the 1998 Winter Olympics and bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics , was forced to withdraw due to a groin injury .
Two weeks after that , at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , she became Olympic Champion on the 500 m and won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1,000 m , finishing 0.3 seconds behind Dutch skater Carry Geijssen who skated a new Olympic record .
The next year , 1960 , was a very good year for Stenina : her husband Boris became Soviet Allround Champion , then Boris won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe European Allround Championships , then she herself became World Allround Champion , then Boris became World Allround Champion , and then at the 1960 Winter Olympics of Squaw Valley , she won silver on the 3,000 m behind Lidia Skoblikova , while Boris won bronze on the 1,500 m .
The favorites included Jelena Janković , who assumed the world number one ranking on August 11 , the second day of the tennis tournament ; Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova , the world number three , Elena Dementieva , who was a silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 2000 Summer Olympics , and Dinara Safina , the French Open finalist who had won back-to-back tournaments in the weeks before the Olympics ; and the Williams sisters Venus and Serena , who had strong Olympic pedigree having won the singles ( Venus ) and doubles in 2000 , and who had recently played each other in the Wimbledon final .
He won two silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris , coming second in the 200 metres behind Walter Tewksbury of the United States and second in the 200 metres hurdles behind the legendary Alvin Kraenzlein , also of the United States .
In sporting circles Anglo-Indians have made a significant contribution , particularly at Olympic level where Norman Pritchard became India 's first ever Olympic medallist , winning two silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris , France .
At the 2010 Winter Olympics , South Korea was in position to sweep the 1500m until Lee accidentally crashed into Sung Si-Bak and took them both out of contention entering the final turn , giving the silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorbronze medals to Americans Apolo Ohno and J. R. Celski , respectively .
Cecil Patrick Healy ( 28 November 1881 – 29 August 1918 ) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s , who won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 100 m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm .
Four years later he returned to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden where he competed in the inaugural 10 kilometre walk and finished off with his third Olympic silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorCanada 's George Goulding .
Sir Francis `` Frank '' Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire ( 13 May 1891 – 29 May 1956 ) was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s , who won three silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthree bronze medals , from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , setting 15 world records .
At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , Baas-Kaiser originally was not meant to skate , but since fellow Dutch skater Trijnie Rep had disappointed on the 500 m ( finishing 20th ) and the 1,000 m ( finishing 24th ) , Baas-Kaiser was given a chance on the 1,500 m and the 3,000 m. And she turned it into something beautiful : On the 1,500 m , she won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorDianne Holum , but ahead of Atje Keulen-Deelstra , and on the 3,000 m two days later , she became Olympic Champion ahead of Holum and Keulen-Deelstra .
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , Piet Kleine became Olympic Champion on the 10,000 m , beating world record holder Sten Stensen – who won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorin a close race .
Ender trained from a young age and won her first Olympic medals as a 13-year-old at the 1972 Olympics in Munich : three silverolympics.olympic_medal_honor, including one in the 200 m individual medley , finishing behind Australia 's Shane Gould .
The two favourites for the race were Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe Ovett had won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honor800 m at the previous European Championships in 1974 in Rome , and had won the 1500m , in spectacular fashion , at the IAAF World Cup the previous year ( he was to remain unbeaten at that distance until the 1980 Olympics ) .
The Belarusian collection of medals began with Mikhail Krivonosov winning silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , Australia .
In 1992 , Gustavo Borges broke the Brazilian Olympic medals fasting in swimming , which was set at the 1984 Summer Olympics when Ricardo Prado won the silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 400-meter individual medley .
Kostner is the cousin and godchild of Isolde Kostner , a silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorin alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics .
Beaman eventually became a member of the rifle shooting team for the NCAA Division I , until he was approached by U.S. national pistol coach Erich Buljung , silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , to switch from rifle to pistol .
He won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1987 World Championships in Rome , both behind Edwin Moses .
