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unusual facts about 1996 Olympics



Christian Bassedas

He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a gold medal at the 1995 Pan Americans, where he captained the team.

Clinton, Arkansas

John Hargis1996 Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer is a 1992 Clinton high school graduate.

Ed Hula

Hula began covering the Olympics in the late 1980s when Atlanta began its bid for the 1996 Olympics.

Giltedge

Giltedge was selected for the United States eventing team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Lee Kyung-Soo

He was also a squad member of the South Korea under-23 football team (which participated at the 1996 Olympics), even though at the time of the 1996 Olympics, he was still at Soongsil University.

Nauru at the 2008 Summer Olympics

This was the same number of athletes as at the 1996 Olympics, when Marcus Stephen (who later became President of Nauru) represented the country in the same sport, but was a decrease from the nation's last appearance at the Games when three athletes were sent to Athens.

Nauru's representation of sole athlete in the 2008 Games was the same number of athletes as at the 1996 Olympics, when Marcus Stephen—incumbent President of Nauru, President of the Nauru Olympic Committee and Oceania Weightlifting Federation—represented the country in the same sport.

Rubab Raza

She became the second Pakistani female to compete at the Olympics—following Shabana Akhtar at the 1996 Olympics--shortly before the country's third female competitor, Sumaira Zahoor, who ran the 1500m at the 2004 Games a few days after Raza swam.

Shannon Boxx

Boxx is the younger sister of Gillian Boxx, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics with the United States softball team.


see also

Galina Tsareva

Nikolai (b. 1973) is a Russian cyclist who won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics; Aleksei is also a competitive cyclist, whereas Svetlana (b. 1985) is a prominent Russian tennis player.

Gil Young-ah

Gil retired from badminton after the 1996 Olympics and is currently serving as an assistant coach of the Samsung Electronics badminton team.

Robert Gary

At the 1996 Olympic Trials Gary finished 2nd in the 3,000 meter Steeplechase to qualify for the 1996 Olympics.