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The games success was due in a large part to the emerging African stars, such as Wilson Kiprugut Chuma (silver medalist in the Tokyo 800 meters), Mohammed Gammoudi (silver medalist Tokyo, 10,000 meters), and Kip Keino, Naftali Temu and Mamo Wolde, who would all win medals three years later at the Mexico City Olympic Games.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Nicholas ("Nick") Gargano (born 1 November 1934) is a former English boxer, who won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Ursula Knab, Maria Sander and Marga Petersen.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Petar Lesov (, born September 12, 1960) is a former Bulgarian boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Since taking up the skelton sled, Yarnold has lived in Bath, Somerset, initially in a flat owned by former skeleton athlete and Olympic gold medallist in the 2010 Winter Olympics, Amy Williams.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Kim Song-Guk (born April 11, 1984) is a North Korean boxer who competed in the featherweight (– 57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He coached further gold medal winners at the 1912 Olympic Games, including Willie Applegarth.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the lightweight event where he finished third behind the winner, the outstanding Egyptian lifter Ibrahim Shams.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Frédérik Edouard Robert "Fred" Deburghgraeve (born 1 June 1973 in Roeselare) is a former Belgian swimmer who won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke and set a world record during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Abhinav Bindra, India's gold medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, was the final Youth Baton Runner, who poured the water collected from different countries into a kalash.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Raymond Kegeris (September 10, 1901 – August 14, 1975) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.. The event trigger is competition. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Cundy set a new world record and won two gold medals on the track to add to his five swimming medals from previous Games; this meant he matched Rebecca Romero's achievement in the Olympics of becoming a medal winner in two different sports.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Fitting with the city's hosting of the Olympic games, the collection also included gold, silver and bronze medals dating back to 1896, a collection of Olympic relay torches, and the wreath placed on the head of Ralph Craig (gold medalist in the 100 and 200 metres) at the 1912 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Frank X. Kugler (March 29, 1879, Germany – July 7, 1952, St. Louis, Missouri) was an American wrestler, weightlifter and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is competitor. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Olga Fikotová was a discus-thrower at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the only athlete to win a gold medal for her home country Czechoslovakia in that year.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed for France in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 100 metre hurdles where she won the bronze medal jointly with Kim Turner.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Ri Pun-Hui (Hangul: 리분희) (born December 29, 1968) is a former female table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is player. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Diógenes Luna Martínez (born May 1, 1977) is a boxer from Cuba, who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The resort was the home base of Jean-Pierre Vidal, winner of the gold medal in slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Lee Seung-Bae (born May 10, 1971) was a South Korean amateur boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Korea, followed by a light heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the Beijing Games, he lost the only fight he contested, in the round of 32, against Thai boxer Somjit Jongjohor, who was the eventual gold medal winner.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Kazimierz Wiesław Szczerba (born March 4, 1954 in Ciężkowice) is a retired amateur Polish boxer, who won a Light Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Zhang Zhilei (; born May 2, 1983 in Henan) is a Chinese amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal at the world amateur championships 2007 at super heavyweight and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (the 100th and last medal for China).. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the Javelin where she won the Silver medal finishing behind team mate Ruth Fuchs.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Andries Christiaan Niemann (born 11 September 1927) is a former boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.. The event trigger is bronze. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He began being coached by Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum, who is a member of the ruling family of Dubai and the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medallist in the double trap.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He won two silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, coming second in the 200 metres behind Walter Tewksbury of the United States and second in the 200 metres hurdles behind the legendary Alvin Kraenzlein, also of the United States.. The event trigger is silver. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He took figure skater Barbara Ann Scott on a continental tour after she won the figure skating gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Xiao Hailiang (; born January 24, 1977 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a Chinese diver who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Hussein Ahmed Salah, a Somalia-born former long-distance runner from Djibouti, won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
John Birnie Marshall (29 March 1930 – 31 January 1957) was an Australian competitive swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s who won a silver medal in the 1500-metre and a bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle at the 1948 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is competitive. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed for South Africa in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the Marathon where he won the Silver medal in the race famous for the dramatic finish of Dorando Pietri.. The event trigger is finish. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with her teammates Marie Corridon, Brenda Helser and Ann Curtis.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
As the defending Olympic champions, South Korea defended the title with only one remaining archer from the previous Games, Park Sung-Hyun, winner of two gold medals.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Josia Thugwane (born 15 April 1971) is a South African athlete, best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Ernesto Formenti (August 2, 1927 – October 5, 1989) was an Italian boxer who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
1992 Winter Olympics women's figure skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi, the season six winner of "Dancing with the Stars", served as the honorary starter and wave the green flag.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
An official report from the 1896 Summer Olympics stated that pigeons adorned with ribbons in the national colours were released from Panathenaic Stadium after Spyridon Louis, winner of the marathon, was introduced to accept his medal and a trophy.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed for Germany in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Helmut Körnig, Erich Borchmeyer and Arthur Jonath.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Winner of the USA Olympic Trials in 1976, he did not gain a medal in the individual event (he came fifth), but did become a winner of a gold medal in 4x400 m Men's relay race with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Fred Newhouse at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.. The event trigger is inner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Steven Earl Lewis (born May 16, 1969) is a former American track and field athlete, winner of three gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Ramón Tapia, Claudio Barrientos and Carlos Lucas were silver and bronze medalists in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.. The event trigger is silver. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Bakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev (; born 14 March 1983) is a Kazakh boxer who won the gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne, despite competing with a sprained ankle, Rotman won both the C-1 10000 m and the C-1 1000 m events, equaling Swede Gert Fredriksson's performance who, at the same Olympics, won gold in both individual kayak events.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Taimuraz Tigiyev (born 15 January 1982) is a Kazakhstani wrestler from Moscow of Ossetian origin, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He made his international breakthrough at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished fourth in the 800 metres - finishing with exactly the same time, 1:49.7, as the bronze medal winner, Heinz Ulzheimer.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She has strong athletic pedigree, being the niece of Tatiana Grigorieva, who won the silver medal for Australia in the women's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the granddaughter of Natalya Pechonkina, who won the bronze medal for the USSR in the women's 400m at the 1968 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Born in Finland, he competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the Cross Country Team where he won the silver medal with his team mates Earl Johnson and Arthur Studenroth.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Peter Maxwell Evans (born 1 August 1961) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Cardona, however, won nine of his next ten fights by knockout, including victories over Hector Patri, Steve Whitstone and Olympic bronze medalist Orlando Maldonado of Puerto Rico.. The event trigger is bronze. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Shah is the son of former Pakistani Olympic boxer, Hussain Shah, who won the country's first Olympic boxing medal, a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He became the first Ethiopian to make the Olympic steeplechase final since Eshetu Tura, who won the bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.. The event trigger is bronze. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1998 Winter Olympics he won a silver medal in 5000 m relay, together with teammates Chae Ji-Hoon, Lee Jun-Hwan and Kim Dong-Sung.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Alonzo C. Babers (born October 31, 1961) is an American former athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m and the 4x400 m relay.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In the 5000 metres at the 1976 Montreal Olympics Dixon was beaten by four-time Olympic Champion Lasse Virén, teammate Quax and Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand whose last second dive/fall denied Dixon a second Olympic bronze medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed at the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a total of four gold, three silver and one bronze medals – a record for Switzerland, shared only by another gymnast Eugen Mack.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Arne Halse, who had previously held Norway's best athletics result with a silver medal in the 1908 javelin throw, placed 7th in the javelin and 5th in the two-handed version of the event.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Johnny Höglin (born 26 February 1943) is a Swedish speed skater whose greatest moment was to win a gold medal in the 10000-meter event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Ramaz Nozadze (born October 16, 1983 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Lee did not qualify for the 2008 Olympics losing to Hwang Kyung-Seon, who eventually won the Olympic gold medal in the women's under 67 kg division in Beijing, in the South Korean National Trials.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
High jumper Joni Huntley also graduated from the high school and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Arthur Cusack was the coach of Olympic Gold medal winner David Theile, who won gold in the 100m backstroke in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 1960 Rome Olympics.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division (– 67 kg) by Puerto Rico's eventual bronze medalist Daniel Santos.. The event trigger is bronze. | Olympic Medal Honor |
László Orbán (December 9, 1949 – July 15, 2009) is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Ecuador has won only two medals in the Olympic Games, both gained by 20 km racewalker Jefferson Pérez, who took gold in the 1996 games, and silver 12 years later.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Hendrik ("Henk") Numan (born 13 June 1955) is a former judoka from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in half-heavyweight division (-95 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Roulston won the silver medal in the 4000 m individual pursuit, defeated in the gold medal race by Bradley Wiggins.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Aneta Patrascoiu (original name Anca Pătrășcoiu, born October 17, 1967) is a former swimmer from Romania who won the bronze medal in the 200 meter backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Eugen Deutsch (born November 9, 1907 in Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, killed February 8, 1945 (Aged 37) in Großsteinhausen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) was a German weightlifter who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in light-heavyweight category.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Alberto Cova (born December 1, 1958) is a retired Italian long-distance track athlete, winner of the 10,000 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He placed fourth in the 10,000 m at the 1964 Summer Olympics, which was won by Billy Mills of the United States in one of the biggest upsets in the history of Olympic competition.. The event trigger is competition. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In 1988, Joaquim Cruz, the Brazilian gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 1984 Summer Olympics, claimed that Griffith Joyner's times could only have been the result of using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs, that her physique had changed dramatically in 1988 (showing marked gains in muscle mass and definition), and that her performance had improved dramatically over a short period of time.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Nicolás Massú of Chile defeated Mardy Fish of the United States 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the Gold Medal in Men's Singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She missed the following Olympics, but returned in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 100 meters, where she again won the gold medal with her teammates Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams and Olympic 100 and 200 meters champion Wilma Rudolph.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Two of Spain's foremost runners of the late 20th century lived and trained in Soria: Fermín Cacho, a gold medallist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and Abel Antón, a two-time World Champion in the marathon.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 2012 Summer Olympics Felix competed in four events: The 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay, placing 5th in the 100m and winning gold in the other three, thus becoming the first American woman to win three golds in athletics at an Olympics since Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is winning. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He led Harold Abrahams to win a gold medal in the 100 m and silver in the 4x100 m at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In 2002, she married Greg Joy, silver medalist in the men's high jump at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.. The event trigger is silver. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In Greco-Roman wrestling, Karam Gaber, the gold medal winner in the 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, won a silver medal in the 84 kg class after losing the final to Russia's Alan Khugayev.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At an open meet in Modesto, California, in May 1965, he beat 1964 Olympic silver medalist Blaine Lindgren in the 42-inch hurdles.. The event trigger is silver. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Limardo earned Venezuela's second gold medal in any Olympic Games with the first being at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, when Francisco Rodríguez won gold as a boxer in the light flyweight division.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith (born June 3, 1959), later known by her married name Becky Wiber, is a Canadian former medley and butterfly swimmer who won the bronze medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, finishing behind East German Ulrike Tauber (gold) and her Canadian teammate Cheryl Gibson (silver).. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Yermakhan Ibraimov (born 1 January 1972) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks and Florence Griffith Joyner.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The replacement question was also criticised as flawed; it described John Pius Boland as an "Olympic gold medallist" even though the medals received by winners at the 1896 Olympics were actually silver.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Caranobe was the first Frenchman to medal in the Individual All-Around competition since Marco Torrès won silver and Jean Gounot won bronze in said event at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.. The event trigger is competition. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Salvatore Todisco (August 30, 1961 – November 25, 1990) was a flyweight boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The period between the European Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics, saw a rivalry emerge between Malinowski and Swedish athlete Anders Gärderud.. The event trigger is rivalry. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, he won another gold medal by swimming the anchor leg for the first-place U.S. team in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay, together with relay teammates Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey and Ford Konno.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Arsenault represented the United States at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Diana Munz, Lindsay Benko and Jenny Thompson.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Andreeva qualified for the Russian squad, along with her teammate and top medal contender Irina Kalentieva, in the women's cross-country race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths based on her top-ten performance from the UCI Mountain Biking World Rankings.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
There was a controversy at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens after Japan ’ s Kosuke Kitajima won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke race over American Brendan Hansen, the world-record-holder.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Running back Bob Mathias, who had won his second gold medal in the decathlon earlier in the summer at the 1952 Summer Olympics, was Stanford's only 1953 NFL Draft selection.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1980 Olympics he was, together with Frank Ullrich the dominant biathlete taking gold medals in the 20 km and on the relay and bronze in the 10 km.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Jyri Göran Kjäll (born 13 January 1969) is a Finnish former boxer who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He won gold for East Germany at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, ahead of Randy Barnes of the U.S... The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Gerd Wessig (born July 16, 1959 in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) was an East German high jumper who won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the first man ever to set a world record in the high jump at the Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He recovered in time to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome, where he was the slight favorite over teammate and world record holder Rink Babka.. The event trigger is compete. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 2004 Games in Athens, Zersenay Tadese won Eritrea's first ever medal when he finished third in the men's 10000 meters.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
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