Athletics

Abel Anton
SPAIN
Track and Field
World Champion Marathon Athens 1997
2:13:16 hrs

Steve Backley
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
Javelin
World Record Holder 1992
91,46
Bronze Medal winner Olympic Games Barcelona 1992
Silver Medal winner World Championships Göteborg 1995

Roger Black M.B.E.
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
World Champion 4×400m 1991
Olympic Silver Medal Winner 400m 1996
Olympic Silver Medal Winner 400m relay 1996
Commonwealth Champion 1990
European Champion 1986

Grit Breuer
GERMANY
Track and Field
Junior World Record Holder 400m
1991
49.42
World Champion Athens 1997
4×400m
Silver Medal Winner World Championships Tokyo 1991

Martin Buss
GERMANY
Track and Field
High Jump, World Champion 236cm, Edmonton 2001
Bronze Medal, Sevilla 1999

Linford Christie
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
Gold Medal winner Olympic Games Barcelona 1992
100 m
World Champion Stuttgart 1993
100 m

Steve Cram
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
World record
1 mile 3:46:32 min.
Oslo 1985
World record
1500m 3:29:07
World Champion
1500m
Helsinki 1983

Ronaldo Da Costa
BRAZIL
Track and Field
Running
World’s Best
Marathon time
2:06:05
Berlin 1998

Rolf Danneberg
GERMANY
Track and Field
Discus
Gold Medal winner Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
Bronze Medal winner Olympic Games Seoul 1988
Personal Record 67.60m

Stéphane Diagana
FRANCE
Track and Field
400m hurdles
Gold Medal winner World Championship Athens 1997
Bronze Medal winner World Championship Göteborg 1995
European record holder 47:37 1995

Franka Dietzsch
GERMANY
Track and Field
Discus
World Champion
Sevilla 1999
European Champion
Budapest 1998

Heike Drechsler
GERMANY
Track and Field
Gold Medal winner Long Jump World Championships Helsinki 1983
Silver Long Jump
Bronze 200m, bronze
100m Olympic Games 1988
Gold Medal winner
Long Jump Olympic Games Barcelona 1992
Gold Medal winner Long Jump World Championships Stuttgart 1993
Personal Best Long Jump: 7.49m/World Record holder indoor: 7.37m

Katrin Dörre-Heinig
GERMANY
Track and Field
World cup winner Marathon 1985
Winner of 12 International Marathons
1985 – 1996
Winner of the 7th Lanzarote half Marathon
Best time 2:25:15

Heidi Ecker Rosendahl
GERMANY
Track and Field
Long Jump
Olympic Gold Medal Winner
Munich 1972
Heptathlon
Olympic Silver Medal Winner
Munich 1972

Jonathan David Edwards
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
Triple Jump
Gold Medal Winner
World Championships
Gothenburg 1995
18,29m
Silver Medal Winner
Olympic Games Atlanta 1996
17,88m
Silver Medal Winner World Championships
Athens 1997
17,69m

Anke Feller
GERMANY
Track and Field
World Champion 4×400m Athens 1997

Frankie Fredericks
NAMIBIA
Track and Field
World Champion 200m
Stuttgart 1993
100m and 200m:
Silver Medal winner Olympic Games Barcelona 1992\
Silver Medal winner Olympic Games Atlanta 1996
World Record Holder Indoor
Personal Best: 100m – 9.86
200m – 19:68

Charles Friedek
GERMANY
Track and Field
World Cup winner Johannesburg 1998
Triple Jump
Indoor World Champion
17.18 m
Japan 1999
World Champion
Sevilla 1999
17.59 m

Pavla Hamackova
CZECH REPUBLIC
Track and Field
Pole Vault World Champion Indoor 4.56m, Lisbon 2001

Trine Hattestad
NORWAY
Track and Field
Javelin
World Champion Stuttgart 1993, 69.18m
World Cup winner London 1994
1st Goodwill Games Saint Petersburg 1994
Personal Record 72.12m

David Hemery
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
Olympic Gold Medal winner 1968 – 400m hurdles
World Record holder
48.12 sec
Commonwealth Champion 1996 and 1970
100m hurdles

Heike Henkel
GERMANY
Track and Field
Olympic Champion High Jump Barcelona 1992
World Record Holder Indoor 207m

Nicole Humbert
GERMANY
Track and Field
Pole Vault
Indoor World Record Holder
Stockholm 1999
Silver Medal Winner European
Championships
Budapest 1998
Bronze Medal Winner Indoor
Japan 1999

Colin Jackson
WALES
Track and Field
World Champion
Stuttgard
110m Hurdles
World Record Holder Outdoor
World Record Holder Indoor
60m – 7:30
Personal best
110m hurdles
12:91

Sárka Kasparková
CZECH REPUBLIC
Track and Field
Triple Jump
Gold Medal winner World Championships Athens 1997
15.20m
World Champion University Games Fukuoka
Japan 1995
Bronze Medal winner Olympic Games Atlanta 1996

Konstantinos Kenteris
GREECE
Track and Field
200m
Olympic Champion Sydney 2000
World Champion Edmonton, Canada 2001
Best time: 20’03’‘

Karsten Kobs
GERMANY
Track and Field
Hammerthrow
World Champion
Sevilla 1999
Bronze Medal Winner
European Championships
Budapest 1998
Personal best: 82.78m

