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While she was working in real estate, Baldwin became USA Swimming's first female president from 1984 to 1986 and USA Shooting's president from 1994 to 1995. [ 3 ] In 2000, Baldwin was elected as the first woman president of the United States Olympic Committee after completing a four-year term as vice president of the committee. [ 3 ]
Nancy Lynn Hogshead-Makar (née Hogshead, born April 17, 1962) is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal. She is currently the CEO of Champion Women, an organization leading targeted efforts to advocate for equality and accountability in sports.
The program featured Morocco's minister of sports, Nawal El Moutawakel, who in 1984 became the first Muslim and African woman to win an Olympic gold medal, and in 2012 was elected vice president of the International Olympic Committee. She was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1969. [6]
This was the first Olympic Games at which only two swimmers per country, per event, were permitted; previously, three swimmers were allowed and many countries would sweep the medal stand. In addition, the 200-metre individual medley for both men and women returned to the program from a twelve-year absence, following a proposal by the United ...
1968 Mexico City Olympics. While we've seen women wearing skirts in several Olympics, the 1968 Mexico City Games marked the first—and to date, only—time they skipped the separates to sport ...
The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.It was the nineteenth time that Team USA participated, having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part in 217 events in 25 sports.
Joan Benoit celebrates on the top step of the podium after winning gold in the women's marathon at the L.A. Olympic Games on Aug. 5, 1984. (Lenny Ignelzi / Associated Press)
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