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The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
Javelin throw William Preston Miller (February 22, 1930 – October 27, 2016) was an American athlete who competed in the javelin throw for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki , Finland where he won the silver medal with a throw of 72.46 meters.
Stephen Andrew Seymour (October 4, 1920, in New York City – June 18, 1973, in Los Angeles) was an American physician and track and field coach and athlete, who in the 1948 London Olympics won America's first silver medal in the javelin throw, a feat that to-date would be repeated only in the 1952 Olympics. Setting the American javelin record ...
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Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. In 1986, international javelin design regulations were changed and the center of gravity of the implement moved forward. As a result, throwing distances were in general shorter, flat landings fewer, and legal throws (tip-down) easier to attain post ...
In 1952 he set a new US record of 256 feet 4 inches (78.13 meters) in the javelin. [4] Young competed at age 24 in the javelin throw for the US at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal on his birthday. [5] Young continued to throw during his mid-20s, and four years later prepared to defend his Olympic ...
Kathryn Joan "Kate" Schmidt (born December 29, 1953) is an American former world record holder in the javelin throw.A native of California, graduate of Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, [3] and alumnus of UCLA, she won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
Javelin throw (700 g) 73.14 ΠΌ 2021 World U20 Championships: Nairobi, Kenya: 2nd Javelin throw 76.32 m: European U20 Championships: Tallinn, Estonia: 1st Javelin throw 78.41 m 2022 World U20 Championships: Cali, Colombia: 1st Javelin throw 79.36 m: European Championships: Munich, Germany 15th (q) Javelin throw 76.06 m: 2023 2023 European Games ...