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Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman, planted the first seed of what was to become synchronized swimming when she performed "water ballet" in a glass tank at the New York Hippodrome in 1907. Katherine "Kay" Curtis didn't see the performance, but she may well have been inspired by newspaper accounts. As a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1915, Curtis began experimenting with underwater swimming stunts. The following year, she was instrumental in having synchronized swimming added to the school's physical education program for women. Curtis moved on to the University of Chicago, where she founded a water ballet club in 1923. Sixty of her swimmers, known as the "Modern Mermaids," performed at the 1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, attracting national and international publicity. The sport quickly became popular among young women in the Chicago area and Curtis developed rules for competition, based essentially on the scoring methods used in gymnastics, diving, and figure skating. The first recorded competition was held May 27, 1939, between Chicago Teacher's College, coached by Curtis, and Wright Junior College, also in Chicago.
WashingtonPost.com: Synchronized Swimming American Team Captures Gold Again The U.S. synchronized swimming team continues to rule the pool in the olympic. The U.S. won the gold medal Friday with a nearflawless performance in the sport's first team competition at the games. and scoring criteria, U.S. synchronized swimming history, as well as all-time olympic results. During the Games, come http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/synchro/front.htm
Extractions: Main Sections Business International National Sports Style Washington World (Metro) Weather Home Page Site Index Search Help BigBook Business Directory Autos Classified CareerPost (Jobs Classified) Homes Classified Rentals Classified Olympic Sections AP Olympic News Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic News Summary Olympic Talk Olympic Trivia Post Olympic Articles Schedule by Day TV Schedule Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting LATEST SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING NEWS SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING RESULTS FACTS AND FIGURES The U.S. synchronized swimming team continues to rule the pool in the Olympic. The U.S. won the gold medal Friday with a near-flawless performance in the sport's first team competition at the games. Since synchronized swimming was added in 1984, American swimmers have picked up four golds and two silvers. The U.S. finished with a score of 99.720 points and received nine perfect 10s from the judges for their stirring five-minute routine. Canada took the silver with a score of 98.367 and Japan won the bronze with 97.753. This page covers the 1996 Olympic synchronized swimming competition by providing Olympic synchronized swimming news and articles from The Washington Post and the Associated Press. It also features useful information from U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team's 1996 media guide, including synchronized swimming facts, judging and scoring criteria, U.S. synchronized swimming history, as well as all-time Olympic results. During the Games, come here for frequent updates.
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2000 Olympics--Synchronized Swimming From WWA Provides a summary of olympic synchronized swimming including history, judging and events information. http://www.worldwideaquatics.com/Olympics/aboutsynchro.htm
Extractions: HISTORY It started as a male sport, with the earliest recorded competition in 1890 in Berlin. It has persevered under a myriad of names, including artistic, ornamental, scientific, figure or pattern swimming, as well as water ballet. By the turn of the century, though, women had come to the fore of synchronized swimming. A champion Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman delighted audiences with dances performed in a glass tank of water in New York in 1907. Interest began to build. In 1924 in Montreal, the world's first provincial championship was held. The first champion, Peg Seller, became an important pioneer for the fledgling sport, and from there it spread to the US, where it soon flourished in amateur swimming clubs nationwide. Chicago later emerged as the hub of the sport's development, beginning with a stunning display at the 1934 World's Fair. Diver and former gymnast Katherine Curtis trained 60 swimmers, known as The Modern Mermaids, in a series of moves that gave birth to the term "synchronized swimming." It's international popularity soared further when swimmer Esther Williams performed in a string of MGM "aqua musicals" in the 1940s and '50s. By then a contracted star at MGM, she starred in several films, known as "aqua musicals," centered around synchronized swimming. One of the biggest, Million Dollar Mermaid, was an affectionate portrait of Annette Kellerman.
Olympic History: Synchronized Swimming - Olympics 2000 olympic history synchronized swimming. synchronized swimming had itsformative influences in the early 1900s in the United States. http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2000/history/synchswim.htm
Extractions: Basketball Swimming Gymnastics Soccer ... Tennis - More Sports - Archery Badminton Baseball Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Judo Mod. Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Syn. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling You are here: Home Olympic Synchronized Swimming Venue History ... Schedule TODAY Get Live Scores on your Cell Phone! Click Here! Synchronized swimming had its formative influences in the early 1900s in the United States. The early beginnings of the sport can be traced to 1907, when Annette Kellerman caught the national eye as the first underwater ballerina by performing "water ballet" at the New York Hippodrome. Soon after in 1916, synchronized swimming was integrated into the physical education program at the University of Wisconsin. The first known competition in the United States was a meet between two colleges in 1939. Two years later, the Amateur Athletic Union adopted synchronized swimming as a competitive sport for duet and team events.
Extractions: Main Sections Business International National Sports Style Washington World (Metro) Weather Home Page Site Index Search Help BigBook Business Directory Autos Classified CareerPost (Jobs Classified) Homes Classified Rentals Classified Olympic Sections AP Olympic News Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic News Summary Olympic Talk Olympic Trivia Post Olympic Articles Schedule by Day TV Schedule Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting LATEST SWIMMING NEWS SWIMMING RESULTS FACTS AND FIGURES At the end of the last lap of Janet Evans' career, she ducked under the buoys and floated over to embrace the cocky teen who backed up a boast to take her place. In that poignant moment in the pool, America's greatest and most beloved woman swimmer let go of any lingering animosity she harbored toward fellow American Brooke Bennett, 15. She also let go of a lifetime's work and symbolically passed the torch to Bennett, the new 800-meter freestyle gold medalist.
Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Other Resources Synchronized swimming became an Olympic sport in 1984 with solo and duet competition. In 1996, they were replaced by a single team event. Duet competition was restored to the Olympic program in 2000. Top of page Year Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score Candy Costie Top of page Year Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score United States Canada Japan Russia Japan Canada Top of page Year Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score Tracie Ruiz, USA Carolyn Waldo, CAN Miwako Motoyoshi, JPN Carolyn Waldo, CAN Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, USA Mikako Kotani, JPN Fumiko Okuno, JPN Joint gold medal awarded in October of 1993 because of a scoring discrepancy Top of page Index to Olympics Synchronized Swimming History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search This page last updated Sunday, 05-Jan-2003 16:13:32 PST
Summer Olympics 2000 Olympic History -- Baseball Message Board. Schedule Fan Guide history US Roster. olympic history Baseball Baseball olympics, Medal, Country. Cycling, synchronized swimming. Diving. http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/baseball/s/almanac.html
Washingtonpost.com: U.S. Synchronized Swimming History US synchronized swimming history. US 100meter freestyle champion and olympic contender,was credited for popularizing synchronized swimming in the United http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/synchro/synchhis.h
Extractions: Honor Synchronized Swimming Coach FOR THE RECORD: 1988, 1992, 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES: Head Coach; 1982, 1986, 1991, 1994 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Coach; 1983 - Present FINA WORLD CUP: Team Coach; 1979 to Present NATIONAL TEAM: Coach; Coach of OLYMPIC SWIMMERS winning 11 gold and 3 silver medals, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SWIMMERS winning 14 gold and 9 silver, FINA WORLD CUP SWIMMERS winning 24 gold and 5 silver medals, GOODWILL GAMES SWIMMERS winning 3 gold medals; Coach of 56 U.S. National Team Championships, 11 Junior National Team Championships; Coach of 150 swimmers to National Titles. Not since the days of Hall of Fame Honoree and San Francisco Merionettes coach Marion Kane, has a coach dominated the world of synchronized swimming. Her entry into the sport more than 38 years ago marked the beginning of a competitive and coaching legacy that has made Gail Emery synonymous with achievement and success. And she did it all with a competitive but compassionate heart that brought out the best in her athletes. Of all synchronized swimming coaches, she is the coach who perhaps had the greatest impact in this sport as it was developing on the Olympic scene.
Synchronized Swimming Almanac Black history Month World United States history Gov olympic sportsSportsolympicsSummerolympics Through The Years1984 synchronized swimming. http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0874865.html
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS synchronized swimming history, olympic history, Synchronised swimming was firstheld in 1984 during the Los Angeles olympics with solo and duet events. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=SY&sportCode=
Syncro Pair Take A Chance But Finish Out Of Medals olympic history. a quirky, funky, at times visionary and at other times simply bizarreroutine in the final of the pairs synchronized swimming which left them http://www.caaws.ca/olympics/2000/swimming/syncro_sep26.htm
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2000 Olympics - Synchonized Swimming history of olympic synchronized swimming First contested in 1891 under a varietyof names, this sport began with men competing for the prize; From olympics.com. http://swimming.about.com/cs/olympicsynchro1/
ISOH - International Society Of Olympic Historians gymnastics, figure skating, diving, synchronized swimming, and the Her article mentionsthe history of the sports inclusion on the olympic Program, giving http://www.olykamp.org/isoh/journal-abs.html
Extractions: Abstracts of Most Recent Issue of Journal of Olympic History Vol. 8, No. 2 From the Trenches to the Track, and Back (by Harry Gordon). pp. 7-10. Australian Olympic historian Harry Gordon discusses the many Olympic athletes who have fought for their nation during wartime. He begins with the story of Claude Smeal, an Australian soldier who ran the 1952 marathon. Further discussion centered on several British soldiers who honored themselves both on the battlefield and the Olympic arena. Gordon ends the article by discussing the relationship of Jesse Owens and Lutz Long, which began at the 1936 Olympics, and ended with the death of Long while fighting in North Africa during World War II. The Olympic Bribery Scandal (by Bill Mallon). pp. 11-27. This long article attempts to be the most complete, and accurate, summary of the events surrounding the Olympic Scandal of 1999. The article is based on primary documentary sources, including all the reports issued in 1999 that evaluated the status of the scandal. These included the Pound Report (IOC), the Mitchell Report (USOC), the Sheridan Report (Sydney), and the Salt Lake City Board of Ethics Report (Salt Lake City 2002). After discussion of the findings of the reports, the article focuses on the attempts at reform by the IOC, including the institution of the IOC 2000 Commission, the IOC Ethics Commission, and the numerous reforms enacted by the IOC at their 1999 Session held on 11-12 December in Lausanne.
