"In January 2009, Evers-Swindell married Sam Earl, himself a former New Zealand rower and son of Olympic gold medallist rower Athol Earl. Since then, she has styled herself Georgina Earl. Georgina Evers-Swindell Georgina Emma Buchanan Earl, , better known under her maiden name Georgina Evers-Swindell (born 10 October 1978 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rower. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline Evers-Swindell, and is a double Olympic gold medallist, having won at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. In November 2005 she and her sister were named ""Rowing Female"
"final at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. After this, Tonks began coaching Rob Waddell, who would go on to win gold in the single scull at Cologne in 1998 and St Catharines in 1999 before taking the gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Until 2000 and his move north to Karapiro, Tonks had treated coaching as a ""hobby,"" and was often working full-time, including work for the railways—""pushing paper, 8 to 5""—and nights spinning wool at the Cavalier Bremworth carpet factory. Tonks has been influential in the careers of rowers such as Olympic medallists Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, Mahé Drysdale,"
"From an early age, the parents introduced their children to sport. By the age of six, the twins were playing organised soccer, tennis and cricket. In their first cricket match, the brothers were both dismissed for ducks. The twins came from a sporting family. Their paternal grandfather Edward was a greyhound trainer. Raised in the northern coastal town of Bangalow, Edward earned selection for the New South Wales Country team in rugby league. He was about to join Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League, but had to give up his career due to family reasons. Rodger was"
"the vice-captain of the cricket team and captained the state soccer team. The twins were instrumental in New South Wales winning the cricket carnival without a defeat, in one match combining in a partnership of 150. By this time, the increasing time demands led to conflicts between the sports, and were in one case delisted from a team due to a conflict of commitments. The twins progressed to East Hills Boys Technology High School, which had a history of producing Australian international representatives in a number of sports. Aged 13, the twins were invited by their uncle Bourne, then the"
"of a sport to sweep the awards, track and field was the first sport to do so twice. Among the most recognized for post-athletic career accomplishments are Randal Pinkett and Rob Pelinka. Of the winners the one most notable for having gone professional in his or her sport is National Football League veteran Rob Zatechka, who later went on to medical school. Several of the winners have won other notable awards. The following are complete lists of dual winners of a selected set of notable awards: The historical winners are as follows: Walter Byers Scholarship The Walter Byers Scholar (also"
"presented by the Women's Amateur Athletic Federation. In 1946 they were runners-up for the Lou Marsh Trophy, given by the Canadian Press to Canada's Most Outstanding Athlete. They were inducted into the Canadian Amateur Athletic Hall of Fame in 1953 for both their swimming and skiing achievements. Both were inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame (now the American Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame) in 1969 and to the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1982. Other honours have included: Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele (born January 21, 1922) are identical twins and Canada's"
"medalist. They are both members of the Dutch national gymnastics team and are coached by their father, Vincent. In 1992, Wevers and her family moved to Oldenzaal. When she was 12, she and her sister started training with their father at a local club in Dronrijp. The family later moved to Twente, and the twins started training at Top Gymnastics Eastern Netherlands (Dutch: Topturnen Oost-Nederland). Her parents helped turn it into a high-level sports facility called BosanTON. In 2013, Vincent Wevers had an argument with the management of the facility and was fired. Ultimately, the twins moved with their father"
"Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele (born January 21, 1922) are identical twins and Canada's women's skiing pioneers and champions of the 1940s and 1950s. Together they made up the entire 1948 Olympic Women’s Alpine team for Canada. The Wurtele twins were born in 1922 in the province of Quebec. They began skiing at age five when their father strapped two planks of wood onto their feet and pushed them out the front door; which happened to be on top of Mount Royal in Montreal. The twins never stopped skiing. By age 11 they had skied off the"
"wild card playoff game.(where he recovered a fumble after Jared Allen stripped the ball from Donovan McNabb) A restricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Evans re-signed with the Vikings on April 6. On March 13, 2014, Evans re-signed with the Vikings on a one-year deal. Evans is a cousin of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. Evans's sister Aja ""Storm"" Evans competed on the women's US bobsleigh team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Fred Evans (defensive tackle) Frederick H. Evans (born November"
"Unitwins Unitwins are a unicycling entertainment duo from Sweden, consisting of twins Martin Sjönneby and Josef Sjönneby. The two brothers compete internationally in extreme unicycling, and draw on their long experience in the sport to put on unicycle shows all over Scandinavia. 2013 they were voted Sweden's third best entertainment in the television program Rampljuset and in 2014 they reached the semifinals of Talang, the Swedish version of America's Got Talent. During the shooting of the latter the duo drew attention when Josef landed on Martin's head during a trick, but managed to minimize the impact of the blow and"
