Sergey Makarov (Russian: Сергей Александрович Макаров) (born March 19, 1973 in Podolsk) is a Russian javelin thrower.

Born into a sporting family, Makarov's father, Aleksandr Makarov, won the silver medal in javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Makarov's personal best of 92.61 metres was achieved in 2002 in Sheffield. Facing tough competition from Jan Železný, Steve Backley and others, Makarov did not win any major competition until 2003, when he became world champion at the age of 30.

He is married to Oksana Ovchinnikova, former holder of the Russian record in women's javelin.

Achievements[link]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Russia
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	6th	85.30 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th	86.32 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	6th	81.62 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	86.45 m
	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	1st
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	9th	83.20 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	88.67 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	7th	83.64 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	88.05 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	85.44 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	1st
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	3rd
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	83.54 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	26th	72.47 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	7th	80.86 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	12th	78.76 m

External links[link]

• IAAF profile for Sergey Makarov

Sergei Makarov
Born	(1958-06-19) June 19, 1958 (age 54) Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	NHL Calgary Flames San Jose Sharks Dallas Stars Soviet Traktor Chelyabinsk CSKA Moscow Nationalliga A HC Fribourg-Gottéron
National team	Soviet Union
NHL Draft	231st overall, 1983 Calgary Flames
Playing career	1976–1997

Medal record
Competitor for Soviet Union
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver	1980 Lake Placid	Ice hockey
Gold	1984 Sarajevo	Ice hockey
Gold	1988 Calgary	Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold	1978 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
Gold	1979 Soviet Union	Ice hockey
Gold	1981 Sweden	Ice hockey
Gold	1982 Finland	Ice hockey
Gold	1983 West Germany	Ice hockey
Bronze	1985 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
Gold	1986 Soviet Union	Ice hockey
Silver	1987 Austria	Ice hockey
Gold	1989 Sweden	Ice hockey
Gold	1990 Switzerland	Ice hockey
Bronze	1991 Finland	Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold	1977 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
Gold	1978 Canada	Ice hockey

Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Макаров; born June 19, 1958 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist. He was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries.^[1]

Makarov was trained entirely in the Soviet Union. He won two World Junior Championships, and was named the best player during his second victory in 1978. Makarov was also on the gold-winning Soviet national ice hockey team in the World Championships in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1990 and in the Canada Cup in 1981. At the Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in 1984 and 1988 and a silver in 1980 as a member of the USSR team. In the Soviet Union, Makarov played 11 championship seasons with CSKA Moscow (Red Army), winning the Soviet player of the year award eight times, MVP three times, and leading the league in points nine times and goals three times. Together with Igor Larionov and Vladimir Krutov, they formed the KLM line, one of the most talented and feared lines ever to play hockey. He was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984).^[2]

In 1989, Makarov was allowed by the Soviet Union to join the National Hockey League and the Calgary Flames. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year at the age of 31 (as a result, the rules were changed and now only players under 26 qualify for the award – the Makarov Rule). Makarov also played for the San Jose Sharks from 1993 to 1995. For the 1995–96 season Makarov was dropped from the Sharks’ roster and did not play and became an assistant coach for the Russian national team during the World Cup.

After separating from his first wife Vera in Calgary, he met Mary, who had worked for the San Jose Sharks in the ticket sales. They married and had two children, Nicky and Katya.

In the 1996–97 season, Sergei made two comeback attempts, first with the Dallas Stars, for whom he played four games, followed by playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland's Nationalliga A with former teammates Viacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov.

Makarov is again divorced, and is living in Russia. His ex-wife and children, son Nicky and daughter Katya, still live in California. Makarov still works as a certified player agent who acts as a liaison for young Russians wanting to play in North America.

In 2001 Sergei was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame during the Ice Hockey World Championship in Germany.

Career statistics[link]

International statistics[link]

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977	Soviet Union	WJC	1 !		7	4	4	8	4
1978	Soviet Union	WJC	1 !		7	8	7	15	4
Junior Int'l Totals					14	12	11	23	8
1978	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		10	3	2	5	5
1979	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		8	8	4	12	6
1980	Soviet Union	Oly	2 !		7	5	6	11	2
1981	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		8	3	5	8	12
1981	Soviet Union	CC	1 !		7	3	6	9	0
1982	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		10	6	7	13	8
1983	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		10	9	9	18	18
1984	Soviet Union	Oly	1 !		7	3	3	6	6
1984	Soviet Union	CC	3 !		6	6	1	7	4
1985	Soviet Union	WC	3 !		10	9	5	14	8
1986	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		10	4	4	18	12
1987	Soviet Union	WC	2 !		10	4	10	14	8
1987	Soviet Union	CC	2 !		9	7	8	15	8
1988	Soviet Union	Oly	1 !		8	3	8	11	10
1989	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		10	5	3	8	8
1990	Soviet Union	WC	1 !		7	2	1	3	8
1991	Soviet Union	WC	3 !		8	3	7	10	6
Senior Int'l Totals					145	83	89	172	129

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sergey Makarov at Hockey CCCP International
• Sergei Makarov's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Sergei Makarov's NHL player profile
• Sergei Makarov – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net

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"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.

