In 1956 Aussie Murray Rose became the 1st male swimmer to win 2 solo Olympic golds since this man in 1924
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Olympic Summer Games - The Canadian Encyclopedia  Oct 26, 2016 ... Alex Baumann won two gold medals at the 1984 Olympic Games ... Two years after the 1904 Games, Intermediary Games were held in Athens to try to ... became the first Canadian women to win Olympic gold, in the relay. ... Melbourne 1956 ... The Australian team, led by swimmers Murray Rose and Dawn...
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List of Australian Olympic medallists in swimming - Wikipedia  Australia has competed in swimming at the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, after only sending a runner, Edwin Flack to the 1896 Summer Olympics. Frederick Lane was Australia's sole swimming representative at the 1900 games, winning two individual gold ... In doing so, she became the first woman to win three individual gold medals...
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Water Sports - 2 | Britannica.com  Results 1 - 100 of 105 ... Babashoff, Shirley American swimmer who won eight Olympic medals ... Originating in 1906, it has been held biennially since 1924 (except during World War II); ..... first male athlete to win two Olympic gold medals in the platform event. ... Rose, Murray Australian swimmer who won six Olympic medals...
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1956 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an ... Equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. .... Murray Rose became the first male swimmer to win two freestyle events since Johnny Weissmuller in 1924, while Dawn Fraser won gold medals in the...
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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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Olympic swimming results 2016: Joseph Schooling beats Michael ...  Aug 12, 2016 ... Singapore's Joseph Schooling won the gold medal in the men's individual 100-meter butterfly race, setting an Olympic record with a time of...
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Ian Thorpe - Wikipedia  Ian James Thorpe, OAM (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and ... Thorpe was the first person to have been named Swimming World Swimmer of the...
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jeopardy/2767_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  GOOD SPORTS | Alexander Popov was the first man to win Olympic swimming's 100-meter freestyle twice since this man in the 1920s | Johnny Weissmuller.
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Kristin Otto | German swimmer | Britannica.com  Otto entered a special sports school at age 11 after East Germany's ... German swimmer, the first female athlete to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games. Swimmer Kristin Otto showing off the six gold medals she won at the 1988...
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Weird of the rings: 100 bizarre facts about the Olympic Games ...  She became the 1st American woman to win 3 gold medals in track & field during .... Buster Crabbe, 1932, gold medal Olympic swimmer and future movie star via ..... On July 9, 1922, swimmer Johnny Weissmuller swam the 100 meter freestyle in ..... was the first person to swim 100 meters in under a minute (58.6 seconds).
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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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Johnny Weissmuller facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  One of the most outstanding swimmers of all time, Johnny Weissmuller won five Olympic ... Olympic historian David Wallechinsky uncovered credible evidence in the 1980s that ... In 1924 he set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle, finishing in 57.4 seconds, and became the first swimmer to break the one-minute mark.
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games - Wikipedia  List of most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games[edit]. This is a list of most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. ... Rank, Athlete, Nation, Sport, Year, Game, Sex, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total...
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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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16 History-Altering Moments in Olympic Swimming ... - SwimSwam  Jun 23, 2015 ... Without enough time to recuperate for all three events, he only swam two of them. ... the first ever relay gold with a world record time of 5:52.8 in the 400 freestyle relay. ... 7. The First Olympic Champion In The 50m Freestyle. The 50m .... was the 1972 Munich Olympics in which she won three gold medals.
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Swimming 101: Olympic history | NBC Olympics  Mar 15, 2016 ... The Americans took home a third of the swimming medals awarded ... of his swimming career when he won gold in the 200m backstroke, had it ... the 10-medal mark with a bronze (tying Torres in the 100m freestyle) and ... Mark Spitz, who won only two relay golds at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and had...
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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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Timeline Olympics - Timelines of History  Connolly's event, the triple jump, which was then called the hop, step, and jump, was ... He went on to become a successful author of 25 novels. ... 1912 James Francis Thorpe (b.1888), American athlete, won an Olympic gold medal. .... 1948 Jul 29, Britain's King George VI opened the first Olympics since 1936 in London.
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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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Past Swimming Stars Biographies - USA Swimming  In the 1972 Olympics, she earned silver medals in the 100m free and 200m ... He broke the world record in that event six times following the 1988 Olympics ... the only woman swimmer to win more than one individual title in Munich. ... Both he and Jager swam on 400m free relay teams that won gold in 1984, '88 and '92.
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Justin Huish 1996 Olympic Gold | Archery | Pinterest | Gold and Html  Canadian high jumper Duncan McNaughton, winner of a gold medal at the IXth Summer Olympic Games, 1932. #vintage #1930s #sports #Olympics. Canadian...