN.............. 1996
Bruny Surin CAN................... 1999
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 400 Metres
Sat/16:33
Heat A
ETCh Record:
44.99
Jonathan Borlée BEL
Budapest
19 Jun 10
Age
2,
275
NORDKVIST Alexander SWE – Sweden
(Days)
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
5d
1990
47.74
47.43 -09
22y
67d
1993
48.28
47.88 -12
19y
112d
1996
46.23
46.23 -15
25y
200 pb: 21.01 -10 (21.67i -15). ht World Youth 200 2007; sf WJC 200 2008. 1 Swedish indoor 200 2008
In 2015: 3 Swedish indoor 400; 1 Eskilstuna 400; 1 Sollentuna 400
3,
61
KOSKELA Jani FIN – Finland
200 pb: 21.17w, 21.41 -13 (21.55i, 21.56w, 21.74 -15). 1 Finnish junior 2012
In 2015: 1 Espoo; 1 Ikaalinen 200; 1 Rassepori 200; 1 Jyväskylä
4,
206
WARHOLM Karsten NOR – Norway
2013 World Youth Champion at Octathlon // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.55; LJ: 7.50; SP: 11.68 (6kg); HJ: 2.05; 400: 46.31; 110H: 14.70; DT: 36.05 (1.75kg(; PV: 4.20; JT: 44.13; 1500: 4:52.81. 200 pb: 21.02i
-15, 21.34 -14. Decathlon pb: 7551 (junior implements) -14 (7295 -15). Coach-Arve Hatløy
1 World Youth Octathlon 2013; 10 WJC Decathlon 2014. 1 Norwegian 110H 2014
In 2015: 1 Norwegian indoor 200/400/60H; 1 Norwegian junior indoor 60/200/400/60H/HJ/PV/LJ (7 events!); 1 Norwegian junior Decathlon; 1 Florø 400; 6
Oslo Diamond 400
5,
181
MANENTI Davide ITA – Italy
26y
65d
1989
46.66
46.66 -15
Third leg for relay team which won 2011 European under-23 4x100 title
200 pb: 20.60 -13 (20.64 -15). 100 pb: 10.51 -10 (10.52 -15). sf WJC 200 2008; 1 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; 5 ETCh 200 2013; 7 Mediterranean Games 200
2013
In 2015: 1 Savona 150 (Apr 25) 2 Pavia 100; 1 Savona 400 (3 100) (May 30); 1 Santhià 200
6,
215
KOZŁOWSKI Kacper POL – Poland
28y
195d
1986
46.59
45.24 -10
Anchored Poland to 2007 World bronze when he overtook the Jamaicans
3 under-23 ECH 2007 (2 4x400); 3 WCH 4x400 2007; 4 WSG 2009; 8 ECH 2010 (2012-sf); 4 ETCh 2013; 1 European Military Games 2013;4 WIC 4x400 2014; 3
ECH 4x400 2014
In 2015: 2 Polish Universities 200/400; 1 Gdańsk; 2 Bydgoszcz
7,
44
GARCÍA Samuel ESP – Spain
23y
198d
1991
46.77
45.50 -14
2014 European finalist // 4 WIC 4x400 2012; 8 ETCh 2013/2014; 7 ECH 2014; sf EIC 2015 (2013-ht). 1 Spanish 2012/2014 (1 indoor 2013/2015)
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 6sf EIC; 1 Alcobendas; 8 Huelva; 2 Spanish Clubs
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....43.18..... Michael Johnson USA..............1999
2....43.29..... Butch Reynolds USA............... 1988
3....43.45..... Jeremy Wariner USA.............. 2007
4....43.50..... Quincy Watts USA................. 1992
=5.. 43.74..... LaShawn Merritt USA..............2013
..... 43.74..... Kirani James GRN..................2014
7....43.81..... Danny Everett USA................ 1992
8....43.86..... Lee Evans USA......................1968
9....43.87..... Steve Lewis USA................... 1988
10.. 43.97..... Larry James USA................... 1968
1....44.91..... Jonathan Borlée BEL
2....45.06..... Conrad Williams GBR
3....45.09..... Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR
4....45.22..... Jarryd Dunn GBR
5....45.28..... Mame-Ibra Anne FRA
6....45.30..... Kevin Borlée BEL
7....45.39..... Pavel Maslák CZE
8....45.40..... Liemarvin Bonevacia NED
9....45.42..... Delano Williams GBR
10.. 45.43..... Rabah Yousif GBR
© Mark Butler 2015 (mbutler@worldscope.eu)
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 400 Metres
Sat/16:38
Heat B
ETCh Record:
44.99
Jonathan Borlée BEL
Budapest
19 Jun 10
Age
2,
241
IVASHKO Pavel RUS – Russia
21y
(Days)
170d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1994
46.09
45.46 -14
2013 European Junior Champion. 2014 European relay silver( 44.1 split)
1 EJC 2013 (1 4x400); 2 ECH 4x400 2014. 1 Russian junior 2013. From the autonomous Russian district of Khanty-Mansi in Western Siberia
In 2015: 1 Yerino
3,
136
GABA Kamghe GER – Germany
31y
158d
1984
46.15
45.47 -06
(Kamghe pronounced “Kamga”)
2012 European relay bronze // HJ pb: 2.05 -02. 5 World Youth Octathlon 2001; 2 EJC 2003 (1 4x400); sf WJC 2004; 7 OLY 4x400 2004; 2 under-23 ECH 2005
(2 4x400); 6 ECP 2008; 3 ETCh 2009 (2014-6); 3 ECH 4x400 2012; 6 ECH 2014. 1 German 2010/2014. Former Judo player. 2.02 tall
In 2015: 1 Munich 200; 2 Weinheim 200; 6 Gainesville ‘B’; 1 Regensburg
4,
81
ANNE Mame-Ibra FRA – France
25y
225d
1989
45.28
45.28 -15
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION // 3 under-23 ECH 4x400 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 2011; 3 Mediterranean Games 2013; 1 ETCh 2014; sf ECH 2014 (4
4x400). 1 French 2013/2014. In 2006 he was selected by France for the World Junior Championships but withdrew after suffering a pulmonary embolism
In 2015: 3 Kingston Jamaica Invitational ‘B’; 3 Oordegem; 1 Crétiel; 3 Geneva
5,
115
DUNN Jarryd GBR – Great Britain & NI
23y
141d
1992
45.22
45.22 -15
2011 English Junior & 2012 English under-23 Champion // 8 EJC 2011; sf EIC 2015. 1 English junior 2011; 1 English under-23 2012; 1 British Universities
indoors & out 2012; 1 Staffordshire 200 2011. Lives-Walsall. Graduate of Sport & Exercise Science at Wolverhampton University. Coach-Keith Holt
In 2015: 2 UK indoor; 5sf EIC; 1 Oordegem (pb 45.70); 2 Geneva (pb 45.22)
6,
285
BUTRYM Vitaliy UKR – Ukraine
24y
161d
1991
45.82
45.82 -15
2013 European under-23 silver // 200 pb: 20.96 -15. ht OLY 2012; sf EIC 2013/2015; 2 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-8); ht WIC 2014; sf ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian
2012/2013/2014 & indoor 2014
In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor; 5sf EIC; 2 Ukrainian Universities 200/400; 1 Kharkov 200 (pb 20.96); 1 Ukrainian Teams
7,
18
LINNIK Aliaksandr BLR – Belarus
24y
143d
1991
45.95
45.95 -15
Winner of 15 Belarusian titles across sprints & hurdle events, now marking a mark at 400m
200 pb: 20.64 -11 (21.14i, 21.16 -15). 110H pb: 13.53 -13. 100 pb: 10.40 -11. 3 EJC 110H 2009; 2 WJC 200 2010; sf EIC 60 2011; sf ECH 200 2012; 9 ETCh 200
2013; 7 under-23 ECH 110H 2013; ht WIC 60H 2014; sf EIC 400 2015. Member of Turkish Club Fenerbahçe Spor Kulubu
In 2015: 1 Belarusian indoor 200/400; 3sf EIC 400; 1 Belarusian Universities 200/400; 1 Mersin 400; 7 Marseille 400; 1 Istanbul 400
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....43.18..... Michael Johnson USA..............1999
2....43.29..... Butch Reynolds USA............... 1988
3....43.45..... Jeremy Wariner USA.............. 2007
4....43.50..... Quincy Watts USA................. 1992
=5.. 43.74..... LaShawn Merritt USA..............2013
..... 43.74..... Kirani James GRN..................2014
7....43.81..... Danny Everett USA................ 1992
8....43.86..... Lee Evans USA......................1968
9....43.87..... Steve Lewis USA................... 1988
10.. 43.97..... Larry James USA................... 1968
1....44.91..... Jonathan Borlée BEL
2....45.06..... Conrad Williams GBR
3....45.09..... Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR
4....45.22..... Jarryd Dunn GBR
5....45.28..... Mame-Ibra Anne FRA
6....45.30..... Kevin Borlée BEL
7....45.39..... Pavel Maslák CZE
8....45.40..... Liemarvin Bonevacia NED
9....45.42..... Delano Williams GBR
10.. 45.43..... Rabah Yousif GBR
© Mark Butler 2015 (mbutler@worldscope.eu)
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 1500 Metres
ETCh Record:
3:37.74
Jakub Holusa CZE
Sat/18:00
Braunschweig
21 Jun 14
Age
1,
108
AITCHISON Oli GBR – Great Britain & NI
23y
(Days)
98d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1992
3:40.21
3:40.21 -15
800 pb: 1:48.14 -13 (1:48.72 -15). 1 NCAA div 2 1500 2015. 3 English Schools under-15 800 2006; 1 Surrey 800 2012 & 1500 2013, 1 English under-23 800
2013. Student of Business Administration at Adams State University, Colorado. 1.88 tall
“I do like to rely on my kick”
1 Stanford Invitational 1500 ‘B’; 7 Stanford Jordan 1500; 1 Eagle Rock 800 ‘B’); 1 NCAA div 3 1500 (then 7 800 within an hour)
2,
90
DAHMANI Samir FRA – France
24y
78d
1991
3:36.53
3:36.53 -15
800 pb: 1:46.74 -10 (1:46.77 -15). 9 EJC 1500 2009; 5 WJC 800 2010. 1 French under-23 1500 2008
In Brussels 2010 with 3:38.01 he broke the French junior 1500m record which had stood to Jacques Boxberger since 1968
In 2015: 2 Salon-de-Provence 800; 1 Tourcoing 1500; 11 Marseille 1500; 5 Montreuil 1000
3,
164
NEVES Joao Bussotti ITA – Italy
22y
41d
1993
3:40.75
3:40.75 -15
Full name-Joao Capistrano Maria Bussotti Neves Junior
Ex-Mozambique, cleared by the IAAF to compete for Italy from May 2, 2012
800 pb: 1:47.66 -14. ht WJC 2012; 3 Mediterranean under-23 2014; ht EIC 2015. 1 Italian indoor 800/1500 2015. Coach-Saverio Marconi
He is known for having a particularly fast finish in slow races
In 2015: 1 Italian under-23 indoor 800 (2 1500); 1 Italian indoor 800/1500; 3ht EIC; 5 Campi Bisenzio; 1 Gavardo; 1 Oordegem ‘B’
4,
266
ENGHOLM Elmar SWE – Sweden
22y
260d
1992
3:42.10
3:42.10 -15
1988
3:50.49
3:46.38 -14
3000SC pb: 8:46.49 -15. 12 ETCh 3000 2014. At EXC: 2010-57J, 2014-6u23. Attends University of New Mexico
Father-Johan Engholm (1500m pb 3:39.31) was a middle distance international in the 1980s
In 2015: 11 Azusa 1500 ‘B’; 1 Stanford Jordan 1500 ‘F’; 1 San Diego 3000SC; 7 Portland 1500
5,
71
PIIPPONEN Ilari FIN – Finland
26y
267d
Reigning Finnish Indoor Champion at 1500m & 3000m // 3000 pb: 8:14.58i -15. 1 Finnish indoor 3000 2013/2015 (1 indoor 1500 2015)
In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor 1500/3000; 4 Lappeenranta 3000; 2 Kuopio 800; 3 Lahti 1500
6,
292
MASLOV Stanislav UKR – Ukraine
26y
152d
1989
3:41.34
3:38.61 -14
2014 European finalist // 3000 pb: 7:55.07 -15. 800 pb: 1:47.14 -14 (1:48.39 -15). 11 under-23 ECH 1500 2011; 11 ECH 1500 2014. 1 Ukrainian 1500 2014; 1
Ukrainian indoor 1500/3000 2015
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor 1500/3000; 7ht EIC 3000; 1 Ukrainian Teams 800/1500; 1 Florø 3000
7,
47
MECHAAL Adel ESP – Spain
24y
197d
1990
3:36.66
3:36.66 -15
Born-Morocco, gained Spanish citizenship in February 2013 // 3000 pb: 7:46.92i, 8:13.67 -13. 5 ETCh 1500 2013; ht WIC 1500 2014; ht ECH 1500 2014; 6 EIC
3000 2015 1 Spanish indoor 1500/3000 2015. At WXC: 2015-68
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor 1500/3000; 6 EIC 3000; 8 Spanish XC; 68 WXC; 1 Barcelona road mile; 12 Marseille 1500; 2 Huelva 1500; 9 Rabat 1500 ‘B’
8,
195
LØKEN Snorre Holtan NOR – Norway
20y
238d
1994
3:43.52
3:43.52 -15
28y
7d
1987
3:38.68i
3:38.19 -14
3000 pb: 8:01.99 -15
In 2015: 1 Porsgrunn; 3 Jessheim; 5 Oslo Diamond (the 1500m, not the mile)
9,
220
LEWANDOWSKI Marcin POL – Poland
Fourth in the last two World Championship 800m finals. European Champion outdoors in 2010 & indoors in 2015
3:37.37i -14. 800 pb: 1:43.79 -13 (1:44.25 -15). 7 EJC 1500 2005; 4 WJC 800 2006; 8 WSG 800 2007; 2 ECP 800 2008; sf OLY 800 2008/2012; 3 ETCh 800 2010;
1 ECH 800 2010 (2014-5); 1 World Military Games 800 2011; 4 WCH 800 2011/2013 (2009-8); dnf WIC 800 sf 2012; 4 EIC 1500 2013; dq WIC 800 2014; 3 ETCh
1500 2014; 1 EIC 800 2015 (2009-6, 2011-2). At WXC: 2006-90 short. 1 Polish 2011 & indoor 2015 (1 1500 2008/2010). Coach/brother-Tomasz Lewandowski
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 800; 1 EIC 800; 2 IAAF World Relays 4x800 (3 Distance Medley); 1 Hengelo 800; 1 Ostrava 1000 (beat Asbel Kiprop); 6 Rome Diamond
800; 3 Birmingham Diamond
10,
26
PLATONAU Siarhei BLR – Belarus
24y
190d
1990
3:44.21
3:41.47 -12
(aka Sergey Platonov)
5x Belarusian Indoor Champion at 3000m // 3000 pb: 8:00.17 -10 (8:04.27i, 8:14.87 -15). 5000 pb: 13:55.55 -12. 10,000 pb: 29:20.43 -14. 3 EJC 10,000 2009
(4 5000); 8 ETCh 3000 2010/2011; 13 EIC 3000 2011; 10 ETCh 3000/5000 2013. At EXC: 2009-13J, 2010-6u23, 2012-81u23, 2013-23, 2014-45. 1 Belarusian
indoor 3000 2009/2010/2012/2014/2015 (1 1500 2010/2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities 1500 indoors & out; 1 Belarusian indoor 1500/3000 2015; 1 Belarusian Cup 1500 (2 3000); 5 Yerino 1500
11,
150
ORTH Florian GER – Germany
25y
331d
1989
3:38.78
3:34.54 -14
Twice tenth in European Championship 1500m finals // 3000 pb: 7:44.65 -14. 5000 pb: 13:29.63 -15. ht WJC 1500 2008; ht EIC 1500 2011/2013; 10 ECH 1500
2012/2014; 8 EIC 3000 2015. 1 German junior 1500 2008 & under-23 1500 2010 & indoor 1500 2011. At EXC: 2007-13J. 2008-9J, 2010-10u23, 2011-22u23. 1
German indoor 2013. Coach-Klaus Borrmann
In 2015: 2 German indoor 1500/3000; 8 EIC 3000; 5 IAAF World Relays Distance Medley; 1 Regensburg 3000 (May 16); 4 Oordegem 5000 (pb 13:29.63); 1
Regensburg 1500 (Jun 6)
12,
256
SMIRNOV Valentin RUS – Russia
29y
127d
1986
3:39.84
3:36.14 -11
2013 World Student Games Champion. 6x Russian Champion (4 out + 2 in)
3000 pb: 7:49.11 -11. 800 pb: 1:47.76 -11 (1:48.48i -15). 3 ETCh 3000 2010/2013; ht EIC 3000 2011; 1 WSG 2013 (2011-3); sf WCH 2013; 10 ETCh 2014 (2011
-2); 8 EIC 2015. 1 Russian 2011/2013/2014/2015 & indoor 2014/2015 (1 Russian 3000 2013)
In 2015: 1 Russian indoor (2 800); 8 EIC; 5 Montbéliard; 2 Prague Odložil
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....3:26.00..
