Biographical Startlists Men - Sunday 21 June

Biographical Startlists Men - Sunday 21 June

European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 200 Metres
Sun/17:00
Heat A
ETCh Record:
20.28
Christoph Lemaitre FRA
Stockholm
19 Jun 11
Age
2,
75
SAMUELSSON Samuli FIN – Finland
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
19y
(Days)
363d
1995
20.91
20.91 -15
19y
29d
1996
21.20
21.20 -15
201d
1982
20.77
20.30 -07
100 pb: 10.43w, 10.49 -15 (10.55 -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
3,
196
MEINSETH Even NOR – Norway
His mother Sølvi Meinseth (Née Olsen) has held the Norwegian 400m record since 1991 with 52.45
100 pb: 10.72 -15. ht World Youth 100/200 2013. 6 Norwegian 100 2014
In 2015: 1 Grimstad 100; 1 Sandnes 100/200; 1 Hamar 200 ‘B’; 1 Uppsala 100; 1 Oslo Diamond 200 ‘B’
4,
282
WISSMAN Johan SWE – Sweden
32y
2008 Olympic finalist at 400m ... winner of 23 Swedish titles including 17 at 200m indoors or out
400 pb: 44.56 -07. qf WJC 200 2000; qf WJC 200 2000; 2 EJC 400 2001; sf EIC 200 2002/2005; sf WCH 200 2003/2005; 3 WIC 200 2004 (2003-ht); 2 ECP 200
2004; qf OLY 200 2004; 2 ECH 200 2006 (2002-ht, 2010-sf); 7 WCH 400 2007 (2009-sf); 2 WIC 400 2008; 8 OLY 400 2008; 1 EIC 400 2009 (2007-4, 2011-ht); 2
ETCh 400 2009 (2011-6); sf ECH 400 2012; ht ECH 200/400 2014. 1 Swedish 200 2001/2003/2004/2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/2013 (1 100 2004, 400
2002/2005/2011/2012); 1 Swedish indoor 200 2002/2003/2004/2005/2006/2007/2009/2011 & indoor 400 2012. Has run 3000m steeplechase in 11:12.75
In 2015: 3 Swedish indoor 200; 2 Weinheim 200 ‘B’; 1 Florø 200 (dnf 100)
5,
299
SMELYK Sergiy UKR – Ukraine
28y
63d
1987
20.74
20.30 -14
2014 European 200m bronze // 100 pb: 10.20w, 10.21 -13 (10.48 -15). 10 ETCh 100 2011; 5 ECH 100 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; 3 ETCh 200 2013 (2014-4); 4
WSG 200 2013 (1 4x100); sf WCH 200 2013. 1 Ukrainian 100 2010/2012/2014 (1 200 2012/2013). Coach-Viktor Bryzgin (1 OLY 4x100 1988), husband of Olga
Bryzgina (1 OLY 400 1988)
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor 60; 3 Ukrainian Universities 100; 1 Ukrainian Teams 200; 4 Rabat 200
6,
170
DEMONTE Enrico ITA – Italy
26y
268d
1988
20.95
20.45 -13
21y
73d
1994
21.80
21.35 -14
100 pb: 10.28 -14. 6 EJC 200 2007; ht WCH 200 2013; ht ECH 200 2014
In 2015: 1 Savona 100/200; 1 Codroipo 100
7,
28
SIRATSIUK Illia BLR – Belarus
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
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....19.19..... Usain Bolt JAM..................... 2009
2....19.26..... Yohan Blake JAM.................. 2011
3....19.32..... Michael Johnson USA..............1996
4....19.53..... Walter Dix USA.....................2011
5....19.58..... Tyson Gay USA..................... 2009
6....19.63..... Xavier Carter USA................. 2006
7....19.65..... Wallace Spearmon USA........... 2006
=8.. 19.68..... Frankie Fredericks NAM.......... 1996
..... 19.68..... Justin Gatlin USA.................. 2015
10.. 19.72..... Pietro Mennea ITA.................1979
1....20.09..... L-S Tsákonas GRE
2....20.21..... Christophe Lemaitre FRA
3....20.37..... Churandy Martina NED
4....20.40..... Delano Williams GBR
5....20.42..... Jimmy Vicaut FRA
6....20.45..... Karol Zalewski POL
7....20.47..... Chijindu Ujah GBR
8....20.49..... James Ellington GBR
9....20.49..... Robin Erewa GER
10.. 20.54..... Richard Kilty GBR
© Mark Butler 2015 (mbutler@worldscope.eu)
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 200 Metres
Sun/17:07
Heat B
ETCh Record:
20.28
Christoph Lemaitre FRA
Stockholm
19 Jun 11
Age
2,
250
OGARKOV Denis RUS – Russia
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
21y
(Days)
353d
1993
20.70
20.70 -15
24y
51d
1991
20.67
20.36 -14
100 pb: 10.37 -14 (10.45 -15). ht WJC 100 2012. 1 Russian under-23 100 2014
In 2015: 1 Russian Teams 100/200
3,
125
TALBOT Danny GBR – Great Britain & NI
2012 European bronze medallist at 200m // 100 pb: 10.14 -14. sf WJC 200 2010; 3 ECH 200 2012 (2014-sf); 4 ETCh 200 2013 (2011-6); 2 under-23 ECH 200
2013 (2011-4); 2 ETCh 100 2014; 7 COM 200 2014 (2 4x100); sf ECH 200 2014 (gold 4x100 having run in heats). 1 UK 200 2014 & indoor 2011; 1 English under
-23 200 2011/2012. Two of his uncles competed for Wales as schoolboys, one as a javelin thrower and another as a rugby player. Coach-Dan Cossins
In 2015: sf UK indoor 400 (pb 47.84 in heat; qualified for final but scratched); 2 Gainesville 200; Second leg for British team which won the ‘B’ final at 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
Hengelo 200
4,
101
LEMAITRE Christophe FRA – France
25y
10d
1990
20.21
19.80 -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)
100 pb: 9.92 -11 (10.16 -15). 4 World Youth 100 2007 (5 200); 1 WJC 200 2008; 1 EJC 100 2009; dq qf WCH 100 2009 (false start); 2 ETCh 100 2010; 1 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
5,
231
ZALEWSKI Karol POL – Poland
21y
318d
1993
20.45
20.41 -13
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
2013 European under-23 Champion at 200m (where he defeated 400m star Pavel Maslak and the British favourites Talbot & Gemili)
100 pb: 10.24w, 10.25 -13. 400 pb: 46.05 -14 (46.25i, 46.76 -15). 4 WJC 200 2012 (4 4x100, 2 4x400); dq ETCh 200 2013; 1 under-23 ECH 200 2013 (2 4x100);
sf WCH 200 2013; 1 ETCh 200 2014 (7 100); 8 ECH 200 2014; sf EIC 400 2015 (2 4x400). 1 Polish 100/200 2013/2014 (1 indoor 200 2014/2015 & 400 2015
He qualified for the the 2014 European 200m final by a manual draw between him and James Ellington (GBR), as they each clocked identical times (20.518)
in their semi-finals
In 2015: 1 Gdańsk 200 (2 100); 4 Prague Odložil 400; 6 Oslo Diamond 200; 2 Bydgoszcz 200
6,
133
EREWA Robin GER – Germany
23y
362d
1991
20.66
20.46 -14
Reigning German 200m Champion indoors & out // 100 pb: 10.31 -14 (10.33 -15). 5 WJC 200 2010; 3 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; sf ECH 200 2014. 1 German
200 2011/2014 (1 indoor 2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 German indoor 200; 3 IAAF World Relays 4x200; 1 Gladbeck 100/200; 4 Weinheim 100; 1 Regensburg 200 (20.66 into 3.0 wind)
7,
45
HORTELANO Bruno ESP – Spain
23y
276d
1991
20.74
20.47 -13
Spanish record holder for 200m // 100 pb: 10.27 -12 (10.49 -15). sf WJC 200 2010; ht ECH 200 2012; 5 under-23 ECH 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013. 1 Spanish
200 2013. Student of College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University
In 2015: 1 Lewisburg 400; 1 Ithaca 400; 3 Penn Relays 100; 1 Swarthmore 200/400; 1 European Clubs Cup 200/400; 4 Huelva 400; 1 Spanish Clubs
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....19.19..... Usain Bolt JAM..................... 2009
2....19.26..... Yohan Blake JAM.................. 2011
3....19.32..... Michael Johnson USA..............1996
4....19.53..... Walter Dix USA.....................2011
5....19.58..... Tyson Gay USA..................... 2009
6....19.63..... Xavier Carter USA................. 2006
7....19.65..... Wallace Spearmon USA........... 2006
=8.. 19.68..... Frankie Fredericks NAM.......... 1996
..... 19.68..... Justin Gatlin USA.................. 2015
10.. 19.72..... Pietro Mennea ITA.................1979
1....20.09..... L-S Tsákonas GRE
2....20.21..... Christophe Lemaitre FRA
3....20.37..... Churandy Martina NED
4....20.40..... Delano Williams GBR
5....20.42..... Jimmy Vicaut FRA
6....20.45..... Karol Zalewski POL
7....20.47..... Chijindu Ujah GBR
8....20.49..... James Ellington GBR
9....20.49..... Robin Erewa GER
10.. 20.54..... Richard Kilty GBR
© Mark Butler 2015 (mbutler@worldscope.eu)
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 800 Metres
ETCh Record:
1:45.41
Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS
Sun/16:15
Bergen
20 Jun 10
Age
1,
86
BOSSE Pierre-Ambroise FRA – France
23y
(Days)
40d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1992
1:43.88
1:42.53 -14
French record holder // 8 WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 3 ECH 2012; sf OLY 2012; 4 ETCh 2013/2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 7 WCH 2013; 8 ECH 2014 (First to last in
final 200m). 1 French 2012/2014. His real name is Bossé but is adamant that people write “Bosse” (no accent) and pronounce it “Boss”. Coach-Bruno Gajer
In 2015: 4 Doha Diamond; 5 Ostrava 1000; 7 Rome Diamond; 3 New York Diamond
2a,
162
BENEDETTI Giordano ITA – Italy
26y
30d
1989
1:45.07
1:44.67 -13
8x Italian Champion (5 in + 3 out) // 400 pb: 47.64 -13 (48.55 -15). 6 WJC 2008; 8 Mediterranean Games 2009; sf ECH 2010/2014; 4 under-23 ECH 2011; ht
EIC 2013; sf WCH 2013; 3 ETCh 2013 (2010-8, 2013-5). 1 Italian 2011/2012/2014 & indoor 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014
In 2015: 1 Milan 1000; 1 Trento 400; 5 Kawasaki; 3 European Clubs Cup; 8 Rome Diamond
2b,
262
BERGLUND Kalle SWE – Sweden
19y
101d
1996
1:47.31
1:47.31 -14/15
20y
191d
1994
1:50.85
1:48.46 -14
7 WJC 2014. 2 Swedish 2014
In 2015: 11 Nijmegen; 2 Oordegem ‘B’; 4 Jessheim 1500; 4 Leiden
3,
63
LAMPINEN Ville FIN – Finland
Reigning Finnish Champion at 400m & 800m indoors & out // 400 pb: 47.85 -14. 1 Finnish 400/800 2014; 1 Finnish indoor 400/800 2014
In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor 400/800; 2 Espoo; 12 Rīga; 1 Lappeenranta; 3 Leiden ‘B’
4a,
292
MASLOV Stanislav UKR – Ukraine
26y
153d
1989
1:48.39
1:47.14 -14
2014 European finalist // 1500 pb: 3:38.61 -14 (3:41.34 -15). 3000 pb: 7:55.07 -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
4b,
46
LÓPEZ Kevin ESP – Spain
25y
9d
1990
1:45.59
1:43.74 -12
Full name-Kevin López Yerga
Spanish record holder & 7x champion (4 out + 3 in)
1500 pb: 3:38.30 -13. 400 pb: 46.90 -13. ht World Youth 2007; sf WJC 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 6 ECH 2010 (2012/2014-sf); 2 under-23 ECH 2011; sf OLY 2012; 2 EIC
2013 (2011-3, 2015-sf); sf WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014; 5 ETCh 2014 (2013-8). 1 Spanish 2010/2013/2014 (1 indoor 2012/2013/2014/2015). His father named him
after the 1993 Motorcycle World Champion Kevin Schwantz
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 3sf EIC; 11 Rome Diamond
5,
201
ROTH Thomas NOR – Norway
24y
130d
1991
1:47.35
1:46.15 -14
400 pb: 47.93 -12. sf EJC 2009; 10 ETCh 2010; 8 ECH 2012. 1 Norwegian 2010/2012/2014 (1 400 2012) (1 indoor 2010/2013). He is the older brother of
Norwegian international runner Andreas Roth (their mother is Swedish)
In 2015: 3ht EIC; 7 Jordan Stanford; 1 Hamar; 5 Oordegem; 3 Oslo Diamond; 2 Bydgoszcz
6a,
218
KSZCZOT Adam POL – Poland
25y
292d
1989
1:43.94
1:43.30 -11
2014 European Champion by a large margin (0.74) // 1500 pb: 3:46.53 -10. 1000 pb: 2:15.72 -14. 400 pb: 46.51 -11. 3 EJC 2007; 4 WJC 2008; 4 EIC 2009; 1
under-23 ECH 2009/2011; 1 EIC 2011/2013; 1 ETCh 2011/2013 (2009-9, 2014-2); 6 WCH 2011 (2009/2013-sf); sf OLY 2012; 2 WIC 2014 (2010-3); 2 IAAF Relays
4x800 2014 (1:44.8 anchor, the fastest of the race – he nearly caught the Kenyan winners); 1 ECH 2014 (201-3); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Polish
2010/2012/2014 (1 indoors 2009/2010/2011/2012/2014). Student of Science Management at the University of Łodz
In 2015: 2 IAAF World Relays 4x800 (3 Distance Medley); 1 Ostrava 600; 8 Eugene Diamond; 4 Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Rabat
6b,
30
SLOMA Yan BLR – Belarus
20y
49d
1995
1:49.87
1:49.48 -14
26y
262d
1988
1:45.48
1:45.48 -15
sf WJC 2014. 1 Belarusian indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities indoors & out; 1 Belarusian indoor; 1 Belarusian Cup
7,
155
SCHEMBERA Robin GER – Germany
7x German Champion (4 in + 3 out) // 6 World Youth 2005; sf WJC 2006; 3 ECP 2007 (2008-4); 1 EJC 2007; 3 under-23 ECH 2009; ht WCH 2009; 4 ETCh 2010;
dnf EIC 2011 (injured when another runner fell); 5 EIC 2015. 1 German 2008/2009/2013 (1 indoor 2008/2010/2013/2015). Son of former East German 800m
runner Katrin Wuhn (4 EIC 1500 1987). Coach-Adi Zaar
In 2015: 1 German indoor; 5 EIC; 5 IAAF World Relays Distance Medley; 2 Hengelo; 1 Dessau
8a,
257
TOLOKONNIKOV Konstantin RUS – Russia
19y
115d
1996
1:48.57
1:48.29 -13
2013 World Youth silver (where he made up a huge amount of ground to pass five men in the last 100m)
2 World Youth 2013; sf WJC 2014. 1 Russian junior 2015. He is being compared with Yuriy Borzakovskiy (who is now the Russian Team Manager)
In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; 1 Russian Teams
8b,
120
LEARMONTH Guy GBR – Great Britain & NI
23y
57d
1992
1:47.65
1:46.69 -14
2014 Commonwealth Games & 2015 European indoor finalist // sf EJC 2011; 6 COM 2014; 6 EIC 2015. 1 Scottish indoor 2010; 1 British Universities 2012; 1
Scottish 2013; 1 UK indoor 2015. Says he has to wear odd socks for each race. Coaches-George Gandy & Henry Gray
In 2015: 1 UK indoor; 6 EIC; 2 Loughborough v Army 400; 6
Oordegem; 5 Ostrava 600; fell Birmingham Diamond; 2 Loughborough Open
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....1:40.91..
2....1:41.11..
=3.. 1:41.73..
..... 1:41.73..
5....1:41.77..
6....1:42.23..
7....1:42.28..
8....1:42.34..
9....1:42.37..
10.. 1:42.47..
1....1:43.88..
2....1:43.94..
3....1:44.25..
4....1:45.07..
5....1:45.21..
6....1:45.48..
7....1:45.59..
8....1:45.83..
9....1:45.97..
10.. 1:46.11..
