Michelle Kwan , an Olympic medalist in Nagano and Salt Lake , planned to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor Turin , but pulled out due to a severe groin strain .

Many of the top professionals in the sport , including 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist Shaun White , come to practice and compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the world famous Super Pipe and Super-Duper Pipe .

At age thirty-seven , Dantzler became the second-oldest U.S. wrestler to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Olympics , with a difference of one month from Christopher Campbell , who previously won the bronze medal in men 's freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona .

After winning multiple World and European Junior titles in 2006 and achieving medals in the under 23 European championships in 2007 , Kenny was selected ahead of Ross Edgar to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

At the time of writing this article , the earliest known deaf person to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Olympic Games was Carlo Orlandi , an Italian boxer who competed in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam .

In 1984 , he was strong 5000 m medal contender for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles , finishing second in Florence behind Said Aouita in a time of 13:10.08 minutes ( fourth in the yearly rankings ) , but was unable to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Olympics due to the Ethiopian boycott .

In 1922 Bill Harris , the bronze medallist in the 100m freestyle at the 1920 Summer Olympics , came to Australia from Honolulu to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the likes of Frank Beaurepaire and Moss Christie .

Mularoni also proved his strength in long-distance swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , when he decided to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1500 m freestyle , which was later dominated by host nation Australia 's Grant Hackett .

Oldham is a Manchester United F.C . fan and considers Vitaly Scherbo to be the gymnast he would most like to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor , for the latter 's performance winning six golds at the 1992 Summer Olympics .

He went on to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor Great Britain in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich , Germany in the 4 x 400-metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Martin Reynolds , Alan Pascoe and David Hemery .

She was selected to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2008 Summer Olympics after beating Vera Sessina to take the second spot in the Russian team , along with Evgenia Kanaeva .

He claimed his third career title in the same division at the 2008 U.S. Open , but suffered a dislocated shoulder in his opening match against Azerbaijan 's Vitaliy Rahimov at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rome , Italy , ending his bid to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2008 Summer Olympics .

In addition to his numerous achievements at both the World and European championships , Deák-Bárdos became the first Hungarian wrestler to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor four consecutive Olympic games since Imre Polyák did so in 1964 .

She was able to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens through the wildcard system , and surprised spectators by winning a silver medal in the women 's singles , after being defeated in the final by China 's Zhang Yining .

Ivan Tsikhan did not compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the hammer throw as a re-test of his sample from the 2004 Athens Olympics , where he won silver , was positive.Hassan Hirt , Amine Laâlou , Marina Marghieva , Diego Palomeque , and defending 50 km walk champion Alex Schwazer were also suspended before taking part in their events .

Ivan Tsikhan did not compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the hammer throw as a re-test of his sample from the 2004 Athens Olympics , where he won silver , was positive .

He qualified to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2004 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight division ( – 54 kg ) where he lost in the first round to Cuba 's eventual gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux .

Then Pain went on to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2006 Winter Olympics where he finished with a silver medal behind fellow Canadian Duff Gibson .

Elek defeated a German with a Jewish father , Helene Mayer , gold medalist at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , one of only two Jews allowed to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor Germany by the Nazis , who admitted her under threat of boycott by the US .

Meanwhile , Jeļena Rubļevska , who won silver in Athens , became the first female modern pentathlete to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor four Olympics , since the sport 's introduction to women in 2000 .

Although she did not compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1992 Summer Olympics , she was one of the most dominant athletes on the track and field circuit , coming a close second to Lyudmila Rogachova at the 1992 IAAF Grand Prix Final and ranking second on points in the 1500 m for the season .

Unable to make the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne due to a leg injury in his first attempt to ride a horse , Sime did compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor Rome four years later , and was second to Armin Hary in the Olympic 100 m .

He recovered in time to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome , where he was the slight favorite over teammate and world record holder Rink Babka .