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David Burghley/Lord Essex

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Avery Brundage’s main competitor for president in the IOC. He is British and he won 400m in the Olympics in 1928.

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Bob Beamon

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Went to University of Texas and was a long jumper and sprinter from New York; he astounded world of athletes when he long jump 29 ft 2 inch at Mexico Games (beat world record by 2 feet).

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Abebe Bikila

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Gold in marathon 1960 and 1968 (shoes no shoes). First black african to win a medal

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Roone Arledge

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Head of ABC – corralled and dominated buying rights for all Olympic games in 60s, 70s and 80s – they used sports to overcome CBS and NBC and became equal with them

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Barbara Ann Scott

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Canadian World figure skating champion in 1948, she won a yellow convertible and Brundage found about that and called her a pro and the end result was she gave the convertible back temporarily won the 1948 games, came back and took convertible

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Roger Jackson

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Second western athlete to win gold medal in rowing in Tokyo in 1964 (first western gold medalist)

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Al Oerter

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He won four straight Olympic golf medals in discus (1956-1968). First Olympic athlete to win a gold medal in the same event in four consecutive Olympics.

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Dick Fosbury

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American high jumper. He came up with the Fosbury flop – first seen in Tokyo

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Emil Zatopek

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Czechoslovak long distance runner. Won 5k, 10k and marathon in 1952. Best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki games.

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Jean Claude Killy

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From France, now member of IOC. Alpine skiing star of 68 Olympics. He won three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Games.

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Karl Schranz

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He didn’t ski in the 1972 Olympics (from Austria) because Brundage disqualified

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Wilma Rudolph

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Rome Olympics (Tennessee black girl) won the 200m, 100m and relay

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Eric Heiden

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Speed skater won all 5 of men’s events at 1980 Lake Placid Games and is a doctor now

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Teofilo Stevenson

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Cuban boxer and engineer. Won three Olympic gold medals in boxing. Hero in Cuba. (1972, 1976, 1980)

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Nadia Comaneci

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Young Romanian Gymnast who won four gold medals at the Montreal Games but was the 1st to ever score a 10. She won two gold medals the the 1980 Moscow Games.

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Bruce Jenner

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Won the decathlon at the Montreal Games and was called the greatest athlete of the world, the modern Jim Thorpe.

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Olga Korbut

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Soviet gymnast lady, Munich games, uneven bars, first person to let go and loose contact with the bars, much like how it is today. Moved to Florida, and later went into boxing.

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Rick DeMont

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Early innocent victims of IOC drug testing programs, he was a young swimming sensation who would 1500m gold medal in 1972 and he was tested to have antibody he took his whole life for asthma and he had his medal taken away from him

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Mark Spitz

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Munich games, American swimmer, Jewish, was the Michael Phelps of his time, 7 gold medals.

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Greg Joy

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Canadian track and field medalist at the Montreal Games who won silver in the high jump.

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Monique Berlioux

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She was the secretary general of the IOC (very powerful person). She partnered with Shefler to start the Olympic Pictograms. She was an Olympic Swimmer from France. She participated in WWII.

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Mark Hodler

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Swiss lawyer, President of the International Ski Federation and member of the IOC from 1963 until he died (2006). Was asked by Samaranch to formulate a set of guidelines that would restrict gift giving to the IOC members to 200 dollars.

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Charley Francis

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Was Ben Johnson’s coach and the organizers of his steroid program.

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Intelicense

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Was the case that involved the first marketing case that the IOC ever considered – stan shefler who couldn’t get the US to agree to market the pictogram.