2....3:26.34..
3....3:27.37..
4....3:27.64..
5....3:27.72..
6....3:28.12..
=7.. 3:28.81..
..... 3:28.81..
9....3:28.95..
10.. 3:28.98..
1....3:33.34..
2....3:35.95..
3....3:35.98..
4....3:36.53..
5....3:36.66..
6....3:37.40..
7....3:37.93..
8....3:38.20..
9....3:38.56..
10.. 3:38.59..
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Hicham El Guerrouj MAR........ 1998
Bernard Lagat KEN................ 2001
Noureddine Morceli ALG..........1995
Silas Kiplagat KEN................. 2014
Asbel Kiprop KEN.................. 2013
Noah Ngeny KEN................... 2000
Mohamed Farah....................2013
Ronald Kwemoi KEN...............2014
Fermín Cacho ESP................. 1997
Mehdi Baala FRA................... 2003
İlham Tanui Özbilen TUR
Pieter-Jan Hannes BEL
Jakub Holuša CZE
Samir Dahmani FRA
Adel Mechaal ESP
Mourad Amdouni FRA
Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR
Jeroen D’Hoedt BEL
Yoann Kowal FRA
Carlos Alonso ESP
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 5000 Metres
ETCh Record:
13:39.25 Jesús España ESP
Sat/16:10
Stockholm
18 Jun 11
Age
1,
252
RYBAKOV Anatoliy RUS – Russia
30y
(Days)
113d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1985
13:35.43
13:30.43 -12
2005 European under-23 Champion at 5000m in 2005 & 10,000m in 2007. Twice European Junior Cross Country silver medallist, close behind his twin
Marathon pb: 2:17:43 -08. 10,000 pb: 28:03.59 -14. 1 EJC 5000 2003; 1 under-23 ECH 5000 2005 & 10,000 2007; 23 World Half Mar 2008 (2007-47); 20 WCH
10,000 2009; 19 ECH 5000 2012; 9 WSG 10,000/Half Mar 2013. At WXC: 2003-34J, 2004-38J. At EXC: 2002/2003-2J, 2004-3J, 2005-42, 2006-5u23, 2007-9u23,
2010-39. Twin brother of runner Yevgeniy Rybakov, Yevgeniy is the elder by 90 seconds
Marathon (1): 17 Rome 2008
In 2015: 6 Russian indoor 5000 (15 3000); 1 Russian Teams 5000
2,
128
VERNON Andy GBR – Great Britain & NI
29y
164d
1986
13:48.83
13:11.50 -14
Two long distance track medals from the 2014 European Championships
10,000 pb: 27:42.62 -15. 3000 pb: 7:45.75 -13. 1500 pb: 3:42.98 -08. 4 EJC 5000 2005; 9 under-23 ECH 5000 2007; 10 COM 10,000 2010; 3 ETCh 5000 2011; 1
WSG 5000 2011; 11 WIC 3000 2014; 6 COM 5000 2014; 2 ECH 10,000 2014 (3 5000). 1 UK 5000 2008/2013, 10,000 2009 & indoor 3000 2010. 1 English
“National” XC 2010. At WXC: 2004-64J, 2005-48J, 2008-114, 2009-77, 2010-42, 2011-56. At EXC: 2005-2J, 2006-14u23, 2007-3u23, 2008-2u23, 2010-dnf
(breathing problems), 2011-8, 2012-13, 2013-3. Mother Fiona Hawes was an international rower. Coach-Nic Bideau
In 2015: 10 Carlsbad 5K; 1 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 1 London ‘10,000’ 10K; 9 Birmingham Diamond 5000
3,
80
AMDOUNI Mourad FRA – France
27y
150d
1988
-
13:14.19 -09
2007 European Junior Champion at 5000m and cross country // 3000 pb: 7:37.50 -09. 1500 pb: 3:42.84 -07. ht WJC 1500 2006; 1 EJC 5000 2007; dnf ETCh
3000 2009; ht WCH 5000 2009. At WXC: 2007-38J (first European), 2009-62. At EXC: 2006-12J, 2007-1J, 2008-8u23, 2010-5. Born-Porto-Vecchio (Corsica)
In May 2009 he clocked his best 5000m of 13:14.19 but the following month at the first European Team Championships in Leiria, he was forced to drop out of
the 3000m as he was in last place with four laps remaining
In 2015: 1 Rehlingen 1500; dnq Oordegem 1500 ‘B’; 1 Montreuil 1500; 5 Rabat 1500 ‘B’
4,
169
CHATBI Jamel ITA – Italy
31y
50d
1984
-
13:27.08 -13
Down from 8:22.16 to 8:08.86 for steeplechase in 2009, but at the World Championships that year he failed a doping control test after having reached the
steeplechase final and was suspended for three years to 2012
3000SC pb: 8:08.86 -09 (8:33.45 -15). Marathon pb: 2:12:17 -15. 10,000 pb: 28:14.87 -14 (28:39.01 -15). Half Mar pb: 62:38 -14. 3000 pb: 7:48.18 -09. dq ht
WCH 3000SC 2009 (drugs) & 2013 (out of lane). 1 Mediterranean Games 3000SC 2009; 10 ETCh 5000 2014. 1 Italian 10,000 2013/2014 & 3000SC 2013. At
WXC: 2008-30. Ex-Morocco, he has lived in Italy since February 7, 2008, acquired Italian citizenship on October 16, 2010 and was cleared by the IAAF to
compete for Italy from July 19, 2013
Marathons (2): 3 Rome 2015, 7 Prague 2015
In 2015: 4 Apeldoorn 8K; 4 Italian indoor 3000; 3 Rome Marathon; 1 Korschenbroich
10K; 3 European Cup 10,000; dnf Milan 3000SC; 7 Prague
Marathon; 1 Milan 3000SC; 7 Huelva 3000SC
5,
265
EKVALL Mikael SWE – Sweden
26y
2d
1989
14:12.73
13:51.70 -14
Swedish record holder at half marathon // Half Mar pb: 62:29 -14 (65:08 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:31.65 -15. 15 WJC 10,000 2008; 6 under-23 ECH 10,000 2009; 40
World Half Mar 2014; 9 ETCh 5000 2014; 16 ECH 10,000 2014. At EXC: 2008-48J, 2010-38u23, 2011-27u23, 2014-26. 1 SWE v FIN 10,000 2013; 1 Swedish XC
2013
In 2015: 10 Hobart 5000; 4 Hobart 10K; 11 Fukuoka XC; 13 Carlsbad 5K; 8 Stanford Jordan 10,000 ‘B’; 12 Gothenburg Half Mar; 1 Gothenburg 3000
6,
78
VATTULAINEN Arttu FIN – Finland
23y
199d
1991
-
14:09.08 -14
156d
1987
14:05.70
13:52.69 -13
10,000 pb: 29:40.86 -14 (29:47.19 -15). 18 under-23 ECH 10,000 2013. 1 Finnish under-23 5000 2001
In 2015: 2 Finnish indoor 3000; 20 Leiden 10,000
7,
291
KYTS Volodymyr UKR – Ukraine
28y
1500 pb: 3:39.84 -13 (3:47.39 -15). 6 EJC 1500 2005; ht EIC 1500 2013. At EXC: 2004-80-J, 2005-52J, 2006-62J, 2009-58u23. 1 Ukrainian indoor 2007/2013
In 2015: 4 Ukrainian indoor 1500 (5 3000); 2 Ukrainian Teams 5000 (7 1500)
8,
42
ESPAÑA Jesús ESP – Spain
36y
303d
1978
13:22.92
13:04.73 -11
Full name-Jesús España Cobo
2006 European Champion at 5000m & silver in 2010
3000 pb: 7:38.26 -06.10,000 pb: 28:26.27. 4 WIC 3000 2003; 2 ECP 5000 2003; 1 ECP 3000 2005; 1 ECH 5000 2006 (2002-11, 2010-2, 2012-20, 2014-11); 6
WCP 3000 2006; 3 EIC 3000 2002/2007/2009 (2015-4); 7 WCH 5000 2007 (2005-dq ht, 2009-10, 2011-12); 14 OLY 5000 2008; 1 ETCh 3000 2009/2010 & 5000
2011 (2 5000 2014); 6 WIC 3000 2010. 1 Spanish 5000 2010. At WXC: 2001-111 short, 2003-58 short. At EXC: 2010-9
In 2015: 2 Spanish indoor 3000; 4 EIC 3000; 13 Rome Diamond 5000; 6 Huelva 1500
9,
197
MOEN Sondre Nordstad NOR – Norway
24y
159d
1991
13:42.89
13:30.22 -11
2011 European under-23 Champion at 10,000m // 10,000 pb: 28:25.23 -15. 5 EJC 5000 2009; 14 ECH 10,000 2010; 1 under-23 ECH 10,000 2011; 9 ECH 10,000
2014. At WXC: 2008-28J, 2009-74J, 2010-31J, 2011-36. At EXC: 2007-6J, 2008-2J, 2009-4J, 2010-5J (fell), 2011-3u23, 2014-13. 1 Nordic junior XC 2008/2009.
