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Born December 12, 1936 • Timişoara • Romania
Died March 11, 2016 (aged 79) • Bucharest • Romania
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
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Valery Brumel
Soviet athlete
Peter Snell
Peter Snell
New Zealand athlete
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Al Oerter
American athlete
Fanny Blankers-Koen leaps over a hurdle ahead of other runners during the 80-metre hurdles race at the 1948 London Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background.
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska
Polish athlete
Saneyev, Viktor
Viktor Saneyev
Soviet athlete
Marathon runner Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila
Ethiopian athlete
Olympic champion Tamara Press
Tamara Press
Soviet athlete
Irina Press
Irina Press
Soviet athlete
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
American sprinter
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Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
American high jumper Dick Fosbury
Dick Fosbury
American athlete
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
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Noureddine Morceli
Algerian athlete
Jackie Joyner-Kersee in a red and white USA uniform throws a javelin during the heptathlon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, wearing bib number 578.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
American athlete
Michael Johnson smiles and holds an American flag behind him while celebrating on the track after setting a world record in the 200-meter race at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Michael Johnson
American athlete
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, smiling and wearing a dark suit with an open-collared shirt, with a blurred purple background.
Sebastian Coe
British athlete
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner

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