Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
1989 in athletics; Major world events: World Indoor Championships: ← 1988. 1990 → . Years in the sport of athletics: ← 1986; 1987; 1988 ... Dave Johnson (USA)
The U.S. Olympic Festival was a multi-sport event held in the United States by the United States Olympic Committee in the years between the Olympic Games.It was started in 1978 as an American counterpart to the communist Spartakiad – a similar event held on a quadrennial basis by the former Soviet Union and its former satellite in East Germany.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold: Nelson Diebel: Swimming: Men's 100 meter breaststroke: July 26 Gold: Pablo Morales: Swimming: Men's 100 meter butterfly
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... Oklahoma City metro area and its suburbs were alive with patriotic and athletic exuberance as the region hosted the '89 Olympic Festival. On July 21, 1989 ...
This is a list of female artistic gymnasts who have been on the United States national team.. The national team includes two age divisions. Only gymnasts 16 and older are eligible for the senior national team, from which Olympic and World Championship rosters are chosen.
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
Team USA won the tournament's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament. [2] This was the last Olympic basketball tournament in which NBA players were not allowed to participate; FIBA instituted a rule change in 1989 that lifted that restriction, leading to the dominance of 1992's Dream Team. [3] [4]
At the 1989 World Championships, she placed eleventh in the individual all-around, [3] and the U.S. women's team finished fourth. [1] At the 1992 Olympics, the U.S. women's team won a bronze medal, which was the first U.S. team medal won at a fully attended Olympic Games. [4] Wendy is married with two children [5] and is the owner of Get ...