© Mark Butler 2015 (mbutler@worldscope.eu)
David Rudisha KEN................ 2012
Wilson Kipketer DEN.............. 1997
Sebastian Coe GBR................ 1981
Nijel Amos BOT.................... 2012
Joaquim Cruz BRA................. 1984
Abubaker Kaki SUD................ 2010
Sammy Koskei KEN................ 1984
Wilfred Bungei KEN............... 2002
Mohammed Aman ETH............ 2013
Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS........... 2001
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA
Adam Kszczot POL
Marcin Lewandowski POL
Giordano Benedetti ITA
Artur Kuciapski POL
Robin Schembera GER
Kevin López ESP
Mark English IRL
Sofiane Selmouni FRA
Thijmen Kupers NED
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 3000 Metres
ETCh Record:
7:50.99
Richard Ringer GER
Sun/15:02
Braunschweig
22 Jun 14
Age
1,
153
RINGER Richard GER – Germany
26y
(Days)
114d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1989
7:50.99
7:50.99 -14
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
Surprise winner of 3000m at 2014 European Team Championships and a key contribution to the team win of Germany (because their closest rivals, Russia,
gained only 11th place in the same race)
7:46.18i -15. 5000 pb: 13:25.24 -14. (13:48.15 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:28.96 -14. 1500 pb: 3:41.55 -14 (3:42.04 -15). 13 EJC 5000 2007; ht WCH 1500 2008; 7
under-23 ECH 5000 2011; 1 ETCh 3000 2014 (2013-5); 7 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014; 5 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2010-31u23, 2011-4u23, 2013-7. 1 German
XC 2013/2014 & 5000/10,000 2014
In 2015: 1 German indoor 3000; 5 EIC 3000; 8 Rehlingen 1500; 15 Rome Diamond 5000
2,
249
NIKOLAYEV Yegor RUS – Russia
27y
129d
1988
7:54.65
7:54.65 -15
Third at 2010 European under-23 Cross Country Championships. Twice Russian Indoor Champion at 3000m
7:47.57i -13 (7:48.36i -15). 1500 pb: 3:37.28 -12. 5000 pb: 13:35.33 -12 (13:46.91 -15). 3000SC pb: 8:30.49 -11. 12 EIC 3000 2011; ht WIC 1500 2012; sf OLY
1500 2012; ht EIC 1500 2013; 11 ETCh 3000 2013; 4 WSG 1500 2013; 10 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2008-72u23, 2009-12u23, 2010-3u23, 2011-27. 1 Russian 1500
2012, indoor 1500 2012/2013 & indoor 3000 2012/2015
In 2015: 1 Russian indoor 3000 (5 1500); 10 EIC 3000; 9 Russian Teams 5000; 1 Yerino 3000
3,
111
BUTCHART Andrew GBR – Great Britain & NI
23y
250d
1991
8:09.59i
8:09.59i -15
Outdoor 3000 pb: 8:11.13 -14. 1500 pb: 3:44.57 -15. 5000 pb: 13:33.04 -15. 10,000 pb: 29:32.43 -15. At WXC: 2015-86. At EXC: 2014-35. 1 Scottish (road) 5K
2013 & short course XC 2014. Coach-Derek Easton
In 2015: 16 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 2 Milton Keynes XC; 5 UK indoor 3000; 1 UK Inter-Counties XC; 86 WXC; 7 ‘Great’ Manchester 10K; 1 Manchester BMC 1500;
6 Oordegem 5000; 4 London ‘10,000’ 10K; 12 European Cup 10,000
4,
88
CANTERO Bryan FRA – France
24y
54d
1991
-
8:08.14 -11
8:00.44i -12. 1500 pb: 3:37.24 -12 (3:41.78 -15). 800 pb: 1:48.65 -12. 7 EJC 1500 2009; 10 WJC 1500 2010; ht EIC 1500 2013. At WXC: 2010-51J. At EXC: 2009
-8J, 2014-52. Student of journalism at the University of Arkansas. Coach-Jean-Claude Vollmer
In 2015: 1 French indoor 1500; 7 Rehlingen 1500; 7 Oordegem 1500; 11 Montreuil 1500
5,
179
LA ROSA Stefano ITA – Italy
29y
272d
1985
-
7:45.78 -10
2011 World Student Games bronze at 5000m // 10,000 pb: 28:13.62 -12 (28:24.42 -15). 5000 pb: 13:23.58 -12 (13:30.83 -15). 16 WJC 5000 2004; 7 ETCh
1500 2009; 2 Mediterranean Games 5000 2009; 6 ETCh 3000 2010 (2014-7); 10 ECH 5000 2010; 10 EIC 3000 2011; 4 WSG 5000 2011; 11 ECH 5000 2012 (12
10,000); 8 ECH 10,000 2014. 1 Italian 10,000 2008/2009 (1 5000 2009/2013). At WXC: 2003-51J, 2004-dnfJ, 2008-dnf. At EXC: 2003-38J, 2004-18J, 2006
-10u23, 2007-5u23, 2008-16, 2009-15, 2010-dnf, 2011-13, 2012-dnf, 2014-8. 1 Italian 10,000 2008 & 5000 2010/2011/2012. Born-Grosseto
Marathon (1): 1 Treviso 2015
In 2015: 8 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 1 Santa Margherita Ligure Half Mar; 1 Treviso Marathon; 2 Stanford Jordan 10,000 ‘B’; 5 Oordegem 5000; 6 European Cup
10,000
6,
270
HYDÉN Johan SWE – Sweden
26y
46d
1989
8:03.77
8:03.77 -15
177d
1987
8:18.60
8:08.89 -14
8:00.01
7:59.51 -14
8:02.20i -13. 1500 pb: 3:43.83 -12. 5000 pb: 14:13.36 -12. ht EIC 3000 2013. At EXC: 2010-dnf/u23
In 2015: 1 Eskilstuna 1500; 5 Oordegem 3000; 2 Uppsala 800; dnf Oslo Diamond 1500
7,
64
LINDAHL Anders FIN – Finland
27y
1500 pb: 3:43.38 -14 (3:53.89 -15). 5000 pb: 14:22.38 -14. 10,000 pb: 30:06.09 -14 (30:34.47 -15). 2 Finnish 10,000 2014
In 2015: 9 Nordic 10,000; 2 Lappeenranta 3000; 1 Raasepori 1500; 2 Lahti 3000
8,
300
STREBKOV Ivan UKR – Ukraine
23y
266d
1991
5000 pb: 13:56.75 -13 (14:20.17 -15). 15 EJC 5000 2009; ht EIC 3000 2013/2015. At EXC: 2009-20J, 2010-4J, 2011-16u23, 2012-40u23, 2013-4u23. 1 Ukrainian
3000/5000 2014 (1 indoor 3000 2014)
In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor 3000; 9ht EIC 3000; 8 Lucerne 8.71K; 1 Ukrainian Teams 3000 (4 5000)
9,
33
ALAIZ Roberto ESP – Spain
24y
336d
1990
7:48.82
7:48.82 -15
Fifth at 2014 European Championship 5000m // 7:51.5i -15. 3000SC pb: 8:19.85 -15. 5000 pb: 13:38.89 -14. 10,000 pb: 28:27.76 -14. 1500 pb: 3:41.06 -13
(3:44.28 -15). 3000SC pb: 8:24.53 -12. 12 EJC 3000SC 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 5000 2011; 7 EIC 3000 2013; ht WCH 3000SC 2013; 5 ECH 5000 2014. At EXC:
2011-21u23, 2012-17u23, 2014-15. Coach-José Enrique Villacorta
In 2015: 22 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 5 Spanish indoor 3000; 11 Spanish XC; 1
Los Corrales de Buelna 3000; 9 Eugene Diamond 3000SC; 7 Huelva 1500 “B’
10,
800
PEDERSEN Erik Udø NOR – Norway
21y
73d
1994
8:09.04i
8:07.11 -14
1500 pb: 3:44.34 -14. At EXC: 2011-79J. 1 Norwegian indoor 1500/3000 2015
In 2015: 36 European Clubs Cup XC; 1 Norwegian indoor 1500/3000; 1 Norwegian short course XC; 5 Jessheim 1500; 8 Oslo Diamond 1500; 2 Bydgoszcz 1500
11,
233
ŻEBROWSKI Krzysztof POL – Poland
24y
347d
1990
7:58.76
7:58.76 -15
1500 pb: 3:35.07 -13. ht ECH 1500 2012; 6 ETCh 3000 2013; ht EIC 1500 2015. At WXC: 2013-60. At EXC: 2009-45J. 1 Polish short course XC & 1500 2013
In 2015: 2 Polish indoor 3000 (6 1500); 7ht EIC 1500; 5 Oordegem 1500; 3 Huizingen 3000; 10 Huelva 1500
12,
26
PLATONAU Siarhei BLR – Belarus
24y
191d
1990
8:14.87
8:00.81 -11
(aka Sergey Platonov). 5x Belarusian Indoor Champion at 3000m // 1500 pb: 3:41.47 -12 (3:44.21 -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
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....7:20.67..
2....7:23.09..
3....7:25.02..
4....7:25.09..
5....7:25.11..
6....7:25.79..
7....7:26.62..
8....7:27.18..
9....7:27.26..
10.. 7:27.55..
1....7:38.22..
2....7:46.59..
3....7:48.82..
4....7:54.13..
5....7:54.65..
6....7:55.07..
7....7:55.42..
8....7:57.77..
9....7:57.97..
10.. 7:58.61..
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Daniel Komen KEN.................1997
Hicham El Guerrouj MAR......... 1998
Ali Saidi-Sief ALG.................. 2000
Haile Gebrselassie ETH........... 1998
Noureddine Morceli ALG..........1994
Kenenisa Bekele ETH..............2007
Mohammed Mourhit BEL.......... 2000
Moses Kiptanui KEN............... 1995
Yenew Alamirew ETH............. 2011
Edwin Soi KEN...................... 2011
Mohamed Farah GBR
Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR
Roberto Alaiz ESP
Antonio Abadía ESP
Yegor Nikolayev RUS
Stanislav Maslov UKR
Ali Kaya TUR
Isaac Kimeli BEL
Dennis Licht NED
Krystian Zalewski POL
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Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
ETCh Record:
8:25.50
Yoann Kowal FRA
Sun/17:55
Braunschweig
22 Jun 14
Age
1,
29
SLAVINSKI Illia BLR – Belarus
30y
(Days)
322d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1984
8:49.16
8:32.71 -10
5000 pb: 14:11.40 -09. 10,000 pb: 29:24.09 -14. Marathon pb: 2:15:16 -12. 9 ETCh 2013 (2010/2011-10). 1 Belarusian 2009/2010/2012 (1 10,000 2014)
Marathons (3): 5 Poznań 2011, 11 Daegu 2012; 11 Ljubljana 2012
In 2015: 2 Belarusian indoor 3000SC; 7 Warsaw 10K; 1 Belarusian Cup 3000SC (3 3000); 2 Minsk Olympic Prizes 1500
2,
137
GRAU Martin GER – Germany
23y
86d
1992
8:33.51
8:24.29 -14
11 WJC 2010; 3 EJC 2011; 2 ETCh 2014; 13 ECH 2014. At EXC: 2011-53J. 1 German under-23 2013. His twin brother Bastian Grau is also an international
distance runner
In 2015: 3 German short course XC; 3 Munich 1500; 3 Dessau; 9 Huelva
3,
235
CHAVKIN Nikolay RUS – Russia
31y
59d
1984
8:23.0
8:22.81 -12
Twice Russian Champion // Marathon pb: 2:14:02 -14. Half Mar pb: 63:27 -12. 5000 pb: 14:01.1 -08. 4 WSG 2011; ht OLY 2012; 3 ETCh 2014 (2013-4); 14 ECH
2014. At EXC: 2008-48, 2010-30. 1 Russian 2012/2014
Marathons (2): 9 Houston 2014, 11 Jacksonville 2015
In 2015: 1 Russian Teams; 2 Montbéliard
4,
124
SEDDON Zak GBR – Great Britain & NI
20y
358d
1994
8:34.84
8:34.42 -13
2013 European Champion Champion // 2 Youth Olympic Games ‘B’ 2000SC 2011; 5 World Youth 2000SC 2011; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 2000SC 2011; 1
EJC 3000SC 2013. 1 English Schools 1500SC 2010; 1 UK School Games 1500SC 2010. Student of Business at Florida State University. Coach/father Jeff Seddon
In 2012 he became only the second British junior to better 8:40 after Paul Davies-Hale in 1979-1981
1 Florida Relays 1500/3000; 6 Mt SAC Relays 1500; 2 Tallahassee 3000SC; 8 NCAA 3000SC
5,
99
KOWAL Yoann FRA – France
28y
24d
1987
8:18.38
8:12.53 -13
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
2014 European Steeplechase Champion, in memorable circumstances (following the disqualification of Mahiedine Mekhissi)
1500 pb: 3:33.75 -11 (3:38.56 -15). 3000 pb: 7:44.26i -12, 7:56.88 -11. 11 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2007; 3 EIC 1500 2009 (2011-ht); 3 ETCh 1500 2009; 6 under
-23 ECH 1500 2009; 5 ECH 1500 2010; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010; sf WCH 1500 2011 (2009-ht); 10 WIC 3000 2012; sf OLY 1500 2012; 4 EIC 3000 2013
(2015-ht); 3 ETCh 3000SC 2013 (2011-5); 8 WCH 3000SC 2013; 2 Francophone Games 3000SC 2013; 1 ECH 3000SC 2014; ht EIC 1500 2015. At WXC: 2005-106J.
At EXC: 2007-67u23, 2009-75u23. 1 French 2008/2010/2014 & indoor 1500 2014. After his celebratory lap in Zürich 2014 he proposed to his girlfriend
Marianne Coste and she said oui
In 2015: 3ht EIC 1500; 2 Montbéliard 1500; 6 Rabat 3000SC
6,
174
FLORIANI Yuri ITA – Italy
33y
178d
1981
8:33.37
8:22.62 -12
2012 Olympic finalist & 5x Italian Champion // ht WJC 2000; 9 ECP 2006; ht EIC 3000 2009; 7 ECH 2012; 13 OLY 2012; dq ht WCH 2013 (ran inside border); 4
ETCh 2014 (2013-7); 12 ECH 2014. 1 Italian 2005/2007/2008/2010/2011. At WXC: 2005-62 short. At EXC: 2010-38, 2011-29
In 2015: 7 Italian indoor 3000; 3 European Clubs Cup 3000; 6 Huelva
7,
274
LUNDGREN Daniel SWE – Sweden
29y
352d
1985
8:33.51
8:33.51 -15
5000 pb: 13:54.83 -15. 8 ETCh 2014; ht ECH 2014. 1 Swedish 2014 (after finishing second in 2009/2010/2011/2013)
In 2015: 2 Swedish indoor 3000; 2 Stanford Jordan ‘B’; 2 Mt SAC Relays 5000 ‘B’; 3 Stockholm 10K; 1 Oordegem; 9 Nijmegen 5000; 10 Huelva
8,
77
UKONMAANAHO Janne FIN – Finland
31y
99d
1984
8:40.37
8:27.08 -11
34y
96d
1981
8:43.88
8:22.19 -12
2014 European finalist // 4 EJC 2003; 11 ECH 2014 (2010-ht). 1 Finnish 2010/2011/2014
In 2015: 1 Lappeenranta 3000; 11 Huelva
9,
298
SLOBODENYUK Vadym UKR – Ukraine
European silvers at junior & under-23 level // 3000 pb: 7:54.55 -04. 2 EJC 99; ht WJC 2000; 2 under-23 ECH 2001 (2003-4); 6 ECH 2002 (2014-ht); ht WCH
2003/2013; ht OLY 2004/2012; 6 WSG 2005; 4 ECP 2006 (2007-7); 4 ETCh 2011 (2009-9, 2010-dq when he ran inside the kerb, 2013/2014-6). 1 Ukrainian 2002
-2008/2010/2012/2014
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian Teams
10,
38
CARRO Fernando ESP – Spain
23y
80d
1992
8:28.74
8:28.74 -15
Full name-Fernando Carro Morillo // 10,000 pb: 28:50.73 -15. ht World Youth 3000 2009; 4 EJC 3000SC 2011; 7 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2013; 2 Ibero-American
2014. At WXC: 2010-81J, 2011-69J. At EXC: 2010-61J, 2013-43u23, 2014-12u23
In 2015: 1 Madrid 1500; 6 Huelva 10,000 (Apr 11); 1 Huelva (Jun 10)
11,
195
LØKEN Snorre Holtan NOR – Norway
20y
239d
1994
-
-
26y
71d
1989
8:22.44
8:16.20 -14
3000 pb: 8:01.99 -15. 1500 pb: 3:43.52 -15
In 2015: 1 Porsgrunn; 3 Jessheim; 5 Oslo Diamond (the 1500m, not the mile)
12,
232
ZALEWSKI Krystian POL – Poland
2014 European Steeplechase silver // 5000 pb: 14:13.44 -12. 1500 pb: 3:44.02 -10. 8 EJC 2007; 7 WJC 2008; 3 under-23 ECH 2009; 8 ETCh 2013 (2011-1, 2012
-7); dq ht WCH 2013 (ran inside border); 2 ECH 2014 (2012-7); 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. At WXC: 2008-71J, 2010-105, 2013-55. At EXC: 2007-44J, 2008
-53J. 1 Polish 5000/3000SC 2014
In 2015: 9 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 6 San Vittore Olona XC; 8 Dessau 1500; 2 Huizingen 3000; 7 Oslo Diamond; 8 Rabat
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....7:53.63..
2....7:53.64..
3....7:54.31..
4....7:55.28..
5....7:55.72..
6....7:55.76..
7....7:56.16..
8....7:56.81..
9....7:57.29..
10.. 7:58.41..
1....8:18.38.. Yoann Kowal FRA
2....8:19.85.. Roberto Alaiz ESP
3....8:21.00.. Ilgizar Safiulin RUS
4....8:21.59.. Tarik Langat Akdag TUR
5....8:22.44.. Krystian Zalewski POL
6....8:23.0.... Nikolay Chavkin RUS
7....8:25.62.. Mitko Tsenov BUL
8....8:26.34.. Abdelaziz Merzoughi ESP
9....8:27.95.. Ángel Mullera ESP
10.. 8:28.74.. Fernando Carro ESP
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S. Saaeed Shaheen QAT.......... 2004
Brimin Kipruto KEN................2011
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN..........2012
Brahim Boulami MAR.............. 2001
Bernard Barmasai KEN............ 1997
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN............... 2011
Moses Kiptanui KEN............... 1997
Richard Mateelong KEN........... 2012
Reuben Kosgei KEN................ 2001
Jairus Birech KEN..................2014
Please check with final start lists in case of late changes
Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 110 Metres Hurdles
Sun/15:51
Heat A
ETCh Record:
13.20
Sergey Shubenkov RUS
Braunschweig
22 Jun 14
Age
2,
289
KOPANAYKO Sergiy UKR – Ukraine
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
26y
(Days)
227d
1988
14.08
13.77 -12
24y
46d
1991
14.29
13.55 -12
ht EIC 2013/2015; 11 ETCh 2013 (2011-12). 1 Ukrainian 2011/2012 (1 indoor 2013)
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 6ht EIC; 1 Ukrainian Universities; 1 Ukrainian Teams
3,
205
VUKICEVIC Vladimir NOR – Norway
Norwegian record holder // ht WJC 2008; sf EJC 2009; 2 WJC 2010 (2008-ht); 12 ETCh 2010; 7 under-23 ECH 2011; sf ECH 2012 (2014-ht); sf EIC 2013. 1
Norwegian 2009-2012. Student of Media Science at the University of Oslo. He is the younger brother of Norwegian women’s record holder Christina
Vukicevic. Coach/father-Petar Vukicevic YUG (7x Yugoslavian Champion at 110mH)
In 2015: ht Weinheim
4,
210
CZYKIER Damian POL – Poland
22y
314d
1992
13.68
13.68 -15
22y
72d
1993
13.83w
13.89 -14
23y
53d
1992
13.68
13.55 -14
sf EIC 2015. 1 Polish under-23 2013/2014
In 2015: 2 Polish indoor; 8sf EIC; 1 Polish Universities; 1 Kozienice; 1 Biała Podlaska; 6 Bydgoszcz
5,
62
LAKKA Elmo FIN – Finland
1 Finnish indoor 2014/2015. 1 Finnish under-23 100/110H 2014
In 2015: 1 Espoo; 1 Raasepori (13.83w with a +10.0 wind!); 1 Jyväskylä
6,
175
FOFANA Hassane ITA – Italy
13.60w -15. 9 ETCh 2014; ht ECH 2014; ht EIC 2015. 1 Italian 2013/2014 (1 indoor 2015). Originally from the Ivory Coast, cleared by the IAAF to compete for
Italy from November 9, 2011
In 2015: 1 Italian indoor; 5ht EIC; 2 Montgeron; 6 Oordegem; 8 Rome Diamond; 3 Geneva
7,
263
BRORSSON Alexander SWE – Sweden
25y
23d
1990
14.01
13.86 -14
13.81w -12. 200 pb: 20.83w, 21.06 -14. ht EIC 2013; 7 ETCh 200 2014. 1 Swedish 2012/2014 (1 indoors 2012)
In 2015: 2 Aarhus; 4 Oordegem; 2 Jönköping; 2 Leiden
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....12.80..... Aries Merritt USA.................. 2012
2....12.87..... Dayron Robles CUB................ 2008
3....12.88..... Liu Xiang CHN...................... 2006
4....12.89..... David Oliver USA...................2010
5....12.90..... Dominique Arnold USA............ 2006
6....12.91..... Colin Jackson GBR.................1993
=7.. 12.92..... Roger Kingdom USA............... 1989
..... 12.92..... Allen Johnson USA.................1996
9....12.93..... Renaldo Nehemiah USA...........1981
=10.12.94..... Jack Pierce USA....................1996
..... 12.94..... Hansle Parchment JAM........... 2014
1....13.06..... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA
2....13.20..... Garfield Darien FRA
3....13.23..... Sergey Shubenkov RUS
=4.. 13.28..... Dimitri Bascou FRA
..... 13.28..... Wilhem Belocian FRA
6....13.42..... Gregor Traber GER
7....13.47..... Konstadínos Douvalídis GRE
8....13.50..... Milan Ristić SRB
9....13.50..... Thomas Martinot-Lagarde FRA
10.. 13.52..... Balázs Baji HUN
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Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s 110 Metres Hurdles
Sun/16:00
Heat B
ETCh Record:
13.20
Sergey Shubenkov RUS
Braunschweig
22 Jun 14
Age
2,
41
CONTRERAS Yidiel CUB – Cuba
23y
(Days)
206d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1991
13.57
13.57 -15
Ex-Cuba, has lived in Spain since 2012, acquired Spanish citizenship on April 24, 2015 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for Spain from June 15, 2015
6 Cuban National Games 2010
In 2015: 1 Zaragoza; 7 Montgeron; 1 Castellón; 1 Namur; 2 Geneva; 1 Tres Cantos; 1 Spanish Clubs
3,
21
LYNSHA Maksim BLR – Belarus
30y
76d
1985
13.67
13.36 -12
16x Belarusian Champion (8 in + 8 out) // 110H pb: 13.36 -12. 4 EJC 2003; sf WJC 2004; ht WIC 60 2006; 7 WSG 2007; sf WIC 2008/2010; sf WCH 2009; 4
ETCh 2010 (2011-6, 2013-8); sf ECH 2010/2012; sf OLY 2012 (2008-ht); 6 EIC 2013 (2007-8, 2009-sf, 2011/2015-ht). 1 Belarusian
2003/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2014 (1 indoor 2007/2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 Belarusian indoor; 5ht EIC; 1 Brest
4,
158
TRABER Gregor GER – Germany
22y
200d
1992
13.42
13.42 -15
2014 World indoor finalist // 13.23w -14. TJ pb: 15.33 -09. 7 World Youth TJ 2009; sf WJC 110H 2010; ht WIC 60H 2012; sf ECH 2012; 3 under-23 ECH 2013;
5 WIC 2014; sf ECH 2014. 1 German indoor 2011/2012
Was one of the favourites for the 2011 European Junior title but was disqualified for false-starting in his heat (“It was my fault, but I don’t really have an
explanation.”)
In 2015: ht Clermont; 7 Hengelo; 1 Weinheim; 5 Marseille
5,
102
MARTINOT-LAGARDE Pascal FRA – France
23y
272d
1991
13.06
12.95 -14
He was the world #1 in 2014 with five Diamond League wins (though he did not win as expected at the World Indoor & European Championships)
4 EJC 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 2 ETCh 2013; ht WCH 2013; 2 WIC 2014 (2012-3); 3 ETCh 2014; 3 ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2013-3). 1 French 2014 & indoors
2012/2013/2014. His older brother Thomas Martinot Lagarde (pb 13.26) is also an international hurdler. Their coach-Laurence Bily
In 2015: 1 EIC; 1 Eugene Diamond (beat very strong field: 2nd Aries Merritt, 3rd David Oliver, 4th Orlando Ortega, 5 Sergey Shubenkov); 2 Montreuil; 1 Rabat
6,
254
SHUBENKOV Sergey RUS – Russia
24y
260d
1990
13.23
13.09 -12
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
Twice European Champion. 2013 World bronze. Russian record holder
2 EJC 2009; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 ECH 2012/2014; sf OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2013; 1 ETCh 2013/2014; 3 WSG 2013; 3 WCH 2013 (2011-ht); sf WIC 2014. 1 Russian
2013 (1 indoors 2013/2014). Attends Tyumen State University. His mother Natalya Shubenkova was fourth in the Seoul Olympic Heptathlon and scored 6859
in 1984. Coaches-Sergei Klevtsov & Nadezhda Klevtsova
In 2015: 5 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond
7,
113
CLARKE Lawrence GBR – Great Britain & NI
25y
101d
1990
13.53
13.31 -12
Fourth place at the London Olympics // 13.14w -12. 4 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 3 COM 2010 (2014-8); ht EIC 2011; 3 under-23 ECH
2011; ht WCH 2011; 4 OLY 2012; 8 COM 2014; 5 EIC 2015. 1 English junior 2009; 1 UK 2011 & indoor 2015. He has dual nationality with the USA (his father Sir
Toby Clarke was born in California). Graduate of Theology and Religious Studies from Bristol University. Coach-Malcolm Arnold. 1.87 tall
Qualified for 2014 European final outdoors, but forced to withdraw because “A minor strain in warm up could have been a serious injury if I ran the final.”
