Vincent Hancock (born March 19, 1989) is an American shooter and Olympic athlete who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He is the first skeet shooter to repeat as the Olympi
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Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an African American former track & field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith won the 200-meter dashfinals in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20 second b
Continue reading >>Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is a former American track and field athlete, who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the wor
Continue reading >>Dwight Phillips (born October 1, 1977 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump. He was the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. His personal best of 8.74 meters, set in 2009, makes him the joint fifth
Continue reading >>Donna Weinbrecht (born April 23, 1965) won the first gold medal awarded in the first Olympic mogul competitions in freestyle skiing, which were held at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville,France. Weinbrecht grew up in West Milford, New Jersey. She w
Continue reading >>Donald Arthur Schollander (born April 30, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He won a total of five gold medals and one silver medal at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. With four gold
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