2004 Inductees
1996 U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team Matt Biondi Bonnie Blair Alice Coachman	Janet Evans Bud Greenspan Florence Griffith Joyner	Dan Jansen Jackie Joyner-Kersee Randy Snow

1996 U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team
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	Michelle Akers, Brandi Chastain, Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, Carin Gabarra, Mia Hamm, Mary Harvey, Kristine Lilly, Shannon MacMillan, Carla Overbeck, Cindy Parlow, Tiffany Roberts, Briana Scurry, Tisha Venturini, Staci Wilson

The 1996 U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team captured the hearts of America with their dramatic play en route to the gold medal at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. The team escaped sudden death in the semifinals with an overtime win over Norway. Four days later, the U.S. broke a tie to win the gold medal in the inaugural women's Olympic soccer tournament. It was a coming out party for American women's soccer that would culminate three years later (1999) in a wildly successful World Cup victory on American soil.

Matt Biondi
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	Swimming- Matt Biondi will go down in history as one of the best swimmers of all time. Over his career, Biondi won 11 Olympic medals (eight gold). He is tied with fellow swimmer Mark Spitz and shooter Carl Osburn for most medals ever for a U.S. Olympian. Biondi began his Olympic career as a member of the gold medal winning 400m freestyle relay team at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Calif.

In 1988, Biondi joined Spitz as the only athletes to win seven medals in one Olympic Games. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, Biondi won gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle relay, 400m medley relay and the 800m medley relay. He garnered a silver medal and narrowly missed winning a sixth gold medal in the 100m butterfly by .01 seconds. His seventh medal of the 1988 Olympic Games was a bronze in the 200m freestyle. The 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain was Biondi's final Olympic Games and he went out in style, winning two gold medals in the 400m freestyle relay and the 400m medley relay (p) respectively. He also brought home the silver medal in the 50m freestyle and finished fifth in the 100m freestyle. Over his swimming career, Biondi set 12 world records and was an 11-time World medalist.

Bonnie Blair
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	Speedskating - Bonnie Blair is the most decorated U.S. winter Olympian of all-time with five gold medals. Blair won an unprecedented three straight Olympic gold medals in the 500 meters (1988, 1992, 1994). She was also the first woman to break the 39-second mark in the 500 meters. Blair competed in her first Olympic Winter Games in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, finishing eighth in the 500 meters. At the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada she won gold in the 500 meters, bronze in the 1000 meters and was fourth in the 1500 meters.

At the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France, Blair again won gold in the 500 meters, and the 1000 meters and finished 21st in the 1500 meters. In her final Olympic Winter Games in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway, she went out where she had been for so long, on top, winning gold in the 500 meters and 1000 meters and coming in fourth in the 1500 meters. Blair's performances combined with her infectious personality made her America's sweetheart. Her family, "The Blair Bunch" became almost as popular as her for the tremendous support they showed for Bonnie through her career. Blair, an 11-time World Cup points champion, received the Sullivan Award in 1992. She retired in 1995 on her 31st birthday as the reigning world sprint champion, breaking her own seven-year-old American record in her final race.

Alice Coachman

Track & Field - When Alice Coachman was a youngster, she liked jumping over things. But growing up in a rural segregated South, she wasn't allowed to compete in organized athletics, so she made up things to jump over on the playground. She competed in the women's track and field national championships, where she broke the high school and collegiate high jump records without wearing shoes. Her family couldn't afford them. After she finished high school, she attended Tuskegee Institute, where Alice went on to win 25 national AAU titles in the 50m, 100m and high jump. And she dominated the high jump ... from 1939 to 1948 ... she set a record for the most outdoor national high jump victories with 10 straight. At the 1948 Olympic Games, suffering from back spasms that nearly forced her out of the competition, Coachman jumped into the history books, becoming the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Her jump of 5′ 6 1/8″ remained an Olympic and American record for eight years ... but the impact of that jump reverberates loudly to this day.

Janet Evans
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	Swimming - Over her Olympic career Janet Evans won four gold medals tying Mark Spitz as the only U.S. swimmer to win four individual Olympic titles. Evans burst onto the Olympic scene at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea winning gold in the 400m freestyle, the 400m individual medley and the 800m freestyle. In the 400m freestyle at the 1988 Olympic Games, she broke her own world record by four seconds. Evans returned to the Olympic Games in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain defending her gold medal in the 800m freestyle and winning the silver medal in the 400m freestyle for the USA.

In her final Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, Ga., Evans finished sixth in the 800m freestyle and did not place in the 400m freestyle. In her career, Evans set three world records that still stand today. She has held the world records in the 400m freestyle and the 1500m freestyle since 1987 and the 800m freestyle since 1988. Evans is also the only woman to win back-to-back Olympic and World Championship titles in any event. She did it in the 800m freestyle. Evans also has a place in Olympic history out of the pool. At the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., she took the final lap with the Olympic torch at the Opening Ceremony before handing it off to Muhammed Ali who lit the cauldron.

Bud Greenspan
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	Perhaps no one person has shaped the image of the modern Olympic Games than filmmaker Bud Greenspan, who has written, directed and produced the ‘official Olympic films' for seven Olympic Games. Greenspan has become internationally known for his humanistic approach to Olympic filmmaking - featuring both popular and little-known stories of courage, pride and endurance.

His original documentaries present a powerful and emotional look at individual stories. He has also written books, including "100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History," and produced television series, including the award-winning "The Olympiad," which was seen in 80 countries. For his work, Greenspan has been recognized. His numerous awards include seven Emmys(R), the George Foster Peabody Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Olympic Order and the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

Florence Griffith Joyner
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	Track & Field - Florence Griffith Joyner left an indelible mark on the sport of track and field. Over her Olympic career she won five Olympic medals, three gold and two silver. She set and still holds the world records in the 100m and 200m. Griffith Joyner, affectionately known as Flo-Jo will also be remembered for her unique style and fashion on the track. Flo-Jo began her Olympic quest at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Calif., winning the silver medal in the 200m. She owned the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, though, setting world records that still stand today in the 100m and the 200m. She was also a member of the gold medal winning U.S. 4×100m relay team and the silver medal winning 4×200m relay team.

Flo-Jo's dominance in the sprints was truly amazing when you consider that she set the current world record in the 100m (10.49 seconds) at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials and her world record in the final of the 200m at the 1988 Olympic Games of 21.34 seconds has not yet been threatened. Only Marion Jones has broken the 21.70 second mark since that time. It is easy to see why the Associated Press named Griffith Joyner their Athlete of the Year in 1988. She also captured the Sullivan Award that year. Florence Griffith-Joyner passed away in September 1998.

Dan Jansen
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	Speedskating - Dan Jansen overcame past Olympic disappointments and falls to break the world record and win the gold medal in his final event (1000m) of his fourth Olympic Winter Games in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. Jansen made his first U.S. Olympic Team in 1984 and finished fourth in the 500m and sixteenth in the 1000m at the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada was to be Jansen's Olympics as he was favored to win in the 500m and 1000m. However, it was not to be, as he fell in both the 500m and 1000m. On the morning of his first race, Jansen received the devastating news that his sister Jane had died of leukemia.

At the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France, Jansen just missed a medal finishing fourth in the 500m and 26th in the 1000m. He final lassoed his elusive Olympic glory in 1994 winning the gold medal in stellar fashion by setting a world record in the 1000m. After winning the gold in 1994, Jansen took his victory lap with his baby daughter, Jane, in his arms. He also competed in the 500m at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, finishing eighth. Over his career Jansen was an eight time world record holder, won the overall World Cup title seven times and was a 20-time World Championship medalist.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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	Track & Field - Jackie Joyner-Kersee is considered one of the greatest women's track and field athletes of all time. She won back-to-back heptathlon Olympic gold medals in 1988 and 1992. The four time Olympian earned a total of six Olympic medals in her career. Joyner-Kersee won the silver medal in the heptathlon in her first Olympic Games in 1984 in Los Angeles, Calif. She also finished fifth in the long jump at the 1984 Olympic Games. She won gold in both the heptathlon and the long jump at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, breaking her own heptathlon world record and setting the Olympic record in the long jump.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, she defended her Heptathlon gold medal and took bronze in the long jump. In her final Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, Ga., Joyner-Kersee won the bronze medal in the long jump and did not place in the heptathlon. She was named the 1986 Sullivan Award winner and has held the heptathlon world record since 1986. Joyner-Kersee was named by Sports Illustrated as the Female Athlete of the Century.

Randy Snow
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	Basketball, Tennis and Track & Field - Randy Snow is the only athlete to compete in three different Paralympic Games in three different sports and win medals in each sport. He won the silver medal in the 1500m exhibition (Olympics) and the gold in track (Paralympics) in 1984. In 1992 he captured the gold in tennis and in 1996 he won bronze in basketball. He qualified for the team in tennis in 2000, but did not compete. Snow received the Paralympic torch from President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. for the Atlanta Paralympic Games in 1996.