2009 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships
European Athletics U23 Championships
The European Athletics U23 Championships is a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of 23, which is organized by the European Athletic Association...

were held between 16 and 19 July 2009 in the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas

Kaunas

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

Men's Results

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	\| 10.15 SB	\| 10.26 SB	\| 10.28 SB
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	\| 20.37 PB	\| 20.59	\| 20.61 PB
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	\| 45.68 PB	\| 45.78 PB	\| 45.81 PB
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	\| 1:45.81	\| 1:46.52	\| 1:46.63
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	\| 3:51.19	\| 3:51.33	\| 3:51.46
5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	\| 13:55.10	\| 13:59.23 SB	\| 14:00.78
10 000 m 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	\| 29:47.15	\| 29:49.80	\| 30:08.44
3000 m steeplechase	\| 8:40.55	\| 8:41.53 PB	\| 8:42.06 PB
110 m hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	\| 13.47	\| 13.57 PB	\| 13.63 PB
400 m hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	\| 49.62 PB	\|49.88	\| 49.90 PB
20 km walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	\| 1:22:23 PB	\| 1:22:57	\| 1:23:00 PB
4 x 100 m relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Ryan Scott Ryan Scott Ryan Scott is an English sprint runner from Henleaze who competes in the 100 metres.His first international appearances for Great Britain came in 2007. He ran in the 60 metres at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but was disqualified in the final while his running mates Jason... Toby Sandeman Toby Sandeman Toby Sandeman is an English fashion model and sprint athlete, specialising in the 200 metres. He won the 200 m at the UK Athletics national championships in 2009, and followed this with two gold medals at the European Athletics U23 Championships... Rion Pierre Leevan Yearwood United Kingdom	39.09	Emmanuel Biron Mickael Arminana Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux is a French sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He helped the French men's 4 x 100 metres relay team to the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.-Personal best:-External links:... Teddy Tinmar Teddy Tinmar Teddy Tinmar is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He helped the French men's 4×100 metres relay team to win a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships.-Personal best:-External links:FFA profile for... France	39.26	Kamil Kryński Kamil Krynski Kamil Kryński is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His biggest success to date is finishing 4th in the 4 x 100 metres relay final at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.-Personal bests:Outdoor... Artur Zaczek Olaf Paruzel Jakub Adamski Poland	39.52
4 x 400 m relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Marcin Sobiech Jakub Krzewina Michal Pietrzak Jan Ciepiela Lukasz Krawczuk Sebastian Porzadny Poland	3:03.74	Marco Vistalli Marco Vistalli Marco Vistalli is an Italian sprinter, specialized in 400 metres.-Biographyr:He was 3rd at 2011 European Team Championships in Stockholm.... Isalbet Juarez Domenico Fontana Matteo Galvan Matteo Galvan Matteo Galvan is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 and 400 metres. His career highlight so far is the 2009 European Indoor Championships, where he placed sixth in the 400 metres and won a gold medal in the relay.-Career:Galvan was born in Vicenza... Italy	3:03.79	Bruno Naprix Mame-Ibra Anne Yoann Décimus Yoann Décimus Yoann Décimus is a French sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:... Yannick Fonsat Abdesslam Merabet Adrien Clemenceau France	3:04.06
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....	\| 2.28 PB	\|2.26	\| 2.24 =SB
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...	\| 5.65 SB	\|5.60 PB	\| 5.55 PB
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...	\| 7.90 PB	\|7.86	\| 7.85 =PB
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...	\| 17.20 PB	\|16.81	\| 16.80 PB
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....	\| 20.20 PB	\|18.94 PB	\| 18.89 PB
Discus 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...	\| 60.80 SB	\| 59.61	\| 59.12
Hammer 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...	\| 78.16	\|72.42	\| 72.32
Javelin 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...	\| 84.57 CR	\| 80.53	\| 79.37 PB
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	\| 8112 PB	\| 7885	\| 7855 PB

