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- Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
2: ...reece|Greek]] town of [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] from (historically) as early as [[776 BC]] to [[393]...
6: The historical origins of the Ancient Olympic Games are lost in the fog of time, but several le...
10: ...top the war during these games, which were called Olympic, after [[Mount Olympus]], the mountain on which t...
12: ...arioteer [[Myrtilus]], who switched the lynchpins from Oenomaus' chariot with pins made of beeswax: pr...
21: ... first written accounts of the Olympic Games date from [[776 BC]], although it is sure that these Game... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
1: ...pic Games''', runners relay the [[Olympic Flame]] from [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] to the opening cere...
3: ... of the Olympiad''', better known as the [[Summer Olympics]], have been held every fourth year since [[1896...
5: ...II Olympiad]]. The next games, the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], will be held in [[Turin]], [[Italy]].
7: ...ly these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but starting with [[1994]] the Winter Games are...
9: == Ancient Olympics ==
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- Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...s in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving and most capa...
7: ...]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...he persuaded a skeptical prewar Polish [[Olympics|Olympic]] [[skier]], [[Jan Marusarz]], to escort her acro...
11: ...].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
15: ...andated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
5: ...lionaire and a gold-medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her brother "Jack...
9: ... to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rea...
15: ...e Aumont]]. She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her fi...
17: ...tle actual danger that [[Monaco]] would revert to France since, in [[1882]], a childless prince of Mon...
19: Before Grace Kelly drew Rainier's attention, French film star [[Gis謥 Pascal]] had been his love... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...m [[hurdling|hurdles]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of her is silver medallist [[Maureen Gar...
3: ...ard of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"...
5: ...etics in 1935, she took part in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] a year later. Although international competiti...
7: ...and set or tied 12 [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leade...
11: ...she would have a better chance to qualify for the Olympics in athletics. - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
1: ...Comaneci.jpg|framed|Comaneci at the 1976 Montreal Olympics]]
3: ...e first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is considered by some to be ...
7: ...ing three gold medals and one silver. At the Pre-Olympics competition in Montr顬 in 1975 Nadia won the A...
9: ... Not only did she become the first gymnast at the Olympics to receive the perfect score of ten (which she r...
11: ...howed up at the 1978 World Championships. A fall from uneven bars resulted in a 4th place finish, but... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
1: '''Dawn Fraser''' (born [[September 4]] [[1937]]) is an [[Au...
2: ...thletic ability, Fraser won eight [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] and eight [[Commonwealth Games]] medals. In [[...
4: ...n [[Emperor Hirohito]]’s palace, taking the Olympic flag (later proved false). The ban was lifted fou...
6: Fraser then became a publican, swimming coach and in...
10: *[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Olympic Games]] - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...ll four Grand Slam titles and the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Gold Medal in the same year. She was ranked the...
10: ...ourts. This narrow focus meant that Graf made few friends on the tour in her early years, but led to a...
14: ...powerful forehand, which earned her the nickname "Fraulein Forehand"'. Over time, Graf also developed ...
18: ...n and did enough to claim the World No. 1 ranking from Navratilova in August 1987. She also helped Wes...
22: ... Sabatini – and picked up a women's doubles Olympic Bronze Medal. She was named the 1988 [[BBC Sports... - Dorothy Hamill (1348 bytes)
3: ... be a professional. When she was older she won an Olympic gold medal and the world championship in [[1976]]...
5: ...]." The bobbed hairstyle that she wore during her Olympic performance started a brief fad. Mostly everyone ...
7: She was an [[Ice Capades]] headliner from 1977-84; she bought the financially-strapped Ic... - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
5: ...ship at the age of 19. In [[1993]], she graduated from college with the all time records for [[Atlanti...
9: ...the gold medal in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in front of 80,000 spectators in [[Athens, Georgia]], t...
11: ...rts moment. The final match surpassed the Atlanta Olympic final as the most-attended women's sports event, ...
13: ...d of a bone marrow disease shortly after the 1996 Olympics.
