Hannes Kolehmainen

Hannes Kolehmainen

male, deceased (1966)
Multiple Olympic gold medalist, Finnish, long-distance runner, World War I, cross country, Athlete at the 1912 Summer Olympics…cross country running
Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (December 9, 1889 - January 11, 1966) was a Finnish long-distance runner. He is considered to be the first of a...
Vanessa Fernandes

Vanessa Fernandes

female, 24 years old
second Olympic triathlon competition, freguesia, cross country, cross country running, International Triathlon Union, Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes…cross-country
Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes (born September 14, 1985) is a Portuguese athlete from Vila Nova de Gaia's freguesia of Perosinho. She is a successful...
Dathan Ritzenhein

Dathan Ritzenhein

male, 26 years old
University of Colorado alumni, track and field athlete, cross country running, distance running, American, cross-country
Dathan Ritzenhein born December 30, 1982 in Grand Rapids, Michigan is an American track and cross-country athlete. He attended Rockford High School...
Liz McColgan

Liz McColgan

female, 45 years old
1986 Commonwealth Games, mbe, Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Athlete at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, Athlete at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games bronze medalist…road running, cross country, cross country running
Liz McColgan, MBE (born March 24, 1964) is a former Scottish long distance track and road running athlete. Born Elizabeth Lynch, she was brought up...
Joelle Carter

Joelle Carter

female, 37 years old
actress, film actor, army brat, military brat, Inconceivable, Military brats…cross country running, cross-country
Joelle Marie Carter (born October 10, 1972) is an American actress. She was an army brat. Her father was in the army and the family moved often...
Lisa Dobriskey

Lisa Dobriskey

female, 25 years old
athlete, middle distance, 2006 Commonwealth Games, Amateur Athletic Association, Alumni of Loughborough University, Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games…cross country running
Lisa Dobriskey (born December 23, 1983 in Ashford, Kent) is an English middle distance athlete, coached by George Gandy and Stella Bandu, running...
Chris Huffins

Chris Huffins

male, 39 years old
Alpha Phi Alpha, Athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics, University of California, track and field athlete, from the United States, cross country running…cross country
Chris Huffins (born 15 April 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an athlete from the United States who competed in the field of Decathlon. He is...
Elvan Abeylegesse

Elvan Abeylegesse

female, 27 years old
Athlete at the 2004 Summer Olympics, triple jump, 1500 m, long-distance track event, Amharic, 5000 m…cross country running, cross country
Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish)) (born September 11, 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish woman...
Shayne Culpepper

Shayne Culpepper

female, 36 years old
2004 Summer Olympics, Middle distance track event, World Indoor Championships, bronze medal, road running, 2000 Summer Olympics…cross country running, cross-country
Shayne Culpepper née Wille (born December 3, 1973 in Atlanta USA) is a middle distance athlete. She is married to long distance track and road r...
Gete Wami

Gete Wami

female, 35 years old
Middle distance runner, From Ethiopia, Zevenheuvelenloop, Berlin Marathon, Olympic competitor for Ethiopia, Debre Berhan…cross country running, cross country
Gete Wami (born December 11, 1974 in Debre Berhan) is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner. Wami won the 2006 Berlin Marathon...