In 2015: 1 Welsh indoor; 1 UK indoor; 5 EIC; 3 Manchester; 1 Hengelo; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Rabat
Consistent in 2015: his four runs outdoor so far have been 13.53, 13.57, 13.54, 13.53, 13.56
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....12.80..... Aries Merritt USA.................. 2012
2....12.87..... Dayron Robles CUB................ 2008
3....12.88..... Liu Xiang CHN...................... 2006
4....12.89..... David Oliver USA...................2010
5....12.90..... Dominique Arnold USA............ 2006
6....12.91..... Colin Jackson GBR.................1993
=7.. 12.92..... Roger Kingdom USA............... 1989
..... 12.92..... Allen Johnson USA.................1996
9....12.93..... Renaldo Nehemiah USA...........1981
=10.12.94..... Jack Pierce USA....................1996
..... 12.94..... Hansle Parchment JAM........... 2014
1....13.06..... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA
2....13.20..... Garfield Darien FRA
3....13.23..... Sergey Shubenkov RUS
=4.. 13.28..... Dimitri Bascou FRA
..... 13.28..... Wilhem Belocian FRA
6....13.42..... Gregor Traber GER
7....13.47..... Konstadínos Douvalídis GRE
8....13.50..... Milan Ristić SRB
9....13.50..... Thomas Martinot-Lagarde FRA
10.. 13.52..... Balázs Baji HUN
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Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Pole Vault
ETCh Record:
6.01
Renaud Lavillenie FRA
Sun/15:05
Leiria
21 Jun 09
Age
1,
279
STÉNSON Carl SWE – Sweden
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
22y
(Days)
96d
1993
5.05
5.16 -13
25y
299d
1989
5.35
5.35 -15
26y
22d
1989
5.30
5.60 -13
1987
5.50
5.65 -13
1 Swedish 2013; 1 Swedish indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor; 1 Swedish under-23 indoor; 1 Sollentuna
2,
66
MARJANIEMI Jouni FIN – Finland
1 Finnish 2014. 1.86 tall
In 2015: 9 Finnish indoor; 1 Kuopio; =1 Turku
3,
305
YERYOMIN Ivan UKR – Ukraine
5.40i -15. dnq WJC 2008; 7 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq EIC 2013; 5 ETCh 2013; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Ukrainian 2012
In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Ukrainian Universities; =5 Beijing; 4 Busan; 1 Ukrainian Teams
4,
36
BYCHKOV Igor ESP – Spain
28y
106d
Ex-Ukraine, obtained Spanish citizenship on September 17, 2007
Poor record in big championships, though he did reach the London Olympic final
4 Ibero-American 2010; 7 ETCh 2010 (2013-7=); dnq ECH 2010 2010/2014; nh WCH final 2011 (2013-dnq); nh ECH final 2012; 12 OLY 2012. 1 Spanish
2013/2014. Coach-Javier Navas. 1.89 tall
In 2015: 6 Florence; 5 European Clubs Cup; 9 Żary; 1 Spanish Clubs
5,
187
DOLVE Eirik Greibrokk NOR – Norway
20y
47d
1995
5.10
5.45 -14
2013 European Junior Champion // dnq World Youth 2011; 1 EJC 2013; 9 WJC 2014 (2012-dnq); dnq EIC 2015. 1 Norwegian 2013/2014 (1 indoor 2013)
In 2015: 2 Norwegian indoor (3 Heptathlon); dnq EIC
6,
221
LISEK Piotr POL – Poland
22y
308d
1992
5.70
5.82 -14
2015 European indoor bronze // 5.90i -15. 5 ETCh 2014; 6 ECH 2014; 3 EIC 2015 (2013-dnq). 1 Polish indoor 2013/2015. Lisek means Fox in English. CoachWiaczesław Kalimiczenko
The tattoo across his back is “Alea iacta est”, which is latin for “The die is cast”
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; 3 EIC; 1 Sasolburg; 1 Athens; 5 Doha Diamond; 2 Ostrava; 5 Eugene Diamond; 2 Żary; nh Piła
7,
31
TSIVONCHYK Stanislau BLR – Belarus
30y
108d
1985
5.52
5.60 -12
10x Belarusian Champion (6 in + 4 out) // dnq WJC 2006; 8 ETCh 2011; nh ECH final 2012; dnq OLY 2012; nh ETCh 2013. 1 Belarusian 2007/2009/2011/2014
& indoor 2007/2008/2010-2013. He is the cousin of 1996 Olympic bronze medallist Andrei Tiwontchik. 1.82 tall
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Cup; 1 Minsk Olympic Prizes; nh Żary
8,
140
HOLZDEPPE Raphael GER – Germany
25y
266d
1989
5.80
5.91 -12/13
2013 World Champion. 2012 Olympic bronze. 2012 European bronze // nh EJC 2007; 1 WJC 2008 (2006-5); 3 ECH 2012 (2010-9); 3 OLY 2012 (2008-8); 8 EIC
2013; 1 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq). Coach-Chauncey Johnson. 1.81 tall
In 2015: nh German indoor; 7 Doha Diamond; 2 Rehlingen; 3 Eugene Diamond; =6 Rome Diamond; 2 Zewibrücken
9,
238
GRIPICH Aleksandr RUS – Russia
28y
273d
1986
5.71
5.75 -09
2015 European indoor silver. Former World Student Games Champion // 5.85i -15. 1 WSG 2009 (2011-2, 2013-5); 5 WCH 2009 (2013-dnq); dnq WIC 2010; =2
ETCh 2014 (2010-6, 2011-3); 5 ECH 2014 (2010-dnq); 2 EIC 2015. 1 Russian indoor 2015. Attends Kuban State University, Krasnodar. 1.74 tall
In 2015: 1 Russian indoor; 2 EIC; 3 Rome Diamond; 6 Prague Odložil
10,
126
THOIRS Jax GBR – Great Britain & NI
22y
75d
1993
5.65
5.65 -15
(Thoirs pronounced “Thors”)
Scottish record holder. Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games
8 under-23 ECH 2013; 4 COM 2014. 1 Scottish 2013. Coaches-Brian Donaldson (Scotland) / Pat Licari at the University of Washington (Seattle). Ex-gymnast,
he says he grew too tall. 1.98 tall
4 NCAA indoor; 1 Tempe; =2 Eugene Pepsi; =5 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Chula Vista; 1 Los Angeles; 20 NCAA West (therefor didn’t qualify for main NCAA
Championships)
11,
100
LAVILLENIE Renaud FRA – France
28y
276d
1986
6.05
6.05 -15
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
Outright world record holder with his indoor 6.16 from Donyetsk 2014. 2012 Olympic Champion. World athlete of the year for 2014
10 under-23 ECH 2007; 1 EIC 2009/2011/2013/2015; 1 ETCh 2009/2010/2014 (2011-5); 1 ECH 2010/2012/2014; 1 WIC 2012 (2008/2010-dnq); 1 OLY 2012; 2
WCH 2013 (2009/2011-3); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014 (2010-2). 1 French 2010/2012/2013 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2013/2015). Coach-Philippe D’Encausse
(previously Damien Inocencio). 1.76 tall
His has his own pole vault bed and short run-up in the back garden of his house in Clermont-Ferrand (he can climb nearby tree when he has to adjust adjust
the crossbar)
In 2015: 1 Aubière; 1 Reno ’Summit’; 1 Rouen; 1 Karlsruhe; 1 Nevers; 1 Berlin ISTAF; 1 French indoor; 1 Malmö Games; 1 EIC; 1 Drake Relays (Apr 22); 3
Drake Relays (Apr 25); 1 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond
12,
186
STECCHI Claudio Michel ITA – Italy
23y
210d
1991
5.42
2010 World junior silver // 2 WJC 2010; dnq EIC 2011; 4 under-23 ECH 2011 (2013-7); 8 ECH 2012. 1 Italian 2013 & indoor 2012
In 2015: 1 Florence; =6 Ostrava; 2 European Clubs Cup; nh Rome Diamond
5.60 -13
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....6.14......
=2.. 6.05......
..... 6.05......
..... 6.05......
5....6.04......
=6.. 6.03......
..... 6.03......
=8.. 6.01......
..... 6.01......
..... 6.01......
..... 6.01......
1....6.05......
=2.. 5.80......
..... 5.80......
..... 5.80......
5....5.77......
6....5.72......
=7.. 5.71......
..... 5.71......
=9.. 5.70......
..... 5.70......
..... 5.70......
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S. Bubka UKR (6.15i ’93)......... 1994
Maksim Tarasov RUS.............. 1999
Dmitri Markov AUS................2001
R. Lavillenie FRA (6.16i ’14)........ 2013
Brad Walker USA...................2006
Okkert Brits RSA................... 1995
Jeff Hartwig USA.................. 2000
Igor Trandenkov RUS.............. 1996
Tim Mack USA...................... 2004
Yev. Lukyanenko RUS............. 2008
Björn Otto GBR.................... 2012
Renaud Lavillenie FRA
Raphael Holzdeppe GER
Paweł Wojciechowski POL
Carlo Paech GER
Konstadínos Filippídis GRE
Michal Balner CZE
Kévin Menaldo FRA
Aleksandr Gripich RUS
Valentin Lavillenie FRA
Piotr Lisek POL
Robert Sobera POL
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Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Triple Jump
ETCh Record:
17.59
Nelson Èvora POR
Sun/15:40
Leiria
21 Jun 09
Age
1,
105
PONTVIANNE Jean-Marc FRA – France
20y
(Days)
319d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1994
16.69
16.69 -15
1976
16.70i
17.60 -00
16.69i -15. dnq EJC 2013. 1 French under-23 2014; 1 French under-23 indoor; 1 French indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 French indoor; 1 French under-23 indoor; 1 Vergèze; 2 Forbach; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Montreuil
2,
171
DONATO Fabrizio ITA – Italy
38y
310d
2012 Olympic bronze. 16x Italian Champion (10 in + 6 out) // LJ pb: 8.00 -06. 5 EJC 95; 11 under-23 ECH 97; 1 ECP 2003 (2000/2002-2, 99-7, 2004-6); 1 EIC
2009 (2000-6, 2002-4, 2011-2); 10 WCH 2011 (2003/2007/2009/2013-dnq); 4 WIC 2012 (2001-6, 2004/2006-dnq, 2010-5); 1 ECH 2012 (2002-4, 2006-dnq, 2010
-9, 2014-7); 3 OLY 2012 (2004/2008-dnq); 2 ETCh 2014. 1 Italian 2000/2004/2006/2008/2010/2011 (1 indoors 2001-2004/2006-2011). Married to Patrizia
