Former Universiade Participants Perform at 2007 IAAF World Championship
September 20th, 2007
At the recent IAAF World Championship in Osaka, Japan, a great number of former Universiade participants were present and some performed very well, mounting on the medal podium winning 23 medals. Interesting feat is the performance of Belgian sprinter Hanna Mariën, who got the bronze in the Women’s 200m at the Bangkok Universiade and won also a bronze medal on the 4x100m in Osaka, together with European champion Kim Gevaert, who is also a former Universiade medallist, winning gold in 1999 (Palma) and silver in 2001 (Beijing). Here's an overview of the medallists and finallists.
Women
20km Walk Susan Feitor-POR-5th (4th 1997SU, Silver 2001SU) Tatyana Sibileva-RUS-9th (Bronze 2005SU) Vera Santos-POR-11th (Silver 2005SU) 100m Kim Gevaert-BEL-5th (Gold 1999SU, Silver 2001SU) 4x100m Hanna Mariën-BEL-Bronze (Bronze 200m 2007SU) Kim Gevaert-BEL-Bronze (Gold 1999SU, Silver 2001SU) 4x400m Marylin Okoro-GBR-Bronze (Bronze 2005SU) Daimi Pernia-CUB-7th (Bronze 1997SU, Gold 1999SU) 400m hurdles Tasha Danvers-Smith-GBR-8th (5th 1999SU, Gold 2001SU) 1,500m Lidia Chojecka-POL-10th (Bronze 1997SU) 3,000m Steeple Sara Moreira-POR-13th (4th 2007SU) 5,000m Jessica Augusto-POR-15th (Gold 2007SU) Long Jump Tatyana Lebedeva-RUS-Gold (Gold 2001SU triple jump) Naide Gomes-POR-4th (Silver 2005SU) Triple Jump Tatyana Lebedeva-RUS-Silver (Gold 2001SU) Olha Saladuha-UKR-7th (Gold 2007SU) Dana Veldakova-SVK-12th (Silver (2007) High Jump Anna Chicherova-RUS-Silver (8th 2001SU, Gold 2005SU) Yelena Slesarenko-RUS-4th (Bronze 2003SU) Marina Aitova -KAZ-7th (Gold 2007SU) Amy Acuff-USA-12th (Gold 1997SU) Hammer Yipsi Moreno-CUB-Silver (Silver 2001SU) Kamila Skolimowska-POL-4th (Gold 2005SU) Eileen O’Keefe-IRL-6th (Silver 2007SU) Manuela Montebrun-FRA-8th (Bronze 1999SU) Javelin Barbora Spotakova-CZE-Gold (Gold 2005SU) Steffi Nerius-GER-Bronze (4th 1999SU) Nikola Brejchova-CZE-4th (Gold 2001SU) Sonia Bisset-CUB-6th (Silver 1997SU) Felicia Tilea-Moldovan-ROM-11th (Gold 1995SU) Discus Yarelis Barrios-CUB-Bronze (Gold 2007SU) Nicoleta Grasu-ROM-4th (Bronze 1997SU, Gold 1999SU) Shot Put Meji Li-CHN-6th (Silver 2005SU) Misleydis Gonzalez-CUB-11th (Bronze 2005SU) Yumileidi Cumba-CUB-12th (Gold 1999SU, Gold 2001SU Heptathlon Marie Collonvillé-FRA-9th (Bronze 1997SU) Sonja Kesselschläger-GER-13th (Bronze 2001SU)
Men
20km Walk Ilya Markov-RUS-9th (Gold 1997SU) Koichiro Morioka-JPN-11th (Bronze 2005SU, Bronze 2007SU) Chil-Sung Park-KOR-15th (5th 2003SU, 6th 2005SU, Silver 2007SU) Juan Manuel Molina-ESP-16th (Silver 2001SU, Gold 2005SU) Benjamin Kucinski-POL-17th (5th 2007SU) Hyun-Sub Kim-KOR-20th (6th 2007SU) 110m hurdles Xiang Liu-CHN-Gold-(Gold 2001SU) Terrence Trammel-USA-Silver-(Gold 1997SU) Serhiy Demydyuk-UKR-6th (Gold 2007SU) Periklis Iakovakis-GRE-6th (4th 2001SU) 1,500m Bernard LAGAT-USA-Gold (Gold 1999SU) 5,000m Bernard LAGAT-USA-Gold (Gold 1500m 1999SU) Hicham Bellani-MAR-12th (6th 2001SU, Bronze 2003SU) 3,000m Steeple Halil Akkas-TUR-6th (Gold & UR 2007SU) 10,000m Wilson Kipkemei Busienei-UGA-15th (Gold 2005SU) Triple Jump Jadel Gegorio-POR-Silver (Bronze 2001SU) Deokhyeon Kim-KOR-9th (Gold 2007SU) Long Jump Olexiy Lukashevych-UKR-4th (7th 1997SU, Gold 1999SU) James Beckford-JAM-6th (Silver 1997SU) Miguel Pate-USA-10th (Gold 2001SU) High Jump Kyriakos Ioannou-CYP-Bronze (Silver 2007SU) Stefan Holm-SWE-4th (4th 1997SU) Martyn Bernard-GBR-14th (5th 2007SU) Pole Vault Romain Mesnil-FRA-Silver (Bronze 1999SU) Igor Pavlov-RUS-4th (Silver 2003SU) Aleksander Averbukh-ISR-7th (Gold 2001SU) Hammer Ivan Tsikhan-BLR-Gold (6th 2001SU, Gold 2003SU) Libor Charfreitag-SVK-Bronze (8th 1999SU) Vadim Devyatovsky-BLR-4th (Gold 1997SU, Gold 2005SU) Koji Murofushi-JPN-6th (8th 1997SU, 6th 1999SU) Esref Apak-TUR- 11th (Silver 2005SU) Shot Put Adam Nelson-USA-Silver (Silver 1999SU) Andrei Mikhnevich-BLR-Bronze (Gold 2005SU) Tomasz Majewski-POL- 5th (5th 2003SU, Gold 2005SU) Yury Bialou-BLR-8th (6th 2005SU) Javelin Vadim Vasilevskis-LAT-4th (Gold 2007SU) Igor Janik-POL-7th (Silver 2007SU) Eriks Rags-LAT-11th (Gold 1999SU, Gold 2001SU) Tero Järvenpää-FIN-8th (Silver 2005SU) Discus Gerd Kanter-EST-Gold (Gold 2005SU) Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly-EGY- 6th (Silver 2007SU) Aleksander Tammert-EST-8th (5th 1997SU, 4th 1999SU, Gold 2001SU) Decathlon Roman Sebrle-CZE-Gold (Gold 1997SU) Hans Van Alphen-BEL-11th (Silver 2007SU)
