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BIONIC MAN - SI.com  At 39, Mark Spitz, winner of seven golds at the 1972 Games, is trying what no mere ... swimming to seven gold medalsand seven world recordsin seven tries. ... "When he came, his self-image was pretty low, and he didn't feel competent ... Only one event figured to be close, the 100 free against a field that included Jerry...
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Mark Andrew Spitz facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Spitz, a detailed strategist in and out of the water, was named 1972 World Swimmer of the Year. .... That same day, he swam his leg in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, and ... 1967, World records in 400-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, and ... first athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals in one Olympiad; World Swimmer...
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Mark Spitz | Olympics Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia  He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics, an achievement ... Before he was 10, Spitz held 17 national age-group records, and one world ... Spitz also set a number of world records during the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials ... Further, Spitz set a new world record in each of the seven events (the 100 m freestyle...
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ESPN.com: Swimming's golden boy  Spitz, the only athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Olympiad, was ... After winning five Olympic gold medals in four days, he said, "No, this isn't fun, not ... Spitz considered dropping out of the 100-meter freestyle because, fearing ... So Spitz swam. ... Spitz won in 51.22, knocking .25 seconds off his own world record.
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jeopardy/1432_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  DUOS | "She gave him sex, and he gave her class" was said of the chemistry between this duo, paired ... THE FAST | One of this man's 7 Olympic gold medals in 1972 came in the 100m free, which he swam in a world record 51.22 | Mark Spitz.
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Michael Johnson: 'For eight years I was a five-time gold medallist ...  Jul 9, 2012 ... Not only does he hold the world record for the 400m, he is the only male athlete in history to win the 200m and 400m at the same Olympics. I was the ... But Johnson was more than just an extraordinarily fast runner: he was the sport's first ... He sits down on a gold-print sofa adorned with pale gold cushions.
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Michael Phelps | American swimmer | Britannica.com  Aug 15, 2016 ... At the 2008 Games in Beijing, he became the first athlete... ... Michael Phelps, in full Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985, Baltimore, ... athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, which included a record 23 gold. ... at age 15 the youngest world-record holder in men's swimming when he posted 1 min...
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If Michael Phelps Were A Country, Where Would His Gold ... - NPR  Aug 14, 2016 ... Michael Phelps helped the USA win 4x100m medley relay gold at the Rio ... in the 4x100-meter medley relay in his final race in Rio, and according to him, ... four of the countries ahead of him are Germany, which over time has...
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Owens wins 4th gold medal - Aug 09, 1936 - HISTORY.com  At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, African American track star Jesse Owens wins his ... He equaled the world record (10.3 seconds) in the 100-meter race and broke...
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Mark Spitz - Wikipedia  Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in seven events. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, an ... He was the third athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals. ..... March 29, 2009.
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Michael Johnson (sprinter) - Wikipedia  1997 Athens  400 m. Gold medal  first place, 1999 Seville  400 m. Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships gold medals. He formerly held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m as ... He is the only male athlete in history to win both the 200 metres and 400...
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Jeopary Questions page 2217 - POETS & POETRY - TriviaBistro.com  SPORTS: At the 1924 Olympics he broke the 1-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle & he wasn't swinging on vines  LITERALLY: There is no record of his...
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At 17, I'd won two Olympic gold medals for swimming. I still couldn't ...  Jul 13, 2016 ... After finishing my last race at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, I went back to the ... I'd already competed in two Olympic Games, winning two gold medals. ... During the prime of my swimming career, ABC's Wide World of Sports ... I went on to have a rich and varied career covering some 18 Olympic Games.
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Jesse OWENS - Olympic Athletics | United States of ... - Olympics  Athletics at Berlin 1936 Olympics. ... 1935, Jesse Owens made sporting history when he broke five world records and equalled a sixth in the space of 45 minutes.
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Dawn Fraser showing off her gold medal for 100-metre freestyle ...  He became the first man since 1920 to win gold medals at both the 800m and 1500m at the ..... 100 Greatest U.S. Olympians Pictures - Wilma Rudolph | Rolling Stone1956 ... Murray Rose (1939-2012), former Australian swimmer and Olympian, ..... The only athlete, male or female, to be Olympic Champion in the 100 metres...
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame's TIMELINE of Women's ...  the most famous Austrian swimmer of her time, over a 22 mile (36 km) distance .... 1924 - Gertrude Ederle wins three medals at the Paris Olympics: a gold in the...
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OLYMPICS: Great moments from the Summer Games | ROCK 102 ...  Even though he finished second, it gave him enough points to claim the gold medal ... Sunday, August 12, 1984, after winning the gold medal in platform diving in the ... Louganis became the first male in 56 years to win both the springboard and ... winning the gold medal in the men's 400 meter race at the Summer Olympics...
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jeopardy/1290_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  SPORTS STARS | In 1976 Hungary's Miklos Nemeth won Olympic gold by throwing this over 300 feet, a feat not equaled in the games since | the javelin. right:.
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Mark Spitz - Wikipedia  Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in seven events. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, an .... Spitz won by half a stroke in a world-record time of 51.22 seconds. Jacket worn...
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Top 10 Impressive Athletics World Records - Listverse  Oct 2, 2007 ... On a windy day in 1984, Hohn became the first man to throw the javelin ... sprinter who won 3 gold medals in the 1988 Olympic Games (100m, 200m, ... Sergei Bubka broke the pole vault world record 35 times during his long career. .... Perhaps athletics' most eccentric event, the triple jump was turned on its...
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Greg Louganis - Athlete - Biography.com  Apr 19, 2016 ... American diving champion Greg Louganis won 13 world ... five Olympic medals (four gold and one silver), and he was the first diver to ... He wowed the judges at the 1971 Junior Olympics two years later, ... in both the men's 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform events. He ... Swimmer, Athlete (1984).