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
full story >>
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 >>Bonnie Kathleen Blair (born March 18, 1964 in Cornwall, New York) is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympichistory. Blair competed for the United States in four Ol
Continue reading >>Samuel Bode Miller (/ˈboʊdiː/; born October 12, 1977) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overallWorld Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and can th
Continue reading >>Robert "Bob" Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, which remained the world record for 22 years, 316 days until it was broken in 19
Continue reading >>William Mervin "Billy" Mills, also known as Makata Taka Hela (born June 30, 1938), is the second Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. He accomplished this feat in the 10,000 meter runat the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the only American ev
Continue reading >>
