"Imran Sherwani Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani (born 9 April 1962) is an English former international field hockey player. Sherwani won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He played on the left wing, and scored two of the three goals against West Germany in the 1988 final, making a significant contribution to the match. In a BBC Sport article Imran Sherwani was quoted: """"When we got back to Heathrow Airport it was bizarre for a hockey player to walk out to hundreds of cheering people. You see it with rugby and football but not"
"was born in Beare Green, Surrey. He is head of admissions at Cranleigh School, and coaches the U14 boys and girls hockey teams. He lives in Cranleigh with his four children and wife. <br> Stephen Batchelor (field hockey) Stephen James ""Steve"" Batchelor (born 22 June 1961) is an English former field hockey player. Batchelor was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, setting up Imran Sherwani in the final against West-Germany. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won silver with the England"
"Stephen Batchelor (field hockey) Stephen James ""Steve"" Batchelor (born 22 June 1961) is an English former field hockey player. Batchelor was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, setting up Imran Sherwani in the final against West-Germany. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup. Batchelor played international hockey for twelve years before retiring after the 1992 Summer Olympics. Batchelor has played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club and East Grinstead. Batchelor"
"Gymkhana club based in Osterley in W London and continues to play and coach hockey there to this day. <br> Kulbir Bhaura Kulbir Singh Bhaura (born 15 October 1955) is a British former field hockey player. He was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he secured the bronze medal with his team. Bhaura was also a member of the Silver medal winning team in 1986 World cup in London and 1987 European Cup in Moscow. He played at international"
"and Outdoor Education while at Dulwich College in London. Since returning from the Olympics in 1988 he joined Zurich Financial Services and has since become a company director running a successful financial services business based in Cheshire, 'Warriner & Co Ltd'. He is a life member of Brooklands Manchester University Hockey Club. In 2018 he became Cheshire Seniors Golf Champion with a first time victory at Bromborough Golf Club. <br> Martyn Grimley Martyn Andrew Grimley (born 24 February 1963) is a former field hockey player. He won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul."
"personal best of 14.59m in the shot put. <br> Simon Shirley Simon Shirley (born 3 August 1966 in Nottingham, United Kingdom) is a retired decathlete who competed for Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and for England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Simon Shirley was born in Nottingham but began school in New Zealand. He then moved to Brisbane where he attended Mount Gravatt State High School. In December 1983, he won the Boys Under 19 Multiple Event at the Australian All Schools Track and"
"the 1988 Summer Olympics and of the bronze-medal winning team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Another OG, Gawain Briars, was the British number one squash player and now heads the world Professional Squash Association. Brother and sister Ralph and Natasha Firman are both racing drivers, and Natasha was the winner of the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. Giles Baring and Andrew Corran were first-class cricketers, while international rugby footballers include Andy Mulligan (Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, Nick Youngs (England and his sons Ben and Tom (England) both also playing for the British and Irish Lions winning"
"Karch Kiraly Charles Frederick ""Karch"" Kiraly () (born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. In the 1980s he was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He went on to win the gold medal again at the 1996 Olympic Games, the first Olympic competition to feature beach volleyball. He is the only player (man or woman) to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach volleyball categories. He played college volleyball for the UCLA Bruins, where his teams won"
"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"
"Olympics). Two medals each were awarded to the athletes in shooting and wrestling. India also set a historical milestone for the female athletes who won two Olympic medals. Badminton player and world junior champion Saina Nehwal became the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic bronze medal in the women's singles. Boxer Mary Kom, on the other hand, lost to Great Britain's Nicola Adams in the semi-final match, but settled for the bronze in the first ever women's flyweight event. Six Indian archers qualified for the London Olympics – 3 in women's recurve and 3 in men's recurve. Fourteen Indian"
"some of his fellow countrymen, and regained his national decathlon title with a score of 7814 points. Shirley's career personal best score of 8036 points was achieved at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, where he finished 15th behind gold medalist Christian Schenk of East Germany. Shirley continued to compete for Australia throughout 1989 but thereafter stated his intention to return to his birth nation of England and compete for Great Britain. His first significant performance as a British athlete was in June 1993 when he won the decathlon at the Azusa Pacific University track meet with a score of"
"m medley double at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, the 1986 and 1991 World Championships, and the 1985, 1987 and 1989 European Championships. He also won a European title in the 200 m butterfly, and a world bronze in the same event. A teen talent, Darnyi might have competed at the 1984 Olympics, but both the Eastern European boycott and a personal accident prevented this. He was hit by a snowball in the left eye, which left him blind in one eye. After recovering, he started an unbeaten streak in medley events that lasted from 1985 to 1993. During that"
