Olympic Medal Winners

Olympic Medal Winners are the pride of every nation. There is nothing in the world which comes to mind that can be compared with the pride of being an Olympic Medal Winner. Olympic Medal Winners are heroes in their on right. They are treated like stars in their country and in other parts of the world. The Olympic Champions bring glory to their motherland.

The magnanimity of participating in an Olympic event and winning a medal for your country is stuff that only dreams are made of. Imagine standing on the podium with your country’s flag being hoisted and the national anthem being played to the gallery. It is a feeling which only a chosen few get to experience.

The Olympic motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” which is the Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. The Olympic Medal Winners live up to this motto. The Olympic is a multi-sport event. Athletes from different countries compete against each other in a cross- section of events to win glory for their country. The winner of any event is rewarded with a gold medal, the participant who comes in second wins a silver medal and the person who finishes third lands up with a bronze medal.

Over the past decades hundreds of Olympians from different countries have graced the Olympic podium. The last Olympic Games were held in Athens in the year 2004.

The list of the names of some of the Olympic Medal Winners at the Olympic Games in Athens, 2004 includes:

· Drew Ginn and James Tomkins in rowing (men's coxless pair)
· Grant Hackett in swimming ( men's 1500m freestyle)
· Jodie Henry in swimming (women's 100m freestyle)
· Jodie Henry, Leisel Jones, Giaan Rooney and Petria Thomas in swimming, (women's 4x100m medley relay)
· Michael Brennan, Travis Brooks, Dean Butler, Liam de Young, Jamie Dwyer, Nathan Eglinton, Troy Elder, Bevan George, Robert Hammond, Mark Hickman, Mark Knowles, Brent Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam, Grant Schubert and Matthew Wells (men's field hockey)
· Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Brad McGee and Luke Roberts in cycling (4000m team pursuit)
· Anna Meares in cycling (women's 500m)
· Chantelle Newbery in diving (women's 10m platform)
· Petria Thomas in swimming (women's 100m butterfly)
· Ian Thorpe in swimming (men's 400m freestyle)
· Ian Thorpe in swimming (men's 200m freestyle)
· Suzanne Balogh in shooting (women's trap)
· Ryan Bayley in cycling
· Ryan Bayley in cycling (men's track sprint)
· Graeme Brown and Stuart O'Grady in cycling (Madison)
· Sara Carrigan in cycling (women's road race)
· Jodie Henry, Libby Lenton, Alice Mills and Petria Thomas in swimming (women's 4x100m freestyle relay)

Winning an Olympic medal is a great honor and a matter of pride. These men and women have the rare distinction of being Olympic Medal Winners at the Olympic Games 2004.

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