- Amy Chow
Amy Chow is an American gymnast and a member of the famous Magnificent 7 who were the first American team to win Olympic gymnastics gold. Her fellow team members were Jaycie Phelps, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Kerri Strug, Amanda Borden and Dominique Moceanu. Chow was coached by Mark Young and was the first Asian-American woman to take an Olympic medal in her sport.
- Mike Powell
Michael ("Mike") Anthony Powell is an American Track and Field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. Mike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics (Tokyo), he broke Bob Beamon's 23-year-old long jump world record by 5 cm (2 inches), leaping 8.95 m (29 ft 4½ in). The world record still stands.
- Corina Ungureanu
Corina Georgiana Ungureanu is a world-class Romanian gymnast who competed internationally between 1993 and 1999. Ungureanu began gymnastics at the Petrolul Ploieşti club in her hometown of Ploieşti, but spent the major part of her career training in Bucharest under Leana Sima. At the Deva national training center, she was coached by Octavian Belu. Ungureanu's first international assignment was a junior dual meet between Romania and Germany, …
- Inger Miller
Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner. Miller was a Tournamet of Roses Princess in the 1990 court.
- Roger Black
Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a former Olympic athlete and now works as a television presenter and motivational speaker. Born in Portsmouth, England, to David (a doctor) and Thelma, with a twin sister Julia, he attended Portsmouth Grammar School, becoming Head Boy in 1983/4. Roger has a collection of fifteen medals from major senior athletics competitions to add to his two European junior championship gold medals.
- Francis Barrett
Francis ("Francie") Barrett (born February 7, 1977 in Galway, Ireland) is a professional boxer, who represented his native country as an amateur at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. As a boxer he is an EU light welterweight Champion, a former Senior ABA Champion, and represented Ireland in the Olympics. Even with these credentials, as an Irish Traveller, he has faced much discrimination. In March 1999, Barrett was ejected from a Galway nightclub.
- Randy Barnes
Eric Randolph "Randy" Barnes (born June 16, 1966) is an American shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics. Barnes was born in Charleston, West Virginia and began throwing the shot put in high school. In 1985, he threw an impressive 66 ' 9.5" (20.36 m) with the prep shot of 12 lb (5.44 kg). After graduating from St. Albans High School near Charleston in 1985, …
- Leroy Burrell
Leroy Russel Burrell (born February 21, 1967) is a former American athlete who twice set the world record for the 100 meter sprint, setting a time of 9.90 seconds in June 1991. This was then broken by Carl Lewis within a month. Burrell set the record for a second time when he ran 9.85 seconds in 1994, a record that stood until the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, when Donovan Bailey ran 9.84. Burrell grew up in Lansdowne, …
- Ludivine Furnon
Ludivine Furnon is a retired Olympic athlete from France. She was the first French female gymnast ever to medal at the World Gymnastics Championships. Although she attended dance classes from the age of eight, Furnon did not study gymnastics until April 1992, when she was eleven years old. Her rise in the sport was astonishingly rapid. In early 1994, less than two years after beginning gymnastics, …
- Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings (born 10 September 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler. Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004. Hemmings also won two silver medals at the 2000 Olympics in the 400m Hurdles and 4x400m Relay (together with Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales and Lorraine Graham).
- Annia Hatch
Annia Portuondo Hatch is a Cuban-American gymnast, who competed at the 2004 Olympics. Hatch began gymnastics in her native Cuba at the age of five. She won her first Cuban National Championships at the age of ten; over the course of her career she would win the title a total of seven times. Competing for Cuba, Hatch made her debut at the World Gymnastics Championships in 1993. She placed tenth in the all-around. In 1995 she picked up four medals at the Pan Am Games, …
- Lisa Skinner
Lisa Skinner (born February 17, 1981, Clear Mountain, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian gymnast who competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Skinner began gymnastics in 1987 at Lawnton Academy. Between 1995 and 2004 she was a consistent presence on the Australian team, competing at four World Championships, three Olympic Games and many other international meets. In 1997 and 1996 she was the Australian National Champion.
- Uta Pippig
Uta Pippig (born September 7, 1965 in Leipzig) is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1994-1996). She also won the Berlin Marathon three times (1990, 1992 and 1995), the New York City Marathon once (1993), and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Her best times include 15:03 for 5,000 meters, 31:21 for 10,000 meters, 67:58 for the half marathon and 2:21:45 for the marathon.
