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Anita Lonsbrough,, later known by her married name Anita Porter, is an English former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Sweden was the host nation for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. 444 competitors, 421 men and 23 women, took part in 95 events in 16 sports.
Simklubben Neptun, commonly known as SK Neptun, is a Swedish swimming club from Stockholm, active in swimming, diving, water polo, and synchronized swimming. The home pool is Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm.
Anita Håkenstad is a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running. She now competes in mountain running.
Lars Daniel Norling was a Swedish Army officer, gymnast and equestrian who participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Carl Torsten Leopold Sylvan was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He and his horse Anita finished ninth in the individual eventing and won a silver medal with the Swedish eventing team.
Anita Rapp-Ødegaard is a former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.
John Albrechtson was a Swedish sailor. Between 1968 and 1978 he won one Olympic gold medal and three gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the world championships.
Anita Pistone is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy.
Sylve Boris Bengtsson was a Swedish association football forward.
Anita Kobuß is an East German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s. She won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event and bronze medals in the K-1 500 m and K-4 500 m events at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin.
Hans Jacobson was a Swedish modern pentathlete, fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team. He originally won a bronze medal in the modern pentathlon team competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics along with Björn Ferm and Hans-Gunnar Liljenvall. However, he was stripped of the medal after Liljenvall failed a drug test.
Leif Nils Oskar Högström is a Swedish fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team.
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 6. Thirty-six athletes from 22 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Swede Henry Eriksson. It was Sweden's first medal in the 1500 metres; Lennart Strand took Sweden's second medal 0.6 seconds later. Willem Slijkhuis earned bronze, with the Netherlands also receiving its first medal in the 1500 metres.
Anita Wawatai is a New Zealand field hockey player who competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Jennie Caroline Eleonore Johansson is a Swedish former Olympic swimmer and former European record holder in 4 × 100 metre medley relay, who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Sophie Elizabeth Hansson is a Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her older sister Louise Hansson is also a competitive swimmer.
Anita Alvarez is an American artistic and synchronized swimmer. Originally from Buffalo, New York, she attended Kenmore West Senior High School, from which she graduated in 2014. She began her professional synchronized swimming career after she graduated.
Harry Ross-Soden was an Australian rower who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Roger Berkeley Fitzhardinge was an Australian rower. He was a dual Australian champion who stroked an Australian crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1912 and the Australian men's eight at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ "Anita Rossing-Brown". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
