Olympic Games

the event was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896.

A four-time Olympic gold medallist, he won individual and team gold at the 2012 London Olympics, followed by individual gold and team silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the individual gold for the third time at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

2000 Summer Olympics with Jana Thieme, and the women's quad sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished third in the quad sculls. In addition, Boron has won seven World Championship Gold Medals and five Silver, starting with gold in the double sculls at Tasmania in 1990.

is a member of the Triple Gold Club, individuals who have played for teams that have won the Stanley Cup (1991, 1992), the Ice Hockey World Championships (2005, 2010) and the Olympic gold medal in ice hockey (1998).

She was the first, and along with ski jumper Simon Ammann, only Swiss sportsperson to compete at six Olympics: 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2000.

He is a three-time winning helmsman of the America's Cup for Emirates Team New Zealand in 2017, 2021, and 2024, and a three-time Olympic medalist in the 49er class, of which 2016 was a gold medal together with Blair Tuke.

She is a three-time Olympic medallist, winning team silver in 2000 and 2004, and an individual bronze in 2004. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Current Olympic sports, like badminton, basketball, and volleyball, first appeared on the programme as demonstration sports and were later promoted to full Olympic sports.

the modern Winter Olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it

competed in shooting events in both the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics

It is also the body that presides over ice hockey at the Olympic Games as well as over all levels of the IIHF World Championships.

Additionally, the federation is responsible for determining gymnasts' age eligibility to participate in the Olympics.

The AOC has the exclusive responsibility for the representation of Australia at the Olympic Games (Summer and Winter)

responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games

It is responsible for entering Fiji's representatives in the Olympic Games

is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea (competing as Korea) for the Olympic Games movement

It is also the body responsible for Jamaica's representation at the Olympic Games.

It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games

participation in the Olympic Games. Members of the committee are 35 sports federations

The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics

The committee has an exclusive right to represent Ukraine in the Olympic Games

sole authority for representation of the Philippines in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games

responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international sports competitions

selects teams and raises funds to send Thailand competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the Olympic Games

Their duty is to organize Indonesian participation in international sporting events, such as Summer Olympic Games, Asian Games, and Southeast Asian Games.

The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games

It organises and leads Moroccan delegations participating in the Olympic Games and other multidisciplinary competitions

It also cooperates with the International Olympic Committee in the organization of Weightlifting events at the Olympic Games

Anthony has played in the Olympics for the US national team a record four times

NBA title and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice

She has won three Olympic track gold medals

winning four Olympic gold medals (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)

He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters

winner of two Olympic gold medals

2012 Olympic teams

won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States

won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics

winning a bronze medal in the Olympics in 2004

two Olympic gold medals

winning gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics

2016 Olympic team

making one Olympic appearance

a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner (1992 and 1996)

He is also two-time Olympic Gold medalist

she was the 2011 world champion and the 2012 Olympic silver medalist

1992 Olympic Games and 1996 Olympic Games

2012 Olympic Games in London

2012 Olympic champion

two-time Olympic champion

2012 Olympic champion

She has won three Olympic gold medals with Team USA

A five-time Olympic player and a three-time Olympic medalist

competed for his nation at several Olympic Games

Bird was also a member of the gold medal-winning 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball team, known as the "Dream Team".

In addition, she won the season-ending Tour Finals two times in singles and three in doubles, an Olympic silver medal in doubles, and a record 17 Tier I singles titles.

She won the gold medal at the Olympics in 2004 and 2012.

Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.

She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games.

Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold, and a WNBA title.

In 2012, Morgan and the U.S. team won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics, and Morgan registered 28 goals and 21 assists, becoming the second American woman after Mia Hamm to register 20 goals and 20 assists in a calendar year.

He participated in three Winter Olympics, 1972, 1976 and 1980, finishing with two gold medals and one silver, and participated in the 1972 Summit Series against Team Canada.

He won the gold medal in the Men's +100 kg event at the Summer Olympics three times (2012, 2016, and 2024) and, as a member of the French team, in the mixed team event twice (2020 and 2024).

She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding.

Hanyu is the first men's singles skater in 66 years since Dick Button to win back-to-back Olympic titles (2014, 2018), and the first Asian Olympic champion in that discipline.

He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time.

Johnson was the co-captain of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team"), which won the Olympic gold medal in Barcelona.

He is the 1988 Olympic Champion, a record six-time consecutive World Champion, a record four-time World Indoor Champion, the 1985 European Indoor Champion, the 1986 European Champion and a seven-time IAAF Grand Prix Final Champion.

Deng Yaping (Chinese: 邓亚萍; pinyin: Dèng Yàpíng; born February 5, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997.

Isabell Werth (born 21 July 1969 in Issum) is a German equestrian who has competed in dressage at seven Olympic Games, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024, winning the gold medal in the team event in all seven, and one gold and six silver medals in the individual event.

He won four Olympic gold medals and thirteen world titles in a range of classes including Snipe, Soling, Star, Flying Dutchman, Finn, 505, and 5.5 Metre.

In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time world champion (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003) and a nine-time U.S. champion (1996, 1998-2005).

Teun Floris de Nooijer (born 22 March 1976) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad, in 1996 and in 2000, and was on the team in 2012.

Hermann Maier (born 7 December 1972) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

He won an Olympic gold medal and skippered three Americas Cup victories in 1995, 2000, and 2003.

James Edward Cracknell, (born 5 May 1972) is a British rowing and endurance athlete, double Olympic gold medalist and winner of six world championship titles.

He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals in 2002 and 2010.

Rezazadeh is a two-time Olympic champion, four-time World Weightlifting champion, and five-time Asian champion.

Tomba won three Olympic gold medals, two World Championships, and nine World Cup season titles: four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title.

Kjetil André Aamodt (born 2 September 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup.

He is a six-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup.

Petter Northug Jr. (born 6 January 1986) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier and double Olympic champion.

He won the gold medal in mountain biking at the 2016 Olympics, the silver medal 2012 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics.

He was a three-time Olympic gold medalist, having played a key role in India's wins in London (1948), Helsinki (1952) (as vice captain), and Melbourne (1956) (as captain) Olympics.

She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist, winning the 3000 metres in 1992 and 1998 and the 5000 metres in 1992.

In the summer of 1996, O'Neal was named to the United States Olympic basketball team, and was later part of the gold medal-winning team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 world championship medals, including four Olympic gold medals.

Over 200 metres, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion (2005-2009), and a two-time Olympic silver medalist (2004 and 2008).

One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine World Championships medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).

With the Dutch national team, where she usually plays as a midfielder, De Waard became a two-time Olympic champion (2020, 2024), a three-time world champion (2014, 2018, 2022) and a four-time European champion (2017, 2019, 2023, 2025).

Kristin Otto (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪstɪn ˈʔɔtoː] ; born 7 February 1966) is a former East German swimmer, becoming Olympic, World and European champion, multiple times.

Hannah Stockbauer (German pronunciation: [ˈhana ˈʃtɔkˌbaʊ̯ɐ] ; born 7 January 1982) is a World Champion, Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Germany.

Paul Vincent Costello (December 27, 1894, April 17, 1986) was an American triple Olympic gold medal winner in rowing.

Brendel is the 2016 Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events.

He won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, five world championships and five silver medals, giving him a total of 10 medals, more than any weightlifter in history (to date).

Count Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö (28 April 1872-13 June 1957) was a Swedish Army officer, equerry and horse rider who competed at the 1912 and 1928 Olympics.

Competing in five consecutive Olympics, he won two gold medals in dressage in 1952, and two gold medals in 1956.

Sergei Ivanovich Filatov (Russian: Серге́й Иванович Филатов, 25 September 1926-3 April 1997) was a Soviet equestrian who competed in the mixed dressage at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics.

She won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.

She is a 4-time Olympian, winning a gold medal and three additional medals.

Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch RS:X won the gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champion in the All-around (2013-2015), the 2015 European Games All-around champion, two-time (2014, 2016) European Championships All-around champion, the 2012 European Junior ball champion.

She was the 2020 Olympic All-around silver medalist, the only four-time (2021, 2019, 2018, 2017) World All-around Champion, the 2018 silver and 2021 European All-around bronze medalist and the 2016 Grand Prix Final All-around silver medalist.

With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time (1969-1972) world champion.

He was a two-time Olympic champion, having won gold with Natalia Mishkutionok in 1992 and with Oksana Kazakova in 1998.

Adam Joseph van Koeverden (born January 29, 1982) is a Canadian sprint kayaker, Olympic gold medallist, and politician serving since 2025 as the Secretary of State for Sport in the 30th Canadian Ministry.

She is the 1996 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a five-time World Indoor champion.

She was the 1980 Olympic silver medalist in the 400 metres.

Kabaeva is one of the most decorated gymnasts in rhythmic gymnastic history, with 2 Olympic medals, 14 World Championship medals, and 21 European Championship medals.

Competing with Gwendal Peizerat for France, she is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World champion, and a six-time French national champion.