Spuri (8 ECH 400 98), their daughter Greta. Coach-Roberto Pericoli. 1.87 tall
In 2015: 1 Ancona indoor
3,
277
PERSSON Isak SWE – Sweden
20y
80d
1995
15.37
15.37 -15
19y
281d
1995
15.83
15.83 -15
33y
159d
1982
16.37
17.32 -04
15.65i -15. HJ pb: 2.07 -11 (2.04i -15)
In 2015: 4 Swedish indoor; 1 Sollentuna
4,
65
LIPSANEN Simo FIN – Finland
1 Finnish junior 2014
In 2015: 2 Finnish indoor; 2 Finnish under-23 indoor; 1 Espoo; 1 Lappeenranta
5,
304
YASTREBOV Viktor UKR – Ukraine
2009 European Indoor silver. 7x Ukrainian Champion (4 out + 3 in)
16.49w -15. dnq World Youth 99; dnq WJC 2000; 3 EJC 2001; 2 WSG 2003; dnq OLY 2004/2008; 9 WCH 2005 (2007/2009-dnq); 2 ECP 2006; 7 ECH 2007; 2 EIC
2009 (2013-dnq); dnq WIC 2010. 1 Ukrainian 2004/2005/2008/2013 (1 indoor 2010/2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Ukrainian Teams
6,
53
SOLANAS Sergio ESP – Spain
28y
54d
1987
16.47
16.47 -15
31y
197d
1983
15.04
15.19 -14
28y
267d
1986
16.81
16.81 -15
16.50i -15. LJ pb: 7.69i, 7.64 -12. dnq EIC TJ 2015. 3 Spanish indoor TJ 2012/2015 (3 LJ 2012)
In 2015: 3 Spanish indoor TJ; dnq EIC TJ; 1 Alcobendas; 1 Salamanca; 1 Spanish Clubs
7,
204
URDAHL Joakim NOR – Norway
15.26w -11. 2 Norwegian 2011
In 2015: 5 Eppingen; 2 Heidelberg; 5 Rehlingen
8,
227
ŚWIDERSKI Adrian POL – Poland
5x Polish Indoor Champion // 2 under-23 ECH 2007; 5 ETCh 2014 (2010-8); dn EIC 2015. 1 Polish 2010 (1 indoor 2009/2010/2011/2012/2015)
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Sosnowiec; 1 Biała Podlaska; 4 Montreuil
9,
24
NESTERENKA Maksim BLR – Belarus
22y
292d
1992
16.46
16.46 -15
16.66i, 16.49w -15. 11 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq EIC 2015. He is no relation to the 2004 Olympic 100m Champion Yulia Nestsiarenka
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities indoors & out; 3 Belarusian indoor; dnq EIC; 8 Beijing; 1 Belarusian Cup; 1 Minsk Olympic Prizes
10,
144
KORNHARDT Marcel GER – Germany
21y
322d
1993
16.20
16.20 -15
27d
1991
17.42
17.42 -15
16.52w, 16.21i -15. 1 German under-23 2013; 1 German indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 German indoor; 1 Münster; 2 Garbsen; 2 Salzburg; 1 Jena; 1 Ingolstadt; 1 German under-23
11,
237
FYODOROV Aleksey RUS – Russia
24y
DEFENDING EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPION
2013 World Student Games Champion
2 World Youth 2007; 1 EJC 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 3 EIC 2013 (2015-4); 1 ETCh 2013/2014 (2009-8, 2010-5, 2011-nm); 2 WSG 2013; 1 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-2);
5 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 3 ECH 2014 (2012-4). 1 Russian 2011/2013/2014. Attends Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism. Coached
by his father, Leonid, who was also a triple jumper – as was his mother, Tatyana
In 2015: 2 Russian indoor; 4 EIC; 2 Kawasaki; 7 Doha Diamond; 2 Ostrava; 1 Russian Teams (pb 17.42); 7 Rome Diamond
12,
109
BRAMBLE Dan GBR – Great Britain & NI
24y
250d
1990
-
14.88 -14
2015 UK Indoor Champion. Now fifth on the UK all-time list // 15.15i -14. LJ pb: 8.21 -15. 1 English under-23 2012; 2 UK 2013/2014 (2011-3); 1 UK 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))
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....18.29..... Jonathan Edwards GBR........... 1995
2....18.09..... Kenny Harrison USA............... 1996
3....18.08..... Pedro Pablo Pichardo CUB.......... 2015
=4.. 18.04..... Teddy Tamgho FRA................2013
..... 18.04..... Christian Taylor USA.............. 2015
6....17.97..... Willie Banks USA................... 1985
=7.. 17.92..... Khristo Markov BUL................1987
..... 17.92..... James Beckford JAM.............. 1995
=9.. 17.90..... Vladimir Inozemtsev UKR........ 1990
..... 17.90..... Jadel Gregorio BRA................2007
1....17.42..... Aleksey Fyodorov RUS
2....17.24..... Teddy Tamgho FRA
3....17.20..... Dmitriy Chizhikov RUS
=4.. 17.12..... Nelson Évora POR
..... 17.12..... Dmitriy Sorokin RUS
6....17.11..... Ilya Potaptsev RUS
7....17.02..... Marian Oprea ROU
8....17.01..... Benjamin Compaoré FRA
9....16.81..... Adrian Świderski POL
=10.16.74..... Şeref Osmanoğlu TUR
..... 16.74..... Ben Williams GBR
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European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Discus Throw
ETCh Record:
68.76
Gerd Kanter EST
Sun/15:00
Budapest
20 Jun 10
Age
1,
203
SKAGESTAD Sven Martin NOR – Norway
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
20y
(Days)
159d
1995
58.72
58.72 -15
28y
53d
1987
65.42
66.93 -12
SP pb: 17.42 -14. 3 WJC 2014. Coach-Einar Kristian Tveitå (12 WCH 2001). 2.01/117kg
In 2015: 1 Byrkjelo; 1 Ravnanger; 4 Halle under-23; 2 Hamar; 1 Bergen; 4 Florø; 8 Oslo Diamond
2,
228
URBANEK Robert POL – Poland
2014 European bronze medallist ahead of his compatriot and training partner Piotr Małachowski
7 under-23 ECH 2009; 5 WSG 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 6 WCH 2013; 3 ECH 2014 (2012-6); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Polish under-23 2008/2009. CoachWitold Suski. 2.00/122kg
In 2015: 1 Kielce; 2 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Turnov; 3 Hengelo; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 Oslo Diamond; 1 Bydgoszcz
3,
14
HALUBKOVICH Valery BLR – Belarus
20y
151d
1995
59.82
59.82 -15
10 WJC 2014
In 2015: 2 Minsk; 4 Mogilyov; 1 Belarusian under-23 winter; 1 Brest; 1 Białystok; 1 Belarusian Universities; 1 Belarusian Cup
4,
161
WIERIG Martin GER – Germany
28y
11d
1987
64.76
68.33 -12
Fourth at 2013 World Championships // 3 EJC 2005; 3 WJC 2006 (2004-8); 1 under-23 ECH 2007 (2009-3); 7 ECH 2010 (2012-dnq, 2014-11); 6 OLY 2012; 4
WCH 2013 (2009-dnq). Coach-Armin Lemme (4 ECH 82 for GDR). 2.02/124kg
In 2015: 1 Halle Jan 17); 1 Halle (Feb 1); 1 Berlin indoor; 1 Schönebeck; 3 Wiesbaden; 3 Halle (May 16); 2 Turnov; 8 Eugene Diamond
5,
255
SIDORCHENKO Gleb RUS – Russia
29y
37d
1986
60.65
62.55 -13
2013 World Student Games bronze, representing North-Caucasus Federal University of Stavropol
3 WSG 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Russian 2014 (“I did not expect this. Something must have gone wrong with my competitors’). 1.95/115kg
In 2015: 3 Adler (Feb 12); 5 Russian winter; 1 Adler (Apr 23); 1 Russian teams; 3 Yerino
6,
116
DUQUEMIN Zane GBR – Great Britain & NI
23y
271d
1991
58.95
63.46 -12
2010 Commonwealth Games finalist shot and discus (for Jersey)
2014 UK Champion at Discus
SP pb: 19.42 -13 (18.29 -15). 6 Commonwealth Youth Games DT 2008 (9 SP); 1 Island Games DT 2010 (3 SP); 10 COM DT 2010 (12 SP); 1 Island Games SP/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)
7,
91
DJOUHAN Lolassonn FRA – France
24y
34d
1991
61.51
61.70 -13
2013 European under-23 bronze // dnq WJC 2010; 12 ETCh 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 2013. 1 French under-23 2011. 1 French 2012
In 2015: 1 Potsdam; 1 French winter; 1 Chelles; 1 Vineuil; 1 Montgeron; 1 Pontoise; 1 Grenoble
8,
178
KIRCHLER Hannes ITA – Italy
36y
181d
1978
62.56
65.01 -07
7x Italian Champion // 4 ECP 2006 (2008-6); dnq ECH 2006/2014; dnq WCH 2007; 6 World Military Games 2011; 7 ETCh 2014. 1 Italian
2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2014. 1.94/115kg
In 2015: 3 Lucca; 1 Palanova; 2 Tarquinia (May 21); 1 Bolzano; 1 Savona; 1 Castiglione della Pescaia; 3 Tarquinia (Jun 10)
9,
278
STÅHL Daniel SWE – Sweden
22y
297d
1992
61.23
66.89 -14
SP pb: 19.17 -14 (17.41 -15). dnq World Youth SP/DT 2009; dnq WJC SP 2010; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Swedish 2014. His first sport was ice hockey. Coach-Vesteinn
Hafsteinsson. 2.00/136kg
In 2015: 1 Uppsala SP/DT; 2 Tartu; 2 Bydgoszcz
10,
70
NISKALA Pyry FIN – Finland
24y
227d
1990
58.77
60.71 -14
30y
155d
1985
59.37
61.48 -08
36y
246d
1978
59.16
67.91 -08
SP pb: 16.11i -15. 6 World Youth 2007; dnq WJC 2008; 7 EJC 2009. 1 Finnish 2014
In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor (6 SP); 1 Albufeira; 1 Kauhajoki; 1 Kuopio; 9 Tartu
11,
296
RYZHYY Roman UKR – Ukraine
SP pb: 16.84 -14 (16.53i, 16.35 -15). 5 WJC 2004. 1 Ukrainian under-23 2006. 1.87/105kg
In 2015: 4 Ukrainian winter; 2 Kirovohrad; 3 Brest (4 SP); 2 Kiev; 1 Ukrainian Teams
12,
39
CASAÑAS Frank ESP – Spain
Full name-Yennifer Frank Casanas Hernandez
3x Cuban Champion, fifth in 2008 Olympics for Spain
2 Pan-Am Games 2003; 5 OLY 2008 (2000/2004-dnq, 2012-7); 2 Ibero-American 2010; 2 ETCh 2011 (2010-4); 5 ECH 2012 (2010-11, 2014-8); 9 WCH 2013
(2003/2005/2009-dnq). 1 Cuban 2003/2004/2005. 1 Spanish 2006/2014. Cleared by the IAAF to represent Spain from August 6, 2005 (two years after he
threw for Cuba at the 2005 World Championships), then granted Spanish citizenship on May 29, 2008. His wife Dolores Pedrares is a 67m hammer thrower.
