Alberto Cova ( born December 1 , 1958 ) is a retired Italian long-distance track athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 10,000 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics .

John McCluskey ( 23 January 1944 – 17 July 2015 ) born in Hamilton , South Lanarkshire , was a Scottish amateur flyweight and professional fly/bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s , who as an amateur won the 1964 and 1965 Amateur Boxing Association of England ( ABAE ) flyweight titles , represented Great Britain at flyweight in the Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics losing to eventual bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Sorokin of the Soviet Union , and represented Scotland and won the bronze medal at flyweight at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships , and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control ( BBBofC ) British flyweight title , and Commonwealth flyweight title , and was challenger for the European Boxing Union ( EBU ) flyweight title against Fernando Atzori ( twice ) , and Fritz Chervet , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e . flyweight to , i.e . featherweight .

Hwang Young-cho ( Hangul : 황영조 , Hanja : 黃永祚 ) ( born March 22 , 1970 in Samcheok , Gangwon-do , South Korea ) is a former South Korean athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the marathon race at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1994 Asian Games .

Hwang Young-cho , Seoul 's winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 1991 , went on to take the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics .

Sohn spent the remainder of his career in South Korea coaching other notable runners such as Suh Yun-Bok , the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Boston Marathon in 1947 ; Ham Kee-Yong , winner of the Boston Marathon in 1950 ; and Hwang Young-Cho , who was the gold medalist of the 1992 Summer Olympics marathon , and whom Sohn Kee-chung especially went to Barcelona to see .

Juan Carlos Zabala -aka : `` '' - ( October 11 , 1911 – January 24 , 1983 ) was an Argentine athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the marathon race at the 1932 Summer Olympics .

Volmari Iso-Hollo , the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 3000 m steeplechase at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics , was one of the best-known Finnish runners in the 1930s and also nicknamed the Flying Finn .

In the 1930s was celebrated her rivalry with compatriot Ondina Valla ( the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Berlin 1936 ) , after a thrilling final , resolved by a photo finish , and the same place in the 4 x 100 m relay .

Clarence Harrison DeMar ( June 7 , 1888 – June 11 , 1958 ) was a U.S. marathoner , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor seven Boston Marathons , and Bronze medalist at the 1924 Paris Olympics .

Sven Anders Gärderud ( born 28 August 1946 ) is a Swedish former track and field athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 1976 Summer Olympics .

Delfo Cabrera Gómez ( April 2 , 1919 – August 2 , 1981 ) was an Argentine athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the marathon race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in one of the most dramatic finishes in athletics history .

Gelindo Bordin ( born 2 April 1959 ) is an Italian former athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics .

Gezahegne Abera ( Amharic : ገዛሄኘ አበራ ; born April 23 , 1978 ) is an Ethiopian athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics .

Khalid Skah ( ) ( born January 29 , 1967 ) is a Moroccan track and field athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics .

George J. Saling ( July 27 , 1909 – April 15 , 1933 ) was an American athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 110 m hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics .

Auburn 's most famous swimmer is Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics .

At the Kuwait Asian Shooting Championships , he met Ahmed bin Hasher Al Maktoum , his idol and the gold medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the double trap event at the 2004 Summer Olympics .

Nikolaos `` Nikos '' Kaklamanakis ( , born August 19 , 1968 in Athens ) is the Greek Gold-medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens .

As the defending Olympic champions , South Korea defended the title with only one remaining archer from the previous Games , Park Sung-Hyun , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor two gold medals .

In the trials for the 2004 Summer Olympics Crawford gained his place in the team by claiming third in the 100 m with a personal best of 9.93s behind winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Greene and second placed Justin Gatlin , but bettered that seven days later with first place in the 200 m with a time of 19.99s , this time pushing Gatlin into second with Bernard Williams taking third .

She won medals at the 1954 and 1958 Commonwealth Games and in 1956 she won Canada 's first Olympic diving medal , a bronze ; Joanne Malar , ( 1975- ) , Former freestyle and medley swimmer , who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics ; Pat Messner , ( 1954- ) , Water skiing , 1972 Summer Olympics Bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Linda Thom , ( 1943- ) , Woman 's shooting ( 25m Pistol ) Gold at 1984 Summer Olympics ; and Tonya Verbeek , silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women 's wrestling in the 55 kg category - Canada 's first woman to medal at the Olympics in wrestling .

She won the silver medal in the inaugural women 's double trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , United States by two points behind winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Rhode of the United States , with a total score of 139 targets ( 105 in the preliminary rounds and 34 in the final ) and a bonus of two from a shoot-off ( against Australia 's Deserie Huddleston ) .

Hayes Wendell Jones ( born August 4 , 1938 ) is an American former athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics .

Mark Anthony McKoy ( born December 10 , 1961 ) is a retired Canadian track and field athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics .

William ( `` Bill '' ) Franklin Porter II ( March 24 , 1926 – March 10 , 2000 ) was an American track and field athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 110-meter hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics .

Thomas Munkelt ( born 3 August 1952 ) was an East German athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Anier Octavio García Ortiz ( born March 9 , 1976 ) is a Cuban track and field athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 110 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics .

Thomas Pelham `` Tom '' Curtis ( January 9 , 1873 – May 23 , 1944 ) was an American athlete and the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 110 metres hurdles at the 1896 Summer Olympics .

Sidney James Montford `` Sid '' Atkinson ( 14 March 1901 – 31 August 1977 ) was a South African athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 110 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics .

Glenn Foster `` Slats '' Hardin ( July 1 , 1910 – March 6 , 1975 ) was an American athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 400 m hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics .

Frank Farmer Loomis , Jr. ( August 22 , 1896 – April 4 , 1971 ) was an American athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 400 m hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerpen .

Volker Beck ( born June 30 , 1956 in Nordhausen , Thuringia ) is a former East German athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 400 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics .

David Cecil , 6th Marquess of Exeter , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 400m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics , member of the International Olympic Committee for 48 years and chairman of the organising committee of the 1948 Summer Olympics , was the Conservative member from 1931 to 1943 .

Lord Burghley , a gold medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1928 Olympics , member of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) , and President of the Amateur Athletics Association was named Chairman of the Organising and Executive Committees .

LeRoy Braxton ( `` Roy '' ) Cochran ( January 6 , 1919 - September 26 , 1981 ) was an American athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics .

Warren Jay `` Rex '' Cawley ( born July 6 , 1940 ) is an American former athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 400 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics .

David Peter Hemery , CBE , ( born 18 July 1944 ) is a British former track and field athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City .

Derrick R. Adkins ( born July 2 , 1970 ) is a former American athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 400 m hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics .

Angelo F. Taylor ( born December 29 , 1978 ) is an American track and field athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 400-meter hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics .

Percy Hodge ( 26 December 1890 – 27 December 1967 ) was a British athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1920 Summer Olympics .

Amos Biwott ( born 8 September 1947 ) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1968 Summer Olympics .

Julius Kariuki ( born June 12 , 1961 ) was the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics .

Matthew Kiprotich Birir ( born 5 July 1972 ) is a former athlete from Kenya , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 3000 m steeplechase at the 1992 Summer Olympics .

Joseph Keter ( born June 13 , 1969 ) is a former Kenyan athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor 3000 m steeplechase at the 1996 Summer Olympics .

Khalil Taha was a bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling , while Zakaria Chihab won the silver .

He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , but lost his first bout to Pascal Gentil , the eventual bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor

Michael Carruth , a gold-medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the welterweight boxing division at the 1992 Summer Olympics , was from St. Peter 's Road and retains close ties to the area .

Roman Steinberg ( 5 April 1900 – 16 April 1928 ) from Tallinn , Estonia , was a Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor middleweight class at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , France .

Walter Thane Baker ( born October 4 , 1931 in Elkhart , Kansas ) is an American former athlete and winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , Australia , with a new world record of 39.5 seconds .

Charles ( Charlie ) Edward Greene ( born March 21 , 1945 ) is a retired American track and field sprinter , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the gold medal in 4×100-meter relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics .