The Ancient Greek poet Pindar is known for writing poems that praised athletes who won glory at the Olympian games. His odes, known as Pindaric odes, celebrated the victories of famous athletes and were performed at public events.
Hermes is an Olympian, messenger of the gods, god of commerce, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, and border crossings.
Scottish athletes have won 9 medals.
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One of Australia's best known track athletes is former Olympian Cathy Freeman.
An Olympic athlete or Olympian competes in the Olympics.
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Germany has participated in nearly all the Olympics since the 1896 Athens Games. German athletes have won a total of 547 gold metals, even though some of these were won under different designations.
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There were 962 metals given out for the 302 events. The number of Athletes is much higher because every athlete will get the medal on the winning team or pair. There were Bronze medals awarded to 2 individuals in 56 events and there were also 2 bronze metals upgraded to silver when there were ties for second. 302 gold metals 304 silver medals and 356 bronze medals were won by the athletes. Just in Men's water Polo the event medals of the Gold Silver and Bronze medals were awarded to 39 athletes and the same for the women's Water Polo. In Football or Soccer the Men and Women's event metals went to 108 athletes who are members of the six medal winning teams. Instead of 12 medals there were 182 athletes who received metals for these 4 events alone