Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/19


 * ... that Latvian basketball player Ieva Tāre suffered a serious arm injury during the qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics, but recovered in time for the actual Olympics?
 * ... that after Yuri Titov had received nine Olympic medals in artistic gymnastics from three Olympics, he served 20 years as president of the International Gymnastics Federation?
 * ... that in 1908, swimmer Henry Taylor became the only Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games until Chris Hoy equalled his mark in 2008?
 * ... that Amy Peterson competed in the first five Olympics in which short-track speed skating was a sport?
 * ... that after failed attempts for 1964, 1968 and 1972, the Calgary Olympic Development Association successfully brought the Winter Olympics to Calgary, Canada in 1988?