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Double Olympic Gold?
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:30 pm
by trayoates
just curious, has anyone ever gotten two gold medals? if so, who and what years
another question: around what age have most Olympic gold medalists won? i wanna say 27ish is the average for men... not too sure about women!
Re: Double Olympic Gold?
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:14 pm
by WhittPV
Bob Richards in '52 and '56, and he also got Bronze in the '48 games. Then one could argue that Bob Seagren was cheated out of two in a row in '72 after he had already won his first in '68
Re: Double Olympic Gold?
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:17 pm
by KirkB
Womens:
Yelena Isinbayeva 2004
and 2008
Kirk
Re: Double Olympic Gold?
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:54 pm
by trayoates
hahaha i shouldve know Isinbayeva! and that's cool about Bob Richards!
Re: Double Olympic Gold?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:17 pm
by PV-ATL
Tray,
Bob Richards: The original "Wheaties Box" guy. Can you imagine that, today?
He was a pretty good decathlete, also. His son jumped 18, something and was the CEO of Skypole for a while. Good stories, all around!
Cheers,
PV-ATL