Robert Marek Korzeniowski (born 30 July 1968) is a Polish former racewalker who won four gold medals at the Olympic Games and three gold medals at World Championships.

She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

He represented West Germany, winning several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984.

Holding dual British and Canadian citizenship, Lewis represented Canada as an amateur at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning the super-heavyweight gold medal in 1988.

Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (Finnish: [ˈhɑnːes ˈkolehmɑi̯nen] ; 9 December 1889-11 January 1966) was a Finnish four-time Olympic gold medalist and a world record holder in middle- and long-distance running.

Annegret Richter (née Irrgang; born 13 October 1950) is a German (former West German) athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion.

Elizabeth R. Schwartz (née Robinson; August 23, 1911, May 18, 1999) was an American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 metres for women.

Rosemarie "Rosi" Ackermann (née Witschas; born 4 April 1952) is a German former high jumper, Olympic champion and multiple world record holder.

Karin Büttner-Janz (née Janz, born 17 February 1952) is a German medical doctor and former gymnast who won World and Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics for East Germany.

He won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and a world title in 1953, 1955 and 1958.

Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-2 500 m event, earning them in 1964 and 1968.

He became Olympic champion on the large hill in 2018 and won six World Champion titles at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2015 and 2017.

He is the 1964 Olympic champion, the 1964 World champion, and an eight-time German national champion.

Eva Adamczyková, née Samková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛva ˈadamt͡ʃɪkovaː]; born 28 April 1993) is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross.

He was an Olympic champion in 1976 and 1980, world champion in 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1978, European champion in 1974, 1975 and 1982, and Soviet champion in 1973-78 and 1980.

In 1984 and 1988 she won two team gold and bronze medal at the Olympics competing for West Germany and a silver competing for Germany.

He won a gold medal in the 3000m team race and a silver medal in the 1500m at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

He placed 11th at the 1976 Olympics and sixth at the 1977 and 1978 world championships.

At the Olympic Games, Biles is a two-time gold medalist in the individual all-around (2016, 2024).

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Rapinoe scored once in her team's 3-0 group stage victory over Colombia.

As an amateur, Tyson won gold medals at the 1981 and 1982 Junior Olympic Games, defeating Joe Cortez in 1981 and beating Kelton Brown in 1982.

As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984.

Susanti won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States.

Stoch competed at the Olympic Games six times, in Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022 and Milano Cortina 2026.

Salinero quickly took over as van Grunsven's top horse, and remained in that position until his retirement in 2013, after making a major comeback to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles he won three gold medals.

Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.

At the 2004 Olympic Games, Beerbaum and his mount, Goldfever, managed to finish with only 4 penalty points, helping Germany earn the team gold medal.

Annan's former husband Max Caldas previously coached the Netherlands women's team to a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.

He holds the record for the most global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles), making him the most successful male track distance runner in the history of the sport, and he is the most successful British track athlete in Olympic Games history.

He also competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, winning two gold medals as a member of the U.S. national team.

He also won a gold medal in the men's 10,000 metres and a silver medal in the men's 5000 metres in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Franziska won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged only 14.

Salnikov made his debut at the Olympic Games in 1976 in Montreal, at the age of 16.

Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS (born 8 November 1974) is a South African former swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, making her South Africa's first post-apartheid Olympic gold medallist following South Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992.

She was the only to do so until the 2008 Olympic Games when long jump athlete Irving Saladino of Panama won a gold medal.

Van den Hoogenband returned to the Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing and finished fifth in the 100 m freestyle.

She also won the bronze medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke, thus becoming only the 2nd Frenchwoman to win three medals in a single Olympic Games, Summer or Winter.

Since his high profile win at the Athens Olympic Games, Moon has become a well known celebrity in South Korea, owing to his performance in the Gold Medal round.

He competed at three different Olympic Games.

She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.

His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games.

He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games.

He became the fourth athlete to die during preparations for a Winter Olympics, and the eighth athlete to die as a result of Olympic competition or during practice at their sport's venue at an Olympic Games.

Raelene Ann Boyle (born 24 June 1951) is an Australian retired athlete, who represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals, and was named one of 100 National Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia in 1998.

Her foremost achievements were winning two world championships and two silver medals at the Olympic Games.

He also won a bronze medal over 1500 m and a gold medal in the team 3000 m at the Olympic Games in Stockholm 1912.

He has competed in five Olympic Games, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016, and Tokyo 2021.

In the Olympic Games 10,000m finals of both the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he was defeated by Gebrselassie by slim margins.

