The 2001 European Athletics Junior Championships

European Athletics Junior Championships

The European Athletics Junior Championships are the European championships open for those of age. The IAAF defines Junior as athletes who are 19 years of age or under. It is currently organized by the European Athletic Association....

was an athletics competition for athletes under-20 which was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini

Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini

Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini is a multi-use stadium in Grosseto, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of U.S. Grosseto F.C.. The stadium holds 10,200....

 in Grosseto

Grosseto

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, Italy

Italy

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 from 19 – 22 July 2001. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Two new events were introduced into the programme: the women's 2000 metres steeplechase and the women's 10,000 m track walk (replacing the 5000 m walk event). Five new championships records were recorded over the four-day competition, in addition to the two marks set in the newly introduced events.

Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 topped the medals table with eight golds and shared the honour of the greatest medal haul (17) with second placed Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 which won six gold medals. Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 came third with five golds, although fourth placed Germany had a larger medal total (15) but with one less gold medal.

Two British sprinters were nominated as the best athletes of the tournament: Vernicha James won the women's award for her 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

 and 4×400 metres relay gold medals, as well as a 4×400 metres relay bronze. Mark Lewis-Francis

Mark Lewis-Francis

Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...

 took the men's award for his 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

 gold and for anchoring the men's sprint relay to the team title. Russian Anastasiya Ilyina won the gold in the long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

 and triple jump

Triple jump

The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

, setting a championship record in the latter event. Former Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

n Elvan Abeylegesse

Elvan Abeylegesse

Elvan Abeylegesse is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m, 2 miles and cross country...

 did the 3000

3000 metres

The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

/5000 metres

5000 metres

The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

 double for Turkey, breaking the championship record in the 5000 m. Michał Hodun of Poland took the shot put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

 and discus

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

 gold medals, while Belgian athlete Kevin Rans

Kevin Rans

Kevin Rans is a Belgian pole vaulter. In March 2009 he tested positive on a prohibited substance but he was able to show that this was because of caffeine pills so he was cleared from doping allegations....

 completed an unusual silver medal

Silver medal

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 double at the competition in the 200 m and the pole vault

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

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Among the athletes who won medals at the competition were Carolina Klüft

Carolina Klüft

Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

, Yelena Isinbayeva

Yelena Isinbayeva

Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist , five-times a World Champion, and the current world record holder in the event...

 and Andreas Thorkildsen

Andreas Thorkildsen

Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...

 – all of whom went on to become 2004 Olympic

2004 Summer Olympics

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 gold medallists. Elvan Abeylegesse, Anna Chicherova

Anna Chicherova

Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova is a Russian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

 and Marian Oprea

Marian Oprea

Marian Oprea is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters....

 also went on to win Olympic medals. The decathlon

Decathlon

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...

 junior champion Ladji Doucouré

Ladji Doucouré

Ladji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:...

 successfully changed focus to the 110 metres hurdles

110 metres hurdles

The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...

, becoming the 2005 World Champion

2005 World Championships in Athletics

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Records

Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
Alexandr Ivanov Alexandr Ivanov Alexandr Ivanov is a Russian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 88.90 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Tula.-Achievements:-References:...	Men's javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...		80.18	CR
Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Damien Edgar is a sprinter from Great Britain who specializes in the 100 metres.Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted 10.04 at the Junior College Championships... Dwayne Grant Tim Benjamin Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...	Men's 4×100 metres relay		39.24	CR
Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m, 2 miles and cross country...	Women's 5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...		15:21.12	CR
Anastasiya Ilyina	Women's triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...		14.12	CR
Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist , five-times a World Champion, and the current world record holder in the event...	Women's pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...		4.40	CR
Key:WR — World record AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record

