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OLYMPICPORTRAITS ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
A Bulfinch Press Book Little,
Boston
Brown and Company Toronto London
New York
Copyright © 1996 by Annie Leibovitz Introduction copyright © 1996 by Annie Leibovitz Olympic related designations copyright © 1996 US Olympic Committee Published under license with the US Olympic Committee Use of Olympic related marks and terminology is authorized by the USOC pursuant to Title 36 US Code Section 380.
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PRINTED if) THE UNrTED STATES OF
AMERCA
INTRODUCTION The aspect
I
by
invitation
tlie
Committee
Atlanta
26th Olympiad, to be held
liked of the
in
for tine
Olympic
Atlanta
in
Games (ACCG)
summer
the
of 1996,
the kind of assignment
a photographer dreams about. Not because I'm a sports photographer but precisely because sports photographer. in
they look.
And
comparable,
me
prepared
The
work.
pictures
in this
training to take part
athletes
were
My
Of course,
subject. I
it
I
first
.
is
intensely reflected
and perhaps
.
I
am
in
the
The
visual.
only activity that
photography that has best
took of American athletes
who were
over the country, the best
all
movement
depict
and group sessions
individual
in
close up, intimately I
worked with an
more conventional sense)
that
set
I
In
the spring of 1995
I
in
California over several
where
I
did a shoot at the
began a year
Olympic Training Center Atlanta,
I
at
days
Colorado Springs, where
photographed women's
and again
boxing
in
to
— when movement was the
athlete
or
I
I
had two
possibilities:
could concentrate on the
December 1993.
in
Sanford),
Oregon
Beach, Culver
(Portland),
(Marquette, Shelby Township) athletes
compete
Davis Olympic pool with a
I
brought
field
I
photographed fencing,
wrestling,
in
a park outside the
in
city,
are represented
in
early
I
took
divers.
to the
weightlifting; to
in
and team handball
in
a downtown
the Memorial Park Velodrome and
venues
in
California (San Diego,
Chula
Texas (Houston, Fort Worth), Florida (Miami, Key Biscayne,
Georgia (Conyers, Savannah, Fort Benning, until
and
me
some
hockey at the Clark Atlanta University Stadium, the moderri
The work continued
City),
swimmer and two
around the country, which took
Colorado Springs, to photograph track cycling
the Olympic Training Center.
Vista, Irvine, Mission
UC
of concentrated shootings
pentathlon at a riding academy, men's volleyball studio;
on
up with the
both.
shootings took place
runners there, too. Then
way
they look than athletics.
very young female gymnasts and their gymnastic equipment to a dry lake bed outside Los Angeles;
some
not a
always been more reflected
is
I
tested, as part of the process of qualifying for a place
(a portrait in the
do
to
how
my dance
it's
meets and competitions
In
usually
in
something preeminently
wasn't always the subject. Each time
Sometimes was able
The
more
photographs were done
could concentrate on the person
sport.
.
Atlanta.
in
me the opportunity to
gave
is
But what they do
selection of the photographs
and being
testing themselves,
the American teams. athletes. This
Games
dance
is
book are a
the
in
they look.
discipline of sport
sheer visualness,
in its
for this
way
do which
there's nothing people
The energy, the concentration, the is
the
in
who has
photographer
I'm a portrait photographer, a portrait
what people do than
interested
any
to take pictures of
is
June 1996.
the book.
All
Atlanta),
the categories of sports
in
and Michigan which Olympic
Of course,
some
sports are
more
"visual"
does anything that involves a throw or a leap or jump, from
So
rowing to sailboarding, seems wonderful.
Anything to do with water, from diving to
than others.
decathlon to equestrian events, because of the extension of the whole body or the arm, the I
expected to be
were
beautiful
beautiful.
became a
I
I
glad to find grace and heroic form and appealing oddity where
was
swimming, sight,
and
for instance,
in
such
traditionally elegant
I
didn't expect
it:
men's water polo, where the photographs show the work
in
synchronized
done out
that's
not something fixed
photographs
at
once and
for
of previous
When
all.