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Michael Payne
English marketing executive. He originally worked for ISL. Then worked for the IOC as the head of the marketing division when the TOP program was signed in 1985. He now works for F1 Racing.
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John Krimsky
USOC marketing chief in the 1990s. Brundage called him a bully.
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Florence Joyner Griffith
1988 games won the 100 and 200m from the US – she had huge thighs and she was on steroids. She died at a young age.
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James Worrall
Canadian lawyer, Olympic track and field athlete and sports administrator. He was the Canadian team flag bearer for the 1936 Olympics. He was the president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and became a member of the IOC. Candidate for presidency during Samaranch's term. (1981)
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Katerina Witt
German who won gold in figure skating at the Calgary 1988 Olympics but everyone thought that Elizabeth Manley should have won
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Mark Tewbury
Gold medal in backstroke 100m at Barcelona – one of the early gay athletes in the Olympics games and he used his fame to champion the rights of gay people in society and the games – started association to campaign for better treatment of athletes and funding in Canada and other countries
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The Thorpedo
An Australian swimmer who won five Olympic gold medals. Most successful athlete at the 2000 Olympics. He came out as gay and also had depression
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Johann Olaf Koss
Was a Norwegian athlete - won long distance skate events - 3 gold medals at the Lillehammer games – national hero – medical student – won money from Norway for his medals (was already common at the games by this time). He donated his prize money to an Olympic relief program (provided supplied to Bosnian wars). He also became associated with refugees around the world. In the refugee camps, he tried to gather funding for sports programs for the children in these camps. He had a large impact. He even did a lot of fundraising in Canada, and married a Canadian girl (Melinda Stronach) and used Canada as the base for his programs.
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Beckie Scott
Came 3rd at the Salt Lake 2002 Games in Cross country skiing. Later on it was found that the 1st and 2nd place winners failed their drug test and so she was awarded the gold but by that time her economic opportunity for sponsors had passed.
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Jamie Salé/David Pelletier
Won silver in figure skating in 2002 but there was tremendous protest that the should have won gold. For this reason they were upgraded to gold medals as well.
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Bob Furlong
He was president and CEO of VANOC, which oversaw the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. He chaired the 2010 bid corporation
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Marnie McBean
Western grad who won two golds in Barcelona for rowing
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Leslie Thompson
Western grad who performed in Olympic rowing. Was in 8 Olympic games as the cox of the women’s eight – superior achievement - helps the western rowing team
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Derek Drouin
Canadian high jumper. Won 7 medals in Olympics – 5 gold and 2 bronze. Gold in Rio
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Andre Degrasse
Canadian sprinter. Won silver in 200m and bronze in 100m and 4x100m at Rio
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Ryan lochte
American swimmer who caused scandal at Rio Games. Second best swimmer to Phelps. He lost his sponsorships.
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Rosie Maclennan
Canadian trampolinist who won gold in London and then won gold again in Rio. Bob used to trampoline in the army – bouncing barbarians.
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Damian Warner
Canadian decathlon athlete who competed in Rio and won bronze. He is from London, Ontario.
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Penny Olekisak
Canadian freestyle swimmer. Tied for gold with African American for 100m. She won four medals at rio – one gold, one silver and two bronze.
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George Foreman
wins heavy weight boxing at 1968 games
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Donovan Bailey
Canadian - worlds fastest man at the 1996 Atlanta games
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Brundage (years, place of birth, how they became president, competitor)
1952-1972 detroit AAU President-US representative on IOC-1st VP of IOC Lord david burghley (essex)
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Lord Killanin (years, place of birth, how they became president)
1972-1981 ireland Irish Olympic committee- Irish IOC rep- office of press - office of protocol
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Samaranch (years, place of birth, how they became president, competitor)
1981-2001 Spain Amateur athletics (roller skating)- spain olympic organizing committee - head of protocol IOC James Worrall (canadian lawyer)
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Rogge (years, place of birth, how they became president, competitor)
2001-2013 Belgium ? (un yong kim, dick pound)
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What was the first company to sign with the TOP program? How much did they pay?
CocaCola | they paid 40 million
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When was the TOP programme signed by the IOC?
1985
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Howmuch do governments pay for gold and silver medals?g
gold is 25k | silver is 20k
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What are some persistant problems of the agmes?
performance enhancment gigantism commercialism - tv rights expensive

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