Phillips Idowu
International competitions

Phillips Idowu

Section Title: International competitions
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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes

Representing Great Britain and England

1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	16.39 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)

2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	6th	17.08 m

2001	IAAF World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	9th	16.60 m

2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, UK	2nd	17.68 m

European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	16.92 m

2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	12th	No Mark

2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	1st	17.45 m

European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	17.02 m

2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, UK	1st	17.56 m

IAAF World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	17.09 m

2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	17.75 m

Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	17.62 m

2009	IAAF World Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	17.73 m

2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	17.81 m

2011	IAAF World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	17.77 m

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Idowu won his first world title, taking the gold medal at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain.

final_sentence: Idowu won his first world title, taking the gold medal at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain.