| Peter Lash | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lash in 1984 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Peter Waller Lash, Jr. | ||
| Born | August 11, 1959 Anchorage, Alaska | ||
| Nationality |  United States | ||
Peter Waller Lash, Jr. (born August 11, 1959) is an American former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1]
Gunnar Mikael Höckert was a Finnish runner, winner of the 5000 m race at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was the nineteenth time that Team USA participated, having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part in 217 events in 25 sports.
The United States of America (USA) competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 527 competitors, 332 men and 195 women, took part in 230 events in 27 sports. The United States finished outside of the top two in the overall medal count for the first time and in the gold medal count for only the second time. That was mainly caused by the extensive state-sponsored doping programs that were developed in these communist countries to fulfil their political agenda on an international stage.
Péter Biros is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The United States competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 280 competitors, 236 men and 44 women, took part in 96 events in 15 sports.
Donald Ray Lash was an American long-distance runner who won 12 national titles from 1934 to 1940, including seven consecutive men's national cross-country championships, and who set a world's record for the two-mile run in 1936.
The United States competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. It was the first Summer Olympics in which the athletes marched under the present 50-star flag. 292 competitors, 241 men and 51 women, took part in 147 events in 17 sports.
The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports.
Melvin Monroe Stewart Jr. is an American swimming promoter, former competition swimmer and world record-holder who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He is the co-founder and publisher of the swimming news website, SwimSwam, and a producer-director of commercials through his company, Gold Medal Media.
Djibouti has participated in nine Summer Olympic Games as of the completion of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. Djibouti debuted at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States of America with three athletes, but did not take home a medal. The highest number of Djiboutian athletes participating in a summer Games is eight in the 1992 games in Barcelona, Spain. Only one Djiboutian athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympics, marathon runner Hussein Ahmed Salah, who won a bronze medal in the 1988 marathon.
On behalf of the Cook Islands the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee sent a team to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, marking its sixth consecutive appearance at the Olympics since its debut in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The country sent four athletes to the Games across three sports and four distinct events. No athlete of the Cook Islander delegation progressed past the first rounds in their events and did not go on to win medals. Pera was the nation's flag bearer at the ceremonies.
Robert Willis "Jack" Morey Jr. was an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in the men's eight with the American team. He graduated from Yale University in 1958 and was a member of Skull and Bones. He served in the United States Navy aboard the icebreaker USS Atka as a lieutenant jg. and would later earn an MBA from Harvard Business School.
The United States men's national water polo team is the representative for the United States of America in international men's water polo.
Paul Davis is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He graduated from the University of Toronto Schools. He received a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, together with Herman Horn Johannessen and Espen Stokkeland. Soling world Champion 2002 with Bill Abbott Jr. and Will Abbott, Soling World champion 2009 with Bill Abbott and Joanne Abbott, Soling World champion 2011 with Peter Hall and Phil Kerrigan, Shark world Champion 2012 with Robert Davis and Brandon Tattersall, He won the 2012 Soling world championship with Peter Hall and William Hall
Peter Augustus Rull Sr. was a sport shooter who represented Hong Kong at five editions of the Summer Olympic Games. He competed in the 50 metre rifle prone event each time, finishing 36th in 1960, 70th in 1964, 71st in 1968, 83rd in 1972, and joint-41st in 1976. He also took part in the 50 metre rifle three positions tournament in 1964, where he placed 49th. He was born in Estonia. He also took part in six editions of the Commonwealth Games, the last of which was in 1994, after which he retired from international competition. By career he was a shooting coach for the police and a land bailiff. His son, Peter Rull Jr., competed for Hong Kong as a sport shooter at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Peter Rull Jr. is a Hong Kong sports shooter. He competed in the men's 50 metre rifle, prone event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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