Great Olympians

Biographies - ALE

Félix Alegría

Olympic Competitor nr 5030

• 1912-06-29-09:00 - Shooting - Dueling Pistol - 25th (0.1)
• 1912-07-01-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, 3 positions - 48th
• 1912-07-01-12:00 - Shooting - Free Pistol - 38th
• 1912-07-01-15:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Free position - 72nd

Virgilius Alekna

B. 1972-02-13, Terpeikiai, then USSR, Lithuania
Athletics (2 gold, 1 bronze)

	1996	2000	2004	2008	HP
Discus Throw	fifth	gold	gold	bronze	36810
					36810

Veniamin Aleksandrov

B. 1937-04-18, Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (2 gold, 1 bronze)

	1960	1964	1968	HP
team	bronze	gold	gold	11520
				11520

Aleksandr Alenitsyn

Olympic Competitor nr 5237

• 1912-06-30-10:30 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, round two - won (Q)
• 1912-07-02-11:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, quarterfinal - lost (430.5)

Ioannis Alepous

Olympic Competitor nr 3098

• 1906-05-01-15:05 - Athletics - Marathon - fifth (1125)

Duc Antoine Alessandri

Olympic Competitor nr 732

• 1900-06-23-14:00? - Fencing - Sabre for Masters, round one - DNQ (1.475)

Gordon Alexander

Olympic Competitor nr 5652

• 1912-07-06-08:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-07-13:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, quarterfinals - fourth (0.050)
• 1912-07-11-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - seventh

(he should have received number 5423, but I made a mistake earlier)

Gustav Alexander

Olympic Competitor nr 4773

• 1908-10-24-13:00 - Lacrosse - final - lost (1500)

Vasili Alexeev

B. 1942-01-07, Russia, Soviet-Union
Weight-Lifting (2 gold)

	1972	1976	HP
+110 kg	gold	gold	19200
			19200

The first lifter to total 600 kg on the three lifts, and 400 kg on the two lifts. His total of 440 kg remained an Olympic record from 1976 to 1996. He was also World and European Champion from 1970 onwards.
When he wasn't training, he was collecting crystal goblets and Armenian cognac, reading Lenin and the translated works of Jack London, and listening to the recordings of Tom Jones. His supreme confidence touched every part of his life. Not only was Alexeev the world's greatest superheavyweight, he also considered himself the finest gardener, cook, carpenter, singer and billiards player in perhaps the entire U.S.S.R.
Strengthtech have a site on weightlifting with lots of photos on Alexeev.

Written 2002-10-27 - last modified 2011-08-15

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