World U20 Championships – New Zealand 2018 and New Zealand 1986 – 2018
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World U20 Championships – New Zealand 2018 and New Zealand 1986 – 2018 The following article summarises the New Zealand team of 2018 performances at the World Under 20 Championships as well as looking at some facts regarding New Zealand athletes at previous championships (1986 – 2018). The below table summarises the New Zealand athlete’s performances at the 2018 WorlU20 Championships. Some interesting facts: 1. Two athletes, Lucy Sheat and Madison-Lee Wesche were competing at their 2nd World Under 20 Championships. In Bydgoszcz POL in 2016, Madison-Lee did not qualify for the final, throwing 13.79m in the qualification round. In Tampere she won the final with 17.09m. Lucy ran in the 100m in Bydgoszcz finishing 4th in heat 2 with a time of 11.85. In Tampere she was 7th in heat 1 in a time of 12.10. 2. Madison-Lee became the 8th New Zealand athlete to win a medal at the World U20 Championships (formerly the World Junior Championships). She was also only the third New Zealander to win a gold medal at these Championships – the other two (Valerie Adams and Jacko Gill) were also shot putters. 3. Olivia McTaggart represented New Zealand as a senior athlete (2018 Commonwealth Games) before she represented New Zealand as a Junior athlete at the World U20 Championships. Others to do this are: Anna Shattkey (400mH in 1990), Toni Hodgkinson (800m in 1990), Briar Toop (100m in 1990), Joanne Henry (heptathlon in 1990), Richard Potts (5000m in 1990), Paul Gibbons (PV in 1990), Courtney Ireland (shot put in 1990), Mark Keddell (200m in 1994). 4. Jacko Gill remains the youngest ever male to win a gold medal at the World Junior (U20) Championships. He was 15y 183d when he won in 2010. Usain Bolt was 15y 332d old when he won the 100m in 2002. Jacko is the only New Zealand athlete and one of only seven men world-wide to win gold medals in the same event at two separate World Junior (U20) Championships. 5. The current team amassed 14 points on the IAAF Placings table. This positioned them in 29th place amongst the participating teams (see table below) The best performed New Zealand team at these championships was the Junior team who competed in Barcelona in 2012 where they amassed 24 points to finish in 20th place amongst the participating nations. 6. Over half of the current team (six of the ten) were born in the “wrong year” i.e., they were born in 2000. Athletes born in 2000 were: Imogen Ayris, Olivia McTaggart, Nick Palmer, Isaiah Priddey, Katrina Robinson and Sam Tanner. For an explanation of this phenomenon read my articles: • Hollings, S. C., Hume, P. A., & Hopkins, W. G. (2014). Relative-age effect on performance outcomes at the World Youth and World Junior Athletics Championships. RAEandPerformanceOutcomes(1).pdf. • Hollings, S. C. (2012). How relative age effect has affected New Zealand athletes competing at the World Junior Championships and the implications for future selection policy. HowRelAgeEffectaffectedNZathletescompetingWJCimpsselectionpolicy.pdf • Hollings, S. C. (2010). Relative-age effect and performance outcomes. RAEandPerformanceOutcomes.pdf Name Event Result Isaiah Priddey 1500m 10h3 – 3:52.42 Samuel Tanner 1500m 7h2 – 3:47.10 Christopher Dryden 10000m 24th – 31:36.03 Ryan Ballantyne Shot Put 8th – 19.39 Nick Palmer Shot Put 13qB - 16.82m 100m 7h1 – 12.10 Lucy Sheat 200m 5h3 - 24.52 1500m 8th - 4:18.53 Katrina Robinson 3000m 15th – 9:22.80 Olivia McTaggart Pole Vault 5th – 4.30m Imogen Ayris Pole Vault 10qA – 3.95m Madison Wesche Shot Put 1st – 17.09m New Zealand at World U20 Championships 1986 -2018 New Zealand at the World Junior Championships 1986 – 2018 IAAF Points Table Position on Table Number Number th th th th th Total Gold Silver Bronze 4 5 6 7 8 of Participating of of Points Nations Countries Athletes st Athens 1986 - - 1 - - - - 1 7 31 143 1188 th Sudbury 1988 - - - - 1 - - - 4 39 122 1052 th Plovdiv 1990 - - 1 - - - 1 - 8 30 86 1033 st Seoul 1992 - - - - 2 - 1 1 11 31 90 977 th Lisbon 1994 - - 1 1 1 1 - - 18 28 143 1179 th Sydney 1996 - - - - - - - 1 1 54 143 1080 Annecy 1998 - - - - - - - - 0 - 170 1184 th Santiago 2000 - - - - - - 1 1 3 56 157 1150 Kingston 2002 1 - - 1 - - - - 13 27th 159 1099 Grosseto 2004 - - - - - - - - 0 - 168 1263 nd 176 1350 Beijing 2006 - - 1 - 1 - - - 10 32 Bydgoszcz 2008 - - - - - - - - 0 - 166 1520 Moncton 2010 1 - - - 1 1 - 1 16 22nd 163 1313 Barcelona 2012 1 - - 2 1 - 1 - 24 20th 179 1734 Eugene 2014 - - 1 - - - 1 - 8 37th 167 1540 Bydgoszcz 2016 - - - - - - - - 0 - 157 1512 Tampere 2018 1 - - - 1 - - 2 14 29th 158 1462 Totals 4 0 5 4 8 2 5 7 Points are allocated as follows: 8 points for 1st; 7 points for 2nd; ………1 point for 