Tommie Smith

Tommie Smith

male, 65 years old
African American, from Kings County, California, track & field athlete, athlete, track and field, American football wide receiver…1968SummerOlympics, Athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944 in Clarksville, Texas) is an American former track & field athlete and professional football player. Smith was the...
John Carlos

John Carlos

male, 64 years old
African American, athlete, African American sportspeople, 1968SummerOlympics, track and field athlete, American…Athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics
John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945 in Harlem, New York) is an American former track and field athlete and professional football player. He was...
Peter Norman

Peter Norman

male, deceased (2006)
death by myocardial infarction, myocardial infarction, usa track and field, gold medal, Australian, Sprinter…Athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968SummerOlympics, 1972 Summer Olympics
Peter George Norman was an Australian track star best known for winning the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico...
Dick Fosbury

Dick Fosbury

male, 62 years old
high jump, Athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics, High jumper, Fosbury Flop, 1968SummerOlympics, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
Richard Douglas ("Dick") Fosbury (born March 6, 1947) is an American athlete who revolutionized the high jump using a back-first technique, now...
Jacques Rogge

Jacques Rogge

male, 67 years old
IOC Session, Belgium national rugby union team, Belgian national rugby union team, Ghent University alumni, Salt Lake City, Orthopedic…1972 Summer Olympics, 1968SummerOlympics, 1976 Summer Olympics, 2002 winter olympics
Count Jacques Rogge (born May 2, 1942 in Ghent, Belgium) is by profession an orthopedic surgeon. He is the eighth president of the International...

Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall

male
Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Swedish modern pentathletes, Olympic modern pentathletes of Sweden, Modern pentathletes, Modern pentathlete, Olympic competitor for Sweden…1968SummerOlympics, olympics
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall is a Swedish modern pentathlete who caused the disqualification of the Swedish men's team at the 1968 Summer Olympics held...

Marie-José Perec

female, 41 years old
Multiple Olympic gold medalist, Olympic athlete of France, 2000 Summer Olympics, 1968SummerOlympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, from Guadeloupe…1992 Summer Olympics, Athlete at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Marie-José Perec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion. She was born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe and m...
Lee Evans

Lee Evans

male, 62 years old
Fresno, from the United States, 1968SummerOlympics, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1972 Summer Olympics, Relay race…Athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Lee Edward Evans (born February 25, 1947) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Born in Madera,...
John Stephen Akhwari

John Stephen Akhwari

male, 71 years old
long-distance runner, tanzania, Athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics, athlete, tanganyika, Tanzanian…1968SummerOlympics
John Stephen Akhwari (b. 1938? in Mbulu, Tanganyika) was an Olympic athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympicsin Mexico City. He represented Tanzania in...