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Born | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 27 April 1958
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Brenda Holmes (born 27 April 1958) is a Canadian former swimmer. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]
Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. He is the most successful male rower in Olympic history, and the only man to have won gold medals at five Olympic Games in an endurance sport.
Brenda Villa is an American accomplished water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals. In 2018, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
Zimbabwe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union capital, Moscow. The nation, previously known as Rhodesia, had competed at three Games under that name. 42 competitors, 23 men and 19 women, took part in 30 events in 10 sports.
The Gambia sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. This was the African nation's fifth time competing at a Summer Olympic Games. The Gambian delegation consisted of two track and field athletes, Pa Mamadou Gai and Adama Njie. Neither advanced beyond the first round heats of their events.
Brenda Lee Stauffer is a former field hockey player from the United States. She was a member of the United States bronze medal winning team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Brenda played field hockey at Pennsylvania State University making "collegiate player of the year" in 1982.
Patrick John Sweeney is a retired coxswain for Great Britain's rowing team. Sweeney competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Andrew John Holmes MBE was a British rower.
Brenda Mersereau Helser, later known by her married name Brenda Helser de Morelos, was an American former competition swimmer who graduated Stanford University, and won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Richard Gordon McBride Budgett OBE is a British Medical and Scientific Director of the International Olympic Committee. He won an Olympic rowing gold medal in coxed four at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was chief medical officer at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
The United States women's national water polo team represents the United States in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is one of the leading teams in the world since the late 1990s. Women's water polo has been on the international stage since 1978 and was an exhibition sport at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics coached by Sandy Nitta before being introduced as a full medal sport in 2000.
Brenda Patricia Matthews is a former female track and field sprinter and hurdler from New Zealand. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Brenda Taylor is a Canadian rower. She won two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, in the coxless four and in the eight. She has been inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
Thomas William Fraser-Holmes is an Australian swimmer who made his international debut in 2010. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Brenda Catherine Lawson is a New Zealand rower. She was twice world champion in women's double sculls with Philippa Baker, and they were both inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
Brenda Spaziani is an Italian diver. She competed in the 10 metre platform event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Brenda Morehead is an American sprinter.
Brenda Webster is a Canadian former short track and long track speed skater. She competed in three events at the 1980 Winter Olympics. She became the world champion at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in 1977.
Renate Holmes was a British alpine skier. She competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Brenda White is an American cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 15 kilometre classical event at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the women's field hockey tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.