The IAAF Hall of Fame was established by the International Association of Athletics Federations (since 2019: World Athletics) in 2012. It is intended...
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Hicham El Guerrouj (category IAAF Golden League winners)
Athlete of the Year award three times, and in November 2014, was inducted into the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Hall of Fame. Born...
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Kipchoge Keino (category Recipients of the Olympic Order)
Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2012, he was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the IAAF Hall of Fame. Keino was born in Kipsamo, Nandi District...
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Sebastian Coe (category Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour)
body. He was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the IAAF Hall of Fame. In November 2012, he was appointed chairman of the British Olympic...
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Emil Zátopek (category Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic))
"True Spirit of Sportsmanship" medal) in 1975. In 2012, he was named among the first twelve athletes to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame. A life-size...
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Peter Snell (category Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit)
Sports Hall of Fame". Peter Snell. Retrieved 5 August 2012. IAAF Hall of Fame. "Peter Snell to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame". IAAF Hall of Fame. Retrieved...
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Al Oerter (category American people of German descent)
event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame. Oerter was born in 1936 in Astoria, Queens, New York City and...
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Marie-José Pérec (category Officers of the Legion of Honour)
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1996. Pérec was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame in November 2013. Rankings outside the brackets are world rankings...
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The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera,...
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Jānis Lūsis (category Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour)
Sportspersonality of the year award ceremony, Lūsis received the Lifetime Contribution to Sport award. In 2014 he was inducted into IAAF Hall of Fame. Evans, Hilary;...
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World Athletics (redirect from IAAF)
International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering...
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World Athletics Championships (redirect from IAAF World Championships)
disqualification of Nesta Carter (who was not present in the World Championships team). Sport of athletics portal IAAF Hall of Fame IAAF Athlete of the Year International...
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Australian Athletics Team (category National sports teams of Australia)
of success, with numerous athletes having been inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame, including Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Betty Cuthbert, and Marjorie...
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Lasse Virén (category Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners)
2014 Virén was inducted into the International Association of Athletics Federations' Hall of Fame. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon...
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Iolanda Balaș (category Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent)
high jumper of the 20th century. She was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame in 2012. Women's high jump world record progression Sport of athletics portal...
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Sergey Bubka (category Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine)
the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame. Bubka won six consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympic gold medal, and broke...
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Athletics Federation honorary member: 1949 IAAF Female Athlete of the 20th Century: 1999 IAAF Hall of Fame: 2012 The Fanny Blankers-Koen Carrièreprijs...
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Jesse Owens (category Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
Encyclopedia of Alabama Jesse Owens at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived) Jesse Owens at the Team USA Hall of Fame Portals: Biography Olympics Sport of athletics...
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Irena Szewińska (category Polish people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent)
member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the IAAF Hall of Fame. 1Representing Europe Sport of athletics portal Polish records in athletics...
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Harrison Dillard (category United States Army personnel of World War II)
Track United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame inductee in 1974 (the inaugural year) IAAF Hall of Fame inductee, in 2013. Dillard was ranked among...
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Carl Lewis (category IAAF World Athlete of the Year)
original on May 21, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016. "IAAF Hall of Fame: Carl Lewis". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved January 15, 2015. "Sports Illustrated honors...
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Paavo Nurmi (category People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
greatest Olympian of all time in 1996, and IAAF named him among the first twelve athletes to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame in 2012. Nurmi introduced...
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Betty Cuthbert (category Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees)
inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame 2017 – Australian Women's Health Sport Awards Hall of Fame 2018 – A bronze sculpture of Cuthbert (and one of Marlene...
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Volodymyr Holubnychy (category Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine)
was inducted to the IAAF Hall of Fame on 15 September 2012. He died on 16 August 2021, two months after his 85th birthday. Sport of athletics portal "Volodymyr...
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Edwin Moses (category Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners)
inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. Since election in 2000, Moses has been chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, which seeks...
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Wang Junxia (category Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners)
autobiography. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) listed Wang in its Hall of Fame. Wang was the only Chinese athlete to repeat...
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original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2023. Stefka Kostadinova's IAAF profile "Radostin Kishishev opened a new soccer field in kindergarten "Andersen""...
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Valeriy Brumel (category Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour)
dies after long illness. IAAF. 26 January 2003. Retrieved on 14 January 2011. IAAF Mourns Loss of Legendary High Jumper. IAAF. 28 January 2003. Retrieved...
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Daley Thompson (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
European Championships, Thompson is considered by many to be one of the greatest decathletes of all time. Robert Chalmers described him as "the greatest all-round...
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Alberto Juantorena (category Cuban people of Basque descent)
World University Games. He also won both the 400 m and 800 m at the 1977 IAAF World Cup. The 400 m race was mired in controversy when the race was re-run...
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