Great Olympians

Biographies - KAR

Nikolaos Karagiannis

Olympic Competitor nr 2708

• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - fourth (600)

G. Karagiannopoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 61

• 1896-04-08-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle day one
• 1896-04-09-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle - AC (1.543)

Tilemakhos Karakalos

Olympic Competitor nr 114

• 1896-04-09-10:00 - Fencing - Sabre - second (6000)

Karakatsanis

Olympic Competitor nr 210

• 1896-04-11-09:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle day one
• 1896-04-12-09:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle - AC (132.7)

Konstantinos Karakatsanis

Olympic Competitor nr 55

• 1896-04-07-16:30 - Athletics Track - 1500 m - AC (574)
• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - fourth (600)

Antonios Karangonidis

Olympic Competitor nr 2449

• 1906-04-23-08:30 - Football - match one - lost (QR)
• 1906-04-25-11:30 - Football - silver play-off - lost (960)

Pavlos Karangonidis

Olympic Competitor nr 2709

• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - first (2400)

Pantelis Karasevdas

Olympic Competitor nr 62

• 1896-04-08-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle day one
• 1896-04-09-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle - first (6400)
• 1896-04-10-09:00 - Shooting - Military Pistol - DNF (10.8)
• 1896-04-11-09:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle day one
• 1896-04-12-09:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle - fifth (1000)

Anastasios Karatzas

Olympic Competitor nr 2563

• 1906-04-23-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle - DNF
• 1906-04-28-08:30 - Shooting - Free Rifle - 32nd

Alexander Karelin

B. 1968, Novosibirsk, Russia
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1988	1992	1996	2000	HP
-130 kg	gold	gold	gold	silver	69600
					69600

Dubbed 'the World's Meanest Man', but a student of literature, poetry, opera and ballet.
When he perfected the reverse body lift, common among lighter wrestlers, but never before seen in the heaviest category, he became unbeatable.
In 1999, he also won his twelfth World Championship (1988-1999)
When he was finally beaten in the final in Sydney, some commentators criticized his opponent's tactics, but he himself was gratious in defeat.

Regina Kari

Olympic Competitor nr 6200

• 1912-07-09-12:05 - Swimming - Women's 100 m Free-style, round one, heat four - sixth (0.114)

Jouko Karjalainen

Finland
Nordic Combined (2 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Individual	silver	silver	12000
			12000

David Karlsson

Olympic Competitor nr 6165

• 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)

Karl Karlsson

Olympic Competitor nr 5587

• 1912-07-06-15:15 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round one - lost - abandoned (0.24)

Werner Karlsson

Olympic Competitor nr 5692

• 1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - 19th (2)

Károly Jenö

Olympic Competitor nr 5249

• 1912-06-30-13:30 - Football - quarterfinal - lost (54)

Menelaos Karotzieris

Olympic Competitor nr 2980

• 1906-04-26-15:00 - Wrestling - Greco-Roman - Middleweight (85 kg), round one - lost (94.51)

Kárpáti György

B. 1945-06-23, Hungary
Waterpolo (3 gold, 1 bronze)

	1952	1956	1960	1964	HP
Waterpolo	gold	gold	bronze	gold	21760
					21760

Member of the Hungarian Waterpolo team from 1952 (aged just 17) to '64.

Kárpáti Károly

B. 1906-07-02, Eger, Hungary; D. 1996-09-23
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Greco-Roman, -62 kg	fourth			1950
Free-style, -66 kg		silver	gold	15600
				17550

Kárpáti Ödön

Olympic Competitor nr 6620

• 1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - 31st (0.010)

Kárpáti Rudolf

B. 1920-07-17, Budapest, Hungary
Fencing (6 gold)

	1948	1952	1956	1960	HP
Sabre, individual	-	-	gold	gold	16000
Sabre, team	gold	gold	gold	gold	12800
					28800

Sabre champion of Hungary in 1948 and 1955, he won two individual world titles, in 1954 and 1959, and was also a member of the World Champion sabre team of 1953,'54,'55,'57 and '58.

Pertti Karppinen

Finland
Rowing (3 gold)

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Single Sculls	gold	gold	gold	57600
				57600

Winner of the skiff at Montreal, Moskva, Los Angeles.

Nikolaos Karsouvas

Olympic Competitor nr 2655

• 1906-04-24-09:00 - Rowing - Six-man Naval Rowing Boats - second (1500)

George Karstens

Olympic Competitor nr 1889

• 1904-07-11-18:00? - Basketball - Match 9 - lost - Final Rankings - fifth (375)

Georg Karth

Olympic Competitor nr 3597

• 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 - AC

Filippos Karvelas

Olympic Competitor nr 121

• 1896-04-09-14:40 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars, Team - third (640)
• 1896-04-10-10:00 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars - AC (35.9)

Konstantinos Karvelas

Olympic Competitor nr 3111

• 1906-05-01-15:05 - Athletics - Marathon - seventh (450)

Nikolaos Karydias

Olympic Competitor nr 2489

• 1906-04-23-08:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round one - lost (7.305)

Written 2001-10-04 - last modified 2011-08-13

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