- Sanya Richards
Sanya Richards (born February 26, 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Richards left Jamaica for the USA at the age of 12 and became a US citizen in May 2002. At St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, she lettered in basketball in high school and is a member of the National Honor Society, …
- Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981, Irvine, California) is an American Olympic swimmer and model. Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 games at the age of 14. She won silver medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, and a gold in the medley relay. Her young-teen manner captured the attention of the media, and she was often photographed clutching her teddy bear which joined her on the medal stand.
- Tiziano Ferro
Tiziano Ferro (born February 21, 1980 in Latina) is an Italian latin pop singer. He also records Spanish versions of his Italian albums and has had notable success in Europe and Latin America. In 1997 he participated in the Sanremo Music Festival but didn't make it past the first week of selections. In 1998 he was among the 12 finalists, and was discovered by two producers, Alberto Salerno and Mara Majonchi.
- Dain Blanton
Dain Blanton (born November 28, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is an American beach volleyball player, who attended Pepperdine where he helped The Waves win a National Volleyball Championship in 1992 as a sophomore. He won the gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games, alongside partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games with partner Jeff Nygaard as the first two-time U.S. male Beach Volleyball Olympian.
- Tom Pappas
Tom Pappas (born September 6, 1976 in Azalea, Oregon) is an American track & field decathlete. Pappas won the gold medal at the 2003 World Championships held outside Paris, France, and was rated number 1 in the world that year by Track & Field News. He is a four-time US champion (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006) and was the 1999 NCAA champion while attending the University of Tennessee. He finished fifth at the 2000 Olympic decathlon, …
- Monique Henderson
Monique Henderson (born February 18, 1983 in San Diego, California) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. At age 17, she set a US junior and high school record of 50.74s. In 2000, she became the first high school athlete to make the US Olympic team since 1976. She was a member of the 4x400m squad but did not run.
- Gail Emms
Gail Elizabeth Emms (born July 23, 1977 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments.
- Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American swimmer. He is a member of the Irvine Novaquatics. He went to Irvine High School in 1994, then to University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) and weighs 93 kg (205 pounds). Lezak is specialist of 50 and 100 m freestyle races. Lezak's first long-course international swimming gold medal was in 2003, when he won the 4×100 m medlay relay, setting new world record.
- Anna Meares
Anna Meares (born September 21, 1983 in Blackwater Queensland) is an Australian track cyclist. During the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she won a gold medal, and set a new world record in the Women's 500 metre time trial of 33.952 seconds. Meares had to beat a new Olympic record set just minutes previously by the reigning World Record holder, Yonghua Jiang of China.
- Courtney Kupets
Courtney Anne Kupets (born July 27, 1986 in Bedford, Texas) is an American gymnast. She is best known for her 2003 and 2004 all-around national championships (with Carly Patterson as co-champion in 2004); her membership on the 2002 and 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2004 Olympic teams; and her individual bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004 Olympics. During her elite career, Kupets resided in Gaithersburg, Maryland and trained at Hill's Angels, …
- Kristin Heaston
Kristin Heaston (born November 23 1975 in California) is a female American shot putter. In 2003 Kristin became the USA indoor and outdoor shot put champion. At the 2004 Olympic Games Kristin became the first woman ever to compete at the ancient site Olympia. In 2005 she became USA outdoor champion at shot put for the second time. She finished thirteenth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and seventh at the 2006 World Athletics Final.
- Carlos Arroyo
Carlos Alberto Arroyo (born July 30 1979 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico) is Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Arroyo is the fifth player from Puerto Rico to play in the NBA. Arroyo has become arguably the most successful Puerto Rican player in NBA history. Arroyo has played in the NBA, NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with the Cangrejeros de Santurce and Fajardo. Arroyo has played internationally in Spain.
- Christine Arron
Christine Arron (born September 13, 1973 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She arrived in Metropolitan France in 1990 and first trained with Fernand Urtebise, who also coached 1997 world 400m hurdles champion Stephane Diagana. She had a hip injury which kept her out of the 2001 World Championships. She was named 1998 European Women's Athlete of the Year, …
- Novlene Williams
Novlene Williams (born April 26, 1982 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won (together with Shericka Williams, Ronetta Smith and Lorraine Fenton) a silver medal. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal over 400 metres.
