olympic athletes

Learn about famous olympic athletes. Visit the following sites to find the answers to the questions listed below. If you are unable to find an answer at the sites listed, use google or another search engine to find your answers.

1. In which sport(s) did the athlete compete?
2. In what year's Olympics did they compete?
3. What country were the games held in?
4. How many medals (gold, silver, bronze) did they win?

Mary Lou Retton
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Mark Spitz
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Bruce Jenner
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Wilma Rudolph
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Jackie Joyner Kersee
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Florence Griffith Joyner
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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Evelyn Ashford
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Bonnie Blair
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Muhammad Ali
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Carl Lewis
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Edwin Moses
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Debbie Meyer
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Tommy Moe
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Dorothy Hamill
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Scott Hamilton
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Dan Jansen
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Eric Heiden
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Carol Heiss
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Picabo Street
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