Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/10
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- ... that Matthew Robinson, older brother of Baseball Hall of Fame member Jackie Robinson, was a world-class sprinter and won a silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?
- ...that British athlete Don Thompson was nicknamed "Il Topolino" (Italian for "Little Mouse") when he raced to victory in the 50km walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while wearing a képi and sunglasses?
- ...that French Olympic shooter Léon Moreaux won his first of seven Olympic medals at the age of 38?
- ...that W. Harry Davis, who helped desegregate Minneapolis, overcame childhood polio to become a Golden Gloves coach and manager of U.S. Olympics boxing teams?
- ...that Luan Jujie is the first East Asian person to have won an Olympic gold medal in the sport of fencing?