Olympics
the aim
will
see that the
ideal
form
a given sport
in
movements once thought most
with the
jumping higher; they can
pull
The pole
beautiful.
there
I've said,
you are photographing
is
something
similar in
bodies and
ideal
— which the photographer A
movement.
look at
it.
photograph must represent
why we
That's
don't remember,
So,
in
the
sport as
right in fast.
the sense that
In
the
first
in
the ground
—
it
It
body goes In
point
in
in
shows if
a single image.
that limitation
movement
I
for
is
second
fraction of a
can stand
looks as
football field before
catch
Film, TV,
A
strength.
is its
because you get
precisely
making a
summon up hundreds
of that
fixed
image
movement.
It
of
them
is
the most
moment and
to stop the
our heads. You
in
remember
something happening
has to be
"stills.")
in
that
when
Mitchell
he's about to
fall.
came
And
you see
it,
it's all
you've missed
out of the starting block, he
(His start
he could stop.) That was the
If
it.
was so
moment
I
fast that
The
time.
just the right slice of time,
— and suggest — the whole movement.
when you photograph
about
video can record the
photograph
of
It's
happening very
took of the sprinter Dennis Mitchell coming out of the starting blocks, it
both,
In
athletes, like dancers, are
sense, moving images. (From moving images, you only
You don't see
(Rule:
his foot.
of
dance, the camera
photograph
did get the shot.
was
he had to go
it.)
literally
half
all
I
had
Eventually
I
parallel with
the length of a
wanted, before the leg straightens and the
diagonal.
sport, unlike dance,
many, though not
from gravity is
same
it
And
it.
is
it,
lines.
not, any more than dance, about posing.
remember photographs, and can
image represents a
fixed
was
in
tn/ing to
is
mostly straight
is
so the jumpers are
fiberglass,
flinging out their legs to clear
And because
uses of the body
ideal
most memorable rendering
powerful, the
now
same
the
in
photographing dancers and photographing athletes.
performers, they are often asked to pose. But sport
movement
is
themselves up and over the crossbar without
then drop straight down. There are no more swan dives. The dive
As
more
to get the pole vaulter over the crossbar
is
quickly the diver into the water faster and with less splash, these sports won't be performed
way
of
under the water.
Anyone who looks is
of the seductions of
pole vaulting — especially the ones that produce a heroic body
sports as diving, javelin throwing, fencing, line.
wary
bit
The sports
leg.
all,
speed sports.
is
always a plus. To go
(In
dance, you want to go higher
— but not necessarily faster or
competitive, but the competition
and breaking
of records.
is
faster, higher, farther,
longer.)
And
there
is
longer
— that
the
— the dancer wants to be freed
a different role of competition.
not expressed so numerically
is
Sport
is
Dance
centered on the keeping
Women and the
have been breaking records, by the increasing number performance. This Olympiad
rising level of their
soccer team, and women's fast-pitch
women
competing
is
this
at Atlanta in her fourth
book,
the
first
women's
for the
which they participate jump, the women's
triple
was moved by
the range of the faces and bodies of the
— from
the Romanian-born gymnast Dominique
who
fourteen years old, to the captain of the basketball team, Teresa Edwards,
Every sport in
I
youngest to the most seasoned
athletes, the
Moceanu, who
softball.
is
of sports in
(like
even/
Owen
like
art,
be
will
Olympic Games. including dance) has
its
stars
and
its
superstars.
And some
of
them are
Torrence and Michael Johnson and Dominique Moceanu and Carl Lewis and
me for the names me heroic, whether
Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Leroy Burrell and Mike Powell and Teresa Edwards (forgive
But
I've inadvertently left out).
they
made
made
the Olympic
always
athlete also training to
knows
these
showing a
that the point of
—
And about
Originally,
I
is
new
the spectators, the
I
means
feeling
book would
Every athlete wants to win.
means being
good.
the fastest.
admired
But every
why
That's
It
is
Games,
I
did have
to insist
chose
to
make a book It's in
to concentrate
in
also about
the book ends as
does:
it
in
the
also include photographs taken during the Atlanta
my camera
besides the athletes:
the media coverage, the spectacle, the advertising. it
has taken them from the
the 26th Olympiad.
is
they
devotion to the idea of doing something
But that would bring other subjects before
seems hard spirit
with
of
not to have
Olympics past.
some, though not
all,
some
On
the occasion
reservations about
But this issue barely arose athletes that they not
how in
far
these
wear clothes
they were endorsing.
out of photographs taken during the preparation
the preparation for the Olympics that
what the Games were meant to mean
mastery
I
if
losing.
company whose products
with the logo of the
why
and
that the
facilities,
photographs, except that
preparing
whether,
of the effort, the strain, the self-sacrifice involved
not only winning, which often
of the centennial of the revival of the their current evolution
—
euphoria — about
had thought
Summer Olympic Games.
to,
to
didn't);
with a gold or silver or bronze medal or nothing.
for the fierceness of their
competing
water, far from the struggle of winning
road
book seemed
a world sailboarding champion, Mike Gebhardt, having a good time
terrific athlete,
That's
Games
intensely, heartbreakingly competitive.
be world-class
form."
