Great Olympians

Biographies - BOS

Hermann Bosch

Olympic Competitor nr 5179

• 1912-06-29-15:00 - Football - round one - lost (Qc)
• 1912-07-03-15:00 - Football - consolation semifinal - lost (164)

Jonkheer Gerard Bosch van Drakestein

B. 1887-07-24, Mechelen, Belgium, competed for the Netherlands; D. 1972-03-20
Cycling - track (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1908			1924	1928	bonus	HP
1000m Time Trial					silver		6000
Tandem				bronze			3200
Team Pursuit	fourth			R1	(silver)	254.18	2498.98
5000 m	7th						300
100 km	SF						0.807
Sprint (1000 m)	heat:2nd						0.582
Sprint (660 yds)	heat:2nd						0.510
20 km	heat:5th						0.020
	1471.919			3371.8	7200	254.18	12000.899

A nobleman, his family did not approve of his cycling, so at the start of his career he raced as "Ulysses". He remained an amateur and won a silver at Amsterdam aged 40. He also raced in the team pursuit in the quarter-final at Amsterdam, helping his team to qualify for the semis and the eventual silver medal.

Olympic Competitor nr 3492

• 1908-07-14-11:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one, heat two - fifth (0.020)
• 1908-07-14-16:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (660 yds), round one - second (0.510)
• 1908-07-15-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 100 km, heat one - AC (0.807)
• 1908-07-16-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (1000 m), round one - second (0.582)
• 1908-07-17-16:00 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-17-17:45 - Cycling - Track - Team Pursuit, semifinals - lost (1170)
• 1908-07-18-14:45 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, final - seventh (300)
• 1920 171.8
• 1924 1200
• bonus 254.2

Fernand Bosmans

Olympic Competitor nr 4065

• 1908-07-17-14:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - third (Q)
• 1908-07-20-17:15 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round two - second (Q)
• 1908-07-23-10:30 - Fencing - Épée, individual, semifinals - eighth (7.688)
• 1908-07-24-17:30 - Fencing - Épée, team, silver medal match - lost (480)

Fridrihs Bošs

B. 1887-02-07 Valmiera, Latvia, represented Russia

Olympic Competitor nr 5710

• 1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - DNF

John Bostock

Olympic Competitor nr 3238

• 1908-07-09-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day one
• 1908-07-10-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day two - sixth (120)

Ralph Boston

B. 1939-05-09, USA
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Long Jump	gold	silver	bronze	24300
				24300

The man who broke Jesse Owens' world record and lost it to Bob Beamon at Mexico.
Inducted in 1974 in the USATF Hall of Fame.

Erik Boström

Olympic Competitor nr 5032

• 1912-06-29-09:00 - Shooting - Dueling Pistol - 17th (4)
• 1912-07-01-12:00 - Shooting - Free Pistol - fifth (1000)
• 1912-07-02-12:00 - Shooting - Free Pistol, team - second (1000)
• 1912-07-04-12:00 - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle - eighth (256)

Wollmar Boström

Olympic Competitor nr 3152

• 1908-05-07-12:00 - Tennis, covered courts - Men's Singles, quarterfinal - lost (538.1)
• 1908-05-07-15:30 - Tennis, covered courts - Men's Doubles, semifinal - lost (QB)
• 1908-05-09-11:00 - Tennis, covered courts - Men's Doubles, small final - won (1440)
• 1912-05-05-15:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, covered courts, round one - lost (1.867)
• 1912-05-07-14:30 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, covered courts, quarterfinal - lost (615)
• 1912-06-29-09:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round two - won (Q)
• 1912-06-30-16:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round three - lost (0.971)
• 1912-07-01-17:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, quarterfinal - lost (430.5)

Written 2000-12-02 - last modified 2011-08-12

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