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Hans Günter Winkler
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7 Significant Political Events at the Olympic Games
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The Origin of the Winter Olympics
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Olympics: Cycling
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Olympics: Racket Sports
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Olympics: Equestrian
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Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.
7 Deadliest Weapons in History
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Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
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How Did the Sperm Whale Get Its Name?
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Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
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New Seven Wonders of the World
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Born July 24, 1926 • Wuppertal • Germany
Died July 9, 2018 (aged 91) • Germany
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Soviet athlete
Henri St. Cyr (centre), winner of the gold medal in the individual dressage event, riding around the stadium in Stockholm, where the equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics were held
Henri Saint Cyr
Swedish athlete
Al Oerter
American athlete
Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Soviet athlete
Fraser, Dawn
Dawn Fraser
Australian swimmer
Fredriksson, Gert
Gert Fredriksson
Swedish athlete
Larisa Latynina at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games
Larisa Latynina
Soviet athlete
Murray Rose
Murray Rose
Australian swimmer
Paul Elvstrøm
Danish yachtsman
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
Dezsö Gyarmati
Hungarian water polo player and coach
Betty Cuthbert
Australian sprinter
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
András Balczó
András Balczó
Hungarian athlete
Lee Calhoun
American athlete
Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
Charles Vinci
Charles Vinci
American weightlifter
Lars-Göran Hall
Swedish athlete
Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges
Dutch athlete
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
American boxer

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