- Terin Humphrey
Terin Marie Humphrey (born August 14, 1986) is a United States gymnast. She was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, Greece where she helped the team to a silver medal. This was the best ever result achieved by an American Olympic gymnastics team away from home. Her teammates were Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia Hatch, Carly Patterson, Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool. Terin competed on bars and beam in the team finals, …
- Dina Kotchetkova
Dina Anatolyevna Kotchetkova is a Russian gymnast who competed at the 1996 Olympics. Stylistically, Dina was considered by many to be the "last of the Soviets," performing difficult skills with elegant, clean technique. An element she pioneered, a full-twisting back handspring on beam, remains in the Code of Points as "the Kotchetkova". Kotchetkova was a member of the Soviet national team from the early 1990s. She won four medals at the 1991 Junior European Championships, …
- Kui Yuanyuan
Kui Yuanyuan is a Chinese Gymnast born on June 23, 1981. She is strong on 3 events: Balance Beam, Floor Exercise and Vault. She participated in two Olympic Games, two World Championships and qualified for the 1998 World Cup Final. Kui shocked everyone when she became the 1996 World Champion on floor exercise. After her unexpected win she competed at the 1996 Olympics, finishing 4th with her team.
- Butch Johnson
Richard "Butch" Johnson (b. August 30 1955) is an archer from Woodstock, Connecticut in the United States. He has competed in the Summer Olympics four times, and was a part of the gold medal U.S. team at the 1996 Olympics and the bronze medal U.S. team in the 2000 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he was surprisingly eliminated by Ron van der Hoff with 135-145 in the round of 64, placing 52nd overall in men's individual archery.
- Elena Dolgopolova
Elena Vladimirovna Dolgopolova (born January 23, 1980) is a Russian gymnast, who competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and won a silver medal with her team. She was also in the running for the 2000 team, but was left out. A specialist on vaults, she posted the 1996 team's highest score on this apparatus. Her teammates in 1996 included Svetlana Khorkina, Rozalia Galiyeva, and Dina Kotchetkova.
- Chioma Ajunwa
Chioma Ajunwa (born December 25, 1970 in Umuihiokwu Mbaise, Imo State) is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. She won the women's long jump at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, with a jump of 7.12m in her first attempt in the final.
- Sevatheda Fynes
Sevatheda Fynes (born October 17, 1974) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race. She graduated Physiology and Exercise Science at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. She missed the 2001 World Championships due to injury. She had a minor car accident prior to the 2000 Olympic trials, which limited her training.
- Yelena Produnova
Yelena Produnova, also known as Elena, (born February 15, 1980) is a female Russian gymnast, living in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. Her senior international career lasted from 1995 to 2000, and earned her multiple world and Olympic medals, though gold always eluded her. She is known for her innovative and powerful skills on the vault and floor exercise.
- Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar (born August 26, 1977 in Solna) is a Swedish swimmer. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of fast races in freestyle and butterfly stroke. She first appeared on the international scene after the 1994 World Aquatics Championships where she made the semifinals in the 100m backstroke. In the 1996 Olympics, she also participated in this event but did not reach beyond the semifinals.
- Jonty Rhodes
Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a former South African Test and One-day International cricketer who played for the South African cricket team between 1992 and 2003. Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. As a right-handed batsman he was noted for his quick running; and was especially noted for his fielding, particularly for his ground fielding and throwing from his most common position of backward point.
- Victor Ikpeba
Victor Nosa Ikpeba is a football striker from Nigeria. He has played thirty international matches and scored three goals for Nigeria, and played at the Football World Cups in 1994 and 1998. He also helped win the 1994 African Nations Cup and the Olympic gold medal in 1996. Ikpeba was discovered by Belgian club RFC Liégeois during the 1989 FIFA U-17 World Championship, and moved to play in Belgium together with teammate Sunday Oliseh.
- Annika Reeder
Annika Louise Reeder (born September 28, 1979, Harlow, Essex, Great Britain) is a British gymnast. She was the first gymnast from Great Britain to compete in two Olympic Games, in 1996 and 2000. Reeder began gymnastics at the age of three in 1982, following in the footsteps of her sister Kirsty. She trained at the South Essex Gym Club under coach Rod Smith.
