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United States Olympic Hall of Fame

Index United States Olympic Hall of Fame

The United States Olympic Hall of Fame is an honor roll of the top American Olympic athletes. [1]

150 relations: Abie Grossfeld, Al Oerter, Alice Coachman, Alvin Kraenzlein, Amy Van Dyken, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Asa Smith Bushnell III, Avery Brundage, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bart Conner, Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Bill Toomey, Billy Mills, Bob Beamon, Bob Hayes, Bob Mathias, Bob Richards, Bobby Morrow, Bonnie Blair, Brian Boitano, Bruce Baumgartner, Bud Greenspan, Buzz Bissinger, Caitlyn Jenner, Carl Lewis, Carlo Fassi, Carol Heiss, Charles Daniels (swimmer), Charley Paddock, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Dan Gable, Dan Jansen, Dan O'Brien, David Robinson (basketball), Debbie Meyer, Diana Golden (skier), Dick Button, Dick Ebersol, Dick Fosbury, Don Schollander, Donna de Varona, Dorothy Hamill, Duke Kahanamoku, Ed Temple, Eddie Eagan, Edwin Moses, Eric Heiden, ..., Evelyn Ashford, Florence Griffith Joyner, Floyd Patterson, Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Frank Marshall (producer), Frank Shorter, Frank Wykoff, Gail Devers, Gary Hall Jr., George Foreman, Glenn Davis (athlete), Greg Louganis, Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Harrison Dillard, Helene Madison, Henry Iba, Herb Brooks, Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Jack Shea (speed skater), Jackie Joyner-Kersee, James Brendan Connolly, James L. Easton, Janet Evans, Jean Driscoll, Jenny Thompson, Jesse Owens, Jim McKay, Jim Thorpe, Joan Benoit, Joe Frazier, John B. Kelly Jr., John B. Kelly Sr., John Davis (weightlifter), John Morgan (swimmer), John Naber, Johnny Weissmuller, Karch Kiraly, Kevan Gosper, Kristi Yamaguchi, Kristine Lilly, Lee Calhoun, Lee Evans (sprinter), LeRoy T. Walker, Lisa Fernandez, List of halls and walks of fame, Lones Wigger, Magnificent Seven (gymnastics), Mal Whitfield, Mark Spitz, Mary Lou Retton, Mary T. Meagher, Matt Biondi, Mel Sheppard, Michael Johnson (sprinter), Michael Plumb, Micki King, Milt Campbell, Miracle on Ice, Muhammad Ali, Oscar De La Hoya, Paralympic Games, Parry O'Brien, Pat McCormick (diver), Peggy Fleming, Peter Ueberroth, Peter Vidmar, Phil Mahre, Picabo Street, Rafer Johnson, Ralph Boston, Randy Snow, Ray Ewry, Robert Kane (sports administrator), Roone Arledge, Rowdy Gaines, Sammy Lee (diver), Sarah Will, Scott Hamilton (figure skater), Shannon Miller, Shirley Babashoff, Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ted Stevens, Tenley Albright, Teresa Edwards, Tommy Kono, Tracy Caulkins, Transitioning (transgender), United States, United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, United States Olympic Committee, USOC Athlete of the Year, USOC Coach of the Year, William E. Simon, Willie Davenport, Willye White, Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus, 1979 in sports, 1980 Winter Olympics. Expand index (100 more) »

Abie Grossfeld

Abie Grossfeld (born March 1, 1934) is an American former gymnast and current gymnastics coach.

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Al Oerter

Alfred Oerter Jr. (September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw.

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Alice Coachman

Alice Coachman Davis (November 9, 1923 – July 14, 2014) was an American athlete.

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Alvin Kraenzlein

Alvin Christian "Al" Kraenzlein (December 12, 1876 – January 6, 1928), known as "the father of the modern hurdling technique", was an American track-and-field athlete, and the first sportsman in the history of Olympic games to win four individual gold medals in a single discipline at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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Amy Van Dyken

Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host.

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Andrea Mead Lawrence

Andrea Mead Lawrence (April 19, 1932 – March 30, 2009) was an American alpine ski racer.

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Asa Smith Bushnell III

Asa Smith Bushnell III (February 2, 1900 – March 22, 1975) was the first commissioner (initially titled executive director) of the Eastern College Athletic Conference, serving from 1938 to 1970, and was board member (1945 to 1970) and secretary of the United States Olympic Committee, editing, co-editing and/or writing "Olympic Books" at least from 1948 to 65.

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Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage (September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), serving from 1952 to 1972.

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who achieved a great deal of success in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field.

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Bart Conner

Bart Conner (born March 28, 1958) is a retired American Olympic gymnast.

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Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition.

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Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition.

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Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23.

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Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics included the sport of basketball's men's and women's competitions of the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Bill Toomey

William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is a former American track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion. A graduate of Worcester Academy and the University of Colorado, Toomey was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year in 1968. He set the world record in the decathlon in December 1969 and received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1969. He won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in, scoring over 8,000 points a dozen times. He was on the cover of the October 1969 issue of Track and Field News. A week after his world record, Toomey married Olympic gold-medal winning British athlete Mary Rand in 1969 and they had two daughters, Samantha and Sarah. They divorced after 22 years of marriage. Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s. Before that he worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.. sports-reference.

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Billy Mills

William Mervin "Billy" Mills, also known as Makata Taka Hela (born June 30, 1938), is a Native American former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the Olympic Games.

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Bob Beamon

Robert Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.

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Bob Hayes

Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002) was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys.

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Bob Mathias

Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the event, a United States Marine Corps officer, actor and United States Congressman representing the state of California.

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Bob Richards

Robert Eugene Richards (born February 20, 1926) is an American athlete who made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956.

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Bobby Morrow

Bobby Joe Morrow (born October 15, 1935) is a retired American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics.

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Bonnie Blair

Bonnie Kathleen Blair (born March 18, 1964) is a retired American speed skater.

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Brian Boitano

Brian Anthony Boitano (born October 22, 1963) is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California.

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Bruce Baumgartner

Bruce Robert Baumgartner (born November 2, 1960) is a retired American amateur wrestler and current athletic director at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania near Erie, Pennsylvania and current President of USAW.

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Bud Greenspan

Jonah J. "Bud" Greenspan (September 18, 1926December 25, 2010) was a film director, writer, and producer known for his sports documentaries.

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Buzz Bissinger

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Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949) is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.

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Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.

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Carlo Fassi

Carlo Fassi (20 December 1929 – 20 March 1997) was an Italian figure skater and international coach whose students included several World and Olympic champions.

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Carol Heiss

Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20, 1940) is an American former figure skater and actress.

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Charles Daniels (swimmer)

Charles Meldrum Daniels (March 24, 1885 – August 9, 1973) was an American competition swimmer, eight-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in two freestyle swimming events.

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Charley Paddock

Charles William Paddock (August 11, 1900 – July 21, 1943) was an American athlete and two time Olympic champion.

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Connie Carpenter-Phinney

Connie Carpenter-Phinney (born February 26, 1957 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American retired racing cyclist and speed skater who won four medals in World Cycling Championship competitions (both road and track cycling) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Dan Gable

Danny Mack "Dan" Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach.

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Dan Jansen

Daniel Erwin Jansen (born June 17, 1965) is a retired American speed skater.

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Dan O'Brien

Daniel Dion "Dan" O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist.

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David Robinson (basketball)

David Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his entire career.

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Debbie Meyer

Deborah Elizabeth Meyer (born August 14, 1952), also known by her married name Deborah Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in four events.

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Diana Golden (skier)

Diana Golden Brosnihan, née Diana Golden (March 20, 1963, Lincoln, MA – August 25, 2001, Providence, RI) was an American disabled ski racer.

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Dick Button

Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and skating analyst.

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Dick Ebersol

Duncan "Dick" Ebersol (born July 28, 1947) is an American television executive and a senior adviser for.

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Dick Fosbury

Richard Douglas Fosbury (born March 6, 1947) is an American retired high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential and inspirational athletes in the history of track and field.

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Don Schollander

Donald Arthur Schollander (born April 30, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.

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Donna de Varona

Donna de Varona Pinto (born April 26, 1947), née Donna Elizabeth de Varona, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, and television sportscaster.

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Dorothy Hamill

Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956) is a retired American figure skater.

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Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Native Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the ancient Hawaiian sport of surfing.

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Ed Temple

Edward Stanley "Ed" Temple (September 20, 1927 – September 22, 2016) was a women's track and field pioneer and coach.

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Eddie Eagan

Edward Eagan New York Giants Position: Wide receiver/ Return specialist Personal information Born: May 28, 1993 (age 25) Bridgeport, Connecticut Height: 6 ft.

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Edwin Moses

Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics.

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Eric Heiden

Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) is an American physician and a former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist.

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Evelyn Ashford

Evelyn Ashford (born April 15, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash.

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Florence Griffith Joyner

Florence Delorez Griffith–Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete.

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Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1956 to 1962.

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Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics started on 20 July, finished on 3 August.

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Frank Marshall (producer)

Frank Wilton Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American film producer and director, often working in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen Kennedy.

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Frank Shorter

Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

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Frank Wykoff

Frank Clifford Wykoff (October 29, 1909 – January 1, 1980) was an American athlete, triple gold medal winner in 4 × 100 m relay at the Olympic Games.

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Gail Devers

Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field athlete.

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Gary Hall Jr.

For his father, also an Olympic swimmer, see Gary Hall Sr. Gary Wayne Hall Jr. (born September 26, 1974) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals (five gold, three silver, two bronze).

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George Foreman

George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1977, and from 1987 to 1997.

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Glenn Davis (athlete)

Glenn Ashby "Jeep" Davis (September 12, 1934 – January 28, 2009) was an American Olympic hurdler and sprinter who won a total of three gold medals in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games.

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Greg Louganis

Gregory Efthimios "Greg" Louganis (born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, on both the springboard and platform.

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Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics.

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Harrison Dillard

William Harrison "Bones" Dillard (born July 8, 1923) is an American former track and field athlete, who alongside Walter Tewksbury and Harry Hillman is one of three males so far to win Olympic titles in both sprinting and hurdling events.

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Helene Madison

Helene Emma Madison (June 19, 1913 – November 27, 1970) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

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Henry Iba

Henry Payne Iba (August 6, 1904 – January 15, 1993) was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator.

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Herb Brooks

Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. (August 5, 1937 – August 11, 2003) was an American ice hockey player and coach.

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Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States, was the 9th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 27th World Championships and the 38th European Championships.

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Jack Shea (speed skater)

John Amos Shea (September 7, 1910 – January 22, 2002), better known as Jack Shea or The Chief, was an American double-gold medalist in speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics.

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is an American retired track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump.

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James Brendan Connolly

James Brendan Bennet "Jamie" Connolly (Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile, October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author.

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James L. Easton

James L. Easton (born July 26, 1935) is an American businessman, archer and philanthropist.

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Janet Evans

Janet Beth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events.

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Jean Driscoll

Jean Driscoll (born November 18, 1966) is an American wheelchair racer.

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Jenny Thompson

Jennifer Beth Thompson M.D (born February 26, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer.

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Jesse Owens

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Games.

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Jim McKay

James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist.

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Jim Thorpe

James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.

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Joan Benoit

Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the year that the women's marathon was introduced.

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Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981.

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John B. Kelly Jr.

John Brendan "Jack" Kelly Jr. (May 24, 1927 – March 2, 1985), also known as Kell Kelly, was an accomplished rower, a four-time Olympian, and an Olympic medal winner.

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John B. Kelly Sr.

John Brendan Kelly Sr. (October 4, 1889 – June 20, 1960), also known as Jack Kelly, was one of the most accomplished American competitors in the history of the sport of rowing.

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John Davis (weightlifter)

John Henry Davis (January 12, 1921 – July 13, 1984) was an American heavyweight weightlifter.

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John Morgan (swimmer)

John Morgan is an American swimmer who won 13 gold medals across two Paralympic Games.

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John Naber

John Phillips Naber (born January 20, 1956) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in multiple events.

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Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny Weissmuller (2 June 190420 January 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor, best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century.

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Karch Kiraly

Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly (born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer.

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Kevan Gosper

Richard Kevan Gosper, AO (born 19 December 1933) is an Australian former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.

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Kristi Yamaguchi

Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former figure skater.

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Kristine Lilly

Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (born July 22, 1971), née Kristine Marie Lilly, is a retired American soccer player who last played professionally for Boston Breakers in Women's Professional Football (WPS).

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Lee Calhoun

Lee Quincy Calhoun (February 23, 1933 – June 21, 1989) was an American athlete, a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games.

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Lee Evans (sprinter)

Lee Edward Evans (born February 25, 1947) is an American Olympian from the 1968 Summer Olympics where he ran track and was part of the boycott and black power movement.

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LeRoy T. Walker

LeRoy T. Walker (June 14, 1918 – April 23, 2012) was the first black president of the United States Olympic Committee.

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Lisa Fernandez

Lisa Maria Fernandezhttp://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2015/university-of-california/lisa-maria-fernandez/ (born February 22, 1971) is an Puerto Rican-American, former collegiate 4-time First Team All-American, 3-time medal winning Olympian, right-handed hitting softball pitcher and third baseman, current softball assistant coach at UCLA, originally from Long Beach, California.

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List of halls and walks of fame

A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or animals, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their fame in their field.

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Lones Wigger

Lones Wesley Wigger Jr. (August 25, 1937, Great Falls, Montana – December 14, 2017, Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sports shooter.

