Hal Connolly
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Harold Vincent "Hal" Connolly was an American athlete and hammer thrower from Somerville, Massachusetts. He won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Connolly beca
Hal Connolly in 1964
Olga Fikotova and Hal Connolly at the 1960 Olympics
This bronze statue of Connolly, located at the former Taft Middle School in Brighton, Massachusetts, was installed in December 2005.
Emil Zátopek
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Emil Zátopek was a Czech long-distance runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He came first in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs before he decided at the last
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…following year in Prague—in three ceremonies there, with a celebration before 40,000 well-wishers. The best man at their wedding ceremony was Czech runner Emil Zátopek. They were divorced in 1975, and the following year, he married Pat Winslow, a former coach of track star Evelyn Ashford and herself a three-time…
Zátopek in 1952
Zátopek displaying his trademark expression of pain (1951)
Grave of Emil Zátopek in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm