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Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
Born | Canberra, Australia | 20 September 1967|||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||
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Cathy Grainger-Brain (born 20 September 1967) is an Australian former judoka. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1]
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.
Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert, was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards. Cuthbert also contributed to Australian relay teams completing a win in the 4 × 100 metres, 4 × 110 yards, 4 × 200 metres and 4 × 220 yards. Cuthbert had a distinctive running style, with a high knee lift and mouth wide open. She was named in 1998 an Australian National Treasure and was inducted as a Legend in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in 2000.
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.
Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku is a Nigerian former track and field athlete who holds the distinction of becoming the first Nigerian to win an individual track and field medal at the Olympic games.
Sharon Marie Stouder, also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.
Catherine Marie Thompson-Baker is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Gary Neiwand is an Australian retired track cyclist. He is a former world champion, who also won four Olympic medals during his career.
Cathy Jean Ferguson is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, where she received the gold medal for winning the women's 100-meter backstroke, and another gold as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay.
Cynthia Lee Goyette, also known by her married name Cynthia McCulloch, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She won a gold medal for swimming the breaststroke leg for the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4 × 100-metre medley relay. The U.S. relay team set a new world record of 4:33.9 in the event final; Goyette's teammates included Cathy Ferguson (backstroke), Sharon Stouder (butterfly), and Kathy Ellis (freestyle).
Catherine L. Carr, also known by her married name Cathy West, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.
Catherine Ann "Cathy" Hearn-Röthenmund is an American slalom kayaker who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s.
Martha Irene Randall is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Catherine ("Cathy") Ann Sulinski is a retired javelin thrower from the United States. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in tenth place in the final.
Cathy Schiro O'Brien is a retired female long-distance runner from the United States. She was an Olympian, and she holds the US women's high school record in the marathon. O'Brien set her personal best (2:29:38) in the women's marathon when she won the women's Los Angeles Marathon in 1991.
Catherine Jamison is an American former competition swimmer.
Nina Adams Harmer, also known by her married name Nina Thompson, is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games gold medalist.
Susanne Grainger is a Canadian rower. She was part of the team that won the silver medal in the Women's eight competition at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.
Cathy Hamblin is an American athlete. She competed in the women's pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Six women's teams competed in basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the women's field hockey tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.