Tarzan the hero Marathon heroes Olympic Heroes SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
Johnny Weissmuller became an Olympic hero long before he became a hero in the Tarzan films. Four years later, in 1928 in Amsterdam, he won two Olympic gold medals for swimming and a bronze medal as a member of the water-polo team. SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
The most famous wartime message carrier was called Pheidippides. He is said to have run 26 miles from a battlefield at Marathon in full armour, to tell the king and the people of Athens that their army had won. SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
Queen Alexandra, who had been watching the marathon, was so impressed by his heroic efforts to finish the race that, the very next day, she presented him with a silver cup. From that day on he became a hero. Not because he’d lost his first place, but because he didn’t give up. SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
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