Category: Olympics
Another Dibiasi, another phenomenon!
The story of Karl Dibiasi
Between 1964 and 1976, Klaus Dibiasi was one of the greatest divers in the World. Klaus always...
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‘Ghosts are Much of What Makes a Space a Place’:
Interpreting the Relics of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Village through Art
Please cite this article as: Adams, I. ‘Ghosts are Much of What Makes a Space a Place’:...
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Gretel Bergmann
~An International Olympic Contender~
The ‘Bitter Awakening from the Wonderful Dream’ of Attending the Olympic Games
To read the earlier articles in this series by Lisa please click on the links below Part 1 –...
Read More![“And then we were Boycotted”<br>New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 7](https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Marco-Part-7-Boycotted-627x376.jpg)
“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 7
The author would like to express thanks to Luigi and Francesco Ferrari for the images (taken from...
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Sports Migration during National Socialism:
Reasons and Research on the Emigration of Jewish Athletes from Germany after 1933
“Thousands have emigrated from our ranks in recent years, some have already become champions in a...
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A Neglected Austrian Lifter and Resistant: Franz Huhsar
The period following World War I, ending with the horror of World War II, was one of the most...
Read More![The Eternal Seconds of Italian Women’s Athletics:<br>The History of Gruppo Sportivo La Filotecnica [Milan, 1935-1943]](https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PP-banner-maker-3-627x376.jpg)
The Eternal Seconds of Italian Women’s Athletics:
The History of Gruppo Sportivo La Filotecnica [Milan, 1935-1943]
The author would like to express thanks to Lyana Calvesi for the images from Archivio personale...
Read More![Switching from Women’s Football to Cross-Country: <br>The History of Gruppo Sportivo Giovinezza [Milan, 1933-37]](https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PP-banner-maker-627x376.jpg)
Switching from Women’s Football to Cross-Country:
The History of Gruppo Sportivo Giovinezza [Milan, 1933-37]
Some Playing Pasts readers may wonder what happened to the calciatrici of Gruppo Femminile...
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A Reality Check for the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games
Please cite this article as: Garcia, G. A Reality Check for the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games, In...
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Jack Price and the 1908 Olympic Marathon
Please cite this article as: Harris, L. Jack Price and the 1908 Olympic Marathon, In Day, D. (ed),...
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The ‘Finest Spectacle in P.O.W. History’:
The 1952 ‘Inter-Camp Olympics’ and British Prisoners of War in the Korean War (1950-1953)
This podcast from Grace Huxford, from a collection of short papers on aspects of sport and leisure...
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Massaging the Amateur Ethos: British Professional Trainers at Stockholm in 1912.
This podcast, by Dave Day was delivered as part of a collection of papers on aspects of coaching...
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