Dame Denise Rosemarie Lewis is a British sports presenter and former track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was twice Commonwealth Games champion, was the 1998 European Champion and won World Championships silver medals in 1997 and 1999. She was the first European to win the Olympic heptathlon, though Europeans, including Briton Mary Peters, had won the Olympic pentathlon precursor event.
Kara Elizabeth Wolters is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player and a current sports broadcaster. Standing at six feet seven inches (2.01 m) and nicknamed "Big Girl," she is the tallest player in University of Connecticut women's basketball history and one of the tallest women to ever play in the WNBA. During her playing career, she was an NCAA national champion (1995), FIBA world champion (1998), WNBA champion (1999), and Olympic champion (2000) becoming one of 11 women with those accolades. She also won AP College Player of the Year in 1997
Monika Niederstätter is a former 400 m hurdler, that won four medals at the International athletics competitions.
The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin. The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the official "large animal" of the U.S. state of Texas. Generally, both the men's and women's teams are referred to as the Longhorns, and the mascot is a Texas Longhorn steer named Bevo. The Longhorns have consistently been ranked as the biggest brand in collegiate athletics, in both department size and breadth of appeal.
Giuseppe D'Urso is a former Italian 800 metres runner, vice-world champion in 1993.
Erica Alfridi is a former Italian race walker, who has won an individual senior level World Race Walking Cup.
Paolo Dal Soglio is an Italian shot putter.
Nicola Vizzoni is a male hammer thrower from Italy. He won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and ten years later at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. His personal best throw is 80.50 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Formia.
Antonella Bevilacqua is an Italian high jumper, whose personal best jump was 1.98 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Milan.
Gertrud Bacher is a retired Italian heptathlete.
Agnese Maffeis is an Italian discus thrower and shot putter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
Vincenzo Massimo Modica is an Italian long-distance runner who competed in the marathon.
Beniamino Poserina is a retired male decathlete from Italy.
Hamish Anderson MacDonald, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in Melbourne and lives in Canberra. He has cerebral palsy. His achievements and advocacy have made him one of Australia's most respected Paralympians.
Andrew Bloom is an American former Olympic shot putter, two-time national indoor shot put champion, World University Games shot put champion, and NCAA champion in both discus and shot put.
Virna De Angeli is an Italian former sprinter.
Patrizia Spuri is an Italian former sprinter and middle distance runner.
The Società Sportiva Metanopoli is an Italian athletics club based in San Donato Milanese formed in 1953.
Katarina Sederholm, married Hoff is a Finnish-Norwegian shot putter and weightlifter.
Maria Tranchina is a former Italian female shot putter and hammer thrower, later became masters athlete. She won two gold medals at the 2007 World Masters Championships held in Riccione.
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