It helped that an elder brother was also a javelin thrower at their elementary school, and he was also inspired by watching the 2004 Athens Games on the television.
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The Russian had won all major titles since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, but she has been out of form so far this season and failed to clear her final height of 4.80 meters.
Roberts, who won three golds at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics and four at the 2004 Athens Games, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of 11 and was told swimming was the best form of physiotherapy.
Alison Williamson, from Church Stretton in Shropshire, won bronze in the archery at the Athens Games in 2004.
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"Matthew Mitcham had it all to play for and he threw it away, " said BBC commentator Leon Taylor, Olympic silver medallist in the synchro event at the Athens Games in 2004.
They were crowned world champions in 1994 and were also Olympic champions in 2000, but they missed out on a medal at the last world championship in 2000 and could only win bronze at the Athens Games in 2004.
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Lochte and Phelps have swum on the U.S. team together since the 2004 Games in Athens.
"It was clean, " said Williams, who missed the 2004 Games in Athens through injury.
The Dutch won silver at the 2004 games in Athens, but had not won gold since 1984.
The IOC has blocked her participation because of her controversial withdrawal from the 2004 Games in Athens.
In Athens, host of the 2004 Games, many Olympic venues have been abandoned.
He is a multiple Paralympic champion, winning gold medals at the 2004 Games in Athens, at Beijing 2008 and at London 2012.
His opponent in the last eight, Artayev, won the welterweight gold medal at the 2004 Games in Athens and was the middleweight bronze medallist at the 2007 World Championships.
He has taken personal responsibility for the success of the Athens Olympic games in August 2004, a time-consuming chore thanks to infighting among organisers and delays in building new sports and media facilities.
Oscar Pistorius was just 17 when he won gold at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.
The Greek authorities faced a race against time to get the Athens Olympic Park ready for the 2004 games.
Mr Pistorius won gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
Oscar Pistorius won gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
Just eight years ago Greece hosted the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
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He first competed in the Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004, where he won gold in the 200m and bronze in the 100m, after having only taken up the sport eight months previously.
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More athletes were disqualified from the 2004 Olympics in Athens than from any games since drug-testing was introduced in 1968.
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But the U.S. lost three games at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and settled for the bronze as the rest of the world seemed to close the talent gap.
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Silver in Beijing completed a remarkable recovery for Partridge, who missed out on Athens 2004 after suffering a career-threatening injury in the build-up to the Games.
"The clock is ticking towards 2004 when the whole world's eyes will be on Athens as the Olympic Games are held there, " said Richard Allan MP, head of the marbles campaign group Parthenon 2004.
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When Athens won the right to stage the Games of the 28th Olympiad nobody could tell them that by 2004 the world would be a different place.
After winning the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics and a first-place finish in the 2009 New York City Marathon, Meb returned to the Games and improved upon his 2004 silver medal performance time by 23 seconds.
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