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unusual facts about olympic medalist



Norman Dello Joio

He was the father of American Olympic medalist (equestrian), Norman Dello Joio, and composer Justin Dello Joio.

Richard Legendre

In 2005 he was a candidate in the Parti Québécois's leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister François Legault and sprinter and olympic medalist Bruny Surin.


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2013 Maccabiah Games

American Olympic medalist swimmer Garrett Weber-Gale won the gold medal in the men’s 100 free with a time of 48.99, and won the gold medal in the men's 50 meter sprint with a new Maccabiah record time of 22.68 seconds.

Aigars

Aigars Fadejevs (born 1975) Latvian track and field athlete and Olympic medalist

Ainārs

Ainārs Kovals (born 1981), a Latvian javelin thrower and Olympic medalist.

Andy Lippincott

The panel (created by G. Scott Austen, Marceo Miranda and Juan-Carlos Castano) reads: "In Loving Memory: Andy Lippincott 1945-1990. Community leader, conservationist, author, Olympic medalist, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize!"

Athina Onassis Roussel

She began dating Brazilian professional showjumper (and two-time Olympic medalist) Álvaro de Miranda Neto, more commonly known as "Doda", in March 2003, and moved to São Paulo, where the couple now live.

Betty Okino

Elizabeth Anne ("Betty") Okino (born June 4, 1975 in Entebbe, Uganda) is an American actress, and former gymnast and Olympic medalist.

Brajković

Jasna Šekarić née Brajković (born 1965), Serbian sports shooter and Olympic medalist

Caulkins

Tracy Caulkins (born 1963), U.S.competition swimmer and Olympic medalist

Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute

One example of this is Victor Davis, who was a successful Canadian swimmer, and Olympic Medalist.

Charles Cornelius

Charles Cornelius is an Olympic Medalist and Former Indian Hockey Goal Keeper who represented the Indian national hockey team in the 1973 Hockey World Cup and the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.

Duey

Henry Duey (1908–1993), American weightlifter and Olympic medalist

Emerich Jenei

Jenei is married to Ileana, former fencing player for Romania world champion and Olympic medalist.

Gabriel Mercedes

Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes (born November 12, 1979 in Monte Plata, Monte Plata) is a Dominican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist.

Global Boxing Gym

Global Boxing has also served as a filming facility for Everlast photo shoots for professional athletes such as NFL running back Reggie Bush, Super Six Champion Andre Ward, 2008 Bronx Olympic medalist Deontay Wilder and many more.

Grenade Gloves

In 2001, Grenade began when 2 time Olympic Medalist Danny Kass and his brother, who is also a professional snowboarder, Matt decided they could create an ultimate snowboard glove.

Haileybury Astana

The school's notable guests have included President Nursultan Nazarbayev, B.T. Zhumagulov (Kazakhstan's Minister of Education), tennis star Martina Hingis, Olympic medalist Serik Sapiyev, and Murat the Clown, former child star and holder of the record of youngest professional clown in the world.

He Chong

At the 2008 Olympics He Chong defeated an elite field of divers including, the two time world champion Alexandre Despatie, the 2006 world cup champion Qin Kai, and eight time Olympic medalist Dmitri Sautin.

Ionela

Ionela Târlea (born 1976), Romanian track and field athlete, Olympic medalist

Kevin Burnham

Kevin Lobdell Burnham (born December 21, 1956 in Hollis, New York) is an American two-time Olympic medalist in the sport of sailing.

Krūmiņš

Jānis Krūmiņš (1930–1994), Latvian basketball player and Olympic medalist.

Levon Hayrapetyan

Levon is the son of field hockey Olympic medalist Sos Hayrapetyan.

Low hurdles

Ottoz had bettered the automatic time of 22.63 by British Olympic medalist and multi-time World Champion Colin Jackson, who held the world record in the much more common 110 metre hurdles for almost 13 years.

Mauricio Isla

He is the only right-back in the current Chilean squad, despite having alternatives such as olympic medalist Cristián Álvarez, and youngters Stefano Magnasco and Miiko Albornoz

Max Long

Maxie Long (1878–1959), American athlete and Olympic medalist

Meyaneh

Among famous people from Meyaneh are Jafar Panahi, director of the movies The Circle, The White Balloon and Crimson Gold, singers Dariush Eghbali and Davood Behboodi, traditional singer Bahram Saranag (Azmakan), actress Afsar Asadi, volleyball player Behnam Mahmoudi, Olympic medalist Yossef Karami.

Mytton

Devereaux Mytton (1924–1989), Australian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist

Naples High School

Brian Shimer (Class of 1980) – former USA1 Bobsled driver and Olympic Medalist in 2002 Salt Lake City - currently a coach of USA Bobsled teams in Lake Placid New York

Paul Foerster

Paul J. Foerster (born November 19, 1963 in Rangely, Colorado) is an American Olympic medalist in sailing, who has won a total of three Olympic medals during his career.

Rize

Kazım Ayvaz - Olympic medalist and world champion in wrestling

Rohullah Nikpai

Nikpai competed in the 58 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics, defeating two-time world champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain to win the bronze medal, making him Afghanistan's first Olympic medalist in any event.

Rudisha

Daniel Rudisha (born 1945), Kenyan 400 metres runner and Olympic medalist (father of David)

Ryan Gregson

He improved his personal best over 1500 metres by more than four seconds to 3:31.06 and finished 5th, beating among others former World Champion and Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat and breaking Simon Doyle's 19-year-old Australian and Oceanian record.

Spruce Creek High School

Ryan Lochte, American competitive swimmer and an eleven-time Olympic medalist

Stanko Bloudek

He was a great friend of Rudolf Cvetko, the first Slovene Olympic medalist, after he helped him keep his job and in promoting fencing in Ljubljana.

Tarvis Simms

He was a National Golden Gloves champion in 1993 at Middleweight and defeated future super middleweight champion Byron Mitchell as well as future Olympic Medalist Roshii Wells.

Torrance High School

Townsend Saunders - Olympic Medalist Freestyle Wrestling, wrestling alumni.

Villierstown

John Treacy, the former athlete and Olympic medalist, who represented Ireland at four Olympic Games between 1980 and 1992, hails from the area.

Yaowapa Boorapolchai

She defeated Ivett Gonda of Canada and Gladys Alicia Mora Romero of Colombia in the repechage tournament to win the bronze and become the first Thai Olympic medalist outside of boxing and weightlifting.