The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.^[1]

History[link]

The earliest recorded use^{[citation needed]} of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." ^{[2][dubious – discuss]} In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.

It was also used as a term for a drug dealer in the 1950s and 1960s and can be seen in such media as Curtis Mayfield's "No Thing On Me", William Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch, and in the Velvet Underground song "I'm Waiting for the Man", in which Lou Reed sings about going to Uptown Manhattan, specifically Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, to buy heroin.

The use of this term was expanded to counterculture groups and their battles against authority, such as the Yippies, which, according to a May 19, 1969 article in U.S. News and World Report, had the "avowed aim ... to destroy 'The Man', their term for the present system of government". The term eventually found its way into humorous usage, such as in a December 1979 motorcycle ad from the magazine Easyriders which featured the tagline, "California residents: Add 6% sales tax for The Man."

In present day, the phrase has been popularized in commercials and cinema, featuring particularly prominently as a recurring motif in the 2003 film School of Rock.^[3][4][5][6]

Use as praise[link]

The term has also been used as an approbation or form of praise. This may refer to the recipient's status as the leader or authority within a particular context, or it might be assumed to be a shortened form of a phrase like "He is the man (who is in charge)." One example of this usage dates to 1879 when Otto von Bismarck commented, referring to Benjamin Disraeli's pre-eminent position at the Congress of Berlin, "The old Jew, he is the man."^{[7][dubious – discuss]}

In more modern usage, it can be a superlative compliment ("you da man!") indicating that the subject is currently standing out amongst his peers even though they have no special designation or rank, such as a basketball player who is performing better than the other players on the court. It can also be used as a genuine compliment with an implied, slightly exaggerated or sarcastic tone, usually indicating that the person has indeed impressed the speaker but by doing something relatively trivial.

See also[link]

• Absentee landlord
• Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
• New World Order (conspiracy theory)
• Ruling class
• The Establishment
• Power elite
• Corrections officer
• YTMND

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Lighter, J.E. (Ed.). (1997). Random House Dictionary of American Slang. New York: Random House.

Jarrod Bannister (born 3 October 1984 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian javelin thrower.

His personal best throw is 89.02 metres, achieved at the 2008 Australian championships in February 2008 in Brisbane. This is the Australian record.^[1]

Achievements[link]

References[link]

• IAAF profile for Jarrod Bannister

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Andreas Thorkildsen

Thorkildsen at an athletics convention
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1982-04-01) April 1, 1982 (age 30) Kristiansand, Norway
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	90 kilograms (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Club	Kristiansand IF
Coached by	Åsmund Martinsen
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Javelin throw: 91.59 m
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Norway Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Javelin Gold 2008 Beijing Javelin World Championships Gold 2009 Berlin Javelin Silver 2005 Helsinki Javelin Silver 2007 Osaka Javelin Silver 2011 Daegu Javelin European Championships Gold 2006 Gothenburg Javelin Gold 2010 Barcelona Javelin Continental Cup Gold 2010 Split Javelin

Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion. He was Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008, European champion in 2006 and 2010, World Champion in 2009 as well as a three time silver medalist at the World championships in 2005, 2007 and in 2011. He set a world junior record in 2001. He has a personal best of 91.59m set in 2006.^[1]

Personal life[link]

Thorkildsen's father Tomm Thorkildsen is a former javelin thrower, achieving a personal best throw of 71.64 metres in 1974.^[2][3] His mother Bente (née Amundsen) became national champion in the 100 metres hurdles in 1972, representing Hamar IL.^[4] He has one older brother.^[5] He took his secondary education at Kristiansand Cathedral School.^[6]

Thorkildsen's relationship with the Norwegian hurdler Christina Vukicevic^[7] generated some unwanted publicity on his part. When Thorkildsen and Vukicevic won the King's Cup^[8] for men and women respectively at the 2006 Norwegian championships, Thorkildsen left the stadium to avoid photographers,^[9] whom he had shown the finger the previous day.^[7] Thorkildsen has performed as a fashion model for former footballer Martin Dahlin, fronting his 2007 winter and autumn collections.^[10] In March 2011 Christina Vukicevic and Thorkildsen announced in Norwegian media that they no longer were a couple. ^[11]

Career[link]

Thorkildsen at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005

Thorkildsen took up javelin throwing at the age of 11, and was coached by his father Tomm until 1999.^[2] He established numerous national boys' records as a teenager.^[12] In 1996 he set a national record for the 14 years' class (53.82 m), in 1998 for the 16 years' class (61.57 m), in 1999 for the 17 years' class (72.11 m), and in 2000 a record for the 18 years' class (77.48 m).^[12] In 1999 he finished seventh at the European Junior Championships.

