Sentences with phrase «who won a gold medal»

While Vonn stands to make a killing in endorsements, Van, who won the gold medal at the women's world championships in 2009, holds on to her job as a physical - therapy assistant, blocked from the chance for gold by the International Olympic Committee's senseless refusal to allow women to compete in ski jumping.

The former matinee idol, who won a gold medal in front of his countrymen at the Rome Olympics in 1960 and later held the world middleweight title for most of three years, had been beating himself up, guilt - ridden that for all his success in and out of the ring, he hadn't done enough to help others.

Murray, who won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, is coming off his third major victory and looking to add to an already impressive resume.

His wife, the former Mary Rand, who won a gold medal in the long jump — and set a world record — for Great Britain in the 1964 Olympics, listened patiently for a while.

The man who wins the gold medal will probably endure as the Olympics» only biathlon champion: the event has just been voted out of the next Winter Games in 1964.

At age 79 after he fell and hit his head on a concrete gym floor, Harold Connolly (above), who won the gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Olympics despite throwing with a left arm that had been withered since birth.

Jean Vuarnet of France, who won the gold medal in the downhill at Squaw Valley in 1960, wrote of the way it was when he burst out of the starting gate: «I am now in another world — alone with trees and mountains.

Dr Stephanie Cook, who won a gold medal in modern pentathlon in 2000, said: «I hope that this incredible atmosphere provides some inspiration for the athletes that are training here today.

Recently, we covered a report (via Mirror) claiming that the Reds are closing in on hiring the services of the 24 - year - old Samba star, who won the Gold Medal with the national side at the Olympics last year.

American athletes who win gold medals are awarded $ 25,000 for each medal from the United States Olympic Committee.

«A living example that a ketogenic diet can indeed be combined with outstanding achievements in physical exercise is the Olympic biathlon gold medalist Björn Ferry, who won his gold medal after about 6 months on a low - carbohydrate high - fat diet.

Hannah Angela Kearney (born February 26, 1986) is an American mogul skier who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the.

Snowboarder Jamie Anderson - who won a gold medal at the winter games - has been paired with Artem Chigvintsev.

Adam Peaty, who won a Gold medal in the men's 100m breaststroke, attended a state school but trained at the facilities at Repton school.

Congratulations also to the Gilroy Unified School District who won a Gold Medal for demonstrating an 8 percentage - point 3 - year improvement on the State Math Test from 24 % of 11th grade students Meeting or Exceeding Standards in 2015 to 32 % Meeting or Exceeding Standards in 2017.

Canadian Athlete of the Year, Daniel Igali, who won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, was the guest speaker at the conference.

Not exact matches

Better known to many as «Lord Coe,» the IAAF's new leader is a former British track superstar who won four Olympic gold medals in the 1980s.

Founder of The Factory Agency, he represents several Paralympians, including Taylor Lipsett, who despite suffering from a serious bone disease is a member of the U.S. sled hockey team that won the gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Paralympics four years ago.

We're hard - pressed to say which is best: Duke's Coach K (above, right), who has developed players for decades with a mixture of toughness and love — in the process becoming the winningest Division I men's college basketball coach in history and leading the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team to a pair of gold medals?

Most U.S. Olympians not named Michael Phelps, Serena Williams or Gabby Douglas who win a gold, silver, or bronze medal this year will receive little more than the U.S. Olympic Committee's respective $ 25,000, $ 15,000, or $ 10,000 for their troubles.

Her inspiration was Kunjarani Devi, who has till date won three gold medals at the Manchester Common Wealth Games in 2002.

And there's the «Biles,» named after Simone Biles, who just won the women's all - around gold medal at the Rio Olympics.

And Team USA brought in more gold yesterday, as Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever, with 21 gold medals, while young Katie Ledecky, who may some day surpass him, won her third.

They become only the second and third Brazilians to earn gymnastics medals, behind Arthur Zanetti who won gold in rings in 2012.

America's Justin Gatlin, who won the 2004 Olympic gold medal before serving a four - year drug suspension for testosterone from ’06 to» 10, finished second in 9.89 seconds.

British pair Heather Stanning and Helen Glover, unbeaten on the international stage since 2011 and defending the gold medal they won in 2012, were among those who had been scheduled to compete on Sunday.

And it could become even more popular in 2012, given the adulation around long - distance runner Mo Farah, who won two gold medals for Britain at the Olympics.

We walked the city in every direction with a tour guide who would certainly win the gold medal in speed walking.

They are the «lipid fraction» which contains the saturated fatty acids and the «non-lipid fraction» which has not been studied in - depth, says this award - winning Chemist who is the recipient of the Dr. C.L. de Silva Gold Medal Award - 2009 for «an outstanding research contribution done in any branch of Chemical Sciences during the last five years in Sri Lanka» offered by the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon.

No Chinese amassed a greater embarrassment of riches than woman gymnast Chiang Shao - yi, who won five medals, all of them gold.

He probably won't earn a berth on this year's Olympic team, but, says Bruins throws coach Art Venegas, «this is a guy who could medal at the»97 and»99 world championships and could win a gold at the Olympics in 2000.»

On Sunday pistol shooter Wu Xiaoxuan, who in 1984 became the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold medal, carried the torch through the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province and then donated $ 70,000, collected from other torchbearers, to earthquake relief efforts.

In addition to a stint with the gold - medal - winning U.S. under - 19 world championship team (for which she averaged a team - high 13.6 points and 9.9 rebounds), Ogwumike worked on her shooting and ballhandling this summer with her 6» 3» sister Chiney, the consensus top 2010 recruit, who just signed with Stanford.

For Penny, who won her second silver medal, it was a terrific disappointment to have missed the gold.

Finland and Norway staged a remarkable race in the men's 40 - kilometer relay, the famous old Finn, Veikko Hakulinen, who had won a gold medal at Oslo in»52 and another at Cortina in» 56, lunging ahead of the Norwegian, Haakon Brusveen, winner of a gold medal in the 15 - kilometer race just two days before, by the length of a ski right at the finish.

Austrian skiers won an unprecedented five of six races and amassed 15 medals out of a possible 24: France won only two gold medals: freckle - faced Marielle Goitschell took the ladies» combined title, and Charles Bozon, who had broken his back skiing four years ago and screamed from his stretcher that he would never race again, won the men's slalom.

Lee - Gartner grew up skiing at the tiny Red Mountain ski area in British Columbia, the same little hill that produced the Canadian heroine Nancy Greene, who also won an Olympic gold medal in France (in the giant slalom at Grenoble in 1968).

The Russians have their first jumpers capable of winning gold medals in Nikolai Shamov and Nikolai Kamensky — powerful men who lack polish only in their landing technique.

The Soviet squad at Squaw Valley is packed with world champions who could win every gold medal in both men's and women's events

Just a nice, quiet, radically fast young man with no interest in making social statements and no clue as to why anyone — all the reporters who peppered him with questions about race after he won the gold medal, all the people roaming websites, even a writer from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED — would make color an issue.

Turn around again and you're the coach of a gold - medal - winning Southern white youth who chooses the look and style of a black youth as he sprints right through what's left of the barriers because he never even sees any barriers.

They were led by a team of accomplished coaches, including head coach Chris Carver who is former coach of three U.S. Olympic teams which won gold and bronze medals from Atlanta to Athens and has been named United States Synchronized Swimming Coach of the Year for an unprecedented 14 years.

Sugar Ray Leonard, who had won the Olympic light welterweight gold medal in Montreal in 1976 and was now WBC welterweight champion, had come back to that city to defend his title against the former lightweight champion of the world, Roberto Duran.

«I don't walk around in my leotard wearing my medals,» says Retton, who at age 16 won the all - around gold as well as two silvers (in team competition and the vault) and two bronzes (uneven bars and floor exercises) at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.

The camp is led by 15 seniors who have won a combined 12 gold medals with the program, players either already committed to play big - time college basketball or currently choosing between offers.

Others who could win a gold medal at Squaw Valley are Willie Erickson, Rudi Maki and Roger Dion.

Speed skater Charlie Jewtraw, a Lake Placid, N.Y., boy who won the first gold medal in these first Winter Games, said simply, «It was like a fairy tale.»

This yearKorir, going for the win, faces an interesting opponent: Haile Gebrselassie.The Ethiopian, who has won two Olympic gold medals in the 10,000 meters, ismaking his first Berlin start.

1924 Johnny Weissmuller (right, with Andrew Charlton, Australia), who later swung to movie heights as Tarzan, won three gold medals in Paris.

There have been 13 Olympics since, and each has left a legacy of unforgotten moments and splendid heroes: Dorando Pietri staggering to a disqualification in 1908; Aileen Riggin, at 12, winning the dive in Antwerp; Jim Thorpe, who astonished the Swedes with his athletic feats by day and his revelry by night; the taciturn little Finn, Paavo Nurmi, who won seven long - distance championships; Jesse Owens, whose four gold medals in Berlin brought a scowl to the face of Adolf Hitler; and Emil Zatopek who, lacking natural speed, became by will the most marvelous of modern long - distance runners.