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Silver medal	1988 Seoul	Athletics Men's Long Jump
Silver medal	1992 Barcelona	Athletics Men's Long Jump

Michael Anthony "Mike" Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American Track and Field athlete. The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... An athlete is a person who has above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and is thus suitable for physical activities, in particular, contests. ...

Mike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics (Tokyo) he broke Bob Beamon's 23-year-old long jump world record by 5 cm (2 inches) leaping 8.95 m (29 ft 4.5 in). He won the James E. Sullivan Award in 1991. He won long jump silver medals at both the 1988 Olympics and 1992 Olympics; in 1993 he was again world champion. Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. ... View of Tokyos Shibuya district Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ... Robert Bob Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the long jump. ... Officials watch as Salim Sdiri of France jumps at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... The James E. Sullivan Award is awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the top amateur athlete in the United States. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ...

After the 1996 Olympics, Powell retired, but he returned in 2001 with a goal of competing in the 2004 Olympics. The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama, United States. ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games). ...

1991 saw Mike win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality is given on an annual basis to the non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantative contribution to sport in that year. ...

Powell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ), Fraternity (known as A-Phi-A, but also Alphas and A-PHI) is the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity established for African Americans when established on December 4, 1906 on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... While the terms fraternity and sorority may be used to describe any number of social and charitable organizations, including the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, International, and the Shriners, in the United States and Canada fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students - organizations...