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Wilfred John O'Reilly is a British former short track speed skater. He won two gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics when short track speed skating was held as a demonstration sport. He was also the 1991 Overall World Champion. He is now coach of the Netherlands short track team.
Anne Frances Audain is a New Zealand middle and long-distance runner. She competed in three Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games, winning the 1982 Commonwealth Games 3000m title and a silver medal in the 10,000m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
The Heart of America 200 is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Since 2020, the race has been 134 laps and 201 miles (323 km) long.
Detelin Dalakliev is a boxer from Bulgaria. He competed in the Bantamweight division, and won the gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milano 2009.
Luke Kendall Adams is a male race walker from Australia, who was born in Tanzania. His parents worked as medical missionaries. He is a three-time Olympian for Australia. On 23 June 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.
Jack Bobridge is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016.
Swaziland sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8–24, 2008. This was the Kingdom's eighth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The Swazi delegation to Beijing consisted of four competitors, two track and field athletes; Isaiah Msibi and Temalangeni Dlamini; and two swimmers; Luke Hall and Senele Dlamini. None of the four advanced beyond the first round of their respective events.
The men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Beijing National Stadium. It was the last time in Summer Olympics history that the start and/or finish of the men's marathon route was located inside the Olympic Stadium. Ninety-five athletes from 56 nations competed. The winner of the event was Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, who set an Olympic record in the time of two hours, six minutes, and 32 seconds. It was Kenya's first victory in the men's marathon. Morocco won its first medal in the event since 1960, with Jaouad Gharib's silver. Tsegay Kebede of Ethiopia took bronze.
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Emma Robinson is a Canadian rower. Robinson won two medals at the Summer Olympics as part of the women's eight rowing teams for Canada in 1996 in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Robinson is also a three time world champion in the women's coxless pairs, when she won gold from 1997 to 1999, she has an additional silver medal, and three bronze, for a total of seven World Rowing Championships medals. She was named the Pairs Team of the Year at the National Sports Awards, winning in 1997 with Alison Korn and in 1999 with Theresa Luke.
Theresa Luke is a retired Canadian rower. She rowed in the Women's eights in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. She won silver and bronze, respectively. After she retired, she became a teacher in Victoria, BC.
Karin Alejandra O'Reilly Clashing is an Antiguan swimmer. She was born in San José, Costa Rica. She competed in the women's 50m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing with a time of 30.02 seconds winning her heat, but did not qualify for the next round as she came in 55th place overall. Her mother, Edith O'Reilly Clashing, is her coach. She is a founding member of the Wadadli Aquatic Racers Swim Club. Her sister, Christal, competed in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, swimming the 50m freestyle as well.
Luke Patience is a British Olympic sailor. He competed with Stuart Bithell at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the team won a silver medal.
Sports Reference, LLC is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball-Reference.com for baseball, Basketball-Reference.com for basketball, Hockey-Reference.com for ice hockey, Pro-Football-Reference.com for American football, and FBref.com for association football (soccer). They also operate a subscription based service for statistics, called Stathead. Between 2008 and 2020, Sports Reference also provided pages for the Olympic Games and its competitors.
Rory O'Reilly is an American former cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial "kilo" event at the 1984 Summer Olympics on a custom bicycle built by Mike Celmins.
Gerald "Gerry" O'Reilly is an Irish Olympic middle-distance runner. He represented his country in the men's 1500 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His time was a 3:43.23 in the first heat.
Frank O'Reilly was an Irish racewalker. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Fred Luke is an American athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Paddy O'Reilly was an Irish footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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