2000 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Winners

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List of Olympic gold medal winners from the 2000 Summer Olympics, listed alphabetically with photos when available. There was a lot of intense competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics, so these athletes who took home a gold medal should certainly be commended. These famous gold medal winning athletes all competed in their own particular event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but what they all have in common is that they were able to rise above their competition and take home a medal for their country. This list is made up of a variety of athletes, including Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.

This list answers the question, "Which athletes won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics?" Every historic Olympic competitor from the 2000 Summer Olympics competed bravely, but only the ones on this list were lucky enough to win a gold medal.

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Aaron Peirsol
Men's 100m backstroke, Men's 4x100m medley relay
Olympic Country: United States of America
Date Of Birth: 1983-07-23
Place Of Birth: Irvine,United States of America,California,Orange County
Olympic Sport: Swimming
Nationality: United States of America
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke,Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay,Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke,Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke,Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke
Olympic Medalist Games: 2008 Summer Olympics,2004 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games Participant: 2004 Summer Olympics,2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Silver medal
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Adam Saitiev
Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Middleweight 76-85 kg
Date Of Birth: 1977-12-12
Place Of Birth: Khasavyurt,Russia,Europe,Asia,North Eurasia
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle Middleweight
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Ágnes Kovács
Women's 200m breaststroke
Date Of Birth: 1981-07-13
Place Of Birth: Budapest,Hungary,Europe,Earth,Central Europe
Nationality: Hungary
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke,Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Bronze medal
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Aleksandr Lebziak
Men's Boxing, Light Heavyweight 75 - 81kg
Date Of Birth: 1969-04-15
Place Of Birth: Donetsk,Ukraine,Europe,Earth,Northern Hemisphere
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Light Heavyweight
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov
Men's Weightlifting, Middle Heavyweight 85-94 kg
Date Of Birth: 1974-09-08
Place Of Birth: Volgograd, Russia
Nationality: Russia
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Middle Heavyweight 83-91 kg, Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Middle-Heavyweight 85-94 kg, Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's Middle Heavyweight 85- 94 kg
Olympic Medalist Games: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Bronze medal, Gold medal
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Alessandra Sensini
Women's Sailboard
Date Of Birth: 1970-01-26
Nationality: Italy
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's Sailboard,Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's sailboard,Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's Sailboard,Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's sailboard
Olympic Medalist Games: 1996 Summer Olympics,2004 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics,2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Bronze medal,Gold medal,Silver medal
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Alexander Karelin
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Super Heavyweight 100-130 kg
Date Of Birth: 1967-09-19
Place Of Birth: Novosibirsk,Russia,Novosibirsk Oblast,Europe,Asia
Nationality: Russia
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight,Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight,Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight,Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
Olympic Medalist Games: 1988 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics,1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Silver medal
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Alexander Moskalenko
Men's trampoline
Date Of Birth: 1969-11-04
Nationality: Russia
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Trampoline,Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's trampoline
Olympic Medalist Games: 2004 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Silver medal,Gold medal
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Alexei Nemov
Men's Gymnastics, individual all-round
Date Of Birth: 1976-05-28
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around,Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Horizontal Bar,Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars,Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse,Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Floor Exercises
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Bronze medal,Silver medal
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Alina Kabaeva
Women's Rhymthic gymnastics, individual all-round
Date Of Birth: 1983-05-12
Place Of Birth: Tashkent,Asia,Tashkent Province,Uzbekistan,Northern Hemisphere
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's rhythmic individual all-around,Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around
Olympic Medalist Games: 2004 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Bronze medal
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Alireza Dabir
Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Bantamweight 54-58 kg
Date Of Birth: 1977-09-16
Place Of Birth: Ray,Iran,Tehran,Greater Tehran,Earth
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle Bantamweight
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Allan Houston
Men's basketball
Olympic Country: United States of America
Date Of Birth: 1971-04-20
Place Of Birth: Louisville,United States of America,Kentucky,Jefferson County,40202
Olympic Sport: Basketball
Nationality: United States of America
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games Participant: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Alonzo Mourning
