Sentences with phrase «won olympic»

Ryk Neethling is known amongst most South Africans as one of the swimming stars that won an Olympic gold medal for South Africa in...

Ryk Neethling is known amongst most South Africans as one of the swimming stars that won an Olympic gold medal for South Africa in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.

Most of you will have heard of the controversial figure skating win of Russian teenager Adelina Sotnikova who won the Olympic gold medal last week beating out Yuna Kim of South Korea, despite many stylistic errors and fumbles.

This German guy just won an Olympic silver medal in the luge, and I asked him if we could get a photo of him biting into his medal at the presentation ceremony.

Harrison «Bones» Dillard was crowned the world's fastest man when he won the Olympic 100 - meter title at the 1948 London Olympics.

In fact, a disdainful attitude towards defense of your course project — it is almost the same if you won the Olympic Games, and the reward would not have been taken.

If the Pathfinder is a decathlete, a modern - day Bruce Jenner in sheetmetal, as Nissan calls it (note to Nissan: Jenner won Olympic gold in 1976, before many in this target audience were born), then we were Braveheart and retreat was not an option.

Almost 50 years and many professional achievements later — including serving as the first principal of the first postsecondary institution in southeastern Nigeria and founding the International Conference on Thinking — Maxwell's academy in which both athletics and academics are emphasized is becoming a reality thanks to an invitation from the National Olympic Committee of Albania, a country that is among the 100 nations that have never won an Olympic medal.

Harding may not have won Olympic Gold, but this bold and fascinating version of her bizarre life story is worthy of top honors.

Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) won Olympic Gold in 1984, but he is shy and withdrawn to the point of being socially awkward and unable to capitalize on his victory.

The movie is based on the real - life saga of the ultra-wealthy du Pont (Steve Carell) and his working relationship with Mark Schultz and his older brother Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo), both of whom won Olympic gold medals in 1984.

60 Minutes Sports, Season 2014, Episode 3: Before Shaun White won Olympic snowboarding gold, there was Jeremy Jones, whose wild rides on some on the steepest mountains inspired a generation of riders.

Mariel Zagunis won her Olympic gold medals for fencing, but you'd like she's a prize - winning chef from this tasty zucchini recipe.

Also he won Olympic Gold medals for the long jump in 92 & 96.

She won Olympic gold at the 1992...

Snowboarder Hannah Teter has literally done it all: she's won Olympic medals in halfpipe — gold in 2006 and silver in 2010 — modeled for SI's swimsuit issue and even had an ice cream named after her (Ben & Jerry's «Maple Blondie»).

He won the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2007 and owns the American half - marathon record.

He won the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2007 and owns...

I had dreamed of being an Olympian my entire life and not only had that dream come true, but I had won an Olympic medal.

He was mayor when London won the Olympic bid for 2012 and for the 7/7 attacks in 2005.

Having won Olympic and world titles there in the past, there is always a great sense of anticipation over being able to compete there again, and a big part of that is the home crowd.

Alongside Renato Augusto, Thiago Maia was key to Brazil's midfield as they won Olympic gold in Rio, defeating Germany in the final on penalties and it looks a matter of time before he earns senior international recognition.

The double world and Olympic track champion has had his summer plans interrupted by illness and was forced to withdraw from the 5000m and 10,000 m — the distances over which he won his Olympic and world titles — at the Commonwealth Games.

In 1956 he was a member of the Soviet team that won Olympic Gold in Melbourne and in 1960 he won the European Championship title with the USSR.

He's not the first Team GB athlete to switch between the sports however — Sir Chris Hoy was a junior rower for Scotland before becoming a professional cyclist while Rebecca Romero won Olympic medals in both.

Thornley — who won Olympic doubles sculls silver alongside Katherine Grainger in Rio last summer — took home GB's only gold of the day, although there were a further three bronze medals.

Imagine if they had won Olympic Gold on home soil.

With Brazil he had won Olympic Silver medal 2012 and FIFA Confederations Cup 2013.

Instead, Tommie won an Olympic - distance 200 - meter dash — a race exactly 46 inches shorter than 220 yards — and moved one up (three to two) in his grudge duel with Jim Hines of the Houston Striders.

For a country that has never won an Olympic medal and is the only nation banned from the Games, Afghanistan had a telling effect on two Olympics.

Yeah, he's won Olympic gold with Argentina, but that's not considered a major accomplishment in men's football, and a Youth World Cup title isn't considered all that highly either.

Two days before, he had won the Olympic long jump from his 1991 conqueror and the world - record holder, Mike Powell.

Watts was all of that when he won the Olympic 400 from Steve Lewis in a near - world - record 43.50.

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.

She's the first female athlete from Ireland to have won an Olympic gold medal and the first Irish swimmer to have won an Olympic medal of any sort.

Usain Bolt emphatically retained the right to be known as the fastest man on Earth this summer when he won Olympic gold in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m events for the third consecutive Games.

That sprint could have won an Olympic 100m gold.

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).

However, while Messi won the Olympic games in 2008, the World Cup — a competition Pele won three times — still eludes him.

Louise Ritter's longstanding love for the high jump was finally requited in Seoul, where she won Olympic gold

He just won the Olympic gold, I was excited to hear him speak..........

Pretty cocky attitude for someone who has still never won an olympic medal.

They were always alone on the track, sharing a sport and eventually the distinction of being the only father and daughter to have won Olympic track and field medals.

She won it with a first from all nine judges in both phases of the competition (only those familiar with the mad individuality of figure - skating judges will appreciate this), and the following year she won the Olympic gold medal at Cortina.

The Kansas alum held world records at 880 yards, a mile and 1,500 meters, and won Olympic silver in the 1,500 in» 68.

He's won Olympic gold medals, won All - Star MVP at the second - youngest age (behind LeBron, of course) and has proven to have the killer mentality needed to forge a legacy of his own.

Douglas remembers when light welterweight Jerry Page, a fellow Columbus native, won an Olympic gold medal in 1984, and the city organized a homecoming parade.

Nevertheless, since his opponent surrendered before Arrachion died, Arrachion won the Olympic wrestling bout that year.

Norway, by the way, has a population of 4.7 million, 3 million of whom have won Olympic medals.

Dominique Moceanu won Olympic gold in 1996, as part of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team known as the «Magnificent Seven.»