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Hassiba Boulmerka (Arabic: حسيبة بولمرقة, born 10 July 1968) is a former Algerian middle distance athlete. While under threat of death from fanatics, she won Algeria's first Olympic gold medal.
Audrey Werro (born 27 March 2004) [1] is a Swiss track and field athlete.She won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships and gold medals at the 2021 European U20 Championships as well as the 2023 European U20 Championships.
Revée Walcott-Nolan (born 6 March 1995) is a British athlete, known for being the 1500m British Champion in 2021, and competing for Britain in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics. Early and personal life
Ivona Dadic (born 29 December 1993) is an Austrian track and field athlete of Croatian descent. [1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event. [ 2 ] At the 2020 Summer Olympics she finished 8th.
Mujinga is the second of four children. Her younger sister Ditaji is also an international athlete and has represented Switzerland at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [4] Her older sister, Kaluanda, was the first to enroll in a track programme, followed by Mujinga, then Muswama, and finally Ditaji.
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers , footballers or basketball players.
Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam (French pronunciation:; born 19 August 1994 [5]) is a Belgian athlete specialising in multi-event competition. She is the first athlete with three multi-event gold medals at the Olympic Games, winning the heptathlon at the 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics. [6]
Léonie Périault (born 31 July 1994) is a French triathlete. [1] She finished 5th in the women's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [2] She subsequently won a bronze medal in the mixed triathlon relay event on 31 July 2021.