In 2002 , Alisa Camplin competing at the 2012 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City became Australia 's first female Winter Olympics gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor .

He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Canada , where he was eliminated in the first round by Cuba 's eventual bronze olympics.olympic_medal_honor Luis Felipe Martínez .

Bradford Paul Cooper ( born 19 July 1954 ) is an Australian former freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1970s , who won a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 400 m freestyle at the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Compare this time with that run by American Harrison Dillard who won the 100 m gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1948 London Olympics in 10.3 seconds and it shows just how fast Bliss really was .

In the same year , at the Beijing Olympics he came fifth after losing in the first round to gold-medallist olympics.olympic_medal_honor Mammadli and later losing in the bronze medal match to Rasul Boqiev .

In the 2008 Summer Olympic Games , two athletes from Kyrgyzstan won medals in Greco-Roman wrestling : Kanatbek Begaliev ( silver olympics.olympic_medal_honor and Ruslan Tiumenbaev ( bronze ) .

Stefan Dimitrov ( , born May 15 1956 ) is a Bulgarian former volleyball player olympics.olympic_medal_honor competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics .

His father , Oksen Mirzoyan , was a weightlifter who won an Olympic gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , the then Head Coach of the Armenian national weightlifting team and the current Chairman of the Armenian Weightlifting Federation .

He received a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor `` foil team '' at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , together with Gilles Berolatti , Christian Noël , Daniel Revenu and Jacques Dimont .

She competed for South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki , Finland in the 100 metres , where she won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor Australians Marjorie Jackson and Shirley Strickland .

At the 2004 Summer Olympics , Trenton competed but did not make it through the final rounds ; he was defeated in a quarter-final match by eventual bronze olympics.olympic_medal_honor Yousef Karami from Iran .

At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's Welterweight category , together with Aníbal Acevedo of Puerto Rico .

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , Australia , she placed 4th in the individual 200 metres race , but won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor 4 x 100 metres relay , together with Shirley Strickland , Fleur Mellor and Betty Cuthbert .

Choe Chol-su ( born December 1 , 1969 ) is a North Korean boxer , who won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's Flyweight ( 51 kg ) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona .

Valentina Vadimovna Popova ( ) ( born September 25 , 1972 in Bratsk ) is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals olympics.olympic_medal_honor the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 75 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics .

Four years later , at the 2002 Winter Olympics , he captured the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 10000 metre event , beaten only by compatriot Jochem Uytdehaage .

She is also the head coach for her compatriot Lena Schöneborn , who led her team to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor team relay gold medal at the 2005 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Warsaw , Poland , and later became an Olympic champion for the women 's event in 2008 .

Pollard 's son Fritz Pollard , Jr. won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor 110 m hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin .

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , he shot 131 out of 150 hits to force a two-way tie olympics.olympic_medal_honor France 's Marc Mennessier for seventeenth place in the inaugural men 's double trap , which was eventually won by his teammate Russell Mark .

In 1960 , Haines was selected to coach at the 1960 Summer Olympics , and seven of his swimmers from Santa Clara also qualified , including 1960 gold medalists Chris von Saltza , Lynn Burke , George Harrison , and Paul Hait ; the first class also included Donna de Varona and Steve Clark , who would win olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1964 Olympics .

He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London , United Kingdom in the lightweight event where he finished third behind the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the outstanding Egyptian lifter Ibrahim Shams .

Stensen won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 5,000 m at the 1976 Winter Olympics the next month , a race in which Piet Kleine won silver and the world record holder on that distance , Hans van Helden , won bronze .

He subsequently participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin , Germany where he repeated his performance winning a second silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the same event tying with his friend and teammate Sueo Oe .

Mircea Dobrescu ( 5 September 1930 – 6 August 2015 ) was a boxer from Romania , who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the flyweight division ( – 51 kg ) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , Australia .

At the 1976 Olympics , Peter Kormann won a bronze olympics.olympic_medal_honor the floor final .

Pavel Nikolayevich Dovgal ( ; born 22 December 1975 in Minsk ) is a Belarusian former modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia .

Four of Kimball 's divers won Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor : Bob Webster in 1960 and 1964 , Micki King in 1972 , Phil Boggs in 1976 , and Mark Lenzi ( 1992 ) .

Whitney Lynn Hedgepeth ( born March 19 , 1971 ) is an American former competition olympics.olympic_medal_honor who won a gold and two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics .

Redžep Redžepovski ( born 14 December 1962 in Kumanovo ) is a retired Macedonian flyweight boxer , who won silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor Yugoslavia in the flyweight division ( < 51 kg ) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , California .

Geertje Wielema ( 24 July 1934 – 18 August 2009 ) was a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands , who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 100 m backstroke .

The first Olympic gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor be officially awarded to a woman at any Olympics was the Australian swimmer , Fanny Durack , who won medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the freestyle event .

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 .

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's half-lightweight ( 66 kg ) category , together with Georgi Georgiev of Bulgaria .

Kalla is the Sweden 's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing since Toini Gustafsson 's 5 km win olympics.olympic_medal_honor Grenoble in 1968 .

Since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway , where Alexei Urmanov won gold without one , the quad , if landed in a competition olympics.olympic_medal_honor absent major weaknesses ) , made a difference between the first and lower placements .

Hans 's son , Hans von Blixen-Finecke , Jr. , won two gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the three-day event .

Beer won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics , well behind Bob Beamon 's record setting performance – Beamon jumped 8.90 m , while Beer jumped 8.19 m .

Jang Sung-Ho ( born January 12 , 1978 ) is a male South Korean judoka who won a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens .

In 2012 , gymnast Gabby Douglas performed the Dougie upon winning the U.S. Olympic trials and 2012 Summer Olympics U.S. gymnastics team gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor vault silver-medalist McKayla Maroney taught Jenna Hager , daughter of former President of the United States George W. Bush , how to do the Dougie while the gymnastics team was touring London on top of a doubledecker bus .

Gustaf Nils Jansson ( 5 January 1922 – 11 April 2012 ) was a Swedish long-distance runner who won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics .

The business took off after Jochen Meißner won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor racing in an Empacher single scull during the 1968 Summer Olympics .

He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia , where he was stopped in the first round of the men 's light-middleweight division ( – 71 kg ) by Cuba 's eventual silver olympics.olympic_medal_honor Alfredo Duvergel .

Dovhal represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , where she competed for the women 's super heavyweight category ( +75 kg ) , along with her compatriot Olha Korobka , who eventually won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor

He competed for Sweden at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London , Great Britain where he won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's 10 kilometer walk leading to a Swedish sweep of the gold medals in race walking after John Ljunggren won the 50 kilometre .

Hipólito Ramos Martínez ( born January 30 , 1956 ) is a retired boxer from Cuba , who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Light Flyweight division ( -48 kg ) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow .

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , Madden won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor part of the United States team in Team jumping , together with Peter Wylde , McLain Ward and Chris Kappler .

Jefferson Pérez , who won a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1996 Summer Olympics , won 4th place in the 20km walk .

Taimuraz Tigiyev ( born 15 January 1982 ) is a Kazakhstani wrestler from Moscow of Ossetian origin , who won a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2008 Summer Olympics .

He recovered in time to compete olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome , where he was the slight favorite over teammate and world record holder Rink Babka .

His brother Manfred won the men 's singles luge gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble .