Что такое прыжки в воду? Прыжки в воду – это вид спорта, в котором спортсмены выполняют акробатические действия во время прыжков или ...

Jaime Aparicio had the following podium finishes at major championships: 1st in the 1951 Pan American Games 400 metres Hurdles, 2nd in the 1955 Pan American Games 400 metres Hurdles. Personal Bests: ...

Anne-Lise Parisien came from a skiing family, as her sister Julie, and brother Rob, also competed in Alpine skiing for the US at the Olympics. Anne-Lise won two Nor-Am races in 1992 and 1993, and won ...

Holger Behrendt was a pupil of Bernd Jäger and perfected his )Jäger Salto). He became a specialist on the horizontal bar, and was the first gymnast to perform a combination of the )Kovacs Salto) and ...

East German sports shooter Kurt Czekalla won the bronze medal in trap shooting at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. In 1967 he came in second at the East German nationals, and in 1969 and 1970 he won ...

The Olympic downhill in 2010, where she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear, was her last race for Romania. In January 2011 Miklos made her comeback while representing Hungary.

Terry Sullivan had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1 mile. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he finished ...

Valerie Adams won the shot put at the Olympic Games in Beijing to become the first New Zealand athletics gold medallist since John Walker in 1976 and the first woman since long jumper Yvette Williams ...

Peter Selzer, a race walker, came in fourth at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and fifth at the 1972 München Olympics in the 50 km. At the European Championships he won bronzes in the 50 km in 1971 and ...

Colin Ratsey was educated at Brighton College. He later served an apprenticeship as a sailmaker, and was associated with for over 50 years with Ratsey & Lapthorn, the oldest sail manufacturer in the ...

Japanese-born American painter Yasuo Kuniyoshi was also a photographer and printmaker. He immigrated to the US in 1906, after serving his compulsory military service, and started to study painting at ...

Florian Beck was one of the most successful German slalom skiers in the 1980s along with Frank Wörndl. Between 1984 and 1989 he was a four-time German Champion and participated in four World ...