1992 - Barcelona

Introduction
Olympics The first boycott-free games since 1972, Barcelona hosted the first badminton and women's judo competitions, and Spanish coxswain Carlos Front became the youngest Olympic competitor since 1900 at only eleven years old!
Paralympics Watched by millions, the Barcelona Games saw an amazing 279 world records set and an impressive 431 gold medals won. 65,000 people watched Heinz Frei of Switzerland beat 196 competitors in the wheelchair marathon.

KEVIN CURTIS
Sailing
Interview date:July 2008
Olympic Years:1992 and 1996

1992 Kevin talks about gambling on number 13, being the dark horses of the competition, and of course what it was like to win that gold medal in Barcelona.

LADIES HOCKEY
Ladies Hockey
Interview date:October 2008
Olympic Years:1988 and 1992

Victoria Dixon, Joanne Sarah Thompson, Sandra Lister
1988 Victoria, Joanne and Sandra discuss their nerve-wracking first qualification in 1988, how lottery funding boosted the sport, and how getting fourth was a massive achievement.
1992 Victoria, Joanne and Sandra talk about how the opening ceremony put athletes off, the twenty-four hour food plus free icecream, and being followed by a psychologist.

KAREN PICKERING
Swimming
Interview date:March 2009
Olympic Years:1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004

As a member of the British Olympic Association Board as well as being on the Sports Advistory Group for LOCOG, Karen says the motivation for British athletes having the Games in London is enormous, and if she could still compete she would be in the water like a shot!

ALPER ALI
Power Lifting (Paralympics)
Olympic Years:1984, 1988 and 1992

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SALLY EASTALL
Marathon
Interview date:
Olympic Years:1992

Born in Stowmarket, she worked at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds.