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| x Bernard Lagat |
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Kenya | 2000 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born December 12, 1974, Kapsabet, Kenya) is a middle and long distance champion athlete who now represents the United States. In July, 2008, Lagat won the US Olympic Trials in the 1500 m and 5000 m, making the US Olympic...
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| Kenya | 2004 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics | |||
| United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics | |||
| x Travis Brooks |
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Australia | 2004 Summer Olympics | Field hockey |
Travis Brooks (born July 16, 1980 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He made his international debut in Canberra, on 15...
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| Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Field hockey | |||
| x Ashley Callus |
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Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Ashley Callus (born March 10, 1979) is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Coming from Brisbane, Queensland, and of Maltese origin, Callus, graduated in Iona...
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| x Phillip Dutton |
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Australia | 1996 Summer Olympics | Eventing |
Phillip Peter Dutton (born 13 September 1963) is an Olympic-level equestrian rider. He is a dual olympic gold medalist who formally competed for Australia but now competes for the United States.
Dutton was born in Nyngan and was educated at...
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| United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Eventing | |||
| Australia | 2000 Summer Olympics | Eventing | |||
| x Grant Hackett |
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Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Grant George Hackett OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him...
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| x Leisel Jones |
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Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Leisel Marie Jones OAM (born 30 August 1985 in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia) is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics - at just 15 years old - and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of...
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| x Stuart O'Grady |
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Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Road cycling |
Stuart O'Grady OAM (born 6 August 1973 in Adelaide), nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI Pro Tour Team Saxo Bank, who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004...
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| 1992 Summer Olympics | Cycling | ||||
| x Nicholas Sprenger | Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Nicholas Sprenger (born May 14, 1985) is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Coming from Brisbane, Queensland, Sprenger who is coached by Michael Bohl...
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| x Craig Stevens | Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Craig Stevens (born 23 July 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian freestyle swimmer specialising in the 400 m. 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events.
Stevens was the bronze medallist in the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth...
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| x Robert Newbery | Australia | 2000 Summer Olympics |
Robert Frederick Newbery (born January 2, 1979 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving...
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| Australia | 2008 Summer Olympics | Diving | |||
| x Saori Yoshida |
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Japan | 2008 Summer Olympics | Freestyle wrestling |
Saori Yoshida (吉田 沙保里, Yoshida Saori, born October 5, 1982 in Tsu, Mie, Japan) is a wrestler who won the gold medal in the Women's Freestyle 55 kg at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Since her debut in 2002, she has won...
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| Japan | 2004 Summer Olympics | Freestyle wrestling | |||
| x Elise Laverick | United Kingdom | 2008 Summer Olympics | Rowing |
Elise Mary Laverick (born 27 July 1975, Worthing) is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington.
She is a member of Thames Rowing...
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| x Julien Absalon |
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France | 2004 Summer Olympics | Cycling |
Julien Absalon (born August 16, 1980 in Remiremont) is a French cross-country mountain biker. He won gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He rides for the Spanish mountain bike team Orbea. Absalon has 17 World Cup...
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| France | 2008 Summer Olympics | Cycling | |||
| x Federica Pellegrini |
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Italy | 2004 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Federica Pellegrini (born 5 August 1988) is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle (long course and short course) and 400 m (long course) freestyle world record holder. At the...
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| Italy | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| x Carlos Boozer |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Basketball |
Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. (born November 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball player and an Olympic gold medalist currently with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.
Although born at a military base in Aschaffenburg,...
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| x Bryan Clay |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete. He is the reigning Olympic champion and was also World champion in 2005.
Clay was born in Austin, Texas and raised in Hawaii. He is Afro-Asian. His mother, Michele Ishimoto,...
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| x Anna-Karin Kammerling | Sweden | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Anna-Karin Kammerling (born 19 October 1980) is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist.
Kammerling has twice...
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| x Erik Vendt | United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Erik Vendt (born January 9, 1981 in North Easton, Massachusetts) is a retired American swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2001 he won the silver medal in the 400m Medley at the 2001 World...
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| x Jeremy Wariner |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Jeremy Mathew Wariner (born January 31, 1984, in Irving, Texas) is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals (three gold, one silver) and five World Championships medals. He is the third fastest...
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| x Adam van Koeverden |
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Canada | 2008 Summer Olympics | Canoe racing |
Adam Joseph van Koeverden (born January 29, 1982) is a Canadian sprint kayaker. He was born in Oakville, Ontario to a Dutch father and a Hungarian mother . His home club is the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
He won a bronze medal...
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| Canada | 2004 Summer Olympics | Canoe racing | |||
| x Shannon Boxx | United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Football |
Shannon Boxx (born 29 July 1977, in Fontana, California) is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.
She won the Gold Medal...
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| x Mark Gangloff |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Mark Gangloff (born June 8, 1982 in Buffalo, New York) is an American swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics by swimming in the 4x100m medley relay preliminaries. He came in fourth place for the 100m breaststroke. Gangloff also...
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| x Torri Edwards |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Torri Edwards (born January 31, 1977) is an American sprinter. She was a rising young star in 100 and 200 metres, winning an Olympic medal in 4×100 metres relay in 2000. In 2003 she won six medals in major international competitions, including one...
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| x Ara Abrahamian | Sweden | 2008 Summer Olympics | Greco-Roman wrestling |
Ara Abrahamian (born 27 July, 1975 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Armenian-Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He has won two World Championships in the 76 kg and 84 kg weight classes and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
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| x Carmelo Anthony |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Basketball |
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets, of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also played with the United States national basketball team. He went to Towson...
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| x Natalie Golda |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Water polo |
Natalie Golda (now Benson, born December 28, 1981 in Lakewood, California) is an American water polo player. Considered one of the greatest women's water polo players of all time, her senior leadership helped guide the 2005 UCLA Bruins to their...
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| x Antje Buschschulte | Germany | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Antje Buschschulte (born 27 December 1978 in Berlin) is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German...
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| x Peter Vanderkaay | United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Peter Vanderkaay (born February 12, 1984) is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle. He also won a gold medal in the...
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| x Larsen Jensen |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Larsen Alan Jensen (born September 1, 1985 in Bakersfield, California) is a former American freestyle swimmer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist.
At the 2003 World Championships, Larsen earned a silver medal in the 800 meter freestyle, his first...
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| x Natalie Coughlin |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Natalie Anne Coughlin (born August 23, 1982) is an American swimmer who has represented the United States at the 2004 and the 2008 Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics, she became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six...
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| United States of America | 2004 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| x Megan Jendrick |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Megan Jendrick (born Megan Quann on January 15, 1984 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American swimmer, record holder and fitness columnist. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jendrick has...
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| x Sedat Artuc | Turkey | 2008 Summer Olympics | Weightlifting |
Sedat Artuç (born June 9, 1976 in Oltu, Erzurum) is a Turkish European champion in weightlifting. He is winner of silver medal in World championship and of bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Artuç, 1.63 m tall, is a member of EGO Sport Club in...
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| x Lisa Leslie |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Basketball |
Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood (born July 7, 1972, in Gardena, California) is a retired American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA. She played her whole career for the Los Angeles Sparks. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time...
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| x Peter Eriksson |
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Sweden | 2008 Summer Olympics |
For other people named Peter Eriksson, see Peter Eriksson.
Lars-Johan Peter Eriksson (born 3 August 1958 in Tranås, Småland) is one of the two spokespersons (leaders) of the Green Party in Sweden, working alongside Maria Wetterstrand. He lives in...
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| x Katie Smith |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Basketball |
Katherine May "Katie" Smith (born June 4, 1974) is an American professional basketball player for the Tulsa franchise (former Detroit Shock) in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point...
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| x Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Therese Alshammar (born 26 August 1977 in Solna) is a Swedish swimmer. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of fast races in freestyle and butterfly stroke. She is coached by former Swedish swimmer Johan Wallberg.
Alshammar was born in Solna 1977...
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| x Paul Hamm | United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Artistic gymnastics |
Paul Elbert Hamm (born September 24, 1982 in Washburn, Wisconsin) is an American artistic gymnast. He is a World Champion gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist. He won the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Paul participated at the...
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| x Sue Bird |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Basketball |
Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is a professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm.
Sue Bird was born on October 16, 1980 in Long Island, New York. She is the younger of two children to Herschel and Nancy Bird. The...
