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Louis Zamperini. Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley (now known as Olympic Valley ), California, United States. The resort was chosen to host the Games at ...
The Youth Olympic Games ( YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, [ 1] organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with the Olympic Winter Games ...
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games ( German: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( Austro-Bavarian: Innschbruck 1964 ), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was already an Olympic candidate ...
Military patrol was featured in the Winter Olympic Games programme four times: 1924, 1928, 1936, and 1948. [ 1] Medals were awarded for military patrol in 1924, but it was a demonstration event for the other three Winter Games. The official website of the IOC now treats military patrol at the 1924 Games as a separate discipline, without mixing ...
Olympic songs and anthems are adopted officially by International Olympic Committee (or by official broadcasters and partners selected by IOC), to be used prior to the Olympic Games and to accompany the games during the event.
This is a list of documentary films for individual Winter Olympic Games which feature actual competition footage. [1] [2] [3] An Olympic Film Collection of the IOC Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH) includes fifty feature-length films providing a chronicle of the modern Olympic Games.
Henry Bushnell. July 25, 2024 at 4:52 PM. PARIS — The U.S. women's national soccer team rolled to an Olympics-opening win over Zambia on Thursday that was equal parts cathartic and emphatic ...