The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Lake Placid, New York, United States, from February 13 to February 24. A total of 1,072 athletes from 37 nations participated in 38 events from 10 different sports.
Miki Ando is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World champion, 2011 Four Continents champion, 2004 World Junior champion, and a three-time Japanese national champion.
Nobuo Satō is a Japanese figure skater and coach. He is a ten-time Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where he placed 14th, and at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where he placed 8th. His best finish at the World Championships was 4th in 1965.
Miki Nakao is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo. The gymnasium was built in 1961-1964 as the first indoor pool for Olympic water polo; it also hosted all swimming and diving events and could accommodate over 13,000 people.
Finland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and every Winter Olympic Games since then. Finland was also the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Finnish athletes have won a total of 302 medals at the Summer Games, mostly in athletics and wrestling. Finland has also won 162 medals at the Winter Games, mostly in nordic skiing events.
Slovenia first participated as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the country has sent athletes to compete at every Games since then. The Slovenian Olympic Committee was established in 1991 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 February 1992.
Albania first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1972. They missed the next four games, two of them due to the 1980 and 1984 boycotts, but returned for the 1992 games in Barcelona. They have appeared in all games since then. They made their Winter Olympic Games debut in 2006. Albania normally competes in events that include swimming, athletics, weightlifting, shooting and wrestling. The country has not yet won an Olympic medal, and along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is the only European non-microstate without an Olympic medal. They have been represented by the Albanian National Olympic Committee since 1972.
Takashi Miki is a Japanese former javelin thrower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Miki Kanie is a Japanese female archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed for her country in the women's team event, winning a bronze medal, and the women's individual event. In the individual event, she reached the third round. She was 6th after the ranking round, and beat Tetiana Dorokhova and Xu Jing before losing to Aída Román. In the team event, Japan beat Ukraine in the first round, Mexico in the quarterfinals and South Korea in the semifinals before losing to Russia in the final.
Sports Reference, LLC is a company which operates several sports-related websites, including Baseball-Reference.com, Pro-Football-Reference.com, Basketball Reference, and Hockey Reference.
Devilman (デビルマン) is a 2004 Japanese superhero film directed by Hiroyuki Nasu. It is based on the manga series of the same name.
Miki Uemura was a Japanese female artistic gymnast and part of the national team.
Yoshio Miki was a Japanese hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Miki Ogasawara is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in two events at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
