olympian

48 photos tagged olympian, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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Anders Haugen (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • calm respect said:
    love the background on the photo and your new avatar !
  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Haugen "Anders Olsen Haugen (October 24, 1888 – April 14, 1984) was an American ski jumper who won four national ski jumping championships. ... In 1919 and 1920, Anders Haugen set the World record ski jumping distances of 213 ft (64.92m) and 214 ft (65.23m), respectively. "
  • B-59 said:
    The record jump took place on February 29, 1920 at Dillon, Montana, s. Albuquerque morning journal., March 01, 1920, CITY EDITION, Page 2, col. 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031081/1920-03-01/ed-..., s. also article in East Oregonian : E.O., March 17, 1920, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Page 4, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88086023/1920-03-17/ed-...
  • Art Siegel said:
    This one obviously taken indoors against a painted backdrop. Ribbon seems to say "1909"

[Untitled photo shows: Jesse Owens and teammate competing in the 400 meter relay at the Berlin Olympics, 1936] (LOC)

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Dick Landon (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Landon "Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon (November 20, 1898 – June 13, 1971) was an American high jumper who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.["
  • Art Siegel said:
    see
    Kahanamoku in Olympic parade (LOC)