Ariel Hernández Azcuy ( born May 3 , 1970 or April 8 , 1972 ) is a boxer from Cuba , who won two Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the Middleweight division ( 71–75 kg ) ; at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics .
Emma Snowsill , 2008 Beijing Olympics Women 's Triathlon goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorcommented that `` You shared and cared in your knowledge and passion for our sport more than anyone Jackie Fairweather .
1956 Melbourne Olympics silver medallist in 400– and 1500 metres freestyle events , Tsuyoshi Yamanaka , won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin these two events .
Afanasijs Kuzmins ( born March 22 , 1947 in Daugavpils District ) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event ; goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia .
The first week of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China was quiet for Jamaica , but on Saturday 16 August , Usain Bolt won their first of many goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorby smashing his own 100 m World Record by 0.03 seconds in the final , recording a time of 9.69 s .
Among the breaststrokers that Gathercole coached were Ian O'Brien ( 1964 Summer Olympics 200-metre breaststroke champion ) , Beverley Whitfield ( 1972 Summer Olympics 200-metre breaststroke champion ) , Linley Frame ( 1991 World Aquatics Championships 100-metre breaststroke champion ) , Phil Rogers ( 1992 Summer Olympics 100-metre breaststroke bronze medallist ) and Lisa Forrest ( dual goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1982 Commonwealth Games ) .
Notably , he coached Don Thompson , who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 50 kilometre walking event at the 1960 Olympics .
The Olympic test held there in December 1990 was won by 1980 Winter Olympics men 's downhill goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorLeonhard Stock of Austria .
Champion was New Zealand 's only Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin swimming until 1996 , when Danyon Loader won in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle events at the Atlanta Olympics .
He is the son of Vasily Pavlovich Rochev who won two medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , New York ( goldolympics.olympic_medal_honor4 x 10 km , silver : 30 km ) and two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun ( silver : 4 x 10 km , bronze : 15 km ) .
Notable alumni include Sir Edmund Barton , the first Prime Minister of Australia ( 1901–1903 ) , Sir William McMahon , 20th Prime Minister of Australia ( 1971–1972 ) , Malcolm Turnbull , 29th and current Prime Minister of Australia , Bruce Gyngell , first person to appear on Australian television , Andrew `` Boy '' Charlton , an Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorswimmer , and also Banjo Paterson – bush poet and balladist , and author of `` The Man From Snowy River '' and `` Waltzing Matilda , '' and who now has a library in the school named after him .
David Egmont Theile ( born 17 January 1938 ) is an Australian former backstroke swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s , who won consecutive goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 100-metre backstroke at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics , the only Australian to do so .
Winners of multiple medals include the Cordoban boxer Rafael Lozano ( bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta , Georgia , USA and silver in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia ) ; sailor Theresa Zabell , Malagueña by adoption ( goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996 ) .
Four of his athletes competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia , including the 400m hurdles goldolympics.olympic_medal_honor, Deon Hemmings .
He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics , where he was beaten in the second round by eventual goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorPentti Hämäläinen from Finland .
The head coaches at WOGA are Valeri Liukin , goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorsilver medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games representing the former Soviet Union , and Yevgeny Marchenko , a five-time World Champion in Sport Acrobatics .
In January 2012 , the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports forwarded his name again , this time along with 2008 Summer Olympics goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorshooter Abhinav Bindra and mountaineer Tenzing Norgay .
At the 2004 Summer Olympics , Nazaryan was defeated by eventual Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorJung Ji-Hyun in the semifinals .
Williams was unusual for an elite male runner at the time in that he had a female coach : 1968 Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorBarbara Ferrell .
Yuriy is now married to former Soviet thrower Natalya Lisovskaya , who won the shot put goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1988 Olympics and has the world record of 22,63 m .
1992 and 1996 Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorMarie-José Pérec and 2002 European and 2003 World Championships gold medalist Muriel Hurtis-Houairi were the previous two .
American swimmer Michael Phelps was the most successful athlete , winning eight goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorand setting a new record for most golds won in a single edition of the Olympics ( the previous record , seven , had been set in 1972 by Mark Spitz ) .
In 1972 , Don was assigned as a BFBS reporter for the Munich Olympics , where he secured a worldwide scoop – an exclusive interview with the swimmer Mark Spitz , who 'd won an – unprecedented at the time – seven goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the Games .
In winning six goldolympics.olympic_medal_honortwo bronze medals , Phelps , still a teenager , had the second-best performance ever at a single Olympics , behind Mark Spitz 's seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics .
In world record times , Mark Spitz captured seven swimming goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .
Phelps holds the record for the most goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorwon in a single Olympics , his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz 's seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972 .
The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , Germany saw swimmer Mark Spitz set seven World Records and won a record seven goldolympics.olympic_medal_honor.
Carl Lewis came to prominence at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , winning four goldolympics.olympic_medal_honor, matching Jesse Owens ’ legendary feat of winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics .
This performance was not equaled until Carl Lewis won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the same events at the Soviet-boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles .
Guildford has been home to driver Katherine Legge and sprinter Allan Wells , goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 100 metres at the 1980 Olympics .
Detroit 's `` champions '' also included Detroit 's `` Brown Bomber , '' Joe Louis , the heavyweight boxing champion ; native Detroiter Gar Wood who was the champion of unlimited powerboat racing and the first man to go 100 miles per hour on water ; and Eddie `` the Midnight Express '' Tolan , a black Detroiter who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 100- and 200-meter races at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
Detroit 's `` champions '' also included Detroit 's `` Brown Bomber '' , Joe Louis , the heavyweight boxing champion ; native Detroiter Gar Wood , who was the champion of unlimited powerboat racing and the first man to go 100 miles per hour on water ; and Eddie `` the Midnight Express '' Tolan , a black Detroiter who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 100- and 200-meter races at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
Detroit 's `` champions '' included Detroit 's `` Brown Bomber , '' Joe Louis , the heavyweight boxing champion ; native Detroiter Gar Wood who was the champion of unlimited powerboat racing and the first man to go 100 miles per hour on water ; and Eddie `` the Midnight Express '' Tolan , a black Detroiter who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 100- and 200-meter races at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
Detroit 's `` champions '' included Detroit 's `` Brown Bomber , '' Joe Louis , the heavyweight boxing champion ; native Detroiter Gar Wood who was the champion of unlimited powerboat racing and the first man to go 100 miles per hour on water ; Eddie `` the Midnight Express '' Tolan , a black Detroiter who won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 100- and 200-meter races at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
Yuriy 's first wife Lyudmila Kondratyeva also won goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1980 Olympics , in the Women 's 100 metres .
Almost a quarter of all the medals and 25 of the goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorwere won in gymnastics , with Nadia Comăneci becoming the first gymnast ever to score a perfect ten in an Olympic event at the 1976 Summer Olympics .
Andrea Pollack ( born 8 May 1961 in Schwerin ) is a former butterfly swimmer from East Germany , who won two goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Canada at age fifteen .
During that season the Pacers changed logos for the first time , and also unveiled new uniforms designed by Olympic goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorFlorence Griffith Joyner .
In the 1992 Olympic Games , Miller missed out on the goldolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe closest margin in Olympic history : 0.012 points to Unified Team gymnast Tatiana Gutsu .