1.87/117kg
In 2015: 1 Castellón (May 2); 1 Zaragoza; 2 Castellón (May 23); 3 European Clubs Cup; 1 Spanish Clubs
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....74.08..... Jürgen Schult GDR.................1986
2....73.88..... Virgiljus Alekna LTU.............. 2000
3....73.38..... Gerd Kanter EST................... 2006
4....71.86..... Yuriy Dumchev RUS............... 1983
5....71.84..... Piotr Małachowski POL............2013
6....71.70..... Robert Fazekas HUN.............. 2002
7....71.50..... Lars Riedel GER.................... 1997
8....71.32..... Ben Plucknett USA.................1983
=9.. 71.26..... John Powell USA................... 1984
..... 71.26 .... Rickard Bruch SWE................ 1984
1....67.93..... Christoph Harting GER
2....67.39..... Zoltán Kővágó HUN
3....67.20..... Gerhard Mayer AUT
4....66.67..... Martin Kupper EST
5....66.43..... Philip Milanov BEL
6....65.87..... Piotr Małachowski POL
7....65.51..... Andrius Gudžius LTU
8....65.44..... Viktor Butenko RUS
9....65.42..... Robert Urbanek POL
10.. 65.04..... Apostolos Parellis CYP
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21/6/2015
European Athletics Team Championships 2015 • Biographical Summaries
Men’s Javelin Throw
ETCh Record:
86.78
Tero Pitkämäki FIN
Sun/17:45
Bergen
21 Jun 09
Age
1,
295
PYATNYTSYA Oleksandr UKR – Ukraine
29y
(Days)
342d
Born
Season’s Best
Personal Best
1985
81.63
86.12 -12
2012 Olympic silver // 3 under-23 ECH 2007; dnq WCH 2009; 4 ETCh 2010; 4 ECH 2010 (2014-dnq); 2 OLY 2012. 1 Ukrainian 2011. Pyatnytsya is the Ukrainian
word for Friday. Coach-Nikolay Gurnevich. 1.86/90kg
In October 2012 he ruptured ligaments in his right knee, for which he underwent surgery the following month. He could not begin walking until January
2013, but then his season was curtailed by an elbow injury
In 2015: 1 Kiev; 1 Ukrainian Teams
2,
35
BUGALLO Pablo ESP – Spain
19y
20d
1996
73.46
73.46 -15
22y
63d
1993
73.96
74.90 -14
26y
2d
1989
82.28
82.58 -14
30y
62d
1985
76.90
82.86 -12
2013 World Youth bronze // dnq WJC 2012/2014; 3 World Youth 2013
In 2015: 3 Spanish winter; 2 Zaragoza; 4 European Clubs Cup; 5 Huelva; 1 Spanish Clubs
3,
193
KVESETH Håkon Løvenskiold NOR – Norway
dnq WJC 2012. 1 Norwegian 2014
In 2015: 1 Hamar (May 10); 7 Halle under-23; 1 Hamar (May 23)
4,
209
CHMIELAK Hubert POL – Poland
1 Polish 2013. 1.88/88kg
In 2015: 1 Polish Universities; 4 Postomino; 6 Rehlingen; 1 Forbach; 1 Gdańsk
5,
15
KAZLOU Uladzimir BLR – Belarus
(aka Vladimir Kazlov). 2008 Olympic finalist // 7 under-23 ECH 2005; 8 OLY 2008 (2012-dnq); 5 WSG 2009; dnq WCH 2009/2013; dnq ECH 2010; 6 ETCh 2013.
1 Belarusian 2010/2012. 1.83/87kg
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Cup; 6 Tartu
6,
160
VETTER Johannes GER – Germany
22y
87d
1993
85.40
85.40 -15
127d
1992
83.00
83.56 -13
12 EJC 2011. 1 German under-23 2011
In 2015: 1 Offenburg; 1 Stellenbosch; 1 Halle; 2 Rehlingen; 2 Dessau; 1 Jena; 1 German under-23
7,
240
IORDAN Valeriy RUS – Russia
23y
2012 European silver, but then controversially not selected for London Olympics
9 World Youth 2009; 5 EJC 2011; 2 ECH 2012 (2014-7); 11 WSG 2013; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Russian 20014. Student of Russian State Social University in Dedovsk,
but he also writes and records his own songs (mostly rap). 1.88/91kg
In 2015: 1 Russian under-23 winter; 1 European Throws Cup; 5 Beijing; 1 Russian teams; 9 Rabat
8,
112
BUWEMBO Bonne GBR – Great Britain & NI
25y
179d
1989
73.53
74.64 -14
1 AAA under-17 2005; 1 English Schools 2007/2008; 1 English junior 2008; 1 South of England 2013/2014; 2 UK 2013/2014. He came to the UK from Uganda as
an asylum seeker
1 Loughborough Open; 1 British League Premiership/May 9; 1 Loughborough International; 1 Bedford Games; 3 British League Premiership/Jun 6
9,
92
DURECHOU Killian FRA – France
22y
309d
1992
72.48
79.98 -13
2009 World Youth silver // 2 World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 10 ETCh 2011 (2013/2014-12); 12 under-23 ECH 2013; 3 Francophone Games 2013; 1
Mediterranean under-23 2014. 1 French 2012
In 2015: 1 French winter; 1 Franconville; 1 Tourcoing; 4 Forbach; 2 Colmar; 2 Lillebonne
10,
163
BONVECCHIO Norbert ITA – Italy
29y
311d
1985
79.45
80.37 -14
He threw further than 80m for the first time at the 2014 European Team Championships
HJ pb: 2.13i -06. 6 Mediterranean Games 2013; 9 WSG 2013; 4 ETCh 2014 (2013-11); dnq ECH 2014. 1 Italian 2013/2014. Former Italian under-23 Champion
at high jump
In 2015: 1 Italian winter; 5 European Throws Cup; 1 Trento; 6 Halle; 1 Savona; 8 Rome Diamond
11,
281
WALLIN Gabriel SWE – Sweden
33y
250d
1981
78.25
83.23 -13
Twice US Collegiate Champion, representing Boise State University
7 ECP 2004; dnq WCH 2007/2013; 2 ETCh 2011; 8 ECH 2012 (2010/2014-dnq). 1 Swedish 2014. 1 NCAA 2004/2005. Works part-time as a financial risk
manager. Coach-Lasse Haka. 1.93/95kg
In 2015: 1 Södertälje; 1 Jelgava
12,
72
PITKÄMÄKI Tero FIN – Finland
32y
184d
1982
88.62
91.53 -05
2007 World Champion & 2008 Olympic bronze // dnq WJC 2000; 6 EJC 2001; 3 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 ECP 2006; 2 ECH 2006 (2010-3, 2012-11, 2014-3); 1 WCH
2007 (2005-4, 2009-5, 2013-2); 3 OLY 2008 (2004-8, 2012-5). 1 Finnish 2004/2005/2006/2007/2010/2013. Ex-cross country skier. Coach-Hannu Kangas.
Partner-Niina Kelo, their son Jimi born June 9, 2014. 1.95/92kg
Lists his main hobby as main hobby as “playing the stock market”
In 2015: 1 Doha Diamond (88.62, his furthest for two years); 3 Ostrava; 4 Rome Diamond; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Lahti
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 EUROPEAN LIST
1....98.48..... Jan Zelezny CZE................... 1996
2....93.09..... Aki Parviainen FIN................. 1999
3....92.61..... Sergey Makarov RUS...............2002
4....92.60..... Raymond Hecht GER.............. 1995
5....91.69..... Kostas Gatsioudis GRE............ 2000
6....91.59..... Andreas Thorkildsen NOR........ 2005
7....91.53..... Tero Pitkämäki FIN................ 2005
8....91.46..... Steve Backley GBR................ 1992
9....91.39..... Julius Yego KEN.................... 2015
10.. 91.29..... Breaux Greer USA................. 2007
1....88.62..... Tero Pitkämäki FIN
2....88.18..... Vítězslav Veselý CZE
3....86.82..... Ari Mannio FIN
4....86.61..... Antti Ruuskanen FIN
5....85.52..... Petr Frydrych CZE
6....85.40..... Johannes Vetter GER
7....85.36..... Thomas Röhler GER
8....85.13..... Jakub Vadlejch CZE
9....83.37..... Rolands Štrobinders LAT
10.. 83.34..... Teemu Wirkkala FIN
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Athlete’s ages as at:
21/6/2015