OT - Are there any other Olympic Athletes on the Board?

[frankbmd]

No, I didn't win a Gold Medal. And I didn't get lucky in an Olympic Village in Germany. And the requirements for contending were only the ownership of a boat or knowing a skipper who needed a crew, but I did receive this useful memento for my participation in this 1972 qualifier and I don't fish.



















A Japanese Fishing Knife and Church Key

[ullmandds]

i was a gymnast in the 88 olympics...i won a silver medal in the pommel horse!

[packs]

My friend's father was a participant in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics as a wrestler on Mexico's national squad.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i was a gymnast in the 88 olympics...i won a silver medal in the pommel horse!

Didn't know you were from Hungary and changed your name from Zsolt Borkai.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by glchen

Didn't know you were from Hungary and changed your name from Zsolt Borkai.

It was so long ago it feels like another lifetime!

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i was a gymnast in the 88 olympics...i won a silver medal in the pommel horse!

Originally Posted by glchen

Didn't know you were from Hungary and changed your name from Zsolt Borkai.

Zsolt was on the pommel horse. Pete was in it.

[Peter_Spaeth]

He's been getting pommeled ever since.

[Joshchisox08]

I'm a world renown beer drinker and hell-raiser !

[oldjudge]

I curled in the National Champioships in Ogden,UT in 2000. The winner of the championship was the next Olympic team. We actually did very well in the first round and were one of the top teams (16 teams in two brackets, we were 5-2). In the first game of the second round we lost a heartbreaker to the prior Olympic team in an extra end. The thing I remember most was that a local school was let into the arena and was sitting in the upper deck watching the match. A few kids started throwing M&Ms onto the ice. The pieces were too big to affect the rocks but it was a funny scene.

[Michael B]

Since we did win a bronze, and 10th place, in Star we did okay. I have met one of the medalists, Peter Dean from Mass. The best yachtsmen on that 1972team sailed out of Wisconsin.

[bnorth]

Can't remember if it was 1986 or 87. I won the State tournament at 165lbs. in boxing for the Junior Olympics. Back then it was like a qualifier to try out for the Olympic team and if you placed high enough you could fight internationally.

[wolf441]

Hey Frank,

When I saw it was your thread, I thought you'd be reminiscing about the days back on Mount Olympus!!

[Touch'EmAll]

I am swimming in a USMS Masters swim meet June 6th. Perhaps count for something? Few years back held Oregon state record in 50 M Butterfly.

[wonkaticket]

I would have won gold and qualified for Olympic competition in my youth but the International Olympic Committee has yet to recognize "masturbation" as an official sport. Perhaps someday.....

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

I would have won gold and qualified for Olympic competition in my youth but the International Olympic Committee has yet to recognize "masturbation" as an official sport. Perhaps someday.....

Would make a great demonstration sport at the Olympics. Same with Projectile Vomiting. Earned a varsity letter in that when I was at UCLA.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

I would have won gold and qualified for Olympic competition in my youth but the International Olympic Committee has yet to recognize "masturbation" as an official sport. Perhaps someday.....

Gives "going for the gold" a whole new beating meaning.

[edjs]

I've never been an Olympic athlete, but I watched the Olympics in a Holiday Inn Express once.

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by Leon

Gives "going for the gold" a whole new beating meaning.

"Clean and Jerk" would also not be the same I guess....

[oldjudge]

You would have been better served competing in the snatch

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

"Clean and Jerk" would also not be the same I guess....

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[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

You would have been better served competing in the snatch

LOL, what did I start....have a feeling this one goes on for awhile. I also hope if they ever do make it a sport it's a summer games thing. Wouldn't be to much fun in the cold, also dangerous.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

I would have won gold and qualified for Olympic competition in my youth but the International Olympic Committee has yet to recognize "masturbation" as an official sport. Perhaps someday.....

Wankaticket?

[Joshchisox08]

This ones for Leon have you considered adding a "Like" to peoples posts lol. I think that would be a great idea !!!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

This ones for Leon have you considered adding a "Like" to peoples posts lol. I think that would be a great idea !!!

This ain't Facebook, son.

[MacDice]

Special Olympics count?

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

This ain't Facebook, son.

If this was the Olympics, you nailed the landing on that one!!

[barrysloate]

Masturbation is a way of having sex with somebody you love.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Masturbation is a way of having sex with somebody you love.

Oh Jill...


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[frankbmd]

The implement shown in my original post should not be employed while performing any acts referenced in recent posts.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

It was so long ago it feels like another lifetime!

You were probably assuming the Olympic record book had a 'blank name' for the silver medal winner.

[Runscott]

There have been several sports where, if I had won a whole lot more competitions, I could eventually have become an Olympian. The farthest stretch for me would be 7th grade intramural basketball, where I was a sub. The closest would be....well, I guess that might also be the closest.

I have beaten two U.S. Olympic marathoners in 10K road races, but one was running with his son and the other was leading a pace group. I was also in a Miller Lite commercial which might have aired in Des Moines, but if the hot chicks who were also in the commercial had not laughed when I said "less filling" it could have aired during the Olympics.

(just trying to go with the evolving theme).

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

You would have been better served competing in the snatch

It could be a perfect event to team up with the pole vault.