Men

100 m (wind: 2.4 m/s)	| 10.09	| 10.18	| 10.31
200 m	| 20.80	| 20.89	| 20.92
400 m	| 46.43	| 46.81	| 46.88
800 m	| 1:46.98	| 1:48.02	| 1:48.43
1500 m	| 3:48.49	| 3:48.66	| 3:48.76
5000 m	| 14:09.91		14:11.65	| 14:12.43
10,000 m	| 30:43.19		30:46.37	| 31:00.36
3000 m steeplechase	| 8:46.36	| 8:49.76	| 8:51.87
110 m hurdles	| 13.81	| 13.83	| 14.16
400 m hurdles	| 50.26	| 50.76	| 51.00
10,000 m walk	| 43:34.12	| 43:39.46	| 43:44.87
High jump	| 2.23 m	| 2.21 m	| 2.19 m
Pole vault	| 5.55 m	| 5.50 m	| 5.35 m
Long jump	| 7.98 m (w)	| 7.72 m (w)	| 7.72 m
Triple jump	| 16.65 m	| 16.43 m	| 16.43 m
Shot put	| 18.23 m	| 17.96 m	| 17.86 m
Discus throw	| 57.95 m	| 54.46 m	| 54.23 m
Hammer throw	| 69.42 m	| 68.32 m	| 67.56 m
Javelin throw	| 80.18 m CR	| 76.98 m	| 76.98 m
4x100 metres relay	United Kingdom Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Damien Edgar is a sprinter from Great Britain who specializes in the 100 metres.Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted 10.04 at the Junior College Championships... Dwayne Grant Timothy Benjamin Timothy Benjamin Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm... Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...	39.24 CR	Steve Bonvard Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances... Xavier Guillaume Ladji Doucouré Ladji Doucouré Ladji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:...	39.76	Mariusz Latkowski Marcin Świerczyński Krzysztof Koczoń Paweł Ptak	39.96
4x400 metres relay	Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200 metres - 21.07 s *400 metres - 45.27 s Indoor... Michał Matyjaszczyk Piotr Kędzia Karol Grzegorczyk	3:06.12	Robert Tobin Robert Tobin Robert "Rob" John Tobin is an English sprinter. He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds.-Personal life:... Russell Nicholls Sam Ellis Sam Ellis (athlete) Sam Ellis is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships... Tim Benjamin	3:06.21	David Melo Diego Ruiz Diego Ruiz (athlete) Diego Ruiz Sanz is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*400 metres - 47.67 s *800 metres - 1:46.40 min... Jairo Vera Jorge Artal	3:07.47
Decathlon	| 7747 pts	| 7683 pts	| 7497 pts

Women

100 metres (wind: 2.1 m/s)		11.24 w		11.50 w		11.59 w
200 metres		22.93		23.38		23.60
400 metres		52.94		53.29		53.52
800 metres		2:03.76		2:03.99		2:04.15
1500 metres		4:13.13		4:13.51		4:14.48
3000 metres		8:53.42		9:02.64		9:07.35
5000 metres		15:21.12 CR		16:11.55		16:16.39
100 metres hurdles (wind: 2.1 m/s)		13.04 w		13.08 w		13.30 w
400 metres hurdles		57.78		57.93		58.83
2000 metres steeplechase		6:34.89		6:36.06		6:36.67
4×100 metres relay	Germany Nadine Hentschke Nadine Hentschke Nadine Hentschke is a German hurdler.Hentschke finished seventh at the 2002 and 2005 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the finals.... Christa Kaufmann Kerstin Grötzinger Katchi Habel	44.16	France Amélie Huyghes Cecile Sellier Gwladys Belliard Adriana Lamalle	44.37	United Kingdom Danielle Norville Eleanor Caney Amy Spencer Amy Spencer Amy Spencer is a retired English sprinter.She was born in Wigan, and came to fame as a teenager. In 1998 she won a British U13 best for 80m and the next year won the AAA U15 200m title... Vernicha James	44.66
4×400 metres relay	United Kingdom Kim Wall Olivia Hines Vernicha James Lisa Miller	3:34.63	Germany Eileen Müller Claudia Hoffmann Claudia Hoffmann Claudia Hoffmann is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represents SC Potsdam and trains under Frank Möller.Her personal best time is 51.65 seconds, achieved in June 2010 in Regensburg.... Nadine Balkow Larissa Kettenis	3:36.20	Romania Diana Koroszi Liliana Barbulescu Norica Manafu Maria Rus	3:41.12
10,000 m track walk		46:22.67		46:29.20		46:49.81
High jump		1.92 m		1.90 m		1.90 m
Pole vault		4.40 m CR		4.15 m		4.15 m
Long jump		6.38 m		6.32 m		6.26 m
Triple jump		14.12 m CR		13.73 m (w)		13.68 m
Shot put		16.92 m		16.02 m		15.82 m
Discus throw		56.69 m		55.02 m		54.49 m
Hammer throw		64.18 m		61.97 m		61.04 m
Javelin throw		55.40 m		55.40 m		53.71 m
Heptathlon		6022 pts		5956 pts		5745 pts

Medal table

Key:

1	Russia	8	4	5	17
2	United Kingdom	6	5	6	17
3	Poland	5	1	4	10
4	Germany	4	9	2	15
5	Romania	3	2	1	6
6	Belarus	3	1	2	6
7	France	2	5	5	12
8	Ukraine	2	1	2	5
9	Croatia	2	1	1	4
10	Sweden	2	1	0	3
11	Turkey	2	0	2	4
12	Greece	1	2	2	5
13	Slovakia	1	1	0	2
14=	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
14=	Hungary	1	0	0	1
14=	Italy	1	0	0	1
17	Finland	0	2	3	5
18=	Portugal	0	2	1	3
18=	Czech Republic	0	2	1	3
20	Belgium	0	2	0	2
21	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
22=	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
22=	Norway	0	1	0	1
24	Spain	0	0	5	5
25	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Total		44	44	44	132