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Merlene Ottey was the 1st Caribbean woman to win an Olympic medal. She's the only track and field athlete to participate in 7 different Olympics, where she represented Jamaica in the first 6 and Slovenia in Athens 2004. She went on to capture a total of 9 medals (3 bronze in the 200m, 2 in the 100m, 1 in the 4x100m relay, and silver in the 100m, the 200m and the 4x100m relay). Merlene Ottey (JAM, SLO) - Athletics - Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004

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During Birgit Fischer’s Olympic career she claimed 12 Olympic medals (8 golds and 4 silvers), and competed in 6 different Olympic Games.

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In 1972, Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba became a heavyweight Olympic champion, capturing his first ever gold medal. Four years later he defended his Olympic title in Montreal. At the 1980 Moscow Games, Teofilo went down in Olympic history by becoming the first boxer to earn the gold medal in the same division three times. Stevenson finished his career in 1988 with 302 victories and only 22 loses. Boxing Heavyweight Men's Final -  Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics - Teofilo Stevenson (CUB), Pyotr Zayev (URS), Jurgen Fanghanel (GDR), Istvan Levai (HUN)

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Cuban Teofilo Stevenson Makes Olympic History

"Sebastian Coe arrived at the 1980 Moscow Games as the world record holder and favourite at 800m. However, he ran what he called ""the worst race of my life"" and finished second behind Ovett. Six days later, a determined Coe redeemed himself in the 1500m, beating Ovett to take gold."

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Moscow 1980 Athletics men 800m

India won consecutive gold medals from 1928 to 1956 and then regain supremacy in 1964.

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