In 2000 Thorkildsen took his first medal at the Norwegian championships, finishing in silver medal position behind Ronny Nilsen.^[13] His form earned Thorkildsen his first call-up to the Norwegian European Cup team. In October he participated at the World Junior Championships and received a silver medal behind winner Gerhardus Pienaar from South Africa.

2001–2003[link]

In 2001 Thorkildsen moved to Oslo and started competing for the club SK Vidar under coach Åsmund Martinsen,^[14] a former javelin thrower who won the bronze medal at the 1994 Norwegian Championships,^[13] and had a career best throw of 68.12 metres.^[3] The cooperation proved fruitful as Thorkildsen soon broke the 80 metre barrier, throwing 83.87 metres on Fana stadion in June.^[15] This was a world junior record till 2011.^[16] Participating in his second European Junior Championships, he won a silver medal behind Aleksandr Ivanov. Both competed at the World Championships in Edmonton, but while Ivanov managed to reach the final, Thorkildsen finished last in the entire competition with only 68.41 metres. When asked to comment on his own throwing he described it as "completely awful".^[17]

On the national level Thorkildsen became Norwegian champion for the first time.^[13] In August he competed in a discus throw meet at Sognsvann, establishing a personal best of 38.02 metres.^[15] He has not competed on national level in other athletic events.

In 2002, he recorded a season best of 83.43 metres in June before witnessing his form gradually declining over the next months.^[18] At his first European Championships, which were held in August in Munich, he again failed to progress from the qualifying round. With a best throw of 78.36 metres he finished fifteenth overall, 68 centimetres behind Ari Pakarinen who secured the last spot in the final.^[19] Although Thorkildsen only managed to take silver at the Norwegian championships behind Pål Arne Fagernes,^[13] his result of 83.43 metres was enough to front the national top list in javelin throw for the first time.^[18]

Next year he finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, his first major international final. His performance and throw of 77.75 metres was slightly disappointing as he had thrown 79.44 metres in the qualifying round,^[20] having travelled to Paris with a personal best of 85.72 metres, established in June in Ventspils.^[21] On the lighter side he took his second national title, consolidating his spot as Norway's leading javelin thrower.^[13]

2004[link]

In 2004 Thorkildsen faced competition from Ronny Nilsen, who threw 84.73 metres in May. Although Thorkildsen did not retake the national number one spot right away, he did display increasing form in the preparations for the Olympic Games. He qualified for the Olympics with an 84.12 m throw at the Bergen Bislett Games, an event which was won by Breaux Greer with a North American record and world leading throw of 87.39 metres.^[22] On 27 July Thorkildsen took his first victory in an IAAF Grand Prix meet, beating Breaux Greer by a comfortable margin at the DN Galan meet in Stockholm.^[23] Three days later he improved his season best to 84.45 metres at the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace.^[24]

Throwing at the European Cup

Even though several throwers, including Nilsen, still towered above Thorkildsen on the world list,^[25] the Olympic javelin contest was regarded as widely open – "one of the most open finals in Olympic history", according to the IAAF Olympic coverage.^[26] Thorkildsen threw 81.74 m in the qualification round, barely earning a mention in the event report as he safely passed the automatic qualifier mark of 81 metres to go through to the final. Breaux Greer won the qualification with 87.25 m, but left the stadium in a limping state.^[26] In the javelin final held two days later, Thorkildsen opened with an 84.82 m release which saw him ranked third at the end of the first round. Vadims Vasiļevskis of Latvia had thrown a personal best of 84.95 m to earn a surprising lead ahead of reigning World champion Sergey Makarov. In the second round Thorkildsen threw a personal best of 86.50 metres. As neither Aleksandr Ivanov, Greer nor anyone else managed to beat this, Thorkildsen won a surprising Olympic gold medal with Vasiļevskis and Makarov staying in place to take the silver and bronze medals respectively. Commenting on his win, Thorkildsen described the feeling as "completely insane".^[27] A second place behind Breaux Greer at the World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo rounded off the season.

