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Great participations in 400m Hurdles and Long Jump Men

14/07/2009

EAR announces the participations that have been confirmed so far for the events of 400m Hurdles Men and Long Jump Men in the “25th Vardinoyannia”.

 

In  the event of 400m Hurdles Men we will have the participations of Sanchez Felix (Dominican Republic), Danny McFarlane (Jamaica), Javier Culson (Puerto Rico), Thomas Goller (Germany), David Green (Great Britain) and Valentin Sklyarov (Russia). The Greek participation includes the European Champion in 2006 Periklis Iakovakis, Sotiris Iakovakis the athlete of EAR Platonas Gavelas and Kostas Anastasiou.

In the event of Long Jump Men the participation that stands out is that of the Olympic Bronze Medalist Ibrahim Camejo (Cuba) and the Greek Champion Louis Tsatoumas. We have also confirmed the participation of Al-Sabee Hussein Taher (Saudi Arabia), Miguel Pate (America), Brian Johnson (America), Wilfredo Martinez (Cuba), Mitcel Watt (Australia), Nils Winter (Germany) and Dimitris Diamantaras (Greek).

400m. HURDLES MEN

 Periklis Iakovakis

The Greek Champion Periklis Iakovakis was born on 24/3/1979 and his personal best is 47.82. Periklis Iakovakis’ best achievement was when he won the European Championship (2006) in Goteborg. A great moment of his career was when he won the Bronze Medal at the World Championships in Paris (2003). In the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008) he qualified for the finals and he was 8th.

Sotiris Iakovakis

The Greek Champion Sotiris Iakovakis was born on 20/09/1982 and his personal best is 50.10.

 Platon Gavelas

The Greek Champion Platon Gavelas was born on 21/05/1980 and his personal best is 49.99.

Kostas Anastasiou

The Greek Champion Kostas Anastasiou was born on 01/9/1986 and his personal best 49.99.

 Sanchez Felix

Sanchez Felix (Dominican Republic) was born on 30/08/1977) and his personal best is 47.25. He is the Olympic Gold Medalist of Athens (2004) and he has in his collection two Gold Medals from the World Championships in Edmonton (2001) and Paris (2003) and in Osaka (2007) where he won the bronze medal..

 David Green

David Green (Great Britain) was born on 02/03/1988 and his personal best is 52.69.

 Javier Culson

Javier Culson was born on 25/07/1984 and his personal best is 48.42. His greatest achievement was when he won the Gold Medal at the American Games in Ponse (2006).

 

Danny McFarlane

Danny McFarlane was born on 14/06/1972 and his personal best is 48.00. In the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008) he was 4th, and he is one of the most experienced athletes of the event. Danny McFarlane was the Olympic Silver Medalist in Athens (2004).

 Thomas Goller

Thomas Goller was born on 28/10/1977 and his personal best is 48.54.

 

 LONG JUMP MEN

Migul Pate

Miguel Pate (America) was born on 13/06/1979 and his personal best is 8.46 outdoors and 8.59 indoors. Miguel Pate was the Bronze Medalist at the World Championships in Birmingham (2003) indoors.

 Brian Johnson

The Championship Brian Johnson (America) was born on 05/03/1980 and his personal best is 8.33 outdoors and 8.28 indoors.

 Al-Sabee Hussein Taher

The ChampionAl-Sabee Hussein Taher (Saudi Arabia) was born on 13/11/179 and his personal best is 8.35 outdoors and 7.93 indoors. Al-Sabee Hussein Taher was the Gold Champion Medalist in Asia, Colombo (2002) and in Manila (2003).

 Ibrahim Camejo

The Champion Ibrahim Camejo (Cuba) was born on 28/06/1982 and his personal best is 8.46 outdoors and 8.05 indoors. Ibrahim Camejo was the Olympic Bronze Medalist in Beijing (2008).

 Wilfredo Martinez

The Championship Wilfredo Martinez (Cuba) was born on 09/01/1985 and his personal best is 8.31 outdoors and 8.10 indoors. His greatest achievement was when he came 5th at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

 Mitchel Watt

Mitchel Watt (Australia) was born on 25/03/1988 and his personal best is 8.17 outdoors. 

Nils Winter

The German Champion Nils Winter (Germany) was born on 25/03/1977 and his personal best is 8.21 outdoors and 8.22 indoors. His greatest achievement was when he came the European Silver Medalist at the European Championship indoors on 8  March in Torino (2009).

 Louis Tsatoumas

The Greek Champion Louis Tsatoumas (Greece) was born on 12/02/1982 and his personal best is 8.66 outdoors and 8.20 indoors. Tsatoumas was the European Silver Medalist in the European Indoor Championship in Birmingham (2007). In 2006 he nearly won a medal  at the World Championships indoors in Moscow but he came 4th

Dimitris Diamantaras

Dimitris Diamantaras (Greece) was born on 18/07/1984 and his personal best is 8.12 outdoors and 7.82 indoors.

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