Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Australian athletes have won one medal in shot put and one medal in discus.
Shot Put: Gael Mulhall-Martin won bronze at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
Discus: Daniela Costian won bronze at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.
Men: Simeon Iness, United States Women: Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova, Soviet Union
They are given a bunch of flowers so they can't have just one thing like a medal they won't be that special if they only have one thing.
No. Athletes from Honduras have competed in athletics, boxing, fencing, football, judo, rowing, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, and weightlifting without winning an Olympic medal.
Only U.S. Olympic athletes are liable to pay income tax on medals earned and prizes received at the London games. Under U.S. tax law, they must add the value of their Olympic medals and prizes to their taxable income. At today's commodity prices, the value of a gold medal is about $675. A silver medal is worth about $385 while a bronze medal is worth under $5. There are also prizes that accompany each medal: $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze.
1980 Summer Games in Moscow. They sent 14 athletes to compete in swimming and athletics without winning a medal.
No.
The Olympic games are about bringing the best athletes from around the world to compete in events. Athletes compete for the chance to win the gold medal.
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Yes.
Yes they get paid by their sponsors and olympic partners
7 young athletes that were chosen by gold medal winners from GB
Cathy Freeman
A gold medal and bragging rights.
Olympic athletes are not paid to participate, or receive monetary rewards for medals awarded.
That was Malcolm Champion who swam as part of the 1912 gold medal winning 4x200 meter freestyle relay team for the Olympic team that was known as Australasia. Australasia was a team that competed in the 1908 and 1912 Games that was comprised of Australian and New Zealand athletes.
Its Stephanie Rice, and she's an Australian Olympic Gold Medal swimmer.
Brittany Ann Mickelson