Friedrich Hidding played field hockey for Club Raffelberg Duisburg and won the West German Championships in 1951 and 1953. In 1952 he moved for one season to Oberhausener THC. For the German national ...

After winning the 1928 Final Trials, the 27-year-old Mildred Wiley of the Boston Swimming Association tied for second at the Olympics, but lost a jump-off – with Carolina Gisolf of Holland. She won ...

A 200 specialist, Galina Malchugina was also an essential member of the Soviet and Russian 4x100 relay teams. She competed at three Olympic Games, winning a 4x100 relay bronze in 1988, silver in 1992, ...

Jörg Wischmeyer was a West German triple jumper who started with the mixed German team at the 1960 Roma Olympics, where he was eliminated in the qualifying round. In 1959 and 1961 he was West German ...

Richie Wurster was US long track all-around champion in 1965-66 and almost a decade later, in 1975. He was also runner-up in 1970 and 1971. Wurster also won the North American long-track championship ...

Gail Sontgerath was an alternate to the 1959 Pan American team but in 1960 she won the AAU all-around and balance beam, easily making the 1960 Olympic team. She competed at the 1962 World ...

Jon Mårdalen came from the traditional ski county Telemark, and was primarily a cross-country specialist, although he placed fourth in the 1923 Holmenkollen Nordic combined event. After returning home ...

From 1910 to 1917, Harry Hebner held all the world backstroke records. He won 35 AAU titles in freestyle and backstroke events, including the 150y backstroke for seven straight years from 1910. Hebner ...

Yngve Edward Soderberg was an American watercolorist, etcher, and printmaker, who studied at art schools in Chicago and New York. During the New Deal he created several murals for public buildings in ...

Although she received a bronze medal at the 1991 Junior World Championships and completed the first stage of the tournament with an undefeated record, Atina Ford is probably best known as the ...

Bill Tavares competed in doubles for the US at the 1992 Winter Olympics, alongside Wendell Suckow. At the time Tavares was a second lieutenant in the National Guard. He later became career military ...

Bill Marolt was a four-time NCAA Champion while skiing for the University of Colorado. After graduating he became the ski coach at Colorado, leading the Buffaloes to seven straight NCAA team titles, ...