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Magnificent Seven (gymnastics)

The Magnificent Seven was the 1996 United States Olympic women's gymnastics team that won the first ever gold medal for the United States in the women's team competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

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Mal Whitfield

Malvin Greston "Mal" Whitfield (October 11, 1924 – November 19, 2015) was an athlete, goodwill ambassador, and airman.

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Mark Spitz

Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in 7 events.

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Mary Lou Retton

Mary Lou Retton Kelley (born January 24, 1968) is a retired American gymnast.

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Mary T. Meagher

Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant (born October 27, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.

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Matt Biondi

Matthew Nicholas Biondi (born October 8, 1965) is an American former competition swimmer, eleven-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in five events.

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Mel Sheppard

Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard (September 5, 1883 – January 4, 1942) was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club and winner of four gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.

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Michael Johnson (sprinter)

Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is a retired American sprinter.

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Michael Plumb

John Michael Plumb (born March 28, 1940) is an American equestrian and Olympic champion who competes in the sport of three-day eventing.

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Micki King

Maxine Joyce "Micki" King (born July 26, 1944) is an American former competitive diver and diving coach.

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Milt Campbell

Milton Gray Campbell (December 9, 1933 – November 2, 2012) was an American decathlete of the 1950s.

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Miracle on Ice

The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, played between the hosting United States, and the four-time defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

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Oscar De La Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008.

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Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment.

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Parry O'Brien

William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien (January 28, 1932 – April 21, 2007) was an American shot put champion.

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Pat McCormick (diver)

Patricia Joan "Pat" McCormick (born May 12, 1930) is a retired American diver, who won both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1952 and 1956.

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Peggy Fleming

Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is an American former figure skater.

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Peter Ueberroth

Peter Victor Ueberroth (born September 2, 1937) is an American executive.

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Peter Vidmar

Peter Glen Vidmar (born June 3, 1961 in Los Angeles) is an American gymnast and Olympic medalist.

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Phil Mahre

Phillip Ferdinand "Phil" Mahre (born May 10, 1957) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time.

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Picabo Street

Picabo Street (born April 3, 1971) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

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Rafer Johnson

Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is an American former decathlete and film actor.

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Ralph Boston

Ralph Harold Boston (born May 9, 1939) is a retired American track athlete, and he is best remembered for the long jump, in which he was the first person to break the barrier.

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Randy Snow

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Ray Ewry

Raymond "Ray" Clarence Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens).

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Robert Kane (sports administrator)

Robert Kane (1911–1992) was a sports administrator.

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Roone Arledge

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Rowdy Gaines

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Sammy Lee (diver)

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Sarah Will

Sarah Will is a paralympic skier who spent 11 years on the U.S. Disabled Ski Team.

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Scott Hamilton (figure skater)

Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958) is a retired American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist.

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Shannon Miller

Shannon Lee Miller Falconetti (born March 10, 1977) is an American former artistic gymnast.

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Shirley Babashoff

Shirley Frances Babashoff (born January 31, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple events.

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Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Sugar Ray Leonard

Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.

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Ted Stevens

Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska.

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Tenley Albright

Tenley Emma Albright (born July 18, 1935) is an American former figure skater and surgeon.

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Teresa Edwards

Teresa Edwards (born July 19, 1964) is an American former women's basketball player and four time Olympic gold medalist.

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Tommy Kono

Tamio "Tommy" Kono (June 27, 1930 – April 24, 2016) was an American weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Tracy Caulkins

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Transitioning (transgender)

Transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation and/or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity – the idea of what it means to be a man or a woman,Brown, M. L. & Rounsley, C. A. (1996) True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism – For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals Jossey-Bass: San Francisco or genderqueer (in-between).

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics

The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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United States Olympic Committee

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

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USOC Athlete of the Year

The USOC Athlete of the Year awards are presented on an annual basis by the United States Olympic Committee to athletes who have distinguished themselves in one of the Olympic or Paralympic sports.

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USOC Coach of the Year

The USOC Coach of the Year awards are given annually by the United States Olympic Committee to the top coaches in Olympic and Paralympic sports.

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William E. Simon

William Edward Simon (November 27, 1927 – June 3, 2000) was an American businessman, a Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. for three years, and a philanthropist.

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Willie Davenport

William "Willie" D. Davenport (June 8, 1943 – June 17, 2002) was an American sprint runner.

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Willye White

Willye Brown White (December 31, 1939 – February 6, 2007) was the first American track and field athlete to take part in five Olympics, from 1956 to 1972.

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Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.

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Wyomia Tyus

Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: why-o-mia; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Usain Bolt).

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1979 in sports

1979 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

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1980 Winter Olympics

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 13, through February 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Olympic_Hall_of_Fame

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