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1. Ganymede Ganymede was a beautiful prince from Troy, son of king Tros of Dardania  and of Callirrho. Ganymede was known as the most beautiful of mortals, and was subsequently carried off by the gods (in the later story by Zeus himself, or by Zeus in the f...
2. British Boxing Olympians The Olympics is the ultimate in sport. Winning the Olympic gold is the pinnacle of a sporting career. It is an athlete's dream and for many simply competing and representing their country is their proudest moment. Boxing is one of the few sports whe...
3. Steve Ovett Stephen Michael James Ovett OBE, born 9th October 1955, is a former middle distance champion form UK. He was a gold medalist in the 800m at the 1980 Olympic games, Moscow, and set world records for 1500m and 1 mile. Ovett first attracted internation...
4. Steve Redgrave Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave CBE, a British rower, was born on 23 March 1962 in Marlow in England. He won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He also won a bronze medal in 1988. As the only Briton ever to achieve this f...
5. Kristin Armstrong They call her "Idaho's Hometown Hero". Who is Kristin Armstrong? She is a very inspiring person who has overcome physical problems and went on to win a Gold Medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Bejing. A professional road bicycle racer and Olympic g...
6. Sebastian Coe Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe KBE gold medal at the announced London as the winning bid, became the chairman of the (born 29 September 1956 in Chiswick, London) is a politician and former top-level athlete from England. In his athletics career as...
7. Dan Gable Olympic wrestling champion Iowa During his prep and college careers, Gable compiled an unbelievable record of 182-1. He was undefeated in 64 prep matches, and was 118-1 at Iowa State. His only defeat came in the NCAA finals his senior year. Gable was a three-time all-American and t...
8. Michael Phelps Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in 8 events at the Olympics in Beijing, breaking Mark Spitz's single-Games record for the most gold medals. Phelps swam 17 times over nine days and broke the world record in four of his five individual swims. The thre...
9. Grant Hackett Australia has been very successful in the 1500m freestyle at the Olympic Games with previous champions and world record holders including Frank Beaurepaire, Andrew Boy Charlton, Murray Rose, John Konrads, Bob Windle, Steve Holland, Glen Housman, Kier...
10. Who is Eric Moussambani? No one knew who Eric Moussambani was, there were no media hounding him for interviews, he didn't win any medals, but Eric showed the world the true spirit of competing, determination and the sincere love and compassion for his sport. From Equatorial...
11. Hollie Dykes Hollie Dykes is an Australian Artistic gymnast. Please feel free to visit Hollie Dykes to learn more.
12. Amanda Beard US swimmer Amanda Beard has won seven Olympic medals, swimming in three Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004) and plans to continue training to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 1996 and at the age of 14 years, Amanda Beard won her first Olympic gol...
13. Pieter Van Den Hoogenband Dutch swimmer Pieter Van Den Hoogenband is one of the world’s best ever swimmers.  Van Den Hoogenband’s career (so far) includes three Olympic gold, two Olympic silver and two Olympic bronze medals. After finishing fourth twice at th...
14. Jessicah Schipper