Search Directory Page But weightlifter U Zaw Wait began Myanmars olympic history in the Berlin olympics in 1936, competing for India as part of the British Empire. http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/MyanmarTimes12-228/olp02.htm
Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Seven Wonders Gaber s gold upped the country s overall gold medals in olympic history to seven ElTouni was the greatest weightlifter in Egypt perhaps in history. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/708/sp1.htm
Extractions: Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Recommend Comment Printer-friendly Karam Gaber's gold medal in Athens was the seventh in Egyptian Olympic history. Mohamed El-Sayed reviews the big ones Click to view caption Anwar, Shams, Fayyad, Gaber, El-Touni , Noseir, Mustafa Egyptians still cannot quite believe what they saw last month one of their own taking the podium to receive a gold medal in an Olympics. But there he was all 96 kilos of him the shaven head and baby face of Karam Gaber on TV, the gold medal won in Graeco-Roman wrestling. It was indeed a rare sight for it was the first time in over 50 years that the Egyptian anthem had been played at an Olympic Games since Mahmoud Fayyad's gold medal in weightlifting in 1948 in London. Gaber's gold upped the country's overall gold medals in Olympic history to seven: El-Sayed Noseir and Ibrahim Mustafa (Amsterdam 1928); Khidr El-Touni, Anwar Misbah (Berlin 1936); Ibrahim Shams, Mahmoud Fayyad (London 1948); and Karam Gaber (Athens 2004). Shams and Gaber won gold in Graeco-Roman wrestling while the rest were weightlifters. Gaber's gold invoked the memory of Egypt's long forgotten gold medallists in the 108-year history of the modern Games. Egypt's first gold medal was that of the weightlifter Noseir in Amsterdam after lifting a total of 335.5kg in the light heavyweight category.
BOC - Welcome To The Official Site The Official Bulgarian olympic Committee. Discover the organisation, the heroes, the past Games, the news of the Bulgarian history. PARTNERS CONTACTS http://www.bgolympic.org/main.php?cat=about&p=history&lang=en
Association Of Oldtime Barbell And Strongmen You can contact weightlifting.Org, Inc. or the AOBS via regular mail at Vic Boff s Enormous Contribution and the history of the AOBS http://www.wlinfo.com/AOBS.htm
Extractions: Weightlifting.Org, Inc. (WLO) and the Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongmen (AOBS) About Weightlifting.Org, Inc and the AOBS Weightlifting.Org, Inc. (WLO) is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation. It was created to educate the public and public institutions regarding the nature, benefits and history of weightlifting and related activities; the hazards of drug use and benefits of drug free sport; and to develop amateur athletes for national and international weightlifting competition. The Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongmen (AOBS) is the arm of WLO that focuses on education regarding Iron Game history and drug free sport, while the parent (WLO) concentrates on the development of the sport of weightlifting and amateur athletes, especially for national and international competition. We rely on donations to further the purposes of our organization. We are happy to receive donations of any kind. An annual donation of $25 entitles you to receive the AOBS newsletter and to obtain discounted tickets for our Annual/Dinner Reunion. If you are not already a supporter of WLO or the AOBS, please become a supporter today. Donations can be remitted to "Weightlifting.org, Inc" or to "AOBS". You can contact Weightlifting.Org, Inc. or the AOBS via regular mail at:
United States Olympic Committee - Olympic History olympic Overview history, facts and figures; AllTime Team USA Medals Summer Winter; All-Time US Mens Medalists Summer Winter; All-Time US Womens http://www.usoc.org/12690.htm
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Kiat.net: Olympic Games Athens 1896 where are you home olympics history Athens 1896 THE RENAISSANCE OF THE olympic GAMES During the 19th century many initiatives were taken to http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/01athens.html
Extractions: GAMES OF THE Ist OLYMPIAD April 6 - 15, 1896 Mascot - none 14 countries, 311 athletes - 230 Greek (no women) 9 sports, 43 events Opening - King George Ist of Greece Torch lit by - none Assigned during the 1st IOC Session 1894 Standing proud: Spyridon Louis, the first and symbolic marathon champion of the modern Olympic era. The modest shepherd was revered in Greece, and went on to feature as flag-bearer to the Greek delegation in 1936. THE RENAISSANCE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES The first Session of the IOC was held in Paris on 23-24 June 1894. It was during the first Session that the city of Athens was selected for the Games of the I Olympiad. The inauguration of the first Games of the modern era, opened by King George I at the foot of the Acropolis on April 5, 1896, was a huge relief for baron Pierre de Coubertin. Greece's instability and economic stature, due to numerous conflicts, proved almost insurmountable obstacles. However, a wealthy Greek architect from Alexandria, George Averoff, donated a gift of one million drachma and in a matter of 18 months a superb white marble stadium, able to hold 60,000 people, was constructed. Many of the events, including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, were held in a reconstructed Panathinaiko Stadium, which was originally built in 330 B.C. Baron de Coubertin's dream of reinventing the Games was one he had coveted since 1892 - two years later the official announcement was made and Athens chosen as the site. Baron Pierre de Coubertin invited countries from all over the world to attend the first of the new Olympics in Athens.