2005[link]

The most important event of 2005 was the World Championships. The preparations for this event looked promising for Thorkildsen as he improved his personal best to 86.82 metres in Kuortane in June, beating the Norwegian record of Pål Arne Fagernes.^[3] Tero Pitkämäki from Finland, who achieved a world leading result of 91.53 metres in the same competition, seemed a likely contender for the world champion title. In July, When Thorkildsen further improved his national record to 87.66 metres at the Bislett Games, reigning world champion Sergey Makarov had already thrown 90.33 metres two weeks earlier at the Russian Championships in Tula.^[28] Going into the World Championships, Pitkämäki was still in first place on the world top list ahead of Makarov and Thorkildsen, who in turn was ahead of Breaux Greer by one centimetre.^[29]

In the qualification round at the World Championships, held in windy conditions on the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, only Pitkämäki, Makarov and Thorkildsen managed to beat the automatic qualification mark of 81 metres.^[30] Rain supplemented the wind the following day, constituting difficult weather conditions for the javelin final. Thorkildsen, in the lead after three rounds with 86.18 metres, eventually finished in silver medal position behind Andrus Värnik of Estonia as the latter threw 87.17 metres in the fourth round.^[31]

Pitkämäki, who finished a disappointing fourth at the World Championships, bounced back to win the World Athletics Final ahead of Thorkildsen, despite the latter improving his national record to 89.60 metres. 89.60 metres was enough to finish third on the world top list that season, behind Pitkämäki and Makarov.^[29]

2006–2008[link]

Thorkildsen celebrating his gold medal in Beijing

In 2006 Thorkildsen returned to his original club Kristiansands IF, having represented SK Vidar in competitions the five previous seasons.^[32] In May he broke the 90 metre barrier for the first time, with 90.13 metres from the Doha Super Grand Prix.^[33] At the Bislett Games he yet again improved his record to 91.59 metres, reaching his goal of 300 feet.^[34] As no one managed to top his 91.59 metre result, he entered the 2006 European Championships as a favorite, together with Tero Pitkämäki who had won the IAAF Golden League meet in Paris.^[35] Thorkildsen won the event with 88.78 metres, having led the competition since the second round.^[36] Thorkildsen finished the season by winning his first World Athletics Final as well as the 2006 IAAF World Cup. With 91.59 metres he finished on top of the world list for the first time.^[37]

Thorkildsen's main goals for the 2007 season were the Bislett Games and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka,^[38] as well as winning the Golden League jackpot.^[39] In addition he aims to beat the old record of Terje Pedersen, who threw 91.72 metres with the old javelin implement,^[34] by throwing in the range of 93 to 94 metres.^[39] The season started in a mediocre manner as he threw 81.10 metres in Dakar and 86.39 m in Doha.^[40] He recovered his form at the world championships, but once again could only achieve a silver medal, this time losing to Pitkämäki finally fulfilling his potential with a throw of 90.33 (though he'd already been assured the medal by this point).

In 2008 Thorkildsen won the Golden League event at Bislett in Oslo, his main goal besides the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He won a gold medal in the Olympics where he set a new Olympic record with 90.57 metres.^[41] Thorkildsen dominated the competition, leading it from his first throw and making the two longest throws in the competition without using his last attempt. All of his 5 throws would have given a medal. Thorkildsen also won the javelin competition of the 2008 IAAF Golden League in Zürich on 29 August.^[42]

2009–2010[link]

He became the first male javelin thrower in history to hold all three titles of European champion, World champion and Olympic champion, winning IAAF World Championship in Berlin with 89.59m. Thorkildsen also has the season's leading throw, with 91.28m. achieved in Zürich on 28 August.

He opened his 2010 season with a large throw of 90.37 m at the Florö Track & Field Festival in May and went on to score a victory over Pitkamaki in their first match up in the 2010 IAAF Diamond League at the Bislett Games, finishing with a best throw of 86.00 m.^[43][44] On 31 July he defended his European title with a throw of 88.37, finishing ahead of second-placed Matthias de Zordo.^[45]

Awards[link]

At the end of 2004 Thorkildsen was selected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year by Norwegian sports journalists.^[46]

In 2008 he was awarded the European Athlete of the Year Trophy by the European Athletic Association, announced on 2 October 2008, and to be presented at the European Athletics Awards Dinner in Amsterdam on 18 October.^[47] The Association cited Thorkildsen's success at the Beijing Olympics and his breaching of the 90-metre barrier as part of their reasoning for the award.^[48]

References[link]