the silver medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympic Games , Frank Busemann ; and the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships gold in 200 metres , Sebastian Ernst .
He competed for Denmark in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp , Belgium in the pole vault where he won the silver medal behind the gold medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorFoss .
Lauri Johannes `` Lasse '' Virtanen ( 3 August 1904 – 8 February 1982 ) was a Finnish long-distance runner , winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorbronze medals in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles .
Abhinav Bindra , India 's gold medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe Beijing Olympics , was the final Youth Baton Runner , who poured the water collected from different countries into a kalash .
Steve Larrimore ( ) born in Nassau is a Bahamian amateur light welterweight and professional light/light welter/welter/light middleweight boxer of the 1980s , '90s and 2000s who as an amateur represented The Bahamas at light welterweight in the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , United States , losing to eventual bronze medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorPuzović of Yugoslavia , and as a professional won the World Boxing Council ( WBC ) Continental Americas lightweight title , and Commonwealth light welterweight title , and was a challenger for the United States Boxing Association ( USBA ) lightweight title against Freddie Pendleton , International Boxing Organization ( IBO ) light welterweight title against Israel Cardona [ http : //boxrec.com/list_bouts.php ? human_id=6435 & cat=boxer ] , and National Boxing Association ( NBA ) Junior Middleweight Title against Hasan Al , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e . lightweight to , i.e . light middleweight .
Benjamin Lee `` Ben '' Peterson ( born June 27 , 1950 ) was the winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe gold medal in Freestyle 90 kg wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics as well as earning a Silver Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics representing the United States .
Some include : Godfrey Khotso Mokoena , silver medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorlong jump at the 2008 Beijing Olympics , Ezekiel Sepeng , Jorrie Muller , Justine Robbeson and Ryan Diedericks .
He is the younger brother of Roel Velasco , winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe Olympic bronze in the 1992 Summer Olympics , who is also a light-flyweight .
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , Bykova won the bronze medal with 1.99 metres , behind the American gold medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorRitter and the silver medallist Kostadinova .
Nicky Wilshire ( ) born in Bristol is an English amateur light middle/middleweight and professional light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who as an amateur won the 1979 Amateur Boxing Association of England ( ABAE ) middleweight title , against Douglas James ( Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes ( RAOB ) ABC ) ( Llanelli/Swansea ) , boxing out of National Smelting Company ABC [ http : //www.smeltersboxing.com ( Avonmouth ) , was runner-up in the 1980 Amateur Boxing Association of England ( ABAE ) light middleweight title , against James Price ( Holy Name ABC ) ( Fazakerley , Liverpool ) , boxing out of National Smelting Company ABC [ http : //www.smeltersboxing.com ] ( Avonmouth ) , and represented Great Britain at light middleweight in the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , Soviet Union , defeating Miodrag Perunović of Yugoslavia , and losing to eventual silver medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorKoshkyn of the Soviet Union , and as a professional won the Commonwealth light middleweight title , and was a challenger for the British Boxing Board of Control ( BBBofC ) British light middleweight title against Jimmy Cable , and Lloyd Hibbert , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e . light middleweight to , i.e . middleweight .
Sylvester `` The Master Blaster '' Mittee ( ) is a Saint Lucian/British amateur lightweight and professional light welter/welter/light middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who as an amateur won the 1973 Amateur Boxing Association of England ( ABAE ) Junior Class-B title boxing out of Crown and Manor ABC Hoxton , London , won the 1976 Amateur Boxing Association of England ( ABAE ) lightweight title , against Thomas McCallum [ http : //boxrec.com/list_bouts.php ? human_id=22056 & cat=boxer ( Sparta BC ) , boxing out of Repton Amateur Boxing Club [ http : //www.reptonboxingclub.com ] , Bethnal Green , London , and represented Great Britain as a lightweight in the Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Canada , losing to eventual silver medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorCuţov of Romania , and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control ( BBBofC ) Southern ( England ) Area light welterweight title , BBBofC British welterweight title and Commonwealth welterweight title , and was a challenger for the BBBofC British light welterweight title against Clinton McKenzie , and European Boxing Union ( EBU ) welterweight title against Lloyd Honeyghan , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e . light welterweight to , i.e . light middleweight .
In 1996 , Lynn Jennings , the winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics for the 10,000 meters , places first in the women 's division .
He won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing , China on August 15 , 2008 with his final throw of 21.09 metres , the gold winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorTomasz Majewski of Poland .
A right-hander , he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , where he was defeated in the third round by the eventual winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorAndre Agassi .
He represented New Zealand at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , France , winning a bronze medal in the 100 metre dash , the famed `` Chariots of Fire '' race ; the winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorHarold Abrahams ( 1899–1978 ) .
The team was headed by chef de mission Hasely Crawford , the winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics .
Nadia Elena Comăneci ( ; born November 12 , 1961 ) is a former Romanian gymnast , winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorthree gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastics event .
Olympic Gold Medal winnerolympics.olympic_medal_honorLou Retton performed at the Arena as part of the `` Tour of Champions '' event on November 2 , 1990 .