DJournalist- Trinidad And Tobago-Olympic History 1 FIFTY YEARS HAVE PASSED since Trinidad and Tobago began its olympic journey. Hugo Gittens turned out to be Trinidad s last weightlifter at the olympics, http://djournalist.tripod.com/olympichistory.htm
Extractions: FIFTY YEARS HAVE PASSED since Trinidad and Tobago began its Olympic journey. A half century since a team of three athletes travelled to the 1948 games in London with the aim of attaining glory for a small British colony. With the exception of 1960, the last five decades have seen this nation represented in 12 Olympiads with a total of 90 athletes in eight different disciplines: badminton, boxing, cycling, shooting, swimming, track and field, weightlifting and yachting. It wasn't until the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo that Trinidad and Tobago returned to the fold as an independent nation with a team of ten competitors. It was on the athletic track that the greatest prosperity was attained. Edwin Roberts, an outstanding collegian with the University of North Carolina, made it to the final of the 200m where he earned a bronze medal. The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich saw two important records being established. Trinidad and Tobago fielded its largest ever contingent of 20 athletes, among whom a female sprinter, Laura Pierre was included for the first time. Once again, the top performances came on the athletic track.
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Untitled Document After that, several Chinese weightlifters won gold medals along with two Wu Xiaoxuan became the first female olympic champion in Chinas history, http://www.bjreview.com.cn/200430/Cover-200430(C).htm
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USA WEEKEND Magazine No one knows better than a quartet of NBC olympic researchers who ve traveled Men s weightlifting 62kg final, men s judo 73kg final, NBC, 12352 am ET. http://www.usaweekend.com/04_issues/040808/040808olympic_daybook.html
Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="umbrella" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" /********* INSERT THE DOMAIN AND PATH TO YOUR CODE BELOW ************/ /********** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING ELSE BELOW THIS LINE! *************/ var s_code=" " OLYMPICS 2004 Exclusive 2004 Olympic Field Guide Here are broadcast highlights of the Games' first week from the NBC team's field notes. The journey to the Olympics is often as thrilling, agonizing and spectacular as the Games themselves. No one knows better than a quartet of NBC Olympic researchers who've traveled thousands of miles and visited dozens of countries this year. Their job: covering the competitions that decide who will earn the right to stand among the world's best athletes in Athens. We asked Dan Fleschner
Going For Gold- Israel At The Sydney 2000 Olympics The most notorious episode in olympic history began early in the morning on Joseph Romano (32) Weightlifter, Andrei Schpitzer (27) Fencing Referee http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2000/8/Going for Gold- Israel at
Extractions: The Israeli delegation to the Helskinki Games Expectations have changed dramatically since Israel first competed in the Olympics in Helsinki in 1952. Then, the most notable achievement was by Yoav Ra'anan, who took ninth place in springboard diving. Over the next four decades, participating was the main objective. The darkest hour of the Olympics was in 1972, when eleven members of the Israeli delegation were murdered by Palestinian terrorists in Munich. The Games resumed after a 24-hour hiatus, but the surviving members of the Israeli delegation accompanied their fellow sportsmen on their final journey home. Despite the tragedy in Munich, Israel remained loyal to the Olympic ideal, and returned to the 1976 Games in Montreal, where Esther Roth-Shachamarov, whose coach Amitsur Shapira had been slain in Munich, clinched an historic sixth place in the 100 meters hurdles the best Israeli Olympic track result to date. As more years passed, the belief that an Israeli athlete could win an Olympic medal became credible. In Seoul in 1988, Israel's Flying Dutchmen crew, Yoel Sela and Eldad Amir, achieved a laudable fourth place finish, despite forfeiting a race held on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
