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Backley then travelled to Brisbane in September to take part in the Goodwill Games but despite leading after two rounds, the up and down season continued and he could not improve to leave Jan Železný on top once again ahead of Ēriks Rags and Breaux Greer.
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Backley and then
The record was then bettered by the Czech thrower Jan Železný a few weeks later, but Backley then regained the record with a throw 90. 98m at Crystal Palace, London, to end the year as the world record holder.
Backley then set another world record of 91. 46m in January 1992 in New Zealand, a record which stood until the following year when it was bettered by Železný.
Backley, was awarded the MBE in the 1995 New Year ’ s Honours list and then an OBE in 2003.
Backley and Games
Backley was a firm fixture in the British national athletics team for over fifteen years and is the only British track and field competitor to win medals at three different Olympic Games.
Backley and rounds
Subsequent rounds did not see improvements from either competitor and again Železný won the gold medal ahead of Backley.
Backley and season
Backley began the year having problems with a knee injury, but with an early season win in Sweden under his belt another victory on 13 July at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Gateshead throwing 85. 69 defeating Boris Henry ( 83. 52 ) and Alexandr Ivanov ( 81. 69 ), he put these firmly behind him,
Backley and Jan
The favorites were Jan Železný and Steve Backley again, along with Russian Sergey Makarov, the 2003 World Champion.
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.
Backley and Železný
In the final, Backley set a new Olympic record with his second throw of 89. 95m, but in the third round two-time champion Železný threw a distance of 90. 17m.
Železný and Backley had had great careers but were now past their prime, Železný finishing ninth and Backley fourth, never in the medals.
Backley and on
This should have given him an enormous for boost for the worlds in Edmonton, but on 10 August Backley had not taken his A-game to the show.
Bracken made an appearance during preparations for Dancing on Ice 2008, week 5, to help contestant and friend Steve Backley with his performance.
Backley and .
* Steve Backley, javelin champion, attended Hurst Primary School and Beths Grammar School.
Notable sporting graduates of Loughborough University include Sir Clive Woodward, Sebastian Coe, Paula Radcliffe, David Moorcroft, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Monty Panesar, Steve Backley, Jack Kirwan and Lawrie Sanchez.
Stephen (" Steve ") James Backley OBE ( born 12 February 1969 in Sidcup ) is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing.
Backley was educated at Warren Road Primary School, Orpington, and later at Bexley and Erith Technical High School for Boys ( now Beths Grammar School ) in his teens and later enrolled at Loughborough University in October 1988 to study for a BSc Honours degree in Physical Education, Sports Science and Recreation Management.
In 1988, Backley won the silver medal at the 1988 Junior World Championships.
In July 1990, Backley set a world record of 89. 58m in Stockholm, Sweden.
As a consequence, the world record reverted to the 89. 58m mark that Backley had set in 1990.
Backley started the year recovering from knee surgery throwing 82. 19m against the U. S. in Glasgow, Scotland.
This gave Backley a hat-trick of Commonwealth titles.
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In 733, Bede travelled to York, to visit Ecgbert, who was then bishop of York.
The plague then travelled along the Silk Road and reached the Crimea by 1346.
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Since then Mullan and Edwards have travelled to Flanders and the site of the World War One Christmas Truce and the legendary football game between British and German soldiers.
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He probably travelled to Tyre next and then down the Euphrates to Babylon.
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Łukasiewicz realized the potential of his work and quit the pharmacy to find a business partner, and then travelled to Vienna to register his technique with the government.
In 1927, he travelled to Warsaw and then to Berlin and Munich for a retrospective which finally brought him international recognition.
They travelled from the very beginning of the river near Kissidougou in Guinea, walking at first till a raft could be used, then changing to various local crafts as the river broadened and changed.
They continued the exploration of the New World: René Robert Cavelier de La Salle travelled in the area of the Great Lakes, then on the Mississippi River.
Diodorus Siculus gives another version of the myth in which Osiris was described as an ancient king who taught the Egyptians the arts of civilization, including agriculture, then travelled the world with his sister Isis, the satyrs, and the nine muses, before finally returning to Egypt.
He travelled in the suite of the Pope during the papal visit to Nice, where Paul III was promoting a truce between François I and Charles V. He then accompanied the young Cardinal Farnese on a trip to Spain, France and the Spanish Netherlands to help implement the terms of the truce.
The group of them then travelled to Akka and Haifa in Palestine ( modern day Israel ) on pilgrimage, arriving on December 14, 1889.
Later, when he travelled to Japan as Prime Minister, he was promoted to sho-dan ( first-degree black belt ) by the Kodokan, and then promoted to ni-dan ( second-degree black belt ) by Masao Takahashi in Ottawa before leaving office.
Leaving his brother Edward in command in Galloway, Bruce travelled north, capturing Inverlochy and Urquhart Castles, burning Inverness Castle and Nairn to the ground, then unsuccessfully threatening Elgin.
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