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Medal Name Hometown Sport Event 1908 London: John Garrels: Bay City: Athletics: Men's 110 meters hurdles: Men's shot put: 1912 Stockholm: Ralph Craig: Detroit: Athletics: Men's 100 meters: Men's 200 meters: 1920 Antwerp: Jackson Scholz: Buchanan: Athletics: Men's 4 × 100 meters relay: Margaret Woodbridge: Detroit: Swimming: Women's 4 × 100 ...
Allison Schmitt, swimmer, four-time Olympian and eight-time Olympic medalist (raised in Canton) [1] [2] Clark Scholes, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist in 100 meter freestyle at Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics (born in Detroit) Jackson Scholz, athlete, Olympic gold medalist in track and field in 1920 and 1924 (born in Buchanan) Charlie White, Meryl ...
The Michigan medal winners at the 1904 Olympics were: Michigan's first track and field star Archie Hahn won four Olympic gold medals. Archie Hahn – gold medals in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters; Ralph Rose – gold medal in the shot put, silver medal in the discus, and bronze medal in the hammer throw;
Notable alumni include Ralph Craig, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics, Brian Diemer, 1984 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the steeplechase, Bill Donakowski, U.S. marathon champion in 1986, Archie Hahn, a winner of four Olympic gold medals at the 1904 and 1906 Olympics, DeHart Hubbard, the first African-American to win an ...
Hobbs Kessler. Event: Athletics (800 meters, 1,500 meters). Michigan connection: Ann Arbor Skyline High School.. Schedule: Aug. 2-10; 1,500m first round, Aug. 2; 800m first round, Aug. 7. The buzz ...
Sheila Christine Taormina (born March 18, 1969) [1] is an American former athlete who competed at four Olympics (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), and was the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in three different sports (swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon). [2] At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U ...
Nick Willis (MNZOM), four-time Olympian representing New Zealand at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics (silver medal, 1500 metres), 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics (bronze medal, 1500 metres) Marcel Wouda, Olympic swimmer; Through the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 178 Michigan student-athletes and coaches had participated ...
Meryl Davis (born January 1, 1987) [1] is an American former competitive ice dancer.With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2011, 2013) and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014).