Who are the most famous Olympic athletes in the history of the United States of America?

Evelyn Ashford (100m, 200m/Athletics)

In the second half of the 20th century, interestingly enough, American sprinter Evelyn Ashford participated in four Summer Games: Canada 1976, Los Angeles 1984, Korea 1988, and Spain 1992, after earning the right at the US Olympic Trials to the late 1980s, he was also a member of the 1980 US Olympic Team that boycotted the Moscow Games for political reasons. In addition to winning various medals and special awards at World Championships and National Tournaments, she won two Olympic medals during her athletic career, including a gold medal in the women’s 100m at the 23rd Summer Games.

Thomas Burke (track and field)

During the First Modern Games in Athens, the capital of Greece, towards the end of the 19th century, Thomas Burke won two Olympic gold medals: 100 m and 400 m, becoming a pioneer in the history of athletics. A few years later, the United States had become an athletic powerhouse on Earth, winning numerous Olympic gold medals and setting many world records.

Cassius Clay (Boxing)

At the 1960 Olympics in the Italian capital of Rome, Kentucky-born Cassius Clay, then known as Muhammad Ali, won the light heavyweight gold medal. Thirty-six years later, he read the Olympic torch for the Centennial Games in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). After his victory on Italian soil, he became one of the best professional boxers of all time.

Janet Evans (Swimming)

In 1988, Janet Evans was one of the most famous swimmers on Earth, having captured three gold medals — 400m, 800m and 400m individual medley — at the Games of the 24th Olympiad in Seoul. Thus, a year later, she won the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy. In 1992 she won another title at the Spanish Summer Games. During her Olympic career, she set seven world records. She hails from Fullerton, CA.

Mia Ham (soccer)

Just about everyone in the United States, from Chicago and Kansas City to Miami Beach, Salt Lake City and Anchorage, has heard the name Mia Hamm. Why? Historically, Miss Hamm is the most important player in the history of American football (male or female). By 1991, she quickly made a name for herself as a world-class player when her national team came first at the Inaugural FIFA World Championship. She then helped Team USA win a gold medal at the first Women’s Olympic Soccer Tournament during the 26th Summer Games. By 2004, his team finished first at the Summer Games in Athens after a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. In addition to winning Olympic medals and other international meets, he also led the American team to their second FIFA World Cup. in the late 1990s; Hamm and her fellow Americans had won the world title by defeating the People’s Republic of China (PRC) team, 5-4, on penalties at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (CA). Hamm was born on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama. Bill Clinton, the former president of the United States, one of her admirers.

Bruce Jenner (Decathlon/Track & Field)

At the 1976 Montreal Games, Bruce Jenner captured the decathlon event and set a new world record of 8,618 points during a battle with Nikolai Avilov of the USSR (his main rival), who finished third. Due to his remarkable performance in Canada, Jenner was one of the most popular athletes of the 1970s.

Carl Lewis (track and field)

On the world stage, Carl Lewis is a sporting icon due to his victories at the Summer Games. Amazingly, he has won nine Olympic gold medals (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, long jump), making him one of the greatest male athletes of the 20th century, along with Jesse Owens (track) and Nikolai Adrianov (gymnastics). . Additionally, he won 10 golds at the IAAF World Tournaments in Western Europe and Japan. He hails from Birmingham, Alabama.

Edwin Moses (Athletics)

Edwin Moses never lost a race from 1977 to 1987. 122 wins! During those years, he accumulated two Olympic gold medals (Montreal’76 and Los Angeles’84). Moses came onto the scene as an international icon in the world when he captured the men’s 110m hurdles at the XXI Summer Games in Canada in July 1976. During those Games, he broke John Akii-Bua’s Olympic record with 47, 64 seconds. Four years later, he lowered his personal record to 47.13

Jesse Owens (100m, 200m, long jump/athletics)

Jesse Owens made history for the United States of America after winning four Olympic gold medals at the 1936 Games in Berlin, Germany. With a time of 10.3 seconds (a new world record), he captured the 100m. Then, after defeating Lutz Long of Germany, the heavy favorite at Berlin ’36, Owens took first place in the men’s long jump. In addition to winning gold, the next day he set a new Olympic record of 20.3 seconds in the 200m. Under Owens’ leadership, the US won the men’s 4 x 100m in a new world record of 39.8 seconds. Owens is from Alabama.

Michael Phelps (Aquatics)

Regarded as the “Most Outstanding Athlete of the 21st Century,” Michael Phelps has won 14 more gold medals than the combined total of ten countries on the globe: India (a country of one billion people that made its Olympic debut in 1900), Iceland, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Luxembourg, Moldova, Sudan, Brunei Darussalam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. By 2004, Phelps captured six golds at the Athens Games. In the following Games, he collected a total of 8 Olympic gold medals. He was born on June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mark Spitz (Aquatics)

At the 1972 Munich Summer Games, the most outstanding swimming performance was achieved by Mark Spitz (USA), who won a total of seven gold medals. Prior to the 1970s, Spitz won five continental trophies at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a record that remained unbeaten until 2007, when Brazilian star swimmer Thiago Pereira won multiple golds at the Rio de Janeiro Continental Games. janeiro.

Jim Thorpe (Decathlon/Athletics)

With 8,847 points, Jim Thorpe became the first American to win the Olympic decathlon during the Games of the V Olympiad in Stockholm, Sweden. Historically, he is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time. Interestingly, this incredible athlete earned membership in more athletic halls of fame than any other American in the 20th century. After his sports career, he thought of acting as a career. He has become the most popular athlete in the history of the United States.