17: ... her retirement effective after the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], expressing an interest in starting a family w... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...d eighth in a field of eight at the [[1924 Winter Olympics]], at the age of eleven. During the [[1924]] pro...
6: ...the age of fifteen, and her first [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal the following year. She also won six...
10: ...ed in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, Londo...
14: She died in [[1969]] of [[leukemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the gr... - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
1: [[image:jackie_joyner.jpg|frame|At World Championship 1987]]
2: ...e gold, one silver and one bronze [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals. She was named after [[Jackie Kennedy]]....
6: ... won the Olympic [[triple jump]] in [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]. [[Sports Illustrated]] voted her the gre...
8: ...ld not bring himself to have life support removed from his wife, it fell to Jackie and Al to authorize...
10: ...est challenge, however, was physical. She suffers from exercise-induced [[asthma]], and on more than o... - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...]]. She holds the record for most [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals at 18 (9 gold medals, 5 silver medals an...
7: ...ry]] to become the most successful gymnast of the Olympics. Latynina beat Keleti in the all-around event, a...
9: ... was again the top favorite for the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]. In the all-around event, she led ...
11: ...n the other apparatus events brought her total of Olympic medals to eighteen - nine gold medals, five silve... - Katarina Witt (1117 bytes)
1: ...r Olympic successes, she became the first athlete from East Germany to turn pro. In 1990, she received... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...ikson.png|framed|right|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
5: ... disapproved of her style and declared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson s...
11: ...a Titleholders victory, but illness prevented her from playing a full schedule in 1952-53. She made a ...
25: {{Footer_Olympic_Champions_80_m_hurdles_Women}}
27: {{Footer Olympic Champions Javelin Throw Women}} - Continent (6440 bytes)
2: ...ibya, known by the Romans as [[Africa (province)|Africa]], was west of Alexandria and south of the Med...
4: ...the following geologically recognized continents, from the largest to the smallest:
7: # [[Africa]] on the [[African Plate]]
15: # [[Africa-Eurasia]]: the combined land mass of Africa and Eurasia
19: Africa-Eurasia is less commonly defined than the Amer... - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was... - Americas (7154 bytes)
8: ...ematically. For example, the five rings of the [[Olympic flag]] represent the five parts of the world, wit...
13: ...referring to U.S. citizens. In [[French language|French]], ''鴡ts-unien'' (''鴡ts-unienne'' for wom...
23: ...troductio]]'', explains that the name was derived from the [[Latin]]ized version of the explorer [[Ame...
25: ...eem?s maps are alleged to incorporate information from the early British journeys to North America. T...
27: ...ld, and even changed the spelling of his own name from ''Alberigo'' to ''Amerrigo'' to reflect the imp... - United States (58223 bytes)
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[...
58: ...on of the Americas]], [[thirteen colonies]] split from Great Britain and formed the United States, the...
60: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though...
62: ...e U.S. acquired a number of overseas possessions, from [[Cuba]] to the [[Philippines]], though it gave...
70: ... American people. Americans enjoy [[universal suffrage]]. ''More information at the Main article: [[P... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
3: ...ww.stat.kz/en/info/stat-bul/stbr&e0303.pdf], down from 16,464,464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/d...
50: | From [[Soviet Union]], [[December 16]], [[1991]]
70: ...an since the [[1st century BC|first century BC]]. From the [[4th century|fourth century AD]] through t...
72: ... the livestock-based economy. The Kazakhs emerged from a mixture of tribes living in the region in abo...
76: ...ose still further once the [[Trans-Aral Railway]] from [[Orenburg]] to [[Tashkent]] was completed in 1... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...]'''<br> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...e [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], and the [[North Sea]].
3: ...lemish]]), mainly in the north, [[French language|French]] speakers, mainly in the south (the [[Walloo...
13: ...emish]]: Eendracht maakt macht; [[French language|French]]: L'union fait la force; [[German language|G...
17: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[French language|French]], [[Flemish language|Flemish]], [[German lan...
50: ...l><sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[franc|Belgian franc]].</small>
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