swimming (Lithuania) 2000 Sydney In the Men’s 200m Freestyle, he finished first in his heat (7 heats, 51 swimmers), but did not qualify for the semifinals by less than 2 seconds. In the Men’s 200m Backstroke, he did not qualify for the semifinals. In the...
track and field (USA) 2000 Sydney In 1994, he placed 4th in the Men’s 1500m at the World Cup. In 1995, he placed 3rd in the Men’s 1500m at the Pan American Games. In 1998, he placed 2nd in the Men’s 1500m at the US National Outdoor Championships. In...
track and field (Ghana) 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens In 2000, he made it to the semi-finals of the 100-meter race, finishing in ninth place, just .05 second off qualifying for the finals, running a race of 10.25 seconds. His best time for the Olympics in the 100m, 10.15...
volleyball (USA) 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens He was the youngest member of the US Olympic Volleyball Team in 2000. Although Millar is 6-foot-7, that is considered a bit undersized for a middle blocker in today’s international game. However, Millar’s speed is...
heptathlon (Trinidad and Tobago) 2000 Sydney 2004 Athen “[I] concentrate on [training for the Olympics] pretty much every day. Sometimes just going to work, I’ll be thinking about the high jump and my approach. My husband gets really embarrassed because...
water polo (USA) silver 2000 Sydney She joined the national team in 1995. The 2000 Olympics were the first games to include women’s water polo as an official team sport. In 2002, she passed the California State Bar Exam and retired from water...
volleyball (USA) 2000 Sydney In 1999, she helped her team win the NCAA Championship. In Sydney, Team USA lost to Russia in the semifinals after winning against Kenya, Croatia and...
volleyball (USA) gold 2000 Sydney He and Dain Blanton, his partner, shocked many by overcoming the defending Olympic Gold Medalist, Karch Kiraly and his partner, Adam Johnson in the Olympic qualification race. Sources: Volleyball...
track and field (Great Britain) 2000 Sydney In the 4x400, Britain’s four did themselves credit to reach the final, given their recent form. Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Jamie Baulch, and a nearly-fit Iwan Thomas finished sixth, suggesting Britain’s days of...
gymnastics (USA) 2000 Sydney She ended her Olympic competition when the US team ended in 4th place. She performed poorly in earlier qualifiers, leaving her out of individual competition. For the US team, she performed best on the Uneven Bars and in the Floor...
track and field (Hong Kong) 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens While finishing her degree in nutrition and food science, Maggie trained for the Hong Kong Olympic Team and prepared for the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. A bleeding ulcer plagued her throughout the...
track and field (Ghana) 2000 Sydney 1995: High school sportsman of the year and West African junior games champion in triple jump. 1996: African junior triple jump champion. 2000: Ghana’s 4x100m relay team did not qualify for the...
1996 Atlanta Captain of the Shooting team “Assistant Coach Lt. Col. Bill Roy returned as an assistant in October 2004. Roy is a 1981 graduate of the USAF Academy, where he majored in humanities and was a member of the cadet trap and skeet team. Much of his...
Synchronized swimmer from Mesa, AZ Atlanta 1996 From the Ensign Magazine “Keeping Faith Afloat,” Ensign, Dec. 1996, 54 “We smile and seem to enjoy ourselves,” says Olympic synchronized swimmer Emily Porter LeSueur, “but that’s a facade. It’s actually quite...
softball (USA) gold 1996 Atlanta gold 2000 Sydney In Georgia, she finished with a .273 batting average (6-for-22, with a double) and scored two runs. She also reached base five times after being hit by a pitch. In 2000, she started all 10 games in center field....
A Mormon Convert, Antje participated in the Olympics in 1992 in Albertville, France, Antje won a gold medal in the 15 km women’s biathlon, a silver in the 3x7.5 km relay, and a silver in the 7.5 km women’s sprint. Antje competed again in the 1994 Olympics in...
skiing (USA) demonstration event gold 1988 Calgary In the years prior to 1988 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and told she would never walk again. As a single mother of 3 she was devastated, but not for long. Shortly after the tragic news, she took her...
Basketball 1984 and 1988 Canada Karl played for the Canadian Olympic basketball team in 1984 and 1988. Karl was born in 1960 in Ogden Utah.Karl was a managing partner of the Phoenix law office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. He clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice...
track and field (USA) 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul He served a Church mission to El Salvador from 1976 to 1978. Six times Doug has been one of the world’s top indoor distance runners (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and...
swimming (USA) gold 1984 Los Angeles At the 1984 Games in Los Angeles won three gold medals and broke two world records. He swam the 100 meter freestyle, the 4x100 meter freestyle relay and the 4x100 meter medley relay. He was baptized in Birmingham, Alabama Hoover...
