CURIOZITATI dela BARCELONA iata cativa fost mari campioni si medaliati olimpici care au devenit, intre timp, reporteri de specialiotate; printre ei se afla si un nume romanesc.. dar de cetatenie franceza....; noi am tot dat natatie mondiale nume incepand cu Dir. Executiv al FINA, cu Pres. Medical Commeette/ Brigada anti-doping, cu o dubla campionata la probele de Spaet, alta la probele de Craul si multi altii ; lor cine le va recunoaste meritele adevarate....? -Novella Calligaris: she won gold in the 800m freestyle event in Belgrade 1973, the first edition of the FINA World Championships. Like a good Italian, she works as a commentator for RAI. -Michel Rousseau: silver medal in the 100m freestyle event in Belgrade 1973, he’s now a commentator for France TV. -Sharron Davies: Olympic silver in the 400m individual medley in Moscow 1980, she works for the BBC. -Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines: freestyle triple Olympic champion in Los Angeles 1984 and five times world champion between Berlin 1978 and Guayaquil 1982. He works for the NBC. -Andy Jameson: British bronze Olympic (Seoul 88) and World Championship (Madrid 86) medalist in 100m butterfly. He works as a commentator for the BBC. -Kristin Otto: she won six gold medals for the former GDR in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, a record that no other woman has since matched, plus 4 gold medals in the World Championships in Madrid 1986. She is in Barcelona 2013 with the German TV channel ARD. -Franziska van Almsick: Former world record holder, van Almsick won 10 Olympic medals. She was only 14 years old when she won her first one in Barcelona 1992. She is also the double world champion in Rome 94 and Rome 98 and is here with ARD German TV station. -Gary Hall Jr.: the five times Olympic champion in Atlanta 96, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, and world champion in Rome 1994 and Perth 1998 (In the photo, with two Spanish journalists), works as a commentator for the NBC. -Pieter van den Hoogenband: free triple Olympic champion in Sydney 2000 and world runner-up seven times from 2001 to 2007. He works as a commentator in Dutch for Eurosport. -Thomas Rupprath: 50m backstroke world champion in Barcelona 2003. German commentator for Eurosport -Roxana Maracineanu: 200m backstroke Olympic runner up in Sydney 2000 and world champion in Perth 1998. Commentator at France TV. -Alain Bernard: freestyle Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 and London 2012. World runner up in Rome 2009 and Shanghai 2011. Now with France TV. -Rebecca Adlington: freestyle double Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 and 800m world champion in Shanghai 2011. She retired after London 2012 and commentates for the BBC. -Synchro swimmers Gemma Mengual and Andrea Fuentes, and former synchro trainer Anna Tarres commentate for different Spanish TV channels.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:23:32 +0000
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