Marina Trandenkova took up athletics at age 10 and was selected for the Soviet national team after winning a 200 bronze and a 4x100 silver at the 1985 European Juniors. Her best individual finishes at ...

As a true sprinter, Tatyana Sidorova made her first international appearance at the Olympic Games, before finally debuting at the World All-around Championships in 1970, finishing in 15th place. She ...

Steve Wood had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 2nd 1991 K4 10000 m (with Ramon Andersson, Clint Robinson, and Ian Rowling), 3rd 1986 K2 1000 m (with Grant Kenny).

Anthony Watson won the 1962 NCAA long jump for Oklahoma. In the AAU long jump he was third in 1960 and second in 1961. He placed second at the 1960 Olympic Trials, behind Ralph Boston. After finishing ...

Swedish Tore Strindberg was a sculptor and medalist, and was especially known in the 1920s and 1930s for his bronze sculptures in the classical and realistic style. From 1902-05 he studied at the ...

During his career as a boxer, Yury Radonyak won the 1960 Olympic welterweight silver, a Soviet title in 1960 and silver in 1958 and also won gold at the 1958 World Army Championships. Radonyak ...

Reinhard Rychly was an East German gymnast who won a team bronze medal at the 1972 München Olympic Games. Individually he finished 26th, and failed to reach the apparatus finals. Domestically, he ...

Scott Swinney competing in running target shooting for the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Earlier that year he set a US junior record for 592 in 50 metre running target, a record that ...

Matti Pitkänen won all of his international championship medals in the relay. He won a gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics, silver at the 1978 World Championships and bronze at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Todd Trewin was an eventer who competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing 10th individually. He also competed for the US at the 1991 Pan American Games. He rode Sandscript at both events and ...

Sune Malmström played all three events at the 1920 Antwerpen Olympics, making the quarter-finals of singles and mixed. Malmström also played at Wimbledon in 1920, losing in the second round of singles ...

Regina Woodward had the following placements at major international championships - Dance: 1990 World Championships (16th); 1992 World Championships (14th); 1993 World Championships (18th); 1991 ...