Upon his release from prison, Nelson Mandela promoted them as ambassadors of South African music, and later nominated them to represent their country at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
One was Australian Olympic cyclist Damian McDonald, who won a gold medal in the road team time trial at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, and also represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Delta sponsored the attraction until January 1996, when, due to financial reasons and sponsorship of the 1996 Summer Olympics, they withdrew their sponsorship.
Charles (Carlo) Billich (born 1934) was named Artist of the 1996 Summer Olympics.
"Olympic Reel" was written for the 1996 Summer Olympics, and segues into a medley of the other fiddle tunes and styles of the trio member's cultures, Scottish, Irish, and Texan folk music.
He also narrowly missed the qualification standards for the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics, although in the latter case he came close with a new Scottish record of 8.01 metres.
Hula began covering the Olympics in the late 1980s when Atlanta began its bid for the 1996 Olympics.
He gained 31 caps for Ghana and was picked for the squad at both the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, also featuring in the 1996 Summer Olympics football tournament.
He played for India in various hockey tournaments internationally including the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta.
In 1996, he performed shows as part of the festivities at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was also a member of the Japanese national baseball team, winning a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and placing first in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2009 World Baseball Classic.
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In 1996, at the age of 19, he became the youngest player to ever be chosen for an Olympic baseball team, and his team won a silver medal in the Atlanta Olympics.
Including previously unreleased live performances from her multi-platinum album Falling into You, this 17 song concert-length program also features a rare performance of "The Power of the Dream" written exclusively for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and The Isley Brothers song "Twist and Shout."
Matagami is the birthplace of Canadian swimmer Marianne Limpert, who won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Starting gymnastics at age five she was highly motivated by the competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics and then made it her goal to reach an Olympic games.
Three years later he was appointed the role of Nine Network Olympics reporter, leading the Network's coverage of the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
In 1996, Lipkovskaya won an international tournament in Portugal and a bronze in one event at the European championship, but missed the 1996 Summer Olympics in favor of higher-ranking teammates.
In 1994 he created Pegasus Cloud Projection in Sacramento, California and two years later decorated CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia with the Good Luck World laser projection for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
The Australian Institute of Sport first awarded softball scholarships in 1993, after the 1991 announcement that softball would be included on the programme for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Sara Lee Corp. made the world's longest hot dog, at 1,996 feet long (608.5 m), in commemoration of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Giants infielder and Australian representative at the 1996 Summer Olympics Andrew Scott holds the ABL and club record for most appearances with 469 games played.
Adonis Kemp (born January 31, 1967 in San Nicolaas, Aruba) is a Dutch baseball player who represented the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Anja von Rekowski (born 13 December 1975 in Celle) is a German former judoka who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Among the gymnasts Béla and Márta Károlyi have trained are Nadia Comăneci, Svetlana Boginskaya, Mary Lou Retton, Betty Okino, Teodora Ungureanu, Kim Zmeskal, Kristie Phillips, Dominique Moceanu, and Kerri Strug, whom he is famous for carrying to the podium after she injured her ankle on the gold medal-winning vault in the team competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Carlton Chambers (born June 27, 1975) is a retired sprint athlete from Canada, and a winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
The men's 200m Sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track.
Three years later at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Do Frederico made history along with António Zeferino and Henry Andrade by becoming the first athletes to represent the tiny African nation at the Olympic Games.
Jonathan Winter (born August 18, 1971 in Masterton) is a member of the Ngai Tahu Maori tribe and a former backstroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for his native country.
He represented Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup scoring 3 goals in the tournament, including one in the final.
László Dvorák (born 24 November 1964 in Kőszeg) is a Hungarian former wrestler who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Lazaros Loizidis (born 16 February 1976 in Taldykorgan) is a Greek former wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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.
Leila Sobral (born November 22, 1974 in São Paulo) is a female basketball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal with the women's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia (1996).
Štukelj was presented at the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta in 1996 as then oldest living Olympic gold medalist, where he shook hands with the President of the United States Bill Clinton.
Lightweight rowing was added to the Olympics in 1996 but this came under threat in 2002 when the Programme Commission of the IOC recommended that, outside combat sports and weightlifting, there should not be weight category events.
Lise Maree Mackie (born 10 August 1975 in Te Kuiti, New Zealand) is a New Zealand freestyle swimmer of the 1990s, who won a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics competing for Australia.
Prime 12 was best known for its programmes, notably the World's first Tamil sitcom, Amali Thumali, Malay and Tamil weekly drama strands, Sandiwara and Naadaga Arangam, respectively and also for its sports coverage such as the Southeast Asian Games in 1995, 1997 & 1999, UEFA Euro 1996 (selected matches) and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Robert Esmie (born July 5, 1972) was a Canadian sprinter and member of the 1996 Summer Olympics Gold medal 4x100 m relay.
Robert Prygiel (born 14 April 1976 in Radom) - Polish volleyball player, who played for Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and has played over 136 matches for Polish national team.
During his studies at Messiah College, He participated in a program through Asbury University and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) where he received training, and later worked in paid broadcasting positions at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 1996 with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and National Broadcasting Company.
Susana Garabatos Rodríguez (born March 8, 1979 in Vigo, Pontevedra) is a former freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
That was first gold medal by Finnish woman in Summer Olympics, and only for 44 years, until Heli Rantanen won gold in javelin throw at 1996.
#"Call to All Nations" (Philip Glass, Hart, Hidalgo, Hussein) – 5:13 – previously unreleased; recorded for the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Thomas ("Tom") Sorensen (born April 6, 1971 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tonga became the smallest independent nation to have won an Olympic medal in the Summer games when Super Heavyweight Boxer Paea Wolfgramm earned silver in the 1996 Super heavyweight 91 kg championships in Atlanta.
Wang was coached by Ma Junren until 1995 and by Mao Dezhen from 1995 to her retirement after the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
The Men's Freestyle 130 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 31 to August 1.
The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 29 to July 30.
The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 31 to August 1.
The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 19 to July 20.
The Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 21 to July 22.
The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 21 to July 22.
The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 19 to July 20.
The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 19 to July 20.
The Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 21 to July 22.
The Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 21 to July 22.