He broke Jesse Owens’ record after 25 years.
Summer Olympics
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He pioneered the technique now used by almost every competitive high jumper.
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McCormick won both diving events in 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne.
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He won gold medals in pole vault at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
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She broke 18 world marathon swimming records.
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She coached the team to silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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He was chosen to be a torchbearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Fanny Blankers-Koen was known as the Flying Housewife…
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Rogge helped create the Youth Olympic Games.
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Ullyot helped prove that distance running didn’t damage women’s health.