Olympian
Example Sentences
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Now he’s pulled off the track equivalent with the announcement that 2024 Olympian Quincy Wilson, from Bullis School in Potomac, Md., is coming on April 11 to compete at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 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
Forty-six years to the day after the Miracle on Ice, a same-named Olympian brings gold and glory to America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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
Poseidon strode over to his fishing seat, and the Olympian Council convened.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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