81. Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Muhammad Ali Threetime world heavyweight boxing champion who tossed an olympic gold medal into a river because he was disgusted by racism in America. http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/ali_m.htm

Thomson Gale Learning Thomson.com SEARCH 2. Select Search Type Products (e.g. InfoTrac) Site (e.g. Customer Service) Press Room About Us Contact Us Site Map ... Careers Order Center: Login Sign Up (new customers) About Thomson Gale Home Locations Executive Bios Trade Shows Title List Changes for Licensed Databases Home Alacritude Dialog Factiva ... Yahoo Business Development Home Who We Are What We Do How We Do It ... Contact Us Press Room Home Archives Library of the Year Logo Library ... Need a Speaker? Outside U.S. and Canada Home International Support Product Information: Catalog Catalog Catalog Help How to Order ... Imprint Publishers Customer Service: Billing/Fulfillment Returns Customer Resource Center Support Technical Resources Training Resources Free Resources: Market Your Library Market Your Library Get Connected Find Yourself in the Library ... InfoTrac Discussion List document.write(url); Black History Muhammad Ali Also known as: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., Cassius Clay Professional boxer Personal Information Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; name changed to Muhammad Ali, 1963; born January, 17, 1942, in Louisville, KY; son of Cassius (a piano player) and Odessa Clay (both deceased); first wife, Belinda; second wife, Aaisha; third wife, Veronica Porche; fourth (and current) wife, Yolanda Williams, married in 1986; children: nine (one with Yolanda). Religion: Muslim.

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83. NZ Summer Olympic History NZ Summer olympic history. 1908, For the 1908 Games in London and the Boxer Ted Morgan won gold in the welterweight class at the Amsterdam olympics. http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=343

84. CNN.com - The Science Of Olympic Boxing - September 15, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/09/15/olympic.boxing.toss/index.html

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85. ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games A grand celebration, the ATHENS 2004 olympic Games, which for 17 days returned to history The emblem of the ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games Visit the http://www.athens2004.com/

Unforgettable Games, Dream Games A grand celebration, the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, which for 17 days returned to Greece, the country where they were originally born and the city where they revived, is completed. These Games broke many records. Athens hosted 11,099 athletes, the largest number ever and also the most women athletes ever. Representatives of 202 countries took part, more than any other sport event. The Olympic flame traveled for the first time to all continents. Shot Put was held in Olympia and women competed there for the first time. Four billion viewers all over the world watched these Games. They all saw Greece, inside and outside the stadiums. With a warm  Closing Ceremony , full of music and singing, Athens bade a final farewell to the athletes and its guests.  Visit the Closing Ceremony Image Gallery Wallpapers Highlights of the Games Read the highlights of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games and feel again the excitement of the most important events of each competition day. Olympic Sports Get to know all the Olympic sports through the educational animations.

86. Greek Olympics But sports and competitions are part of the history and culture of many ancient The Olympics expanded to wrestling, boxing, horse racing, long jumping, http://www.crystalinks.com/greekolympics.html

Greek Olympics Ancient Times The Greeks invented Olympic athletic contests and held them in honor of their gods. But sports and competitions are part of the history and culture of many ancient civilization - including those of Meso- America. In Egypt there had been many findings and glyphs depicting sports events have been found. In ancient Egypt, acrobats, who displayed physical agility and strength, were mainly viewed as performers. Most Egyptian acrobats were women, and they performed alone or in groups. Young Egyptian boys also participated in acrobatics, and played games with hoops. There are 200 wrestling groups depicted on one wall of the tomb at Beni-Hassan. The wrestlers wear a loin-cloth similar to the cod-piece or loin-cloth of Minoan athletes. Although the scenes portray the various positions and "holds" involved in wrestling, the sport was practiced as part of Egyptian military training, and there is no evidence of organized competition. Ancient Egyptians also participated in various running activities. One of the kingdom's most important festivals was the "jubilee celebration," a festival first celebrated on the 30th anniversary of the reign of Amenophis III, and celebrated continuously in three-year intervals. In the "ritual run", an integral part of the celebration, the current king would run between two sets of three semicircles, the semicircles being cosmic references to the order of the universe. Unlike later Greek footraces, however, the Egyptian king ran alone, without a competitor. Physical evidence of the "ritual run" exists at the pyramid complex of King Djoser, where one can find the ruins of the world's first sports facility, complete with the running track for the "ritual run."

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var baseurl='http://www.press.adidas.com/en/';tabid=86; Press Releases Imagebank Videos Technologies ... Showroom Change Website Global Search Here you are: Home Sport Performance Imagebank Olympic History ... Advanced search Olympic History adidas outfitted 18 National Olympic Committees, including US, Germany, Great Britain, France, Ethiopia, Cuba and the host country, Greece. More than 5,000 athletes competed in the three stripes and adidas provided products for 26 out of the 28 sports. Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault) takes gold and breaks her own world record. Download HighRes Image Download HighRes Image adidas chooses 1996, the centenary of the modern Olympic Games, to celebrate past successes and triumphs still to come - symbolized by the concept "We knew then - we know now." This concept reaps rich rewards with gold medals by Donovan Bailey (Canada) in the 100 meters, Lars Riedel (Germany) in the discus, Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) in the 1500 meters, Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) in the 10,000 meters and Felix Savon (Cuba) in boxing. adidas equips 33 nations in Atlanta; 6,000 participants wear adidas, and adidas supplies products for 21 of the 26 sports. Download HighRes Image Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas wins his first of so far three Olympic gold medals.

88. CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History 1960 Rome A history of the 1960 Rome Olympics. in neighbouring Kentucky, who was asbrash and charismatic a boxing champion as the Olympics ever produced. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/1960.html

89. Power And Glory Of The Games Print Article Email Story Paris - The Paris The olympic Games, an international festival of sport which originated in became the only man in olympic history to win by a walk-over when an http://www.news24.com/News24/Olympics2004/OutsideTrack/0,7304,2-1652-1655_156028

Olympics Home SA News Inside Track Outside Track ... Columnists DisplayAd('B1'); Power and glory of the Games Print article email story Paris - The Olympic Games, an international festival of sport which originated in ancient Greece, were revived in the 19th century by a French aristocrat worried by young Frenchmen not getting enough physical education at school. The ancient Olympics were mainly about the ruling classes preparing for war and barred women. Successive presidents of the International Olympic Committee, which Baron Pierre de Coubertin set up in 1894, were just as eager to keep the working classes and women in their place. He took as his model the British and American upper class educational system of enlightened paternalism. The Greeks had twice tried to revive the Games, in 1859 and 1870, so the first Olympic Games, since the Roman emperor Theodosius had banned them in AD 393, were held in Athens. 1896 Athens The nine sports on the Olympic programme were athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, lawn tennis, shooting, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling. A Greek architect Georgios Averoff picked up most of the bill and many of the competitors were simply tourists visiting Athens at the time.

90. Olympic Council Of Ireland This in fact brought a very special moment in olympic history for Ireland. Boxer Jim McCourt took an olympic bronze medal at Tokyo in 1964, Hugh Russell http://www.olympic-council.ie/history.html

91. The Official Site Of Klitschko Brothers One of the oldest sports still practiced, boxing dates back thousands of Records indicate the sport was part of the ancient olympic Games of 688 BC. http://www.klitschko.com/en/ist.php

ru de ua SEARCH OF SITE Outline of website History of boxing Press archive News subscribe ... Add to favorite Boxing - fistfighting sport between two matched combatants wearing padded gloves, with the primary aim to land as many blows as possible to the head and torso of the opponent. Olympic sport since 1904. One of the oldest sports still practiced, boxing dates back thousands of years. BC era While the origins of boxing are unknown, there have been recent discoveries on the island of Crete that date back the history of boxing to 1500 BC. Homer, the Greek poet describes a two-person fight in the Iliad, as early as the epic poem's setting around 1800 BC. Records indicate the sport was part of the ancient Olympic Games of 688 BC. Plato mentions boxing in both The Republic and the dialogue Gorgias, and the poet Pindar elegized the Olympic boxing champion of 474 BC. Along with running, wrestling, and the use of weapons, boxing was part of a young man's education in ancient Greece. The Romans also embraced boxing, turning the sport into a brutal gladiatorial spectacle. Boxers of this time covered their hands and arms with a leather thong called a cestus, sometimes studding it with metal spikes. The combatants often fought until one was fatally injured.

92. Modern Olympic History - Olympics - Sports - Webindia123.com Laszlo Papp of Hungary became the first boxer to win three gold medals. Sante Gaiardoni of Italy became the only cyclist in olympic history to win both http://www.webindia123.com/sports/olymp/olymp1.htm

Yellow Pages E-Mail E-Cards Matrimonial ... Athens 2004 Modern History of Olympics 1956 Melbourne, Australia Venue Melbourne, Australia Opening Date 22 November 1956 Nations Athletes Events Winner USSR with 98 points Medals Gold Silver Bronze USSR USA Australia Medal Emblem The 1956 Olympic Games at Melbourne were the first Olympics to be held in the southern hemisphere. For the first and only time, due to the stringent animal quarantine laws, the equestrian events was detached from the main Games and held at Stockholm, Sweden almost five months before the start of the actual Games. Laszlo Papp of Hungary became the first boxer to win three gold medals. The U.S. basketball team put on the most dominant performance in Olympic history by scoring more than twice as much as their opponents and winning each of their games by at least 30 points. In weightlifting, ties are broken by awarding the higher place to the athlete with the lower body weight. For the first time in the Olympics, athletes entered en masse - a symbol of global unity - at the closing ceremony. 1960 Rome, Italy

93. Natural History Magazine | Feature olympic history records the deaths of several boxers—though surprisingly fewoverall, given the brutality of the contest. http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/0704/0704_feature.html

July-August 2004 With Hands or Swift Feet The ancient Greek city-states were rarely as united as they were at the Olympic Games. By David C. Young This article has been adapted from A Brief History of the Olympic Games, Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games, held every four years from about 776 B.C. until about 400 A.D. In those twelve centuries the political landscape inevitably underwent many changes, but Olympic events continued to attract athletes and spectators from Greek city-states and colonies throughout the Mediterranean. Map: Patricia J. Wynne B.C. , maybe 300 men from the Greek city-states and colonies competed in about fourteen events. In antiquity, perhaps as many as 40,000 spectators could watch the games. Today, because of modern electronic communication, the whole world watches. For the poet Pindar of Thebes, whose victory odes immortalized the greatest contenders of the Hellenic world between 498 and 446 B.C. , the athletic contest served as a microcosm of the human struggle to surpass ordinary achievements. In athletic games the victor wins the glory his heart desires as crown after crown is placed on his head

94. Egyptian Boxer Makes Olympic History - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport. The 2004 Athens Olympics. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200408/s1187070.htm

@import "/olympics/2004/css/main.css"; Skip navigation ABC Home Radio Television ... News Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport. Home Features Program Results ... Galleries Search this site Print Email Egyptian boxer makes Olympic history Last Updated: Saturday, August 28, 2004. 6:28am (AEST) Superheavyweight (Over 91kg) Mohamed Aly became the first boxer from Egypt to reach an Olympic final when he upset Michel Lopez Nunez of Cuba 18-16 in Friday's semi-finals. Lopez was the only one of eight Cuban semi-finals to fail to reach the weekend finals. Aly now goes for a gold medal showdown with Russia's world champion Alexander Povetkin. Povetkin beat 24-year-old Roberto Cammarelle of Italy, whom he beat in the finals of both the 2002 and 2004 European championships, 31-19. AFP Print Email Medal Tally Medal Tally Gold Silver Bronze USA CHN RUS AUS JPN Olympics News Farewell to Athens Rogge closes 'dream' Olympics Spectator madness overshadows Baldini's marathon win Coates hails Australia's golden era ... More News Photo Galleries Closing ceremony Day 16, marathon Day 16, other action Day 15, other action ... More Galleries Event Calendar August 2004 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun ABC News Online ABC Sport ABC Local Radio

95. Olympic History OLYMPICS HISTORY SPORT Tvnz.co.nz history. olympic history. New Zealand failed to be represented at the Boxer Ted Morgan won gold in the welterweight class at the Amsterdam olympics. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/sport_story_skin/431308?format=html

96. Go For The Gold Origin and history of the olympic Games Boxers and wrestlers trained in thePalaestra, which was adjacent to the gymnasium. The Leonidaion housed the http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/history.htm

Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... Tools Origin and History of the Olympic Games The Modern Olympic Games The Olympic Principles and Traditions Politics and the Olympics Olympic Controversies ... The Olympics in Photos Origin and History of the Olympic Games The Rise of the Games The Olympic Games originated long ago in ancient Greece. Exactly when the Games were first held and what circumstances led to their creation is uncertain. We do know, however, that the Games were a direct outgrowth of the values and beliefs of Greek society. The Greeks idealized physical fitness and mental discipline, and they believed that excellence in those areas honored Zeus, the greatest of all their gods. One legend about the origin of the Olympic Games revolves around Zeus. It was said Zeus once fought his father, Kronos, for control of the world. They battled atop a mountain that overlooked a valley in southwestern Greece. After Zeus defeated his father, a temple and immense statue were built in the valley below to honor him. This valley was called Olympia, and soon religious festivals developed there as people came to worship Zeus and to approach as nearly as possible his great strength. It is believed that these religious festivals eventually led to the famed Games of the Olympics. Although we do not know just when the Games were first played, the earliest recorded Olympic competition occurred in 776 B.C. It had only one event, the one-stade (approximately 630-foot or 192-meter) race, which was won by a cook named Coroebus. This was the start of the first Olympiad, the four-year period by which the Greeks recorded their history.

97. United States Olympic Committee - U.S. Olympic Hall Of Fame Class Of 1983 US olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1983. Inducted in Chicago, Ill. In one ofthe great performances in olympic history, the AfricanAmerican Owens won http://www.olympic-usa.org/62_43.htm

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99. PUERTO RICO HERALD: Puerto Rico's Accomplishments In Sports The US fielded one of the weakest teams in its olympic history, Puerto Ricohas not won a medal in the olympics since boxer Daniel Santos took bronze at http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues2/2005/vol09n32/PRSportsBeat0932-en.shtml

PUERTO RICO HERALD Puerto Rico's Accomplishments In Sports By Gabrielle Paese August 12, 2005 Shortly after I wrote a column praising Puerto Rico's victory over a U.S. team of NBA players in the first round of the 2004 Olympics, I received the following letter from Herald reader Christopher Young. "Your article perpetuates a willingness to settle for less here on the island of enchantment. The US fielded one of the weakest teams in its Olympic history, and in fact this team performed poorly throughout the games. To hold this up as some great victory for Puerto Rico undercuts the struggle for excellence that Puerto Rico needs to pursue if it is to succeed in this competitive world." Part of what Young says is true. I once sat down to interview a Cuban athlete who had won just about every medal and set every record he could set in his sport. As we talked, we watched two athletes, one representing Puerto Rico, one from the United States, compete against each other. The Cuban, who had no formal education beyond the special sports high school he attended in Havana, said to me: "Do you know why the Puerto Rican lost the match? It's because he doesn't believe he can win. Cubans expect to win, but the Puerto Rican will be happy with third or fourth place." The Cuban went on to say that the athletes of his country and those of the United States are similar because they grow up believing they are champions.

100. 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

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