Olympic History Connolly wins triple jump (the first medal in modern olympic history); American flag Firstfemale winner Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in singles tennis. http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/olympicview/olymhist.html
Extractions: A brief look at humankind's most enduring sports spectacle. The Ancient Olympic Games The Olympic Games were celebrated 320 times every four years in the sacred stadium at Olympia, Greece, beginning in 776 BC Though boxing and wrestling were added later, the first Olympic event was a sprint. The prize was an olive leaf and deification by poets, as well as recognition as a hero forever. The Modern Olympic Games Athens 1896 In 1892, French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin proposes a renaissance of ancient Greek competition. In 1896, his dream is realized as England, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United States open Games. James B. Connolly wins triple jump (the first medal in modern Olympic history); American flag is raised and Star Spangled Banner played, beginning tradition of honoring victor and his/her country. Paris 1900
Dominica's Olympic Committee (A Short History) history. The idea of formation of a National olympic Committee evolved from the AmateurAthletic Association (DAAA) and Dominica Lawn tennis Association (DLTA). http://www.dominicaolympiccommittee.org/history.htm
Extractions: History The idea of formation of a National Olympic Committee evolved from the existing and functional Dominica Amateur Athletic Association (DAAA) and Dominica Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA). The Dominica Amateur Athletic Association was founded by Oswald B. Savarin and Felix A. Wilson in December 1982 responding to the call for its formation by Stephen Agar and Julius Lewis, two athletes of the Striders Athletics Club. Between late November 1985 and early 1986 a few sporting Associations were invited to the Sixth Form College (as it was called then) to a meeting to explore the formation of an Olympic Committee. Rupert Lake from Antigua gave some guidelines based on his experience and participation as an officer of the Antigua Olympic Committee. A Steering Committee to include Rolston St. Hilaire (secretary) and Felix Wilson (vice president) from the (DAAA), Joyce Rabess (Netball), Clifford Severin (DLTA) (treasurer) and Francis Dupigny (president). Dupigny became the first President nominated by Clifford Severin and elected in absentia. Dupigny had just retired from Barclays Bank as Manager and had indicated to Severin his willingness to serve.
SportsGirls.net What's New History Of Updates The entire history of updates to SportsGirls.net and its 1/10/03 olympic Pairs GoldMedalist, Jamie Sal 02 First installment of US Open tennis pics frequent http://www.sportsgirls.net/wnewarch.htm
The Beginnings Of Table Tennis Table tennis became an olympic sport in 1988. to be called the New Zealand Table tennisAssociation A more extensive history of Table tennis New Zealand can be http://www.tabletennis.org.nz/about/history.htm
Extractions: The Beginnings of Table Tennis "Whiff-Waff" and "Ping Pong" were just two of a number of games patented in England during the 1890’s, and sold with simple rules. "Gossamer" was another early name for the game from which Table Tennis evolved. Early equipment consisted of rubber or cork balls, and bats made of dried animal skins stretched over a wooden frame. NZ's first tournament in 1902 The game’s popularity rose steadily, sometimes dramatically, and by 1901 table tennis tournaments were being organised, associations had been formed, and books on the game had been published. An unofficial "World Championship" was held in 1902. The "parlour game" of table tennis was rapidly assuming the status of a serious sport. The game’s popularity rose steadily, sometimes dramatically, and by 1901 table tennis tournaments were being organised, associations had been formed, and books on the game had been published. An unofficial "World Championship" was held in 1902. The "parlour game" of table tennis was rapidly assuming the status of a serious sport. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was formed in Berlin in 1926 and international laws were adopted. The first official World Championships were held in London the same year. Seven countries participated.
