Olympics on Stamps

4th Olympic Winter GamesHost City - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyStadium - Olympia Skistadion It is worth mentioning... - Ivar Ballangrud a Norwegian speed skater won three gold medals in the 500m, 5,000m and 10,000m and a silver medal in the 1,500m.  ***********************************************************************************************************************************************        Germany Skating, Ski Jump, Bobsled Issued: na *********************************************************************************************************************************************** Guyana Ivar Ballangrud - NorwayIssued: 1991Gold - 500m Speed SkatingGold - 5000m Speed SkatingGold - 10,000m Speed SkatingSilver - 1,500m Speed Skating *********************************************************************************************************************************************** Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed by copying and pasting this URL into a feed reader i.e. Feedreader, Feedly, Digg, etc:   https://stampphenom.com/blogs/olympics-on-stamps.atom

10th Olympic Summer GamesHost City - Los Angeles, CaliforniaStadium - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ************************************************************************************************************************************************ Attilio Pavesi - ItalyIssued: 1968Gold - Individual Road RaceGold - Team Road Race ************************************************************************************************************************************************        Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias - USAIssued: 1968, 2004, 1959 (left to right)Gold - 80 m HurdlesGold - Javelin ThrowSilver - High Jump ************************************************************************************************************************************************ WrestlingIssued: 1967 ************************************************************************************************************************************************ Czechoslovakia WeightliftingIssued: 1965 ************************************************************************************************************************************************     Umm Al Qiwain, Solomon Islands 1932 OlympicsIssued: 1972, 1996 ************************************************************************************************************************************************     United States of America Runner at Starting Mark, Discobolus of Myron, Greek SculptureIssued: 1932 ************************************************************************************************************************************************ Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed by copying and pasting this...

3rd Olympic Winter GamesHost City - Lake Placid, New YorkStadium - Lake Placid Speedskating Oval It is worth mentioning... - Eddie Eagan from the United States won gold medals at both the 1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics for Boxing and again in 1932 at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in the team bobsleigh event. **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************     Ski JumpIssued: 1975, 1972 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** United States of America Eddie Eagan - USAIssued: 1990Gold - Team Bobsleigh ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed by copying and pasting this URL into a feed reader i.e. Feedreader, Feedly, Digg, etc:  https://stampphenom.com/blogs/olympics-on-stamps.atom

9th Olympic Summer GamesHost City - Amsterdam, NetherlandsStadium - Olympisch Stadion It is worth mentioning... - Henry Pearce an Australian rower stopped midway during the race to let a family of ducks pass but still went on to win the race and the gold medal. **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************              Netherlands Rowing, Fencing, Sailing, Horse Jumping Issued: 1928 **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************           Netherlands Soccer, Shotput, Running, BoxingIssued: 1928 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed by copying and pasting this URL into a feed reader i.e. Feedreader, Feedly, Digg, etc:  https://stampphenom.com/blogs/olympics-on-stamps.atom

2nd Olympic Winter GamesHost City - St. Moritz, SwitzerlandStadium - St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink It is worth mentioning... - Sonja Henie of Finland became the youngest Gold medalist at age 15 to win the women's figure skating event that stood for 74 years. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Sonja Henie - FinlandIssued: 2012Gold - Ladies Single Figure Skating ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed by copying and pasting this URL into a feed reader i.e. Feedreader, Feedly, Digg, etc:  https://stampphenom.com/blogs/olympics-on-stamps.atom