This skater won the Olympic ice skating title in Squaw Valley in 1960 at the age of 20. Four years earlier, she had missed the gold medal by a whisker. Trained by the French trainer Pierre Brunet, s...

When she took part in the 1992 Barcelona games, this athlete from Bosnia knew that she stood no chance of winning a medal. Indeed, she came last in the 3000 m. But her courage remains unequalled.In or...

A popular summer sport, this game is based on traditional volleyball and has all the necessary ingredients to attract a young audience. It is played in the sand by two opposing teams of two players, o...