"in
for the
better.
The Games are
being
or not (a
photographed
I
few of them, despite the best expectations,
— and the women especially —
all
better,
the athletes
come away from
the cut, they
them
team
all
— and do mean,
ideally.
we can be
for,
closer to the
on the spirit of.
To photograph athletes when they are
on the athletes themselves. Their dedication,
what makes everyone care about the Olympic Games.
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OLYMPICPORTRAITS ANNIE LEIBOVITZ Front cover Heritage Park Aquatics Center
4x200-meter Freestyle Relay Colorado Springs, Colorado
p32
Black's Beach San Diego, California
Swimming
p33
Artistic
Irvine, California
pi 9
Back cover 7-Eleven Velodronne Mennorial Park
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Endpapers Olympic Yacliting Course Savannah, Georgia
Amy Van Dyken
John Roethlisberger
50-meter, 100-meter Freestyle; 100-meter Butterfly; 4x1 00-meter Freestyle Relay
Black's Beach San Diego, California
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
p20
p34
Artistic
John Roethlisberger Black's Beach San Diego, California
Diving
Mark Lenzi Heritage Park Aquatics Center
p35
Aquatics* p2
Swimming Byron Davis
p22
Artistic
Mihai Bagiu
Irvine, California
Black's Beach San Diego, California
Diving
Sara Vladic
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mission Viejo Aquatics Center Los Angeles, California
p37
Artistic
Dominique Moceanu Houston, Texas
p10
Swimming Jenny Thompson
p23
Brian Earley
4x1 00-meter Freestyle Relay Lake Allatoona Atlanta, Georgia
Diving
Sara Vladic
Georgia
p25
Swimming Gary Hall
Heritage Park Aquatics Center
50-meter, 100-meter 4x1 00-meter Freestyle Relay
p39
Dominique Moceanu John Roethlisberger Houston, Texas
Cycling* p40
p27
Rebecca Twigg
Diving
7-Eleven Velodrome Memorial Park
Brian Earley
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mission Viejo Aquatics Center Los Angeles, California
Gymnastics*
Loganville Quarry
Georgia
Swimming Mark Henderson 100-meter
Butterfly
Johnson
p43
Track
Zach Conrad 7-Eleven Velodrome Memorial Park
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Valley, California
Fencing* p30
Jon Olsen 100-meter Freestyle; 4x1 00-meter, 4x200-meter Freestyle Relay Colorado Springs, Colorado p31
p17
Memorial Park Colorado Springs, Colorado
Artistic
Jennifer Charrier Tamaryn Taylor Jeanette Antolin Katie Antolin Genine Ishino Soggy Dry Lake
50-meter, 1 00-meter Freestyle; 4x1 00-meter Freestyle Relay
pi 6
Track
Amy Young
Swimming Gary Hall
Atlanta,
p42
Jessica Greco 7-Eleven Velodrome
p28 pi 4
Track
Irvine, California
Freestyle;
Melvin Stewart David Fox 50-meter Freestyle; 4x1 00-meter Freestyle Relay Lake Allatoona Atlanta, Georgia
Artistic
Diving
Mark Lenzi pi 2
Houston, Texas
Mission Viejo Aquatics Center Los Angeles, California
4x1 00-meter Freestyle Relay Lake Allatoona
Artistic
Dominique Moceanu John Roethlisberger
Los Angeles, California
Swimming Jenny Thompson
Atlanta,
p38
Mission Viejo Aquatics Center
p24 p11
Diving
p44
Artistic
Zaddick Longenbach
Katie Antolin Soggy Dry Lake
Nick Bravin
Johnson
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
Foil
Valley, California
Artistic
Swimming Jon Olsen
Tamaryn Taylor Soggy Dry Lake
100-meter Freestyle; 4x1 00-meter,
Johnson
Valley, California
p45
Zaddick Longenbach Nick Bravin Foil
p46
Cliff
Men's Eight Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
Bayer
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
p58 Cliff
Bayer
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
Equestrian*
p60
Michael Peterson Men's Pair
Michael Matz
Men's Eight
Sean
p52
p77
Track and Field Carl Lewis Pearland High School Pearland, Texas
p78
Track
ARCO
Men's Eight Jeffrey Klepacki Men's Four
Chula
p80
Men's Pair
Lindsey Langston Olympic Training Center
Rowing Men's Eight
Canoe/Kayak*
Sean
p62
Hall
p82
Men's Four Fredric Honebein Men's Eight
North Atlanta High School Georgia
Atlanta,
Michael Johnson North Atlanta High School
ARCO
Atlanta,
Chula
Olympic Training Center
p84
p65
North Atlanta High School Georgia
Field
Atlanta,
John Godina Matador State Beach
El
Malibu, California
p86
Pearland High School
p66
Field
Pearland, Texas
John Godina Matador State Malibu, California El
Donald Smith p68
Beach
p87
Pearland High School Pearland, Texas
p88
Hall
p70
Dean Starkey Chula
Olympic Training Center Vista, California
p90
p72
Jamie Koven Men's Eight
Michael Peterson Men's Pair
p74
Track and Field Carl Lewis
Torrence
North Atlanta High School Atlanta, Georgia
Track and Field
Jackie Joyner-Kersee UCLA Drake Track Stadium Los Angeles, California
Track
Gwen
Robert Kaehler Men's Eight Jeffrey Klepacki Men's Four
Torrence
North Atlanta High School Atlanta, Georgia
Field
ARCO
Track
Gwen
Men's Eight
Men's Four Fredric Honebein Men's Eight
Track
Leroy Burrell
Field
Sheila Hudson-Strudwick ARCO Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
Jonathan Brown
Sean
Track
Leroy Burrell
Michael Peterson
p56
Track
Michael Johnson
Athletics*
Men's Eight
Men's Eight ARCO Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
Georgia
Vista, California
Jamie Koven
Men's Pair Steve Segaloff Men's Eight Coxswain
Track
Alexandra Harbold
Robert Kaehler Men's Eight Jeffrey Klepacki Men's Four
Track
Michael Johnson
p83
Jonathan Brown
Georgia
Atlanta,
Men's Eight ARCO Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
Vista, California
Track
Gwen
Michael Peterson
Steve Segaloff, Men's Eight Coxswain Donald Smith
Olympic Training Center Vista, California
Esther Jones Torrence Carlette Guidry
Men's Eight
Archery Target Range ARCO Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
Chula
Dennis Mitchell
Robert Kaehler
Justin Huish ARCO Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
ARCO
p54
Track and Field Carl Lewis Pearland High School Pearland, Texas
Hall
Men's Four Fredric Honebein Men's Eight
Jamie Koven p51
p76
Jonathan Brown
Vintage Farms Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Archery p50
Track and Field Carl Lewis Pearland High School Pearland, Texas
Fredric Honebein Men's Eight ARCO Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
Foil
p48
p75
ARCO
Foil
p47
Pearland High School Pearland, Texas
Steve Segaloff, Men's Eight Coxswain Donald Smith
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
p91
Track
Gwen
Torrence
North Atlanta High School Atlanta, Georgia
p92
Track
ARCO Chula
p94
Olympic Training Center
p106
Fast- Pitch
Christa Williams
Vista, California
Pitcher
Field
Gateway Park
