Great Olympians

Biographies - GER

Evangelos Gerakaris

Olympic Competitor nr 191

• 1896-04-10-14:00 - Athletics - Marathon - seventh (600)

Gerde Oszkár

Olympic Competitor nr 4191

• 1908-07-18-16:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-20-16:15 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round two - first (Q)
• 1908-07-22-10:00 - Fencing - Sabre, team, round one - won (Q)
• 1908-07-22-16:30 - Fencing - Sabre, team, semifinals - won (Q)
• 1908-07-23-14:45 - Fencing - Sabre, team, final - won (1200)
• 1908-07-23-16:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, semifinals - fifth (121.5)
• 1912-07-14-17:05? - Fencing - Sabre, team, semifinals, match seven - won - qualified
• 1912-07-15-14:00? - Fencing - Sabre, team, final match six - won - first (1600)
• 1912-07-17-09:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-17-12:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, quarterfinals - second (Q)
• 1912-07-18-09:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, semifinals - DNS (0.455)

Gerevich Aladár

B. 1910, Hungary
Competed under the name Gerei in 1936.
Fencing (7 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1932	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	HP
Sabre, team	gold	gold	gold	gold	gold	gold	19200
Sabre, individual	-	bronze	gold	silver	-	fifth	21812.5
Foil, team	-	-	SF:3rd	bronze	-	-	845
							41857.5

Member of the Hungarian sabre team that won gold at Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome. When told in 1960 that he was to old to compete for a place in the Hungarian team, he challenged the entire team and defeated them all. At Rome, he missed the final by a single hit.
He was of course the oldest gold medallist at Roma.
His wife Erna Bogathy is part of three generations of medal winners. Her father Albert Bogen (1882-1961) was part of the Austrian Sabre team that won silver in 1912 (behind Hungary), she won bronze (under the name Erna Bogen) in foil in 1932, and their son Pal Gerevich (born during the Olympics in 1948) was part of the silver winning Hungarian Sabre team of '72 and '80.
This triple generation is not unique, but certainly rare. I have found two other occurences :

• Norwegians Eugen Lunde, gold yachting 6m class in 1924, Peder Lunde, sen (with wife Vibeke Lunde and her brother Börre Falkum-Hansen), silver yachting 5,5m class in 1952, and Peder Lunde, jun, gold Flying Dutchman in 1960.
• The Keller dynasty of hockey : Erwin, silver 1936, Carsten, gold 1972, and Andreas, gold 1992.
• Gerevich's great rival in fencing, Edoardo Mangiarotti, whose father and daughter/niece both came fourth in Italian teams. (no medals though)

Peter Gerhardt

Olympic Competitor nr 5520

• 1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-06-15:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, semifinals - third (10.76)
• 1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-10-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, semifinals - second (170)

Povl Gerlow

Olympic Competitor nr 5290

• 1912-07-01-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, 3 positions - 74th
• 1912-07-02-11:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle, 3 positions - 60th
• 1912-07-03-12:00 - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, team - fifth (250)
• 1912-07-04-12:00 - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle - 38th
• 1912-07-05-10:00 - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target - 31st
• 1920 MR 64

Germain (1)

Olympic Competitor nr 1160

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

Germain (2)

Olympic Competitor nr 1574

• 1900-09-11-09:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - third (Q)
• 1900-09-11-14:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, quarter-final - third (0.866)
• 1900-09-15-15:00? - Cycling - Track - Points Race - ninth (240)

Bernard Germeshausen

Germany
Bobsleigh (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
two-man	gold	silver	13000
four-man	gold	gold	9600
			22600

In 1976, he was partner to Meinhard Nehmer in the 2-man crew, in 1980 they were in separate sleighs, and Nehmer finished third, Germeshausen second. They were twice in the same 4-man crew.

Ezio Germignani

Olympic Competitor nr 2701

• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - third (960)

Maurice Germot

B. 1882-11-17, France; D. 1958-08-06
Tennis (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1906	1908	1912	HP
Men's Singles	silver	QF		4288.1
Men's Singles, Covered Courts			R2	65.94
Men's Doubles	gold			3600
Men's Doubles, Covered Courts			gold	4800
	7350	538.1	4865.94	12754.04

Olympic Competitor nr 2599

• 1906-04-23-15:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, quarterfinals - won (Q)
• 1906-04-24-08:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round two - won (Q)
• 1906-04-24-16:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, semifinals - won (Q)
• 1906-04-25-08:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, quarterfinals - won (Q)
• 1906-04-25-12:30 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, final - won (3600)
• 1906-04-26-08:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, semifinals - won (Q)
• 1906-04-26-16:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, final - lost (3750)
• 1908-07-06-14:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles, round two - won (Q)
• 1908-07-09-14:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles, quarterfinals - lost (538.1)
• 1912-05-06-16:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, covered courts, round one - won (Q)
• 1912-05-07-13:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, covered courts, quarterfinal - won (Q)
• 1912-05-08-12:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, covered courts, round two - lost (65.94)
• 1912-05-09-16:30 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, covered courts, semifinal - won (Q)
• 1912-05-11-14:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, covered courts, final - won (4800)

Georgios Gerontakis

Olympic Competitor nr 2446

• 1906-04-23-08:30 - Football - match one - won (QF)
• 1906-04-24-12:00 - Football - final - lost - DNC in silver tournament and classed fourth (600)

Anton Gerrits

Olympic Competitor nr 3710

• 1908-07-14-16:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (660 yds), round one - fourth
• 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 - third (2.807)
• 1908-07-17-17:45 - Cycling - Track - Team Pursuit, semifinals - lost (1170)

Georg Gerstacker

Olympic Competitor nr 5941

• 1912-07-07-15:15 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round one - won by fall
• 1912-07-09-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round two - won by fall
• 1912-07-11-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round three - won by decision
• 1912-07-12-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round four - won by fall
• 1912-07-12-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round five - lost
• 1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round six - won by fall
• 1912-07-13-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round seven - won by decision
• 1912-07-13-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), final round one - won by fall
• 1912-07-15-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), final round three - lost - second (6000)

Laurent Gerstmans

Olympic Competitor nr 6170

• 1912-07-09-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Heavyweight (+82.5 kg), round one - lost
• 1912-07-09-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Heavyweight (+82.5 kg), round two - lost - eliminated (96)

Pierre Gervais

Olympic Competitor nr 414

• 1900-05-22-13:20 - Sailing - 0-1/2 ton class (1) - first (1600)
• 1900-05-24-13:30? - Sailing - 0-1/2 ton class (2) - third (640)

Written 2001-02-04 - last modified 2011-08-27

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