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1996 Men's Olympic Weightlifting Medalists
Event Flyweight (–119 lbs) Halil Mutlu, TUR Zhang Xiangsen, CHN Sevdalin Minchev, BUL Bantamweight (130) Tang Ningsheng, CHN Leonidas Sabanis, GRE Nikolay…Châlons-en-Champagne
(Encyclopedia) Châlons-en-Champagne Châlons-en-Champagne shälôNˈ-zäN-shäNpänˈyə [key], formerly Châlons-sur-Marne…stirrup
(Encyclopedia) stirrup, foot support for the rider of a horse in mounting and while riding. It is a ring with a horizontal bar to receive the foot and is attached by a strap to the saddle. To avoid…Liaoyang
(Encyclopedia) LiaoyangLiaoyanglyouˈyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 541,300), E Liaoning prov., China, on a tributary of the Hun River. It is an industrial city in the great Shenyang urban complex…1992 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists
Event Time 50m Free Aleksandr Popov, UT 21.91 OR Matt Biondi, USA 22.09 . Tom Jager, USA 22.30 100m Free Aleksandr Popov, UT 49.02…Algardi, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia) Algardi, AlessandroAlgardi, Alessandroälās-sänˈdrō älgärˈdē [key], 1595–1654, Italian sculptor and designer, b. Bologna. He studied under Lodovico Carracci. In Rome his friend…1996 Olympics Swimming Medalists: Men
Event Time 50m Free Aleksandr Popov, RUS22.13 Gary Hall jun., USA22.26 Fernando Scherer, BRA22.29 100m Free Aleksandr Popov, UT 48.74 Gary Hall jun., USA48.81 Gustavo Borges, BRA49.02…Luxeuil
(Encyclopedia) LuxeuilLuxeuillüksöˈyə [key], former abbey, E France, at the present-day town of Luxeuil-les-Bains. It was founded c.590 by St. Columban on the site of the Roman town Luxovium,…Uladislaus II
(Encyclopedia) Uladislaus IIUladislaus II&oomacr;ˌläˈdĭslous [key], Hung. Ulászló II, c.1456–1516, king of Hungary (1490–1516) and, as Ladislaus II, king of Bohemia (1471–1516); son of Casimir IV…Zápolya, Stephen
(Encyclopedia) Zápolya, StephenZápolya, Stephenzäˈpôlyŏ [key], d. 1499, palatine (regent) of Hungary (1492–99), of a noble Hungarian family. An able general of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, he…Trending
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