Great Olympians

Biographies - AN

Olle Anderberg

B. 1919-09-13, Asmundtorp, Skåne, Sweden; D. 2003-09-26
Wrestling (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Greco-Roman, Featherweight	silver	-		6343.5
Greco-Roman, Lightweight		-	7th
Freestyle, Lightweight	-	gold	10th	9663.9
				16007.4

Hjalmar "Hjallis" Andersen

B. 1923-03-12, Norway
Speed Skating (3 gold)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
10000 m	dnf	gold	sixth	7040.03
5000 m	-	gold	11 th	6464
1500 m	-	gold	-	6400
				19904.03

His wins at 5000 and 10000 m were expected, but at 1500 m, he proved a surprise winner. His time in the first pair would not have been good enough for sixth place in 1948, but the other racers were not able to match it
He was also world-overall champion on three occasions, from 1950 to 1952.
He was allowed to present a gold medal to Johan-Olaf Koss, winner of the same three distances at the next Olympics to be held in their home country Norway.

Gary Anderson

B. 1938-10-08, USA
Shooting (2 gold)

	1964	1968	HP
Free Rifle, three positions	gold	gold	19200
Small-bore Rifle, prone	-	8th	256
			19456

John Anderson

B. 1907-07-04, Cincinatti, OH, USA; D. 1948-07-11
Track & Field - Discus Throw (1 gold)

	1928	1932	HP
Discus Throw	fifth	gold	11100
			11100

Agneta Andersson

B. 1961-04-25, Sweden
Canoeing (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	HP
K1, 500 m	sixth	gold	8th	-	-	7296
K2, 500 m	fifth	gold	sixth	silver	gold	20745
K4, 500 m		silver	sixth	bronze	bronze	5368
						33409

Gösta Andersson

B. 1917-02-15, Selånger, Västernorrland, Sweden; D. 1975-09-12
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1948	1952	HP
Welterweight	gold	silver	15600
			15600

Soslan Andiev

B. 1952-04-21, Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz) North Ossetia, Russian Federation
Wrestling - Free-Style (2 gold)

	1976	1980	HP
+100 kg	gold		19200
+110 kg		gold
			19200

Georges Ivan "Géo" André

B. 1889-08-13, France; D. 1943-05-04
Track and Field (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1908	1912	1920	1924	HP
400 m Hurdles			fourth	fourth	4800
High Jump	silver	23rd			4500
Standing High Jump	fifth	7th			1725
4x400 m Relay			bronze		640
400 m			SF:5th		130
Standing Long Jump		14th			24
110 m Hurdles		SF:3rd			16.14
Pentathlon		22nd			0.4
Decathlon		dnf			0.013
					11836

Nikolai Andrianov

B. 1952-10-14, Vladimir, Russia
Gymnastics Men (7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Individual Combined	fourth	gold	silver	15000
Team	silver	silver	gold	4500
Floor Exercises	gold	gold	silver	6300
Vaults	bronze	gold	gold	5760
Rings		gold		1600
Parallel Bars	sixth	silver		1160
Horizontal Bar	sixth		bronze	880
Pommeled Horse		bronze		640
				35840

With his fifteen medals, the most medalled male athlete in history.
He pronounced the Olympic oath at the Moskva Olympics.

Michel Andrieux

B. 1967-04-28, France
Rowing (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1992	1996	2000	HP
Coxless Pairs	fourth	bronze	gold	16500
				16500

Three times paired to Jean-Christophe Rolland.

Peter Angerer

B. 1959-07-14, Germany
Biathlon (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
20 km	27th	gold	10th	64
10 km	8th	silver	10th	40
4 x 7.5 km	bronze	bronze	silver	24.2
				128.2

Johan August Anker

B. 1871-06-26, Norway; D. 1940-10-02
Sailing (2 gold)

	1908	1912			1928	HP
8 Meter class	fourth					900
12 Meter class		gold				4800
6-Meter Class					gold	4800
						10500

(132 HP)

Paul Anspach

B. 1882-04-01, Belgium; D. 1981-08-28
Fencing (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1908	1912	1920	1924	HP
Épée, individual	fifth	gold		9th	9138
Épée, team	bronze	gold	silver	silver	5100
Foil, individual		SF:3			136.5
Sabre, individual	R2:5				0.00089
					14375

Kaarlo "Kalle" Anttila

B. 1887-08-30, Finland; D. 1975-01-01
Wrestling (2 gold)

	1920	1924	HP
Free-style, Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	gold		9600
Greco-Romand, Featherweight (-62 kg)		gold	9600
			19200

One of only three wrestlers to have won gold medals in both styles.
(see Wilfried Dietrich, Ivar Johansson, Kristjan Palusalu, Carl Westergren, Rudolf Svensson, Hamit Kaplan)

Written 2001-05-25 - last modified 2001-06-11

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