- Jamie Nieto
Jamie Nieto (born 2 November 1976) is an American high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.34 meters, achieved at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Jamie Nieto attended Eastern Michigan University.
- Leah O'Brien
Leah Marie Amico-O'Brien (born September 9, 1974 in Garden Grove, California) is an American softball player, best known for her gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games.
- Anna Pavlova
Anna Anatolyevna Pavlova (born September 6, 1987 in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow, Russia), is a Russian artistic gymnast training at MGFSO Dynamo in Moscow who was a double bronze medalist (team, vault) at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is known for her clean technique and balletic style. She is trained by her mother Nataliya Evgenevna Pavlova. Her best events are the Balance Beam and Vault. Pavlova first emerged on the international gymnastics scene in 2000, …
- Andrew Rock
Andrew Rock (born January 23, 1982) is an American athlete who specializes in the 400 meter dash. He was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2004. He grew up in Stratford, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school in 2000. He currently trains under former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse coach Mark Guthrie, who is currently an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin.
- Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Bielsa (born July 21, 1955) is a football coach and former defender, born in Rosario,. He played as a defender in Newell's Old Boys First Division Team, but soon retired, and developed his career as coach in that team. He led Newell's to several wins in the early 1990s. In 1992 he moved to Mexico where he had spells in charge of CF Atlas and Club América. In 1997 he returned to Argentina to manage Vélez Sársfield.
- Michael Blackwood
He has never won any major tournament, although he did come close in the 2003 World Championships in Paris Saint-Denis where he finished fourth. In the 400 Metres competition at the 2004 Olympic Games he finished eighth with 45.55. In the Helsinki 2005, he only reached the semi finals, finishing third in his heat. Blackwood has, however, been part of many successful 4 x 400 relay teams. He won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics, …
- Daniel Santiago
Daniel Gregg Santiago Lynn is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Santiago is the fourth player from Puerto Rico to play in a NBA game. Santiago has played in the NBA, NCAA, NAIA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with Bayamón Cowboys. Santiago has played internationally in Italy and Spain. Santiago has been a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team since 2002.
- Dede Barry
Deirdre ("Dede") Demet Barry (born October 8, 1972 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American female cycle racer, who is a 6 time U.S. National Champion (4 Senior national titles, and 2 Junior national titles), has 2 career World Cup victories, 2 World Championship medals, and, in 2004, won the Silver medal in the time trial in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
- Matt Hemingway
Matt Hemingway (born October 24, 1972) is an American athlete who won a silver medal in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games.
- Roland Mark Schoeman
Roland Mark Schoeman (born July 3, 1980) is a South African swimmer and a member of the 2004 Olympic Games swimming team for South Africa. He is currently holder of three world records in swimming, where one record is shared with Ian Crocker.
- Peter John Ramos
Peter John Ramos (born May 23 1985 in Fajardo) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Ramos is the sixth player from Puerto Rico to play in an NBA game and the third Puerto Rican drafted by the NBA. Ramos has played in the NBA, the D-League and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with Caguas Creoles. Ramos has been a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team since 2004.
- Reiko Nakamura
is a Japanese swimmer. She participated in the 2004 Olympic Games, where she won the bronze medal in the 200m backstroke.
- Sharif Fajardo
Sharif Fajardo Blanding in New York) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Fajardo has played in the CBA, NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with Santurce Crabbers, Arecibo Captains and the San Germán Athletics. Fajardo has playd internationally in France, Italy, and Greece. Fajardo participated in the 2005 Pre-Season Training Camp of the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.
- Muriel Hurtis
Muriel Hurtis (born March 25, 1979 in Bondy) is an athlete from France. She specialises in the 200 metre sprint (race) (in which she is the reigning European champion) and 4x100 metre relay events. In the 2004 Olympics she failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 200 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
- Gianluca Basile
Gianluca Basile (born January 24, 1975 in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy) is an Italian basketball player. He currently plays for Winterthur FCB and is also the captain of the Italian national team. He is considered to be one of the best 1990s and 2000s Italian basketball players. Has won the silver medal in 2004 Olympic Games. He is 190 cm tall (6'3") and weighs about 90 kg. Basile excels in the role of point guard, and is a very effective three-point thrower.
- Cj Bruton
Calvin Thomas Bruton Jr. (born December 13, 1975 in Wichita, Kansas) is a professional basketball player in the National Basketball League of Australia and is more commonly known by the name CJ Bruton. CJ has played for numerous NBL teams over his career. He debuted with the Perth Wildcats in 1994, which made him ineligble to play in the NCAA and so upon returning to the USA he competed in the NJCAA for Indian Hills Junior College.
- Brimin Kipruto
Brimin Kipruto (born July 31, 1985 in Korkitony) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He mainly competes in 3000 m steeplechase, where his personal best is 8:04.22 minutes. Young Kipruto has already won two medals at major international competitions. He won the silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2004 Olympic Games. In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki he won a bronze medal in the same event. He finished third again at the 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final.
- Mark Ruiz
Mark Ruiz (born April 9, 1979 in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico), is a Olympic diver from Puerto Rico. Ruiz represented the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. Ruiz took up diving at the age of 9. Upon a coach's suggestion, he moved to the U.S. at 12 to take advantage of the better training system. The move obviously paid off: During the spring nationals in 1999, he swept all three events (10-meter platform, …
- Zhou Chunxiu
Zhou Chunxiu (born 15 November 1978 in Jiangsu) is a Chinese marathon runner. She finished fourth at the 2005 World Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, finishing in 33rd place. On April 22 2007, she won the Women's race at the London Marathon for the first time in a time of 2:20:38. Her personal best time is 2:19:51 hours, achieved in March 2006 in Seoul.
- Rick Apodaca
Rick Apodaca in North Bergen, New Jersey) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Apodaca has played in the NCAA, USBL, NBDL, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with the Arecibo Captains, Bayamón Cowboys, and San German Athletics. Apodaca has played internationally in Poland and Italy. Apodaca is a member of the 2004 Puerto Rican National Basketball Team that defeated the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games.
- Naman Keita
Naman Keita (born April 9, 1978 in Paris, France) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for France. He was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He finished 4th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. He started running while in primary school. He worked for six months as a postman before stopping to focus his energies on the World Championships and Olympic Games.
- Dudley Dorival
Dudley Dorival (born 1 September 1975 in Elizabeth, United States) is a Haitian hurdler. Dorival attended and competed at the University of Connecticut. He is best known for his bronze medal in 110 metres hurdles at the 2001 World Championships, which he won in a personal best time of 13.25 seconds. Born in the United States to Haitian parents, Dorival took the Haitian nationality in July 1999. He also compete in 2003 World Championships in Athletics, …
- Zhang Shujing
Zhang Shujing (born 13 September 1978) is a Chinese long-distance runner. She finished 12th in the marathon at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2003 World Championships. She also won the Asian Marathon Championships in 2002 and 2004. Her personal best times are 15:34.54 minutes over 5000 metres (2001), 1:12:46 hours in the half marathon (2003) and 2:23:17 hours in the marathon (2002).
- Tiombe Hurd
Tiombe Hurd (born 17 August 1973) is an American triple jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships. After winning the 2004 US Olympic trials, she represented her country at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best jump is 14.45 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento. This is the current American record.
- Bennie Brazell
Bennie Brazell (born June 2, 1982) is an American football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. He was on the injured reserve list for the 2006 season. Brazell went to college at Louisiana State University where he was a member of the football team as well as the indoor and outdoor track and field teams. At LSU he played on the 2003 football national championship team and he was a five-time track and field national champion and a 14 time All-American.
- Olusoji Fasuba
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (born July 9, 1984) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was a member of the Nigerian bronze medal winning team in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games. The same year he won the African Championships on 100 metres. In early 2006 he finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships and second at the Commonwealth Games. He then established a new African record with 9.85 seconds from the Doha Grand Prix in May, …