Former cross country skier, he was Norwegian Youth Champion in 2006
Did not run in 2013 after tearing a ligament in 2012 which went undiagnosed (he eventually had surgery done by Finnish surgeon Sakari Orava who also
operated on David Beckham)
In 2015: 2 Schoorl 10K; 7 Venlo Half Mar; 9 Paderborn 10K; 3 Stanford Jordan 10,000 ‘B’; 1 Florø 3000; 15 Oordegem 5000
10,
211
DEMCZYSZAK Mateusz POL – Poland
29y
153d
1986
-
14:23.59 -07
3000SC pb: 8:22.38 -14 (8:32.36 -15). 3000 pb: 7:48.30 -12. 1500 pb: 3:36.15 -12. 5 EJC 2005; 9 under-23 ECH 2007; 4 ETCh 1500 2010; 8 ECH 1500 2010; ht
EIC 1500 2011; ht ECH 1500 2012; ht EIC 3000 2013/2015; ht WCH 3000SC 2013; 10 ETCh 3000 2014; 10 ECH 3000SC 2014; ht EIC 3000 2015. 1 Polish 3000SC
2013 & indoor 3000 2015. At EXC: 2005-74J, 2008-25u23. Coach-Marek Adamek
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 3000; 10ht EIC 3000; 4 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; dnf Dessau 3000SC; 4 Huelva 3000SC
11,
19
LOHISH Artsiom BLR – Belarus
24y
231d
1990
14:27.50
14:27.50 -15
23y today
1992
13:39.10
13:38.53 -14
(aka Artem Logish) // 3000 pb: 8:09.46i -15, 8:21.64 -14. 1 Belarusian Universities indoor 3000 2014
In 2015: 2 Belarusian indoor 1500/3000; 1 Brest 3000/5000
12,
134
FEHR Marcel GER – Germany
1500 pb: 3:40.06 -15. 7 World Youth 3000 2009; 6 WJC 1500 2010
In 2015: 1 German Universities 1500; 10 Oordegem 5000; 1 Forst 1500; 5 Montbéliard 1500
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....12:37.35. Kenenisa Bekele ETH..............2004
2....12:39.36. Haile Gebrselassie ETH........... 1998
3....12:39.74. Daniel Komen KEN.................1997
4....12:46.53. Eliud Kipchoge KEN................2004
5....12:46.81. Dejen Gebremeskel ETH..........2012
6....12:47.04. Sileshi Sihine ETH................. 2004
7....12:47.53. Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH.............2012
8....12:48.64. Isiah Koech KEN....................2012
9....12:48.66. Isaac Songok KEN.................. 2006
10.. 12:48.77. Yenew Alamirew ETH............. 2012
1....13:00.31. Ali Kaya TUR
2....13:17.87. Thomas Farrell GBR
3....13:22.92. Jesús España ESP
4....13:23.00. Dennis Licht NED
5....13:26.77. Hayle Ibrahimov AZE
6....13:27.10. Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR
7....13:28.07. Bashir Abdi BEL
8....13:28.35. Antonio Abadía ESP
9....13:29.63. Florian Orth GER
10.. 13:30.50. Sam Stabler GBR
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Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 400 Metres Hurdles
Sat/17:35
Heat A
ETCh Record:
49.15
Silvio Schirrmeister GER
Gateshead
22 Jun 13
Age
2,
264
CARBE Jonathan SWE – Sweden
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
25y
(Days)
90d
1990
-
51.69 -13
23y
190d
1991
-
49.95 -13
400 pb: 48.81 -08. 1 Swedish 2013
3,
192
KJERPESET Øyvind NOR – Norway
Full name-Øyvind Strømmen Kjerpeset
At the 2013 European Team Championships in Gateshead, he became the first Norwegian to break 50 seconds for 400m Hurdles
sf WJC 2010; dnf ht ECH 2012; 4 ETCh 2013; 7 under-23 ECH 2013. 1 Norwegian 2011/2012/2013/2014. Coach-Eystein Enoksen
His mother-Tone Strømmen and father-Thor Kjerpeset were both 400m runners, his younger sisters Kristine and Margarete are both sprint hurdlers
In 2015: 1 Drammen 100/200; 1 Askim 100/200; 1 Hamar 400 (3 200); 1 Tønsberg 200; dnf Florø (4 200); 4 Oslo Diamond 200 ‘B’
4,
37
CABELLO Diego ESP – Spain
27y
157d
1988
50.31
49.96 -13
Full name-Diego Cabello Miñon
4x Spanish Champion // 400 pb: 47.17 -12. ht World Youth 2005; ht WJC 2006; 7 Ibero-American 2008; 8 ECP 2008; sf ECH 2012 (2010-ht); 4 Mediterranean
Games 2013; 7 ETCh 2013 (2011-8, 2014-11). 1 Spanish 2010/2011/2012/2013
In 2015: 1 Zaragoza; 1 Castellón; 4 European Clubs Cup; 2 Huelva; 1 Spanish Clubs
5,
68
MÖRÖ Oskari FIN – Finland
22y
140d
1993
50.53
49.08 -14
2014 European finalist // 400 pb: 47.52 -14. dq Youth Olympic Games final 2010 (illegal hurdle clearance); 7 EJC 2011; 6 WJC 2012; 8 ECH 2014 (2012-ht). 1
Finnish 2012/2014
In 2015: 1 Potchefstroom 300; 1 Espoo 600; 3 Lappeenranta; 3 Lahti
6,
135
FLEISCHHAUER Georg GER – Germany
26y
241d
1988
50.49
48.72 -11
Second 2011 European Team Championships // 400 pb: 47.70 -11. 2 ETCh 2011; sf WCH 2011 (where he improved from 49.50 to 48.72 in the heats); 6 ECH
2012. 1 German 2012
In 2015: 5 Gainesville; 4 Munich; 3 Regensburg
7,
32
YAKAULEU Mikita BLR – Belarus
26y
165d
1989
51.2
50.02 -12
(aka Nikita Yakovlev). Twice Belarusian Champion // 400 pb: 47.88 -14 (48.22 -15). sf under-23 ECH 2009/2011; sf ECH 2012; 11 ETCh 2013. 1 Belarusian
2012/2013
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities (2 400); 1 Belarusian Cup; 2 Minsk Olympic Prizes
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....46.78..... Kevin Young USA...................1992
2....47.02..... Edwin Moses USA.................. 1983
3....47.03..... Bryan Bronson USA................ 1998
4....47.10..... Samuel Matete ZAM............... 1991
5....47.19..... Andre Phillips USA.................1988
6....47.23..... Amadou Dia Bâ SEN............... 1988
7....47.24..... Kerron Clement USA.............. 2005
=8.. 47.25..... Felix Sanchez DOM................ 2003
..... 47.25..... Angelo Taylor USA................. 2008
10.. 47.30..... Bershawn Jackson USA............2005
1....48.65..... Thomas Barr IRL
2....48.76..... Kariem Hussein SUI
3....49.14..... Rasmus Mägi EST
4....49.18..... Denis Kudryavtsev RUS
5....49.31..... Jack Green GBR
6....49.36..... Tom Burton GBR
7....49.38..... Patryk Dobek POL
8....49.42..... Timofey Chalyy RUS
9....49.76..... Stanislav Melnykov UKR
10.. 49.77..... Niall Flannery GBR
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Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 400 Metres Hurdles
Sat/17:43
Heat B
ETCh Record:
49.15
Silvio Schirrmeister GER
Gateshead
22 Jun 13
Age
2,
93
FRANÇOIS Mickaël FRA – France
27y
(Days)
99d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1988
50.19
49.35 -13
ht WJC 2006; 4 EJC 2007; 6 under-23 ECH 2009; 3 ETCh 2013; sf WCH 2013; 4 Francophone Games 2013. 1 French under-23 2008/2010
In 2015: 1 Réduit; 1 Gayny; 1 Pontoise; 3 Colmar
3,
123
RODGER Sebastian GBR – Great Britain & NI
23y
356d
1991
49.94
49.19 -13
2013 European under-23 silver // 400 pb: 46.89 -13 (47.64 -15). Decathlon pb: 6922 -11. 3 WJC 4x400 2010; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; sf WCH 2013; ht COM
2014; sf ECH 2014. 1 English under-23 2012/2013. 1 English under-20 indoor HJ 2010. Was Britain’s fourth-ranked junior Decathlete in 2010. Coach-James
Hillier
In 2015: 4 Manchester 200H; 4 Loughborough International 400; 5 Geneva; 1 Leixlip
4,
212
DOBEK Patryk POL – Poland
21y
127d
1994
49.38
49.13 -14
