Great Olympians

Biographies - DAN

Comte Geoffroy d'Andigné

Olympic Competitor nr 596

• 1900-06-02-14:00 - Equestrianism - Mail Coach - AC (150)

Ludvik Danek

B. 1937-01-06, Czech Republic
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Discus Throw	silver	bronze	gold	24300
				24300

When Ludvik Danek broke Al Oerter's world record by a metre and a half, just before the Tokyo Games, no one doubted this would only but spur the already double champion to even greater heights. It did. Before Mexico, Danek lost the world record to Jay Silvester, who was then favourite. Both lost to the reemerging Al Oerter however. At München, Danek finally secured the top spot on the podium.

Dáner Béla

Olympic Competitor nr 2383

• 1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
• 1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - sixth (120)
• 1906-04-25-15:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day one
• 1906-04-26-16:00 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day two - 21st (0.48)
• 1906-04-26-16:30 -  Gymnastics - Individual combined (6 events) - 17th (3)

Dáni Nándor

Olympic Competitor nr 22

• 1896-04-06-16:15 - Athletics Track - 800 m heat one - second (Q)
• 1896-04-09-14:30 - Athletics Track - 800 m final - second (4000)

Vladimir Danich

Olympic Competitor nr 6690

• 1912-07-16-09:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round one - third (Q)
• 1912-07-17-12:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, quarterfinals - DNS

Ellie Daniel

USA
Swimming (1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1968	1972	HP
200 m Butterfly	bronze	bronze	5120
100 m Butterfly	silver	sixth	4640
4 x 100 m Medley Relay	-	gold	1600
			11360

Leaf Daniell

Olympic Competitor nr 4070

• 1908-07-17-14:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-20-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one - won (Q)
• 1908-07-20-17:15 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round two - third (1.244)
• 1908-07-21-16:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, quarterfinals - won (Q)
• 1908-07-22-16:30 - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals - lost to eventual winner (Qs)
• 1908-07-24-17:30 - Fencing - Épée, team, silver medal match - won (750)

Charles M. "Charlie" Daniels

B. 1884-07-12, USA; D. 1973-08-09
Swimming (5 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1904	1906	1908	HP
50 yds Free-style	bronze			1920
100 yds Free-style	silver			12600
100 m Free-style		gold	gold
220 yds Free-style	gold			4800
440 yds Free-style	gold			4800
4 x 50 yds Free-style Relay	gold			1200
4x250 m Free-style Relay		fourth		780
4x200 m Free-style Relay			bronze
	15720	5100	5280	26100

A colourful personality inside the sport and out, he set seven world records between 1907 and 1911.
Perhaps his greatest contribution to the sport was the way he influenced swimmers with his use of the crawl.
He is listed in some sources as coming fourth in the 100 yds back-stroke in 1904, but that is a mistake.

Olympic Competitor nr 2127

• 1904-09-05-14:20? - Swimming - 100 yds Free-style - heat two - first (Q)
• 1904-09-05-14:40? - Swimming - 100 yds Free-style - final - second (3000)
• 1904-09-06-14:10? - Swimming - 50 yds Free-style, heat two - second (Q)
• 1904-09-06-14:30? - Swimming - 50 yds Free-style, final - third (1920)
• 1904-09-06-15:00? - Swimming - 220 yds Free-style - first (4800)
• 1904-09-07-14:00? - Swimming - 440 yds Free-style - first (4800)
• 1904-09-07-15:30? - Swimming - 4 x 50 yds Free-style Relay - first (1200)
• 1906-04-24-10:00 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, semi-finals - first (Q)
• 1906-04-25-11:30 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, final - first (4800)
• 1906-04-28-11:00 - Swimming - 4x250 m Free-style - fourth (300)
• 1908-07-17-16:15 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-20-11:00 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style; semifinals - first (Q)
• 1908-07-20-14:30 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, final - first (4800)
• 1908-07-24-14:30 - Swimming - 4x200 m Free-style Relay, semifinals - second, fastest time (Q)
• 1908-07-24-16:20 - Swimming - 4x200 m Free-style Relay, final - third (480)

Gösta Danielson

Olympic Competitor nr 4331

• 1908-07-20-17:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - DNF (0.028)

Fritz Danild

Olympic Competitor nr 6670

• 1912-07-15-14:15 - Athletics (track & field) - Cross-Country - DNF

Olga Danilova

B. 1970-06-10, Bugulma, Russia
Nordic Skiing (3 gold, 2 silver)

	1992		1998	2002	HP
5 km, classical style	sixth		fifth		6028
10 km, classical style				silver
combined pursuit 5km + 10km	11th		silver		10448
combined pursuit 5km + 5km				gold
15 km, classical style	-		gold		6400
30 km, free-style	20th			disq.	0.75
4 x 5 km	-		gold	dns	1600
					24476.75

Erich Dannenberg

Olympic Competitor nr 2802

• 1906-04-24-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Time Trial - 20th (0.75)
• 1906-04-25-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one - first (Q)
• 1906-04-25-16:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, final - fifth (750)
• 1906-05-01-14:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race - DNF (0.12)

Fritz Danner

Olympic Competitor nr 1124

• 1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
• 1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Olympic Competitor nr 4984

• 1912-03-01 - Art Competitions - Literature - AC (974)

Written 2001-01-29 - last modified 2011-08-19

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