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B. 1966-09-09, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Luge (3 gold, 2 silver)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | silver | gold | gold | gold | silver | 816 |
| Doubles | fourth | 20 | ||||
| 836 |
Winner of the single Luge at Albertville, Lillehammer and Nagano.
In his home town of Berchtesgaden, Luge ws offered to students as an option
in physical education class. he did not consider himself much of an athlete,
so he took to this sport immediately, with a great deal of success.
At Nagano, he won all four runs, a first in Olympic history.
Germany
Luge (2 gold)
| 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | gold | gold | 160 |
| 160 |
Partner of Hans Rinn at Innsbrück and Lake
Placid.
B 1968-04-16, Halle, Germany
Rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)
Three of the four members (Andreas Hajek, Stephan
Volkert and Andre Willms) of the winning crew
in Barcelona returned to Atlanta to win again, but their third different
partner let them down in Sydney.
(171 HP)
B. 1920-12-14, Finland
Nordic Skiing Men (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 km | gold | silver | silver | 180 |
| 30 km | - | gold | sixth | 72 |
| 15 km | - | fourth | bronze | 40 |
| 4 x 10 km | - | silver | gold | 26 |
| 318 |
The oldest champion at Squaw Valley.
B. 1974-09-26, Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA
Swimming (4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
The gold on 50m at Sydney was a dead heat, Anthony Ervin also receiving a
gold medal.
(226 HP)
B. 1927-04-30, Karlskrona, Sweden
Modern Pentathlon (2 gold, 1 silver)
The only repeat winner of the Modern Pentathlon was very lucky in 1952. The
first horse that he'd drawn turned out lame, but the second one was the best
horse in Finland. And then he turned up 20 minutes late for the shooting,
but the competition hadn't started yet because of some Soviet protests.
He also became World Champion in 1950 and '51.
(170 HP)
competed in 1994 as
B. 1955-08-10, Finland
Nordic Skiing (3 gold, 4 bronze)
| 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | - | 19th | gold | fifth | 125 | ||
| 5 km, classical style | 31st | bronze | |||||
| 10 km | 22nd | 18th | gold | 9th | 64 | ||
| 20 km | gold | 11th | 120 | ||||
| 15 km, classical style | sixth | ||||||
| 30 km, classical style | bronze | ||||||
| 4 x 5 km | - | fifth | bronze | bronze | fourth | fourth | 25.3 |
| 334.3 |
Denmark
Swimming (2 gold, 1 silver)
(162 HP)
B. 1970, Germany
Swimming (2 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)
(228 HP)
B. 1926, Finland
Nordic Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1948 | 1952 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic Combination | gold | silver | 156 |
| 18 km | fourth | fourth | 32 |
| 4 x 10 km | - | gold | 16 |
| 204 |
At the victory ceremony in St.Moritz, it appeared that there was only one
Finnish flag. Second placed Martti Huhtala had no flag raised in his honour.
Heikki Hasu would later enter Finnish Parliament.
Norway
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)
(187.5 HP)
B. 1894-09-28, Årkvisla, near Drammen, Norway; D. 1934-12-12
Nordic Skiing (3 gold)
| 1924 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| Nordic Combination | gold | 96 |
| 18 km | gold | 64 |
| 50 km | gold | 64 |
| Ski Jump | fourth | 24 |
| 248 |
An outstanding skier, but he had to wait till his 30 for the Olympic
opportunity.
Originally, Haug had received the bronze medal in the Jump. In 1974, a mistake
was detected in the results of the ski jump. The bronze medal was then awarded
to Anders Haugen of the USA.
Haug won the famous Holmenkollen 50 km race six times and the combined event
three times.
His memory was honoured with a lifesize stone statue in Drammen.
B.1924, USA
Canoeing (1 gold, 1 silver)
His father was a member of the eights crew that would go the Olympics and
win gold, but he stayed at home to witness the birth of his son. In 1952,
Frank sent a telegram to his father saying "I'm coming home with the gold
medal you should've won."
(198 HP)
B. 1967-05-30, Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Hockey (3 gold)
Midfield player of the Australian hockey team that won gold in Seoul, Atlanta
and Sydney.
(204 HP)
Canada
Rowing (3 gold, 1 bronze)
Every time together with Marnie McBean. They are
known as the "odd couple".
(210 HP)
USA
Speed Skating (5 gold)
| 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | - | gold | 64 |
| 1000 m | - | gold | 64 |
| 1500 m | 7th | gold | 64 |
| 5000 m | 19th | gold | 64 |
| 10000 m | - | gold | 64 |
| 320 |
Achieved the 'impossible' in winning all five distances, with five world
records to boot. He had also performed the Olympic Oath at Lake Placid. His
sister Beth also won a bronze in skating.
Norway
Shooting (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
(102.5 HP)
B. 1956-10-06, Germany
Canoeing (3 gold, 3 bronze)
(214 HP)
competed in 1968 and 1972 as
B. 1941-06-29, Germany
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)
(217.5 HP)
Jamaica
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 silver)
(170 HP)
France
Sailing (2 gold)
(160 HP)
B. 1954-05-29, USA
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
(208 HP)
B. 1912-04-08, Oslo, Norway; D. 1969-10-12
Figure Skating (3 gold)
| 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladies' Singles | gold | gold | gold | 576 |
| 576 |
The outstanding figure in the history of skating, for she later turned her
skills to good professional account and won a host of new admirers throughout
the world by way of films. She became Norwegian champion in 1924. Competing
in the Winter Olympics at Chamonix (1924) before her twelfth birthday, she
was last of eight competitors, but she won the title at her second attempt,
at St.Moritz, where she danced on Tchaikovsky's 'Death of a Swan' from 'Swan
Lake'. After twice retaining her title, she turned professional and was given
a contract by 20th Century Fox. She would earn almost 50 million dollars
to become the richest Olympian woman in history.
