| 词条 | Olga Kotelko |
| 释义 |
Early lifeKotelko was the 7th of 11 children born to Ukrainian immigrant farmers Wasyl and Ann Shawaga[4] in Vonda, Saskatchewan.[3] In 1941, she graduated from the Saskatoon Normal School, now a part of the Faculty of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, and began her career as a teacher in a one-room school in Vonda.[5] Her marriage broke up while she was pregnant with her second child.[4] She moved to British Columbia to live with her sister. She raised her two children, Nadine and Lynda, and earned a college degree in night classes.[3] Sports careerIn her youth, her only athletic activity was playing baseball. After her retirement from teaching in 1984, she took up slow-pitch softball. She made a double play at age 70, while playing second base.[6] She gave up her place on the softball team to a 55-year-old and took up track and field because it would take advantage of the running and throwing skills she had developed playing softball.[7] At age 77, she started training for track and field events with a Hungarian coach.[3] At the 13th WAVA (World Association of Veteran Athletes) World Championships in Gateshead, England in 1999 in the "W80" category, she broke two world records and six gold medals.[8] At the World Masters Games in Sydney, Australia in 2009, she broke a world record for her age group (90–95 years) in the hammer throw (5.64 metre) and the 100 metre race (23.95 seconds). It was her fourth time competing in the World competition.[9] She carried the Olympic torch in Vancouver in 2010 before the XXI Winter Olympic Games.[10] In 2010, at age 91, her performance far surpassed that of many competitors two age brackets younger. By 2010, she held 23 age-graded world records in the Masters track and field competition.[3][11] Events she competed in include "long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot put, discus, javelin, weight throw and the 100-metres, 200-metres and 400-metres and 4 x 100-metre relay sprints," according to "The Gazette" of Montreal.[6] Sometimes she had competition, but some of the victories were due to no other women her age running the event.[12] At age 90 she was described as the world's oldest known long jump competitor.[13] Scientific studiesHer physiology and her muscle tissue have been studied by doctors at the Montreal Neurological Institute and at McGill University's Montreal Chest Institute. Her muscle fibers at age 91 were found to be remarkably lacking in the mitochondrial decay expected in someone over 65.[3] DeathKotelko died on 24 June 2014 at age 95, of an intracranial hemorrhage.[14] References1. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.mastersathletics.net/Olga-Kotelko.1679.0.html |title=World Famous Athletes: Athletic directory |publisher=Masterathletics.net |accessdate=2011-03-29}} 2. ^[https://www.bbc.com/news/health-27277585 "Olga Kotelko: The 95-year-old athletic champion," 6 May 2014 BBC News] 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/magazine/28athletes-t.html |author=Bruce Grierson |title=The Incredible Flying Nonagenarian |work= The News York Times |date=November 25, 2010}} 4. ^1 2 Warick, Jason "Former Sask. woman lights up the track at 91; Kotelko owns all athletic records for her age group. The Star Phoenix, December 24, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2011 5. ^ Olga Kotelko: The 91 -year-old track star. BBC World News America, March 29, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Late+life+dynamo/2938945/story.html |title=Late-life dynamo; Olga Kotelko's super-athletic lifestyle suggests it's possible to improve speed, strength and power later in life |accessdate=2010-12-02 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202082746/http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Late+life+dynamo/2938945/story.html |archivedate=December 2, 2010 |df= }}. The Gazette, Montreal. Canada, April 23, 2010 7. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kV1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5579,6121268&dq=kotelko+canada&hl=en] Lincoln, Paula "Kotelko finishes busy weekend," The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, June 26, 2006, Page C6. Retrieved March 29, 2011 8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=rW9yTCaG_-AC&pg=PA196&dq=%22olga+kotelko%22&hl=en&ei=hAqSTdbHNYqTtweW1bF4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22olga%20kotelko%22&f=false] Olson, Leonard T., Masters track and field: a history," McFarland & Company, 2000, page 196. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-0889-4}}. Retrieved March 29, 2011 9. ^ Hawkins, Peter "Golden oldies set the stadium rocking," The Sydney Morning Herald, October 12, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2011 10. ^ "Olga Kotelko lights fires under others with her spirit, example," Mastertrack.com 11. ^ Prest, Andy "She's still got it; 90 year old dynamo sets eight more world records," The Vancouver Courier, September 2, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2011 12. ^ "Vintage athletes put a smile into sport," Earth Times, October 14, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2011 13. ^[https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/10/16/us-masters-idUSTRE59F0ZC20091016] Goldsmith, Belinda "Centenarians, a prince, Santa compete at World Masters Games," Reuters, October 16, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2011 14. ^{{cite news| url=http://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2014/06/25/olga-kotelko-track-field-superstar-dies-at-95-amid-book-fame/| title=Olga Kotelko, Track & Field Superstar, Dies at 95 Amid Book Fame| date=25 June 2014| work=Times of San Diego}} External links
15 : World record holders in masters athletics|Canadian masters athletes|Canadian people of Ukrainian descent|1919 births|2014 deaths|Sportspeople from Vancouver|Sportspeople from Saskatchewan|Canadian schoolteachers|Canadian softball players|Canadian memoirists|Writers from Vancouver|21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers|Women memoirists|21st-century Canadian women writers|Canadian women non-fiction writers |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。