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New category. Famous Olympians
Al Oerter (USA, 4 times gold medalist, discus throw)
Bob Beamon
(won 1968 Olympic gold medal in long jump with world record 29'-2 1/2")
Cassius Clay (AKA Mohammed Ali) - (as Cassius Clay, he won the gold medal in semiheavy weight, Rome, 1960: he threw the medal to a river after he was refused entrance to a restaurant, somewhere in Dixie)
Region Philbis wrote:Bob Beamon
(won 1968 Olympic gold medal in long jump with world record 29'-2 1/2")
I was there, at the stadium, when Beamon flew.
35 years have passed, and it's still the Olympic record.
Eckert, Barbel
(won the 200m for West Germany.)
Wow-- was that the first Olympics that you saw?
Florence Griffith-Joyner (gazelle, multiple gold medalist in 1988)
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drom,
Actually yes. The games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City. I was 14.
I've only seen other Olympic Games in situ. Barcelona '92.
Gardner, Rulon - Greco-Roman Wrestling
(Fantastic, fbaezer! How many events did you get seeing? Which were the most memorable?)
Heini Hemmi -- won the giant slalom in 1976.
Irina Kirstenstein, neé Sziewinca - Legendary Polish sprinter.
(I saw lots and lots: in '68, lots of athletics + boxing, canoeing, basketball, wrestling, modern pentathlon, gymnastics, waterpolo... ; in '92: lots of athletics + diving, field hockey, soccer, weightlifting, gymnastics, cycling, basketball, modern pentathlon, volleyball, boxing, tae kwon do...)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track & Field
the closest i've gotten to the games was: the guy who sat next to me at work, from british guyana, went to seoul in '88 as a track & field coach. saw him on tv during the opening ceremonies...
Katarina Witt
Figure Skating
Lisa Leslie (women's basketball; she's off to Athens this year)
Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia, marathon gold medalist)
Nadia Comaneci, gymnastics
Oksana Baiul
(while Nancy & Tonya fight, Oksie takes the gold)
Picabo Street- Skiing
2-time Olympic medalist, gold (Super G in 1998) and silver (downhill in 1994)
Quarrie, Don - Sprinter
200 M Gold 1976
Ralph Boston, Track & field
Spitz, Mark
lotsa gold in swimming, 1972