"One of his last victories was winning the Inverness Highland Games 100/200 double in 1987. Wells's later career was punctuated by injury, but, by competing into his mid-30s, he helped to set the trend for sprinters to have longer careers. After retirement, he was a coach for the British bobsleigh team. His wife Margot Wells was also a Scottish 100/100 hurdles champion, and they are now based in Guildford, Surrey where she is a fitness consultant, and Allan is a systems engineer. Wells was also inducted alongside Eric Liddell and Wyndham Halswelle (two other former Scottish Athletic Olympic Champions) into"
"were later joined by two more brothers, Dean (who also went on to play first-class cricket in Australia) and Danny. From an early age, the parents introduced their children to sport. By the age of six, the twins were playing organised soccer, tennis and cricket. In their first cricket match, the brothers were both dismissed for ducks. The twins came from a sporting family. Their paternal grandfather Edward was a greyhound trainer. Raised in the North Coast town of Bangalow, Edward earned selection for the New South Wales Country team in rugby league. He was about to join Eastern Suburbs"
"1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics for Canada in speed skating. Her father, Cal, is a noted sports psychologist and has advised NHL teams and works with current and former Canadian Olympic athletes. Botterill's brother, Jason Botterill, competed for Canada in the World Junior Championships (3 Gold Medals) and played in the National Hockey League. He is currently the General Manager for the Buffalo Sabres. Their grandfather, Donald Grant McCannell was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. She was a CAA School Safety Patroller in grade 5 and 6 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Botterill graduated from Harvard University"
"Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was born into a prolific and tight-knit sporting family. His oldest brother, Alvin Jr., played college football for the University of Washington Huskies and the Western Illinois University Leathernecks. Another older brother, Kevin played professional basketball and was formerly a point guard for the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His younger brother Lyndale played college basketball for the University of Nevada Wolf Pack. Kevin and Nate Burleson are one of only two sibling duos in which one brother played in the NBA while the other played in the NFL."
"title for 21 years before another Australian player would win in 2000. Rennae Stubbs (Aus) played with Lisa Raymond (USA) to win the Women's Doubles title at Melbourne Park. Evers retired in 1983 and moved to Indianapolis in America and took up a career as a tennis coach at the Indianapolis Raquet Club and qualified with the USPTA. Evers moved back permanently to Australia in 2012 and now lives in the Gold Coast in the State of Queensland and is a full time tennis coach at Emerald Lakes Tennis Center. In May 2016, Evers received her retrospective Australian Open Trophy"
"in doubles. They have won 112 doubles titles (winning their record-setting 86th title at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in California, USA) including a record 16 Grand Slam titles. In 2005, he and Bob made it to the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, only the second time such a feat has been achieved in the Open era. The Bryan Brothers have been ranked No. 1 in the ATP. Due to their success, they have been nicknamed The Wonder Twins after a fictional comic book duo. During the 2018 Madrid Open, Bob injured his hip and subsequently had season"
"is retired and living in Europe - London and Oslo. The two Emery brothers, Anakin and Kirby, were inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1964 and Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame in 1971. Young and Presley also followed into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame after the 1965 win. Vic Emery Victor Emery (born June 28, 1933) is a Canadian athlete and businessman. Emery was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is a gold medalist in the four man bobsleigh pilot from the 1964 Olympic Winter Games, as well as the 1965 World Championships. Involved in diverse athletics from a"
"continue the show without any of them getting hurt. Unitwins Unitwins are a unicycling entertainment duo from Sweden, consisting of twins Martin Sjönneby and Josef Sjönneby. The two brothers compete internationally in extreme unicycling, and draw on their long experience in the sport to put on unicycle shows all over Scandinavia. 2013 they were voted Sweden's third best entertainment in the television program Rampljuset and in 2014 they reached the semifinals of Talang, the Swedish version of America's Got Talent. During the shooting of the latter the duo drew attention when Josef landed on Martin's head during a trick, but"
"doubles history, and have also enjoyed that World No. 1 ranking together for a record 139 consecutive weeks. They have finished as the ATP year-end number 1 doubles team a record 10 times. Between 2005 and 2006, they set an Open Era record by competing in seven consecutive men's doubles Grand Slam finals. They are also well known for celebrating winning points by chest-bumping each other. Some of their success is attributed to their particular brand of twinship: the Bryans are ""mirror twins"", where one is right-handed (Mike) and the other left-handed (Bob). This is advantageous for their court coverage."
