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Born April 19, 1953 (age 73) • Verona • Italy
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Sara Simeoni celebrating a successful high jump at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
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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.
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American high jumper Dick Fosbury
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Iolanda Balas
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Alice Coachman
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Saneyev, Viktor
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Ray C. Ewry
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Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, smiling and wearing a dark suit with an open-collared shirt, with a blurred purple background.
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Steve Ovett
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Koch, Marita
Marita Koch
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Tatyana Kazankina clinching the gold medal in the 1,500-metre race at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
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Daley Thompson executing his long jump en route to successfully defending his Olympic decathlon title at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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Yuriy Sedykh
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Evelin Schlaak
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Nicola Olyslagers at the high jump final in Zürich, 2021
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