Billy Mills (William Mervin Mills), Oglala Lakota Sioux of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, United States Marine Corps officer. At…
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Emil Zátopek — the “Human Locomotive” of Czechoslovakia — pulled off the greatest triple in Olympic track history at the…
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Jun 24
Liu Changchun (刘长春) — the name that belongs to China’s first Olympic athlete. On July 30, 1932, a 22-year-old sprinter…
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Jun 22
Carl Ludwig “Luz” Long of Germany was the finest European long jumper of his generation — and on a sweltering…
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Jun 20
Naidangiin Tuvshinbayar — born June 1, 1977 in Saikhan, Selenge, Mongolia. Mongolian judoka. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he won…
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Jun 17
Marla Runyan does not remember a time when the world looked sharp. By age nine, she was legally blind. Doctors…
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Jun 10
Abebe Bikila — born August 7, 1932 in Jato, Ethiopia. At the 1960 Rome Olympics, he ran the marathon barefoot…
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Etenesh Diro Neda — Ethiopian steeplechase runner, born 1991 in Jeldu, Oromia, Ethiopia. At the Rio 2016 Olympics, in the…
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