Olympic Competitor nr 1620
B. 1972-11-28, Greece
Athletics (2 silver)
| 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discus Throw | silver | silver | 12000 |
| 12000 |
B. 1931-06-09, Budapest, Hungary
Gymnastics (5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1952 | 1956 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Combined | sixth | silver | 4640 |
| Team | silver | silver | 2000 |
| Team with Hand Apparatus | bronze | gold | 2240 |
| Floor Exercises | gold | gold | 3200 |
| Asymetrical Parallel Bars | bronze | gold | 2240 |
| Beam | fourth | gold | 2000 |
| Vaults | - | 23rd | 0.064 |
| 16320 |
She would have been able to compete in 1940, but war prevented this, and
1944. Then she qualified for London 1948 but injured herself just before
the Games. Still she competed in two Olympics.
Only a weakness on the vault prevented her from winning more honours. In
particular, a lapse on the vault made her lose the Overall title at Melbourne
to Larissa Latynina.
She was one of several Hungarians who chose not to return to Hungary after
the 1956 Games and during the 1960's was the coach of the Israeli team.
Canada
Ice Hockey (3 gold, 1 silver)
| 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| team | silver | gold | gold | gold | 23200 |
| 23200 |
Member of the Canadian Ice Hockey team that won gold in Salt Lake City, Torino and Vancouver, with silver in Nagano.
Olympic Competitor nr 6621
Olympic Competitor nr 1246
Germany
Speed Skating (2 gold)
| 1968 | 1972 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | gold | gold | 12800 |
| 12800 |
Olympic Competitor nr 194
Olympic Competitor nr 6407
Olympic Competitor nr 6147
Olympic Competitor nr 6211
Olympic Competitor nr 4425
Olympic Competitor nr 6422
Olympic Competitor nr 4630
B. 1889-10-04, USA; D. 1960-06-26
Rowing (3 golds)
| 1920 | 1924 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Sculls | gold | gold | 16000 |
| Single Sculls | gold | 9600 | |
| 25600 |
The father of Grace, later Princess of Monaco, and John Kelly, Jun., bronze
winner in the skiff in 1956.
The only man to have won two rowing titles on the same day, 1920-08-29 at
Antwerp, the single and double sculls (together with
Paul Costello).
Also in 1920, Kelly was the centre of controversy at Henley regatta, when
he was refused to participate. Officially he was excluded because he was
a member of the Vesper boat club of Philadelphia, who had previously (in
1905) infringed on amateur status. But it was also said that he was not
considered an amateur because in the opinion of the Henley organizers, no
manual labourer (he was a bricklayer) could be considered an amateur. His
son did win at Henley in 1947 and 1949.
B. 1972-01-07, Ararat, Australia
Cycling - track (1 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Trial | silver | 20th | bronze | fourth | 13465.65 | |
| Keirin | bronze | fourth | 4160 | |||
| Olympic Sprint | fourth | (fourth) | 1630.5 | |||
| 19356.15 |
Written 2002-07-24 - last modified 2011-08-12
This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.