Article: Memorable Swimming Moments Abound in Beijing

Article: Americans win three gold medals in men's downhill
AP Online;  March 8, 1998 ;     380 words ......skiing Sunday at the Winter Paralympic Games. Mannino, a gold medalist in 1992 and 1994, was disqualified Saturday, along with...and Norwegian Ragnhild Myklebust both won their second gold medals. Hoefle, who had nine gold medals in the three previous Paralympics, won the men's ...

Article: IN HUGE UPSETS, A LOW-PROFILE U.S. BASEBALL TEAM AND A GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLER SNATCH GOLD MEDALS
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 28, 2000 ;     252 words ......the Summer Games-shocked the two-time defending gold medalist Cubans to take home a Sydney gold medal. They breezed to a 4-0 victory behind a three-hitt...unbeaten in 13 years and a three-time defending gold medalist, was defeated in the super heavyweight title match...Not every surprise, ...

Article: China's gold medalist Deng calls for Olympics-driven "soft power" improvement
Xinhua News Agency;  March 12, 2007 ;     272 words ...China's gold medalist Deng calls for Olympics-driven "soft...national image to the world, a world gold medalist of table tennis said here on Monday...organizers, said Deng, who won four Olympic gold medals. Considering that the nation will...to cool down their enthusiasm for gold ...

Article: Triple gold medalist in boxing dies at 77
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 17, 2003 ;     73 words ...Triple gold medalist in boxing dies at 77 From Journal Sentinel wire reports Friday, October 17, 2003 Laszlo Papp, the first boxer to win three Olympic gold medals, died Thursday after a long illness, the Hungarian Boxing Federation...

Article: Americans harvest nine gold medals in World University Games competition
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph;  September 3, 1989 ;     558 words ......S. team tied the Soviets for most gold medals with nine, and finished a close second...Soviets' 28). Cuba, which won eight gold medals, finished third in total medals with...49.74 seconds). Two-time Olympic gold medalist and world-record holder Roger Kingdom...tournament by defeating ...

Article: Vic: Swimmer Tracey Wickham's gold medals stolen
AAP General News (Australia);  August 24, 2001 ;     185 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 08-24-2001 Vic: Swimmer Tracey Wickham's gold medals stolen Former Commonwealth gold medalist TRACY WICKHAM has had her three gold medals stolen from her underwear drawer. WICKHAM says the thief stole the medals...

Article: Factbox of men's 110m gold medalist Liu Xiang
Xinhua News Agency;  August 28, 2004 ;     150 words ...Factbox of men's 110m gold medalist Liu Xiang ATHENS, Aug. 27 (Xinhua...Jordan Performances: 2001: Won gold medals at the East Asian Games, World...Naitonal Games of China 2002: Won Gold medals at Asian Games in Pusan, South...

Article: Former gold medalist Ostermeyer dies at 78
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 18, 2001 ;     156 words ...Former gold medalist Ostermeyer dies at 78 From Journal Sentinel wire reports Thursday, October 18, 2001 Micheline Ostermeyer, who won gold medals in the shot put and discus throw in the 1948 Olympics and went on to become a distinguished classical...

Article: Moroccan gold medalist hired by Australia
AP Worldstream;  July 3, 2002 ;     107 words ......Dateline: CANBERRA, Australia Former 5,000-meter Olympic gold medalist Said Aouita of Morocco was appointed Wednesday the national...coaching record _ six of his athletes have won three Olympic gold medals and set five world records. Aouita, 42, will be based at...

Article: Hampton girl gets welcome stroke of luck: Winning a swim with four-time gold medalist Janet Evans provides nice good fortune for 15-year-old Kasie Stein.
Daily Press (Newport News, VA);  July 30, 2006 ;     643 words ......Association with four-time Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans. Kasie's father...autograph after autograph. Winning gold medals is great, but the most important...giving back. Evans won three gold medals in the Seoul Olympics in 1988...

Article: JUDO D'ALESSIO COPS TWO GOLD MEDALS GOLF ALBANY'S TROMBLEY GETS NEW COURSE ACE SOFTBALL BASEBALL REC BASKETBALL TENNIS.(Sports)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 8, 1992 ;     700+ words ......local law officers who won gold medals in judo at the International...Correctional Facility, won two gold medals and the most outstanding...Police Department, was the gold medalist in the black belt over-209...division. D'Alessio was the gold medalist in the brown and ...

Article: Muehlegg Becomes Cross-Country's Lone Triple Gold Medalist
Xinhua News Agency;  February 24, 2002 ;     562 words ......becoming cross-country's only triple gold medalist at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games to...to Salt Lake City I would win three gold medals. Now I'm feeling very tired. I'm not sure if I will be able to celebrate these gold medals." "I've been on a special diet five...

Article: 1932 gold medalist dies in crash; Shea was first of 3 generations of Olympians.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  January 22, 2002 ;     469 words ......been 69 years since the elder Shea won two Olympic gold medals in the sport's ice age, the first medal coming barely...who in 1924 at Chamonix, France, had won the first gold medal in the first Winter Olympic Games. Shea was about...91, had been the oldest living U.S. Winter Olympic gold ...

Article: Olympic gold medalist Louganis speaks to DePauw U. students
University Wire;  April 12, 2000 ;     688 words ......answered." A four-time Olympic gold medalist, Louganis addressed issues...dive from to win Olympic gold medals. Louganis asserted, "I was...patient winning two Olympic gold medals months after being diagnosed...Twelve years, two Olympic gold medals, a New York Times ...