Great Olympians

Biographies - COS

Cormic Cosgrove

Olympic Competitor nr 2361

• 1904-11-17-15:00? - Football - match two - lost
• 1904-11-18-15:00? - Football - match three - drew
• 1904-11-23-15:00? - Football - match three, replay - lost - final classification - third (960)

Kresimir Cosic

B. 1948-11-26, Croatia
Basketball (1 gold, 2 silver)

• gold 1980, silver 1968, 1976, fifth 1972 (97.5 HP)

He appears to be Croatian.
(97.5 HP)

Antoine Costa

Olympic Competitor nr 3572

• 1908-07-14-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Individual combined (7 events), day one
• 1908-07-15-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Individual combined (7 events), day two - 14th (18)
• 1912-07-12-09:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (4 events) - tenth (125)

Born in (then French) Algeria

Marleny Costa Blanco

B. 1973-07-30, Puerto Rico, playing for Cuba
Volleyball (3 gold)

	1992	1996	2000	HP
team	gold	gold	gold	19200
				19200

Member of the Cuban Volleyball team that won gold at Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney.
Her birth place is given as Puerto Rico.  I have not found any places in Cuba of that name, nor any explanation as to when she has moved from Puerto Rico (the Island) to Cuba, if that is what she has done.
She lists Fidel Castro as her most admired person, and this is apparently real, because not all the Cuban athletes say this.

Émile Coste

Olympic Competitor nr 283

• 1900-05-15-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual round one day two (Q)
• 1900-05-16-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual quarter final (Q)
• 1900-05-18-13:30 - Fencing - Foil, Individual semi-final day one
• 1900-05-19-13:30 - Fencing - Foil, Individual semi-final day two - first (Q)
• 1900-05-21-10:00 - Fencing - Foil, Individual final - first (9600)

Paul Vincent Costello

B. 1894-12-27, Philadelphia, Pa, USA; D. 1986-04-17
Rowing (3 gold)

	1920	1924	1928	HP
Double Sculls	gold	gold	gold	48000
				48000

In 1920 and 1924 he partnered his uncle John Kelly, Sr. (father of Grace) in the double sculls; in 1928 he was partnered by Charles McIlvaine in the same event. His son Bernard Paul Costello Jr. (born 1929) won silver in the double sculls in 1956.
(480 HP)

Costiesco

Olympic Competitor nr 630

• 1900-06-05-15:00? - Fencing - Épée, Individual, round one, pool 12 - AC (-7.32)

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2011-08-15

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