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Canada competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Bangladesh sent a delegation to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States from 28 July to 12 August 1984. The Bangladeshi delegation consisted of a single track and field athlete, Saidur Rahman Dawn. In his two events, the 100 metres and 200 metres, he did not qualify to advance beyond the first round.
Tara Kirk Sell is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is an Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke.
Dana Kirk is an American former competition swimmer, Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.
Oliver Leonard Kirk was an American bantamweight and featherweight professional boxer who won two gold medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Beatrice, Nebraska and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
George V. Finnegan was an American bantamweight and flyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He died in San Francisco, California.
Kirk Baptiste was an American track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 200 metres. He was born in Beaumont, Texas. He competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the silver medal in the 200 metres with a time of 19.96 seconds. This was the first time anyone had broken 20 seconds and come second in the race. He decided to forgo his final season of eligibility at the University of Houston after his successful junior year. Baptiste was diagnosed with HIV in the 1990s, spending a decade abusing drugs to escape. In 2006 he began treatment at "A Caring Safe Place" in Houston.
Turkey competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 48 competitors, 46 men and 2 women, took part in 26 events in 7 sports. Turkey won its first-ever Olympic medals at these games.
Thomas Theodore Jefferson is an American former sprinter. He won a bronze medal in the 200 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jefferson also won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 1984 Universiade and placed fourth in the 200 m at the 1991 World Indoors Championships. He was ranked #3 in the world over 200 m in 1984.
Kirkor Kirkorov is a retired Bulgarian boxer who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Featherweight Division by Germany's eventual gold medalist Andreas Tews.
John McBryde is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and Captained the team in the 1964 Summer Olympics, winning the first Australian hockey medal, a bronze.
Kirk Alexander Stackle is an American former competition swimmer who participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Stackle competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing with the nineteenth-best time overall (2:19.47). His wife, Alecha Stackle, played tennis at the University of Texas at Austin. Their daughter, Avery Stackle, now swims for the University of Denver.
Agnete Kirk Kristiansen is a former Danish Olympic dressage rider. Representing Denmark, she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 26th in the individual and 6th in the team competition.
Kirk Webby is a New Zealand equestrian. He competed in show jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Webby was a reserve for the New Zealand Olympic equestrian team and he and his horse were called up when Daniel Meech's horse Sorbas was ruled out due to injury.
Daniel William Meech is a New Zealand equestrian.
Kirk Raymond Shimmins is an Irish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club KHC Dragons and the Irish national team.
Jeffrey L. Kirk was an American hurdler. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was educated at Mercersburg Academy, where he trained under Jimmy Curran, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he trained under Lawson Robertson. After graduation he worked as an educator at Kimberton Farms School, Lehigh University and Adelphi University.
Kirk Allen is a Canadian ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Kirk Everist is an American water polo player. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2004, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
Kirk Reynolds is a Canadian sports shooter. He competed in the men's double trap event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kirk Bryde Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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