[TexasLeaguer]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

I would have won gold and qualified for Olympic competition in my youth but the International Olympic Committee has yet to recognize "masturbation" as an official sport. Perhaps someday.....

"You know Bob, this young Wonka is one to watch. He posted the best score coming out of qualifiers, and with his combination of speed, distance, and style he may be the odds on favorite for gold this year. He's got a determined look in his eyes, and has clearly put in a lot of work leading up to these games."

[DeafSports]

I was on the USA's Team Handball for the Deaf Olympics at Rome, Italy in 2001, we finished 3rd place.

I gotta dig for a picture and i ll post it here.

Best,
Danny


Deaf Sports Memorabilia Collector

[oldjudge]

Sounds like Wonka was a candidate for the handball team also

[clydepepper]

In 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, I did not participate.

In 1972, I staged a one-man boycott but did not get any publicity.

In 1976, I injured myself in a bizarre lawn-maintenance accident and had not fully recovered in time to compete.

In 1980, I totally missed the games because of an extended sugar-induced coma.

For the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, I did, in fact, make an appearance - just not there.

In 1988, I had a sugar-based relapse that I will not discuss.

In 1992, I was married and therefore had no control over the balls I usually played with.

In 1996, Just before I divorced her, my ex deflated my balls extending my inability to play with them at any competitive level.

In 2000, I caught the millennium bug and coughed continually for seven weeks, severely straining my groin.

After that, I just decided my future involvement would be limited to non-competitive hamburger consumption.

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Sounds like Wonka was a candidate for the handball team also

The mans on a roll! LMAO.

Ross, very funny also.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

Oh Jill...


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Brent I may be wrong here but did you just Reference Resident Evil ?

[Rich Klein]

Can we please change the header to include the words NSFW. I lost it while reading this thread at work

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Can we please change the header to include the words NSFW. I lost it while reading this thread at work

I'm still not sure if Frank wanted this to be a serious thread or not.

[SMPEP]

... won the vacant 1936 Olympic Gold medal for drawing and water colors if he didn't choose to boycott the Berlin Games:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...t_competitions

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Sounds like Wonka was a candidate for the handball team also

Or the "pole" vault. But definitely not the breaststroke, he could only wish.

[Exhibitman]

Can I buy back my introduction to you people?

[bigtrain]

On a semi-serious note, I had a shot at qualifying for the Olympic trials as a boxer in 1976 when I injured my shoulder. I remember watching the games with my Dad. After seeing Sugar Ray Leonard, he turned to me and said, "Tommy, I gotta tell you... you got a lucky break, you would never lay a glove on that guy". That ended my boxing career.

[deucetwins]

Wonka would've/could've been a star in the ancient Olympics where all of the athletes competed in the nude.

I think Frank came in 4th overall in wrestling (Athens 456 BC)

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Since we did win a bronze, and 10th place, in Star we did okay. I have met one of the medalists, Peter Dean from Mass. The best yachtsmen on that 1972team sailed out of Wisconsin.

Sounds like you are speaking of Buddy Melges. I live not far from him in Southern Wisconsin and go past the small "factory" on occasion in a VERY small town here. It is so small the post office used to be someone's front porch.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by whitehse

Sounds like you are speaking of Buddy Melges. I live not far from him in Southern Wisconsin and go past the small "factory" on occasion in a VERY small town here. It is so small the post office used to be someone's front porch.

Yes, Buddy Melges, Bill Bentsen and Bill Allen, gold medalists in the soling class (3 man keelboat) were members of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club, though Melges was the only one from Wisconsin. Melges was born in Elkhorn and lived in Zelda. Allen was from Minneapolis and Bentsen from Chicago. Bentsen graduated undergrad from the same school as my wife, Denison in Ohio.

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Yes, Buddy Melges, Bill Bentsen and Bill Allen, gold medalists in the soling class (3 man keelboat) were members of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club, though Melges was the only one from Wisconsin. Melges was born in Elkhorn and lived in Zelda. Allen was from Minneapolis and Bentsen from Chicago. Bentsen graduated undergrad from the same school as my wife, Denison in Ohio.

I didnt realize he was from Elkhorn as that is where I currently live. I do wish they would promote Mr Melges' accomplishments in and around his hometown. They really dont speak of him at all.

[Michael B]

Here are a couple of photos from my archives.


The first photo shows members of the U.S. Yachting team leaving for Tokyo from O'Hare:
Buddy Melges, Bill Bentsen, Peter Barrett, Dick Stearns and Lynn Willians.
Melges and Bentsen won a bronze in the Flying Dutchman Class (2 person dinghy where one person is attached to the boat via a rope and trapeze and leans out of the boat over the water to control it). Bentsen was an Assistant Dean at Beloit College at the time.
Peter Barrett won a silver in the Finn Class (one person dinghy). He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin
Dick Stearns and Lynn Williams won a silver in the Star Class (2 person keelboat). They were both sailmakers.

The other photo shows the boat of Melges, Bentsen and Allen on their way to winning the gold medal in the soling class at the 1972 Olympics. The boat on the left, D-64 is skippered by Paul Elvstron who was trying to become the first person to win a gold medal in 5 Olympics in sailing.

[iowadoc77]

With all that right arm forearm strength you could have dominated in arm wresting as well, although no one would have wanted to touch your hand...