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6 unusual facts about 2004 Summer Olympics


Andreas Keller

The former striker and goalgetter is related to German female hockey star Natascha Keller, who won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics; he is her older brother.

Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales

The Greek Australian Sports Hall of Fame was established to commemorate the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.

Helena Lucas

Lucas initially focused on competing in the 470 class in non-disabled competition, attempting to qualify to compete for Great Britain at both the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Games.

Isavella Dara

During the 2004 Summer Olympics, the model visited the Water Plaza fun park, an Olympic venue, which housed the sculpture "The Olive: The Tree of Athens", on which she and many other celebrities signed their names.

Pasek

Andrzej Pasek, Polish 52nd place in Mixed individual eventing, 2004 Summer Olympics

Whiteburn

After remixing 2 tracks of extra content for the special release of his album "The Piano Player”, Whiteburn were asked to work with Maksim again to produce the official classical single for the Athens Olympics "Olympic Dream" which was also released on "Harmony" (The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Classical Album) and Maksim's "Variations Part I&II" by EMI Classics.


1988 Junior Olympics

Many athletes from these games went on to play in the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

2006 FITA Archery World Cup

The 2006 FITA Archery World Cup was the first edition of the FITA Archery World Cup, designed to highlight archery in some of the world's "most spectacular" locations following the success of the 2003 World Archery Championships in New York and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Abdel Bouckar

He is a former member of the Angola national basketball team, and competed for Angola at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2005 African Championship, 2006 Lusophony Games and 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Annabelle Euranie

Annabelle Euranie (born September 4, 1982 in Gonesse, France) is a French judoka who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's half-lightweight division.

Barendrecht

She won four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals in the freestyle and butterfly events at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Barys Tasman

He predicted the success of Belarusian sport stars Max Mirnyi and Vladimir Voltchkov, the main sensation of Olimpics-2004 Yulia Nestsiarenka and others.

Branimir Petrović

He was part of the Serbia and Montenegro team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they exited in the first round, finishing last in Group C behind gold-medal winners Argentina, Australia and Tunisia.

Chantelle Newbery

But the highlight of her diving career was winning the gold medal in the 10m Platform event at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games ahead of Lao Lishi of China and fellow Australian, Loudy Tourky.

Chen Chih-yuan

A well-known slugger since college era in the Fu Jen Catholic University, Chen had been a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team between 1997 and 2004, participating the 2004 Summer Olympics in which he hit a home run in the match against Greece.

Chitra Soman

Soman finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur.

Courtney McCool

Courtney Lynn McCool (born April 1, 1988 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American gymnast, who was a team member in the 2004 Summer Olympics women's artistic gymnastic team.

Davey Johnson

Johnson briefly managed the Netherlands national team in 2003 during the absence of Robert Eenhoorn, then served as a bench coach under Eenhoorn at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 22 August to 27 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece.

Igor Cassina

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, his competition saw a crowd protest over a low score for a routine by Alexei Nemov of Russia, which lasted for fifteen minutes until the score was raised.

Jiang Yonghua

On 20 August 2004, she also broke the Olympic record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, setting a time of 34.112 seconds, but was beaten by Australia's Anna Meares a few minutes later, with new Olympic and world record time of 33.952 seconds.

Joanna Hayes

Joanna Dove Hayes (born December 23, 1976 in Williamsport) is an American hurdler, who won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

José Villalobos

He was a member of Costa Rica U23 team who competed at 2004 Summer Olympics, playing the full 90 minutes in all matches as Costa Rica lost to Argentina on the quarterfinals and scoring in the group stage match against Portugal.

K.Bhta

He has composed music for the documentaries, movies, and the theatre, and received international attention for his contribution to the Opening Ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Kevin Eastler

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Eastler competed as a member of the U.S. track and field team in the men's 20 km race walk, along with his teammates Tim Seaman and John Nunn.

Kosuke Fukudome

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.

Lajos Virág

Virag made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's 96 kg class, against Cuba's Ernesto Peña and United States' Garrett Lowney.

Lazaros Loizidis

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.

Li Weiwei

She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Lorena Zaffalon

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece, she came seventh in the Women's Team competition and eighth in the Women's Duet competition (alongside Beatrice Spaziani).

