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

Nothing’s more stirring than seeing an Olympian override pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

He had pleaded with the Olympian gods—even Mars—to help his friends, but he knew they were beyond the gods’ reach.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan