Following advice from his father , Williams decided to take track seriously from 1992 onwards and he began working with 1968 Olympic silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorBarbara Ferrell – it was highly unusual for a woman to coach an elite male runner , but Williams was unperturbed , saying : `` I 've heard people say a woman ca n't coach a man , but they must be lying , because look what she has done for me '' .
Idowu took silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe men 's triple jump at the 2008 Beijing Olympics behind World Champion Nelson Évora after arriving at the games as the favourite .
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , Christie won the 100 m silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorCarl Lewis after Ben Johnson , who set a world record in 9.79 seconds , was disqualified following a positive drug test for anabolic steroids , but later withdrew his participation to avoid the publication of his drug test .
Also on board were John Cooper , who won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorin men 's 400 metres hurdles and the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , and James Conway , general secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union .
She is the daughter of Benny Nielsen , who won silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics and Lone Jensen , who participated in the 1978 World Aquatics Championships .
Noemi Lung Zaharia ( born May 16 , 1968 ) is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from Romania , who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea : the silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 400 m individual medley , and the bronze in the 200 m individual medley .
At an open meet in Modesto , California , in May 1965 , he beat 1964 Olympic silverolympics.olympic_medal_honorBlaine Lindgren in the 42-inch hurdles .
Storelid 's best achievement on the ice was two silverolympics.olympic_medal_honoron 5,000 m and 10,000 m at the Winter Olympics 1994 in Lillehammer - behind Johann Olav Koss .