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ATLANTA 1996 Board Member Amadou DIA BA
ATLANTA 1996 Board Member Amadou DIA BA

Carrying the Olympic Torch

Rio de Janeiro (August 2, 2016)
ATLANTA 1996 Board Member Amadou DIA BA carrying the Olympic Torch in Rio de Janeiro! Amadou DIA DA is Vice President of the World Olympian Association (WOA) and Member of the IOC Athletes Commission. Amadou is a retired Senegalese athlete...
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GA Tech Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Atlanta 1996 Centennial Olympic Games
GA Tech Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Atlanta 1996 Centennial Olympic Games

Atlanta, USA (July 18, 2016)
Twenty years ago Atlanta hosted the Centennial Olympic Games from July 19 - August 4, 1996, with the Georgia Tech campus serving as the Home of the Olympic Village – where the athletes lived – and as the venue for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, modern pentathlon, boxing, and Paralympic volleyball.
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NIGERIA OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM
NIGERIA OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM

vs CHARLESTON BATTERY

Silverbacks Park, Atlanta (June 29, 2016 - Jul 16, 2016)
ATLANTA 1996 CENTENNIAL FOUNDATION and UNITED SOCCER AFRICA present Nigeria Olympic Soccer Team match against the Charleston Battery at the Silverbacks Park of Atlanta on July 16th, 2016 at 20:00.
For tickets go to www.UnitedSoccerAfrica.com
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Nigeria Olympic Soccer Team
Nigeria Olympic Soccer Team

Pre-Rio 2016 Atlanta Training Camp

Atlanta, USA (June 1, 2016 - Jul 29, 2016)
During the Atlanta 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, the Nigeria Soccer Team won an Olympic Gold Medal. As the current undefeated African Champions, the Nigeria Soccer Team wishes to renew that “Atlanta 1996 Magic” ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. From June 29 through July 29, the Nigeria Soccer Team will be in training in Atlanta to recapture the “Atlanta 1996 Magic” with the hopes of winning another Olympic Gold Medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
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LOGAN University
LOGAN University

Signs Agreement with ATLANTA 1996 and FICS

Lausanne/Switzerland - Chesterfield, Missouri/USA - Atlanta, Georgia/USA (May 24, 2016)
Today, LOGAN University signed an agreement with the ATLANTA 1996 and FICS to provide 1 full academic scholarship to 1 international Olympian selected by the ATLANTA 1996 to pursue studies leading to a doctorate in chiropractic (DC) medicine.
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Nigerian Olympian Seun ADIGUN
Nigerian Olympian Seun ADIGUN

Awarded FICS-ATLANTA 1996 Olympian Scholarship

Atlanta, Georgia/USA - Pasadena, Texas/USA (May 4, 2016)
Today, the FICS-ATLANTA 1996 Olympian Scholarship Program awarded Nigerian Olympian Seun ADIGUN a 2 year full academic scholarship to pursue at Texas Chiropractic College (TCC) a doctorate in chiropractic medicine.
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