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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist. Considered a cultural icon, Ali was both idolized and vilified.

Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975, and more recently practicing Sufism.In 1967, three years after Ali had won the World Heavyweight Championship, he was publicly vilified for his refusal to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger" – one of the more telling remarks of the era

Muhammad Ali

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired. Lewis became an actor and has appeared in a number of films.

CARL LEWIS                                    DANA ZÁTOPKOVÁ

Carl Lewis

Nadia Elena Comăneci ( born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the first female gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world. In 2000 Comăneci was named as one of the athletes of the century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

Nadia Comaneci

OSCAR PISTORIUS

Danka Barteková

Danka Barteková (19 October 1984 in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak skeet shooter. Barteková finish 8th at Women's Skeet event at the2008 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal in Women's Skeet at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2012 she was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission. She will serve as an IOC member for eight years

Zuzana Štefečeková

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Slovakia
Women's Shooting
Silver	2008 Beijing	Women's trap
Silver	2012 London	Women's trap
World Shooting Championships
Gold	2010 Munich	Women's trap

INGRID KLIMKE

JOSEF BARTOŠ

 

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ONDREJ SINEK

Dana Zátopková born in Karviná-Fryštát, September 19, 1922) was a Czech javelin thrower. She won the gold medal for javelin in the 1952 Summer Olympics (only an hour after her husband, Emil Zátopek, won the 5000 m), and the silver medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics. She was the European champion in 1954 and 1958. She also set a world record in 1958 (55.73 m) when she was 35, making her the oldest woman to break one in an outdoor athletics event.