Sify Sports Army officer, Major Walter Wingfield, while naming the game he had moulded to shape,stuck to history and named tennis remained in the olympic Games until http://www.khel.com/history/main.asp?sports=Tennis
The Games - Sydney 2000 together for the first time in modern olympic history. was the venue for 8 olympicsports. Judo; Weightlifting; Cycling (road); Table tennis; Yachting; Football http://www.olympics.org.uk/thegames/past/sydney.asp
Extractions: British Medals - 2000 Medals by Country ... Sydney Table of Events (PDF) DATES The Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad took place between 15 September - 1 October, 2000. HOST CITY Sydney, New South Wales, Australia was awarded the Millennium Games on 23 September, 1993 in Monte Carlo. It was the third of three consecutive bids to be made by an Australian city and was backed by 90% of the Australian population. Australia is one of only five countries to have been in attendance at every summer Olympic Games since they began in 1896. The other countries being Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Greece. Sydney, Australia's largest city, has a population of approximately 3.7 million people. MEDALS A total of 300 medals were awarded at the Sydney Olympic Games. The Olympic Park - situated at Homebush Bay, about 14km west of the city centre, the park was the centrepiece of the Games. It is located within a 2.5km circle surrounding the Olympic Stadium. Construction on the Olympic Stadium began in September 1996 and was completed in March 1999. The stadium cost $A690 million to build. The Olympic Park was be the venue for 15 of the 28 sports.
Olympic Issues - Womens Issues Great Britain became the first female olympic champion in the tennis singles. 1956The first woman, Giuliana ChenalMinuzzo (Italy), in olympic history to take http://www.olympics.org.uk/olympicmovement/olympicissueswoman.asp
Extractions: Home The Olympic Movement Olympic Issues In the Ancient Olympic Games, women were forbidden to take part. In fact, they were forbidden to even enter the competition areas as spectators. If they were caught, the punishment was death. Therefore, they created their own Games dedicated to the goddess Hera. Hera was the sister-wife of Zeus. The Olympic Games were dedicated to Zeus. When the Olympic Games were revived in 1896 even the founder himself, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, did not agree with women's participation in the Games. This issue was the topic of much debate between the initial members of the IOC. However, women did not take part in the Games until 1900 in Paris. It was here that Britain's Charlotte Cooper became the first female gold medallist in the tennis singles competition. Only one other sport saw women's participation in 1900, golf. In London at the 1908 Games there were 36 women competitors in the figure skating and tennis events. After these Games and a recommendation from the British Olympic Association that women swimmers, divers and gymnasts be allowed to compete in future Games, the Swedish Organising Committee included two swimming events and one diving contest for women at the 1912 Stockholm Games. Finally, in 1924 the IOC decided to allow a larger participation of women in the Games. However, there was little evidence of this even by the 1936 Games in Berlin where there were only four sports available to women.
Women's History Milestones of the modern olympic Games competing in golf and tennis; tennis player Charlotte Stagingthe only feminist boycott in olympic history, the British women stay http://www.caaws.ca/Milestones/milestones.htm
Extractions: MILESTONES IN WOMEN'S SPORT Introduction Consider that no women took part in the first modern Games in 1896. Today the balance remains weighted in favour of men, but it is tilting. At the XXVIth Games in Atlanta, for example, 97 of the 271 events were open to women, with 11 contested by both genders; 3,626 of the 10,629 athletes were women. Of the 307 Canadian athletes who competed in Atlanta, 154 were women and 153 were men, making this the first Canadian Olympic team ever to consist of more women than men , an impressive shift in a short time. The movement towards this statistical improvement has been slow and has by no means been a certainty. Many barriers to full participation remain on the world stage, although Canada can point to a measure of progress and some inspiring milestones as the 20th century comes to a close. Return to the top Women and Sport: BC 1500 BC Female bull jumpers in Crete defy death.
New Beijing,Great Olympics-support For the first time in China's history Sun Fuming won In a great show of olympic spiritand tenacity, Wang also did extremely well in table tennis, winning six http://www.beijing-2008.org/eolympic/ydy/yayh/yayh.htm
Sport Information 1900 tennis player Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain becomes the first femaleolympic 1956 - The first woman in olympic history to take the oath at the http://www.ausport.gov.au/info/factsheets/wom.html
Extractions: Olympic Factsheets Women and the Olympics Women were traditionally prohibited from participating in the Ancient Olympic Games. They could not even enter the playing areas or the stadium as spectators. However, women held their own games at Olympia. Dedicated to the goddess Hera, the sister-wife of Zeus, these games grew out of traditional Greek fertility rites. According to some estimates these games even predated the exclusively male Olympic Games. At the turn of the century when the Modern Games came into being, much debate took place on the principles of women's participation. The founder of the Games Pierre de Coubertin, declared himself against women's participation expressing the opinion that if they could not play in every sport on equal terms with men they should not be allowed to take part at all. This view was opposed by several International Olympic Committee (IOC) members who supported the stand that women had the right to participate in the Games, competing in sports to suit their capabilities. The first breakthrough in women's participation took place at the second Olympics, the 1900 Paris Games. It was here that Charlotte Cooper became the first Olympic champion by winning the Gold Medal in the tennis championship. The only other sport allowed at these games for women was golf. Although swimming was added to the program in 1912, this symbolic gesture to women's sport continued until 1924 when the IOC decided to open its doors for a larger participation of women in the Games. The road between the proposal and the initiation was not an easy one as even in the Berlin Games in 1936 there were only four sports available to women, they were - swimming, fencing, athletics and gymnastics.
The Olympic's Most Wanted olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and most outlandish competitorsin the history of the American tennis player Marion Jones won a bronze http://www.brasseysinc.com/Books/1574884131.htm
Extractions: Olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable. Also by this author: Football's Most Wanted Wrestling's Most Wanted Baseball's Most Wanted Basketball's Most Wanted ... Hockey's Most Wanted Floyd Conner is the author of many popular sports books and is the creator of The Only Golf Calendar. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Authors Titles What's New Contact Us ... To Order
KIAT.NET - Sydney 2000 Games Of The XXVIIth Olympiad history OF THE GAMES From 1896-2000, Athens to Sydney. 3-LETTER olympic COUNTRYABBREVIATIONS. Mountain Bike, Road, Track (18), Table tennis, TABLE tennis (4). http://www.kiat.net/olympics/sydney2000/
Extractions: LES JEUX DU NOUVEAU MILLENAIRE On 23 September 1993 in Monaco during the 101st IOC Session, Sydney (Australia) was elected to become the host city of the XXVIIth Olympiad in 2000. The Sydney 2000 Games was "The best Olympic Games ever" - Juan Antonio Samaranch - comprising of 28 sports with 300 events . It was attended by 10,651 athletes (4,069 women and 6,582 men) from 199 countries (plus East Timor). The Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad were officially opened by Sir William Deane , Governor General of Australia. The Olympic Flame was lit by Cathy Freeman (Australia).
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Australian Baseball Federation history of baseball in Australia Basketball olympicCompetition Information Table tennis olympic Competition Information http://members.tripod.com/~cheso_library/olympics2000.html
Extractions: The Olympic Games The Official Site Archery Olympic Competition Information Archery Australia A wide-ranging site for Australian Archery Artistic Gymnastics Olympic Competition Information Australian Gymnastics The Official home of the Australian Gymnastic Federation Athletics Olympic Competition Information Athletics Australia Results of major meets and data base of past results Badminton Olympic Competition Information Badminton Australia The official site for the Australian Badminton Association Baseball Olympic Competition Information Australian Baseball Federation History of baseball in Australia Basketball Olympic Competition Information Basketball Official site of the Australian Basketball Association Boxing Olympic Competition Information Australian Amateur Boxing Information site Australian amateur boxing Canoeing/Kayaking Olympic Competition Information Australian Canoeing Online News, results updates and links Cycling Olympic Competition Information Diving Olympic Competition Information Diving-Australian Sports Commission Background, description results for Australian Diving Equestrian Olympic Competition Information The Equestrian federation of Australia Australia's official equestrian site.