Stefka Kostadinova
BULGARIA
Track and Field
High Jump
World Record holder 2,09m
Silver Medal winner Olympic Games Seoul 1988
World Champion 1987 Rome and 1995 Göteborg
World Indoor Champion 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993

Peter Lessing
GERMANY
Track and Field
World Champion 25K Road Run
Brugge 1996 (m55)

Tereza Marinova
BULGARY
Track and Field
Olympic Champion Triple Jump Sydney 2000
World Champion Indoor Triple Jump Lisabon 2001
Junior World Champion Sydney 1996

Liz McColgan
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
World Champion 10,000m 1991
Winner New York Marathon 1991

Geir Moen
NORWAY
Track and Field
World Champion 200m Indoor 1995
European Champion 200m 1994

Haralampos Paradias
GREECE
Track and Field
60m, 100m
Gold Medal Winner World Championship Indoor Paris 1997
Personal Best: 60m: 6,50 sec.
100m: 10,16 sec.

Igor Pothpovich
KASAKSTAN
Track and Field
Pole Vault World Champion
Paris 1997
Pole Vault junior World Champion
Athens 1986
Pole Vault World Cup winner 1992 – CUBA
Personal Best 5.92m.

Patoulidov Paraskevi
GREECE
Track and Field
100m hurdles
Gold Medal winner Olympic Games Barcelona 1992

Tsianita Paraskevi
GREECE
Track and Field
Triple Jump
World Champion
14.88m
Sevilla 1999

Iva Prandzeva
BULGARIA
Track and Field
Long Jump Junior World Champion 1991 Plovdiv-Bulgaria Triple Jump Silver Medal winner World Championship Göteborg 1995
Silver Medal winner World Indoor Championships Barcelona 1995
European indoor Champion
Stockholm 1996

John Regis
Track and Field
UNITED KINGDOM
European Champion
200m and 4×100m Relay
Silver Medal winner World Championships Stuttgart 1993

Nastia Ryjckh
GERMANY
Track and Field
Pole Vault 4 x Junior World Record holder
Pole Vault World Champion Indoor Japan 1999

Tessa Sanderson
UNITED KINGDOM
Track and Field
Javelin
Gold Medal winner Olympic Games
Los Angeles 1984 69.56m
Personal Record: 73.58m

Nils Schumann
GERMANY
Track and Field
800m
World Cup Winner
Cape Town
South Africa
European Champion
Budapest 1998
Personal best:
1.44.47

Zygmunt Smolcerr
POLAND
Weight Lifting
52 kg
World Champion
1971, 1973 and
1975
Olympic Gold Medal
Münich 1972
Sportsman of the
year of Poland
1975

Ekaterini Thanou
GREECE
Track and Field
60m Sprint Indoor World Champion
Japan 1999
60m Sprint European Champion
Stockholm 1996
100m Sprint Bronze European Championship
Budapest 1998
Personal Best 100m. : 10:87s

Christa Vahlensieck
GERMANY
Track and Field
Marathon
World Record holder Dùlmen 1975 – 2:40:15
World Record holder Berlin 1972 – 2:34:43

Jan Zelezny
CZECH REPUBLIC
Track and Field
Javelin
Olympic Gold Medal winner
Barcelona 1992
World Champion 1993 and 1995
World Record holder 19.66m

Gaston Roelants
BELGIUM
Track & Field
Olympic Champion 3000m stipple chase 1964 Rome
5 x Olympian – Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City, Munich & Montreal,
European Champion 1962 Belgrade
8 x World Record Holder

Isabelle Foerder
GERMANY
Track & Field
CP ISRA World Games Nottingham GBR. 1997
Gold in 100 M & 200 M
IPC World Champion Birmingham GBR. 1998
100 M & 4×100 M

Virgilijus Alekna
LITHUANIA
Track and Field
Discus
Olympic Champion – 2004 Athens
Olympic Champion – 2000 Sidney
World Champion – 2005 Helsinki, 2003 Paris
2001 Edmonton, 1997 Athens
Personal record: 73.88

Kenny van Weeghel
NETHERLANDS
Track and Field
400 m
Paralympic Champion Athens 2004
Record Holder Athens 47.32 s.
World Champion 100 m. – 2002 Lille France

Marÿe Smits
NETHERLANDS
Track and Field
Long Jump
World Champion Paralympics 2.84 – LilleFrance 2002
World Record 3.50 m – 2004
European Champion Youth 3.12- 2003

Jiří Čechák
CZECH REPUBLIC
Track and Field
110 m Hurdles
Veteran World Champion – 1979 Hannover – Germany
European Champion – 1978 Viareggio – Italy

Val Parsons
UNITED KINGDOM
Master athlete
World Champion 100 & 200 m Sprint (W55) Australia 2001
World Champion indoor 60 m Sprint (W55) Austria 2006
European Champion 100m Sprint (W45) Athens 1994
European Champion 100m (W50) Sweden 1996,
60m (W50) Birmingham 1997, 60m (W50) Bordeaux 2001,
60 & 200m (W55) San Sebastian 2003

Georg Tischler
AUSTRIA
Track and field
Paralympic Champion Shot-put Athens 2004
World Record Holder Shot-putting 9,67 m.
European Championship 2nd place 2004 in Shot-put
Austrian Record Holder in discus throwing: 25,51 m.