Olympic History

he has not won any medals in the Olympics.

Instead of holding both Olympics in the same year, starting in 1994 the Winter and Summer Olympics are now held two years apart. The next Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 and the next Summer Olympics will be held in 2012.

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Montreal.... i think

Jaksonville,Florida Feb. 2009 Nope she was born in Jacksonville, she lives in Tampa

The only competing continent that has not hosted a Summer Olympics Games is Africa. There have been Olympics held in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia. There was also no African city that had hosted the FIFA World Cup until 2010, so a future African venue for the Olympics is not impossible.

The only continent not represented in the Olympics is Antarctica, which has only scientists as permanent residents, and is by treaty an international scientific preserve.

In field hockey, England won the 1908 gold medal (defeating Ireland 8-1).

In ice hockey, Canada won the 1920 gold medal (defeating Sweden 27-1).

No other form of hockey has been played at the Olympics as a medal sport.

I don't know for sure, but I reckon if we all post as many as we can think of, we'll come up with something that's at least close! Here's my contribution for starters (all sourced from BBC Sport website): 1. Michael Phelps (US) - 200m freestyle 2. Michael Phelps - 200m butterfly 3. Michael Phelps - 200m individual medley 4. Michael Phelps - 400m individual medley 5. Michael Phelps & USA team - 4x100m freestyle relay 6. Michael Phelps & USA team - 4x200m freestyle relay 7. Michael Phelps 7 USA team - 4x100m medley relay 8. Rebecca Adlington (GB) - 800m freestyle 9. Usain Bolt (Jam) - 100m sprint 10. Usain Bolt - 200m sprint 11. Usain Bolt - 4x100m relay 12. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) - women's pole vault 13. Andrei Aramnau - men's 105kg weightlifting 14. Miran Jang - women's +75kg weightlifting 15. Lu Yong (China) - men's 85kg weightlifting Any more for any more?

As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Australia's highest gold medal count came at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens when they won 17. Second best is the 16 gold medals they won at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

For an Olympic 'career', before Phelps the record was 9 gold medals won by gymnast Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union, runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States, and track and field's Carl Lewis of the United States.

Kurt Angle

Sydney, Australia, hosted the Summer Olympics in the year 2000.

My answer may not be current but back in the 80's, a French pilot has windsurfed across the Atlantic in 2 weeks. He eats and sleeps on his board but he has a support boat nearby.

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Yes.

Fatima Whitbread of Great Britain won 2 Olympic medals, a silver and a bronze. She won bronze in women's javelin throw at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and silver in women's javelin at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

There were no Olympics in 1943. The closest dates were the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, and the 1948 Olympics in London.

The Olympics are only held every 4 years. In 1940 and 1944 they were not held because of the war. There were no Olympic games planned for 1943.

Usain Bolt has thirteen gold medals out eighteen races.

The Olympics are important because it is a place where you can bring people together from all around the world.
They are important because it is a peaceful competition between almost all of the nations in the world, and many titles of the 'worlds best athletes' are given out during the games of the Olympiad.

Two .. in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

Throughout their Olympic history beginning in 1968, Paraguay has been awarded one Olympic medal: the silver in men's football at the 2004 Athens Games.

no wait theyy won 1000 and 2 silver medals!

The current Paralympic flag consists of 3 'agitos' (meaning 'I Move' in Latin) in red, blue and green, which are the colours most widely used in the world flags. The agitos encircle a centre point emphasising 'the role that the International Paralympic Committee has of bringing athletes from all corners of the world together and enabling them to compete'.

It also symbolises the Paralympic vision 'to enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to inspire and excite the world'.

This version of the flag was first used in the closing ceremony of the Athens 2004 Paralympic games when it was handed over to Bejing. It was seen in 2003 on Paralympic publications and other products. It was first used in a full games in the 2006 Winter Paralympic games in Torino and has been used since.

There have been a number of various symbols used and others rejected for various reasons before this one was selected.

I answered this before I realised I could use my Facebook sign on, therefore it has been credited to an ID number instead of my Facebook name Suzi Dusk, I just wanted to clear this up and if it can be changed could someone let me know how to change it. Thanks

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Its from the city-state Olympia that was in ancient Greece. During the Olympics all wars stopped, to honour this religious celebration which was dedicated to the Olympian God Zeus - father of all Gods who lived on Mt. Olympus, Pieria, Greece.