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Target shooting champion Philippe Heberle was World champion at 20 and became Olympic champion at the Los Angeles games in 1984 at the age of 21. He gave up competition shooting to pursue other hobbi...

This muscular medical student with an impressive physique was convinced that he had to win every event at the Lake Placid games in 1980 in order to make his sport known in the United States. He did j...

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...

This German canoeing champion twice won Olympic gold in the individual kayak event over 1000 metres at Montreal and Moscow in 1976 and 1980. Helm won 6 other Olympic medals, including a gold for the ...

The Finnish capital organized the 1952 Olympic games. It is the smallest city to have ever organized the games. On this occasion, the Soviet Union became part of the Olympic movement and participate...

Already the Olympic Tornado title holder at Seoul in 1988, the experienced and talented French sailing champion Nicolas Henard won again four years later in Barcelona. ...

Although he was World Record holder in the 100m freestyle in the semi-finals at the Munich games, Henckel did not win the finals. He did, however, win the 200 m freestyle and his first Olympic title...

This Norwegian competitive figure skater held the world record for the number of individual Olympic titles she had won at the Winter Olympics and is still today one of the Olympic ice skaters with the...

Apostle of the fight against banned drugs, as one could read on her track suit in Barcelona Athletes without Doping, Heike Henkel was rewarded for her efforts. She was favourite for the high jump aft...

Hero of Greek mythology, known by the Roman name Hercules, he is considered to be one of the founders of the first Olympic games. He is said to have laid out a precinct for games not far from the tomb...

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