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I'll start things off: 1) Dawn Fraser - 4 time Olympic gold medalist (swimming) and first swimmer in Olympic history to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Games (100 meter freestyle in 1956, 1960, 1964). 2) Cathy Freeman - first Australian aboriginal to win gold. 3) Ian Thorpe - five time gold medalist in swimming. 4) Shane Gould - three time gold medalist in swimming at the 1972 Games. She was 15 years old at the time. 5) Field Hockey teams - women have won three gold medals and the men are the defending champions having won in 2004.
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Do most athletes win medals at the Olympic games?
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What country has the most olympic athletes?
The country with the most athletes is Great Britain with 558 athletes.The country with the second most athletes is the United States of America, with 529 athletes.The country with the third most athletes is Russia with 448 athletes.
Who are the most famous Canadian olympic athletes?
At one point in time everyone would have said Ben Johnson without second thoughts. That was before he was tested positive of Perfeormance Enhancing drugs. Now that would be Donovan Bailey or Michael Gross.
What university has produced the most Olympic athletes?
USC has had more Olympians (as well as gold medalists and overall medalists) than any other U.S. college/university. The school has had 396 athletes (prior to the 2012 Olympics) who attended the university before, during or after the time they competed in the Olympic Games.
Did argos have any advantages in the ancient olympic games in Greece?
argos did have some minor advantages in the ancient Olympic games. Their athletes had a ton of muscle, and were stronger than most athletes. Their athletes were trained in the arts and sciences. However, just because they were strong does not mean that they always won the Olympic games. Their biggest rivals were Sparta and Athens. Anyways, because their athletes were strong, they could easily crush their equals, the athletes from Corinth, a seaside city-state. Also, since they were trained in the sciences and arts, they always had a complicated plan of how to win a game. So, those were basically the advantages Argos had. Even though Argos did not have many advantages in the Ancient Olympic Games, their two advantages did go a long way.
Who is the most famous Australian athlete in olympic games?
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Who are the Australian athletes in the 2008 Olympics?
There are alot of athletes that went to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. 433 athletes went to the 2008 Olympics, which is the second most amount of Australian athletes that have gone to the Olympics Athens was first with 482 Australian athletes that went.
Who are the 10 most famous singaporean olympic athletes?
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Who are the German athletes for the olympic games 2008?
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What countries have the most and the fewest Olympic athletes this year?
Iran have not provided any athletes this year
What university has the most Olympic athletes in London?
University of Oklahoma
Who has Most olympic medals for Jewish athletes?
Michael phelps
Which US state has the most olympic athletes 2012?
California
Why would an olympic athletes be whipped?
That would depend on the country or the regime he is or was representing at the time. Most athletes will be safe nowadays, but a famous example was Uday, the son of the late Saddam Hussein of Iraq and minister of sports of Iraq. While in power, he had a habit of punishing and torturing Iraqi athletes who in his eyes underperformed in the Olympic Games or in other international games.
Which Australian has the most Olympic medals?
Ian Thorpe
What nation has taken the most athletes to London 2012 Olympic Games?
The United States Olympic Committee sent a total of 539 athletes to the Olympics in London to compete in 25 sports. Only the Host nation had more athletes
Who is the most Olympic gold medals over career for an athletes is?
Michael Phelps
