at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo , Norway .
Finnish skier Veikko Hakulinen added a goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorsilver and bronze to the two golds and two silvers he had won in 1952 and 1956 .
Irving Warren Jaffee ( September 15 , 1906 in New York City – March 20 , 1981 in San Diego , California ) was an American speed skater who won two goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1932 Winter Olympics , becoming the most successful athlete there along with his compatriot Jack Shea .
His father competed in nordic combined and cross-country skiing events in the 1964 Winter Olympics , and his grandfather , Jack Shea , won two goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in speed skating .
Chamrousse hosted the six alpine skiing events at the 1968 Winter Olympics , where Jean-Claude Killy of France won three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the men 's events .
He became European Champion in 1956 , and won Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 500 meter and 1500 meter events in both 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics ( sharing the 1500 meter victories with respectively Yuri Mikhaylov and Roald Aas ) , competing for the USSR team .
At the Oslo Winter Olympics , he won bronze on the 1500 m , while at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics in 1960 , he finally won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorshared with Yevgeny Grishin , also on 1500 m .
Holt 's maternal grandfather was Buster Crabbe ( 1908–83 ) , an All-American swimmer at USC and goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 400 m freestyle at the 1932 Olympics ; he later starred in film as `` Tarzan '' , `` Flash Gordon '' , and `` Buck Rogers '' .
Her achievement as a British female individual Winter Olympics goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorwas not matched until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver when Amy Williams won gold in Skeleton .
Since taking up the skelton sled , Yarnold has lived in Bath , Somerset , initially in a flat owned by former skeleton athlete and Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 2010 Winter Olympics , Amy Williams .
Lee and Mo Tae-bum , goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat Vancouver 2010 , are close friends since their elementary school period .
At the 1912 Summer Olympics , great pride was taken in the three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorwon by the original `` Flying Finn '' Hannes Kolehmainen .
The nickname was first used of Hannes Kolehmainen , also known as `` '' Smiling Hannes '' '' , as he took home three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorand broke two world records during the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm .
Frederick Sylvester Hird ( December 6 , 1879 – September 27 , 1952 ) was an American sports shooter who won one goldolympics.olympic_medal_honortwo bronze medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden .
Åke Lundeberg ( 14 December 1888 – 29 May 1939 ) was a Swedish sports shooter who won two goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorone silver medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics .
Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie , who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorsilver medals in the Women 's 100m Freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics trained at this pool .
Women 's events were added at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , with Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie being Australia 's first female representatives , winning goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorsilver in the 100 m freestyle , which was the first women 's event on the program .
Swimmer George Hodgson won two goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1912 Summer Olympics , ice hockey goaltender Kim St-Pierre won gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at the 2006 Winter Olympics .
Fitting with the city 's hosting of the Olympic games , the collection also included goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorsilver and bronze medals dating back to 1896 , a collection of Olympic relay torches , and the wreath placed on the head of Ralph Craig ( gold medalist in the 100 and 200 metres ) at the 1912 Summer Olympics .
( His older brother , Ralph Craig , was a track star at the University of Michigan who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 100 and 200-meter events at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden . )
He tied for goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorfellow American Edward Cook at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London for pole vaulting .
She became ( and as of 2014 , still remains due to new age rules ) the youngest female figure skating Olympic champion ( at the age of 15 years , 4 months , and 5 days ) when she won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorpair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics .
He won three Olympic titles at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen : 500 m ( quite surprisingly ) , 5000 m , and 10000 m. On the 1500 m during those Winter Olympics , he won silver – his teammate Charles Mathiesen being the only one to keep him from winning goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorall four speed skating events .
George Eyser ( born August 31 , 1870 , date of death unknown ) was a German-American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics , earning six medals in one day , including three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honortwo silver medals .
Long before the Paralympics , American gymnast George Eyser , who had a wooden leg , competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics , and won three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honor, two silver and a bronze , including a gold in the vault , an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard .
The team 's trainer was the former sprint champion , Archie Hahn , who won three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honor( 60 metres , 100 metres , and 200 metres ) at the 1904 Summer Olympics .
`` Carmen on Ice '' , starring Katarina Witt , Brian Boitano and Brian Orser , was inspired by Witt 's goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorperformance during the 1988 Winter Olympics .
Most notably , Nykänen won three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1988 Winter Olympics , becoming , along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands , the most successful athlete at that event .
One of his main moments in Olympic games is the commentation of Matti Nykänen 's goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorjump in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary .
Among female athletes , Marjo Matikainen-Kallström won a goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1988 Winter Olympics , three World Championships and three overall World Cups and Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi won three golds at both the Olympics and World Championships and two overall World Cup titles .
The pace-setters from his major 1953 attempts , future Commonwealth Games goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorChris Chataway from the 2 May attempt and future Olympic Games gold medallist Chris Brasher from the 27 June attempt , combined to provide pacing on this historic day .
Lipnitskaya was 15 years , 249 days old when Russia won the team trophy , six days younger than American Tara Lipinski , who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe individual event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan .
She became the youngest Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorunder modern rules , being six days younger than American Tara Lipinski was when she won the 1998 Winter Olympics at 15 in Nagano , Japan .
Swedish cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg added a goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorsilver to the four medals he won at the 1956 Winter Games .
He won three goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1972 Winter Olympics , becoming , along with Galina Kulakova of Soviet Union , the most successful athlete there .
In particular , Smetanina won two goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorone silver medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics , becoming the most successful athlete there , along with Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany .
Stensen won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 5,000 m at the 1976 Winter Olympics the next month , a race in which Piet Kleine won silver and the world record holder on that distance , Hans van Helden , won bronze .
Australian Teddy Flack won the first Olympic medals for the club : double goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 800 and 1500 metres at the first modern Olympics in Athens .
Olga Valentinovna Korbut ( born May 16 , 1955 in Grodno ) , also known as the `` Sparrow from Minsk '' , is a former Belarusian gymnast who won four goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorand two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games , in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team .
On February 25 , 2009 , Sylvia 's manager ( and Adrenaline MMA CEO ) Monte Cox announced that Sylvia would face former boxing world heavyweight champion and 1988 Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorRay Mercer in a boxing main event at `` Adrenaline MMA III '' on May 30 , 2009 , at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City .
Nicknamed `` The Killer '' he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia , where he was stopped in the second round of the men 's light-heavyweight division ( – 81 kg ) by Kazakhstan 's eventual goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorVassili Jirov .
In particular , Randy Barnes , the silver medalist in the shot put at the 1988 Olympics and goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the shot put at the 1996 Olympics .
He died in a car crash together with the Polish shot put goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorfrom the 1972 Munich Olympics , Władysław Komar .
Tadeusz Ślusarski ( 19 May 1950 in Żary – 17 August 1998 on the E65 road near Ostromice ) was a Polish Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin pole vault at the 1976 Olympics , as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics ( behind another Polish champion Władysław Kozakiewicz ) .
Two other Swedish athletes won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 2004 Olympic Games : heptathlete Carolina Klüft and triple jumper Christian Olsson .
The Norwegians were also the defending Olympic champion , with Anders Aukland , Estil , Kristen Skjeldal and Thomas Alsgaard winning goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorSalt Lake .
The previous shortest time between winning goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorwas less than an hour when the great Peter Snell ( 800 m ) and Murray Halberg ( 5000 m ) triumphed at the Rome Olympics in 1960 .