have there ever been any olympic athletes killed while competing in the olympic games?
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The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September – a group within Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization. The kidnappers eventually murdered 11 Israeli athletes, nine of them during the botched German rescue attempt, and one German police officer. Five of the eight kidnappers were also killed by police during the rescue attempt, with the three captured surviving kidnappers later being released by Germany following the hijacking of a Lufthansa airliner.\nIn response to the attack, Israel planned and carried out the assassination of a number of individuals who were said to have been responsible. Although it was believed that two of the three surviving kidnappers were killed as part of these reprisals, some recent evidence appears to indicate otherwise.\nSimon Reeve wrote that the Munich massacre was one of the most significant terror attacks of recent times, one that "thrust the Palestinian cause into the world spotlight, set the tone for decades of conflict in the Middle East, and launched a new era of international terrorism". [1]
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by the results of their athletes in international competitions
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Many boxers have died in the ring. Athletes have died in just about any sport you can think of. The death of Doo Koo Kim brought tons of media attention to "dying in the ring" in the early to mid 80s. A championship fight ended sometime during the past year or two with the "champ" being hospitalized and later he died. \n\nSomeone mentioned that 50 boxers died in the last 35yrs, I'm curious where they found that piece of info. Could you please post the url for the site where it gave the figures on number of deaths attributed to boxing, thanks. \n\nAnd sportslvr45 you mentioned you were a light-heavyweight with an impressive record of 60-2, tell me what organization/s did you fight under? Are you still fighting? If not why did you stop? Also can you describe a "basic" boxing stance and how I would get into that stance? Why is the "boxing stance" so important sportslvr45 thanks I anxiously await your answer. Oh and BTW sportslvr there is a "check spelling" link just thought you'd like to know, had I not shared it would way heavy on my conscience and your unconsence.
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I could not find him in the Olympic database. What year? Spelling could be wrong.
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Try this link:\nhttp://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp\nthis is a complete database of the Olympic medal winners from all the Olympics.\nis it's not enough try wikipedia
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http://www.athens2004.com/en/OlympicMedals/medals?lang=en&channel=OlympicMedals&discipline_code=BD\n\nScroll to the bottom of the page and all the winners of each event is posted. You can click on the athletes and it will have a bio each one.
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Four athletes have won 9 gold medals:\n\nPaavo Nurmi (Finland), athletics, 1920-1928.\nLarisa Latynina (USSR), artistic gymnastics, 1956-1964.\nMark Spitz (USA), swimming, 1968 and 1972.\nCarl Lewis (USA), athletics, 1984-1996.
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They did a piece on him during the Olympics. \nThe brother's name was Kjetil Ulvang. His body was found the following spring.
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naa.. i dont think so... deep down, u know those athletes are competitors, and they're always going to want to win no matter what.. nobody likes to lose!
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first olympic sport? that was the foot race. (sprinting) in athens i think
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Check this out:\n\nhttp://www.forbes.com/2004/06/23/04athletesland.html
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see  \nhttp://www.olympic-usa.org/12181_19096.htm
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Athletes in the modern Olympic Games is not just awarded gold, silver and bronze medal for finishing first, second and third. The athletes are awarded with the experience of competing on a state-of-the-art facilities. As well as that they also compete in front of the world. Just competing in the Olympic Games is an award for many athletes.
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Ummmm, they won both the silver and bronze medals in Pairs Figure Skating in Torino and numerous medals in short and long track speed skating.  Not to mention summer olympics where they are leaders in diving and gymnastics. For lists of athletes, see http://www.olympics.org
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Sheik Ahmed Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates has won the first ever Olympic medal for the gulf nation in winning the double trap shooting event.\n\nMaktoum finished tied for 18th in the same event at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and earlier in the Athens Games had finished 4th in the single trap shooting event.\n\nThe forty year-old Maktoum, is a member of Dubai's ruling family, and was educated in the United States, at Western States University in Phoenix, Arizona.\n\nNewspapers in Australia after the 2000 Sydney games reported that as the Sheik went through the airport in Sydney, he was asked for his flight number by Australian customs. His short answer was reportedly "No number, no airline, my plane." Customs then asked for the registration number of his plane which he didn't have. He then told customs officials that he had five planes, and he just phoned for one of them to come pick him. A 747 showed up to take him home.\n\nUnited Arab Emirates medal history in various games.
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Does entering a competition where you know you are going to loose count? If so then yes, all the time.\n\n(When you run a marathon, with thousands of people, it's a good bet that you will get beat by the guy who's on the Olympic team.)
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Yes. Australia is the Gold medallist of Athens 2004 Summer Olympic.