Olympia
Appearance
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Olympia may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Film
[edit]- Olympia (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
- Olympia (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlete
- Olympia (2011 film), about an aspiring porn actress
- Olympia (2018 drama film), an American romantic drama
- Olympia (2018 documentary film), about the career of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis
Music
[edit]- Olympia (musician), Australian art-pop singer-songwriter-guitarist Olivia Jayne Bartley (born 1982)
- Olympia (Bryan Ferry album)
- Olympia (Austra album)
- Olympia (EP), an EP by The Maybes?
- "Olympia" (song), a song by Sergio Mendes
Other arts and entertainment
[edit]- Olympia (Manet), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet
- Olympia, a 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte
- Olympia (comics), a fictional city in Marvel Comics
- Olympia, a mechanical doll in E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann", and in the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
Buildings and landmarks
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Kensington (Olympia) station, a station in London, UK
- Liverpool Olympia, a theatre in Liverpool, UK
- Olympia London, an exhibition centre in London, UK
United States
[edit]- Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Olympia Apartments (Washington, D.C.), U.S., listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Olympia Building, Atlanta, location of an iconic Coca-Cola sign
- Olympia Theatre (New York), a now-demolished theatre complex in New York City, U.S.
Elsewhere
[edit]- Olympia (Paris), famous music hall in France
- Olympia (São Paulo), former music venue in Brazil
- Olympia Milk Bar, cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
- Olympia Theatre, Dublin, concert hall in Ireland
- Olympia Theatre, Perth, Australia, now the Luna Leederville
- Wirth's Olympia, venue in Melbourne, Australia
Businesses
[edit]- Olympia Compact Discs Ltd. , a British CD label active in the 1990s releasing material from the Soviet Union, Poland, the Netherlands and other countries
- Olympia Brewing Company (1896–2003), a brewery in Tumwater, Washington, U.S.
- Olympia Capital Holdings, a holding company for several African businessese
- Olympia Press, a French publisher
- Olympia and York, a now-bankrupt property firm based in Canada
- Olympia-Werke, a former major manufacturer of typewriters in Germany
- Olympia Sports, a sporting goods company
Military
[edit]- HMS Olympia, ships of the Royal Navy
- USS Olympia, two US Navy ships named after the city of Olympia
- Olympia-class cruiser, a US Navy class of protected cruisers
Organisms
[edit]- Olympia, a section of the plant genus Hypericum (St. John's-worts)
- Olympia oyster, a Pacific coast oyster
- Euchloe olympia, a North American butterfly commonly called the Olympia Marble
People
[edit]- Olympia (given name)
- Olympia, a nickname for American professional bodybuilder Iris Kyle (born 1974)
Places
[edit]Greece
[edit]- Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games
- Olympia Province, a former province of Greece
United States
[edit]- Olympia, Georgia, a ghost town
- Olympia, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- Olympia, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Olympia, South Carolina, a census-designated place
- Olympia, Washington, the state capital
Schools
[edit]- Olympia High School (disambiguation), several high schools in the United States
- Olympia College, a for-profit group of American colleges, part of the Everest College system
Sport
[edit]Sports clubs
[edit]- Olympia FC (disambiguation), several football clubs
- Olympia Club de Bruxelles, a former Belgian football club
- Olympia Sofia, a women's football club in Sofia, Bulgaria
- TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club
- Olympia Larissa BC, a basketball club based in Larissa, Greece
- Olympia București, a football club based in Bucharest, Romania
- Olympia HC, a handball club in London, United Kingdom
Facilities
[edit]- Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings
- Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
- Olympia (Helsingborg), a football stadium in Helsingborg, Sweden
- Olympia Ice Center, a hockey rink in West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
- Olympia Leisure Centre (1974), a former swimming pool in Dundee, Scotland
- Olympia Leisure Centre (2013), a swimming pool in Dundee, Scotland
Other sports
[edit]- Olympia (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
- Mr. Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest
- Ms. Olympia, an annual women's bodybuilding contest
Transportation
[edit]Maritime
[edit]- SS Olympia, a steamship that served the northwest United States and Alaska
- MV Olympia, original name of SPL Princess Anastasia (1986), a cruiseferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
- Olympia, later MS Regal Empress, an ocean liner
- Olympia Terminal, a dock in the South Harbour of Helsinki, Finland
Other transportation
[edit]- Olympia Regional Airport, Olympia, Washington, United States, a public use airport
- EoN Olympia, a glider built in numbers in the 1940s in the United Kingdom
- Opel Olympia, a family car
- Olympia railway station, Olympia, Greece
Other uses
[edit]- 582 Olympia, an asteroid
- Olympia Academy or "Akademie Olympia", a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein
- Walther Olympia, a 1936 semi-automatic handgun manufactured by Walther
- Olympia (ice resurfacer), a line of ice resurfacers manufactured by Resurfice Corporation
See also
[edit]- Olympiastadion (Berlin), a stadium originally built for the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics
- Olympia Heights, Florida, United States
- Olympia Fields, Illinois, United States
- DFS Olympia Meise, a glider built in numbers in the 1930s in Germany
- Olympias (disambiguation)
- Olympic (disambiguation)
- Olympus (disambiguation)
- Olympe (disambiguation)
- Olimpia (disambiguation)
- Olimpija (disambiguation)