Olympic hurdler and Army veteran Willie Davenport competes for Team USA. (U.S. Olympic Museum)
26 Jul 2021
There are hundreds of United States service members who’ve competed in the modern Olympic Games and dozens who’ve won medals. Some participated in the Games before joining, while others were members of Team USA while simultaneously serving.
Every individual who qualifies for a U.S. Olympic team is a world-class athlete, but there are some whose athletic performance and service records distinguish them from the rest of an impressive crew.
Here are 10 gifted Olympic athletes who also served their country.
Louis Zamperini
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“Our role in Iraq will be It’s just to be available, to continue to train, to assist, to help, and to deal with ISIS as it arises, but we’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission,” Biden said in the Oval Office at the top of the meeting.
The formal announcement: The plan was also more formally announced in a joint statement from Iraq and the United States released after the meeting.
“The delegations decided, following recent technical talks, that the security relationship will fully transition to a training, advising, assisting, and intelligence-sharing role, and that there will be no U.S. forces with a combat role in Iraq by December 31, 2021,” the statement said.
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Colorado Springs Native Lt. Amber English wins gold for USA Shooting
TOKYO (KRDO) Lieutenant Amber English, a Colorado Springs native, won gold in Women s Skeet at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
English set an Olympic record by hitting 56 out of 60 targets in the shotgun event.
She started shooting in 2007 before joining the army in 2017. English began training for the 2020 team while she was working to become an army officer in Fort Benning, Georgia.
In previous years, she came up short in the US Team competition at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
In June, English told KRDO joining the Army allowed her to have resources to accomplish her goals.