Die 13.Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften fanden vom 27. August bis zum 4. September 2011 im Daegu-Stadion von Daegu in Südkorea statt. Mit dem südafrikanischen Sprinter Oscar Pistorius konnte sich erstmals ein Behindertensportler für die Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften qualifizieren.

The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches.It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 laps of a standard track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run; referring to the distance …

Äthiopien [ʔɛˈtʰi̯oːpʰi̯ən] (amharisch ኢትዮጵያ Ityop̣p̣əya, aus altgriechisch Αἰθιοπία Aithiopia; amtlich Demokratische Bundesrepublik Äthiopien) ist ein Binnenstaat im Nordosten Afrikas.Zur Zeit des Kaiserreichs Abessinien war das Land auch als Abessinien (seltener auch Abyssinien) bekannt. Das Land am Horn von Afrika grenzt an Eritrea, den Sudan, den Südsudan ...

Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia won 2 gold medals in the women's 1,500m and 3 gold medals in the 3,000m from 2012 to 2018 Four gold medals. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia won three golds in the 3,000 m and one in the 1,500 m. Sergey Bubka won four pole vault gold medals (three while competing for the Soviet Union and one for Ukraine).

The World Athlete of the Year award is a prize that can be won by athletes participating in events within the sport of athletics organised by World Athletics (formerly named IAAF), including track and field, cross country running, road running, and racewalking.. The first edition of awards in 1997, with winners Bulgaria's high jumper Stefka Kostadinova and Canadian sprinter Ben …

Usain St. Leo Bolt (Sherwood Content, Trelawny, 21 augustus 1986) is een voormalige sprinter uit Jamaica.Hij is de huidige wereldrecordhouder en voormalig olympisch kampioen op de 100, 200 m en op de 4 x 100 meter estafette.Bovendien nam Bolt (bijgenaamd The Lightning Bolt) viermaal deel aan de Olympische Spelen.Hij is tevens de eerste atleet die tijdens drie opeenvolgende …

Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (pronounced [ˈǎnːɪka ˈsœ̂ːrɛnˌstam] (); born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer.She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name.

Tirunesh Dibaba was also once the junior women's champion. Many consider the World Cross Country Championships to be the most difficult races to win, even more difficult than the Olympic Games. At most major championships, the world's best distance runners are separated into a few races, i.e. 3000 m Steeplechase , 5000 m, and 10,000 m.

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. She won 23 Grand Slam …

Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump.She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in those two events at four different Olympic Games. Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female …

Suzy Favor Hamilton (born August 8, 1968) is an American former middle-distance runner.She competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics

A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcuts [citation needed].If finisher medals are awarded, the medal or ribbon may differ from those for …