1999 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships is the 1999 version of the European Athletics Junior Championships

European Athletics Junior Championships

The European Athletics Junior Championships are the European championships open for those of age. The IAAF defines Junior as athletes who are 19 years of age or under. It is currently organized by the European Athletic Association....

. It was held in Riga

Riga

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Men's results

100 m	Fabrice Calligny Fabrice Calligny Fabrice Calligny is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.In the 4 x 100 metres relay event he won a silver medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships, a bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships and finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup.He competed individually at the 2001... France	10 s 19	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold... United Kingdom	10 s 37	Kostyantin Vasyukov Ukraine	10 s 41
200 m	Alessandro Cavallaro Alessandro Cavallaro Alessandro Cavallaro is an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He finished seventh in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2000 Olympic Games, together with teammates Francesco Scuderi, Maurizio Checcucci and Andrea Colombo... Italy	20 s 46	Tim Benjamin Timothy Benjamin Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm... United Kingdom	20 s 60	Chris Lambert United Kingdom	20 s 67
400 m	Ruwen Faller Ruwen Faller Ruwen Faller is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 45.74 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt.-Achievements:-References:... Germany	46 s 38	Filip Walotka Poland	46 s 42	Georgios Doupis Greece	47 s 03
800 m	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the... Russia	1 min 50 s 38	Nick Andrews United Kingdom	1 min 50 s 92	Bram Som Bram Som Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000... Netherlands	1 min 50 s 96
1 500 m	Franek Haschke Germany	3 min 44 s 17	Bert Leenaerts Belgium	3 min 44 s 47	Stefan Beumer Netherlands	3 min 45 s 13
5 000 m	Wolfram Muller Wolfram Müller Wolfram Müller is a German middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He became European junior 5000 metres champion in 1999. In his special distance he won the silver medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships and finished seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Championships... Germany	14 min 05 s 98	Radu Stroia Romania	14 min 11 s 05	Mattia Maccagnan Italy	14 min 12 s 51
10 000 m	Hans Janssens Belgium	29 min 49 s 59	Radu Stroia Romania	29 min 55 s 18	Oliver Bodor Hungary	30 min 00 s 91
3 000 m steeplechase	Jakub Czaja Poland	8 min 41 s 91	Vadim Slobodenyuk Ukraine	8 min 44 s 48	Kevin Paulsen France	8 min 45 s 69
110 m hurdles	Felipe Vivancos Felipe Vivancos Felipe Vivancos Ruiz is a Spanish hurdler. He won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain.... Spain Chris Baillie Chris Baillie Christopher Baillie is a Scottish hurdler from Clydebank, most noted for his silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 110 metre hurdles.-References:*... United Kingdom	13 s 92	\|	Thomas Blaschek Thomas Blaschek Thomas Blaschek is a German hurdler. His personal best time is 13.31 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in Cuxhaven. This ranks him fifth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenner, Eric Kaiser and Falk Balzer.... Germany	13 s 93
400 m hurdles	Dmitriy Zhukov Russia	51 s 46	Richard Mcdonald United Kingdom	51 s 62	Luca Bortolaso Italy	51 s 80
10 km walk	Maris Putenis Latvia	40 min 27 s 37	Vladimir Potemin Vladimir Potemin Vladimir Potemin is a retired male race walker from Russia.-Achievements:-References:... Russia	40 min 28 s 46	José Dominguez José Dominguez José Manuel Martins Dominguez is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.A diminutive player with above-average technical skills and speed, he surprisingly started playing professional football not in his own country but in England with Birmingham City; he also had... Spain	40 min 34 s 82
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Christian Olsson Christian Olsson Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships... Sweden	2,21 m	Gregory Gabella Grégory Gabella Grégory Gabella is a French high jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1999 European Junior Championships, finished ninth at the 2002 European Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.... France	2,19 m	Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov is a Russian high jumper.He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba.... Russia	2,16 m
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Sébastien Homo France	5,35 m	Fabrice Fortin France	5,35 m	Thilo Kraus Germany	5,20 m
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Leslie Djhone Leslie Djhone Leslie Djhone is a French athlete. Competing mainly in the 400 metres event, he placed 5th at the 2003 World Championships and 2007 World Championships and 7th at the 2004 Olympics... France	7,88 m	Krasimir Argirov Bulgaria	7,74 m	Tomasz Mateusiak Tomasz Mateusiak Tomasz Mateusiak is a retired Polish long jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 1999 European Junior Championships, and finished fourth at the 2003 Summer Universiade. He also competed in the 1998 World Junior Championships and the 2005 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final... Poland	7,60 m
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Tosin Oke Tosin Oke Tosin Oke is a Nigerian triple jumper. He formerly represented Britain & is sponsored by Mizuno.He began competing in 1997 for Cambridge Harriers, South-east London, and was coached by Guy Spencer... United Kingdom	16,57 m	Christian Olsson Christian Olsson Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships... Sweden	16,18 m	Marian Oprea Marian Oprea Marian Oprea is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters.... Romania	15,98 m
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Rutger Smith Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008... Netherlands	18,27 m	Tomasz Chrzanowski Tomasz Chrzanowski Tomasz Chrzanowski is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and has represented the Polish national team.- Speedway Grand Prix results :- World Championships :... Poland	18,19 m	Teijo Koopikka Finland	18,01 m
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Rutger Smith Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008... Netherlands	52,89 m	Pavel Lyzhin Belarus	52,15 m	Heinrich Seitz Germany	50,76 m
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish hammer thrower.The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres . His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti.... Finland	75,80 m	Wojciech Kondratowicz Wojciech Kondratowicz Wojciech Kondratowicz is a male hammer thrower from Poland. He set his personal best on 13 July 2003 in Bydgoszcz.-Achievements:-References:*... Poland	74,12 m	Markus Esser Markus Esser Markus Esser is a male hammer thrower from Germany. His personal best is 81.10 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Leverkusen. This ranks him eighth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günter Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner and Klaus Ploghaus.... Germany	66,68 m
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Tomas Intas Tomas Intas Tomas Intas is a Lithuanian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 82.94 metres, achieved in September 2004 in Banská Bystrica.-Achievements:-External links:... Lithuania	77,88 m	David Parker United Kingdom	77,26 m	Tim Werner Germany	76,31 m
4x100 metres relay	France	39 s 49	Poland	39 s 67	Italy	39 s 78
4x400 metres relay	Germany	3 min 07 s 42	Poland	3 min 08 s 15	United Kingdom	3 min 08 s 97
Decathlon	Aki Heikkinen Aki Heikkinen Aki Heikkinen is a Finnish decathlete. His personal best result was 8188 points, achieved in August 2000 in Lahti.-Achievements:-External links:... Finland	7881 pts	Jaakko Ojaniemi Jaakko Ojaniemi Jaakko Ojaniemi is a Finnish decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:... Finland	7763 pts	Roland Schwarzl Roland Schwarzl Roland Schwartzl is a decathlete from Austria.He has won 5 pole vault and 3 heptathlon tiles since 1999 in the Austrian Indoor Championships. He also won both the decathlon and long jump in the Austrian Championships in 2003... Austria	7447 pts