- Davis Kamoga
Davis Kamoga (born July 17, 1968) is a Ugandan athlete competing in 400 m. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1997 he won the first Ugandan medal at the World Championships, a silver medal in the 1997 World Championships in Athens in a personal best time of 44.43 seconds. This is the national record, and ranks him fourth in Africa, behind Innocent Egbunike, Samson Kitur and Charles Gitonga.
- Mike Swain
Mike Swain is one of the most successful American judo players. He became the first American male to win the Judo World Championships when he took the gold medal in 1987. He competed in four Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1988, and a number of World Championships. In addition to these well-known competitions, he participated in a number of tournaments that are less-known outside of the judo world, but very prestigious within it, such as the Kano Cup in 1986.
- Henrietta Ónodi
Henrietta Ónodi is a Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Ónodi began gymnastics in 1978 and made her international debut in 1986. Too young to qualify for the 1988 Olympics, she made her senior debut in 1989 and represented Hungary at the World Championships that year, where she placed 19th in the all-around and 5th in the balance beam event finals. Over the next few years, Ónodi established herself as a medal contender at major events.
- Anja Andersen
Anja Andersen (born February 15 1969 in Odense, Denmark) is a female handball player known for both her skills as an offensive player, her strong temper and courage to make dramatic scenes and daring tricks during a match. She has played 133 matches for the Danish national handball team for women and has scored 726 goals. Anja Andersen was an important part of the renaissance in Danish handball during the 1990s.
- Clement Chukwu
Clement Chukwu (born July 7, 1973) is a former Nigerian athlete who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres. He was banned between 1992 and 1996 for a positive drug test, but he competed at the 1996 Olympics over 400 metres, being knocked out in the quarter finals. Later he won gold medals in this event at the 1997 Universiade and the 1998 African Championships, and a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games.
- Emmanuel Babayaro
Emmanuel Babayaro (born December 26, 1976 in Kaduna) is a Nigerian footballer. He is a goalkeeper who was part of Nigeria's Gold Medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics. He is the brother of Celestine Babayaro.
- Khaled Badra
Khaled Badra is a Tunisian footballer, who recently retired from international football. He played for Tunisian League side Espérance of Tunis. Reliable and strong in the tackle, he has even been labelled "the Tunisian Desailly". After beginnings with his hometown's squad, Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise, Badra joined Espérance in 1996 and made a name for himself in the country as a powerful and uncompromising centre-back, who could also score from set pieces.
- Joseph Chaikin
Joseph Chaikin (September 16, 1935-June 22, 2003) was an American theatre director, teacher and playwright. He suffered from heart complications as a child, and was sent to a children's hospital in Florida the age of five. It was during this period of isolation that he began to experiment in the theatre.
- Teslim Fatusi
Teslim Fatusi (born September 17, 1977 in Abuja) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a winger. He was part of Nigeria's Gold Medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics and has had a nomadic career, playing in at least nine countries, and has also played for the Nigeria national football team
- Abiodun Obafemi
Abiodun Obafemi (born December 25, 1973 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer. He is a defender who played most of his career in Germany, and was part of Nigeria's Gold Medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics.
- Charity Opara
Charity Opara (born May 20, 1972 in Owerri) is a former Nigerian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics. Opara was banned between 1992 and 1996 for a positive drug test.
- Henrik Nilsson
Henrik Nilson is a Swedish flatwater canoer and reigning Olympic K-2 1000m kayak champion. Nilsson represented Sweden at the 1996 Olympics as a member of the K-4 1000m kayak crew which placed seventh in the final. His first international medal came at the 1997 World Championships in Dartmouth, Canada, where he won the K2 200m bronze medal with partner Henrik Andersson. His greatest triumphs however came with partner Markus Oscarsson.
- Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke (born April 30, 1976) is a Jamaican athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed before he won his first individual medal, at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
- Chad Green
Chad Elton Green (Born: June 28, 1975 in Dunkirk, New York) is a former switch-hitting, righthanded minor league baseball player. An outfielder, he attended Mentor High School and then the University of Kentucky. Originally drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the ninth round of the 1993 draft, Green opted not to sign. He competed for the United States in the 1996 Olympics, helping the U.S. win the bronze medal.
- Jefferson Pérez
Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born on July 1, 1974 in Cuenca) is an Ecuadorian track and field athlete. He has specialised in 20 km race walk. His medal at the 1996 Olympics was the first Olympic medal ever for Ecuador. In the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, Pérez also set the world best performance (as there are no world records in race walking) with 1:17:21. Pérez also had 4th place finishes in the 20 km walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, …