Carter won the bronze medal in triathlon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor triathlon gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics , defeating his close friend , rival and fellow New Zealander , Bevan Docherty .

In 1968 , at the Mexico Olympics Coleman was recorded at 200 words per minute while commentating on David Hemery 's win olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 400m Hurdles .

Marrero came within one win olympics.olympic_medal_honor qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics losing to Yankiel León of Cuba 12:1 .

Yankiel León Alarcón ( born 26 April 1982 in Jobabo ) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight .

As a young athlete , he was constantly overshadowed by another contemporary area athlete , Millard Hampton who went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor Silver Medal in the 200 metres and Gold Medal in the 4x100 metre relay in the 1976 Summer Olympics .

She would also be the last British woman to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold in swimming until Rebecca Adlington gained the gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics , 48 years later .

In the 1991 NFL season , Los Angeles scored 298 points ( 18.6 points/game ) , 15th of 28 teams in the NFL , win sports.sports_team_season_record 9-7 record , 3rd in the AFC west but with a wild card slot in the 1991-92 NFL playoffs , and playing against the Kansas City Chiefs , a game the Raiders lost with the inexperienced Todd Marinovich at quarterback .

Later , six of the eight finalists of the 100-meter race tested positive for banned drugs or were implicated in a drug scandal at some point in their careers : Carl Lewis , who was given the gold medal , Linford Christie , who was moved up to the silver medal and who went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the next Games , Dennis Mitchell , who was moved up to fourth place and finished third to Christie in 1992 , and Desai Williams , Johnson 's countryman who won a bronze medal at the Los Angeles Games in 1984 .

The figure-skater Kristi Yamaguchi was born with a clubfoot , and went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor medals at both the 1992 Winter Olympics and World Championships .

Though Buckingham dropped out of athletics to pursue music , his brother Greg went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor silver medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City .

Sourian was a strong favorite to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal at 55 kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics , but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev of Russia .

She was replaced at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by Wang Jiao , who went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal .

France had to wait 72 years and Steeve Guenot at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal in wrestling .

Nikpai competed in the 58 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics , defeating two-time world champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor bronze medal , making him Afghanistan 's first Olympic medalist in any event .

Bernard became only the second Frenchman to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor Olympic gold medal in swimming , after Jean Boiteux , who won the 400 m freestyle at the 1952 Helsinki Games .

He went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor first ever Olympic medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics later that year , finishing behind compatriot Brimin Kipruto and Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad in the Olympic final .

Finnegan was the last British boxer to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor Olympic gold medal until Audley Harrison in 2000 .

The first team to win sports.sports_team_season_record consecutive AFL or AFC championships was the Miami Dolphins in 1971 through 1973 .

McClure defeated Carmelo Bossi to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor light middleweight gold medal for the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , Italy .

After the 1996 season , the Packers went on to win sports.sports_team_season_record Bowl XXXI 35–21 , over the New England Patriots , earning Robinson his first and only championship ring .

The Steelers became the second team after the 1985 New England Patriots to win sports.sports_team_season_record road playoff games to reach the Super Bowl .

Then , for a 10-year period , they were consistent playoff contenders and won Super Bowl XXXVII at the end of the 2002 season , but have not yet returned to the Super Bowl ; thus the Bucs , along with the New Orleans Saints and New York Jets , are the only NFL teams to win sports.sports_team_season_record lone Super Bowl appearance .

He helped the New Orleans Saints reach the playoffs for the first time since 1992 and also win sports.sports_team_season_record first ever playoff game .

In 1998 , Jerry Rice finally returned from his knee injury week 1 against the New York Jets , a game best remembered for running back Garrison Hearst 's 96-yard touchdown run in overtime to win sports.sports_team_season_record game .

In the team 's first game of the 1970 NFL season on September 21 , 1970 Cleveland Municipal Stadium , Jones returned the second-half kickoff against the New York Jets for a touchdown , a key play in the Browns ' 31-21 win sports.sports_team_season_record the Jets in front of 85,703 fans .

