"Clarence Saunders (athlete) Clarence Nicholas ""Nick"" Saunders (born 14 September 1963) is a retired Bermudian high jumper. He won a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and finished fifth at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1989 he held the Commonwealth record with 2.34 metres, but this was equalled by Dalton Grant. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Saunders would jump 2.36 to take the Commonwealth record and the gold medal ahead of Grant. 2.36 metres remained Saunders' career best jump, and it is still a Bermudian record. Dalton Grant would later improve his personal best to 2.36 metres"
"time(Sydney, Athens, Beijing). The lost of the gold by USA male basketball team, and only 3rd position during 2004 Athens Olympic(compared to gold of the previous and next Olympics), with the winning stands by Argentina team and silver Italy was noted. There have been two ICC Cricket World Cups this decade: 2003 Cricket World Cup - (winner ) 2007 Cricket World Cup - (winner ) There have been the usual 10 tour de frances held in the 2000s (decade) decade. 2000 Tour de France - started in Futuroscope, France (winner Lance Armstrong) 2001 Tour de France - started in Dunkerque,"
"started coaching the U.S. Olympic Skeleton team in 1999, during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City three members of his team achieved medals: Jim Shea, gold; Tristan Gale, gold and Lea Ann Parsley, silver. During Davenport's tenure as U.S. coach, his team had received at least one medal in every race. Davenport was one of the five finalists for USOC National Coach of the Year in 2002. Ryan Davenport Ryan Davenport is a Canadian skeleton racer who competed from 1993 to 1999. He won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with two"
"has won eleven medals in total across the sexes. Great Britain has had two winners and two runners-up. Australia, France and Bahamas are the only other nations to have won multiple gold medals. Jerome Young is the only athlete to be stripped of a medal in the event, as he lost his 2003 gold medal due to a doping ban. Antonio Pettigrew, the 1991 champion, was the first have his results annulled due to doping, although this ban affected his finalist placings from 1997 to 2001 only. His fellow American Jerome Young became the first and thus far only 400"
"Grant Dalton Grant Stanley Dalton, (born 1 July 1957), is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in five Whitbread Round the World Races and currently manages Team New Zealand. Dalton is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in the P Class and soon started racing as a member of Maraetai Sailing Club. He was awarded an OBE in the 1995 New Year Honours, for services to yachting. He was shortlisted in 2001 by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards. His other passion away from sailing is motor racing;"
"Brits at the line and taking the silver Olympic medal in a thrilling finish. Gordon's record in winning two Grand Challenge Cups at the Henley Royal Regatta is a rare feat for British rowers, but never before achieved by an Australian oarsman. Alastair Gordon Alastair Gordon (born 8 December 1976 in Sydney) is an Australian rower who won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He's one of only two Australian oarsmen to have twice won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. Gordon was educated at The King's School in Sydney where he took up rowing."
"team, Australia performed well at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics. Michael Milton won gold in all four of his events – Downhill, slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, and Bart Bunting with guide Nathan Chivers won gold in two events – downhill and super-G, and silver in the giant slalom. Athletes competing in the Winter Paralympics are put into one of three categories of classification, depending on their impairment and their level of functionality. Athletes who are physically disabled are given special equipment designed to suit their individuals needs, including orthopedic appliances, and single and sit skits. Athletes who"
"a time of 2:11.53 and beat two other swimmers who also bested the previous world mark. in 1991, he was named Champion of the World in the World Championships in Perth, Australia, winning the 200-meter breaststroke in world record time. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he won the gold medal in the same event in world record time. He later temporarily retired from swimming and took up competitive flatwater kayaking, competing at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1995. He is now a banker, and part-time masters swim coach in the Cayman Islands, but had previously owned a film"
"2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010. She also defended her women's doubles title alongside her sister Venus Williams, who had won singles gold in Sydney in 2000. With her singles gold, she became the second female player to win a career singles Golden Slam - Olympic gold in addition to the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, with the first being Steffi Graf in 1988 after she won all five events that year (a feat not yet matched by another player, male or female.) Williams also became the first player in history, male or female, to win"
"At the 2011 World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled, he won a bronze medal. In February 2011, Peter Taylor became New Zealand national champion in lightweight men's single sculls, beating Grant in an upset win. Duncan Grant (rower) Duncan Grant (born 7 February 1980) is a New Zealand rower. Grant was born in Ashburton in 1980. Throughout his rowing career, he has competed in the lightweight men's single sculls category. At the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, he won a bronze medal. He was lightweight men's single sculls world champion on three occasions: at the championships in 2007 in"
"gold medal in the Men's Giant Slalom LW2 event, a silver medal in the Men's Slalom LW2 event, and two bronze medals in the Men's Downhill LW2 and Men's Super-G LW2 events. In January 1996, he won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the World Skiing Championships held in Austria. In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal. In 2001, he was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'. At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics, he won four gold medals in the Men's Downhill LW2, Men's Giant Slalom LW2, Men's Slalom LW2, and"
"Grant Hackett Grant George Hackett OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. He is well regarded for his versatility, and has held the long course world record in the 200 m, 800 m, and 1500"
"six in 2002. Australia won its first Winter Paralympic medals in 1992, and has medalled at every games since then. All of the medals have been won in alpine skiing. Australia won four medals in 1992—one gold, one silver and two bronze. Michael Milton, an amputee alpine skier, won gold in the slalom and silver in the super-G. In paraplegic sit-skiing, David Munk won bronze in the super-G, and Michael Norton won bronze in the downhill. In 1994, Australia won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals. Milton won gold in the giant slalom, silver in the slalom and"
"and Semi-final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. International America’s Cup Class Worlds 1995 Maxi Worlds 1987 and 1989 12m Worlds 1988 International 50 ft Worlds 1993 8m Worlds 1989 5.5m Worlds 1989 One Ton Worlds 1988 Corel 45 Worlds 1997 Farr 40 Worlds 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 Mumm 36 Worlds 1998, 2003 and 2004 J 24 Worlds 1982, 1992 and 2000 E 22 Worlds 1981 and 1982 Hobie 18 Worlds 1987 International 14 Worlds Team Racing 1978, 1985 and 2002 International 14 Worlds 2002 Australian 14 Worlds 1986 5 O5 Worlds 1990 Laser Worlds 1980 420 Worlds 1997 Disabled"
"a position that he has held continuously except for 1995. He was Vice-President from 2000 to 2013. He was Chef De Mission for the Australian Winter Paralympic Games teams that competed at the 1994 Lillehammer Games, 1998 Nagano Games, 2002 Salt Lake City Games and Assistant Chef de Mission at Australian Winter Paralympic Games teams at 1992 Albertville Games, 2006 Torino Games, 2010 Vancouver Games and Australian Summer Paraympics teams at 2004 Athens Games and 2008 Beijing Games. In 2005, the Committee awarded him the Paralympic Medal for his commitment to sport for people with a disability. In February 2017,"
"at every games since then. All of the medals have been won in alpine skiing. Australia won four Winter Paralympic medals in 1992—one gold, a silver and two bronze. Michael Milton, an amputee alpine skier, won gold in slalom and silver in super-G. David Munk, a paraplegic sit-skier, won bronze in super-G. Michael Norton, a paraplegic sit-skier, won bronze in the downhill. In 1994, Australia won nine medals, three gold, two silver and four bronze. Milton won gold in the giant slalom, silver in slalom and bronze in downhill and super-G. Norton won gold in the slalom and super-G. James"
"bronze in the downhill and super-G, and Norton won gold in the slalom and super-G. James Patterson, a skier with cerebral palsy, won silver in the downhill and bronze in the giant slalom. Munk won another bronze, this time in the giant slalom. In 1998, Australia won two medals, both through Paterson: gold in the downhill and bronze in the slalom. In 2002, Australia's medal count consisted of six golds and one silver. Milton swept his disability class, winning gold in the downhill, super-G, giant slalom and slalom. Bart Bunting, a vision-impaired skier guided by Nathan Chivers, won gold in"