Men's basketball
Olympic Country: United States of America
Date Of Birth: 1970-02-08
Place Of Birth: Chesapeake,Virginia,Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area,United States of America
Olympic Sport: Basketball
Nationality: United States of America
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games Participant: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Amanda Beard
Women's 200m breaststroke, Women's 200m individual medley
Olympic Country: United States of America
Date Of Birth: 1981-10-29
Place Of Birth: Newport Beach,United States of America,California,Orange County
Olympic Sport: Swimming
Nationality: United States of America
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke,Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke,Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre Individual Medley,Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke,Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Olympic Medalist Games: 1996 Summer Olympics,2004 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games Participant: 2004 Summer Olympics,2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Silver medal,Gold medal,Bronze medal
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Amy Van Dyken
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay, Women's 100m butterfly
Olympic Country: United States of America
Date Of Birth: 1973-02-15
Place Of Birth: Englewood,Colorado,Arapahoe County,80110,United States of America
Olympic Sport: Swimming
Nationality: United States of America
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay,Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly,Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games Participant: 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Ana Fernandez
Women's Volleyball
Date Of Birth: 1973-08-03
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball,Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball,Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball,Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball
Olympic Medalist Games: 2004 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics,1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Bronze medal,Gold medal
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André Heller
Men's Volleyball
Date Of Birth: 1975-12-17
Place Of Birth: Novo Hamburgo,Brazil,Rio Grande do Sul,South America,DVD Region 4
Nationality: Brazil
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Volleyball,Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball,Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball
Olympic Medalist Games: 2004 Summer Olympics,2008 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Silver medal
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Andreas Dittmer
Men's C-1 500m (canoe single), Men's C-1 1000m (canoe single)
Date Of Birth: 1972-04-16
Place Of Birth: Neustrelitz,Germany,Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,Europe,Western Europe
Nationality: Germany
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-1 500 metres,Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's C-1 1000 metres,Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-1 1000 metres,Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's C-1 500 metres
Olympic Medalist Games: 2004 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Silver medal,Bronze medal
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Andrija Gerić
Men's Volleyball
Date Of Birth: 1977-01-24
Place Of Birth: Novi Sad,Serbia,Vojvodina,South Bačka District,Europe
Nationality: Serbia
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball,Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball,Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball,Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Volleyball
Olympic Medalist Games: 2008 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics,2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Bronze medal
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Angel Matos
Men's Taekwondo, Middleweight 68 - 80 kg
Date Of Birth: 1976-12-24
Nationality: Cuba
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 80 kg
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Angelo Taylor
Men's Athletics, 400m hurdles
Olympic Country: United States of America
Date Of Birth: 1978-12-29
Place Of Birth: Decatur,United States of America,Georgia,DeKalb County
Olympic Sport: Track and field athletics
Nationality: United States of America
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles,Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics,2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games Participant: 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal
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Anier García
Men's Athletics, 110m hurdles
Date Of Birth: 1976-03-09
Place Of Birth: Santiago de Cuba,Cuba,Santiago de Cuba Province,Earth,Latin America
Nationality: Cuba
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles,Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics,2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Bronze medal
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Anky van Grunsven
Dressage, individual
Olympic Country: Netherlands
Date Of Birth: 1968-01-02
Place Of Birth: Veghel,Netherlands,Kingdom of the Netherlands,North Brabant,Europe
Olympic Sport: Dressage
Nationality: Netherlands
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Dressage, Individual,Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Dressage, Individual,Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Dressage
Olympic Medalist Games: 2008 Summer Olympics,2004 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games Participant: 2004 Summer Olympics,2008 Summer Olympics,2000 Summer Olympics,1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Silver medal
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Anthony Ervin
Men's 50m freestyle, Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Date Of Birth: 1981-05-26
Place Of Birth: Burbank,Los Angeles,United States of America,California,Los Angeles County
Nationality: United States of America
Olympic Medalist Event Competition: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle,Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay
Olympic Medalist Games: 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Medals Won: Gold medal,Silver medal

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