Olympian

Example Sentences

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Just outside Boise, Idaho, a home owned by a onetime Winter Olympian near the Bogus Basin ski resort is hitting the market for $6.8 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Perathoner, who lives two hours from Cortina, is a two-time Olympian in snowboard cross but in January 2021 suffered a serious knee injury while training for the Beijing Games.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

And curler Rich Ruohonen, an attorney from Minnesota, became the oldest U.S. winter Olympian at 54.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

“We knew it was a matter of time,” Knight, a five-time Olympian, said, “just leaning on them slowly.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

With him there was no conflict except between athletes, some- thing Greek-inspired and Olympian in which victory would go to whoever was the strongest in body and heart.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles