2006 Winter Olympics: Facts

Facts on topics related to 2006 Winter Olympics

2004 Olympic gold medalist Rhi Jeffrey left competitive swimming just four months before the U.S. Olympic Trials for Beijing?
sprint canoer Thomas Zereske's life was commemorated by the dedication of his former teammate Christian Gille's gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event?
Czech decathlete Roman Šebrle, world record holder and 2004 Olympic winner, was injured in January 2007 when a javelin which had been thrown 55 metres pierced his shoulder?
Harvard medical graduate Brenda Taylor reached the 2004 Olympic final in the 400-meter hurdles?
Itoro Umoh-Coleman was one of two Hephzibah High School graduates to play on the Nigerian women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics?
Seteng Ayele was the oldest track and field athlete at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics?
after previously competing at the 2004 games in Athens, Brooklyn-bred Erinn Smart and her brother Keeth are again part of the U. S. Olympic fencing team at Beijing?
the 2008 film Forever the Moment is based on the real life story of South Korea's women's handball team which won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and is also the first film to revolve around the sport of handball?
the Nigeria women's national basketball team became the first African team ever to win an Olympic game in women's basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics?