Category
page 1Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
Carl Lewis
US track & field athlete
Isiah Thomas
American basketball player, coach, executive
Greg Louganis
American Olympic springboard and platform diver
Teófilo Stevenson
Cuban boxer (1952–2012)
Kevin McHale
American basketball player
Merlene Ottey
Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete
Evelyn Ashford
American sprinter
Alberto Juantorena
Cuban track athlete
Gigi Fernández
Puerto Rican professional tennis player
Oscar Schmidt
Brazilian basketball player (1958–2026)
Frank Shorter
American long-distance runner
Mary Decker
American athletics competitor, middle distance runner, long distance runner
Andrés Gómez
Ecuadorian tennis player
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Cuban middle distance runner and sprinter
Louise Ritter
American high jumper
Mac Wilkins
American athletics competitor
Marita Payne
Canadian track and field athlete
Mary T. Meagher
American swimmer
João Carlos de Oliveira
athletics competitor (1954-1999)
Tracy Caulkins
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, Order of Australia recipient
Rowdy Gaines
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, television sports commentator
Ralph Sampson
American basketball player
María Caridad Colón
Cuban javelin thrower
Chandra Cheeseborough
sprinter (b. 1959)
Nancy Lieberman
American basketball player
Herman Frazier
American track and field athlete, college athletics administrator
Daniel Bautista Rocha
athletics competitor
Darrell Pace
American archer
Harvey Glance
athletics competitor (1957–2023)
Alex Baumann
Canadian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Bert Cameron
athletics competitor
Raúl González
athletics competitor
Cecilia Tait
Peruvian volleyball player and politician
Silvio Leonard
Cuban sprinter
Brian Goodell
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, and Mayor
Luis Delís
athletics competitor
Mike Woodson
American basketball player and coach
Carlos Girón
Mexican diver (1954–2020)
Silvia Chivás
athletics competitor
José Gómez Mustelier
Cuban boxer
Debbie Brill
Canadian high jumper
Ann Meyers
American basketball and volleyball player (born 1955)
Tracie Ruiz
American synchronized swimmer
Willie Banks
Triple Jumper, Coach, USATF Board of Directors
Andrés Aldama
boxer
Alejandro Casañas
athletics competitor
Daniel Núñez
Cuban weightlifter
Steve Lundquist
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Édson Boaro
Brazilian footballer and manager
Adolfo Horta
Cuban boxer (1957–2016)
David Weller
Jamaican racing cyclist
Denise Curry
American basketball player
Héctor Rodríguez
Cuban judoka
Steve Riddick
American sprinter
Mike McCallum
Jamaican boxer
Alberto Blanco
Cuban weightlifter
Cristóvão Borges
Brazilian footballer
Renaldo Nehemiah
hurdler, American football player
Nancy Garapick
Canadian swimmer
Cynthia Woodhead
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder