Double Olympic Champions from Barcelona and Atlanta
58 persons could have become triple Olympic Champions if they had won gold
at Sydney (3 at two separate events):
14 have achieved the feat :
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Swimming : 4x100 free-style AND 4x100 medley : Jenny
Thompson
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Equestriansm, 3-day event, team : Andrew Hoy
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Fencing, Women's team foil : Giovanna Trillini
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Weightlifting : Piros Dimas
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Track and Field, Javelin : Jan Zelezny
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Weightlifting : Akakios Kakiasvilis
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Equestrian, dressage, team : Isabell Werth
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Volleyball : Marleny Costa Blanco,
Mireya Luis Hernandez, Lilia
Izquierdo Aguirre, Idalmis Gato Moya,
Regla Bell McKenzie, Regla
Torres Herrera (Cuba)
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Boxing : Felix Savon
12 athletes have failed in their attempts:
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Swimming : 100m free-style : Alexander Popov won
the silver
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Swimming : 1500m free-style : Kieren Perkins won
the silver
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Baseball : Luis Ulacia Álvarez, Omar Linares Izquierdo, Omar Ajete
Iglesias, Orestes Kindelán Olivares, Antonio Pacheco Massó
(Cuba) won the silver
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Cycling, Sprint : Jens Fiedler won bronze
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Rowing, Double Fours : Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, Andre Wilms won bronze
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Shooting, Rapid-Fire Pistol : Ralf Schuhmann finished
in fifth place, but he did win a third championship in Athina!!
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Swimming : 50m free-style : Alexander Popov finished
in sixth place
5 people only competed in a different event, 2 of them successfully:
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Rowing : Matthew Pinsent, two golds in the coxless pairs, now won gold in
the coxless fours.
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Diving : Fu Mingxia, two golds on the platform,
now gold on the springboard and silver in the synchronized springboard
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Rowing : Michael McKay, two golds in the coxless fours, now silver in the
eights
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Rowing : James Tomkins, two golds in the coxless fours, now bronze in the
coxless pairs
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Track and Field : Gail Devers, two golds in the
100 m, is competing in the 100 m hurdles, but dropped out in the semi final
27 people have not defended their titles :
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Baseball : Alberto Hernández Pérez, Lázaro Vargas Alvarez,
Juan Padilla Alfonso, José Estrada González
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Basketball : David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, John Stockton,
Charles Barkley
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Boxing : Hector Vinent, Ariel
Hernandez
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Canoeing, K2 : Kay Blum,
Torsten Gutsche
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Equestriansm, 3-day event, team : Gillian Rolton
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Equestrian, dressage, team : Klaus Balkenhol
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Fencing, Women's team foil : Francesca Bortolozzi Borella
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Rowing : Marnie McBean,
Kathleen Heddle
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Rowing : Nicholas Green
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Sailing, Ladies' 470 : Theresa Zabell
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Table Tennis, Ladies' Singles : Deng Yaping
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Table Tennis, Ladies' Doubles : Deng Yaping
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Table Tennis, Ladies' Doubles : Qiao Hong
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Tennis, Ladies' Doubles : Gigi Fernandez,
Marie-Joe Fernandez
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Track and Field, 400 m : Marie-José Perec
(qualified but left Sydney 2 days before the competition)
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Volleyball : Magalys Carvajal Rivera is not on the Cuban team
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Wrestling : Il Kim
In addition, 6 other persons have become triple champions in Sydney, although
not from 1992 and 1996, Dara Torres,
Kim Soo-Nyung, Ludger
Beerbaum, Rechelle Hawkes,
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt and
Andrei Lavrov.
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Written 1999-05-14 - last modified 2004-08-22
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