by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 8, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Czechoslovakian Olga Fikotova, the 1956 Olympic Discus Champion, died at age 91 of breast cancer in Costa Mesa, California on April 14, 2024. During the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Olga met Harold Connolly, the American who won the gold medal in the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 14, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
John Nuttall was a British long-distance runner who competed at the highest Olympic and international levels until he was 31, ran in competitive races until he was 40 and coached world-class international runners until he died of a heart attack at age 56. How could a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 31, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Tori Bowie was a world-famous track and field star who won three medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio: a gold medal in 4X100 meter relay, a silver medal in 100 meters and a bronze medal in 200 meters. She also won gold medals in 100 meters and the 4×100 meter relay...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 28, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Alice Coachman should have been one of the most famous female athletes of all time. She was the 1948 Olympic high jump champion and the winner of 25 national track and field championships, including ten consecutive U.S. high jump championships and five national...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 28, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph, a polio survivor, became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. More than 80,000 spectators watched the 5-foot-11, 130 pound athlete win the 100-meter dash by more than three yards in a...
