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.

[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).

[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.

[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.