Great Olympians

Biographies - KOS

Kaarlo Koskelo

Olympic Competitor nr 6161

• 1912-07-09-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round one - won by decision
• 1912-07-11-09:30 - 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 - won by fall
• 1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round six - won by fall
• 1912-07-15-15:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), final round two - won by decision
• 1912-07-15-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), final round three - won by fall - first (9600)

V. Koskoris

Olympic Competitor nr 3113

• 1906-05-01-15:05 - Athletics - Marathon - AC (0.555)

Eetu Kosonen

Olympic Competitor nr 3604

• 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

Johan-Olaf Koss

B. 1968-10-29, Norway
Speed Skating (4 gold, 1 silver)

	1992	1994	HP
1500 m	gold	gold	9600
10000 m	silver	gold	7800
5000 m	7th	gold	5100
			22500

When he won his three gold medals in 1994, at home in Norway, he did so with three new world records, thereby almost equalling Eric Heiden's feat of Lake Placid. His record on the 10000 metres of 13.30.55 was an improvement of nearly 13 seconds over his own best of three years before. The time was three minutes less than that with which Hjalmar Andersen had won the 10000 metres in his triple in Oslo. Andersen presented the gold medal. It was also announced that Koss would get a statue at Hamar, next to that of Andersen.
He also won three overall world titles (1990, '91 and '94).
He was seen smiling at Nagano, were he was commentating, when Gianni Romme skated another 15 seconds off his world record.
He was elected in 1998 into the IOC Athletes Commission.

Stefka Kostadinova

B. 1965-03-25, Bulgaria
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1988	1992	1996	HP
High Jump	silver	fourth	gold	22500
				22500

World Champion in 1987.

David Kostelecky

Czech Republic
Shooting, Trap (1 gold)

	1996	2000		2008	HP
Trap	34th	sixth		gold	13200
					13200

Ivica Kostelic

B. 1979-11-23, Zagreb, Croatia
Alpine Skiing (3 silver)

	2002	2006	2010	HP
Combined		silver	silver	8000
Downhill			18th	2.56
Super-G		31st	16th	6.4064
Giant Slalom	9th		7th	560
Slalom	dnf	sixth	silver	4640
				13188.9664

Janica Kostelic

B. 1982-01-05, Zagreb, Croatia
Alpine Skiing (4 gold, 2 silver)

	2002	2006	HP
Combined	gold	gold	12800
Super-G	silver	silver	8000
Giant Slalom	gold		6400
Slalom	gold	fourth	8000
			35200

Written 2000-11-29 - last modified 2011-08-13

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