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| x Ryan Lochte |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Ryan Steven Lochte (born August 3, 1984) is an American swimmer. He is a multiple world record holder and Olympic gold medalist. He is a 2004 Olympic Champion in the 4×200 m freestyle, Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m individual medley and 2008...
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| x Shawn Crawford |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Shawn Crawford (born January 14, 1978) is an American sprint athlete from the United States. He competes over in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m....
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| x Michael Phelps |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer, frequently cited as the greatest swimmer and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. As of August 2, 2009, Phelps...
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| United States of America | 2004 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| x Josefin Lillhage | Sweden | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Josefin Lillhage (born 15 March 1980 in Gothenburg) is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games...
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| x Ian Crocker |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Ian Crocker (born August 31, 1982 in Portland, Maine) is a former American swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic champion and former world record holder in the 100 m butterfly.
Crocker, who specializes in the butterfly, has received five Olympic...
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| United States of America | 2004 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| United States of America | 2000 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| x Lauryn Williams |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States.
Williams was born and raised in suburban Pittsburgh and Detroit, Michigan. She holds her high...
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| x Lindsay Davenport |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Tennis |
Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked...
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| x Alexandre Despatie | Canada | 2000 Summer Olympics | Diving |
Alexandre Despatie (born June 8, 1985) is a Canadian diver from Laval, Quebec. He was the World champion at the 1 and 3m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been World champion in the three categories (1,...
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| Canada | 2004 Summer Olympics | Diving | |||
| Canada | 2008 Summer Olympics | Diving | |||
| x Venus Williams |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Tennis |
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on three separate occasions; as of November 2, 2009, she is ranked World No. 6. She is...
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| x Matthew Emmons | United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Shooting sports |
Matthew D. Emmons (born April 5, 1981 in Mount Holly, New Jersey) is an American sport shooter.
Emmons started out as a successful junior and has been a holder of the junior world record in 50 metre rifle three positions. The young shooter won both...
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| x Amanda Beard |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California), is an American Olympic-level swimmer and model. Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a...
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| x Adam Nelson |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Adam Nelson (born July 7, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games. In 1996, Nelson worked at a concession stand during the...
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| x Christie Rampone |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Football |
Christie Patricia Rampone (born as Christie Patricia Pearce on 24 June 1975, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American soccer defender currently playing for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's...
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| x Roberto Cammarelle | Italy | 2004 Summer Olympics | Boxing |
Roberto Cammarelle (born July 30, 1980 in Milan) is an Italian boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 (Milan) as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
His...
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| x Tonya Verbeek | Canada | 2008 Summer Olympics | Freestyle wrestling |
Tonya Verbeek (born August 14, 1977) is a Canadian wrestler.
She was born in Grimsby, Ontario. She took up wrestling in grade eleven and was undefeated throughout high school in Beamsville, Ontario. She trains at Brock University in St. Catharines,...
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| Canada | 2004 Summer Olympics | Freestyle wrestling | |||
| x Terrence Trammell |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Terrence R. Trammell (born November 23, 1978 to Julie and Roger Trammell in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
The 1997 Track & Field News...
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| x Dara Torres |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming |
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American swimmer. She is the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. She competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 50 meter freestyle, 4×100...
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| United States of America | 2000 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| United States of America | 1992 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| United States of America | 1988 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| United States of America | 1984 Summer Olympics | Swimming | |||
| x Fanny Rinne | Germany | 2008 Summer Olympics | Field hockey |
Fanny Rinne (born April 15, 1980 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Before the tournament in Greece she...
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| Germany | 2004 Summer Olympics | Field hockey | |||
| x Heather Mitts |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Football |
Heather Blaine Mitts (born 9 June 1978, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American soccer defender currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.
Mitts...
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| x Angelo Taylor |
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Angelo F. Taylor (born December 29, 1978) is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Born in Albany, Georgia, Angelo Taylor studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology and won the NCAA title in 1998 and...
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| x Stefan Holm |
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Sweden | 2008 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics |
Stefan Christian Holm (born May 25, 1976) is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, four gold and a silver medal in the World Championships, and a gold, two silver medals and a bronze medal in the European Championships....
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| x Mathew Helm |
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Australia | 2004 Summer Olympics |
Mathew Helm (born December 9, 1980 in Bourke, New South Wales) is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals,...
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