"and Sir Steve Redgrave, who won five gold medals in five consecutive Games in rowing, a record for an endurance event. Sailor Sir Ben Ainslie jointly holds the Great Britain record for most individual Olympic gold medals with Chris Hoy and Sir Mo Farah with four, and the most gold medals in a single event with three gold medals (in the Men's Finn class sailing event 2004–2012) - again shared with Jason Kenny (men's team sprint 2008–2016), Steve Redgrave (men's coxless pair 1988–1996) and Ed Clancy (men’s team pursuit 2008-2016). Sir Chris Hoy holds the record for gold medals in"
"the sport to win all four of the world major individual titles: World Cup, World Cup Final, World Championship and Olympic Games. After the Sydney Olympics in 2000, he completed the set of silver medals in all four majors as well. American, Kimberley Rhode, remains the only other clay target shooter to share this honour of being both grand slam gold and silver medallists. Mark is also a world renowned professional clay target shooting coach. Mark is a dual World Individual Champion (1994, 1997) and dual World Team Champion (1998 and 1999). He won individual World Cup gold medals in"
"final of the European Youth Championships in 1985, losing to Dmitry Mazunov. He was a member of the English team that won the European title in 1986. He represented Great Britain in the men's singles at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, but failed to reach the second knockout stage each time. He says that he ""choked"" at the Sydney Olympics: ""when I walked out into the mega-watt light of the competition arena, I could hardly hit the ball."" He was English champion four times, in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2001. He also won"
"on seven occasions in the men's category and on twelve occasions in the women's. Among the competing nations, the United States has had the most success in this event, having won sixteen golds in the men's race and nine in the women's race. Usain Bolt of Jamaica has won three consecutive titles (2008–16). Four other athletes have won back-to-back titles: Wyomia Tyus (1964–68), Carl Lewis (1984–88), Gail Devers (1992–96), and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2008–12). Merlene Ottey is the only athlete to win three medals without winning gold, with one silver and two bronze medals. Many athletes that compete in this event"
"event in 2000, Steph Cook took the gold medal. In 1988 the Men’s Team of Graham Brookhouse, Richard Phelps and Dominic Mahony won the bronze medal. Great Britain’s women have achieved the remarkable feat of winning medals at every Olympic Games since women were admitted in 2000. They were: 2000 Steph Cook (gold), Kate Allenby (bronze); 2004 Georgina Harland (bronze); 2008 Heather Fell (silver); 2012 Samantha Murray (silver). Great Britain has had six individual World Champions: 1982 Wendy Norman; 1993 Richard Phelps; 2001 Steph Cook; 2012 Mhairi Spence; 2014 Samantha Murray; and 2018 Jamie Cooke. In addition, there have been"
"In 2001, the award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year, and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of that award. Scottish tennis player Andy Murray, who won in 2004, is the only non-English recipient of the award. The only person to win the award more than once is diver Tom Daley, who won the award three times, in 2007, 2009, and 2010, and was nominated to the ten-person shortlist in five successive years (2007–2011). The most recent award was presented in 2017 to Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Including a Newcomer of the Year"
"in 1955, 1957, 1965, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1997. Four times the price has been awarded achievements made by teams, or couples. Double scull consisting of brothers Alf Hansen and Frank Hansen won in 1975. World Championship title to K2 to Einar Rasmussen and Olaf Søyland K2 won in 1979. The dancers Tone Nyhagen and Knut Saeborg won in 1987 and in 1989 Rolf Thorsen and Lars Bjønness won the goldmedal after their World Cup victory in double scull . In 2012 the medal was (for the first time) awarded to a Paralympic athlete, as Sarah Louise Rung"
"history. During this era Australia broke their Olympic hoodoo winning the Gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as Bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Silver at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, Gold at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and Gold at the 2005 and 2008 Champions Trophies. Batch competed in 175 international matches for Australia between 1979 and 1990. Australia: 1979–90 - Australian Team Representative (1987–1988 Vice Captain) World Cup: Gold: 1986, Bronze: 1982, 1990 Olympic Games: 4th place: 1984, 1988, Boycott: 1980 Champions Trophy: Gold: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, Silver: 1981, 1982, 1986, Bronze:"