"Amy Acuff, archer Khatuna Lorig, shooters Kimberly Rhode and Emil Milev, indoor volleyballer Danielle Scott-Arruda, and eventing riders Phillip Dutton and Karen O'Connor – the oldest of the team at age 54). Twenty-one athletes made their fourth Olympic appearances, including springboard diver Troy Dumais, track hurdler Angelo Taylor, and beach volleyballers and double-defending champions Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor. Fifty-seven athletes made their third Olympic appearances, including rifle shooter Matt Emmons, and twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the men's tennis doubles match. One hundred and forty-three athletes were two-time Olympians, including former defending champions Justin Gatlin (athletics) and"
"Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 4 × 100 m relay, where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Heather Hunte, Kathy Smallwood-Cook and Beverley Goddard. She also reached the 200 m final, finishing eighth. In 1982, Lannaman competed in her third Commonwealth Games, winning a gold in the 4 × 100 m relay. She currently lives in the village of Chorley in Lichfield District, Staffordshire. She is married to Michael Garmston, former British athletics team physiotherapist. They have one son, Bradley Garmston, a professional footballer for Gillingham. Sonia Lannaman Sonia May"
"India at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 was the fourth time India participated in Commonwealth Games. India won its first gold medal in these games. India won its first medal in athletics during these games. The legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh won gold in the men's 440-yard run. India participated in at least 12 athletics events in these games. India participated in boxing for the first time, in the men's lightweight division (60 kg) and the men's middleweight division (75 kg). India won gold in wrestling, with Lila Ram winning the men's heavyweight division (100 kg). In"
"Seoul. FIVB named Kiraly the top player in the world in 1986 and 1988. Following the 1988 Olympics, Kiraly retired from the national team. He and teammate Steve Timmons played professional volleyball for Il Messaggero Ravenna in Italy from 1990 to 1992. The team included Italians Fabio Vullo and Andrea Gardini, Roberto Masciarelli and Stefano Margutti as team members. In two seasons the team won a series of titles, including the Italian Volleyball League (1991), the Italian Cup (1991), FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship (1991), CEV Champions League (1992), and the European Supercup (1992). Kiraly had a long career"
"record of 15 goals set by the great Udham Singh (field hockey) in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Surinder Singh Sodhi Surinder Singh Sodhi is a former field hockey player from India. He is famous for playing a major role in getting India the Gold medal in 1980 Olympic games after a gap of 16 years. He played in the center forward position. In the final against Spain, Surinder Singh Sodhi gave India a rousing start as it established a comfortable three-goal lead early in the second half. Surinder Singh Sodhi scoring 2 of those. But Spain gamely bounced back into"
"Sindhu won gold medals for India in 400 m hurdles, shot put, and women's singles event of badminton, respectively. Badminton player Srikanth Kidambi became the only Indian athlete to win multiple medals, including a silver in mixed doubles (paired with Maneesha Kukkapalli) and a bronze in men's doubles (paired with Hema Thandarang). India devolved from the top position in the previous Games to the ninth position with total of nine medals (equally distributed in all medal categories). India has participated in the Commonwealth Games since their second revision in 1934 (the then-British Empire Games), held in London, England. The Indian"
"Martyn Grimley Martyn Andrew Grimley (born 24 February 1963) is a former field hockey player. He won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup and Champions Trophy silver medals with England as well as silver medals with both European Cup silver medals with both indoor and outdoor squads. He has a combined total of 178 international caps for England and Great Britain. Grimley was born in Halifax, England. He taught Physical Education at Banbury School in Oxfordshire for a short time between 1986–87 and then taught Geography, Physical Education"
"the men's welterweight division (74 kg), Lachmi Kant Pandey gave India a silver medal. India at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 was the fourth time India participated in Commonwealth Games. India won its first gold medal in these games. India won its first medal in athletics during these games. The legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh won gold in the men's 440-yard run. India participated in at least 12 athletics events in these games. India participated in boxing for the first time, in the men's lightweight division (60 kg) and the men's middleweight division (75 kg). India won"
"players in Asia. The clubs have begun hiring strong foreign players and coaches into their roster. The national team participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, finishing 1-3. They competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, thanks to their gold medal in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, their first ever continental crown. The first ever Iranian NBA-player is Hamed Haddadi. Strength sports like weightlifting, powerlifting and bodybuilding have always held favor among Iranians and with the recent success of world record-holding super-heavyweight lifter Hossein Reza Zadeh, or Sidney Olympics gold medalist, Hossein Tavakoli, the sport has been returned"
"number of Olympic Golds for a British athlete (6) alongside fellow track cyclist Chris Hoy. Kenny's six Olympic gold medals place him the joint 25th in terms of gold medals won in the modern Summer Olympic games since 1896 with only Michael Phelps (23) and Usain Bolt (8) winning more since the Games of the new millennium in 2000. Kenny was born on 23 March 1988. He has an elder brother, Craig. He was educated at Mount St Joseph School in Farnworth. In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games Kenny visited the school and praised the support he"
