| Country |
Name |
Born |
Event (s) |
98 Best |
P. Best-Yr |
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| AUS |
BURGESS Paul |
14/08/79 |
Pole Vault |
5.6 |
5.60-98 |
Defending World Junior Champion - won in 96 with then personal best 5.35 at
age 17. Three times Australian under-20 champion. Has beaten 6.00 performer
Dmitriy Markov this year
| CHN |
WANG Cheng |
1980 |
Long Jump |
8.16 |
8.16-98 |
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Triple Jump |
16.09 |
16.09-98 |
Set Asian junior long jump record in April.
Equal 10th on all-time junior
long jump list
| ESP |
MOLINA Juan |
15/03/79 |
10,000m Walk |
40:58.8 |
40:58.8-98 |
98 7-nations junior international winner.
Sixth in 97 European Juniors
ETH |
WOLDE Million |
17/03/79 |
5000m |
13:13.7 |
13:13.69-98 |
98 World Junior XC Champion after silver in 97. Fifteen second improvement
at 5000 in 98. Fell in 96 World Junior steeplechase final when set for a
medal. Helped pace Haile Gebrselassie's world records in Hengelo & Helsinki
this year
FIN |
KARJALAINEN Olli-Pekka |
07/03/80 |
Hammer Throw |
73.96 |
73.96-98 |
97 European junior bronze medallist. Has the 3
longest throws by a junior
this year. 7th in 98 European Cup
FRA |
DOMENECH Yann |
17/03/79 |
Long Jump |
8.05 |
8.05-98 |
97 European junior bronze medallist. Sixth at
96 World juniors. French
junior record holder
GBR |
MALCOLM Christian |
03/06/79 |
100m |
10.17w10.44 |
10.17w-98, 10.24-97
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200m |
20.32w, 20.93 |
20.32w-98, 20.83-97 |
Reigning European Junior Champion at 200 & 4x100. Three times AAA Junior
200 Champion. Beat Jamie Baulch to win 98 Welsh senior 200 title. Cousin
Kevin Williams is also an international sprinter
GBR |
MYERSCOUGH Carl |
21/10/79 |
Shot Put |
19.24 |
19.24-98 |
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|
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Discus Throw |
60.18 |
60.18-98 |
British junior shot put record holder &
former holder at discus throw.
Three times AAA junior shot put champion (twice at discus throw). 2.08
tall. Has 1.5 acre field at bottom of garden of parent's home in Blackpool,
complete with concrete throwing circle
GBR |
UDECHUKU Emeka |
10/07/79 |
Discus Throw |
60.97 |
60.97-98 |
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|
|
Shot Put |
16.35 |
17.35-97 |
Reigning European Junior Discus Champion - won
it in final round. 98 AAA
Junior Champion and British Universities Champion at Shot & Discus
GER |
BÖRGELING Lars |
1979 |
Pole Vault |
5.62 |
5.62-98 |
Reigning European Junior Champion. Eigth in 96
World Juniors. German junior
record holder. Attended IAF Masterclass with Sergey Bubka this
year
GRE |
IAKOVAKIS Periklis |
24/03/79 |
400m |
46.65 |
46.49-97 |
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|
|
400m Hurdles |
50.22 |
50.22-98 |
97 European junior silver medallist at 400
individual & 4x400 relay. Great
improvement at 400 hurdles this year; from 51.6 to 50.22
HUN |
KÖVAGO Zoltan |
10/04/79 |
Discus Throw |
60.12 |
60.12-98 |
97 European junior bronze medallist
JAM |
BAILEY Roy |
17/05/79 |
100m |
10.38 |
10.38-98 |
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200m |
- |
20.48-97 |
98 Central American 100 Champion. Broke Don
Quarrie's Jamaican junior 200
record in 97. Attended this year's IAF Masterclass with Merlene
Ottey
JAM |
SLOWLY Steve |
18/04/79 |
200m |
20.99 |
20.95-97 |
98 Central American 200 Champion
JPN |
MURAKAMI Yukifumi |
23/12/79 |
Javelin Throw |
73.62 |
76.54-97 |
97 Asian junior silver medallist
KEN |
CHIRCHIR William |
06/02/79 |
800m |
01:45.2 |
1:45.2-98 |
Second in 98 Kenyan senior championships; by
far the world's fastest junior
this year with 1:45.2 & 1:45.5, both at altitude. Second ranked junior in
world in 97 at 1500 (3:35.44)
KEN |
KIPKURUI Benjamin |
28/12/80 |
1500m |
03:36.0 |
3:36.00-98 |
Reigning African Junior 800/1500 Champion.
1500 pb set this year is world
age-17 best
KOR |
KIM Jae-da |
21/09/79 |
400m |
46.65 |
46.45-97 |
Reigning Asian Junior Champion. Second in 98
Korean senior championships
LAT |
OLIJARS Stanislav |
22/03/79 |
110m Hurdles |
13.49 |
13.49-98 |
97 European junior silver medallist. 98
European Cup 1st League winner.
Mother-Ludmila is Latvian 100H record holder and advises World Championship
medallist Tony Jarrett
MAR |
BERRIOUI Saïd |
04/03/79 |
10,000m |
27:31.0 |
27:31.00-98 |
97 World Championship finalist. Easily the
world's fastest junior this
year; 3rd in Lille 10,000
PER |
DEZA Alfredo |
24/08/79 |
High Jump |
2.23 |
2.23-98 |
South American Junior Champion & record
holder
RSA |
HADEBE Lucky |
02/01/80 |
800m |
01:46.9 |
1:46.87-98 |
Twice South African Junior Champion. 97
African Junior bronze medallist.
Won teenage race at this year's Bislett Games
RSA |
LABUSCHAGNE Casper |
28/06/79 |
High Jump |
2.28 |
2.28-98 |
African senior & junior record holder.
First year Business Communications
Student at Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg. Member of West Rand
Youth Choir
RSA |
ROBBERTS Janus |
10/03/79 |
Shot Put |
20.39 |
20.39-98 |
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Discus Throw |
58.34 |
58.34-98 |
World junior shot put record holder, set this
year. Reigning African Junior
Champion at shot & discus. 98 South African senior & junior champion.
Coach/father Robbie is a citrus farmer
RUS |
BORZAKOVSKIY Yuriy |
12/04/81 |
800m |
01:47.7 |
1:47.71-98 |
98 World Youth Games winner
RUS |
RASSKAZOV Roman |
28/01/80 |
10,000m Walk |
40:44.9 |
40:44.9-98 |
Russian Junior & Russian Winter Junior
Champion with the two quickest times
of 98
SVK |
KONOPKA Mikulas |
23/01/79 |
Shot Put |
19.69 |
19.69-98 |
97 European junior silver medallist. Fifth at
96 World juniors. Twin
brother Miloslav is a 70m hammer thrower and is also in team for Annecy
TRI |
PIERRE Simon |
12/03/79 |
400m |
46.31 |
46.31-98 |
98 Central American junior champion (& 200
bronze)
USA |
JENNINGS Gabe |
25/01/79 |
1500m |
03:40.5 |
3:40.54-98 |
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|
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5000m |
13:57.3 |
13:57.28-98 |
97 Pan-American junior 1500 silver medallist.
98 US junior 1500/5000
Champion. 2nd in 98 NCAA 1500. Attends-Stanford University
VEN |
COPLAN Esteban |
12/10/79 |
Long Jump |
7.82 |
7.82-98 |
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Triple Jump |
15.94 |
15.94-98 |
98 South American Junior & Venezuelan
Junior Long & Triple Jump Champion |
