Other Sports
Swimmer Helene Madison (1913–1970) of Seattle won three gold medals at the 1932 Olympic Games.
Seattle is home to an all-female flat track roller derby league called the Rat City Rollergirls.
The Seattle Dojo, which was founded before 1907, is the oldest judo academy in the United States.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)