Great Olympians

Biographies - HAJ

Andreas Hajek

B 1968-04-16, Halle, Germany
Rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)

	1992	1996	2000	HP
Double Fours	gold	gold	bronze	17280
				17280

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.

Hajós Alfréd

B. 1878-02-01, Hungary; D. 1955-11-12
Swimming & Artistic Competition (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1896		1924	1928	HP
100 m Freestyle	gold				6400
1200 m Freestyle	gold				6400
Architecture			silver	14 designs	7027
					19827

He was actually called Guttmann but he officially changed his name. Hajós means "sailor" in Hungarian.
He had wanted to win all three distances, but the start of the 500 m was much too soon after the finish of the 100.
He was the youngest winner in Athens. He would also represent Hungary twice in Football. As an architect, he built the Margarethen Pool in Budapest.

Olympic Competitor nr 218

• 1896-04-11-11:00 - Swimming - 100 m Freestyle - first (6400)
• 1896-04-11-13:00? - Swimming - 1200 m Freestyle - first (6400)

Hajós Henrik

Olympic Competitor nr 3057

• 1906-04-28-11:00 - Swimming - 4x250 m Free-style - first (1200)
• 1908-07-14-16:45 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-15-11:00 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style, semifinals - fifth (97.5)
• 1908-07-17-16:15 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, round one - AC (0.304)

Jens Hajslund

Olympic Competitor nr 5096

• 1912-06-29-10:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, team - eighth (64)
• 1912-07-02-11:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle, 3 positions - DNF
• 1912-07-04-11:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle, team - third (640)

Written 2000-12-01 - last modified 2011-08-13

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