Great Olympians

Biographies - LE

Le Jingyi

China
Swimming (1 gold, 3 silver)
1992 1996 HP
100 m Free-style sixth gold 7040
50 m Free-style silver - 4000
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay silver silver 2000
4 x 100 m Medley Relay fourth - 400
13440

Cornelius "Con" Leahy

B. 1876-04-27, Ireland; D. 1921
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 silver)
1906 1908 HP
High Jump gold silver 11700
Triple Jump silver 4500
16200

Patrick Joseph Leahy

B. 1877-05-20, Ireland, representing Great Britain and Ireland in 1900 and 1908; D. 1926
Track and Field (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1900 1908 HP
High Jump silver 9th 6180
Long Jump bronze 3840
Triple Jump fourth 2400
12420

Tatyana Lebedeva

B. 1976-07-21, Russia
Athletics (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Long Jump gold silver 15600
Triple Jump silver bronze silver 17424
33024

Maurice Lecoq

B. 1854-03-26, France
Shooting (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)
1900 1906 1908 HP
Military Rifle fifth 750
Military Rifle, Gras Model 12th 30
Free Rifle, combined 21st 13th 31st 20.37
Free Rifle, standing 19th
Free Rifle, kneeling 22nd
Free Rifle, prone 25th
Free Rifle, team bronze bronze bronze 1760
Free Pistol 11th 5360
Free Pistol, 25m gold
Free Pistol, 50m sixth
Free Pistol, team silver 1000
Military Revolver 17th 3
Military Revolver, Gras Model fourth 1200
Duelling Pistol, au visé bronze 1920
Duelling Pistol, au commandement 12th 30
12073

Pavel Lednev

B. 1943-03-25, Ukraine, Soviet-Union
Modern Pentathlon (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
Individual bronze bronze silver bronze 16060
Team silver gold disq. gold 6300
22360

The Soviet team was disqualified at Montreal when one of the team members was caught cheating in the fencing.

Lee Dong-Soo

Korea
Badminton (2 silver)
2000 2004 HP
Men's Doubles silver silver 10000
Mixed Doubles R1 1.348
10001.3

Lee Ho-Suk

Korea, Republic
Shorttrack (3 silver)
2006 2010 HP
500 m QF:4th 8th 270.5
1000 m silver silver 8000
1500 m silver 7th 4400
12670.5

Lee Hyo-Jung

B. 1981-01-13, Busan, Korea
Badminton (1 gold, 1 silver)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Mixed Doubles R1 R2 gold 8067.288
Women's Doubles R2 QF silver 5783.44
13850.728

Lee Jung-Su

B.1989-11-30, Korea
Shorttrack (2 gold)
2010 HP
1000 m gold 6400
1500 m gold 6400
12800

Samuel Lee

USA
Diving (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1948 1952 HP
Platform gold gold 12800
Springboard bronze - 2560
15360

Lee Seung-Hoon

B. 1988-05-06, Korea
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)
2010 HP
10000 m gold 6400
5000 m silver 4000
Team Pursuit fifth 250
10650

He came fourth in the selections for Korea's shorttrack team, so he switched to the longer track. He ran his first race in September 2009, and had two Olympic medals by February 2010.

Willis Lee

USA
Shooting (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

(56.5 HP)

Bernhard Lehmann

Germany
Bobsledding (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1976 1984 1988 HP
Two-man silver bronze 8200
Four-man gold silver 9750
17950

Bernhardus Petrus Leene

Netherlands
Cycling (1 gold, 1 silver)
1928 1932 1936 HP
Tandem gold fourth silver 18750
18750

Waldemar Legien

B. 1963-8-23, Poland
Judo (2 gold)
1988 1992 HP
-78 kg gold 19200
-86 kg gold
19200

Jens Lehmann

B. 1967-12-19, Stolberg/Harz, Germany
Cycling (2 gold, 2 silver)
1992 2000 HP
Pursuit silver silver 13200
Team Pursuit gold gold 14400
27600

Eero Reino Lehtonen

B. 1898-04-21, Finland; D. 1959-11-19
Track & Field (2 gold)
1920 1924 HP
Pentathlon gold gold 12800
Long Jump 16th 9.6
Decathlon dnf 0.256
4x400 m Relay ht:3rd 100
12910

Eino Aukusti Leino

B. 1891-04-07, Finland; D.1984-11-30
Wrestling - Free-Style (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
1920 1924 1928 1932 HP
Middleweight (-75 kg) gold 29100
-72 kg silver bronze
-66 kg bronze
29100

Patric Leitner

B. 1977-02-23, Germany
Luge (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2002 2006 2010 HP
Doubles gold sixth bronze 15000
15000

Together with Alexander Resch.

