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Wendy Burge is an American former competitive figure skater. Born in Alaska, she won the silver medal at the 1975 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed 6th at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She retired in Orange County, California after working as a professional coach for over twenty years.
Wendy Katrina Justice is a former field hockey player from Scotland, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Affiliated with Glasgow Western Ladies she competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 Summer Olympics. She currently coaches the 1XI team at Glasgow University Women's Hockey Club.
Deborah Lynne Fuller is a former competition diver who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. She won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in and two gold medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
Wendy Elizabeth Griner, later surname: Ballantyne is a Canadian former figure skater. She is the 1962 World silver medallist, the 1963 North American champion, and a four-time (1960–63) Canadian national champion. She competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, placing 12th and 10th, respectively.
The Solomon Islands send a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of three athletes competing in two sports across three distinct events; Francis Manioru and Pauline Kwalea represented the Solomon Islands in track, while Wendy Hale competed in weightlifting. The arrival of the Solomon Islander delegation in Beijing marked its seventh appearance since its debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The track athletes did not advance past the first rounds in their events. There were no medalists from the Solomon Islander athletes in these Games. Wendy Hale was the Solomon Islands' flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.
Wendy Renee Brown is a retired heptathlete and triple jumper from the United States. She competed in the heptathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in 18th place behind teammate Jackie Joyner Kersee's still current world record. As the event was in transition to become an official event, she set the world record in the women's triple jump twice in the mid-1980s. Because this was before the event was declared official, neither of those records were officially ratified. Brown went to the University of Southern California where she won the 1986 NCAA Indoor Championship in the Triple Jump and later winning 1988 NCAA Championship in the Heptathlon. She is still the school record holder in the Triple Jump and Heptathlon, as well as being ranked second in Long Jump and High Jump, and fifth in the Javelin throw.
Wendy Lynn Schaeffer, OAM is an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Schaeffer was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wendy Weinberg is an American former competition swimmer who was an Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Maccabiah Games medalist.
Susan Estelle Sloan, later known by her married name Susan Kelsey, is a former Canadian competitive swimmer. Sloan won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, by swimming the butterfly leg for the third-place Canadian team in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with teammates Wendy Hogg (backstroke), Robin Corsiglia (breaststroke), and Anne Jardin (freestyle). At the 1978 World Championships in Berlin, she and her Canadian teammates won a bronze medal in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay.
Wendy Elizabeth Hogg née Wendy Cook is a female retired Canadian swimmer.
Wendy Holdener is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and combined. She is a two-time World champion in combined and a five-time Olympic medalist, four individual with one gold medal in the team event at Pyeongchang in 2018. Four years later in 2022, she won a silver medal in the combined.
Wendy Burrell is a retired British international swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In the medley relay she competed with Margaret Auton, Dorothy Harrison and Alexandra Jackson and they came sixth.
Wendy Koenig is an American middle-distance runner. She competed in the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Wendy Kay Wagner is an American former cross-country skier. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. After the Olympics, Wagner worked as an avalanche forecaster for the United States Forest Service.
Wendy Lian Williams is a retired American diver. She won a bronze medal in the 10 metres platform event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Additional medals that Williams won include a gold at the 1989 FINA Diving World Cup and a bronze at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships. After ending her diving career in 1992, she worked for NBC as a sports commentator.
Wendy Lynn Wiebe is a Canadian rower. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Wendy Nicholls is an Australian gymnast. She competed in five events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Wendy Cluff is an American gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the women's field hockey tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wendy Banks". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