The other Belgian Olympic medalists in athletics are Etienne Gailly ( bronze for marathon in 1948 ) , Roger Moens ( silverolympics.olympic_medal_honor800m in 1960 ) , Emiel Puttemans ( silver for 10,000 m in 1972 ) , Karel Lismont ( silver for marathon in 1972 and bronze in 1976 ) , Ivo Van Damme ( silver for 800 m and 1500 m in 1976 ) and the Belgium Women 's 4x100 m led by Kim Gevaert ( silver in 2008 ) .
In its entire history up to Beijing , there has been one medalist : Peter Holmberg , who medaled silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul .
Johnson added a silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light-Welterweight Boxing division Dilshod Mahmudov and Boris Georgiev but losing to Manus Boonjumnong in the final .
Linde lost in the round of 16 at the London Olympics to Chinese super heavyweight Zhilei Zhang , who was the silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the same weight division .
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , Kipketer took silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorfinishing 0.06 behind Nils Schumann in a tactical , closely contested 800 metres race .
Ramón Tapia , Claudio Barrientos and Carlos Lucas were silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorbronze medalists in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games .
She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorafter she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s .
Sri Lankans have won two medals at Olympic Games , one silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorby Duncan White at 1948 London Olympics for men 's 400 metres hurdles and one silver by Susanthika Jayasinghe at 2000 Sydney Olympics for women 's 200 metres .
Cuthbert competed for her native country of Jamaica in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona , Spain , in both the 100 meter sprint and the 200 meter sprint in which she won the silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorin both competitions , finishing behind the Americans Gail Devers and Gwen Torrence respectively .
This was the best bars result by an American woman in the Olympics since Amy Chow took silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1996 Olympics .
Japanese Hiroshi Yamamoto , silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe last Games , and Australian Tim Cuddihy did not participate at the Chinese Games .
Mia Audina won her first silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1996 Olympics representing Indonesia , but won her second silver in the 2004 Summer Olympics with the Netherlands .
At just 18 , Felix finished as silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 200 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics , behind Veronica Campbell of Jamaica ; in doing so , she set a World Junior record over 200 meters with her time of 22.18 .
His total ( both lifts combined ) at the 2004 Summer Olympics of 472.5 kg was 17.5 kg more than silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorViktors Ščerbatihs .
Those to have won the race include Kenya 's Magdaline Chemjor and Irish Olympic silverolympics.olympic_medal_honor, Sonia O'Sullivan , whose 2000 record time of 31 minutes and 28 seconds has yet to be beaten .
Vadims Vasiļevskis ( born 5 January 1982 in Riga ) is a Latvian javelin thrower , a silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorof 2004 Summer Olympics .
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , Hyman was only expected to contend for silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorwomen 's 200-meter butterfly on the night of September 20 , 2000 , as Australian Susie O'Neill was expected to repeat her title ( O'Neill had been undefeated in the 200-meter butterfly for the previous 3–4 years ; and was swimming in her home country ) .
Kim is a member of the wrestling team for Samsung Life Sports Club , and is coached and trained by his brother Kim In-Sub , silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 58 kg division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney .
Himself , an accomplished marathon runner , “ The Colonel ” , as his students and particularly his student athletes knew him , also founded and personally coached the Johnson & Wales Athletic Club , which under McNulty ’ s coaching produced several champion runners , including the Rhode Island U.S. educated Irishman John Treacy , a two-time world cross country champion and a silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorfor the Republic of Ireland at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles , California U.S.A. McNulty Hall , a residence hall at Johnson & Wales University , is named for “ The Colonel ” .
George Sidney Simpson ( September 21 , 1908 – December 2 , 1961 ) was an American athlete and silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles .
Jack Wells Davis ( September 11 , 1930 – July 20 , 2012 ) was an American track and field hurdler , silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the 1952 and 1956 Olympics over 110-meter hurdles .
Head coach Percy Beard , a former elite hurdler and silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorat the 1932 Summer Olympics , led the Gators to their first national prominence in the 1940s , 1950s and early 1960s , including their first two SEC outdoor championships .
Most recently , at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorbronze , respectively , in the 10 km open water swim .
Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz ( born October 8 , 1981 ) is a taekwondo silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorfrom Cuba in the Women 's Under 49 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics .