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	Ray Ewry - Wikipedia
		Durante l'adolescenza Ray Ewry fu colpito dalla poliomielite.
		Ray Ewry fu il più grande interprete dei salti da fermo.
		Ewry partecipò anche alle Olimpiadi estive del 1906, evento organizzato per festeggiare il 10° anniversario della I Olimpiade del 1896, ma non inserito nella cronologia ufficiale delle Olimpiadi.
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	Ray Ewry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raymond Clarence "Ray" Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won 8 gold medals at the Olympic Games and 2 gold medals at the "Intercalated Games" (1906 in Athens).
		Ewry was born in Lafayette, Indiana, and contracted polio as a young boy.
		Ewry's superiority is also displayed by the fact that his world record in the standing long jump (3.47 m) was still standing when the event was discontinued internationally in the 1930s.
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	Ray Ewry - Wikipedia
		Raymond Clarence "Ray" Ewry (14 oktober 1873 – 29 september 1937) was een voormalig atleet uit de Verenigde Staten, die acht gouden medailles won bij de Olympische Spelen en twee gouden medailles bij Tussenliggende Spelen van 1906.
		Ewry werd geboren Lafayette, Indiana, en kreeg op jonge leeftijd polio.
		De dominantie van Ewry blijkt uit het feit dat het wereldrecord bij het verspringen uit stand (3 meter 47) nog steeds op zijn naam stond, toen het nummer van het programma werd geschrapt in de dertiger jaren van de twintigste eeuw.
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	Ray Ewry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raymond Clarence "Ray" Ewry (October 14, 1873 - September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete.
		Having won 8 Olympic gold medals, and 2 gold medals he won at the "Intercalated Games" (1906 in Athens), so he is among the most successful Olympic athletes of all time.
		The standing triple jump event was discontinued after those Olympics, but Ewry continued to dominate the two remaining standing jump events at both the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Games, thus bringing his total to 8 Olympic titles and 2 from Intercalated Games.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Ray_Ewry (358 words)

	Is Ray Ewry as Great an Olympian as Carl Lewis? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ewry overcame childhood polio to win ten Olympic gold medals in standing jumps in four Olympic Games from 1900 to 1908, including the 1906 games which the IOC today considers to be unofficial, but were regarded as Olympic at the time.
		Ewry also earns mentions in most every Olympic history for the past thirty years, so even casual readers of Olympic history could place Ray Ewry in an era and connect him to his events and accomplishments.
		Only one of Ewry's ten medals, the 1908 HJ (98.4 %) was contested as closely as Lewis' average, and the 2nd place marks were an average of 95.5% of the first place mark for all ten of Ewry's medals.
	www.internationalgames.net /topics/rayewry.htm (625 words)

	History and Heroes from every Olympic Games since 1896; Sunday Times Great British Olympians
		Ray Ewry has won more gold medals than any other athlete in Olympic history, his 10 titles having been won at the Games of 1900, 1904, 1906 (intercalated) and 1908.
		Ewry, born on October 18, 1872 in Lafayette, Indiana, contracted polio as a boy and was for a while confined to a wheelchair.
		Ewry was 26 by the time he won his first three gold medals at Paris in 1900.
	www.times-olympics.co.uk /historyheroes/rewry.html (365 words)

	Ray Ewry
		]] Raymond Clarence "Ray" Ewry (October 14, 1873 - September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete.
		The standing triple jump event was discontinued after those Olympics, but Ewry continued to dominate the two remaining standing jump events at both the 1906 and 1908 Games, thus bringing his total to 10 Olympic titles.
		It should be noted that the 1906 Games are currently not officially recognised by the IOC, although they were organized by the IOC.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/r/ra/ray_ewry.html (324 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1904 St. Louis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Perhaps the most remarkable performance in athletics competition was by Ray Ewry, who successfully defended all three of his gold medals from the 1900 Olympics, in the three standing jump events: high jump, long jump and triple jump.
		Ray Ewry is one of the all-time most successful Olympians, racking up eight gold medals from 1900 to 1908, but he remains little more than a historical footnote because his events have been mothballed since 1912.
		Ewry specialized in the standing jumps, and in the early part of the 20th century, he utterly dominated the standing high jump, standing long jump and standing triple jump.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/1904.html (1130 words)

	Traditions purduesports.com - Purdue University Official Athletic Site
		With Ray Ewry still competing in the standing jumps and the emergence of pole vaulter Ed Glover, Purdue was well represented in Athens.
		Ewry won the standing high jump and standing long jump with distances of 1.56 meters (5 feet, 1.125 inches) and 3.30 meters (10-10), respectively.
		Ewry won the standing high jump with a distance of 1.575 meters (5 feet, 2 inches) and the standing long jump with a leap of 3.335 meters (10-11.25).
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	Ewry, Ray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ewry excelled in three events that have been eliminated from Olympic competition: the standing high jump, the standing long jump, and the standing triple jump.
		Ewry was one of a number of NYAC athletes to take part in the 1900 Olympics in Paris, France.
		Ewry repeated his victories in the standing high jump and standing long jump at the 1908 games in London, England.
	cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/E/ewry/01.html (342 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		Ray Ewry won eight Olympic gold medals in 1900, 1904 and 1908, yet he is almost unknown today because his unprecedented feats were performed in events that are no longer held: the standing high jump, the standing long jump and the standing triple jump.
		Ewry won all three standing jump events at the 1900 Olympics in Paris.
		The standing triple jump was dropped from the Olympic program in 1908, but Ewry won both the standing high jump and the standing long jump for a third time.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=58689 (136 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - McAnally Ray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		McAnally, Ray (1926-1989), Irish character actor, with a powerful presence, born in Buncra, County Donegal.
		Ray, in zoology, common name for any of about 425 species of cartilaginous fishes found in almost all seas.
		Ray, Johnnie (1927-1990), American singer, noted for his highly emotional style.
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	RAY EWRY FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Raymond Clarence "Ray" Ewry (October_14, 1873 – September_29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won 8 gold medals at the Olympic_Games and 2 gold medals at the "Intercalated_Games" (1906 in Athens).
		Ewry attended Purdue_University, where he became a member of Sigma_Nu Fraternity.
		Ewry's superiority is also displayed by the fact that his world_record in the standing long jump (3.47 m) was still standing when the event was discontinued internationally in the 1930s.
	www.witwib.com /Ray_Ewry (361 words)

