Although a finalist in the AAA 440y in 1928, William Craner was somewhat fortunate to have been chosen ahead of Lord Burghley for the 4x400m relay at the Olympics later in the summer. Craner’s time of ...

Rubén Váldez had the following podium finishes at major championships\: 2nd in the 1951 Pan American Games 50 m rifle prone team (with Enrique Baldwin, Guillermo Baldwin and the non-Olympians Elias ...

Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard was a giant slalom specialist who competed at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, with a best finish of fifth in the giant slalom at Nagano in 1998. She also competed at ...

Laura Mulhall was a member of the gold medal winning teams at the 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games.

Werner Malitz began his cycling career in the 1940s, and was runner-up at the 1943 German track nationals in the sprint. Malitz was captured by the French during World War II and only released after ...

Double Olympic champion Oleg Saitov was a formidable welterweight, whose technical prowess saw him named the best boxer at Sydney 2000. Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov was born in the city of Novokuybyshevsk ...

The Reverend Bob Richards was a theology professor in California when he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as a pole vaulter in 1952. The duel for the gold medal was waged between Richards and ...

As a young boy, Floyd Bedbury wrote down his goals as winning city, state, and national championships in speed skating. He later said he didn't know about the Olympics or he would have included that ...

From 1910 to 1917, Harry Hebner held all the world backstroke records. He won 35 AAU titles in freestyle and backstroke events, including the 150y backstroke for seven straight years from 1910. Hebner ...

Jadwiga Umińska was a Polish painter and graphic artist who studied at the at the private Warsaw School of Fine Arts. She later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warszawa, until 1927, where she ...

Jack Pierce was a high hurdler who ran in college at Morgan State University, where he was NCAA indoor champion in the 60 yd hurdles in 1982. While in college he made ends meet by cleaning slot ...

Gumersindo Gómez was a marathon star in Córdoba, Argentina for many years and dominated the local racing scene. He first rose to fame as a multiple winner of the events held by the sporting magazine ...