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- Terry
Kent
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- AJ
Kitt
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- Buckie
Leach
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- Ryan
Lochte
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- Megan
MacKenzie
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- Ann
Marsh
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- Leslie
Marx
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- Mike
Marx
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- Betty
Perkins
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- Pete
Pfitzinger
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- Diann
Roffe
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- Rich
Saeger
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- Janice
Smith
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- Joan
Smith
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- Jenn
Suhr
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- Terry Kent
- Olympians, 1984/1988/1992 Summer Games-Canoeing
- Right, at an event in Portland, Oregon, June 2013, click to enlarge.
- A 1981 graduate of Brighton High School, Terry was also a star wrestler before turning to canoeing.
A word silver medalist in the sport, he was a three-time US Olympian- and just missed a bronze medal in the 1984 Los Angeles
games. Terry served as the Executive Director of USA Canoe/Kayak and was the play-by-play announcer
at the Olympic canoeing venues in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008).
- Terry Kent Olympics statistics
- Section V Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame
- Bio, Cornell University
- Youtube, quick tip bent shaft 1280x720 4-3
- Youtube, Mark Hoyt (testimonial for long time Brighton High School wrestling coach)
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- AJ Kitt
- Olympians, 1998/1992/1994/1998 Winter Games-Alpine Skiing
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Amateur Sports, Inducted
1999
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- The Gates native was a four-time
Olympic downhill skier and is one of the few American men to
win a World Cup race. He is one of three Rochestarians to appear
on the cover of Sports Illustrated
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- AJ Kitt Olympics statistics
- AJ Kitt International Ski Federation statistics
- Bio, US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
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Bio, Nagano 1998 Olympics, CNN/SI
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- Buckie Leach
- Olympians, 1996/2000/2004 Summer Games-Fencing Coach
- Right, with
Felicia Zimmermann.
- Renowned as one of the most successful coaches of foil in the history of
U.S. fencing history. His athletes, who
include the
Zimmermann sisters Felicia and Iris,
have gone on to win multiple international
medals. Leach has helped send six students to the Olympics and
his coaching resume includes appearances in 1996, 2000 and 2004. A product of the Rochester Fencing Centre.
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Bio, Fencers Club
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US Fencing Hall of Fame
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Youtube, USA Fencing Hall of Fame - Buckie Leach
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Chicago Tribune, Touche! Sibling Fight Brings Out The Best
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Peter Westbrook Foundation
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USA Fencing Announces Six National Coaches for 2014-2016
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- Ryan Lochte
- Olympians, 2004/2008/2012 Summer Games-Swimming
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- Born in Canandaigua, New
York, he is a multiple world record holder and Olympic gold medalist.
He has medaled in 11 of the 12 swimming events entered, in all
collecting five gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze through the 2012 Olympics.
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Ryan Lochte Olympics statistics
- Website
- Twitter
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- Megan MacKenzie
- Olympians, 2007 Winter Games-Hockey Official
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Amateur Sports, Inducted
2007
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A three-sport star at Bishop Kearney, MacKenzie went on to earn All-America
honors in soccer at the University of Rochester. The first girl to play in
Brighton Little League and boys youth hockey in the area, MacKenzie officiated
women's hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame
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Zoom info
- University of Rochester, Megan MacKenzie to Receive Wilmot Cancer Center Inspiration Award
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Wilmot Cancer Institute, Patient Stories, Megan MacKenzie Beats Breast Cancer
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- Ann Marsh
- Olympians, 1992/1996/2000 Summer Games-Fencing
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- Ann,
Felicia Zimmermann, Iris Zimmermann and Arlene Stevens at the 1990 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia.
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Ann Marsh Olympics statistics
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The Museum of American Fencing, Ann Marsh page
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Renaissance Fencing Club, Meet the Coaches
- University of Rochester, En garde, Doctor
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Youtube, Ann Marsh Interviewed by Andy Shaw at Summer Nationals 2011
- usafencing.org, Ann Marsh-Senic Wins Athlete Election for USA Fencing Board of Directors
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- Leslie Marx
- Olympians, 1996 Summer Games-Fencing
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- Bottom, competing in the 1996 Olympic games.
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Leslie Marx Olympics statistics
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Bio, Duke University
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Democrat and Chronicle, Scott Pitoniak, It's a (Marx) family affair for local couple
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Extended Bio, Duke University
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The Museum of American Fencing, Leslie Marx page
- Duke Sports Information, Marx Back At Fuqua After FCC Post
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Youtube, Leslie M. Marx (Duke University) - Learconference 2013 - Coordinated effects
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- Michael Marx
- Olympians, 1984/1988/1992/1996 Summer Games-Fencing
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- Click photos to enlarge.
- (top left) 1988 USA Fencing Foil team includes Marx, far right... (top right) Michael left, with his fencer brother Robert,
who comepeted in three Olympics games.
- (bottom, middle) At the '96 Olympics with wife Leslie Marx.
