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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. Alpine Skiing (Winter): Kjetil André Aamodt (1971 - ) Paul Accola (1967) Émile Allais (1912 - 2012) Sébastien Amiez (1972 - ) Debbie Armstrong (1963 - ) Wolfgang Bartels (1940 - 2007)
List of qualified athletes=These are the athletes who have officially qualified to represent the U.S. at the 2020 Olympics, with the list continually growing as qualification events are completed. Please check here for additional athletes. The United States sent 613 athletes to compete in 35 sports. The opening ceremony flag bearers, as chosen by their fellow athletes, were basketball Sue Bird ...
IMPORTANT NOTE: If a relevant sub-project already exists for an individual's sport, please add them to that sub-project and not this portal. Sports Auto Racing Fast & Furious Indianapolis 500 NASCAR National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Baseball Main project: Baseball National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Negro League Baseball Notable people in baseball
is an individual or team sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take ...
This is a project for people who have achieved some degree of notability in the world of ice speed skating. Ideally, we will add the profiles of all internationally-competitive speed skaters for whom we have built trees on Geni.> Definition: a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating include long-...
This project celebrates gymnasts who have competed on the U.S. national team. Both past and present gymnasts, male and female, are covered by the scope of the project. The fields of gymnastics in the United States include artistic, rhythmic, acrobatic, and trampoline and tumbling (T&T). When adding a gymnast to the project, please list them under the proper heading(s) and include their years a...
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad , and commonly known as Rio 2016 , is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games due to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.A record number of countries are participating in a record number of sports. More than...
The United States competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Please check back as Olympians are added to this project. Alpine skiing Breezy Johnson Paula Moltzan Nina O'Brien Mikaela Shiffrin Biathlon Susan Dunklee Clare Egan Deedra Irwin Joanne Reid Jake Brown Sean Doherty Leif Nordgren Paul Schommer Bobsled This lis...
This project focuses on the athletes who are representing Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.==The Athletes=====Archery===* Alec Potts * Ryan Tyack* Taylor Worth* Alice Ingley===Athletics===* Liam Adams* Dane Bird-Smith* Peter Bol* Josh Clarke* Rhydian Cowley* Chris Erickson* Ryan Gregson* Alex Hartmann* Luke Mathews* Sam McEntee* David McNeill* Brendon Reading* Jef...
This project focuses on the athletes who are representing Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 313 athletes will participate in 36 sports, 175 events.= Please click here for the official Team Canada roster ===The Athletes=====Archery===* Crispin Duenas - Ontario* Geircy Triffeault Picard - Québec===Athletics===* Kelsie Ahbe, Toronto* Mohammed Ahmed, St Catharines, O...
This project focuses on the athletes who are representing The Bahamas at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.==The Athletes=====Athletics===* Trevor Barry* Adanaca Brown* Chris Brown* Devynne Charlton* Latario Collie-Minns* Tynia Gaither* Steven Gardiner * Jeffery Gibson * Adrian Griffith * Shavez Hart* Michael Mathieu* Shaunae Miller -- private profile * Stephen Newbold* D...
This project focuses on the athletes who are representing the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Please note that the lists below are incomplete; indeed, the lists for most sports have barely been started. Your help with this project is greatly appreciated!= Update: Please click here for the official Team USA roster , regularly updated. ===The Athletes=====Arche...
Women’s gymnastics made its debut in the 1928 Olympic Summer Games held in Amsterdam, and Netherlands’ female gymnasts won the gold medal. The members of the 1928 Olympic gold winning Dutch team were: * Coach: Gerrit Kleerekoper * Alida van den Bos * Estella Agsteribbe * Jacomina van den Berg (1909-1996)* Petronella Burgerhof * Elka de Levie (survived)
Team GB Rio 2016 Summer Olympics ..... You Tube - Michael Nesmith ~ Rio A total of 366 athletes are competing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. While significantly smaller than the 542-strong contingent at London 2012, it is the biggest squad sent to an 'away' Olympics since Barcelona 1992. In order to gain an accurate record please link onl...