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1904 - Oscar Osthoff won a gold medal for one-arm lifts and a silver for two-arm lifts (weight lifting). 

 

 

 

1904 - George Poage was the first black ever to win an Olympic medal. Poage took home two bronze medals in the sprint competition. 

 

 

 

1984 - Kris Thorsness took home gold in rowing. 

 

 

 

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1988 - Kim Santiago was one of two coxswains (the person who directs the crew but does not actually row) picked to compete for the U.S. women's team. Santiago's four-rower boat finished fifth in the finals.  

 

 

 

1996 - Eric Mueller won a silver medal with the U.S. rowing team.  

 

 

 

2000 - Kirk Penney went on to play for New Zealand and was a member of their first ever Olympic basketball team. He was one of 35 people to play in both the Olympics and the Final Four in the same year.  

 

 

 

2002 - Curtis Joseph won a gold with Canada's ice hockey team. 

 

 

 

2004 - Beau Hoopman helped men's rowing 8 win first gold medal in 40 years. 

 

 

 

2006 - Former women's hockey player and All-American, Molly Engstrom was named to the current U.S. Olympic women's hockey team.

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