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We turned up 18 athletes who competed in both Olympic seasons. A few even competed in the Winter and Summer Games in the same year (back when that was possible). Eight Americans have competed at the Winter and Summer Olympic Games: - Connie Carpenter Phinney (speed skating, 1972; cycling, 1984)
- Willie Davenport (athletics, 1968 and 1976; bobsleigh, 1980)
- Eddie Eagan (boxing, 1920; bobsleigh, 1932; medaled in both)
- Dave Gilman (canoe and kayak, 1976, 1984, and 1988; luge 1984)
- Arthur Longsjo (speed skating and cycling, 1956)
- Connie Paraskevin-Young (speed skating, 1984 and 1980; cycling, 1996, 1992, and 1988)
- Arnold Uhrlass (speed skating, 1960; cycling, 1964)
- Chris Witty (cycling, 2000; speed skating, 2006)
Some include Willie Gault, who qualified for the 1980 Summer and 1988 Winter Olympics, but didn't compete in either. Canada has four Olympians who competed in Winter and Summer Games: But North Americans aren't the only athletes who've done double Olympic duty. East Germany's Christa Luding-Rothenburger is the only person to win medals in both the Winter and Summer Games in the same year (speed skating and cycling, 1988). More athletes who've enjoyed both Olympic seasons include Croatia's Igor Boraska (rowing, 2000 and 2004; bobsleigh 2002), Hungary's Miklos
Gyulai (bobsleigh, 1994; athletics, 2000), Netherlands's Jeroen Straathof (speed skating, 1994; cycling, 2004), and Norway's Jacob Tullin Thams (ski jumping, 1924; sailing, 1936; medaled in both). Whew, and we thought watching two weeks of the Olympics on TV was hard work.
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