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1980 Olympics Leading Medal Winners (Swimming,Gymnastics,Canoeing)
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 8 Aleksandr Dityatin, USSR Gymnastics 3-4-1 5 Nikolai…Michael Phelps, 2004 News
swimmer, entered the 2004 Summer Olympics poised to tie or break Mark Spitz's record seven gold medals. While he didn't accomplish the Olympian feat, he did bring home eight medals, tying…1996 Men's Olympic Modern Pentathlon Medalists
Five events in one day—shooting (4.5mm air pistol), fencing (one-touch epée), swimming (300m freestyle), riding (450m stadium course with 12 jumps), and running (4,000m cross-country). Individual:…June 1999 News and Events
1999 News Month-By-MonthWorldEuropean Union Plans Military Role (June 3): Will create command headquarters and forces of its own for peacekeeping and peacemaking missions.African National…Natalya Reshetovskaya 2003 Deaths
Natalya ReshetovskayaAge: 84 Russian pianist and chemist who was married two times to dissident author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Died: Moscow, May 28, 2003Donald ReganR - ZLeni Riefenstahl…Men's Olympic Swimming: 100-meter Freestyle
100-meter Freestyle Year Time 1896 Alfréd Hajós, HUN 1:22.2 OR…Tlingit
(Encyclopedia) TlingitTlingittlĭngˈgĭt [key], group of related Native North American tribes, speaking a language that forms a branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages).…Thomas P. Whitney Biography
Russian translatorDied: Dec. 2, 2007 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: former diplomat, writer, and Russian translator A former diplomat and writer on…1996 Men's Olympic Fencing Medalists
Individual Epée: 1. Aleksandr Beketov, RUS, def. 2. Ivan Trevejo Perez, CUB (15-14); 3. Geza Imre, HUN def. Ivan Kovacs, HUN (15-9). Team Epée: 1. Italy def. 2. Russia (45-43); 3. France def.…Michael Phelps Biography
Michael PhelpsBorn: June 30, 1985American Swimmer Tied with Russian gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin as the winningest athlete at a single Olympic Games, having earned eight medals in Athens.…Trending
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