Krou Lekarski

Bulgaria
Equestrianism, Three-day Event

He competed in 4 Olympics between 1924 and 1960, a span of 36 years!
(250 HP)

Catriona Le May Doan

B. 1970-12-23, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Speed Skating (2 gold, 1 bronze)
Athletics & Tug-of-War (4 gold, 3 bronze)
1992 1994 1998 2002 HP
500 m 14th 33rd gold gold 12812.00192
1000 m 31st 19th bronze 9th 2721.2048
1500 m 17th 13th 28.6
15561.80672

Eric Valdemar Lemming

B. 1880-02-22, Göteborg, Sweden; D. 1930-06-05
Athletics & Tug-of-War (4 gold, 3 bronze)
1900 1906 1908 1912 HP
Javelin Throw gold gold gold 18400
Javelin Throw, freestyle gold 4800
Javelin Throw, two-handed fourth 1600
Shot Put bronze 2880
Stone Throw fourth 1800
Hammer Throw fourth 8th 2688
High Jump fourth 2400
Pole Vault fourth 2400
Discus Throw 8th 1586
Discus Throw, freestyle fourth comp.
Discus Throw, Greek style comp. comp. 46.98
Discus Throw, two-handed 11th 64
Triple Jump 7th/13th 13th 252.9
Long Jump 12th 60
Standing Long Jump 26th 0.072
Pentathlon bronze 2880
Tug of War bronze 960
42818

At nineteen he set a world javelin record of 49.31 m in 1899, then broke it nine times to push it to 62.32 m in 1912. In 1900, there was no javelin competition yet, but he went to Paris anyway and competed (rather successfully) at High Jump and Pole Vault.
He also won the first olympic appearance of javelin, at Athina in 1906, and got bronze at a pentathlon there.

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen

B. 1899-05-24, France; D. 1938-07-04
Tennis (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1920 HP
Women's Singles gold 8000
Mixed Doubles gold 4800
Women's Doubles bronze 1920
14720

Lisbeth Lenton

competed in 2008 as

Lisbeth Trickett

B. 1985-01-28, Townsville, Australia
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
2004 2008 HP
50 m Freestyle bronze fourth 4160
100 m Freestyle 9th silver 4160
100 m Butterfly gold 6400
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay gold bronze 2240
4 x 100 m Medley Relay gold 1600
18560

Lieutenant Tommaso Lequio Di Assaba

B. 1893-10-21, Italy; D. 1965-12-17
Equestrianism, Jumping
1920 1924 1928 HP
Jumping, individual gold silver 24th 14600
Jumping, team - fifth fourth 650
Three-day Event, Individual - dnf dnf 2.8x10-5
15250

Three times on Trebecco.
At Antwerpen, the Prix des Nations was a separate event, and individual riders could not ride also on the team.
(137 HP)

Xavier Lesage

France
Equestrianism, Dressage (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1924 1932 HP
Dressage, Individual bronze gold 14800
Dressage, Team - gold 1600
16400

Lisa Leslie

USA
Basketball (4 gold)
1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Basketball gold gold gold gold 25600
25600

Member of the US Basketball team that won gold at Atlanta, Sydney, Athina and Beijing.

Frederic Carlton "Carl" Lewis

B. 1961-07-01, USA
Track and Field (9 gold, 1 silver)
1984 1988 1992 1996 HP
Long Jump gold gold gold gold 76800
100 m gold gold 12800
4 x 100 m gold gold 3200
200 m gold silver 10400
103200

Winner of the Long Jump at Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta.
Arguable the greatest sprinter of all time, he only rarely produced world-record performances. Long time the only jumper to jump over 8.50, he got only to within 3cm of Beamon's world record. When he did surpass 8.90, it was with a tail wind in the Tokyo World Championships, finishing second behind new World-record holder Mike Powell. In the 100m, he often ran near to 9.90, but when he broke that barrier, it was again in second place, behind Ben Johnson. When Johnson was caught for doping in Seoul, he also lost his Rome world record and for some time, Lewis was world record holder. His times as part of the USA 4x100 relay (and those for the Santa Monica track team) will be harder to beat.
In '96 he became the second American athlete (since Al Oerter) to qualify for 5 consecutive Olympics. He managed to equal Oerter's and Paul Elvström's achievements of four individual titles.
He was also world champion at 100 m in 1983, 1987 and 1991, and at Long Jump in 1983 and 1987.

Jason Lezak

B. 1975-11-12, Bellflower, CA, USA
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
2000 2004 2008 HP
100 m Freestyle 21st bronze 2560.64
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay silver bronze gold 4664
4 x 100m Medley Relay (gold) gold gold 3200
10424.64

In the Freestyle Relay at Beijing, he swam an incredible last leg (timed at 46.40) to overtake then world-record holder Alain Bernard, in order to help Michael Phelps to his second gold of eight and his second world record of seven.

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2002-10-28

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