"from Tennis Australia. In 2017: At the Australian Open, Evers finally got to hold the Women's Doubles Trophy for the first time at a private presentation organized by the President of Tennis Australia', Steve Healey. Diane Evers Dianne Evers (born 9 November 1956) is a retired female tennis player from Australia. Evers began playing tennis at Lauriston Lawn Tennis Club in 1965 at the age of nine, and then at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club from 1967. She started competing in tournaments and interstate competitions at age 11. Her coach and father Bill Evers owned a tennis centre in Murrumbeena, Victoria."
"first players to have earned fame and large incomes from the sport, and their stature as professional athletes capable of earning endorsements outside the sport has not been equaled by anyone who has followed them in the sport. Brumfield has also won numerous national racquetball open doubles titles—first with Muehleisen in 1969, then in 1973 with Steve Serot, and finally in 1975 with Craig McCoy—as well as outdoor national racquetball doubles championships with Muehlheisen and Serot in 1974 and 1975. According to Muelheisen, the team of Brumfield and Muelheisen never lost a game—let alone a match—in national level competition play;"
"of four brothers to line up in the same Australian side since Ray, Roy, Rex and Bernard Norman played for Sydney's Annandale club during the 1910 NSWRFL season. That year, Burgess was banned for two games following his infamous ""squirrel grip"" on Will Chambers – where Chambers's testicles were grabbed during a game. Sam was in a DVD about his life called 'Slammin' Sam: The Sam Burgess Story' After the 2013 NRL season Burgess represented England in the 2013 World Cup. On 17 February 2014, it was announced that at the end of the year Burgess would switch to rugby"
"Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. He received a Halberg award for services to sport in 2000. He also wrote a best-selling book, ""The Tour of the Third All Blacks"", about the 1935–36 tour, with fellow All Black Charlie Oliver, and wrote a history of Wellington Athletic Rugby Football Club in 1976. Of his five children, his son Paul played for Wellington in both rugby and first-class cricket, and another son Dennis played rugby for Wellington B in 1964. Tindill died in Wellington in 2010 and was buried at Karori Cemetery. While Tindill is the only person to have played"
"settled in the western Sydney suburb of Panania. The twins were later joined by two more brothers, Dean and Danny. From an early age, the parents introduced their children to sport. By the age of six, the twins were playing organised soccer, tennis and cricket. In their first cricket match, the brothers were both dismissed for ducks. The twins came from a sporting family. Their paternal grandfather Edward was a greyhound trainer. Raised in the northern coastal town of Bangalow, Edward earned selection for the New South Wales Country team in rugby league. He was about to join Eastern Suburbs"
"Games title. They were bronze medalists at the 2007 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, and won the Badminton Asia Championships together in 2008. Not an especially powerful hitter, Limpele's strengths have been his racket-work, tactical astuteness, and anticipation. When he was young, he joined the SGS Bandung badminton club. His parents are Erik Limpele (father) and Nelcy Oroh (mother). His hobby is football. Normally people called him Flandy. ""Men's doubles"" ""Mixed doubles"" ""Mixed doubles"" ""Men's doubles"" ""Mixed doubles"" ""Men's doubles"" ""Mixed doubles"" The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton"
"Emma Snowsill Emma Laura Snowsill OAM (born 15 June 1981) is an Australian professional triathlete and multiple gold medalist in the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games. She won the gold medal in triathlon at the 2008 Olympics. Snowsill is married to the 2008 Olympic champion in men's triathlon, Jan Frodeno. Snowsill won the 2000 International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championship in the 16–20 years age category plus the gold medal at the 2001 Sydney Youth Olympic Festival Triathlon at age 19. She was awarded a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and was voted 16–19 years female"
