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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:
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)