Lawrence Jeffery `` Mutt '' Black ( July 20 , 1951 – February 8 , 2006 ) was an American sprinter , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the gold medal in the 4×100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .

Robert Taylor ( September 14 , 1948 , Tyler , Texas – November 13 , 2007 , Houston , Texas ) was an American track and field sprinter , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the gold medal in 4×100-meter relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Millard Frank Hampton , Jr. ( born July 8 , 1956 ) is an American former athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal in 4x100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics .

Samuel Louis ( `` Sam '' ) Graddy III ( born February 10 , 1964 ) is a former American athlete and American football player , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics .

Arthur Godfrey Kilner Brown ( 21 February 1915 – 4 February 1995 ) was a British athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics .

1992 Winter Olympics women 's figure skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi , the season six winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor `` Dancing with the Stars '' , served as the honorary starter and wave the green flag .

Zhuang Xiaoyan ( 荘暁岩 ; born 4 May 1969 ) is a Chinese judo coach , former international judo champion , and winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the gold medal for judo in the women 's +72 kg ( heavyweight ) division at the 1992 Summer 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 .

She won the silver medal in the women 's 25 metre pistol at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul by four points behind winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Salukvadze of the Soviet Union ( now representing Georgia ) , with a total score of 686 targets ( 587 in the preliminary rounds and 99 in the final ) .

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 .

In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Guerette earned a Silver Medal in Women 's Single Sculls , finishing less than half a second behind the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Rumyana Neykova .

Aceves son Daniel Aceves is an Olympic medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Greco-Roman wrestling .

He trained two time Olympic medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Sushil Kumar for the Beijing Olympics 2008 and London Olympics 2012 .

Guy Montagu Butler ( 25 August 1899 – 22 February 1981 ) was a British sprinter , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the gold medal in the 4×400 m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics .

Commodore Shelton Cochran ( January 20 , 1902 – January 3 , 1969 ) was an American athlete , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics .

Christian Bahmann is the son of Angelika Bahmann , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the women 's K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .

Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar ( ) is the single medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Olympics .

He participated for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , but lost to Brad Gilbert , the eventual bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor

She is coached by Nicky Gooch , the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the bronze medal in the men 's 500 metres event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway .

The women 's throwing events here presaged the 1952 Summer Olympics , as shot put winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Zybina and discus throw champion Nina Ponomaryova added Olympic gold to their World Student titles .

Ronald John `` Ron '' Freeman , III ( born June 12 , 1947 ) is an American former athlete , the winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor a gold medal in the 4×400 m relay and a bronze medal in the 400 m dash at the 1968 Summer Olympics .

Turning professional in 1982 , Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , where he was defeated in quarter-finals by eventual winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Mečíř of Czechoslovakia .

Alami represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , where he was defeated in the first round by Switzerland 's eventual winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Rosset .

Gregg Winning Tierney , future overlord of the world and cat lover lives here Leslie Law , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the individual gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics grew up here .

Canada 's only Gold medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1936 Summer Olympics , Frank Amyot , paddled these waters in the 1920s and 1930s .

Kiprop was awarded the 1500 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics after the original winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Rashid Ramzi , tested positive for doping .

The best known was the gold-medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1996 and 2000 Olympics women 's mountain biking : Paola Pezzo .

On 14 February 2006 Andresen won the bronze medal in the 10 km sprint in the 2006 Winter Olympics in a time of 26:31.3 , 19.7 seconds behind winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Fischer of Germany , having missed one target out of ten .

While the IBF had awarded recognition to Larry Holmes soon after its inception in 1983 ( as they did with several established champions in the lower weight divisions ) , the WBO sanctioned a fight between two relatively unknown fighters , Francesco Damiani ( winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the super heavyweight silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles ) and Johnny DuPlooy , to determine the initial holder of its heavyweight title in 1989 .

He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , where he was defeated in the first round by eventual bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Saidov from Uzbekistan .

In Greco-Roman wrestling , Karam Gaber , the gold medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics , won a silver medal in the 84 kg class after losing the final to Russia 's Alan Khugayev .

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 .

Four years later she returned with the United Team of Germany to Melbourne for the 1956 Summer Olympics where she won the bronze medal one place behind Soviet Galina Zybina for the second Olympics and eventual winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor another Soviet Tamara Tyshkevich .

Later that year , Zabriskie placed 12th at 1:05:17.82 in the men 's time trial at the Beijing Olympics , 3:06 behind race winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Cancellara .

Rotterdam has a long boxing tradition starting with Bep van Klaveren ( 1907–1992 ) , aka 'The Dutch Windmill ' , Gold medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics , followed by professional boxers like Regilio Tuur and Don Diego Poeder .

The resort was the home base of Jean-Pierre Vidal , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the gold medal in slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .

Nagashima then travelled to Turin and the 2006 Winter Olympics , but failed to place in the top ten , ending 13th as the third best Japanese skater , nearly 1.5 points behind winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Cheek on the 2 × 500 metres .

Debra ( `` Debbie '' ) Lee Flintoff-King , ( OAM ) ( born 20 April 1960 in Melbourne ) is a retired Australian athlete , and winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the women 's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics .

He is the sire of Baloubet du Rouet ( b . 1989 ) , who with rider Rodrigo Pessoa won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was a three-time winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the World Cup .

Lina Kačiušytė ( born January 1 , 1963 in Vilnius , Lithuanian SSR ) is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Franco `` Thunderbird '' Wanyama ( Born 7 February 1968 ) in Kampala , is a Ugandan amateur middleweight and professional cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1980s , '90s and 2000s who as an amateur represented Uganda at middleweight in the Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , losing to eventual bronze medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Sande of Kenya , and as a professional won the BeNeLux heavyweight title , BeNeLux cruiserweight title , Commonwealth cruiserweight title , and World Boxing Federation ( WBF ) cruiserweight title , and was a challenger for the Commonwealth cruiserweight title against Chris Okoh , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e . cruiserweight to , i.e . heavyweight .

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , Nelson originally won a silver medal in the shot put was upgraded to gold nine years later after the original winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Yuriy Bilonog , tested positive for doping .

In 2013 , almost a decade after the 2004 Summer Olympics concluded , Nelson was awarded the shot put gold medal after the original winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Yuriy Bilonog , tested positive for doping after further testing .

He coached Olympian Danyon Loader , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor two gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and a silver medal at Barcelona in 1992 , and Philip Rush , current world record holder for the fastest two and three way swim of the English Channel .

He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , where he was knocked down in the second round by eventual gold medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Lewis from Canada .

Arthur Cusack was the coach of Olympic Gold medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Theile , who won gold in the 100m backstroke in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 1960 Rome Olympics .

Contrary to a popular myth however , this was not the primary reason for the change in javelin design rules that came into force starting in 1986 ; the relevant changes had already been officially proposed prior to Hohn 's record throw , not only to shorten distances but even more to get rid of the then frequent flat or ambiguous landings , which often made it hard to assess if a throw should be declared legal – most famously in the high-profile case at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where the eventual winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Kūla only progressed to the last three rounds with an apparently flat throw .

Earl H. Bell ( born August 25 , 1955 ) is a former world record-holding pole vaulter from the United States , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and current coach to a number of the nation 's top men and women vaulters .

After winning the two fights over Barrera , Jones lost his belt to 1998 Olympic Gold Medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor McKinney .

Carr has sparred with boxing champions , including seven-time world middleweight champion Tommy `` Hit Man '' Hearns , the former WBC Continental Middleweight Champion Kid Fire Parks , and 1984 Olympics medal winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor Tate , the former world Middleweight Champion .