She stayed for two years, winning a good-conduct medal in December 1836, and returning home only during Christmas and summer holidays.

Also in 1990, Judit and her sisters represented Hungary on the Olympic women's team winning the gold medal.

While the Hungarian team narrowly missed winning the Bronze medal, Polgár finished 10 / 13 for the second highest points total of any player in the Olympiad and a rated performance level of 2772.

Weissmuller was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo.

There are now dozens of breweries in Britain making porter, with Fuller's ' London Porter ' winning gold and silver medals at the 1999, 2000 and 2002 International Beer & Cider Competitions, and CAMRA's Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain silver medal in 2007, with Wickwar Brewery's ' Station Porter ' winning gold in 2008.

* 1960 – At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.

examination at the University of London, winning the gold medal for anatomy and physiology.

A men's bronze medalist in 1996, Serbia and Montenegro ( playing in 1996 and 2000 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) beat Russia in the gold medal match in 2000, winning their first gold medal ever.

Watt had a successful time as a student, winning the Carnelley Prize for Chemistry and a class medal for Ordinary Natural Philosophy in 1910.

There is a Friday tasting event with the gold medal winning commercial meads from the previous year, plus feature meads from around the world.

, top athletes in the sport include current World Champions Todd Lodwick and Bill Demong, as well as silver medal winning Jan Schmid.

Even his disqualification in the 1000 m was memorable, as it was the first of an improbable series of events that led to Australian Steven Bradbury winning arguably the most unlikely gold medal in Olympic history.

Earlier in the same Olympics, Wolde had already won the silver medal in the 10, 000 m. In 1972, Wolde won a third Olympic medal at the age of 40, winning bronze in the marathon.

She competed only in the 200 m, winning the silver medal behind China's Hu Ling.

Competing at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. She also competed as a member of Australia's 4x100 m squad, winning the silver medal and as a member of the 4x400 m team, who finished first but were later disqualified.

It told of her winning the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics.

Four years later in 1996 she entered in the 200 m at the Olympics in Atlanta winning both events, achieving the 200 / 400 m double gold medal.

He debuted internationally in 1970, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the Commonwealth Games.

This tactic paid off, as Crawford, in the outside lane 1, narrowly won the 100 metres final in a time of 10. 06 seconds, just 0. 02 seconds in front of Don Quarrie of Jamaica, winning Trinidad and Tobago's first Olympic gold medal.

Every nation won at least a silver medal, with three winning golds.

Running the final leg for the relay team, Tyus helped setting a new World Record, winning her third gold medal.

In the 4 x 100 m relay she again ran the final leg, winning her third Olympic gold medal despite a sloppy last exchange that meant she had to make up some ground on Göhr.

As a youth he became one of Finney's band of evangelists and gave himself to winning young men.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

Ironically, the Miami Dolphins became a Professional Football powerhouse, winning two Super Bowl Championships, including the perfect season of 1972.

For the 1966 tour to Australia and New Zealand John Robins became the first Lions Coach, and the trip started off very well for the Lions, who stormed through Australia, winning five non-tests and drawing one ; and most notably defeating Australia in two tests as well.

Figueres became a national hero, winning the first election under the new constitution in 1953.

Led by native Ohioan Cy Young, the Spiders became a contender in the mid-1890s, when they played in the Temple Cup Series ( that era's World Series ) twice, winning it in 1895.

Under Mourinho, Chelsea became the fifth English team to win back-to-back league championships since the Second World War ( 2004 – 05 and 2005 – 06 ), in addition to winning an FA Cup ( 2007 ) and two League Cups ( 2005 and 2007 ).

In 1953, Day appeared as the title character in the comedic western-themed musical, Calamity Jane, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Secret Love " ( her recording of which became her fourth U. S. No. 1 recording ).

DDT became a prime target of the growing anti-chemical and anti-pesticide movements, and in 1967 a group of scientists and lawyers founded the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) with the specific goal of winning a ban on DDT.

Capra became one of America's most powerful directors during the 1930s, winning three Oscars as Best Director.

He became the first king of the Babylonian Empire following the abdication of his father, Sin-Muballit, extending Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms.

After the year's previous success, King had Brown sign a new recording contract and in June 1965, released " Papa's Got a Brand New Bag ", which became his breakthrough hit single, becoming his first # 1 single on the R & B chart since " Try Me " and his first Top 10 pop single winning Brown his first Grammy.

Manager Whitey Herzog replaced McKeon in 1975, and the Royals quickly became the dominant franchise in the American League's Western Division, winning three straight division championships from 1976 to 1978.

Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool in 1985 after the resignation of Joe Fagan, winning a further three First Divisions, two FA Cups and four FA Charity Shields, before resigning from Liverpool in 1991.

The MDP became the second largest party, winning 26 seats.

Ironicallly, the Dolphins became a Professional Football powerhouse, winning two Super Bowl Championships, including the perfect season of 1972, while the NFL's Atlanta team has been a perennial also-ran.

His winning entry, the " Mikhtim " ( so named by taking the first letters of his name and patronymic Mikhail Timofeyevich ) became the prototype for the development of a family of prototype rifles.

GM Harry Dalton was able to build a winning club with a combination of home-grown players like Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Gorman Thomas, as well as getting players that were cast-offs from other teams that became major contributors like Cecil Cooper, Ben Oglivie, and Mike Caldwell.

Animation became popular, especially for winning over youthful audiences.

He became Prime Minister because in 1994 he was elected Labour Party leader and then led the party to victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats compared to 165 for the Conservatives and gaining a majority in the House of Commons.

Despite this, some wrestlers, such as Chris Jericho, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, Ken Shamrock, The Undertaker, Dean Malenko, and Chris Benoit, became famous for winning matches via submission.

He also became a fan of Mad magazine, and began spending long hours practicing his drawing talent, winning a competition at the age of eleven.

Kansas City's Len Dawson became the fourth consecutive winning quarterback to be named Super Bowl MVP.

The Redskins became the second defending champion to lose a Super Bowl ( their divisional rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, were the first, losing Super Bowl XIII after winning Super Bowl XII ).

The Bills became the first team to lose three consecutive Super Bowls, and just the second team to play in three straight ( the Miami Dolphins played in Super Bowls VI-VIII, winning VII and VIII ).