09/09/1992
Un adolescent de tous les records Yevgeny Sadovyi dominated competition in the men’s pool in Barcelona winning 3 gold medals and setting two world records. The 19-year old Russian, who competed under ...
Reine du bassin à Barcelone Krisztina Egerszegi won three Olympic gold medals in Barcelona, the 100m backstroke, the 200m backstroke and the 400m medley. Affectionately known as ‘the Little Mouse’ in ...
La première, mais pas la dernière If there was a moment when the British woke up to Olympic cycling it was probably in the summer of 1992 when Chris Boardman won the first cycling Olympic gold medal f...
Le nageur le plus rapide de sa génération Alexander Popov dominated the men’s sprint freestyle discipline at the Barcelona Games, winning gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle events and silver me...
08/09/1992
Des débuts modestes Derartu Tulu grew up tending cattle on the dusty plains of Ethiopia but went on to become an Olympic legend. The 21-year old from the village of Bekoji became the first black Afric...
Matchs de groupe Host nation Spain caused one of the biggest upsets at the Barcelona Games in 1992, winning the Womens field hockey gold medal. Having qualified automatically, Spain was drawn against ...
Gymnast Tatiana Gutsu, known affectionately in her native Ukraine as ‘The Painted Bird of Odessa,’ claimed the all-round gold medal and a team gold at the Barcelona Games. Her extraordinary Olympic ...
Twenty years at the top Elisabeta Lipa-Oleniuc of Romania is the most decorated Olympic rower ever. With five gold medals, two silver, and a bronze over an astonishing 20-year period, the Romanian won...
07/09/1992
Les obstacles de Sally Sally Jane Janet Gunnell attended West Hatch High School in Chigwell, Essex, east of London. Long Jump and the Pentathlon were her sports before she graduated to sprinting and t...
Des racines caribéennes Linford Christie was born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica and brought up by his grandmother until the age of seven when he followed his parents in emigrating to England. Educated at H...
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