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Ronald Alan Swoboda is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1965 through 1973, most notably as a member of the New York Mets team that became known as the Miracle Mets when they rose from being perennial losers to defeat the favored Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series for one of the most improbable upsets in World Series history. Swoboda performed one of the most impressive defensive plays of the series in the ninth inning of Game 4 to help preserve a Mets victory. He also played for the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Austria competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 234 competitors, 217 men and 17 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.
Austria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 112 competitors, 91 men and 21 women, took part in 70 events in 16 sports.
Austria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 29 competitors, 24 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.
Switzerland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 186 competitors, 178 men and 8 women, took part in 98 events in 19 sports.
Luxembourg competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The nation returned to the Summer Games after having missed the 1932 Summer Olympics. 49 competitors, 48 men and 1 woman, took part in 35 events in 10 sports.
Franz-Peter Hofmeister was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Bernd Herrmann was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Franz Aigner was an Austrian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the heavyweight class.
Franz Josef Andrysek was an Austrian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Lea Schwer is a Swiss beach volleyball player.
Kai Swoboda is an Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. He finished 11th in the C-2 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1990–1992 and 2001–2002.
Franz Swoboda was an Austrian football defender who played for Austria in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for FK Austria Wien.
Franz Pelikan was an Austrian football goalkeeper who played for Austria in the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for FC Admira Wacker Mödling.
Joan Uduak Ekah is a retired Nigerian athlete specializing in the sprinting events. She competed in the 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the second round.
Ewa Nikola Swoboda is a Polish track and field sprinter who specialises in the short sprints. She is a two-time European indoor championship medallist in the 60 metres, having won a gold medal in 2019 and a silver in 2017.
Franz Stocher is a former Austrian racing cyclist. A specialist of the track, he was the world champion in 2003 in the points race event. He competed at five Olympic Games.
Josefine Swoboda was an Austrian portrait painter. She was one of the most active Vienna portraitists.
Franz Feldinger was an Austrian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franz Swoboda Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
