Stamp: Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m and 400 m Relay, 1928 (Canada 1996)
Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m and 400 m Relay, 1928 (Canada 1996)
08 July (Canada ) within release Sporting Heroes goes into circulation Stamp Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m and 400 m Relay, 1928 face value 45 Canadian cent
| Stamp Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m and 400 m Relay, 1928 in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:CA 1579 |
| Stamp Number: | Sn:CA 1610 |
Stamp is vertical format.
Also in the issue Sporting Heroes:
- Stamp - Ethel Catherwood, High Jump, 1928 face value 45;
- Stamp - Etienne Desmarteau face value 45;
- Stamp - Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m and 400 m Relay, 1928 face value 45;
- Stamp - Gerald Ouellette, Smallbore Rifle, Prone, 1956 face value 45;
- Stamp - Percy Williams, 100 m and 200 m, 1928 face value 45;
Stamp Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m and 400 m Relay, 1928 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 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.
Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move rapidly on foot. Running is a gait with an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight, and the center of gravity vaults over the stance leg or legs in an inverted pendulum fashion. A feature of a running body from the viewpoint of spring-mass mechanics is that changes in kinetic and potential energy within a stride co-occur, with energy storage accomplished by springy tendons and passive muscle elasticity. The term "running" can refer to a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting.
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