Women's results

100 m	Sina Schielke Sina Schielke Sina Schielke is a German sprinter, often praised for her looks as well as her sprinting ability... Germany	11 s 39	Johanna Manninen Finland	11 s 47	Adrianna Lamalle Adrianna Lamalle Adrianna Lamalle is a French hurdler born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe.She finished 8th in the 100m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.... France	11 s 51
200 m	Sina Schielke Sina Schielke Sina Schielke is a German sprinter, often praised for her looks as well as her sprinting ability... Germany	23 s 08	Johanna Manninen Finland	23 s 26	Ciara Sheehy Republic of Ireland	23 s 49
400 m	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:... Russia	52 s 00	Natalya Lavshuk Russia	53 s 44	Justyna Karolkiewicz Poland	53 s 78
800 m	Irîna Latva Latvia	2 min 03 s 45	Yuliya Gurtovenko Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey.... Ukraine	2 min 03 s 81	Sibel Özyurt Turkey	2 min 03 s 82
1,500 m	Sibel Özyurt Turkey	4 min 15 s 62	Natalya Sidorenko Russia	4 min 15 s 91	Yekaterina Noskova Yekaterina Rozenberg Yekaterina Rozenberg, née Noskova is a retired Russian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. She won the bronze medal at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but has not competed since the 2003 season. Her personal bests were both set that season, with 1:59.98 min over 800 metres and... Russia	4 min 16 s 56
3,000 m	Olga Roseyeva Russia	9 min 07 s 79	Tezeta Sürekli Turkey	9 min 08 s 09	Sonja Stolic	9 min 10 s 01
5,000 m	Tezeta Sürekli Turkey	16 min 01 s 32	Elvan Can Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m, 2 miles and cross country... Turkey	16 min 06 s 40	Yelena Tolstygina Belarus	16 min 17 s 04
100 m hurdles	Reïna-Flor Okori Reïna-Flor Okori Reïna-Flor Okori is a French hurdler.As a junior she finished tenth in long jump at the 1996 World Junior Championships and won the 1999 European Junior Championships in 100 metres hurdles.... France	13 s 16	Fanny Gérance France	13 s 27	Manuela Bosco Finland	13 s 34
400 m hurdles	Alena Rücklová Czech Republic	58 s 55	Benedetta Ceccarelli Benedetta Ceccarelli Benedetta Ceccarelli is an Italian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.79 seconds, achieved in August 2005 in Rieti.-Achievements:-External links:... Italy	59 s 10	Nicola Sanders Nicola Sanders Nicola Clare Sanders is a British sprinter and hurdler.-Early achievements:Nicola won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships... United Kingdom	59 s 21
5 km walk	Larisa Safronova Russia	21 min 40 s 77	Daniela Cârlan Daniela Cârlan Elena Daniela Cârlan is a female long-distance runner and former race walker from Romania.As a race walker her biggest successes were a fifth place in 5000 m walk at the 1998 World Junior Championships and a sixteenth place in 20 km at the 2004 World Race Walking Cup... Romania	21 min 46 s 15	Ryta Turava Ryta Turava Ryta Turava is an athlete from Belarus, competing in race walking. She was born in Vitebsk.... Belarus	22 min 48 s 11
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Viktoriya Slivka Viktoriya Klyugina Viktoriya Klyugina is a Russian high jumper.She finished fifth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, sixth at the 2000 European Indoor Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships and finished eighth at the 2009 World Athletics Final.Her personal best jump is... Russia	1,90 m	Christelle Preau France	1,88 m	Marina Kuptsova Marina Kuptsova Marina Kuptsova is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. She is also a former European indoor high jump champion... Russia	1,88 m
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Yvonne Buschbaum Balian Buschbaum Balian Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter.Buschbaum's personal best is 4.70 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Ulm. This ranks Buschbaum second among German pole vaulters, only behind Annika Becker... Germany	4,25 m	Annika Becker Annika Becker Annika Becker is a retired German pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.77 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Wattenscheid. This was the German national record until 12 July 2011.-Achievements:-External links:... Germany	4,20 m	Amandine Homo France	4,15 m
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Maria Chiara Baccini Italy	6,39 m	Concepción Montaner Concepción Montaner Concepción Montaner is a Spanish long jumper.She took the gold medal the World Junior Championships in 2000. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships she came close to her first major international senior medal, when she finished fourth with 6.76 metres - the same result as the bronze medalist Naide... Spain	6,39 m	Silvia Favre Italy	6,25 m
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Mariana Bogatie Romania	13,57 m	Mariana Solomon Mariana Solomon Mariana Solomon is a Romanian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.42 metres, achieved at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . The result places her fifth on the all-time Romanian performers list, behind Rodica Mateescu, Adelina Gavrilă, Cristina Nicolau and Mihaela Gândila... Romania	13,39 m	Anna Pyatykh Anna Pyatykh Anna Viktorovna Pyatykh is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.In 2006 she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor... Russia	13,36 m
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus	18,20 m	Oksana Gromova Russia	16,31 m	Bianca Grosser Germany	16,24 m
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Wioletta Potępa Wioletta Potepa Wioletta Potępa is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 66.01 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Halle.-Achievements:-References:... Poland	53,93 m	Adina Mocanu Romania	53,89 m	Ilona Rutjes Netherlands	53,19 m
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Bianca Achilles Germany	66,81 m	Sini Pöyry Sini Pöyry Sini Tuuli Susanne Pöyry is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Kaustinen. She was nicknamed "Sintsa".-Achievements:-References:*... Finland	63,60 m	Merja Korpela Merja Korpela Merja Tuulikki Korpela is a female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.56 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Belgrade.She finished fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships... Finland	59,51 m
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Nikolett Szabó Nikolett Szabó Nikolett Szabó is a female javelin thrower from Hungary. Her personal best throw is 64.62 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Patra.-Achievements:-References:... Hungary	61,52 m	Carolin Soboll Germany	56,86 m	Xénia Frajka Hungary	54,29 m
4x100 metres relay	Germany	44 s 04	Finland	44 s 40	France	44 s 69
4x400 metres relay	Russia	3 min 34 s 06	Germany	3 min 34 s 84	Poland	3 min 35 s 24
Heptathlon	Maren Freisen Germany	5909 pts	Michaela Hejnová Czech Republic	5786 pts	Antónia Schulze-Borges Germany	5543 pts

Medal table

1	10	3	7	20
2	7	3	4	14
3	5	4	4	12
4	2	5	3	10
5	2	5	2	9
6	2	4	3	9
7	2	2	1	5
8	2	1	5	8
9	2	0	3	5
10	2	0	0	2
11	1	5	1	7
12=	1	1	2	4
12=	1	1	2	3
14	1	1	1	3
15=	1	1	0	2
15=	1	1	0	2
15=	1	1	0	2
15=	1	1	0	2
19	0	3	1	4
20=	0	0	1	1
20=	0	0	1	1
20=	0	0	1	1
20=	0	0	1	1
Total	44	42	43	132

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