1964 Summer Olympics

Jesse Owens Jesse Owens is considered to be one of the best athletes of his time and one of the best track and field athletes of all time. Owens had faced racism throughout his entire life. Owens would often have racial slurs yelled at him during his races but Owens was a determined athlete and wouldn’t let that stop him. Born on September 12, 1913 in a small town in Alabama. James Cleveland Owens grew up in a time of racism, discrimination, and poverty. James Owens was the grandson of…

him, was an outstanding collegiate athlete for the University of Oregon in the 1970’s. He was the epitome of a committed runner, leaving nothing behind whenever he raced. Prefontaine was an American middle distance runner and competed in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. At one time, he held the American record in seven different events from the 2,000 meter to the 10,000 meter distances. Prefontaine joined the Marshfield High School cross country team in 1965, coached by Walt McClure, Jr.…

Shortly, after she turned sixteen she went to Diamond Bar High School. After high school she went to the University of California at Berkely By this time Alex was on the national team.Alex had said that she was very happy about winning her first Olympic gold medal in 2012. This was her most important accomplishment.…

The day of the swim meet was finally here, it was 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday and we just finished warmups and singing our school cheer. As I line up in lane four with the rest of my teammates, I can feel the butterflies fluttering around in my stomach. On the starter’s command, my friend slides into the water and gets into position to start the first leg of the 200 medley relay. Everyone in the stands falls silent as the referee shouts “Take your mark!”, then the sound of the starting beep…

Ryan Lochte has won a total of 89 medals in major international swimming competitions. Eleven of those were Olympic Medals. One might wonder, what would lead a man to such incredible success in swimming? There are as many reasons for athletics success as there are athletes, but Ryan Lochte has had at least three significant advantages. Ryan Lochte is one of the most prominent swimmers today because of the positive influences his dad, who served first as a swim coach, the lifelong molding and…

Swimming is fun for both parents and children. However, there are things that you will have to do in order to keep your kids safe while swimming. Below is a list of safety tips for parents: Supervise Your Children At All Times Children who are between the ages of one and four are at the greatest risk of drowning. That is why it is important to supervise children at all times while your child is in the water. Children who are under the age of five should be within arm's reach of an adult at all…

When misty may had to train for the olympics her workout included , Pilates ,core yoga,running or biking , or lifting twice a week for an hour.To be an Olympian misty thought that the more color food the more better .Her power food diet included greek yogurt and honey Olympics 2000/Sydney Misty and Holly McPeak at her first Olympics got fifth place together as a team Olympics 2002/athens Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh defeated Brazil in there match…

of races, I would stop a quarter of the way through, and start frantically catching my breath, like a dog panting after running for a while. When the final race of the season came around, it was time to hear if I would be eligible to compete in the summer races. I had trained extraordinarily hard so I wouldn’t be left behind; I practice for weeks on my technique to perfect the skill of taking breaths during strokes to make me more efficient, but sadly during the last race of the season I…

tons of individual events and also won Olympic gold medals in these races.He has proved the world that he was unique and that was not giving up even though he had adversities coming to the London Olympics. Another reason why Phelps is the best athlete of all ages is that after five Olympic Games he still showed the world that he was going to give everything for his the country. Michael is also the only athlete that has won eight gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Michael was only 15 years…

Cheating has occurred in a wide variety of styles over time in many different sports, but one of the major complications that has come along over time has been the use of drugs to help improve an athlete’s performance. For example, athletes such as Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bond are prime examples of athletes who used enhancement drugs to make them perform better. These athletes looked like leaders of their sport but then after testing positive to drug usage they had their captain like…