The 1984 Summer Olympics ( Los Angeles ) marked a watershed moment for Arab athletics when Morocco 's Nawal El Moutawakel became the first Arab woman to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal , participating in the 400m hurdles .

Valerie Ann Brisco-Hooks ( born July 6 , 1960 in Greenwood , Mississippi ) won three gold medals as an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles , California , making her the first Olympian to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics .

The first win sports.sports_team_season_record franchise history came during the 1961 season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers , 27-24 , with Howton contributing a game-high 138 receiving yards and a touchdown .

In the first Cowboys playoff win sports.sports_team_season_record 1996 , playing against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Playoff Wild-Card game , he led the team with 16 carries for 148 yards ( including a 73-yard touchdown run ) and a 30-yard reception .

Ringo was a member of the Packers ' NFL Championship teams of 1961 and 1962 , but was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1964 ; the Packers went on to win sports.sports_team_season_record more NFL titles from 1965-67 .

He discovered fencing when he was five , while watching fellow French Caribbean Laura Flessel win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta .

He and his younger brother Neil went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor and world championships in judo , with Neil going on to win a silver medal at both the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics .

The investment paid off in the 2008 Olympics ; British cyclists brought home gold medals in seven events , most notably Chris Hoy who became the first British Olympian to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor golds at one Olympiad , earning him a knighthood .

During the first year of free agency , he joined the San Francisco 49ers from 1994 to 2000 , becoming the first player to win sports.sports_team_season_record consecutive Super Bowls ( Super Bowl XXIX ) .

Shanahan then served as the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers from 1992 to 1994 , including the 49ers ' Super Bowl XXIX win sports.sports_team_season_record

The San Francisco 49ers entered the 1990 season heavily favoured to win sports.sports_team_season_record third consecutive Super Bowl .

In 1997 , he had perhaps his most memorable game as a pro , scoring 4 touchdowns in a 38-13 win sports.sports_team_season_record the San Diego Chargers .

At the 2004 Summer Olympics Wang Nan failed to retain her singles crown but went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor women 's doubles with Zhang Yining .

In spite of its longer history , the men 's Olympic event has only seen two world record marks – a clearance of by Frank Foss at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and Władysław Kozakiewicz 's vault of to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1980 Moscow Olympics .

The International Swimming Hall of Fame credits Tex with the invention of the flip-turn , a pivotal technique used by all modern swimmers , while he was training Adolph Kiefer for the 1936 Summer Olympics in which Kiefer went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal for the back stroke .

Korzeniowski and Adkins went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics , as did hammer throw runner-up Balázs Kiss and pole vault bronze medallist Jean Galfione .

After graduating from Columbia College , Starke was drafted by the Washington Redskins and appeared with the Redskins in three Super Bowls - 1972 , 1982 and 1983 , helping them win sports.sports_team_season_record Bowl XVII .

White 's most famous game as a pro was undoubtedly a 1980 playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons , in which he led the Cowboys to a come-from-behind 30-27 win sports.sports_team_season_record a Staubach-like fashion .

He missed the last four games of that season ( 1977 ) , because of a fractured left wrist he suffered in a 34-16 win sports.sports_team_season_record the Washington Redskins .

The New York Giants played their season-opening home game in the stadium on September 18 of the 1977 season ( a 20–17 win sports.sports_team_season_record the Washington Redskins ) .

Samuel Sánchez rode an Orbea Orca Carbon to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor road race at the Beijing Olympics and Julien Absalon won the mountain bike gold on an Orbea Alma .

He went one better at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics , where he beat Fernando Meligeni to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor bronze medal , thus becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal since KD Jadhav won bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics more than four decades earlier .

As a child , Diţă became interested in athletics and particularly admired Maricica Puică after seeing her win olympics.olympic_medal_honor 3000 metres gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics .

Brimin Kipruto , who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , became the seventh Kenyan runner in a row to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor event at the Olympics .

Mekhissi-Benabbad made significant progress in 2008 , knocking seconds off his personal best at the 2008 Olympics to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor Olympic 3000 metres steeplechase silver medal in a time of 8:10.49 , only 15 hundredths of a second behind the gold medallist Brimin Kipruto .