2014 Polish Champion // 400 pb: 46.15 -13. 3 World Youth 400H 2011; sf WJC 400H 2012 (2 4x400); 2 EJC 400H 2013 (2 4x400); sf ECH 400H 2014 (missed
final by 0.01). 1 Polish 2014
In 2015: 4 Polish indoor 400; 1 Salzburg; 1 Gdańsk 200 ‘B’; 1 Montreuil; 1 Bydgoszcz
5,
293
MELNYKOV Stanislav UKR – Ukraine
28y
114d
1987
49.76
49.09 -10
Twice European bronze medallist // 400 pb: 46.54 -08. ht EJC 2005; 8 ECP 2006 (2007-dnf); 3 WJC 2006; ht EIC 400 2009; 2 under-23 ECH 2009; ht WCH
2009; 4 ETCh 2010; 3 ECH 2010/2012 (2014-sf); sf OLY 2012. 1 Ukrainian 2006-2012 (7x)
In 2015: 2 Dakar; 1 Ukrainian Teams
6,
243
KUDRYAVTSEV Denis RUS – Russia
23y
67d
1992
49.18
48.95 -14
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
2014 European bronze // 400 pb: 46.2 -14. ht WCH 2013; 5 WIC 4x400 2014; 1 ETCh 2014; 3 ECH 2014. 1 Russian 2013. Graduate from the Institute of
Physical Culture of Tyumen State University
In 2015: 1 Russian Teams; 1 Prague Odložil
7,
165
CAPOTOSTI Leonardo ITA – Italy
26y
330d
1988
50.01
50.01 -15
ht WJC 2006; 3 World Military Games 2011; 5 ETCh 2013 (2014-6); sf ECH 2014. 1 Italian 2014
In 2015: 1 Chiete; 3 Munich; 5 European Clubs Cup; 9 Rome Diamond
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....46.78..... Kevin Young USA...................1992
2....47.02..... Edwin Moses USA.................. 1983
3....47.03..... Bryan Bronson USA................ 1998
4....47.10..... Samuel Matete ZAM............... 1991
5....47.19..... Andre Phillips USA.................1988
6....47.23..... Amadou Dia Bâ SEN............... 1988
7....47.24..... Kerron Clement USA.............. 2005
=8.. 47.25..... Felix Sanchez DOM................ 2003
..... 47.25..... Angelo Taylor USA................. 2008
10.. 47.30..... Bershawn Jackson USA............2005
1....48.65..... Thomas Barr IRL
2....48.76..... Kariem Hussein SUI
3....49.14..... Rasmus Mägi EST
4....49.18..... Denis Kudryavtsev RUS
5....49.31..... Jack Green GBR
6....49.36..... Tom Burton GBR
7....49.38..... Patryk Dobek POL
8....49.42..... Timofey Chalyy RUS
9....49.76..... Stanislav Melnykov UKR
10.. 49.77..... Niall Flannery GBR
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Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s High Jump
ETCh Record:
2.35
Dmytro Demyanyuk UKR
Sat/17:00
Stockholm
18 Jun 11
Age
1,
79
VIITA Jussi FIN – Finland
29y
(Days)
267d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1985
2.14
2.26 -14
7x Finnish Champion (4 in + 3 out) // 11 WSG 2009; dnq EIC 2011; 8 WSG 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Finnish 2011/2013/2014 (1 indoors 2011-2014). 1.86 tall
In 2015: 2 Lokeren; 1 Raasepori
2,
303
YAKOVENKO Dmytro UKR – Ukraine
22y
275d
1992
2.30
2.30 -15
25y
57d
1990
2.20
2.26 -11
12 under-23 ECH 2013
In 2015: 3 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Kherson; 4 Ukrainian Universities; 4 Mykolaiv; 1 Ukrainian Teams
3,
52
SANCHO Miguel Ángel ESP – Spain
Full name-Miguel Ángel Sancho Rubio
2008 World Junior bronze // 2.27i -09 (2.24i -15). 4 World Youth 2007; 3 WJC 2008; dnq ECH 2012; 9 ETCh 2013 (2014-12); 11 WSG 2013; dnq EIC 2015. 1
Spanish 2011 & indoor 2012/2015. 1.80 tall
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Spanish Universities; 1 Zaragoza; 1 Castellón; 4 European Clubs Cup; 1 Barcelona; 1 Algemesí; 2 Spanish Clubs
4,
198
NILSEN Kristoffer NOR – Norway
26y
84d
1989
2.10
2.21 -10
26y
53d
1989
2.26
2.32 -09
1 Nordic under-23 2010; 1 ETCh 2011. 1 Norwegian 2010/2012/2014 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2014)
In 2015: 1 Vik i Sogn; 1 Trondheim; 1 Asker
5,
207
BEDNAREK Sylwester POL – Poland
Surprise world bronze medallist in 2009 when he improved by 4cm (but no improvement since then)
4 World Youth 2005; 2 WJC 2008 (2006-4); dnq EIC 2009/2015; 1 under-23 ECH 2009; =3 WCH 2009; =8 ETCh 2010; 10 ECH 2010. 1 Polish 2014 & indoor
2009/2015. 1.96 tall
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Polish Universities; 4 Ostrava; 3 Opole; =7 Prague Odložil
6,
23
NAUMOVICH Artsem BLR – Belarus
24y
121d
1991
2.25
2.25 -15
3 EJC 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 18 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-12). 1 Belarusian indoor 2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities indoor; 1 Gomel; 1 Belarusian indoor; 3 Belarusian Universities; 3 Brest; 1 Minsk Olympic Prizes; 1 Minsk Zhelobobskiy
7,
152
PRZYBYLKO Mateusz GER – Germany
23y
102d
1992
2.30
2.30 -15
1992
2.29
2.33 -14
11 World Youth 2009; dnf WJC 2010; 7 EJC 2011; 5 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq EIC 2015. 1 German indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 German indoor; dnq EIC; 3 Eppingen; 1 Weinheim
8,
259
TSYPLAKOV Daniyil RUS – Russia
22y
325d
(Pronounced “Zip - lak - ov”)
2015 European Indoor Champion // 2.34i -14. 3 World Youth 2009; 4 EJC 2011; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 WIC 2014; 5 ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015. 1 Russian 2014
In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; 1 EIC; 1 Krasnodar; 5 Eugene Diamond; 3 Prague Odložil; =6 Oslo Diamond
9,
118
GRABARZ Robbie GBR – Great Britain & NI
27y
260d
1987
2.24
2.37 -12
Grabarz pronounced “Gra - Bars“
Shared 2012 Olympic bronze. In 2012 became Britain’s first European High Jump Champion outdoors since 1950
dnq EJC 2005; 12 WJC 2006; =6 WIC 2012; 1 ECH 2012; =3 OLY 2012; 6 EIC 2013 (2011-dnq); 8 WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014. 1 English 2010/2011; 1 UK
2012/2013; 1 UK indoor 2013/2014. Winner of the 2012 Diamond Race. Born-Enfield. Polish grandfather. Coach-Fayyaz Ahmed. 1.91 tall
In 2012 he jumped eight personal bests of 2.29i, 2.30i, 2.31i, 2.31, 2.33, 2.34, 2.36 & 2.37
His 2013 best was 2.31, but he was still easily the British #1
Missed 2014 season outdoors, needing surgery on his left knee
In 2015: =14 Drake Relays; 1 Bedford Games
10,
95
HANANY Mickaël FRA – France
32y
87d
1983
2.25
2.34 -14
French record holder outdoors // LJ pb: 8.03w -08, 7.83 -06. =7 WJC 2000; 3 EJC 2001; 4 ECP 2005/2007 (2006-9); 8 under-23 ECH 2005; =5 WCH 2009
(2005/2013-dnq); 3 ECH 2012 (2006/2014-dnq); 14 OLY 2012; 2 ETCh 2013; 7 EIC 2013. 1 NCAA 2008 (2004-4,2005-2, 2006-6). 1 French
2006/2007/2009/2012/2013/2014 (1 indoor 2010/2012/2013). 1.98 tall
In 2015: 16 Dreake Relays; 2 Baie Mahault; nh Beijing; 1 Tourcoing; 10 Prague Odložil; 3 Pierre-Bénite
11,
172
FASSINOTTI Marco ITA – Italy
26y
52d
1989
2.33
2.33 -15
Italian record holder indoors & out. Trains in Britain in the group of Robbie Grabarz (1 ECH 2012)
2.34i -15. 7 WJC 2008; 9 ECH 2010; 6 EIC 2011 (2013-dnq); 5 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-6); 6 WIC 2014; 4 ETCh 2014; =7 ECH 2014. 1 Italian indoor 2014.
Coach-Fayyez Ahmed. 1.88 tall
“In Birmingham I have integrated so well that now they mistake me for someone who speaks the dialect of the [English] Midlands.”
In 2015: Equalled Italian indoor record with 2.34 in Hustopeče; 4 Drake Relays; 5 Ostrava; 2 Bedford Games; 2 Oslo Diamond (Italian outdoor record 2.33)
12,
271
KATIB Mehdi SWE – Sweden
(Katib aka Al-Khatib, Alkhatib, Khatib)
3x Swedish Champion // 9 under-23 ECH 2009; 10 ETCh 2011. 1 Swedish 2009/2013/2014
In 2015: 2 Swedish indoor; 2 Uppsala
27y
219d
1987
2.13
2.21 -11
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....2.45......
2....2.43......
=3.. 2.42......
..... 2.42......
=5.. 2.41......
..... 2.41......
=7.. 2.40......
..... 2.40......
..... 2.40......
..... 2.40......
..... 2.40......
..... 2.40......
1....2.37......
2....2.33......
3....2.32......
=4.. 2.30......
..... 2.30......
=6.. 2.29......
..... 2.29......
..... 2.29......
=9.. 2.28......
..... 2.28......
..... 2.28......
..... 2.28......
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Javier Sotomayor CUB............ 1993
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT..........2014
Patrik Sjöberg SWE................ 1987
Bogdan Bondarenko UKR......... 2014
Igor Paklin KGZ.................... 1985
Ivan Ukhov RUS.................... 2014
Rudolf Povarnitsyn UKR...........1985
Sorin Matei ROU................... 1990
Charles Austin USA................ 1991
Vyacheslav Voronin RUS.......... 2000
Derek Drouin CAN................. 2014
Andriy Protsenko UKR.............2014
Bogdan Bondarenko UKR
Marco Fassinotti ITA
Ivan Ukhov RUS
Mateusz Przybylko GER
Dmytro Yakovenko UKR
Mihai Donisan ROU
Kyriakos Ioannou CYP
Daniyil Tsyplakov RUS
Mikhail Tsvetkov RUS
Andrii Protsenko UKR
Aleksandr Shustov RUS
Jaroslav Bába CZE
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Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Long Jump
ETCh Record:
8.36
Aleksandr Menkov RUS
Sat/17:40
Gateshead
22 Jun 13
Age
1,
167
CATANIA Emanuele ITA – Italy
26y
(Days)
259d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1988
7.59
7.98 -14
8.05
8.05 -15
dnq EIC 2013; 3 Mediterranean Games 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Italian 2014 & indoor 2015. Coach-Roberto Pericoli
In 2015: 1 Italian indoor; 1 Rieti
2,
276
OTTERLING Andreas SWE – Sweden
29y
26d
1986
Full name-Carl Erik Andreas Otterling // TJ pb: 16.53w -11, 16.22i, 16.21 -10. dnq ECH LJ 2009/2012; dnq EIC LJ 2011/2013. 1 Swedish LJ 2011 & indoor
2009. Coach-Leif Robertson
In 2015: 3 EIC; 1 Eskilstuna; 2 Innsbruck; 1 Uppsala; 1 Lahti
3,
73
PULLI Kristian FIN – Finland
20y
291d
1994
7.80
7.89 -14
TJ pb: 16.07 -14 (15.70 -15). 2 EJC TJ 2013; 1 Nordic under-23 LJ 2014. 1 Finnish indoor TJ 2013; 1 Finnish LJ 2014 (1 indoor 2015)
In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor LJ; 2 Rehlingen TJ; 1 Lappeenranta LJ; 2 Lahti LJ
4,
294
NELEDVA Taras UKR – Ukraine
23y
12d
1992
7.80
7.90 -13
26y
319d
1988
7.90
8.01 -14
6 ETCh 2013; 4 under-23 ECH 2013 // In 2015: 5 Ukrainian indoor
5,
48
OKUTU Jean Marie ESP – Spain
8.05w -14. 7 under-23 ECH 2009; 2 Ibero-American 2012; 5 ETCh 2013; dnq ECH 2014; 5 EIC 2015 (2013-dnq). 1 Spanish 2009/2011 (1 indoors 2013/2014).
Born-Ghana. Coach-Javier Medrano
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 5 EIC; 1 Monzón; 1 Vigo; 1 Salamanca; 1 Spanish Clubs
6,
206
WARHOLM Karsten NOR – Norway
19y
112d
1996
7.34
7.50 -14
2013 World Youth Champion at Octathlon // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.55; LJ: 7.50; SP: 11.68 (6kg); HJ: 2.05; 400: 46.31; 110H: 14.70; DT: 36.05 (1.75kg(; PV: 4.20; JT: 44.13; 1500: 4:52.81. Decathlon pb:
7551 (junior implements) -14 (7295 -15). Coach-Arve Hatløy
1 World Youth Octathlon 2013; 10 WJC Decathlon 2014. 1 Norwegian 110H 2014
In 2015: 1 Norwegian indoor 200/400/60H; 1 Norwegian junior indoor 60/200/400/60H/HJ/PV/LJ (7 events!); 1 Norwegian junior Decathlon; 1 Florø 400; 6
Oslo Diamond 400
7,
214
JASZCZUK Tomasz POL – Poland
23y
102d
1992
8.05
8.15 -14
2011 European junior silver // 8.08w -15. 4 World Youth 2009; 2 EJC 2011; 6 under-23 ECH 2013; 4 ETCh 2014 (2013-8); 7 ECH 2014 (2012-8). 1 Polish 2012
In 2015: 2 Hengelo; 1 Biała Podlaska; 2 Budapest; 1 Siedlce
8,
11
BANDARENKA Artsem BLR – Belarus
24y
1d
1991
7.89
7.92 -14
26y
81d
1989
8.22
8.29 -13
(aka Artem Bondarenko) // 8 EJC 2009. 1 Belarusian 2011 (1 indoor 2010/2013/2014)
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Cup
9,
132
CAMARA Alyn GER – Germany
2013 German Champion (ahead of Sebastian Bayer & Christian Reif) // ht WJC 110H 2008; 7 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq ECH 2012; dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH
2013. 1 German 2013 & indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 German indoor; 7 EIC; 4 Hengelo; 1 Dessau; 1 Leverkusen; 5 Huelva
10,
247
MENKOV Aleksandr RUS – Russia
24y
195d
1990
8.27
8.56 -13
Defied severe back pain to become 2013 World Champion, breaking a 25 year-old Russian record twice in the process
HJ pb: 2.15 -10. 1 EJC 2009; 1 ETCh 2011/2013 (2009-6); 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 11 OLY 2012; 1 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq, 2011-6); 5 WIC 2014; dnq ECH 2014. 1
Russian 2012 & indoor 2013. Attends Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University
In 2014 he was struggling with a groin injury – “I could not train as I wanted”
In 2015: 6 Russian indoor; 1 Shanghai Diamond (8.27, his longest jump for 15 months); 3 Beijing; 3 Oslo Diamond
11,
109
BRAMBLE Dan GBR – Great Britain & NI
24y
249d
1990
8.21
8.21 -15
2015 UK Indoor Champion. Now fifth on the UK all-time list // TJ pb: 15.15i, 14.88 -14. 1 English under-23 2012; 2 UK 2013/2014 (2011-3); 1 UK indoor 2015
(2011/2013-3, 2014-2). Coach-Frank Attoh
He also competes at Triple Jump for the club Shaftesbury Barnet in the British League
In 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 meet
the 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; 3
Birmingham Diamond
(He is due to jump in the triple jump tomorrow as a late replacement for Nathan Douglas (thigh strain))
12,
94
GOMIS Kafètien FRA – France
35y
88d
1980
7.97
8.24 -10
European silver in 2010 & bronze in 2014 // 9 WSG 2003; dnq OLY 2004; 7 WSG 2005; 5 ECP 2008; 4 Mediterranean Games 2009; dnq WCH 2009; 2 ETCh 2010
(2011-6); 2 ECH 2010 (2006-5, 2012-9, 2014-3); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-8); 2 EIC 2011 (2007/2009-4, 2015-dnq). 1 French 2007 & indoor
2007/2008/2014/2015. Coach-Renaud Longuèvre
In 2015: 1 French indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Tourcoing; 8 Dessau; 5 Marseille; 6 Pierre-Bénite
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....8.95......
2....8.90......
3....8.87......
4....8.86......
=5.. 8.74......
..... 8.74......
..... 8.74......
8....8.73......
9....8.71......
10.. 8.66......
1....8.35......
2....8.27......
3....8.25......
4....8.22......
5....8.21......
6....8.19......
7....8.15......
=8.. 8.07......
..... 8.07......
10.. 8.05......
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Mike Powell USA................... 1991
Bob Beamon USA.................. 1968
Carl Lewis USA..................... 1991
Robert Emmiyan ARM............. 1987
Larry Myricks USA................. 1988
Erick Walder USA.................. 1994
Dwight Phillips USA............... 2009
Irving Saladino PAN............... 2008
Iván Pedroso CUB.................. 1995
Loúis Tsátoumas GRE............. 2007
Greg Rutherford GBR
Aleksandr Menkov RUS
Fabian Heinle GER
Alyn Camara GER
Dan Bramble GBR
Ignisious Gaisah NED
Radek Juška CZE
Julian Reid GBR
Markus Rehm GER
Tomasz Jaszczuk POL
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Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Shot Put
ETCh Record:
21.63
Sat/15:15
Māris Urtāns LAT
Belgrade
19 Jun 10
Age
1,
222
MAJEWSKI Tomasz POL – Poland
33y
(Days)
294d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1981
20.73
21.95 -09
In London 2012 became the first Shot Putter to retain an Olympic title since 1956
20x Polish Champion (12 out + 8 in)
4 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 WSG 2005 (2003-5); 3 WIC 2008/2012 (2004/2010/2014-4, 2006-6); 2 ECP 2008 (2003/2004-4, 2006-5, 2007-3); 1 OLY 2008/2012
(2004-dnq); 1 EIC 2009 (2005-dnq); 1 ETCh 2009/2010 (2011/2013/3024-2); 2 WCH 2009 (2005-7, 2007-4, 2011-8, 2013-6); 1 ECH 2010 (2006-6, 2014-3); 2
IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-5). 1 Polish 2002-2005/2007-2014 (1 indoors 2004-2006/2008-2010/2012/2014). Graduate of Political Science. 2.04/142kg
In 2015: 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Plock
2,
22
LYZHYN Pavel BLR – Belarus
34y
88d
1981
20.19
21.21 -10
Fourth at Beijing Olympics, then eighth at London 2012 // DT pb: 61.72 -07 (57.69 -15). 4 EJC 99 (2 DT); 4 WJC SP 2000 (7 DT); 1 under-23 ECH SP 2003
(2001-8); 5 WSG SP 2005; 2 EIC SP 2007 (2002-6, 2015-dnq); 4 OLY SP 2008 (2004-dnq, 2012-8); 6 WCH SP 2009 (2003/2005/2007/2011/2013-dnq); 5 WIC SP
2010; 4 ETCh SP 2010; 6 ECH SP 2010 (2002-dnq, 2006-8). 1 Belarusian SP 2001/2004/2009/2011/2012/2013/2014 (1 indoor 2007/2012/2014/2015).
1.89/121kg
In 2015: 1 Belarusian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Brest (2 DT); 1 Belarusian Cup; 2 European Clubs Cup ‘B’ (3 DT)
3,
157
STORL David GER – Germany
24y
328d
1990
21.92
21.97 -14
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
Twice World Champion, twice European Champion
DT pb: 59.37 -09. 1 World Youth 2007; 1 WJC 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 1 ETCh 2011/2013/2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 WCH 2011/2013 (2009-dnq); 2 WIC
2012/2014 (2010-6); 1 ECH 2012/2014 (2010-4); 2 OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2015 (2011-2). 1 German 2011/2013/2014 & indoor 2012/2014/2015. His first sport was
football. Coach-Sven Lang. 1.99/125kg
In 2015: 1 German indoor; 1 EIC; 1 Doha Diamond; 1 Halle; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond
4,
244
LESNOY Aleksandr RUS – Russia
26y
326d
1988
20.55
21.40 -14
2013 World Student Games Champion // 20.70i -15. DT pb: 58.80 -12 (53.50 -15). dnq WCH 2013; 3 ETCh 2012/2014; 1 WSG 2013; 8 WIC 2014; 10 ECH 2014;
dnq EIC 2015. 1 Russian indoors & out 2014
In 2015: 2 Russian indoor; 9 Russian winter DT; dnq EIC; 1 Russian Teams
5,
116
DUQUEMIN Zane GBR – Great Britain & NI
23y
270d
1991
18.29
19.42 -13
2010 Commonwealth Games finalist shot and discus (for Jersey)
2014 UK Champion at Discus
DT pb: 63.46 -12 (58.95 -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/DT
2011; 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 also
a thrower. Coach-John Hillier
In 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; 2
Bedford Games SP; 1 British League div 2/Jun 6 DT (2 SP)
6,
87
BUCKI Gaëtan FRA – France
35y
41d
1980
20.18
20.21 -14
9x French Champion (7 in + 2 out) // 12 under-23 ECH 2001; 7 ECP 2004 (2005-8, 2006-7); 7 EIC 2007/2011 (2005/2015-dnq); 6 ETCh 2011 (2014-7); 2
Francophone Games 2013; 11 ECH 2014. 1 French 2006/2014 (1 indoor 2004/2005/2006/2007/2010/2011/2014). 1.95/115kg
In 2015: 2 French indoor; dnq EIC; 4 European Throws Cup; 1 Tourcoing; 1 Tergnier; 1 Bruay La Buissière; 1 Forbach; 1 Montreuil
7,
184
SECCI Daniele ITA – Italy
23y
102d
1992
18.85
19.03 -14
11 World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 2 EJC 2011; 11 ETCh 2014; dnq EIC 2015. 1 Italian 2014 (1 indoor 2015). 1.93/110kg
In 2015: 1 Italian indoor; dnq EIC; 9 European Throws Cup; 6 European Clubs Cup; fouled out Rome Diamond
8,
278
STÅHL Daniel SWE – Sweden
22y
296d
1992
17.41
19.17 -14
DT pb: 66.89 -14 (61.23 -15). dnq World Youth SP/DT 2009; dnq WJC SP 2010; dnq ECH DT 2014. 1 Swedish DT 2014. His first sport was ice hockey. CoachVesteinn Hafsteinsson. 2.00/136kg
In 2015: 1 Uppsala SP/DT; 2 Tartu DT; 2 Bydgoszcz DT
9,
59
KANGAS Arttu FIN – Finland
21y
342d
1993
19.79
19.79 -15
5 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 4 WJC 2012; 7 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Finnish 2013/2014 (1 indoor 2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor; dnq EIC; 4 Rīga; 1 Raasepori; 1 Tartu; 1 Lahti
10,
297
SAVYTSKYY Dmytro UKR – Ukraine
24y
188d
1990
18.60
20.38 -12
31y
24d
1984
20.15
21.07 -14
3 World Youth 2007; 9 EJC 2009; 2 under-23 ECH 2011; 10 ECH 2012
In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Kirovograd’ 1 Ukrainian Universities; 3 Kiev; 1 Ukrainian Teams
11,
56
VIVAS Borja ESP – Spain
Full name-Borja Vivas Jimenez
2014 European silver // 10 EJC 2003; 8 under-23 ECH 2005; 1 Ibero-American 2008 (2010-4); 2 WSG 2009; dnq WCH 2009/2013; dnq WIC 2012/2014; 4 ETCh
2013/2014 (2010-8, 2011-7); 2 ECH 2014 (2010-10, 2012-7); 4 EIC 2015 (2011/2013-dnq). 1 Spanish 2010/2011/2013/2014 (1 indoor
2009/2010/2011/2013/2014/2015). Coach-Tomás Fernández. 2.03/140kg
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 4 EIC; 1 European Throws Cup; 1 Spanish Universities; 1 Andújar; 7 Doha Diamond; 9 Rome Diamond
12,
203
SKAGESTAD Sven Martin NOR – Norway
20y
158d
1995
DT pb: 58.72 -15. 3 WJC DT 2014. Coach-Einar Kristian Tveitå (12 WCH 2001). 2.01/117kg
In 2015: 1 Byrkjelo DT; 1 Ravnanger DT; 4 Halle under-23 DT; 2 Hamar DT; 1 Bergen DT; 4 Florø DT; 8 Oslo Diamond DT
-
17.42 -14
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....23.12..... Randy Barnes USA................. 1990
2....23.06..... Ulf Timmermann GDR.............1988
3....22.91..... Alessandro Andrei ITA............ 1987
4....22.86..... Brian Oldfield USA.................1975
5....22.75..... Werner Günthör SUI...............1988
6....22.67..... Kevin Toth USA.................... 2003
7....22.64..... Udo Beyer GDR.....................1986
8....22.54..... Christian Cantwell USA........... 2004
9....22.52..... John Brenner USA................. 1987
10.. 22.51..... Adam Nelson USA.................. 2002
1....21.92..... David Storl GER
2....21.06..... Tsanko Arnaudov POR
3....20.90..... Asmir Kolašinac SRB
4....20.76..... Tomasz Majewski POL
5....20.67..... Hamza Alić BIH
6....20.64..... Tomáš Staněk CZE
=7.. 20.55..... Aleksandr Lesnoy RUS
..... 20.55..... Jakub Szyszkowski POL
9....20.54..... Georgi Ivanov BUL
10.. 20.49..... Kemal Mešić BIH
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Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Hammer Throw
ETCh Record:
80.14
Krisztián Pars HUN
Sat/16:35
Izmir
18 Jun 11
Age
1,
40
CIENFUEGOS Javier ESP – Spain
24y
(Days)
340d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1990
74.76
76.71 -13
Full name-Javier Cienfuegos Pinilla
Former world junior record holder
dnq World Youth 2007; 8 ECP 2008; 12 WJC 2008; 3 EJC 2009 (2007-dnq); dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013; 4 Ibero-American 2010; dnq ECH 2010/2012/2014; 8
ETCh 2011-2013 (2009-7, 2010-12, 2014-10); 2 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq OLY 2012. 1 Spanish 2009/2010/2013/2014. Coach-Antonio Fuentes. 1.93/134kg
In 2015: 1 Montijo; 1 Spanish winter; 6 European Throws Cup; 1 Spanish Universities; 7 Halle; 5 Fränkisch-Crumbach; 5 St Pölten; 5 Huelva
2,
189
HENRIKSEN Eivind NOR – Norway
24y
279d
1990
71.84
75.57 -12
Norwegian record holder. Missed the London Olympic final by one place (or 6cm)
DT pb: 53.16 -11. 4 EJC 2009. 1 Nordic junior 2009; dnq ECH 2010/2012/2014; 12 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq WCH 2009/2011; dnq OLY 2012; 7 ETCh 2013
(2010-8). 1 Norwegian 2010/2011. 1.91/105kg
In 2015: 1 Tønsberg; 3 Florø
3,
213
FAJDEK Paweł POL – Poland
26y
16d
1989
82.76
83.48 -14
2013 World Champion // 4 WJC 2008; 2 ETCh 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-8); 1 WSG 2011/2013; 11 WCH 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 1 ETCh 2013 (2011-2,
2014-2); 1 WCH 2013 (2011-11); 1 Francophone Games 2013; 2 ECH 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Polish 2012/2014. Coach-Czesław Cybulski.
1.86/122kg
In 2015: 2 European Throws Cup; 1 Buenos Aires (3x); 1 Halle; 1 Ostrava; 1 Biała Podlaska; 1 Rabat
4,
13
DUBITSKI Aleh BLR – Belarus
24y
244d
1990
76.67
76.67 -15
24y
105d
1991
70.35
70.35 -15
2008 World junior bronze // 8 World Youth 2007; 3 WJC 2008; 5 EJC 2009; 3 under-23 ECH 2011
In 2015: 4 Belarusian winter; 2 Brest; 1 Belarusian Cup
5,
141
HÜTZEN Paul GER – Germany
8 WJC 2010. 1 German under-23 2013
In 2015: 1 Leverkusen (Jan 17); 1 Leichlingen; 1 German Universities; 12 Halle; 6 Fränkisch-Crumbach; 2 Leverkusen (May 30); 2 Berlin
6,
245
LITVINOV Sergey RUS – Russia
29y
144d
1986
76.20
80.98 -12
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
His father and coach Sergey Litvinov was European Cup winner in 1983 & 1993, as well as winning Olympic and world titles in the 80s
9 WJC 2004 (for Belarus); 9 EJC 2005 (for Belarus); 11 under-23 ECH 2007 (for Belarus); 5 WCH 2009 (for Germany); dnq WCH 2011 (for Russia); 3 WSG 2013;
1 ETCh 2014 (2013-4); 3 ECH 2014. 1 German 2009 & Russian 2013. 1.85/92kg
He has variously had citizenship of Russia, Belarus and Germany and competed for Belarus to 2008 (“Serhei”), then Germany in 2009 (“Sergej”). In 2010 he
abruptly withdrew from the German squad at the European Team Championships and declared his wish to compete for Russia and from January 1, 2011 was
cleared by the IAAF to do so
In 2015: 1 Adler; 8 Ostrava; 1 Russian Teams; 6 Rabat
7,
121
MILLER Nick GBR – Great Britain & NI
22y
50d
1993
76.97
76.97 -15
2014 Commonwealth Games silver // dnq WJC 2012; 9 under-23 ECH 2013; 4 ETCh 2014; 2 COM 2014. 1 English junior 2010; 1 English Schools 2011; 1 English
under-23 2013; 2 NCAA 2014; 2 NCAA indoor Weight Throw 2014; 1 UK 2014. Studying Criminology at Oklahoma State University with plans to join the Police.
His parents Debra Brewer and Lenny Miller were both athletes. Coach-John Baumann. 1.88/120kg
He was GB under-18 Champion at Karate. His hobbies: motorbikes (“I have a small collection”) and fishing
In 2015: 7 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw; 1 Stanford Invitational; 1 Stanford Jordan (pb 76.97 for fourth UK all-time and a World Championship qualifier); 2
Halle; 2 Loughborough International
8,
85
BORTOLUZZI Jérôme FRA – France
33y
31d
1982
72.08
78.26 -12
3x French Champion // 9 ETCh 2009; dnq WCH 2011; 8 ECH 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 4 Francophone Games 2013. 5 NCAA 2004 (2003-10). 1 French
2009/2013/2014. Was at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Coach-Raphael Piolanti. 1.82/110kg
In 2015: 1 French winter; 1 Châlon-sur-Saone; 1 Villers le Nancy
9,
180
LINGUA Marco ITA – Italy
37y
16d
1978
76.01
79.97 -08
7 EJC 97; 10 ECH 2006 (2012-dnq); dnq OLY 2008. 1 Italian 2008. 1.79/94kg
In 2015: 1 Busto Arsizio (2x); 1 Italian winter; 1 Vila Nova Cerveira; 1 Turin; 1 Castiglione della Pescaia; 1 Budapest
10,
280
VESTLUND Oskar SWE – Sweden
22y
54d
1993
69.19
69.19 -15
29y
35d
1986
73.46
75.31 -11
2 Youth Olympic Games ‘B’ 2010; dnq WJC 2012. 2 Swedish 2014
In 2015: 6 Halle under-23; 1 Eskilstuna; 1 Sollentuna
11,
76
SEPPÄNEN Tuomas FIN – Finland
5x second at main Finnish Championships // 7 EJC 2005; 9 under-23 ECH 2007; 7 WSG 2011/2013; 12 ECH 2014 (2010/2012-dnq). 2 Finnish 2010-2014.
1.80/107kg
In 2015: 1 Lappeenranta; 1 Lahti
12,
302
VINOGRADOV Yevgen UKR – Ukraine
31y
50d
1984
74.63
80.58 -08
4x Ukrainian Champion // dnq World Youth 2001; 7 EJC 2003; 6 under-23 ECH 2005; dnq WCH 2007/2013; dnq OLY 2008; 7 ETCh 2014 (2013-9); dnq ECH
2014. 1 Ukrainian 2007/2008/2013/2014. Two-year doping suspension in 2009-2011. 1.95/100kg
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian winter; 9 European Throws Cup; 1 Kiev; 1 Ukrainian Teams
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....86.74..... Yuriy Sedykh RUS.................. 1986
2....86.04..... Sergey Litvinov RUS............... 1986
3....84.90..... Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR..........2005
4....84.86..... Koji Murofushi JPN................ 2003
5....84.62..... Igor Astapkovich BLR..............1992
6....84.51..... Igor Tikhon BLR.................... 2008
7....84.48..... Igor Nikulin RUS....................1990
8....84.40..... Jüri Tamm EST..................... 1984
9....84.19..... Adrián Annus HUN................. 2003
10.. 83.68..... Tibor Gécsek HUN................. 1998
1....82.76..... Paweł Fajdek POL
2....79.24..... Krisztián Pars HUN
3....78.72..... Serghei Marghiev MDA
4....78.71..... Wojciech Nowicki POL
5....78.52..... Dzmitry Marshyn AZE
6....77.63..... Marcel Lomnický SVK
7....77.03..... Pavel Bareisha BLR
8....76.97..... Nick Miller GBR
9....76.93..... Mark Dry GBR
10.. 76.67..... Aleh Dubitski BLR
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Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
20/6/2015