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The modern Olympics have been taking place since 1896 (Winter Olympics since 1924). This project is designed to identify the people who have had the incredible skill and perseverance to win a medal.
Archery:
Athletics:
- Harold Abrahams - Olympic gold 100m runner - 1924 Gold medal winner, 100 yard
- Sebastian Coe
- Cathy Freeman
- Gerd Kanter Estonian Discus Thrower
- Helen Stephens
Basketball:
Diving:
- Aleksandr Dobroskok
- Anne Montminy
- Dean Pullar
- Dmitri Sautin
- Dmitriy Dobroskok
- Emilie Heymans
- Fernando Platas
- Fu Mingxia
- Ganna Sorokina
- Guo Jingjing
- Heiko Meyer
- Hu Jia
- Igor Lukashin
- Ioulia Pakhalina
- Jan Hempel
- Laura Wilkinson
- Li Na
- Loudy Tourky
- Olena Zhupina
- Rebecca Gilmore
- Robert Newbery
- Sang Xue
- Tian Liang
- Vera Ilina
- Xiao Hailiang
- Xiong Ni
Figure Skating:
Fencing:
- Jeno Fuchs (Hungary) - four golds, 1908, 1912
- Janos Garay (Hungary) - bronze and gold in 1924, gold in 1928
- Oskar Gerde (Hungary) - gold in 1908, 1912
- Endre Kabos (Hungary) - four medals, three gold in 1932,1936
- Gregory Kriss (USSR) - gold, two silver, bronze in 1964, 1968, 1972
- Alexandre Lippman (France) - gold and silver 1908, silver and bronze 1920, gold 1924
- Mark Milder (ISSR) - gold 1960, 1964
- Attila Petschauer (Hungary) - gold 1928, 1932, silver 1928
- Mark Rakita (USSR) - two golds, two silvers 1964, 1968, 1972
- Sergei Sharikov (Russia) - ywo golds, a silver, bronze 1996, 2000, 2004
- Sada Jacobsen (USA) silver and bronze 2008
Gymnastics:
Shooting:
Skijumping:
Swimming:
- Aaron Peirsol
- Ágnes Kovács
- Alexander Popov
- Amanda Beard
- Amy Van Dyken
- Anna-Karin Kammerling
- Antje Buschschulte
- Anthony Ervin
- Ashley Callus
- Barbara Bedford
- Beatrice Căslaru
- Bill Kirby
- Brooke Bennett
- Carlos Jayme
- Chris Thompson
- Claudia Poll
- Courtney Shealy
- Cristina Teuscher
- Curtis Myden
- Dara Torres
- Davide Rummolo
- Dawn Fraser
- Denys Sylantyev
- Diana Mocanu
- Diana Munz
- Domenico Fioravanti
- Dyana Calub
- Ed Moses
- Edvaldo Valério
- Erik Vendt
- Fernando Scherer
- Franziska van Almsick
- Gary Hall Jr.
- Geoff Huegill
- Giaan Rooney
- Grant Hackett
- Gustavo Borges
- Ian Crocker
- Ian Thorpe
- Inge de Bruijn
- Jamie Rauch
- Jason Lezak
- Jenny Thompson
- Jens Kruppa
- Johan Kenkhuis
- Johanna Sjöberg
- Josh Davis
- Junko Onishi
- Justin Norris
- Kaitlin Sandeno
- Kerstin Kielgass
- Kieren Perkins
- Kirsten Thomson
- Klete Keller
- Kristy Kowal
- Lars Frölander
- Leisel Jones
- Lenny Krayzelburg
- Lindsay Benko
- Louise Jöhncke
- Mai Nakamura
- Manon van Rooijen
- Marcel Wouda
- Mark Spitz
- Martijn Zuijdweg
- Martina Moravcová
- Masami Tanaka
- Massimiliano Rosolino
- Matt Welsh
- Megan Quann
- Michael Klim
- Michael Phelps
- Miki Nakao
- Misty Hyman
- Neil Walker
- Nina Zhivanevskaya
- Penny Heyns
- Petria Thomas
- Pieter van der Hoogenband
- Regan Harrison
- Roman Sloudnov
- Roxana Maracineanu
- Ryan Lochte 2012
- Samantha Arsenault
- Sara Harstick
- Scott Goldblatt
- Stev Theloke
- Susie O'Neill
- Terence Parkin
- Thamar Henneken
- Therese Alshammar
- Thomas Rupprath
- Todd Pearson
- Tom Dolan
- Tom Malchow
- Tom Wilkens
- Torsten Spanneberg
- Wilma van Hofwegen
- Yana Klochkova
- Yasuko Tajima
Taekwondo:
Tennis:
Mens singles:
- 1896 John Plus Boland
- 1900 Laurence Doherty
- 1904 Beals Wright
- 1908 Josiah Ritchie
- 1912 Charles Winslow
- 1920 Louis Raymond
- 1924 Vincent Richards
- 1924 - 1984 not included in the Olympic program
- 1988 Miloslav Lecir
- 1992 Marc Rosset
- 1996 Andre Agassi
- 2000 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
- 2004 Nicolas Massu
- 2008 Rafael Nadal
- 2012
Womens singles:
- 1900 Charlotte Cooper
- 1904 - 1907 not included in the program
- 1908 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
- 1912 Marguerite Broquedis
- 1916
- 1920 Suzanne Lenglen
- 1924 Helen Wills
- 1928 - 1984 not included in the Olympic program
- 1988 Steffi Graf
- 1992 Jennifer Capriati
- 1996 Lindsay Devenport
- 2000 Venus Williams
- 2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne
- 2008 Elena Dementieva
- 2012
Mens doubles:
- 1896 John Pius Boland and Friedrich Traun
- 1900 Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty
- 1904 Edgar Leonard and Beals Wright
- 1908 George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty
- 1912 Harry Kitson and Charles Winslow
- 1920 Oswald Turnbull and Maxwell Woosnam
- 1924 Vincent Richards and Francis Hunter
- 1928 - 1984 not included in the Olympic program
- 1988 Ken Flach and Robert Seguso
- 1992 Boris Becker and Robert Seguso
- 1996 Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
- 2000 Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor
- 2004 Fernando Gonzales and Nicolas Massu
- 2008 Roger Federer and Stanislaus Wawrinka
- 2012
Women's doubles
- 1920 Margaret McNair and Kitty McKane
- 1924 Hazel Wightman and Helen Wills
- 1928 - 1984 not included in the Olympic program
- 1988 Pam Shriver and Zena Garrison
- 1992 Gigi Fernandez and Mary Joe Fernandez
- 1996 Gigi Fernandez and Mary Joe Fernandez
- 2000 Serena Williams and Venus Williams
- 2004 Li Ting and Sun Tiantian
- 2008 Serena Williams and Venus Williams
- 2012
- Mixed doubles
- 1900 Charlotte Cooper and Reginald Doherty
- 1904 - 1908 not included in the Olympic program
- 1912 Dorothea Koring and Heinrich Schomburgk
- 1920 Suzanne Lenglen and Max Decugis
- 1924 Hazel Wightman and Norris Williams
- 1928 - 2008 not included in the Olympic program
- 2012
References
Results database [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp] Olympic Tennis [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/TEN/] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_tennis]