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Journal of Olympic History Volu m e 24 | N u m ber 2 | 2016 Rio de Janeiro goes Olympic Barry A. Sanders. *29 July 1945. Home/Business: Szén Zoltán. New address: Home: Str. Traian, Member Information 10100 Sunbrook Drive. Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA. nr. 13,SC. A, Ap. 43, Brasov 500332, jud. Brasov, Contents Home/Business Telephone: (1)-310-275-6675. ROMANIA. E-mail: [email protected].

Hans-Dieter Gerber. New address: Home: 1 Welcome to the issue NEW MEMBERS Johan Wonnink. *25 August 1955. Home: Casilla Birmannsgasse 7, CH-4055 Basel, Switzerland. 358, Correo Colina, Colina CHILE. Home Telephone: 2 Message from the President (56)-227455004. E-mail: [email protected]. Luis Henrique Rolim Silva (BRA). New address: Marco Golino. *13 January 1962. Home: Occupation: Marine Manager. Special Research 3 Message from the Secretary-General Interests: Dutch participation in the Olympic Home: Charmilou 33, 85300 Kos City, Greece. Via Marciano 23, Forli 47121, ITALY. E-mail: Games and the Games of the IXth Olympiad, E-mail: [email protected]. Occupation: 4 | by David Wallechinsky [email protected]. Report on the ISOH Executive Committee Meeting Amsterdam 1928. PH. D. student at the German Sports University, Cologne. 5 Torch Relay inspires Brazil to ‘Live the Dream’ of Rio 2016 | by Philip Barker Marco Greco. *1 September 1976. Home: Via Nitzan Zilburg. 28 March 1984. Home: Hasela Leonardo Da Vinci 36, Gorgonzola, MI 20064, 1a Street, Shoham, 6082236 ISRAEL. Home 6 | by Lamartine DaCosta and Ana Miragaya Alberto Santos-Dumont, Sport Aviator and Olympic Hero* ITALY. Home Telephone: (39)-(0)363-61131. E-mail: telephone: (972)-3-9730368. Home Fax: (972)- ● From Student Members to Regular Member [email protected] Occupation: Lawyer, 3-9792943. E-mail: [email protected]. 14 Adhemar da Silva and the “little uncle” | by Volker Kluge Patient advocate, university researcher. Special Occupation: unemployed. Special Research Natalia Camps Y Wilant. Extra E-mail: camps@ Research Interests: Olympic Summer Games, 1924 Interests: Olympic Football. coubertin.de. Occupation: Secretary-General of 20 Maria Lenk – the Profile of an Olympic Idol in Brazil* | by Ana Miragaya Paris and 1960 Rome. the German Pierre de Coubertin Committee. 24 Brazil, Berlin and Bavaria – back in 1936* | by Marcia De Franceschi Neto-Wacker and Christian Wacker OLD MEMBERS – NEW INFORMATION Akira Imai. *5 April 1949. Home/Business: 2-23- Mr. Soya Ishizuka. New address:. Home: CEL. Nishi-Shinjuku 201, 3-21-10 Honmachi, Shibuya- 28 Willy Seewald and the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris* | by Janice Zarpellon Mazo and Alice Beatriz Assmann 13 Mejiro Toshima-ku, 171-0031 Tokyo, JAPAN. ● Regular Members E-mail: [email protected]. ku, Tokyo 151-0071, JAPAN. New Home Telephone: Daniel Matthias Barbist OStR. New address: 35 The Miracle of Wienerwald | by Erik Eggers Home/Business Telephone: (80)-3549-2160. (81)-8018-741132. Home: Haselnußweg 4, 70599 Stuttgart, Occupation: Consultant. GERMANY. (Per July 2016) 36 The CIA, the IOC, and Efforts to Establish a Refugee Olympic Team* | by Toby C. Rider ● STUDENT MEMBERS John Lauchlin MacLeod. *21 February 1957. Home/ 43 2016 Refugee Olympic Team Dr. Pieter Breuker. New address: Home: Heije Business: 2369 Green St. #2, San Francisco, CA Schaperloane 13, 9269 PL Feanwâlden, NETHER Ms. Carolyn Phillips. New address: Home: 3610 94123, USA. Home Telephone: (1)-415-474-2443. LANDS. Mobile Telephone: (31)-(0)628392469. 