Anyone Have A 'Hometown Olympian' ?

[joao_zeta]

Im from a small city in east los angeles called el monte - and ever since the atlanta games in 96' our olympic claim to fame has been a local girl - now, woman - named Kim Rhode who's one of the greatest female shooters in the world - haha - my *** only recently pointed out the irony of - 'it figures we'd be known for being good at guns.' Nevertheless, Kim Rhode (who by the way is a white woman and not a bald headed 'cholo') delivered again, winning a silver medal just a few days ago...once again making all of us here in el monte very proud...after every olympics some kind of event - picnic or parade - is held in her honor and she usually wears ALL of the olympic medals she has won around her neck- i remember after the atlanta games, the first time she won, she recieved a heroes welcome at a local park and she even let all the **** take pictures holding her medals - it was pretty cool to see the medals up close and personal...by now i think she's got at least seven or eight...anyways kudos to Kim and team USA.

Does anyone else out there have any athletes from your hometown competing in the beijing games? Any of them win medals so far?

 

[gunslingingbird]

Not in the Olympics, but the former 49ers/Raiders and current Chargers center Jeremy Newberry is from the town that I live in.

 

[Violator79]

Kurt Angle's from my hometown. His home is about 20-25 min from me. 1996 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Gold Medalist!

 

[BrooksAct]

Michael Phelps. Might have heard of him.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Olympic champion figure skater (1976) Dorothy Hamill was from my hometown.

 

[meesterperfect]

Olympic champion figure skater (1976) Dorothy Hamill was from my hometown.

I liked Dorothy alot, she's beautiful and seemed like a really nice, sweet girl.

 

[shayd]

My ****** for a short time lived in the same neighborhood as Mark Spitz, but off the top of my head I don't know if they knew each other.

 

[Venus Addicted]

Federica Pellegrini

 

[BigSwede]

One of the wrestlers.

 

[Eric Lindros]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Peelen

Leo Peelen born in Arnhem, Cycling (track) silver medal Seoul 1988.

 

[TommyD]

Hmm, no but my city has a X games gold medalist..if that means anything lol

 

[ticketshtick]

I work minutes away from the gym where Nastia Liukin (and Carly Patterson) work out. A few of the track athletes are from this area also.

 

[BlueBalls]

Im sure there are some from London :dunno: im not sure there are any from my exact area.

 

[gunslingingbird]

I work minutes away from the gym where Nastia Liukin

SHHH!!! Don't say that too loud, or you'll have Violator begging you to take him to work with you! :1orglaugh

 

[ninetysixcavy]

There was a girl on the US women's Olympic gold medal hockey team from 98' that grew up a few blocks from me. I won't name names because I prefer the relative anonymity I still have here. http://www.jwen.com/hock/whock/whock.html

 

[Ballsdeepz]

Canada is sucking ass at the summer games this year. I live in Montreal so i'm sure a lot of the team is from the Montreal area, seeing as it's one of the bigger Canadian cities. The most popular Olympian from this area this year is Alexandre Despatie a diver

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=91636&rendTypeId=4

He didn't medal though.

But fuck the Olympics.....we have GSP repping Montreal

http://beat.bodoglife.com/wp-content/uploads/St.PierreSerra195UFC83.jpg

 

[joao_zeta]

Michael Phelps. Might have heard of him.

i thought phelps was from long beach, california?

your location says 'maryland.'

 

[Violator79]

I work minutes away from the gym where Nastia Liukin (and Carly Patterson) work out. A few of the track athletes are from this area also.

I'm on my way!!! Nastia's legal and I'm sure she'll need protection when she gets home!

SHHH!!! Don't say that too loud, or you'll have Violator begging you to take him to work with you! :1orglaugh

Nah, I just want to know the location of the gym. The rest I can handle on my own!

 

[Quagmire33]

He is from Maryland he worked for the Police department I read, also he was caught ***** driving in Salisbury Maryland when he was 19.

 

[joao_zeta]

But fuck the Olympics.....we have GSP repping Montreal

http://beat.bodoglife.com/wp-content/uploads/St.PierreSerra195UFC83.jpg

haha - that's true - 'RUSH' is one badass fighter - probably my favorite ufc fighter too - he seems like a very intelligent, calculating ******* machine - not like alot the dumbass tattoo brutes who fight in the ufc...i dont think ive ever really seen him get hurt in a match. his kicks are like freaking thunder...isn't he fighting again pretty soon for that belt?

and hey dont feel too bad - as of the 7th inning canada's baseball team is beating team usa 4 - 3...and last night i saw a female canadian (who was born in japan though) win the gold medal in wrestling - but you're overall total is 3 medals (to the 54 of usa) --- yeah, i think you're right - RUSH is the best thing going for canada.