Source: The Mirror Dearing, a 24-year-old from Birmingham, will become Britain’s first black female Olympic swimmer when she competes in the marathon event. Forty-one years …
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Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French Olympian
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi is an athlete from France. She specialises in the 200 metre sprint race in which she is the reigning European champion and 4×100 …
Malia Metella, French Olympic Swimmer
Malia Metella is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who was born in French Guiana. She won her first senior titles at the European …
Lornah Kiplagat, Dutch long distance runner
Lornah Kiplagat is a Dutch long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in …
Coralie Balmy, French Olympic Swimmer
Jeux Olympiques : 1??re s??lection Championnats d’Europe : Vice-championne d’Europe 2008 du 400m nage libre, championne d’Europe au titre du relais 4 x 200m NL …
Lucia Mwihaki Kimani-Marcetic, Bosnian Olympian
Kimani-Marcetic is in Beijing to represent her country in the marathon at the Olympic Games and is one of Bosnia’s four athletes to the Games, …
Josephine Onyia, Spanish Olympian
Josephine Onyia is a Nigerian-Spanish hurdler. She changed nationality from Nigeria to Spain in April 2007, following in the footsteps of another hurdler Glory Alozie. …