Women's Results

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	\| 11.37	\|11.45	\| 11.50
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	\| 22.97 SB	\| 23.07 PB	\| 23.25
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	\|51.74	\|51.76	\| 52.58
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	\| 1:58.94	\| 2:01.08	\| 2:01.53 PB
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	\| 4:14.12	\| 4:14.78	\| 4:15.86
5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	\| 15:54.11	\|16:03.85	\| 16:04.71 SB
10 000 m 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	\| 33:37.31	\|33:39.89 PB	\| 33:47.19 PB
3000 m steeplechase	\| 9:47.90	\|9:57.44	\| 10:01.87 PB
100 m hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	\| 12.99	\| 13.28	\| 13.30
400 m hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	\|55.26 PB	\|55.32 PB	\| 56.08
20 km walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	\| 1:33:05	\| 1:33:42	\| 1:34:13
4 x 100 m relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Annabelle Lewis Joey Duck Joey Duck Jacqueline "Joey" Duck, . is a British athletics runner specialising in 60m, 100m and 200m and occasionally competes in the 400m.She competes for Milton Keynes and Brunel University.-Early years:... Lucy Sargent Elaine O'Neill United Kingdom	43.89	Agnieszka Ceglarek Marika Popowicz Marika Popowicz Marika Popowicz is a Polish track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting.She made her first major appearances in 2005, finishing in sixth place in the 200 metres at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and helping the Polish women's 4×100 metres relay team to a gold medal at the... Milena Pedziwiatr Weronika Wedler Weronika Wedler Weronika Wedler is a Polish sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:... Poland	43.90	Silvija Peseckaite Lina Andrijauskaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė is a track and field various events athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.In 2010 she will represent Lithuania in 2010 European Athletics Championships.-References:... Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for LithuaniaShe competed in 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 31st place in 100 m hurdles... Lina Grinčikaitė Lina Grincikaite Lina Grinčikaitė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.Grinčikaitė represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup and Kelly-Ann Baptiste in a... Lithuania	44.09
4 x 400 m relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Anna Sedova Kseniya Zadorina Kseniya Vdovina Kseniya Vdovina Kseniya Olegovna Vdovina is a Russian sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:... Kseniya Ustalova Kseniya Ustalova Kseniya Aleksandrovna Ustalova is a Russian sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:... Lyudmila Mochalina Russia	3:27.59	Esther Cremer Esther Cremer Esther Cremer is a German athlete who specialises in the 400 metres.She came 5th in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay, and won silver relay medals at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships and the 2010 European Team Championships.- External links :*... Jill Richards Janin Lindenberg Janin Lindenberg Janin Lindenberg is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres.- Achievements :- References :... Sorina Nwachukwu Lena Schmidt Germany	3:29.21	Maryna Liboza Katsiaryna Mishyna Hanna Tashpulatava Alena Kievich Maryia Kavaliova Belarus	3:30.45
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....	\| 1.89	\| 1.89	\| 1.86 PB
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...	\| 4.50 =PB	\| 4.45 =PB	\| 4.35
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...	\| 6.83 PB	\| 6.76	\| 6.72 SB
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...	\|14.34 PB	\|14.26 PB	\| 13.88
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....	\|19.18	\|17.90	\| 17.72
Discus 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...	\| 57.29	\| 54.48	\| 54.44 PB
Hammer 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...	\| 67.67	\| 63.01	\| 62.55
Javelin 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...	\| 64.51 NR CR	\| 61.43	\|55.91 PB
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	\| 6396 NR	\| 6205	\|6118 PB

Medal table

1	Russia	12	8	5	25
2	United Kingdom	7	6	5	18
3	Germany	4	4	4	12
4	Poland	4	3	8	15
5	Latvia	3	0	0	3
6	Spain	2	1	0	3
7	Turkey	2	0	0	2
8	Belarus	1	3	4	8
9	France	1	3	2	6
10	Italy	1	2	1	4
11	Finland	1	1	2	4
12	Romania	1	1	0	2
13	Greece	1	0	2	3
14	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
15	Moldova	1	0	0	1
15	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
15	Norway	1	0	0	1
18	Ukraine	0	6	4	10
19	Czech Republic	0	3	1	4
20	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
20	Denmark	0	1	0	1
20	Hungary	0	1	0	1
23	Serbia	0	0	2	2
24	Belgium	0	0	1	1
24	Republic of Ireland	0	0	1	1
24	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		44	44	44	132

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