Category: Olympics

Alec Nelson:
Professional Runner, Athletics Coach and ‘Entrepreneur-Client’,

by Ian Stone | Oct 26, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Olympics, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sporting Lives edited Volume 2010 | 0

Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...

Synchronized Swimming at Blackpool: 125 Years Ago

by Keith Myerscough | Sep 13, 2021 | Olympics, Swimming & Diving, Women in Sport | 0

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games having taken place in 2021, it is an opportune time to set the...

Cloelia, Atalanta and Nausicaa
The Search for a Classical Sportswoman Role Model in 1930s’ Italy

by Marco Giani | Sep 6, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Football, Leisure, Olympics, Rowing, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Women in Sport | 0

This Playing Pasts article is the English version of a longer Italian article (2018), that can...

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance:
1930-1940s Italian Athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni & Elda Franco
Part 6

by Marco Giani | Sep 2, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Women in Sport | 0

The author would like to express thanks to Maura Quiriconi for having shared the personal archive...

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance:
1930-1940s Italian Athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni & Elda Franco
Part 5

by Marco Giani | Aug 30, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Women in Sport | 0

The author would like to express thanks to Maura Quiriconi for having shared the personal archive...

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance:
1930-1940s Italian Athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni & Elda Franco
Part 4

by Marco Giani | Aug 26, 2021 | Athletics, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Women in Sport | 0

The author would like to express thanks to Maura Quiriconi for having shared the personal archive...

The Games of the New Emerging Forces:
Indonesia 1963

by Walter Tempelman | Aug 21, 2021 | Olympics, Swimming & Diving, Women in Sport | 0

Soekarno’s Olympic Attack A year before the Olympic Games of 1964 in Tokyo Indonesia hosts...

The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 5 ~ Preposterous and No Man in His Right Mind Would Throw It

by Andy Carter | Aug 16, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Olympics | 0

To read Part 1: Classical Origins – Click HERE Part 2: Early British Interest (and...

The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 4 ~ Norman Gardiner and the Dual Discus Event Olympics of 1906 and 1908

by Andy Carter | Aug 12, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Olympics | 0

To read Part 1: Classical Origins – Click HERE Part 2: Early British Interest (and...

All About That Skirt:
Women’s sportswear in 1920-1940s’ Fascist Italy
Part 2

by Marco Giani | Aug 9, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Basketball, Golf, Leisure, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Women in Sport | 0

To read Part 1 Click HERE To continue where we left Part 1 with the discussion regarding female...

All About That Skirt:
Women’s sportswear in 1920-1940s’ Fascist Italy
Part 1

by Marco Giani | Aug 5, 2021 | Athletics, Basketball, Leisure, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Tennis, Uncategorised, Winter Sports, Women in Sport | 0

As Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan has pointed out just some days ago in her The Conversation article...

The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 3 ~ Greek Revival and British Academic Objections

by Andy Carter | Aug 2, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Olympics | 0

To read Part 1: Classical Origins – Click HERE and for Part 2: Early British Interest (and...

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Category: Olympics

Alec Nelson: Professional Runner, Athletics Coach ...

Synchronized Swimming at Blackpool: 125 Years Ago

Cloelia, Atalanta and NausicaaThe Search for a Cla...

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance: 1930-...

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance: 1930-...

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance: 1930-...

Alec Nelson:
Professional Runner, Athletics Coach and ‘Entrepreneur-Client’,

Synchronized Swimming at Blackpool: 125 Years Ago

Cloelia, Atalanta and Nausicaa
The Search for a Classical Sportswoman Role Model in 1930s’ Italy

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance:
1930-1940s Italian Athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni & Elda Franco
Part 6

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance:
1930-1940s Italian Athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni & Elda Franco
Part 5

The Relay Runners who joined the Resistance:
1930-1940s Italian Athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni & Elda Franco
Part 4

The Games of the New Emerging Forces:
Indonesia 1963

The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 5 ~ Preposterous and No Man in His Right Mind Would Throw It

The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 4 ~ Norman Gardiner and the Dual Discus Event Olympics of 1906 and 1908

All About That Skirt:
Women’s sportswear in 1920-1940s’ Fascist Italy
Part 2

All About That Skirt:
Women’s sportswear in 1920-1940s’ Fascist Italy
Part 1

The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 3 ~ Greek Revival and British Academic Objections

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