News Store SOME of the best weightlifters in NSW will compete in the Arthur Shannos Memorial It was surely the most sustained burst of cheering in olympic history. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/browseArchive.ac?sy=nstore&cls=5434
INSIDE THE OLYMPICS - SWIMMING INSIDE THE OLYMPICS weightlifting. Small in stature only. weightlifting has always been a part of the modern Olympics. There eight weight classes for men http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/15/oly-weightlift/graphic.shtml
Extractions: Monday As a teenager, Tara Cunningham had a future as a gymnast. Two decades later she made her second appearance in the Olympics, toiling in the center of the mat, deftly maneuvering her 5-foot-1, 105-pound frame. Except gymnastics is no longer Cunningham's sport. Weightlifting bars, not uneven bars or other gymnastics apparatus, made her a champion in 2000 in Sydney. In Athens, she hit the weights again.
Extractions: Turkish weightlifter Halil Mutlu kept writing his legendary story in Athens by winning his third consecutive Olympic gold medal Sunday when strongwoman Udomporn Polsak became Thailand 's first female Olympic gold medallist. Showcasing his dominant prowess in the men's 56kg class, Mutlu snatched 135kg and lifted 160 for a winning total of 295.0 with a comfortable margin of 7.5kg ahead of Chinese Wu Meijin who took the silver. Powering his way into history, Mutlu joined other weightlifting greats Naim Suleymanoglu of Turkey , Pyrros Dimas and Akakios Kakiasvili of Greece in the exclusive club of three gold medals. The bronze went to Mutlu's teammate Sedat Artuc with a total of 280, beating Vitali Dzerbianiou of
1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted The Bulgarian weightlifting team withdraws after this event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympic_Games
Extractions: Kim Wontak and Sohn Mi-Chung Stadium Jamsil Olympic Stadium The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in in Seoul South Korea . The host was chosen in September vote, ahead of the Japanese city of Nagoya . South Korea's government became a democracy under the pressure of organising the Olympics. After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, but this time only by four nations: North Korea Cuba Ethiopia and Nicaragua edit Johnson winning the 100m final Canadian Ben Johnson wins the 100 m in a new World Record, but is then disqualified after he has been found guilty of doping Swimmer Kristin Otto of East Germany wins six gold medals. Other multi-medalists in the pool are
GMToday Sports Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was stripped of his bronze medal Sunday The Olympics are historical and I am happy to be a part of that history, http://www.gmtoday.com/news/sports/olympics_2004/topstory111.asp
Extractions: News Business Technology State Sports AP Sports AP National AP World Lottery Traffic TimeOut Features Calendar Perf. Arts Night Life Television Movies LifeStyle Travel Health Fitness Nutrition Restaurants Cuisine Home Computers Galleries Books Pets Weddings Fashion Family Local News Waukesha Oz-Washington Racine Dodge Market Place Classifieds AutoSeller Career Connection Greek weightlifter Sampanis stripped of bronze medal August 21, 2004 Leonidas Sampanis of Greece looks into the crowd of his countrymen as he holds his bronze medal during the medal ceremony for the men's 62 kg weightlifting event at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall during the Summer Olympics in Athens. Sampanis was stripped of his bronze medal Sunday for a doping offense, another embarrassment for the host nation. It was the first medal to be stripped from an athlete in Athens because of doping. ATHENS, Greece -