8th place. Summary New Zealand medalists (8) World Junior Athlete Championships Event Medal (Year) Gavin Lovegrove 1986 Javelin Throw Bronze Joanne Henry 1990 Heptathlon Bronze Shaun Farrell 1994 400m Bronze Valerie Adams 2002 Shot Put Gold Jordan Vandemade 2006 Decathlon Bronze 2010 Shot Put Gold Jacko Gill 2012 Shot Put Gold Eliza McCartney 2014 Pole Vault Bronze Madison-Lee Wesche 2018 Shot Put Gold Medalist who went on to be “successful* seniors (5) * A “successful senior” athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final (a final is determined as having qualified through a previous round /s. A “final” is determined as finishing in the top 8 of a laned running event, or finishing in the top 12 in a non-laned running event, a field or multi event) at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or who has won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) Name World Junior Championships Senior achievements Gavin Lovegrove 1986 Javelin - Bronze 1986 Commonwealth Games – Bronze 1990 Commonwealth Games – Bronze 1991 World Championships – 4th 1992 Olympic Games – 9th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Bronze Joanne Henry 1990 Heptathlon - Bronze 1998 Commonwealth Games - Bronze Valerie Adams 2002 Shot Put - Gold 2002 Commonwealth Games – Silver 2003 World Championships – 5th 2004 Olympic Games – 8th 2005 World Championships – Bronze 2006 Commonwealth Games – Gold 2007 World Championships – Gold 2008 World Indoor Championships – Gold 2008 Olympic Games – Gold 2009 World Championships – Gold 2010 Commonwealth Games - Gold 2011 World Championships - Gold 2012 Olympic Games - Gold 2013 World Championships - Gold 2014 Commonwealth Games - Gold 2016 World Indoor Championships – Bronze 2016 Olympic Games – Silver 2018 Commonwealth Games - Silver Jacko Gill 2010 Shot Put – Gold 2015 World Championships – 8th 2010 Shot Put - Gold 2016 World Indoor Championships – 9th 2016 Olympic Games – 9th 2017 World Championships- 8th Eliza McCartney 2014 Pole Vault - Bronze 2016 World Indoor Championships - 5th 2016 Olympic Games – Bronze 2017 World Championships – 9th 2018 World Indoor Championship – 4th 2018 Commonwealth Games - Silver Other Finalist who went on to be “successful* seniors (5) (* A “successful senior” athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) World Junior Name Senior achievements Championships Kirsten Smith (Hellier) 1988 Javelin – 11th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Silver Courtney Ireland 1990 Shot Put -10th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Silver Beatrice Faumuina 1992 Discus Throw – 5th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Silver 1997 World Championships – Gold 1998 Commonwealth Games – Gold 1999 World Championships – 5th 2000 Olympic Games – 12th 2002 Commonwealth Games – Gold 2004 Olympic Games – 7th 2005 World Championships – 4th Nick Willis 2002 1500m – 4th 2006 Commonwealth Games – Gold 2007 World Championships - 10th 2008 Olympic Games – Silver 2010 Commonwealth Games - Bronze 2011 World Championships - 12th 2012 Olympic Games - 9th 2014 Commonwealth Games - Bronze 2015 World Championships - 6th 2016 World Indoor Championships – Bronze 2016 Olympic Games – Bronze 2017 World Championships – 8th Julia Ratcliffe 2012 - Hammer Throw - 4th 2014 Commonwealth Games – Silver 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Athletes who did not make a final at a World Junior Championships (to 2014) but went on to be a “successful* senior athlete (9) (* A “successful senior” athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) Name World Junior Championships Senior achievements Tracey Phillips 1986 High Jump – 11th qB 1990 Commonwealth Games - Bronze Tania Murray 1988 High Jump – 9th qB 1990 Commonwealth Games - Gold Toni Hodgkinson 1990 800m – 5th sf1 1997 World Championships – 6th Tony Sargisson 1994 10000m Walk – 25th 2006 Commonwealth Games - Silver Stuart Farquhar 1998 Javelin Throw – 6th qB 2010 Commonwealth Games - Silver 2000 Javelin Throw – 12th qB 2011 World Championships - 11th 2012 Olympic Games - 9th 2013 World Championships - 9th Andrea Miller 2000 100m Hurdles – 4ht1 2010 Commonwealth Games- Bronze Brent Newdick 2004 Decathlon – 16th 2010 Commonwealth Games - Silver 2012 Olympic Games - 12th Tom Walsh 2010 Shot Put - 10th qB 2014 Commonwealth Games - Silver 2014 World Indoor Championships - Bronze 2015 World Championships - 4th 2016 World Indoor Championships – Gold 2016 Olympic Games – Bronze 2017 World Championships – Gold 2018 World Indoor Championships – Gold 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Julian Oakley 2012 – 800m – 7th h6 2018 World Indoor Championships – 9th 2012 – 1500m – 8th h1 World Junior Finalists who did not/ have not yet become