In the World Championships she was fifth in 1924 and in 1926 she was runner-up
in the women's event and fifth in the pairs with Arne Lie. She was never
beaten again. She won 10 world titles (1927-36), six European (1931-6).
She made eleven films between 1938 and 1960. With her third husband, Niels
Onstad, she founded the Henie-Onstad collection of modern paintings which
they presented to Norway.
Miss Henie developed leukaemia in 1969 and died in an aircraft which was
carrying her from Paris to Oslo for medical treatment.
Sandra Loosemore's
page
devoted to skating legends, also has a photo of the young Sonja.
The Henie-Onstad collection also has a homepage (in
Norwegian or in
English)
Her record as the youngest gold medallist was broken by Tara Lipinsky at
Nagano in 1998.
Cuba
Boxing (2 gold)
(192 HP)
Cuba
Boxing (2 gold)
(192 HP)
Germany
Cycling (2 gold)
He was prevented from winning three golds by the East German boycott of the
Los Angeles Games.
(192 HP)
Germany
Canoeing (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
(200 HP)
USA
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver)
(184 HP)
Italy
Luge (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | 8th | dnf | silver | gold | 10th | 156 |
| Doubles | gold | 11th | - | - | - | 80 |
| 236 |
B. 1968-04-10, Praha, Czech Republic
Canoeing, Slalom (2 gold)
(192 HP)
Czech Republic
Canoeing - Canadian (2 gold)
(192 HP)
Sweden
Sailing (2 gold, 2 bronze)
(192 HP)
Norway
Canoeing (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
(412 HP)
Sweden
Swimming (4 silver, 1 bronze)
(163.6 HP)
USA
Speed Skating (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1968 | 1972 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 m | 13th | gold | 64 |
| 3000 m | - | silver | 40 |
| 500 m | silver | - | 40 |
| 1000 m | bronze | sixth | 32 |
| 176 |
competed in 1984 as
Romania
Rowing (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
(267 HP)
Germany
Bobsleigh (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| four-man | gold | silver | silver | bronze | 157.5 |
| two-man | gold | silver | - | - | 130 |
| 287.5 |
B. 1908-04-21, France
Weight-Lifting (2 gold, 1 silver)
(378 HP)
B. 1901-09-25, USA
Track and Field (3 gold)
The first discus thrower to demonstrate the value of rotating speed in the
circle. He was the last man to win two throwing titles at the same Olympics
(Shot and Discus).
(288 HP)
Australia
Equestrianism - three-day event (3 gold, 1 silver)
Member of the Australian three day event team at Barcelona, Atlanta and
Sydney.
(173 HP)
B. 1919, Finland; D. 1976
Gymnastics (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
(*) On the Pommeled Horse, three finns (Heikki
Savolainen, Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen)
shared the gold medal.
(116 HP)
Germany
Swimming (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
(152 HP)
participated in 1988 as
B. 1966-03-04, Budapest, Hungary, participated in 1984 for Hungary, later
moved to Austria and represented Austria from 1988 onwards
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3000 m | - | 14th | bronze | silver | fifth | 83.6 |
| 1500 m | - | - | 7th | gold | fourth | 80 |
| 1000 m | 30th | 16th | 10th | 7th | - | - |
| 5000 m | - | 15th | 12th | 8th | - | |
| 500 m | 19th | 19th | - | - | - | - |
| 163.6 |
competed in 2000 as
Italy
Canoeing (1 gold, 2 bronze)
(160 HP)
B. 1968-12-20, Bucuresti, Romania
Rowing (3 gold, 1 silver)
When Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (1),
Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela (4),
Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipa (5), Ioana Olteanu (1),
Elena Georgescu (1), Doina Ignat (1) and 3 new rowers stepped into the Eight
at Atlanta, they had already won 13 medals between them. They outpaced the
Canadians by over 4 seconds to win another gold and lift them high up the
Great Olympian tables. Six of them returned to Sydney to repeat the
triumph.
(261 HP)
Romania
Shooting (2 gold)
(217.5 HP)
B. 1907-05-01, Ylöjärvi, Finland; D. 1969-06-23, Heinola
Track and Field (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
At Los Angeles, he had set an Olympic record of 9 min 14.6 sec in his heat,
so it was a surprise when the winning time in the final was announced as
10 min 33.4 sec. In fact, due to the official scoring the laps being ill,
a substitute had miscounted and the runners ran an extra 460 m. His 1936
time of 9 min 03.8 sec stood as an Olympic record until 1952.
(256 HP)
B. 1938-07-30, Moskva, Russia
Rowing (3 gold)
After winning both the European Championship and Olympic single sculls in
1956, he had to be content with European bronze medals in the next two seasons.
But in 1959 he took the European title, in 1960 a second Olympic gold medal,
in 1961 the European, and in 1962 the first World Championship sculling title.
In 1963 he dropped to fourth place in the European Championships, but he
returned, in 1964 to regain his European title, and to win his third gold
in Tokyo.
At Melbourne, he was so happy with his first win that he threw his gold medal
in the air. It fell in the water and was never seen again. He got a replacement
medal from the IOC.
(576 HP)
B. 1967-02-10, Havana, Cuba
Volleyball (3 gold)
Member of the Cuban Volleyball team that won gold at Barcelona, Atlanta and
Sydney.
She did not play in any game in Sydney.
(192 HP)
To the Letter J
Written July-August 1996 - last modified 1998-03-18