Olympic Report, Gymnastics And More Follow the athletes on their way to Sydney 2000. Girlstalksports covers the teams, individuals and Category Sports Events olympics Summer Games 2000 Sydney MARITAL ARTS; ARCHERY/SHOOTING; WATER POLO; BEACH VOLLEYBALL; BASEBALL;TRACK FIELD; CREW SAILING; olympic history; US Men's tennis Team. http://www.girlstalksports.com/Olympic_Report/olympic_report.html
Extractions: Qantas Offers Sydney As Low As $925 TRACK AND FIELD medal results by country and news DeFrantz wants to make history as first WOMAN IOC President KWAN Swept at Grand Prix Blaine Wilson Wins Winter Cup SWIMMING WORLD CUP BEGINS - November 10, 2000 Krazyleberg Honored USOC RESIGNATION COULD AFFECT GYMNASTICS October 31, 2000 - The fallout continues after the "Best Ever Olympic Games," as finger pointing and controversy rules the in an assortment of countries unhappy with their Olympic results. COLLEGES WITH MOST MEDAL? GTS shows you which colleges have the most Olympic Medal Winners e-mail today! GYMNASTIC NEWS OLYMPIC MEDAL RESULTS BOXING USA BASKETBALL USA BASEBALL - GOLD GYMNASTIC FINAL RESULTS - MEDALS BY COUNTRY ... U.S. WOMEN'S WATER POLO - SILVER IN THE POOL
Secondary P.E. Individual Sports Rules,history, and information. Title olympic Table tennis NBCSports URL of Shuffleboard URL http//www.orbonline.net/~sandy/index.htm http://www.ops.org/pe/individual.html
Extractions: Secondary Physical Education The links below have been selected by the Omaha Public Schools based on their relevance to curriculum needs. None of these sites are owned or controlled by the Omaha Public Schools. Neither the district nor its employees are responsible for their contents or their links to other locations. Secondary Physical Education links Physical Education home page Title: ArcheryNBC Sports
Sydney Games One of the greatest slurs on the status of tennis as a worthy olympic sport camefrom Pete Sampras, the most decorated player in the history of the men's game. http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/tennis/
Extractions: Produced by: smh.com.au theage.com.au sportstoday.com.au What's on Today ... Home Change sports Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoe-Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synch swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Waterpolo Weightlifting Wrestling Paralympics After Venus Williams won her singles gold medal, she predicted that any doubles success would feel even more satisfying because it would be shared with her sister, Serena. That way, when Venus framed her medals and Olympic pin collection, the collage could include a treasured family photograph. more
Bigchalk: HomeworkCentral: Sports Rules & Histories (Sports) World Book Online Article on WEIGHTLIFTING; olympic history weightlifitng WRESTLING;General; Arm Wrestling; Sumo Wrestling TABLE tennis; World Book Online Article http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/Homework/High_School/Spo
Sydney Beat - China.org.cn Table tennis players completed an olympic history by sweeping all fourgold medals in two consecutive olympic Games. Wang Nan consolidated http://www.china.org.cn/olym/149.htm
Extractions: China, Biggest Winner of the Games China emerges as the biggest winner at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games which closed in Sydney Sunday night. The Chinese Olympic Delegation won a total of 28 gold, 16 silver, 15 bronze medals in the 16 days of competition, ranking third in the final medal standings, behind the US with 39 golds, 25 silvers and 33 bronzes and Russia, 32-28-28. Forty-nine countries and regions won at least one gold and 70 won at least a medal. Chinese athletes made Olympic history for the world's most populous nation by winning the most gold medals and also most medals, 59, ever at the Olympic Games since 1984. In 1984 in Los Angeles, China won 15 golds, eight silvers and nine bronzes. In 1988 in Seoul the Chinese athletes won only five golds, 11 silvers and 12 bronzes. In 1992 in Barcelona they won 16 golds, 22 silvers and 16 bronzes and four years ago in Atlanta they took home 16 golds, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes.
A Brief History Of Olympic College athletic teams play basketball, baseball, track, golf, and tennis. College's firstlibrarian finishes the olympic College Library history 19461964. . http://www.oc.ctc.edu/webdoc2/info/E_history.shtml
Extractions: first board of trustees ... planning committee Olympic College began fall quarter 1946 with 575 students. The main building (the former Lincoln School) was located on 11th Street in Bremerton. Classes were held there as well as Bremerton High School and several buildings vacated by military personnel located nearby on Chester Avenue. Tuition for a full-time student (12 or more hours) was $35/quarter, or a student could pay $100 (in advance) for three quarters. Students were to register early..."since classes will be offered the first year, except in those instances where demand justifies a limited number of sections."* 1946 Bulletin of Information and Announcement of Courses return to the top of this page STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS All students enrolled at the college are members of the Associated Students. A Student Council consisting of a President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer, elected by the Associated Students. The first clubs were Men's Club, Co-ed Club, School Paper, Musical Clubs, Drama, Debate, Athletics (basketball, baseball, track, golf, and tennis), and various assemblies to hear "noted speakers on topics of national and local interest."*