"Paralympics: Michael Milton Shooting Olympics: Matthew Inabinet Softball Olympics: Joanne Brown, Sally McCreedy Squash Commonwealth Games: Stuart Boswell Swimming Olympics: Angela Kennedy Paralympics: Siobhan Paton, Katrina Lewis, Joshua Alford Table tennis Olympics: Jeff Plumb, Alison Shanley Triathlon Olympics: Simon Thompson Paralympics: Katie Kelly, Nic Beveridge Volleyball Olympics: Ben Hardy Wheelchair Rugby Paralympics: Garry Croker ACT Academy of Sport The ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) was launched in 1989. It is an endorsed Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Paralympic Committee National Training Centre and a member of the National Institutes of Network. The establishment of ACTAS as a pilot program was"
"he joined the newly formed Northern Territory Blind Sports Association, and went on to win many medals and break Australian records at national blind sporting championships. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, he won gold medals in the Men's Pentathlon B2, where he broke a world record, and the Men's 100 m B2. He also competed in athletics without winning any medals at the 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, and 2000 Sydney Games. He worked as an athletics coach, and assisted other blind sportspeople in the Northern Territory. In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal. He died"
"Grant Bluett Grant Bluett is an Australian orienteering competitor. He won a gold medal in the individual event at the World Games in 2001. In perhaps the biggest upset in the history of world-level orienteering, Grant Bluett (Australia) won the men’s race to become the first men’s World Games orienteering champion. His victory is the first ever senior individual medal by a Non-European competitor and a great boost for orienteering as a world sport. His best results at the World Orienteering Championships are the 8th position in the sprint distance in 2003, and 6th in the relay in 2001 with"
"articles, videos, pictures, blogs with all the features of a social network. A number of top athletes and fitness enthusiasts from a wide variety of disciplines such as swimming, surfing, soccer, football, water polo, volleyball and martial arts. 1989 - England Over all Stars of Tom 1991 - Lightheavy British- 2nd 1994 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd 1995 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd 1996 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd 1996 - Over all Southeast British Champion 1999 - Over all Heavyweight Northeast champion 1999 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd 1999 - Amateur Grand Prix Champion (Pro Card) 1999 - IFBB"
"an open global championship until Moroccan-born Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain won both golds at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics at Helsinki. (After the 2008 Olympic Games Ramzi was stripped of his Olympic gold medal for doping, but that penalty was not applied retroactively to his World Championship gold medals). In January 1962 Snell broke the world mile record before a huge crowd at Cooks Gardens in Whanganui, and one week later set new world records for both the 800 m and 880 yd at Christchurch. He then won gold and set a new record for 880 yd at the"
"Championships in 1989 and 1991. This group were close to retirement in the early part of the 21st century, leading the European sports media to spotlight the Golden Generation's chances of winning a senior trophy at tournaments such as UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004 (which Portugal hosted) and the 2006 World Cup. Since then, it has been used by media in many different countries, with usage spreading to other areas, for example, in rugby. By winning the gold medal in the Americas Championship 2001, silver medal in 2002 FIBA World Championship, the gold medal in"
"and women's events. Those two nations share the highest medal tally at eighteen. France and Canada, with two golds each, are the only other nations to have won multiple titles. Great Britain has the third highest medal tally in the event at nine medals. Jamaica's Usain Bolt is the most successful athlete of the event, with four consecutive gold medals from 2009 to 2015 and a silver medal in 2007. His female compatriots Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Kerron Stewart are the next most successful, with three gold medals and two silver medals. Another Jamaican woman, Beverly McDonald, has the highest number"
"Games. Having never won a medal in dressage in Olympic history, British riders dominated the event in 2012, winning 2 golds (both team and individual) and a bronze, Charlotte Dujardin becoming one of five British double gold medal winners. Great Britain was the first nation other than Germany to win the team event since 1980. Andy Murray became the first British tennis player to claim an Olympic title since the sport was reintroduced as a full-medal discipline in 1988; he was also the only British athlete to win two medals in a single day. Double trap shooter Peter Wilson won"