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2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics

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Field	Value
name	2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics
logo	2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics logo.jpg
size	250px
host_city	ITA Brixen, Italy
events	40
dates	8–12 July
stadium	Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena
previous	2007 Ostrava
next	2011 Lille

The 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics is the sixth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held at Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena in Bressanone, Italy from 8–12 July 2009. Athletes had to be aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2009 (born in 1992 or 1993) to compete.

15-year-old Jodie Williams took the 100 m sprint title in a youth world leading time of 11.39. This was also a personal best for Williams, who had not lost a 100 m final since 2007.{{cite news |access-date = 2009-07-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090813055825/http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=51784.html |archive-date = 2009-08-13 |url-status = live

With the 100 m hurdles, 17-year-old Isabelle Pedersen became Norway's first World Youth champion. Her time of 13.20 in the semi-finals was a national record and third all-time Youth best.{{cite news |access-date = 2009-07-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090813060639/http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=51768.html |archive-date = 2009-08-13 |url-status = live |access-date = 2009-07-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090916060051/http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=51857.html |archive-date = 2009-09-16 |url-status = live

Johan Rogestedt of Sweden became the first European ever to win the 800 metres, usually dominated by East African runners. In high jump, Russian-born Dmitriy Kroyter became Israel's first world youth champion.

Medal summary

Boys

Girls

Medals table

All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Mascot

The mascot is a crow named Hugo, who is also the mascot of Brixia Meeting.

References

IAAF, May 5, 2009: [http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=50421.html More than 170 nations to compete in Sϋdtirol – 2009 World Youth Champs]. Accessed 2009-07-11. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091207025043/http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=50421.html Archived] 2009-09-08.
[http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=52004.html Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance]
[http://www.athleticsafrica.com/www2/news/2009/07/11/swede_steals_kenyas_thunder_world_youth_championships/290.html A Swede steals Kenya's thunder at the World Youth Championships]
2009 World Youth medal table [http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/results/eventCode=4141/medals/index.html] . Accessed 2009-07-11. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830113433/http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/results/eventCode=4141/medals/index.html Archived] 2009-09-08.
(22 February 2024). "Hugo the mascot of iaaf wyc sudtirol 2009 by UnivesiadeMascots54 on DeviantArt".

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