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Mike Marx Olympics statistics
- Website, Marx Fencing Academy
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Bio, US Fencing Hall of Fame
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Democrat and Chronicle, Scott Pitoniak, It's a (Marx) family affair for local couple
- Bio, Duke University
- The Museum of American Fencing, Michael Marx page
- Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
- Youtube, Michael Marx fencing videos
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- Betty Perkins-Carpenter
- Olympians, 1976 Summer Games-Diving Coach
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Amateur Coaches, Inducted
1999
- Taught swimming and diving
to generations of Rochesterians, including Olympic diving medalist
Wendy Wyland. She is nationally recognized for developing fitness
programs for senior citizens.
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1984 Olympics US Diving Results
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Betty Perkins Olympics statistics
- Living Prime Time 50Plus, Betty Perkins-Carpenter
Olympic Coach and Fitness Entrepreneur
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- Pete Pfitzinger
- Olympians, 1984/1988 Summer Games-Athletics
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- The Pittsford native represented the
United States in the marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (11th) and the 1988 Seoul
Olympics (14th). Later became an author and exercise physiologist.
- Pete Pfitzinger Olympics statistics
- Greater Rochester Track Hall of Fame, 2001
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Western New York Running Hall of Fame
- Bio, wikirun.com
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YouTube, 1984 Olympic Men's Marathon, Pfitzinger finish at 6:36
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Runner's World, Pete Pfitzinger Recalls Winning in 1984
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Runner's World, Looking back on one of the best U.S. Olympic marathon trials ever
- NY Times, Pfitzinger Wary on Olympics
- Training articles
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Democrat and Chronicle, RocJocks: Olympic marathoner Pete Pfitzinger
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- Diann Roffe-Steinrotter
- Olympians, 1984/1992/1994 Winter Games-Alpine Skiing
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Amateur Sports, Olympians, Inducted
1999
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- The Williamson native won
a gold medal in downhill skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in
Lellehammer, Norway, and also captured a silver at the 1992 games
in Albertville, France.
- Diann Roffe-Steinrotter Olympics statistics
- Website
- Diann Roffe-Steinrotter International Ski Federation statistics
- Youtube, Diann Roffe-Steinrotter 1994 Olympic Gold
- Youtube, Universal Sports Alpine Race Room with Diann Roffe
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Washington Post, Roffe-Steinrotter Pulls Upset in Super Giant Slalom
- Youtube 1994 Olympic Gold
- Bio, US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
- Sports Illustrated, Zone of Their Own
- Sports Illustrated, A Happy Ending
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- Rich Saeger
- Olympians, 1984 Summer Games-Swimming
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- The USA's Men's 4 x 200 Meter Freestyle swimming team, left-to-right: Bruce Lawrence Hayes,
David Larson, Saeger and Geoffrey Gaberino after winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games
in Los Angeles, click to enlarge.
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Rich Saeger Olympics statistics
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Section V Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame plaque
- Bio, inductee provided
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Rich Saeger page, US Masters Swimming
- Democrat and Chronicle, Williamson graduates as one of area’s best
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- Janice Smith
- Olympians, 1964 Winter Games-Speed Skating
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- Click on photos for larger images.
- Top, The 1964 U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Team, Jan Smith is kneeling, second from the left... bottom,
Smith is face down in the snow, after falling near the finish line during the 1500 speedskating event
at the '64 games. She was not seriously injured.
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Jan Smith Olympics statistics
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Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1964 (Color HD Newsreel Footage)
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Democrat and Chronicle, Janice Smith Named to Olympic Team
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- Joan Smith
- Olympians, 1992/1994 Winter Games-Biathlon
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- Click bottom two rows of photos for larger images.
- Bottom right, posing with kids from the Honeoye Falls Bill Koch Youth Ski League during an event in 1989.
- A native of Honeoye Falls, New York and a 1985 graduate of Nazareth College
Joan competed in golf, soccer, cross-country skiing and track growing up.
At 17, she made the US Biathlon team and appeared in five World Championships. Smith's 14th place finish at the '64
Winter Games in Austria was the best for individual USA woman until 2014.
- Joan Smith Olympics statistics
- NY Times, OLYMPICS; At Last, Women In the Biathlon
- fasterskiier.com, Where are they Now? Joan Smith
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- Jenn Suhr
- Olympians, 2008/2012 Summer Games-Athletics
- Olympians, Inducted
2009
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- Ranked number one American pole vaulter since 2006, she has
won a total of seven U.S. National Championships and holds the
American Women's Pole Vault Record both indoors and outdoors.
She set an American Record of 4.92m (16'1 ¾) in 2008,
winning the U.S. Olympic trials. In Beijing, Jenn won a silver
medal after only four years after being introduced to pole vaulting.
- Jen Stuczynski Olympics statistics
- Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame
- Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame
- Bio, USA Track & Field
- ESPN the Magazine, An Interview With Jen Stuczynski
Walk of Fame website contact, photo credits
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