Station #14: USC Olympic History The campus itself was the site of the largest olympic Village and hosted the swimming,diving and synchronized swimming competitions. http://www.usc.edu/dept/CCR/theme/14.html
Extractions: USC's first Olympian If institutions could win medals for their contributions to the Olympic Games, USC would have the gold locked up. The university's participation in the Olympics dates back to 1904, when Emil Breitkreutz became the first USC student to compete in the Olympic Games and brought home a bronze medal in the 800 meters. Two Olympiads later, in 1912, the same year Los Angeles Times columnist Owen Bird nicknamed USC's athletic teams the Trojans, USC freshman Fred Kelly won the university's first gold medal, for the 110-meter high hurdles, and launched an unprecedented winning streak for USC. At least one USC athlete has come home with a gold medal in virtually every Olympiad since, and USC claims more Olympians than any other university in the country.
History Page 2000. 11th in duet in Sydney olympic Games. 2002. 9th in duet in the 9th FukuokaWorld swimming Championships. Origins of Korean synchronized swimming team. http://www.synchrokorea.co.kr/eng/history_e.htm
Extractions: In the early 1970's,the sport of Synchro was introduced in Korea by the YMCA.To capture the public's attention,some of the young and senior swimmers practicing synchro in the YMCA performed several demonstrations throughout the country. In 1984, Korea Swimming Federation organized Synchro committee and began to prepare national synchro team for the 24th Seoul Olympic Games. Coaches from U.S.A. Japan And Canada helped in the training of Korean team, and participation in the many international games and workshops allowed Korean players and coaches to quickly develop advanced techniques. International Development of Synchronized Swimming Originating from Europe In the early 1900's, Synchro combines swimming and music for pleasure and grace of movement. Synchro developed into sport in the U.S.A. in the1940's. It then spread to Canada and eventually developed to become part of international events world wide. FINA TSSC also played very important role in organizing international rallies that attracted many countries. Synchro was included as an event at the 1st. FINA World Swimming Championships, and which was followed by the '84 LA Olympic Games and '88 Seoul Olympic Games .The Synchro event in the '92 Barcelona Olympic Games, was composed of both solo and duet events, and the team event was held in the '96 Atlanta Olympic Games. With increasing attention, the Duet and Team events in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Extractions: Choose Sport Baseball Basketball - M Basketball - W Crew Cross Country Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf - M Golf - W Gymnastics - M Gymnastics - W Lacrosse - W Soccer - M Soccer - W Softball Swim/Diving - M Swim/Diving - W Sailing Sync Swimming Tennis - M Tennis - W Volleyball - M Volleyball - W Water Polo - M Water Polo - W Wrestling News Releases Gail Emery Resigns as Synchronized Swimming Coach Emery led Stanford to one national championship and two second place finishes May 17, 2001 Stanford University head synchronized swimming coach Gail Emery is resigning after three years on the job, athletic director Ted Leland announced today. Emery is stepping down from the position to"take a hiatus from coaching and be closer to home," she said. "We were very honored to have Gail lead our synchronized swimming program over the past three years" Leland said. "She did a great job building and maintaining a program that is among the best in the nation. We wish her well in her future endeavors."
Sporting Event History Indianapolis Sporting Event history. 1982, 1984, 1994, 2003 US Masters swimmingChampionships, 1983, 1998, 2000 - US olympic synchronized swimming Trials, 1984 http://www.indianasportscorp.com/ISC/abouteventhistory2.html