Along with the statues, Cynisca also celebrated her victories with an inscription, declaring that she was the only woman to win the wreath in the chariot events at the Olympic Games.

bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics

team silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul

competed at two Olympic Games

Competing in three Winter Olympics

He competed in two events at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Internationally, Wilson plays for the United States women's national basketball team, with whom she has won two Olympic and two World Cup gold medals.

Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk," she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team, and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1988.

She has been inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame twice: in 2017 for her individual playing career, and in 2026 as a member of the 1996 United States women's Olympic basketball team.

Deborah Elizabeth Meyer (born August 14, 1952), also known by her married name Deborah Meyer Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a 1968 three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in five freestyle events: 200, 400, 800, and 1500 meters, and 880yd freestyle.

Patricia Joan Keller McCormick (May 12, 1930, March 7, 2023) was an American competitive diver who won both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1952 and 1956.

Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910-14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever".

A multiple World and Olympic champion, Dujardin has been described as the dominant dressage rider of her era.

In 1980, her last year as a competitor, she secured her third Olympic medal (and first gold) at Lake Placid and won five World Cup races.

She is the first pair skater to win the Olympic title with two different partners, followed only by Artur Dmitriev.

She has competed in six Olympics.

In 2008 she won an Olympic gold medal in the Laser Radial single handed sailing class.

She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

He is the only show jumper to have won five Olympic gold medals and a total of seven Olympic medals, and to compete and win medals in six different Olympic Games.

In 2009, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as an individual, and again in 2010 as a member of the 1992 United States Olympic basketball team.

Stephan Patrick Veen (born 27 July 1970, in Groningen) is a retired field hockey forward and midfielder from The Netherlands, who twice became olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000.

Jay Jason Stacy (born 9 August 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who participated in four Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988.

He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and was unbeaten in the individual medley events from 1985 until his retirement in 1993.

Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won eight medals including six golds (1948: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1952: K-1 1000 m, 1956: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1960: K-2 1000 m), one silver (1952: K-1 10000 m), and one bronze (K-1 1000 m).

He is a three-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

With partner Irina Rodnina, he is a two-time (1976, 1980) Olympic champion, six-time World champion and seven-time European champion.

She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000.

She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 4 × 100 m relay and 100 m sprint and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively.

His career highlights include an Olympic silver medal from 1980, a European Championship title from 1982, and a gold medal in the inaugural World Championships in 1983.

He had his best achievements in freestyle wrestling, winning gold medals at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and 1954, 1957, and 1959 world championships.

He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber.

He set 80 world records and 81 Soviet national records in weightlifting and won Olympic gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 games.

In 1988, after setting a world record of 10.49 for 100 metres at the U.S. Olympic Trials, she won three golds and one silver medal at the Seoul Games.

Schneider won both the slalom and giant slalom at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games.

When only 17 years old, as a high school junior, she played on the 1975 Pan American Games gold medal team and later played on the 1976 Olympic team.

Henry Maske was a boxing legend, firstly in East Germany, winning the middleweight gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and becoming light-heavyweight world champion the following year, having been a world champion runner-up in 1986.

Shota Chochishvili was the first Soviet judoka to win an Olympic gold, losing only one match to eventual silver medalist David Starbrook in the third round of the half-heavyweight class at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

At the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics she came in eighth.

In 1936, she won the Olympic gold, although she would have placed second by modern-day rules.

Cuba has been the most successful national team at the Olympics, medaling in five of the six Olympics in which baseball was played, with three gold medals and two silver medals.

Indonesia is one of the only two countries beside China who has won all badminton disciplines in the Olympic Games.

The Italy national fencing team represents Italy in International fencing competitions such as Olympic Games or World Fencing Championships.

The Norway national alpine ski team represents Norway in International alpine skiing competitions such as Winter Olympic Games, FIS Alpine Ski World Cup and FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

At nine World Championships, nine World Ski-Flying Championships and five Winter Olympics, Ahonen won a total of 19 medals, equaling the medal count of Matti Nykänen . Despite his success, Ahonen struggled at the Olympic arena by never winning an individual Olympic medal, placing fourth three times (in 1998, 2002 and 2010 in normal hill), winning only two team silvers (2002 and 2006).

In 1968, Heide Rosendahl finished eighth in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics, but then in 1972 had her greatest moments winning the gold medal sensationally with the sprint relay against the former GDR, winning the long jump, and adding a silver in the pentathlon.

Olympic gold medalist

the first Olympic champion from his country Uganda

four Olympic gold medals

5000 m Olympic champion at the 1992 Summer Olympics

two-time Olympian

She is an Olympic gold medalist

a boxing match that took place either at the 71st or 72nd Olympic Games