"Olympic Committee’s athletes commission for eight years. He is also the manager of Olympic and World Champion rowers Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year. The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. In the 2000 New Year Honours, White was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing. Chris White (rower) Christopher Sherratt White (born 9 September 1960) is a former New Zealand rower and Olympic Bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He"
"two brothers) into the family of Albert and Hazel (née Terryberry) Callaghan, of Irish ancestry. She grew up in a home where baseball was considered of vital importance, as her younger sister Helen teamed up with her in the AAGPBL and her nephew Casey Candaele played in Major League Baseball. Athletically inclined, Marge and Helen filled their student days at King Edward High School participating in almost every sport the school had to offer, competing in track and field, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, soccer and field hockey. The sisters also played softball for the Vancouver Western Mutual team and performed at"
"with 2 children and is a successful Commercial Solicitor practicing in Horsham Elise Laverick Elise Mary Sherwell ( Laverick, born 27 July 1975 in Rustington, West Sussex) is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington. She won the Wingfield Sculls in 2007. Laverick was educated at Broadwater Manor School in Worthing for the early years of her youth and later at Rosemead School. She also studied the Double Bass at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and later"
"sea twins"" after winning 3 Snipe Worlds in a row (1961, 1963 and 1965). They also won the 1959 Pan American Games and finished 2nd in the 1963 Pan American Games in Lightning and third in the 1961 Lightning World Championships. In the Star class, they were 9th at the 1967 Star World Championships. Erik Schmidt sailed at 2 different Pan American Games: Erik Schmidt sailed at 2 different Olympic Games: Erik Schmidt (sailor) Erik Oluf Preben Schmidt (born 30 April 1939 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sailor who competed in the Summer Olympic Games, the Pan American"
"in the two-man event. In 1966, due to a deteriorating track which precipitated a tragic crash killing the German pilot, the World four man Bob Championships in Cortina were cancelled part way through. By 1967, the Emery team retired from bob sleighing then, however encouraged the young through their example and by recruitment to firmly establish the sport of bobsleigh on Canadian soil, now supported by bobsleigh tracks in both Alberta (1988 Winter Olympics) and British Columbia (2010 Winter Olympics). Today, after reactivating the Lake Louise Ski area and a number of other entrepreneurial, corporate and philanthropic activities, Vic Emery"
"School in Ringgold, Virginia. His three sons Trey, Terrell and Tremaine all currently play in the NFL. Trey and Terrell currently play for the Pittsburgh Steelers while Tremaine plays for the Buffalo Bills. Tremaine and Terrell have the distinction of being the first set of brothers to be drafted in the first round of the same NFL Draft. Ferrell Edmunds Ferrell Edmunds Jr. (born April 16, 1965 in South Boston, Virginia) is a former professional American football player. A 6'6"", 248-lb. tight end from the University of Maryland, Edmunds was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of"
"The two-man event was introduced at the 1932 games and a two-woman event was first contested at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Athletes who won at least one gold medal and one bronze medal are listed below. ""Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics."" Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics Bobsleigh is an event in the Winter Olympic Games where a two- or four-person team drives a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the winning team completing the route with the fastest time. The event has been featured since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, with the exception of"