On 04/01/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It continues to worry me that we would delete an article on any Olympian.
Oh so we're now a directory of losing athletes as well are we?
This is getting a little off topic, but I'll contribute anyway. Anyone that qualifies for the olympics is notable for that reason alone. The problem with this particular case is that he didn't qualify, he got in on a wildcard. Basically, he reached the olympics by luck - you can't be notable simply by being lucky. However, it is a fairly unique case and got lots of press coverage, so it's notable for that reason even if he isn't notable for simply being an Olympian.
Of course, there's [[Eddie the Eagle]] (to keep with the E theme) who not only didn't do anything to qualify, but made them put in the rule that you had to actually have some previous success to become an Olympian ;-)