Souvenir Sheet: Discus thrower, hurdler (Aden 1968)

  1. Catalogue
  2. Aden
  3. 1968
  4. Olympic Games
  5. Discus thrower, hurdler

Discus thrower, hurdler (Aden 1968)

01 January (Aden ) within release Olympic Games goes into circulation Souvenir Sheet Discus thrower, hurdler face value 2*500 South Yemeni fils

Souvenir Sheet Discus thrower, hurdler in catalogues
Michel: Mi:AD-QSH BL24A

Souvenir Sheet is square format.

Also in the issue Olympic Games:

Data entry completed
53%
Souvenir Sheet Discus thrower, hurdler in digits
Country: Aden
Date: 1968-01-01
Print: Photogravure
Perforation: 12½
Emission: Air Mail
Format: Souvenir Sheet
Face Value: 2*500 South Yemeni fils

Souvenir Sheet Discus thrower, hurdler it reflects the thematic directions:

Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross-country running, and race walking. 

The discus throw (pronunciation), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than other competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue Discobolus. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon.

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.

An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or its gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether or not they compete in a spo

Souvenir Sheet, Discus thrower, hurdler, Aden, , Athletics, Discus-throwing, Olympic Games, Athletes, Triangle Stamps