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Also Known As Antonius Johannes Geesink
Born April 6, 1934 • Utrecht • Netherlands
Died August 27, 2010 (aged 76) • Utrecht • Netherlands
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Tani Ryōko
Japanese athlete
Olympic gymnast Věra Čáslavská
Věra Čáslavská
Czech gymnast
Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier
American boxer
Hans Günter Winkler
German athlete
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Soviet athlete
Watanabe Osamu
Japanese athlete
Sarah Josephson
American athlete
Karen Josephson
American artistic swimmer
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
American boxer
Katie Ledecky
Katie Ledecky
American swimmer
Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix
American athlete
Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra
Indian athlete
Kōhei Uchimura at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Kōhei Uchimura
Japanese gymnast
Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
British boxer
Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton
American decathlete
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
American athlete
Pernell Whitaker
American boxer
Champion boxer Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard
American boxer and television commentator
Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev
Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev
Soviet weightlifter
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska
Polish athlete

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