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Women's discus throw World Championships record progression [3] Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date 65.84 m Maria Petkova Bulgaria (BUL) 1983: Qualification 1983-08-09 66.42 m Martina Hellmann East Germany (GDR) 1983: Final 1983-08-10 66.44 m Maria Petkova Bulgaria (BUL) 1983: Final 1983-08-10 67.76 m Martina Hellmann East Germany (GDR) 1983: Final
The first world record in the women's discus throw was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1923. As of 2013, 55 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
She holds four Guinness World Records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row solo across three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian. [3] She has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken around 5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat.
In honor of International Women's Day, we wanted to shine the spotlight on some of the women who serve our country everyday: Female Marines.
Pages in category "World records in athletic throwing" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. ... Women's discus throw world record progression; H.
The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka 's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect.
The Marine Corps created the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943, during America's involvement in World War II. [8] Ruth Cheney Streeter was its first director. [ 9 ] Over 20,000 women Marines served in World War II, in over 225 different specialties, filling 85 percent of the enlisted jobs at Headquarters Marine Corps and comprising one-half ...
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