Olympics Project
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Surnames/tags: Notables Project Sports
The Olympics Project is part of the larger Sports Notables Project, a sub-project of the Notables Project.
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The Olympics Project
The primary objectives of this project are to...
- 1) Create profiles for the world's deceased and notable Olympians.
- 2) Write an accurate biography for each profile.
- 3) Source each profile as thoroughly as possible.
- 4) Connect each profile to the Global Tree.
- 5) Have fun.
The Olympic Project consists of integrated pages for individual Olympic Games, the countries involved, and the medalists and other participants of each event. The initial stage of this project is limited to the first ten Summer Olympic Games, held from 1896 to 1936, as well as the four Winter Olympic Games held from 1924 to 1936.
Please see the COMPLETED PROFILE CHECKLIST for guidelines on what The Notables Project considers to be an essentially completed profile.
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If you'd like to join us on this project, please post a comment here on this page or in G2G using the project tag Notables, send a private message to The Olympics Project Commissioners, or simply hop in and start contributing as you see fit!
Origin of the Modern Olympics
In 1896, the traditions of the ancient Olympic Games were revived by Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat who was also the founder of the International Olympic Committee. The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally known as The Games of the I Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece for ten days (April 6 to April 15).
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Check Out These Legendary Olympic Profiles
| Photo | Notable | Nation | Olympic Years | Sport | Claim to Fame | |
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 | James Brendan Connolly | USA | 1896 | Triple Jump | First Olympic Gold Medal Winner | |
 | Edwin Flack | Australia | 1896 | 800 meters | First Australian Olympic Gold Medal Winner | |
 | Countess Hélène de Pourtalès | Switzerland | 1900 | Sailing | First Female Gold Medal Winner (member of her husband's sailing crew) | |
 | Charlotte Cooper | Great Britain | 1900 | Tennis | First Female Gold Medal Winner in an Individual Sport | |
 | Ramón Fonst | Cuba | 1900 | Fencing | First Latin American Gold Medal Winner | |
 | Constantin Henriquez | Haiti | 1900 | Rugby | First Black Olympic Gold Medal Winner | |
 | Jim Thorpe | USA | 1912 | Decathelon | First Native American Gold Medal Winner | |
 | Charles Jewtraw | USA | 1924 | Speed Skating | First Winter Olympics Gold Medal Winner | |
 | Mikio Oda | Japan | 1928 | Triple Jump | First Asian Gold Medal Winner |
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David Randall Project Leader
edited by Stephen Corkey
I think that your suggestion that there should be 2 categories for Team Great Britain (pre-1921) is a good one. In 1801 the "Act of Union" united Great Britain (England and Scotland) and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The union remained until the recognition of the Irish Free State (excluding six of the counties of the northern province of Ulster) by the Anglo-Irish treaty dated 6 December 1921. The Olympic teams 1896-1920 although called by the short name Great Britain should have the category "Olympians representing Great Britain and Ireland". After 1921 Team Great Britain should have the category "Olympians representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and Team Ireland from 1924 have the current category "Olympians representing Ireland".
It may be difficult to please everyone but if there are no other issues with this I will see if we can get the new category added and change the exisiting profiles that are affected by the change.
edited by Maureen Ahern
Natalie
edited by Natalie (Durbin) Trott
It doesn't help that official Olympic records assign pre-1921 Irish athletes to the Great Britain and Ireland team even when the odd athlete went out of their way to disassociate themselves from the team (see Kiely-507). As long as the profiles clearly explain what's what, hopefully we can avoid any diplomatic incidents.
Otherwise you are opening the door to multiplicating categories for each time a country's frontiers changed since 1896. Imagine the implications for Germany, for instance.
Herbert Roger (Herb) Morris
Dr. Charles Ward (Chuck) Day
Gordon (Gordy) Belgum Adam
John Galbraith White, Jr.
James Burge (Jim) McMillin
George Elwood (Shorty) Hunt Jr.
Joseph Harry (Joe) Rantz
Donald Bruce (Don) Hume
Robert Gaston (Bob) Moch
edited by Ray Sarlin