Kenneth Ekow Andam (born 8 January 1976) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Andam was an All-American in track and field while competing for Brigham Young University. Age: 49 Birthplace: Sekondi-Takoradi...
List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics
But that did not stop him from doing what he loved and pursuing his dreams.Nothing seemed to stop him,not even stolen shoes.Just hours before Thorpe was going to compete in the 1912 Olympics,somebody stole his shoes.Thorpe improvised by getting shoes out of the garbage....
An Olympic Legend; with the Olympics Fast Approaching LINDSAY BRUCE Looks Back on the Life of a Teesside Olympian Who Competed in the Games the Last Time They Were Staged in the UKByline: LINDSAY BRUCEEvening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)...
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Kateřina Nash (née Hanušová; born 9 December 1977) is a Czech cross-country skier and cyclist who competed from 1994 to 2003 in skiing and is still active in cycling for the Clif Pro Team. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she finished sixth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Nagano in...
Phelps's first taste of international competition came at the age of 15 when he competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, making him the youngest American male swimmer to participate in the Olympics in nearly seven decades. Although he didn't win a medal, his performance was impressive enough to...
Sinbad broke into the entertainment world in the 1980s when he competed on the popular television show, Star Search. His repeated appearances on this platform projected him to national fame. Later, he landed a role on The Redd Foxx Show and A Different World, the latter of which firmly ...
Kennedy, who would later become the 35th President of the United States. Robert Kennedy's early education took place at several private schools across Massachusetts and Connecticut, before he obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from Harvard University in 1948, and later a law ...
Due to the worldwide television coverage of the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rudolph became an international star along with other Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali), Oscar Robertson, and Rafer Johnson who competed in Italy. As an Olympic champion in the early 1960s,...