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Atlanta 1996 olympics ceremony with world's oldest olympian

(kulpims)
1 decade 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago

The first scene was dedicated to Atlanta's favorite son: the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech in 1968. The second half of this clip was dedicated to past Olympic athletes that "made history", during the 100 years of the modern Olympic Movement. They are in order:
- DAWN FRASER of Australia. She won the total of eight (8) Olympic medals in swimming from Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964. She was one of the final torchbearers at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony;
- BOB BEAMON of the USA. He made that incredible long jump result at Mexico City 1968 that stood for over 2 decades, before it was broken in 1991;
- MARK SPITZ of the USA. He won two (2) gold medals at Mexico City 1968 and SEVEN (7) MORE gold medals at Munich 1972 in swimming;
- NADIA COMANECI of Romania. She won FIVE (5) gold medals in both Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980 in gymnastics. She is famous for getting the very first "perfect 10" in the uneven bars event at Montreal 1976;
- TEOFILO STEVENSON of Cuba. He won three (3) gold medals in the heavyweight (+81kg) boxing event at Munich 1972, Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980;
- CARL LEWIS of the USA. He won the total of NINE (9) gold medals in athletics from Los Angeles 1984 to Atlanta 1996. He is famous for repeating EXACTLY Jesse Owens' Berlin 1936 feat by winning all FOUR (4) gold medals in Los Angeles 1984 in those same events;
- GREG LOUGANIS of the USA. He won gold medals in the 10m platform and the 3m springboard diving events at Los Angeles 1984. He then repeated the feat exactly at Seoul 1988;
- VITALY SCHERBO of the UNIFIED TEAM (Belarus of the former Soviet Union). In Barcelona 1992, he won SIX (6) gold medals in gymnastics; and,
- At the time, he was the oldest living Olympic gold medalist. His name was LEON ŠTUKELJ of SLOVENIA (from the former nation of Yugoslavia). He won three (3) gold medals in gymnastics at Paris 1924 and Amsterdam 1928. He died on November 8th, 1999, at the age of 101.

More about Leon Štukelj, the great olympian:

http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_stukelj.html (with video)
http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=50017
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/olympics/news/1999/11/16/oly1122/