44 Where Have All the Summer Olympic Cauldrons Gone? | by Myles A. Garcia Kent Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. Business David Davis. New E-mail: jocktype24@hotmail. 51 The infamous 1936 Games in Berlin | by Richard Schoonderwoert Telephone: (1)-415-497-1384. Occupation: Self employed Consultant. Publications: Olympians com DECEASED 54 The Centaur from Warendorf | by Volker Kluge Canada. Special Research Interests: Modern Ms Anita DeFrantz. New E-mail: adefrantz@ Olympics. Markku Siukonen (FIN) ttruth.net. New address: Home: 3110 Main Street, 63 A Ploughhorse becomes an Olympic champion | by Franz Josef Bomert Jaco Treurniet (NED) The Annex, Santa Monica, CA 90405, USA. Cell Dennis J. Lynch. *2 September 1943. Home: 5 Telephone: (1)- 323-236-6400. RESIGNED 64 The Biographies of all IOC Members, Part XXI | by Ian Buchanan (†), Wolf Lyberg (†) and Volker Kluge Chaumont Drive, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA. Home Telephone: 716-626-5687. Occupation: Bep van Houdt. New address: Home: Missouri 3, 70 Muhammad Ali | by Volker Kluge and Philip Barker Steve Menary (GBR) Retired Athletic Administrator. Special Research 1186 JS Amstelveen, NETHERLANDS. Lee Murgatroyd (GBR, student) 71 Obituaries Interests: Researching every person from Western New York, who participated in the Olympics since Dr. Ian Jobling. New E-mail: [email protected] 75 Book Reviews 1896. That is an 8 counties area. Peter Lovesey. New E-mail: loveseypeter@ DELETED FROM MEMBERSHIP gmail.com 80 The Museum on a Hill | by Philip Barker * Peer-reviewed article Victor Mather. *16 March 1964. Home: 129 in accordance with Article Five, sub a, of the ISOH Columbia Heights, Apt 55, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. Photos: 100 Years Brazil Olympic Committee 1914-2014; Gennadi Maritchev. New E-mail: [email protected]. Constitution: E-mail: [email protected]. Occupation: On the Cover: On water, on land and in the air. Three Brazilian Sports Heroes: Marcia Neto-Wacker/Christian Wacker, O BRASIL TORNA-SE OLÍMPICO; Official Report Melbourne 1956; reporter and editor New York Times. Publications: Dr. Ansgar Molzberger. New mailing address: Maria Lenk, Alberto Santos-Dumont and Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (from left). 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Official Canadian promotor Arnold Reichlin. New E-mail: arnold.reichlin@ telephone and/or fax-numbers, or E-mail Stephen L. Harris (USA) P. O. Box 30 10 65 of the Olympic Games, both Summer and Winter. the prior permission of the President or hispeed.ch address, should always inform the D-10042 Berlin Secretary-General of the International Society Secretary-General as soon as possible to: Translator Germany of Olympic Historians. Published articles remain Kester Paul Rebecchi. *27 June 1975. Home: 3/26 Dr. Haideh Sairafi. New address: Home: Shariati, Donald Macgregor (GBR) Phone: +49-30-44359060-1 in the responsibility of the author and do not Houston Street, Epping, VIC 3076, AUSTRALIA. Darroos Av., Kamassaï Av., Servati Ally, No. 3, App: Anthony Th. Bijkerk, +49-33433-15892-4 Management necessarily reflect the official opinion of the E-mail: [email protected]. 5/P.O. Box 194463, Tehran, IRAN. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Gabriele Kluge (GER) ISOH. 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