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Born | Fergus, Ontario, Canada | 5 October 1956
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Sport | Sports shooting |
Sharon Cozzarin (born 5 October 1956) is a Canadian former sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]
Canada competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, held from 17 September to 2 October 1988. 328 competitors, 223 men and 105 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports. Most Canadians remember these Olympics for Ben Johnson, who won the gold medal and set a world record in the men's 100 metres, before being disqualified and his record deleted after he tested positive for stanozolol.
New Zealand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials. Former Olympic swimmer Dave Gerrard was the team's chef de mission.
Sharon Marie Stouder, also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.
Sharon Lee Buchanan, OAM (née Patmore; is an Australian retired field hockey forward, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her country, starting in 1984.
Fiji sent a delegation to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States from 28 July to 12 August 1984. This was the nation's sixth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. Their first appearance was at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Fiji's delegation consisted of fourteen competitors with the most being in Athletics and Sailing with four competitors. Swimming had three, while Judo and Cycling also saw Fiji compete in those sports.
Cynthia Lee Goyette, also known by her married name Cynthia McCulloch, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She won a gold medal for swimming the breaststroke leg for the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4 × 100-metre medley relay. The U.S. relay team set a new world record of 4:33.9 in the event final; Goyette's teammates included Cathy Ferguson (backstroke), Sharon Stouder (butterfly), and Kathy Ellis (freestyle).
Sharon Lynn Wichman, also known by her married name Sharon Jones, is an American former competition swimmer and 1968 Olympic champion in the breaststroke.
Sharon Marie Ferris is an Olympic sailor for New Zealand.
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics, took place on October 22–23, at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the tenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 31 competitors from 20 nations participated in the event. American Catie Ball was the large favourite to win the event, as she had broken the world record in this event the last three times. However, she was suffering from a virus infection and was forced to withdraw from the heats. Her 16-year-old teammate Sharon Wichman won the event, breaking bronze medalist Galina Prozumenshchikova's Olympic record in the final.
Colin Kenneth Beashel is an Australian sailor who crewed on the winning America's Cup team Australia II in 1983 and competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He became, jointly with Brazilian Torben Grael, the eighth sailor to compete at six Olympics. He helmed Australia Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.
Sharon Bayes is a Canadian former field hockey goalkeeper. She competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively. She won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Sharon Ruth Bowes is a Canadian sport shooter. She competed in rifle shooting events at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 2000.
Sharon Pickering is a Fijian former swimmer. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Sharon Musson is a New Zealand swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Sharon Callahan was an American athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Sharon Denise Lee is a retired British judoka.
Sharon Richardson is an American gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Sharon Tsukamoto is a Canadian gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the women's field hockey tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Kallista Field is a New Zealand equestrian. She competed in the individual dressage event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.