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Photo - Pvt. Matthew T. Wallace
(Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Marksmanship Uni)
Pvt. Matthew T. Wallace of the Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Ga., took home the gold medal Aug. 28 in the 2002 USA Shooting Junior Olympic Shooting Championships at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Scott Engen
Special to the American Forces Press Service


FORT BENNING, Ga., Sept. 4, 2002 — A U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit soldier took home the gold medal Aug. 28 in the 2002 USA Shooting Junior Olympic Shooting Championships at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Photo-Army Bobsled Team Wins Bronze
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Photo-World Class Athletes Sprint Down the Start During First Run
(U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres)
Pilot Brian Shimer, World Class Athletes Spc. Mike Kohn and Spc. Doug Sharp, with brakeman Dan Steele sprint down the start at the Utah Olympic Park track in Park City, Utah, during their first run of the men's four-man bobsled in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

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Photo-Army's Bobsled Team Wins Bronze
(U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres)
World Class Athletes Spc. Mike Kohn (L) and Spc. Doug Sharp celebrate after learning they just won the bronze medal in men's four-man bobsled at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
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Army World Class Athletes in Charge of Olympic Women’s Bobsled Debut
Brian Lepley
Olympic Correspondent
U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center Public Affairs

PARK CITY, Utah (February 12, 2002) — Spc. Bill Tavares began his coaching career in 1998 like many former athletes do – working for free.

Rising from that humble beginning, the U.S. Olympic women’s bobsled team coach and Army World Class Athlete Program soldier preps his team for its Olympic debut. There Will Be Trumpets Army Band Scheduled To Play At Winter Olympics
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Photo-World Class Athlete Sgt. Lawton Redman
(U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres)
World Class Athlete Sgt. Lawton Redman coasts down a hill during the anchor leg of the men's 4 x 7.5km biathlon relay at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Feb. 20, 2002. The United States would finish the race in 15th place, 6:44.8 behind the leader.
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President Bush to Olympic Athletes: "Let's Roll"
THE PRESIDENT: THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. I'm not deserving, but I'm proud to wear this jacket. I want to congratulate our great country's Olympic team. I want to thank you all for your efforts. I want to thank you for your hard work. The whole country is pulling for you and we're really proud of you.
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President Speaks at Olympic Reception

Photo-World Class Athletes Awarded Bronze Medals
U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres)
(L to R) Team USA-2, Dan Steele, Brian Shimer, and World Class Athletes Spc. Mike Kohn and Spc. Doug Sharp show off their newly awarded bronze medal for the men's four-man bobsled after a 2002 Winter Olympic Games medal ceremony in Salt Lake City, Feb. 24, 2002.
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Brian Lepley
Olympic Correspondent
U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center Public Affairs


PARK CITY, Utah (February 23, 2002) — America’s second “Miracle on Ice” earned Army Specialists Mike Kohn and Doug Sharp, pushers on the USA 2 bobsled, a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics. Photo-Army Bobsled Team Wins Bronze
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Photo-Spc. Jill Bakken
(U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres)
Spc. Jill Bakken of the Utah Army National Guard and the Army World Class athlete program was half the U.S. bobsledding team that captured Winter Olympic gold in Salt Lake City. The Feb. 19, 2002, victory marked the first time since 1956 that any U.S. team has won any medal in any Olympic bobsledding event.
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National Guard Bobsledder Jill Bakken Wins Olympic Gold

By Master Sgt. Bob Haskell
National Guard Bureau Public Affairs

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2002 — A soft-spoken National Guard soldier steered her two-seat bobsled to a gold medal Feb. 19 in the first women's bobsled competition featured in the Olympic Games. Photo-National Guard Bobsledder Jill Bakken Wins Olympic Gold
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   U.S. ARMY World Class Athletes — Biographies
Photo-Specialist Andrea Nahrgang Photo-Specialist Michael Kohn Photo-Sergeant Travis Redman Photo-Sergeant Kristina Sabasteanski Photo-Specialist Douglas Sharp
Nahrgang, Andrea
Specialist
Biathlon

Kohn, Michael
Specialist
Bobsled

Redman,
Travis
Lawton
Sergeant

Biathlon
Sabasteanski, Kristina
Sergeant
Biathlon
Sharp, Dougllas
Specialist
Bobsled
Photo-Specialist Jeremy Teela Photo-Staff Sergeant Daniel Westover Photo-Sergeant Tuffield Latour Photo-Specialist William Tavares ZPhoto-Shauna L. Rohbock, Specialist
Teela, Jeremy
Specialist
Biathlon
Westover, Daniel
Staff Sergeant
Biathlon
, Alternate
Latour, Tuffield
Sergeant

Bobsled
/
Women's Team Driving Coach
Tavares, William
Specialist

Bobsled/
Women's Team
Head Coach
Rohbock, Shauna L.
Specialist
Bobsled, Alternate

 
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