Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/26

• ... that David Haig-Thomas who rowed for Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics was an ornithologist, arctic explorer and commando officer who was killed in action on D-Day?
• ... that Olympic freestyle skier Patrick Deneen first skied when he was only 11 months old?
• ... that the marathon course at the 1972 Summer Olympics was designed to represent the first Olympic mascot, Waldi?
• ... that friends of the family raised US$3,500 for Laurie Phenix to travel to the 2000 Summer Olympics and see her daughter Erin Phenix win a gold medal?
• ... that 51-year old Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was represent Mexico at the 2010 Winter Olympics?