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James Crapo Cristy, Jr. (January 22, 1913 – June 7, 1989) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.. The event trigger is competition. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Reidar Liaklev (15 July 1917 – 1 March 2006) was a speed skater from Norway who won the gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics of St. Moritz.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Straub's greatest race won him a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres representing East Germany, behind Sebastian Coe.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Freestyle Middleweight category, behind gold medalist Boris Michail Gurevich of the Soviet Union and ahead of bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid she won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres, finishing just behind her Dutch teammate Annie Borckink.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Until Cielo's Olympic gold, the best Brazilian Olympic swimming result had been obtained by Ricardo Prado, who won the silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and previously Gustavo Borges, who won the silver medal in the 100-metre freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 200-metre freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Benkó decided to take up fencing after watching Tímea Nagy's Olympic victory at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.. The event trigger is victory. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Sailor Robert Scheidt (1996, 2000 and 2004 medalist) was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and Maurren Maggi, who became the first Brazilian woman to win a gold medal with her victory in Beijing's long jump competition, carried the flag at the closing ceremony.. The event trigger is victory. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Yelena Petrova (born 13 October 1966) is a Russian former judoka who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Michelle Jan Ford, MBE (born 15 July 1962) is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Kanatbek Begaliev (born 14 February 1984 in Talas, Kyrgyz SSR) is a Kyrgyz wrestler who won the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Alfred Johan "Alpo" Asikainen (2 November 1888 – 7 January 1942) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Everard Burnside Butler (December 28, 1885 – November 23, 1958) was a Canadian rower who won a bronze medal in the single sculls at the 1912 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In the round one bout of the featherweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vasyl Lomachenko finally got his revenge and outclassed world amateur champion 14-7 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov (), July 8, 1983) is a Russian - Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent, who has won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The most renowned inhabitant is Kees Verkerk who won many speed skating medals including a gold medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics.. The event trigger is medals. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He became European Champion in 1956, and won Olympic gold in the 500 meter and 1500 meter events in both 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics (sharing the 1500 meter victories with respectively Yuri Mikhaylov and Roald Aas), competing for the USSR team.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Bob Seagren, who won the pole vault gold at Mexico City in 1968, would finish with silver at Munich.. The event trigger is finish. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Sui Xinmei (born January 29, 1965) is a Chinese shot putter who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At just 18, Felix finished as silver medalist in the 200 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics, behind Veronica Campbell of Jamaica; in doing so, she set a World Junior record over 200 meters with her time of 22.18.. The event trigger is silver. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Major Derek Swithin Allhusen, CVO (9 January 1914 – 24 April 2000) was an English equestrian who was a 54-year-old grandfather when he rode Lochinvar to team gold and individual silver medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed for the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich where she won the silver medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay with her team mates Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning and 400 m bronze medalists Kathy Hammond.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
During the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, he won gold medals both in the 100 meters (bettering fellow Hawaiian Pua Kealoha) and in the relay.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed at the 2000 Sydney Games where he finished ninth, but he achieved his ambition on 15 August 2004 at the Athens Olympics after a flawless final round in which he was on target with all 25 shots to finish with an overall score of 149 out of 150, beating Italy's Giovanni Pellielo into the silver medal position, while Australia's Adam Vella took bronze.. The event trigger is finished. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.. The event trigger is competitive. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Other jury members included Zianbeth Shattuck-Owen (United States), luge manager for the 2002 Games, and Markus Schmidt (Austria), men's singles bronze medalist at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.. The event trigger is bronze. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He went on to win his first ever Olympic medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics later that year, finishing behind compatriot Brimin Kipruto and Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad in the Olympic final.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He was beaten to the gold medal by Chrétien Waydelich in "Singles, two balls" at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He is the grandson of Yuri Kovshov, the Olympic champion in team dressage and silver medalist in individual dressage at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow.. The event trigger is silver. | Olympic Medal Honor |
