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Wikitree Olympics Project

Contents 1 Olympics - Team Zimbabwe 1.1 Background 1.2 Olympians Representing Zimbabwe on Wikitree 1.3 Process 1.4 Stickers 1.5 Historic Teams 1.6 1960 Rome Summer Olympics 1.6.1 Athletics 1.7 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics 1.7.1 Archery 1.7.2 Athletics 1.8 Sources

Olympics - Team Zimbabwe

Background

Zimbabwe was formerly Rhodesia, a British colony which was self-governing from 1923, and as Rhodesia, competed at two Olympic Games – those of 1928 and 1964.

After a civil war and eventual free elections, Rhodesia became Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980. Zimbabwe first appeared at the Olympics in 1980 at Moscow and the highlight of its appearance was the gold medal performance of its women’s hockey (field) team.

Zimbabwe has since competed at all subsequent Olympic Games and in 2014 competed for the first time in the Olympic Winter Games with the Alpine skier Luke Henri Steyn. In 2004 and 2008, Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry won seven medals, including two golds in the 200 metres backstroke, bringing her nation’s medal total to eight. Coventry later became a member of the International Olympic Committee. ^[1]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented Zimbabwe are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing Zimbabwe on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing Zimbabwe shows all Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing Zimbabwe]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing Zimbabwe]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented Zimbabwe. e.g. "[[Category: 1984 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Zimbabwe in Athletics in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1984.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to Global Tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Zimbabwe in Athletics in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1984.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.