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The record distance achieved in the European Long Drive Championship is 473 yards (433 m) by Allen Doyle in September 2005. [6] The record distance achieved in the South African Long Drive Championship is 506 yards (463 m) by Nico Grobbelaar in September 2012.
Allen has been competing in long drive events around the world since 2010, where he essentially picked up golf for the first time at age 28. Two years later, he set a then-Guinness world record for the fastest ball speed (211 mph) [2] and in 2015 won three long drive events in Europe (Belgium, Italy, Sweden).
In November 2019, World Athletics (WA; formerly IAAF) also deleted several long-distance events (track distances of 20,000 metres, 25,000 metres and 30,000 metres and road distances of 15 km, 20 km, 25 km and 30 km) from the world record books.
The athletics events at the Championships are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events and combined events (the heptathlon and decathlon).
Jakob Ingebrigtsen holds the two mile world best and 2000m world record, along with the 1,500m, mile and 3,000m European records. Sergey Bubka's world and European records in pole vault have dominated the sport, marking him as one of the world's best athletes. Jonathan Edwards broke the triple jump world record three times. Marcell Jacobs set ...
From Sweden’s Hyssna Trail to Greece’s Vikos Gorge, these multi-day hiking trails offer an exhilarating and peaceful way of exploring Europe’s most beautiful places. Europe’s best long ...
Spanish 20km Race Walking Championships Córdoba, Spain [66] 35 km walk (road) 2:37:15 María Pérez: 21 May 2023 European Race Walking Team Championships: Poděbrady, Czech Republic [67] 50 km walk (road) 4:05:46 Júlia Takács: 19 May 2019 European Cup: Alytus, Lithuania [68] 4 × 100 m relay: 42.58 Spain Sonia Molina-Prados Jaël Bestué ...
Katir holds three Spanish records (1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m), is a two-time national champion, and is the European indoor record holder for the 3000 metres. Katir is currently serving two, concurrent competition bans in relation to anti-doping rule violations due to expire in February 2026 and February 2028 respectively.