Marsha Marescia

Marsha Cox (née Marescia; born 13 January 1983 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Mickaël Bourgain

Mickaël Bourgain (born 28 May 1980 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French track cyclist, who won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant.

Nate Ackerman

Ackerman competed in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games as part of the Great Britain National Team.

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.

Noémi Tóth

Noémi Tóth (born June 7, 1976 in Szentes, Hungary) is a female water polo defender from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Paora Winitana

He appeared in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, and also achieved a silver medal as part of the Tall Blacks at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Paul Soulikias

In 2004, he was honoured by the Olympic City of Nea Ionia with an exhibition as part of the cultural events of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Pete Sykaras

Panagiotis "Pete" Sykaras (born 5 May 1979 in Niles, Illinois) is a Greek baseball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Phil Eatherton

He played for the United States national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Poseidonos Avenue

The road is notable for having some of the stadiums that were used in the 2004 Athens Olympics, going through the major Olympic complexes of Faliro and Hellinikon.

Prikeba Phipps

Prikeba ("Keba") Reed Phipps (born June 30, 1969 in Lakewood, California) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Rai Utile

Has shared its frequencies to Rai Festival during the Festival della canzone italiana in April 2004, to Rai Azzurri during the UEFA Euro 2004 (from 11 June 2004) and to Rai Olimpia during the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Rajwinder Kaur

Kaur finished seventh in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman.

Sathi Geetha

Geetha finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates K. M. Beenamol, Chitra K. Soman and Rajwinder Kaur.

Srđan Radonjić

Radonjić was part of the Serbia and Montenegro team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which finished fourth in Group C, behind gold-medal winners Argentina, Australia and Tunisia.

Steven Blackford

Riding in a Jeep driven by his girlfriend, 2004 Summer Olympics silver medalist Sara McMann, Blackford, was ejected from the car when it ran off the road and rolled over.

Stratton Mountain School

Other medal-owning alumni include Lindsey Jacobellis ('03), with a silver medal in snowboard cross in Torino, Italy, and Kristen Luckenbill ('97), with a gold medal in soccer at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.

Stuart Dangerfield

However, Millar's admission to using the illegal drug EPO and consequent expulsion from the Great Britain squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics meant that Dangerfield was called up into the Olympic squad to race the time trial.

The Dream with Roy and HG

The Dream with Roy and HG was a sports/comedy talk show, broadcast every night during the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics, presented by Australian comedy duo Roy and HG.

Volodymyr Rybin

Rybin also won a silver medal in the Madison in 2006 and has represented Ukraine at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Wu Wen-chien

Wu Wen-Chien (吳文騫 born June 9, 1977) is a Taiwanese Olympic long-distance runner that represented Chinese Taipei in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in the marathon.


see also

Balogh

Suzanne Balogh, an Australian gold medalist in Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's trap

Forever the Moment

South Korea won the silver medal in women's handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, following a close game against Denmark which was decided by a penalty shootout.

Guo Jingjing

After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guo became a Chinese national sports figure in the public eye, with a contract with McDonald's, as well as multiple other endorsement contracts.

Koji Murofushi

Among the favorites at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he eventually won the gold medal after the disqualification of Adrián Annus, and in 2004 gained a doctorate in physical education from the Chyukyo University, in Nagoya, where he is now an associate professor in the Faculty of Sports Science.

Linda Király

The next songs she recorded were "Lesz-e napsugár még?", the Hungarian version from the Disney movie Home on the Range, and the 2004 summer Olympics song "Olimpiai dal", a duet with Megasztár singing contest winner László Gáspár.

Olympic Sports Complex

Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Greece, created following the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rajmund

Rajmund Fodor (born 1976), Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics

Ringoes, New Jersey

Jason Read, Olympian, Gold Medalist in the Mens 8+ in the 2004 Summer Olympics

Saeed Al Maktoum

Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, (born 1976) participate at 2004 Summer Olympics Shooting, Saeed II great-grand son

Toshinari

Toshinari Suwa, member of the men's marathon team for Japan in the 2004 Summer Olympics

Xiaoling

Deng Xiaoling (邓小玲; born 1974), female softball player who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics