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Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist.He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
Nominee for Vice President: 1996 Steve Largent: Football Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, 1976–89 OK: U.S. Representative: 1995–2003 Republican: Nominee for Governor: 2002 Don Lash: Running Set a world record for the two-mile run in 1936, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics: IN: State Representative: 1973–1982 ...
John Youie "Long John" Woodruff (July 5, 1915 – October 30, 2007) was an American middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 meter event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Early life
President of the Olympic organising committee for the 1936 Summer Olympics Theodor Lewald (18 August 1860 – 15 April 1947) was a civil servant in the German Reich and an executive of the International Olympic Committee .
In December 1934, Mahoney was elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), succeeding Avery Brundage, who had not run for reelection. [16] Mahoney led the effort to push the United States to boycott the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, because of the discrimination of Nazi Germany against non-Aryan athletes. [17]
In 1935, during the preparations for the 1936 Olympic Games, Sherrill met twice with Hitler. A modern historian wrote that Sherrill was "mesmerized by the force of Hitler's personality and charisma." [ 4 ] In his one-hour talk with Hitler, Sherrill insisted for at least one token Jew to be included in the German team for the Olympic Winter and ...
The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports. [1] [2] [3]
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade ) and officially branded as Berlin 1936 , was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin , then part of Nazi Germany .