Charles Austin
Fort Worth, Texas
North Atlanta High School Georgia
Atlanta,
Fernando Vargas Welterweight
Fast-Pitch
Light Middleweight
United States Olympic Education Center North Michigan University Marquette, Michigan
Infield
Michael Marsh Atlanta, Georgia
Laura Berg, Outfield Martha O'Kelley Jennifer McFalls
Track
Michelle Venturella Sheila Cornell, Infield
Badminton
Michael Marsh
Michele Granger, Pitcher
p118 Kevin Kftn
North Atlanta High School Georgia
Christa Williams, Pitcher Lisa Fernandez, Pitcher Gillian Boxx, Catcher
UCIJ\ Drake Track Stadium Los Angeles, California
Dot Richardson, Dani Tyler, Infield Julie Smith,
Mike Powell Chula
Singles
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
p119 Kevin Han Singles
Shelly Stokes, Catcher
Field
ARCO
Infield
Barbara Jordon Michele Smith, Pitcher Dionna Harris, Outfield
Field
Mike Powell
p99
6
Leah O'Brien,
Atlanta,
p98
1
Track North Atlanta High School
p97
pi
David Reid
p108
Kim Maher, p96
United States Olympic Education Center North Michigan University Marquette, Michigan
Softball
Mark Crear
Infield
Gateway Park
Olympic Training Center
Fort Worth,
Vista, California
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
Infield
Table Tennis
Texas
p120
Lily
Yip
Singles;
p110
Fast- Pitch
Atlanta,
Lisa Fernandez
Soccer* p100 Joy Fawcett,
Pitcher East River Softball Field
Midfielder
Staci Wilson, Defender Danielle Garrett, Forward Shannon MacMillan, Forward Caria Overbeck, Defender Mary Harvey, Goalkeeper Jennifer Streiffer, Defender Thori Staples, Defender Cindy Parlow, Forward Tracy Noonan, Goalkeeper Michelle Akers, Forward Tiffany Roberts, Midfielder Brandi Chastain, Midfielder Tiffeny Milbrett, Forward Lorrie Fair, Defender Carin Gabarra, Forward Kristine Lilly, Midfielder Mia Hamm, Forward Briana Scurry, Goalkeeper
Tisha Venturini, Midfielder Julie Foudy, Midfielder Amanda Cromwell, Midfielder Seminole County
New
Midfielder
Seminole County Sports Training Center Sanford, Florida
Atlanta,
Guardado
pi 22
p113 Floyd Mayweather
Driver
Loma Verde Chula pi 24
Featherweight United States Olympic Education Center North Michigan University Marquette, Michigan
Water Polo Troy Barnhart, Two-meter Defense;
Utility
Kirk Everist, Driver
Chris Humbert, Two-meter Offense Rick McNair, Two-meter Defense;
Utility
Alex Rousseau, Right Wing "Baywatch" Tank
Light Welterweight
David Diaz
Pool
Vista, California
Chris Duplanty, Goalkeeper
p114 David Diaz United States Olympic Education Center North Michigan University Marquette, Michigan
Water Polo Kirk Everist
United States Olympic Education Center North Michigan University Marquette, Michigan
pi 15
Doubles Georgia
Aquatics* Jr.
Light Flyweight
Sports Training Center Sanford, Florida
p102 Julie Foudy
Albert
Jim Butler Singles;
York City
Boxing p11 2
pi 21
Doubles Georgia
Culver
City, California
Wrestling pi 26
Light Welterweight
Greco-Roman Matt Ghaffari 1 30 kg/286 lbs. Piedmont Park Atlanta, Georgia
Fernando Vargas Welterweight Eric Morel
Classification
Flyweight
Tennis p104 Chanda Rubin Singles North Atlanta High School Atlanta,
Georgia
Lawrence Clay-Bey, Super Heavyweight Antonio Tarver Light Heavyweight Rhoshii Wells Middleweight
pi 28
Greco-Roman
James Johnson Matt Ghaffari 1 30 kg/286 lbs.
Classification
Memorial Park Colorado Springs, Colorado
pi 31
Greco-Roman Matt Lindland
Judo 146
Clark Atlanta University Stadium Atlanta,
Celita Schutz 61 kg/ 134 lbs. Classification
pl68 Mountain Bike Juliana Furtado Costley Mills Conyers, Georgia
Shannon Weaver
Georgia
Atlanta,
Georgia pi
Handball pi 33
Darrick Heath Left
Back
Atlanta,
69 Mountain Bike Juliana Furtado Costley Mills Conyers, Georgia
Basketball* pi 48
Grant
Hill
Forward Shelby Township, Michigan
Georgia
Hockey pi 70
p149 Grant
Aquatics* pi 34
Forward Shelby Township, Michigan
Synchronized Swimming
Barbara Marois Defender; Team Captain Clark Atlanta University Stadium
Hill
Atlanta,
Georgia
Becky Dyroen-Lancer Savery Heather Simmons-Carrasco
Jill
Jill
pi 35
pi 51
Sudduth
"Baywatch" Tank
("The Cage")
Culver City California
New
Synchronized Swimming
Jill
"Baywatch" Tank
Goalkeeper Clark Atlanta University Stadium Atlanta,
Nicholas Butcher Midfielder; Forward Steve Danielson, Defender Daniel Eichner Shawn Hindy Binh Hoang Steve Jennings
For>A/ard
York City
Midfielder; Vice
p155 Indoor
Brian Schledorn Otto Steffers, Defender Philip Sykes, Defender Tom Vano, Goalkeeper Steve Van Randwyck, Midfielder Steve Wagner, Goalkeeper Eelco Wassenaar, Midfielder Scott Williams, Defender ARCO Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California
Ctvrtlik
Arabia Mountain Atlanta, Georgia
"Baywatch" Tank Culver City California
pi
56 Beach Karolyn Kirby Mission Beach, California
p139 Synchronized Swimming Becky Dyroen-Lancer "Baywatch" Tank
pi
58 Beach
Nancy Reno
Culver City California
Captain
Ryan Langford Ben Maruquin, Sweeper Marq Mellor, Forward John O'Neill, Midfielder
Volleyball* Bob
Georgia
York City
Sheryl Swoopes, Guard; Katy Steding, Forward
New
Culver City California
Heather Simmons-Carrasco Jill Savery Becky Dyroen-Lancer Jill Sudduth
Andrea Wieland
Teresa Edwards, Guard Jennifer Azzi, Guard Katrina McClain, Forward
Savery
Synchronized Swimming
p171
pi 72 pi 52
Becky Dyroen-Lancer Heather Simmons-Carrasco
pi 36
Teresa Edwards Guard West Fourth Street Courts
Karolyn Kirby pi
40 Synchronized Swimming Heather Simmons-Carrasco Jill Savery Jill
Mission Beach, California pi 60
Beach
Yachting Kevin Burnham 470 (Double-Handed Dinghy) Morgan Reeser 470 (Double-Handed Dinghy)
pi 74
Nancy Reno
Sudduth
Mission Beach, California
"Baywatch" Tank
United States Sailing Center Miami, Florida
Culver City California pi 43
Synchronized Swimming
Becky Dyroen-Lancer Jill Savery Heather Simmons-Carrasco Jill Sudduth
Weightlifting* p162 Tom Gough
pi 64
Culver City California
Modern Pentathalon
Sergeant Teresa DeWitt Double Trap Fort Benning, Georgia
Barnett
Wes
108kg/238lbs. Classification
Cycling* pi 66
Savannah, Georgia
MikeGebhardt IMCO One-Design
pi 78
Mountain Bike David "Tinker" Juarez Olympic Mountain Biking Course Conyers, Georgia
(Sailboard)
Savannah, Georgia
Barnett
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
Georgia
Shooting pi 45
pi 65
Michael Gostigian Little Creek Farm Atlanta,
Wes
108kg/238lbs. Classification Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
"Baywatch" Tank
pi 44
Kevin Burnham 470 (Double-Handed Dinghy) Morgan Reeser 470 (Double-Handed Dinghy) Olympic Training Course
pi 76
Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, Colorado
MikeGebhardt IMCO One- Design
pi 79
(Sailboard)
Savannah, Georgia
p180 MikeGebhardt
IMCO One-Design (Sailboard) Savannah, Georgia â&#x20AC;˘
As of June 5, 1996, these team trials were still in progress.
MY WARMEST THANKS TO CASSANDRA HENNING
JIM
MOFFAT
USA U\MATTINA RAUL MARTINEZ RICHARD BALL7\RD, DARIEN
DAVIS, JULIAN
DUFORT MARTIN SCHOELLER
CAROLYN KASS MICHAEL FISHER, MARGARET PLEYN, WALTER SAUNDERS FOREST HOECKEL, ANDREW THOMAS, JOHN LIN
JOHN COOPER JIM
MEGARGEE
III
& CORNELIA VAN DER LINDE
AND TO Benita Fizgerald
Director Training Center
ARCO
Program Director Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties
Jon Root
AND THE OTHER OLYMPIC OFFICIALS WHO MADE
THIS
WORK
POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY
John Krimsky, Jr
Deputy Secretary General United States Olympic Committee
A.D. Frazier,
Chief Operating Officer Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games
President & Chief Executive Officer Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games
Jr.
William Porter
Payne
William B. Campbell
Vice President, Olympic Programs Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties
Photographs in this book will appear in Photographs by Annie Leibovitz Olympic Portraits an exhibition in the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival
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generously supported by
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