National Sponsors of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and aims to explore whether a strategic approach was employed in the acquisition and management of their Olympic sponsorship. Design/methodology/approach – A multiple case study analysis was employed‚ for which data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The study sample included seven of the ten Grand National Sponsors that signed agreements with ATHOC‚ the Organizing Committee of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Data analysis was organized
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trail while riding with your friend Skippy and you are trying to get to the bump first. This is what BMX is like except you are also racing 8 other riders at once. BMX is and old sport that now is new and upcoming sport. BMX is an Olympic sport that is in the summer games every four years. People of all ages‚ both male and female can participate in this sport and is a very fast paced sport. BMX was started back in 1969 or 1970 nobody is sure. They figure it started in southern California.
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Speedo innovation: Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster? Following the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ officials at swimwear giant Speedo had good reason to celebrate: Athletes clad in their latest suits at the time‚ called Fastskin FSII‚ won 46 medals in the pool. Yet when the company ’s in-house design team‚ Aqualab‚ gathered soon after the games at company headquarters in Nottingham‚ Britain
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(born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo‚ Zimbabwe) is a deaf swimmer from South Africa‚ who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics‚ as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals. In 2011‚ Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[1] http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121. Jump up^ Parkin out to win‚ prove deaf can compete. " CNN Sports Illustrated Online
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does not really matter. However‚ a diving board helps the diver to jump up higher to create a more distinguished parabola. Diving can be found in most first world countries. It is an olympic sport and has been competed since the late nineteenth century. Diving was first introduced as a sport in the Summer Olympics of 1904 in St. Louis. Diving itself has evolved throughout the twentieth century. At the time‚
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winning three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing‚ China‚ and becoming the first man in Olympic history to win both the 100-meter and 200-meter races in record times. Bolt also won three Olympic gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. He ran the men’s 100-meter race in 9.63 seconds‚ a new Olympic record‚ making him the first man in history to set three world records in Olympic competition. He made history again at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio when he won gold in the 100-meter
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follows the news nowadays has heard of the name Michael Phelps. Upon coming to worldwide attention at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens‚ Phelps has taken the sport of swimming to new limits‚ setting records that seemed impossible just years before. He shocked the world with his record-breaking win of eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing‚ and also holds the record for most Olympic gold medals ever won. However‚ getting to that point was not easy‚ and required a high amount of diligence
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Stan. Olympic Silver To Deaf South African Swimmer. Deaf Friends International Special Contributor. Published 2002 http://www.workersforjesus.com/dfi/857.htm Burk‚ Jamie. About.com guide. People – Terence Parkin Deaf Swimmer. Updated March 5‚ 2009. http://deafness.about.com/od/sports/p/terrenceparkin.htm Harris‚ Jay. Olympics and Sport Athletes – Terence Parkin. Published June 2003 http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/terence-parkin-1.html Woziac‚ Bob. CNN – SI Olympic Swimming
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Michael Phelps Michael Phelps is a through and through true Olympian. He has amazing capabilities and has proven it many times. I would definitely call him a great athlete. Michael Phelps stole the limelight through the best performances in Olympic history. In his early life Michael Phelps had already started his rise to the top. When Michael was born he had two sisters already in the sport of swimming which he entered very soon. “As a seven-year-old‚ he refused to put his face in the water. Not
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In 2012‚ at the London Olympic games Renaud Lavillenie walks to the back of the runway checking his final steps. He takes a few deep breaths before making a dash for the pit. Renaud counts down “3‚2‚1” as he hits the box and soars into the air! He breaks the Olympic record as he clears 19’6”. The Olympic stadium erupts breaking out into celebration as the french representative has just won his first Olympic gold medal and is officially the best pole vaulter in Olympic history. Renaud Lavillenie holds
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