Ian Millar has competed in the most Olympic games with 10 appearances.
Bobby Smith
An Olympic athlete or Olympian competes in the Olympics.
The athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, who is also competing at the Paralympics, is Oscar Pistorius of South Africa.
The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were the first Olympics at which a Canadian athlete participated.
The People's Republic of China first competed at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki when they sent one athlete, a swimmer named Wu Chuanyu, to the Games. They did not compete in another Olympics until the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. They have competed in every Winter Olympics since then and competed in every Summer Olympics since 1984.
That was John Dane, 58 years old, who competed in sailing.
Australia has never had an athlete compete in an Olympic fencing event.
Katie Forrest did :)
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There are five Australian athletes who have competed in the Olympics more than four times. They are Andrew Hoy, who has won four medals in Equestrian; Colin Coates, a retired speed skater with no medals; Colin Beashel, a retired sailing athlete with one medal; Russel Mark, a shooting athlete with two medals, and James Tomkins, a retired rowing athlete with four medals.
A total of 40 countries or NOCs had at least an athlete in the Qualification for the Equestrian events
New Zealand first sent a woman athlete to the Olympics in the first Olympics it competed in as a separate nation, the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp. That was swimmer Violet Walrond who competed in the 100 meter freestyle, finishing 5th, and the 300 meter freestyle, finishing 7th.