Olympian

Example Sentences

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Just outside Boise, Idaho, a home owned by a onetime Winter Olympian near the Bogus Basin ski resort is hitting the market for $6.8 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Nothing’s more stirring than seeing an Olympian override pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

O’Brien’s rise to Olympian in the two-person bobsled, the second-fastest sliding sport of the Winter Games, has been even swifter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

She collected three on home ice at Milano Ice Skating Arena, becoming Italy's most decorated Olympian of all time.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Add to that a handful of media articles referring to me as an Olympic hopeful in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, and it’s understandable why I was being mistaken for an Olympian.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad