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, …

Frederick Carlton ("Carl") Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is a retired American track and field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 golds, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were golds, in a career that spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is pursuing an acting career.

Competing in her third Olympics in the marathon (Aug. 17), Deena is the top female distance runner in the United States. She took home the bronze medal in the women's marathon in Athens in 2004. The Agoura, CA, native now resides in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Deena Kastor was forced to withdraw during the women's marathon due to injury.

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, …

Carrie Tollefson will look to represent the United States at the Olympics for the second time in her career this summer in Beijing, where she could contend for a medal in either the women's 1,500m or the 5,000m. Tollefson, who finished 19th in the 1,500m at the 2004 Games in Athens despite running with what she did not know was a serious injury, is coming off athletic pubalgia surgery last April.

Brian Leigh Maxwell (b. 1953, London, England, d. March 19, 2004, San Anselmo, California), a Canadian athlete, track coach, entrepreneur and philanthropist, was the founder of PowerBar, a maker of energy and nutritional products for athletes. Maxwell never intended to become a marathon runner and lacked the speed necessary to be competitive at shorter distances.

Omar Brown (born 21 June 1982 in Trelawny) is a Jamaican sprinter. He won the 200 metres race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Brown ranked 9th in the world in the 200 metres for 2006, according to Track and Field News magazine. He ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas.

Jerome Cousins Biffle (March 20, 1928, Denver - September 4, 2002, Denver) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. Biffle attended Denver East High School, where he won all-state honors in the 100 and 220-yard sprints, high jump and broad jump before landing at the University of Denver. Biffle was known as "the one-man track team" while attending DU. He led the Pioneers to the Skyline Conference title in 1949.

Mahamat Idriss is a former Chadian high jumper. Before the Chadian independency on 11 August 1960 he competed for France, winning the French national championships in 1960 and 1961. He also finished twelfth at the 1960 Olympic Games for this country. For Chad he finished ninth at the 1964 Olympic Games. On the Track and Field News annual world rankings Idriss placed ninth in 1961, tenth in 1964 and eighth in 1966.

Hicham El Guerrouj (born September 14, 1974, Berkane, Morocco) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. He is the world record holder for the 1,500 metres (3:26.00), the mile (3:43.13) and the outdoor 2,000 metres (4:44.79), and has been nicknamed "King of the Mile". It is said that he became interested in racing as a child after being inspired by countryman Said Aouita's win in the 5,000 meters during the 1984 Olympics.

David Hugh Segal (born 20 March,1937) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Peter Radford, David Jones and Neville Whitehead. Segal was also an excellent 200 meter sprinter. He was a European 200m silver medallist in 1958 and was British AAA 220 yard champion and record holder in 1958 and '59.