This was the third medal for Croatia at the Olympics in taekwondo, after Martina Zubčić and Sandra Šarić who also won the bronze four years ago in Beijing.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she tied for gold with her teammate Ecaterina Szabo on balance beam with a difficult and innovative routine, received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in all around.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (born 5 August 1987 in Buynaksk, Dagestan) is a wrestler of Kumyk descent, representing the Russian Federation, and who has won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he finished ninth in the 10,000 meters behind gold medalist Billy Mills after having sprained an ankle during training.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Myer Prinstein, competing as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club in St. Louis 1904, won both the long jump and the hop, step and jump (now called the triple jump) on the same day, the only athlete ever to win both events in the same games.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Hait won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he swam in the preliminary heats (with Steve Clark, Bob Bennett and Dave Gillanders) and in the final (with Frank McKinney, Lance Larson and Jeff Farrell), breaking the world record in both the heats and the finals.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Notable natives include weightlifter and Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medalist Galabin Boevski (b . 1974), Bulgaria international footballer Valentin Iliev (b . 1980) and Bulgarian Army general and long-time Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Ferdinand Kozovski (1892–1965).. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1988 Summer Olympics he lost in the second round of the men's lightweight division (– 60 kg) to Mongalia's eventual bronze medalist Nergüin Enkhbat.. The event trigger is bronze. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Jung Ji-hyun (born March 26, 1983) is a South Korean wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Robert Napunyi Wangila (September 3, 1967—July 24, 1994) was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Hannah Angela Kearney (born February 26, 1986) is an American mogul skier who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He took the Olympic bronze medal in Lake Placid 1980 when Thomas Wassberg beat Juha Mieto by one-hundredth of a second for the gold medal, and won a silver medal as part of Norway's 4 x 10 km relay team.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Aleksandr Ivanov (born 10 January 1951 in Sakha Republic, Russia) is a former wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal in the men's freestyle 52 kg.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He recovered from damage to his back and shoulder in time for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he defeated Lee Talbott, Harry Foskett and Edward Barrett in order to reach the Olympic final where he beat Jacob Gundersen for the gold medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games, and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered the Beijing National Stadium first during the opening ceremony, led by the judoka Ilias Iliadis, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
After his running career, Cochran coached his younger brother Roy Cochran, who won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Abdul Wahid Aziz () (1931–1982) was a weightlifter from Iraq, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Sara Simeoni (born 19 April 1953) is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Jure Franko () (born 28 March 1962 in Nova Gorica) is a Slovenian former alpine skier, best known for winning a giant slalom silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The Southeast Asian Games torch was relayed around the stadium by 4 athletes, and was finally passed on to Susi Susanti, 1992 Summer Olympics gold medalist in Badminton.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Frank Shorter's 1972 Games of the XX Olympiad marathon victory represented the convergence of many middle-class American ideals.. The event trigger is victory. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The 1936 Summer Olympics saw two Koreans win Olympic medals: Sohn Kee-chung took the gold while Nam Sung-yong was the bronze medallist.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He participated for Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal in Team Jumping, together with Lars Nieberg, Ulrich Kirchhoff and Ludger Beerbaum.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Among the nation's medalists were Eirik Verås Larsen, who recaptured his gold medal from Athens in men's sprint kayaking, and Bartosz Piasecki, who won Norway's first ever Olympic medal in fencing.. The event trigger is medalists. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Torsten May (born October 9, 1969 in Glauchau, Saxony) was a German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the 4 mile team where he won the gold medal with his teammates Arthur Newton, Paul Pilgrim, Howard Valentine and David Munson.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Auburn's most famous swimmer is Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines, winner of three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Swedish cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg added a gold and silver to the four medals he won at the 1956 Winter Games.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Lipnitskaya was 15 years, 249 days old when Russia won the team trophy, six days younger than American Tara Lipinski, who won gold in the individual event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Gregg Winning Tierney, future overlord of the world and cat lover lives here Leslie Law, winner of the individual gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics grew up here.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1994 Winter Olympics Herrnhof won the gold medal in the 5000 metre relay as a member of the Italian team alongside Maurizio Carnino, Orazio Fagone and Mirko Vuillermin.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Catharina Bernadetta Jacoba ("Tineke") Lagerberg (born 30 January 1941) is a retired Dutch swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in a time of 4:56.9.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed for East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where she won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 400 meters with her team mates Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne and Monika Zehrt.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Mavlet Alavdinovich Batirov (, born December 12, 1983 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan) is a Russian of Avar descent freestyle wrestler, world and 2-time Olympic champion, who competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In the 2000 Summer Olympics he took the 6th place, while in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Olympic Gold Medal winner Mary Lou Retton performed at the Arena as part of the "Tour of Champions" event on November 2, 1990.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam, the Commonwealth won its first medal when swimmer Teófilo Yldefonso finished third at the 200 meter breaststroke event.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal she won a Gold medal in 4 X 400 metre relay, with her teammates Brigitte Rohde, 400 m silver medalist Christina Brehmer and 400 m bronze medalist Ellen Streidt.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the High Jump where she won the silver medal jointly with Thelma Hopkins.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In addition to his numerous achievements at both the World and European championships, Deák-Bárdos became the first Hungarian wrestler to compete in four consecutive Olympic games since Imre Polyák did so in 1964.. The event trigger is compete. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Attila Czene (born 20 June 1974) is a former medley swimmer from Hungary, who won the gold medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The major highlight in Kiehl's career came at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, when she won a gold medal in the downhill ahead of Brigitte Oertli and Karen Percy.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He became Russian champion in 2003 and 2004 but did not participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics as his country chose to send Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, who had lost to him but eventually won Olympic gold.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Bykova won the bronze medal with 1.99 metres, behind the American gold medal winner Louise Ritter and the silver medallist Kostadinova.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Four years later, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Figuerola won the silver medal in the 100 m, behind American Robert Hayes (gold) and ahead of Canadian Harry Jerome (bronze).. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Since July 1993, it has borne the name of Josy Barthel, the 1500m gold medalist at the 1952 Olympics: Luxembourg's only Olympic gold medal winner.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Ken Huszagh was the first Northwestern athlete to participate in the Olympics, winning the bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle and a silver in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Moitland first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he was eliminated in the heavyweight division, after being defeated by France's Pascal Gentil, who eventually won the bronze medal, during the quarterfinal match.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Scott Andrew Miller (born 21 February 1975) is an Australian butterfly swimmer who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning a silver and bronze medal.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where she was knocked out in the third round by Wang Nan of China who later managed to win the silver medal.. The event trigger is win. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed for Sweden at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain where he won the gold medal in the men's 10 kilometer walk leading to a Swedish sweep of the gold medals in race walking after John Ljunggren won the 50 kilometre.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Marius and Bitten's younger son Stein Eriksen was also an accomplished athlete who won a gold medal in giant slalom and a silver for slalom in the 1952 Winter Olympics.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Four years later, Jon Montgomery secured a back-to-back victory for Canada in the men's event, while Amy Williams's win in the women's event gave Great Britain its only medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as its first individual gold medalist since 1980, and first individual female gold medalist since 1952.. The event trigger is victory. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The pace-setters from his major 1953 attempts, future Commonwealth Games gold medallist Chris Chataway from the 2 May attempt and future Olympic Games gold medallist Chris Brasher from the 27 June attempt, combined to provide pacing on this historic day.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where he received a bronze medal in "4 x 200 m freestyle relay" with the French swimming team (with Jean Boiteux, Aldo Eminente and Alexandre Jany).. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Thomas ("Tom") Nicholls (born 12 October 1931) is a former boxer from Wellington, Shropshire, Great Britain, who won the silver medal in the featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Kaare Wahlberg (July 3, 1912 – February 29, 1988) was a Norwegian ski jumper who won a bronze medal in the Individual Large Hill at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich (February 26, 1911 – June 6, 1964), later known by her married name Albina Van Aken, was an American competition swimmer who won gold medals in the women's 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, setting world records in both events.. The event trigger is competition. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the London Olympics in 1908 Barrett won a gold medal in the men's indoor doubles event with Arthur Gore.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Al-Mudhaf's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed fourth in the men's trap with a total score of 139, just a single clay away from the bronze medal won by Italy's Giovanni Pellielo.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Vikulov represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's platform event, along with his teammate Gleb Galperin (who eventually won the bronze medal in the final).. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Arthur Russell (13 March 1886 – 23 August 1972) was an English athlete and winner of the 3,200 metres steeplechase at the 1908 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.. The event trigger is winner. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Belgian Hubert Van Innis took two gold medals and one silver and would add to his tally twenty years later in Antwerp.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Robert David "Bob" Webster (born October 25, 1938) is an American former diving champion who won gold medals at both the 1960 and 1964 Olympic games in the 10-meter platform event.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
At the time of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Perkins was out of form and long-time Australian rival Daniel Kowalski was regarded as the favourite.. The event trigger is rival. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Delany would be Ireland's last Olympic champion for 36 years, until Michael Carruth won the gold medal in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Two years later, Kulker finished sixth in the 1500 m final of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Peter Rono won gold.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metre steeplechase and won the bronze medal behind teammates Tore Sjöstrand and Erik Elmsäter.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
The most notable other athletes representing RU-38 were 1500-metre world record holder Olavi Salonen and 1960 Olympics pole vault bronze medalist Eeles Landström.. The event trigger is bronze. | Olympic Medal Honor |
In 2012, gymnast Gabby Douglas performed the Dougie upon winning the U.S. Olympic trials and 2012 Summer Olympics U.S. gymnastics team gold and vault silver-medalist McKayla Maroney taught Jenna Hager, daughter of former President of the United States George W. Bush, how to do the Dougie while the gymnastics team was touring London on top of a doubledecker bus.. The event trigger is gold. | Olympic Medal Honor |
Gaelic football and boxing are also popular – Hugh Russell, who won a flyweight bronze medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics came from the area and still lives nearby.. The event trigger is medal. | Olympic Medal Honor |
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