On October 18, 1968, a 22-year-old long jumper from Queens, New York, took off from the board at Mexico City’s…
Clara
Jul 3
On the night of May 30, 1975, a burnt orange 1973 MGB convertible slammed into a stone wall on Skyline…
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Jul 3
Kathrine Switzer – born January 5, 1947 in Amberg, Germany. In 1967, she registered for the Boston Marathon as “K.V.…
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Jul 2
In the summer of 1948, a 30-year-old mother of two from the Netherlands stepped onto the track at Wembley Stadium…
Clara
Jul 2
Derek Redmond – born September 3, 1965 in Bletchley, England. British 400m sprinter. In the 1992 Barcelona Olympic semifinal, his…
Clara
Jul 1
Dick Fosbury (Richard Douglas Fosbury) — born March 6, 1947 in Portland, Oregon. Died March 12, 2023. At the 1968…
Nacho
Jun 28
Billy Mills (William Mervin Mills), Oglala Lakota Sioux of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, United States Marine Corps officer. At…
Clara
Jun 27
Emil Zátopek — the “Human Locomotive” of Czechoslovakia — pulled off the greatest triple in Olympic track history at the…
Clara
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
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