"athletes making the cut. Among the sporting events represented by its athletes, India made its Olympic debut in golf (new to the 2016 Games) and women's artistic gymnastics. The Indian roster featured three Olympic medalists from London, including badminton star Saina Nehwal, freestyle wrestler and four-time Olympian Yogeshwar Dutt, and rifle shooter Gagan Narang. Tennis ace and 1996 bronze medalist Leander Paes topped the roster lineup by competing at his record seventh Olympics, while air rifle marksman Abhinav Bindra, who became the nation's first and only individual gold medalist in history (2008), led the Indian delegation as the flag bearer"
"Sarah Storey, who won two gold medals in cycling in 2008. They are the first English athletes with disabilities ever to compete in able-bodied events at the Commonwealth Games. Team England consists of 10 badminton players over 6 events. The competition draw for singles and doubles events was announced on 2 October 2010. Chris Adcock, Carl Baxter, Anthony Clark, Rajiv Ouseph, Nathan Robertson, Mariana Agathangelou, Elizabeth Cann, Heather Olver, Jenny Wallwork, Gabby White. Team England consists of 9 boxers over 9 events. On 30 September 2010 it was announced that Khalid Yafai was withdrawing due to a shoulder injury and"
"before he and Addinall finally won a Gold Medal in the Pairs at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.<br> His most recent success came in the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship when he picked up a fifth medal of note by claiming bronze in the Singles in Adelaide. He was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Gerald Baker (bowls) Gerald 'Gerry' Salem Baker is a lawn bowler born on 7 October 1960. Gerry Baker is from Bloemfontein, in South Africa and has won two medals at the World"
"Yasin Merchant, Alok Kumar and Manan Chandra as team members. India won 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in Indoor athletics. India won Bronze medal in Indoor hockey. Indian Team defeated by 7-4 to win Bronze medal. India won Gold medal in Kabaddi. In group stages India remains undefeated and faced Pakistan in Finals. In Final, India defeated Pakistan by 35-17. India won 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Sandeep Shukla won silver medal in Middleweight category. Albert Kujur in Flyweight, Naveed Mohammed in Lightweight and Balakrishna Shekhar Shetty in Light middleweight won Bronze medals. India at the"
"Hockey team. Jaipal Singh was the captain of the hockey team that won the first gold medal for India in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Mahendra Singh Dhoni who was the captain of Indian cricket team and led the Indian cricket team to ICC Cricket World Cup Glory on 2 April 2011, ending a 28-year wait to repeat the feat achieved by former Indian captain Kapil Dev in 1983 at Lord's, England. Another rising cricketer from Jharkhand is Varun Aaron, India's fastest bowler, Shahbaz Nadeem , left armed spinner, Saurabh Tiwary, left hand hard hitting batsman of India who"
"a contraction of the full title, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team. Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is one of only three nations (France and Switzerland being the others) to have competed at every Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The most successful British Olympians by gold medals won are Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, who have won six gold (and one silver) medals each in track cycling; two British Olympians come next with five gold medals – fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins,"
"four cyclists for the second year. Open to British cyclists, the winners of each event are entitled to wear the national champion's jersey - a white jersey with a red, white and blue front stripe - for the next year when competing in that discipline. The sprint events were dominated by Callum Skinner and Jessica Varnish picking up four gold each, and a clean sweep of sprint events; Skinner shared team sprint gold with Olympic champions Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes, while Varnish secured team sprint gold with Dannielle Khan. All women's individual sprint medals were shared among Varnish, Khan,"
"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"
"Shireen Bailey Shireen Bailey ( Hassan, born 27 September 1959) is an English former middle distance runner who competed in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. She represented Great Britain in both events at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. In 1983, she became only the second British woman in history to run the 800 metres in under two minutes. She is also a former English national record holder at the distance. Bailey was born in Kensington, London, England. She was a member of the Bromley Athletics Club (now Blackheath and Bromley). She competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games"
"Kenny Churchill Kenny Churchill (born 10 May 1975) is a British athlete who competes in the javelin throw and shot put in the F37 category of Paralympic events. He is a member of Durham AC. He has competed in five Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in 1992 in Barcelona and gold in 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney a 2004 in Athens setting a new world record with a throw of 48.09 in the javelin. He won bronze in shot put in 1996 and finished in 6th place in javelin at the 2008 Paralympics. He also won gold at the"
"It was only the second time that a country had won gold medals across so many sports matching the achievement of China in 2008. Dame Sarah Storey DBE, the track and road cyclist, and Wheelchair Basketball player Simon Munn participated at their seventh Paralympic Games. Storey celebrated this achievement by becoming Great Britain’s most successful female paralympian. The youngest athlete on the team was thirteen-year-old swimmer Abby Kane. Anne Dunham MBE was the oldest member of the team at 67, bringing four Games worth of experience to a team of equestrian riders. Both athletes won medals during 11 days of"