	Ray Ewry -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ewry was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Lafayette, Indiana) Lafayette, Indiana, and was contracted with (An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord) polio as a young boy.
		At his first (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country) Olympics, held in (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris (1900), he won gold medals in all three standing jumps.
		Ewry's superiority is also displayed by the fact that his (The best record in the whole world) world record in the standing long jump (3.47 m) was still standing when the event was discontinued internationally in the (The decade from 1930 to 1939) 1930s.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ra/Ray_Ewry.htm (402 words)

	Ewry, Ray C. -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ewry, Ray C. With outstanding jumping performances at three consecutive Olympic Games, U.S. track and field athlete Ray Ewry became the first athlete to win eight individual Olympic gold medals.
		Primarily slow-moving, bottom-dwelling fishes of the oceans, the skates and rays are close relatives of the sharks.
		Canadian political leader Ray Hnatyshyn served as a Conservative in the House of Commons from 1974 until 1988 before being appointed governor-general—the representative of the British sovereign in Canada—in 1990.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9322833?tocId=9322833 (861 words)

	OΛYMΠIAKOI AΓΩNEΣ
		Ray Ewry won two gold medals, in the standing long jump and the standing high jump, adding them to the six gold medals that he had already won in the Olympic Games of 1900 (Paris) and 1904 (Saint Louis).
		Among his distinctions should be included his victories in the standing long jump and the standing high jump in the so-called Interim Olympic Games, which was organized at Athens in 1906, as well as fifteen victories in the standing events in the national USA championship between 1898 and 1910.
		Ewry was born on 14 October 1873 in the city Lafayette of Indiana.
	www.fhw.gr /olympics/modern/en/heroes/1908b.html (366 words)

	Raymond C. Ewry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Raymond Clarence Ewry, a descendant of Tippecanoe pioneers, was born and reared in the Lafayette area.
		Ewry contracted polio as a child and was told he would be disabled for the remainder of his life.
		Ewry's claim to athletic immortality occurred in the Olympic jumping events.
	www.rootsweb.com /~intippec/ewry.htm (168 words)

	Atlanta Falcons Message Boards.. > The Greatest Olympian Ever... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Raymond Clarence Ewry (YOO-re) was born in Lafayette, Ind., in 1873.
		There was Ray, doing his exercises from the moment he woke up in the morning until the moment he fell asleep at night.
		Ray won two more golds in London in '08, and would have won more in '12 if not for severe pain from what he called "a note from Old Dame Nature in the shape of a rheumatic twinge," he wrote in the Purdue Alumnus in 1920.
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	CyberIndiana: People: Ray Ewry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ray Ewry won ten gold medals in four Olympic Games.
		He specialized in the now-discontinued standing jump events - the standing high jump (Gold medals in 1900, 1904, 1906, and 1908), standing long jump (same years) and standing triple jump (1900 and 1904).
		His remarkable ability earned him the knickname "The Human Frog", and his world record for the standing long jump, 3.47 meters, stood until until the sport was discontinued in 1938.
	www.cyberindiana.com /people/ewry.shtml (73 words)

	The Purdue Exponent
		Ray Ewry won 10 gold medals over the course of four Olympic games between 1900 and 1910; the most that anyone's ever won.
		Ewry, was born in 1874 to George and Elizabeth Ewry in Lafayette, Ind. Ewry's grandfather had plotted land in West Lafayette next to the plot owned by John Purdue.
		Ewry represented the United States at four Olympic games —; Paris in 1900, St. Louis in 1904, Athens in 1906 and London in 1908.
	www.purdueexponent.org /2002/03/01/opinions/Raycol.html (726 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ray Ewry
		The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes.
		July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining.
		Ray Ewry on a FDC This image is a postage stamp produced by the United States Postal Service after 1978.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ray-Ewry (1082 words)

	Ray Ewry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Setting a High Gold Standard: Ray Ewry's remarkable Olympic success came in the short-lived standing jumps.(Scorecard/Ye...
		RAY EWRY OF THE U.S. was the king of the standing jumps.
		Ray competed at the 1900, 1904, and 1908 Summer...
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	ninemsn Encarta - Multimedia - Ray Ewry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Despite having polio as a child, American athlete Ray Ewry won a total of eight Olympic gold medals.
		At his first Olympic Games, in 1900 in Paris, he won three gold medals in one day.
		His speciality was in long-discontinued jumping events—the standing long jump, the standing high jump, and the standing triple jump.
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