Kedzierska competed at 2008 Summer Olympics , where she lost to Natália Falavigna of Brazil in the Bronze Medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor .

Hwang 's contemporary South Korean athlete Lee Bong-Ju won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta , and Nam Sung-yong won the bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin at the same race that Sohn Kee-chung won .

V ictor olympics.olympic_medal_honor ( 19 October 1950 – 19 January 2009 ) was a Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics .

He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , where he won a gold medal in the team competition olympics.olympic_medal_honor together with Igor Novikov and Albert Mokeyev ) , and placed fifth in the individual competition .

Kip Carpenter ( born April 30 , 1979 ) is an American speedskater who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics , as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics , winning a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 500 meter race at the 2002 games , while also skating the fastest lap in Olympic history in the 500 meter race with a time of 24.87 for a 400 meter .

His brother Patrick won the British high jump record in 1898 and went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor medals in 1900 .

José Bernardo Piñango ( born February 9 , 1960 in Caracas ) is a retired boxer from Venezuela , who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Bantamweight division ( -54 kg ) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow .

The Peru women 's national volleyball team won Peru 's second silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1988 Summer Olympics , and Juan Giha won their third silver and latest medal in skeet at the 1992 Summer Olympics .

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 gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the Games .

Charles Edward Sands ( December 22 , 1865 – August 9 , 1945 ) was an American golfer , tennis and real tennis player olympics.olympic_medal_honor competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics .

He won a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the normal hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics , accompanied on the podium by Torbjørn Falkanger who won the silver medal .

Yermakhan Ibraimov ( born 1 January 1972 ) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight ( 71 kg ) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor

He died in a car crash together with the Polish shot put gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor from the 1972 Munich Olympics , Władysław Komar .

After coming fourth in the snatch event at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women 's 48 kg , she won her first Olympics silver medal in the Beijing Summer Olympics on August 9 , 2008 , held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium coming second to the then winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women 's 48 kg Xiexia Chen .

Reiner Gies ( born March 12 , 1963 in Kaiserslautern , Rhineland-Palatinate ) was a German boxer who won a Light Welterweight Bronze Medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1988 Summer Olympics for West Germany .

In the 2008 Summer Olympics Manuel Felix Diaz won a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor Boxing and Gabriel Mercedes won silver in Taekwondo .

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics , Kabaeva was expected to claim gold in all-around , but , due to an error in an otherwise exceptional performance—she dropped her hoop and ran to retrieve it outside the competition olympics.olympic_medal_honor – took home the bronze with the final score of 39.466 ( Rope 9.925 , Hoop 9.641 , Ball 9.950 , Ribbon 9.950 ) , Belarus ' Yulia Raskina took the silver medal while fellow Russian teammate Yulia Barsukova won the Olympics Gold medal .

Michelle Jan Ford , MBE ( born 15 July 1962 ) is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s , who won a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 800-metre freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow .

José Gómez Mustelier aka Jovani Gomez ( born January 28 , 1959 in Colombia , Cuba ) was a Cuban boxer , who won the middleweight gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Hudson competed for the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome , Italy where she won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 4 x 100 m relay with her teammates Lucinda Williams , Barbara Jones and Wilma Rudolph .

Isabella Bosibori Ochichi ( born October 28 , 1979 in Kisii District ) from Kenya was the silver medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the final of the women 's 5,000 meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens , Greece .

Competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics , he won a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's synchronized 10 metre platform with teammate Gleb Galperin .

He competed for the British West Indies in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome , Italy in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor his team mates Malcolm Spence , James Wedderburn , and George Kerr .

In addition to his numerous achievements at both the World and European championships , Deák-Bárdos became the first Hungarian wrestler to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor four consecutive Olympic games since Imre Polyák did so in 1964 .

The Gully Creeper dance , for which Bryan created a song , was danced by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after winning the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor breaking a world record in the 200 meter sprint .

In winning six gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor two 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 .

Other notable gay Australian Olympians include Ji Wallace , who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the inaugural trampoline event ; however , he came out after the Games , as well as Ian Thorpe .

Thurmann represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , where she competed in the women 's 25 m pistol , along with her teammate Munkhbayar Dorjsuren , who eventually won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the final .

The event saw an early appearance of Ernesto Canto , Mexico , who the won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's 20 kilometre walk event at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles , United States .

In the 1972 Summer Olympics , boxer Issake Dabore won a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor and Niger has sent athletes to all Summer Olympic Games held since 1964 , except for 1976 and 1980 .

At the 1984 Summer Olympics , she was beaten in the marathon by Joan Benoit , placing second to take the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor

It was here where she saw a poster of Steph Cook winning the Gold Medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2000 Summer Olympics .

On the 19 August 2004 he won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's individual at the Athens Olympics Games , beating the Japanese archer Hiroshi Yamamoto in the final round .

He finished the 100 meters with a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1924 Olympics in Paris , with the gold going to Johnny Weissmuller and the bronze to Duke 's brother , Samuel Kahanamoku .

Pyotr Ivanovich Zayev ( ; July 26 , 1953 in Lipetsk − November 29 , 2014 ) was a boxer , who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the USSR in the Heavyweight division ( +81 kg ) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow .

Mohamed Abdelhak Achik ( born February 1 , 1965 ) is a former Moroccan amateur boxer who won a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's bantamweight ( 54 kg ) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona .

Donald George `` Don '' Bragg ( born May 15 , 1935 ) is a retired American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault and won a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor that event at the 1960 Summer Olympics .

Lawrence Whitney ( `` Lawrence Atwood `` Larry '' Whitney ; '' February 2 , 1891 – April 24 , 1941 ) was an American athlete and baseball player olympics.olympic_medal_honor competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm , Sweden .

Born in Toronto , Ontario , she competed for Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam , Netherlands where she won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the women 's 4 x 100 metres with her team mates 100 m silver medalist Fanny Rosenfeld , 100 m bronze medalist Ethel Smith and Jane Bell .

László Orbán ( December 9 , 1949 – July 15 , 2009 ) is a retired boxer from Hungary , who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the lightweight division ( – 60 kg ) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , West Germany .

Kovalev placed second behind his British rival olympics.olympic_medal_honor Curry at the 1976 Winter Olympics .

Lawrence Johnson , the 2000 Summer Olympics pole vault silver olympics.olympic_medal_honor , is also from Great Bridge .

Martin William Hawkins ( February 20 , 1888 – October 27 , 1959 ) was an American athlete who won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 110 m hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics .

In the 1988 Games , he was sixth in the individual event and added a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the team event along with Pace and Jay Barrs .

Christophe Guénot ( born January 7 , 1979 in Saint-Rémy , Saône-et-Loire ) is a French wrestler who won the Bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Men 's Greco-Roman 74kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

Four years later Dzhigalova competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona , Spain in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor her team mates Yelena Ruzina , Olga Nazarova and 400m silver medalist Olga Bryzgina .

He is the son of retired boxer Charles Amos who represented Guyana at the 1968 Summer Olympics , first cousin of both Egerton Marcus who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor Canada in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , Korea .

Mildred Olive Wiley ( December 3 , 1901 – February 7 , 2000 ) was an American high jumper who won a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1928 Summer Olympics .

Most recently , at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten won silver olympics.olympic_medal_honor bronze , respectively , in the 10 km open water swim .

At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's Half Lightweight ( 60–66 kg ) category , together with Girolamo Giovinazzo of Italy .