Anita Defrantz
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FILE - In this April 24, 1980, file photo, Olympic bronze medalist Anita DeFrantz, right, and Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, announce a lawsuit in New York by athletes against the U.S. Olympic Committee for depriving Americans the opportunity to compete in the Moscow Games. The American rower missed out on the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of the U.S.-led boycott. Now, after all those years, DeFrantz is in Russia for an Olympics. Not as a competitor, but as the highest-ranking American in the international Olympic world. (AP Photo/Burnett, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, file photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, embraces executive board member Anita DeFrantz before the start of an executive board meeting at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. DeFrantz won the bronze medal in rowing in the 1976 Olympics, but missed out on the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of the U.S.-led boycott. Now, after all those years, DeFrantz is in Russia for an Olympics. Not as a competitor, but as the highest-ranking American in the international Olympic world. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, embraces executive board member Anita DeFrantz before the start of an executive board meeting at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
