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What are the Olympics
The olympics are an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece a very long time ago, and were revived in the late 19th century. They are the world's hardest sports competition and include athletes from all over the world. -
Olympic Creator
Baron Pierre de Coubertin created the IOC (International Olympic Community) which founded the olympics -
First Olympics
The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 -
USA's Medals
In 1904, USA won 246 medals (the most ever), and second place only got 14. This holds the record for most medals received in one olympics by a single team. -
First Sponsor
Coca-Cola was the first sponsorship for the olympics. -
Germany
Germany's olympic team has 892 medals, and 293 of them being gold which is very impressive for a country to have that many medals. This makes Germany have the 3rd most medals in the olympics. -
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis was a gold medalist in track and field during the olympics. Carl Lewis in 1984 won a gold medal in the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 400 meter relay making him one of the greatest olympians. -
Visa sponsor
Visa is one of the most highest paying sponsors of the olympics -
Samsung Sponsorship
Samsung started sponsoring the olympics in 1988 and still sponsors them to this day. -
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps got his first gold medal in 2004 in athens. Micheal Phelps has also won the most medals in Olympics history, and this consist of 23 gold medals, 3 silver, and 2 bronze. -
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nike sponsorship
Nike started sponsoring the olympics in 2005 -
Usain Bolt wins first gold medal
Usain Bolt ran the 100 meter dash and held the world record for the fastest time at 9.69 seconds. -
Most viewed olympics
the most viewed olympic games was the Beijing games in 2008, and the United States contributes the most viewers every year. -
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Serena williams first gold medal
Serena williams got her first gold medal in 2012 by winning her tennis tournament. -
simone biles first gold medal
simone biles got her first gold medal in gymnstics -
Airbnb sponsorship
Airbnb sponsored the olympics from 2020 and will stop in 2028. -
Target Market
Any age of people can watch the olympics, but the most common are 18-29 years old. However 56% of the olympics viewers are women and 44% are males. -
Buisness Impact
The Olympics have an increase in jobs supporting the events, increase in tourism, and increase in trade. -
Biggest Olympic Teams
United States has 224 athletes making it the largest team in the olympics. -
Smallest Olympic Teams
One of the smallest olympic teams is Sweden with only 116 athletes.
