Results for the letter M, page 8 of 9
MOSES Edwin (1955) United States / Track and FieldWhen Moses won the 400 m at Montreal, some said it was only because Uganda's John Akii-bua had withdrawn. The Africans were boycotting the Canadian games.But Edwin Moses was unbeatable and chalked up ...
MOTA Rosa (1958) Portugal / Track and FieldReigning European and Olympic champion at Seoul, bronze medallist at the previous games in Los Angeles, the little Portuguese simply ate up the kilometres of asphalt with, apparently, no ill effects."...
MOTTOThe Olympic motto, "Citius, altius, fortiusť was suggested to Pierre de Coubertin by a friend who was a teacher, Abbot Didon. It means "Faster, higher, stronger". Apparently, one of the men responsib...
MOUNTAIN BIKINGThis outdoor sport has grown enormously in popularity in the last few years, because it makes it possible to go almost anywhere on a bicycle. Mountain bikes are what started the revival of sales of al...
MOUSSAMBANI Eric - Equatorial Guinea / SwimmingEric Moussambani did not have the sporting qualities to feature in the pantheon of the Olympic movement. This swimmer had never swum more than 50 metres in succession before going to the Sydney Olympi...
MOVEMENT, OLYMPICThe Olympic movement serves to provide young people with the means to combine sport and culture.It includes the international sports federations, the national Olympic committees, the Olympic Games Org...
MUNICH - GermanyFor the first time since the highly controversial 1936 games in Berlin, Germany was chosen to host the 1972 Olympics.But once again, the result was dramatic. Relations between Israel and her Arab neig...
MUSEUM, OLYMPIC- SwitzerlandOn the shores of Lake Geneva, not far from the IOC in Lausanne stands the Olympic Museum. Once located in a former casino, it houses the personal collections of Pierre de Coubertin and his successors ...
MUSKETEERS - France / TennisHenri Cochet, René Lacoste, Jacques Brugnon and Jean Borotra were nicknamed the Musketeers of French tennis after their Davis Cup victory in 1927, a trophy they retained for six years running.Three ye...
MUTLU Halil (1973) Turkey / WeightliftingIt is no insult to this small Turkish weightlifter to point out that his sporting path is identical to that of his role model, Naim Suleymanoglu. Mutlu was also born in Bulgaria, and his name had als...