She is currently on a ten-match singles winning streak in Fed Cup, dropping only one set in that span and has clinched four of Italy's last five ties.

She refers to Diana, goddess of the moon, who is often depicted with a silver hunting bow.

She risked war with Spain by supporting the " Sea Dogs ," such as John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake, who preyed on the Spanish merchant ships carrying gold and silver from the New World.

She brought as her marriage portion, the sum of 3, 000 ducats besides valuable jewellery, dishes, and a silver service.

She also made the annual presentation of engraved silver cigarette cases ( with DeBeck's characters etched on the cover ) to the eight winners spanning the years 1946 to 1953.

She attended the silver jubilee of her grandparents, George V and Queen Mary, at age five in 1935.

She has represented Canada at the Winter Olympics four times, capturing three gold and one silver medal and twice being named tournament MVP, and one time at the Summer Olympics in softball.

She was not the only female skier to win two medals though, United States skier Gretchen Fraser won gold in the slalom and took silver behind Beiser in the combined.

She risked war with Spain by supporting the " Sea Dogs ," such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake, who preyed on the Spanish merchant ships carrying gold and silver from the New World.

She remained interested in Arthurian legends and jewellery ; in 1358 she appeared at the St George's Day celebrations at Windsor wearing a dress made of silk, silver, 300 rubies, 1800 pearls and a circlet of gold.

In spring of 1110 she was sent to Germany, taking with her a large dowry, estimated at 10, 000 marks in silver, to become the bride of Henry V. She met her husband-to-be at Liège before travelling to Utrecht where, on 10 April, Matilda became officially betrothed to Henry.

At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. She also won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics and came first at the 1997 World Champion in the 400 m event.

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.

She eventually took the silver medal behind Pérec, in an Australian record of 48. 63 seconds.

She is four times World Champion, from 2001 ( moguls + parallel moguls ) and 2003 ( moguls + parallel moguls ), and has also three silver medals ( both moguls and parallel moguls in 1999, and moguls in 2005 ).

She debuted internationally at the 1969 European Championships, where she-as a last minute substitute-won a silver medal in the 200 m and a gold in the 4 x 100 m relay.

She won the best supporting Actress silver Ariel for this role.

She also competed in a jump-off for a silver in the high jump.

She told him that his father was Elatha, one of the Kings of the Fomorians ; that he had come to her one time over a level sea in a great vessel that seemed to be of silver ; that he himself had the appearance of a young man with yellow hair, his clothes decked with gold and five rings of gold around his neck.

She was imagined as a human female, and images of her included a silver disc covering an entire wall.

She gave Coventry a number of works in precious metal made for the purpose by the famous goldsmith Mannig, and bequeathed a necklace valued at 100 marks of silver.

She and her team won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

She won five medals ( 2 silver, 3 bronze ) in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 2 gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

She lost both her singles matches against Vera Zvonareva and Li Na, but she managed to help Team America to win the silver group.

She persuaded the doctor to try an experimental treatment, an injection of silver nitrate.

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

She played first board on the U. S. Women's team in the 38th Chess Olympiad, when the U. S. team scored a bronze medal.

She was also the first Moroccan and the first woman from a Muslim majority country to win an Olympic gold medal.

She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles.

She was awarded the Danish Ingenio et Arti medal in 1950.

She exclaims that she has a mantel full of trophies and that it wins a medal every time she shows it.

She appeared in 3 consecutive Olympics in 1994 ( Lillehammer, Norway ), 1998 ( Nagano, Japan ), and 2002 ( Salt Lake City, USA ), Her best showing was placing 7th in the medal round in 1994.

She also received the gold medal of the Linnean Society of London ( 1960 ) and a gold medal from the American Museum of Natural History ( 1969 ).

She also won the gold medal in women's doubles with her sister Serena.

She did, however, earn a gold medal along with Serena in women's doubles, their second gold medal as a team, having won together at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

She was also a member of the New Zealand National Women's Hockey Team ( The Black Sticks ) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

She would not hold the penmanship medal for Claude Daigle the day of the Fern Grammar School picnic.

She was decorated with the Hero of the Soviet Union medal, the USSR's highest award.

She won her first World Cup race, a slalom at Mammoth Mountain, California, in December 1998 at age 17, and her first gold medal at St. Anton, Austria, in 2001.

She recovered from the fall and one day later won the bronze medal in the Combined event.