Great Olympians

Biographies - LI

Li JiaJun

China
Shorttrack (2 silver, 3 bronze)
1998 2002 2006 HP
500 m QF:3rd QF:3rd 8th 438
1000 m silver fifth sixth 6204
1500 m silver bronze 6560
5000 m bronze bronze fifth 1683
14885

Li Nina

B. 1983-01-10, China
Free-style Skiing (2 silver)
2006 2010 HP
Aerials silver silver 12000
12000

Lin Li

China
Swimming (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1988 1992 1996 HP
200 m Individual Medley 7th gold bronze 9360
400 m Individual Medley 7th silver - 4400
200 m Breaststroke - silver 16th 4006.4
200 m Backstroke 11th 12th - 104
4 x 100 m Medley Relay - fourth - 400
18270.4

(172 HP)

Li Ning

B. 1963-09-08, China
Gymnastics (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

(*) the silver medal at the vault was shared by 4 gymnasts (a.o. Koji Gushiken)
(103 HP)

Andreas Linger

B. 1981-05-31, Austria
Luge (2 gold)
2002 2006 2010 HP
Doubles 8th gold gold 16320
16320

Together with his brother Wolfgang.

Wolfgang Linger

B. 1982-11-04, Austria
Luge (2 gold)
2002 2006 2010 HP
Doubles 8th gold gold 16320
16320

Together with his brother Andreas.

Linon

a horse
Equestrianism, Dressage (1 gold, 2 silver)
1928 1932 HP
Dressage, Individual silver silver 10000
Dressage, Team fourth gold 2000
12000

Twice ridden by Charles Marion

Sergei Litvinov

B. 1958-01-23, Tsukorova-Balka, Krasnodar Kray, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
1980 1988 HP
Hammer Throw silver gold 19500
19500

Nastia Liukin

B. 1989-10-30, Moscow, then Soviet Union, now Russia, represents USA
Gymnastics (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
2008 HP
Individual Combined gold 6400
Team Combined silver 1000
Uneven Bars silver 1000
Beam silver 1000
Floor Exercised bronze 640
10040

Li Xiaoshuang

China
Gymnastics (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

(136 HP)

Einar Liberg

B. 1873-10-16, Norway; D. 1953-09-11
Shooting (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1908 1912 1920 1924 HP
Running Deer, double shot bronze fifth 3560
Running Deer, double shot, team gold silver 2600
Running Deer, single shot comp. 7th 400.4
Running Deer, single shot, team gold gold 3200
Free Pistol 22nd 8th 394.4
Free Rifle, 3 positions 15th
Rapid-fire Pistol 8th
Free Rifle, team gold silver 2200
Military Rifle, team sixth 120
12474.8

(122 HP)

James Davies Lightbody

B. 1882-03-17, Pittsburg, Pa, USA; D. 1953-03-02, Charleston SC
Track and Field (4 gold, 2 silver)
1904 1906 1908 HP
400 m - Rep-dns - 30
800 m gold silver heat:4 7800
1500 m gold gold heat:2 9640
2590 m Steeple gold 7458
3200 m Steeple heat:2
4 miles Team silver 750
25678

In the 800 m at St.Louis, it is said he watched the field like a hawk does a chicken, before running wide round the others over the second lap and finally taking the lead in the last 30 metres.
His win in the steeple chase was in the first time he had ever run the event.

Ole Andreas Lilloe-Olsen

B. 1883-04-28, Norway; D. 1940-04-30
Shooting (5 gold, 1 silver)
1920 1924 HP
Running Deer, double shot gold gold 12800
Running Deer, double shot, team gold silver 2600
Running Deer, single shot comp. 15th 10.4
Running Deer, single shot, team gold gold 3200
Clay Pigeon, trap 11th 80
Clay Pigeon, trap, team 7th 7th 200
18890

Carl Johan "Masse" Lind

B. 1883-05-25, Sweden; D. 1965-02-02
Track and Field (1silver, 1 bronze)
1912 1920 1924 1928 HP
Hammer Throw fifth silver 7th 14th 8936
56-lb Weight Throw bronze 3840
Discus Throw 27th 0.04
Discus Throw, two-handed 8th 256
13032

(109.8 HP)

Adolf Valentin Lindfors

B. 1879-02-08, Finland; D. 1959-05-06
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 gold)
1912 1920 HP
Heavyweight (+82.5 kg) rd 4 gold 10092
10092

Arthur Richard Lindfors

B. 1893-03-17, Finland; D. 1977-09-21
Greco-Roman Wrestling (2 silver)
1920 1924 HP
Middleweight (-75 kg) silver silver 12000
12000

(120 HP)

Bjoern Lind

Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing (2 gold)
2006 HP
Individual Sprint gold 6400
Team Sprint gold 4800
11200

Bo Lindman

Sweden
Modern Pentathlon (1 gold, 2 silver)
1924 1928 1932 HP
Individual gold silver silver 27000
27000

Pentti Tapio Akseli Linnosvuo

B. 1933, Finland
Shooting (2 gold, 1 silver)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 HP
Rapid-Fire Pistol fifth fourth silver gold 11th 24495
Free Pistol - gold 13th - - 9638.4
34133.4

Liselott Linsenhoff

B. 1927-08-27, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; D. 1999-08-04
Equestrianism - Dressage (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1956 1968 1972 HP
Dressage Individual bronze 8th gold 14400
Dressage Team silver gold silver 4500
18900

In 1956, both Germany and Switzerland ended on an equal total of 2346 points. Liselott Linsenhof's better place decided on silver for Germany. She was not in the team in 1960 and 1964 but returned to win three more medals in 1968 and 1972, when she rode the famous Swedish stallion Piaff on both occasions.
Her daughter Ann-Kathrin won team gold in 1988.

Kazimierz Lipien

Poland
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1972 1976 1980 HP
-62 kg bronze gold sixth 18000
18000

Alexandre Lippmann

B. 1880, France
Fencing - Epee (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1908 1920 1924 HP
Épée, individual silver silver 9625
Épée, team gold bronze gold 5160
14785

French fencers did not participate at Stockholm.

Viktor Lissizki

Russia, Soviet Union
Gymnastics (5 silver)

(*) Boris Shakhlin, Shuji Tsurumi and Viktor Lissizki were equal silver at the Individual Combined at Tokyo.
(°) Yukio Endo and Viktor Lissizki were equal silver on the Floor at Tokyo.
(87 HP)

Liu Chunhong

China
Weightlifting (2 gold)
2004 2008 HP
-69 kg gold gold 19200
19200

Liu Guoliang

B. 1976-01-10, Henan, China
Table Tennis (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 HP
Men's Singles gold bronze 11200
Men's Doubles gold silver 7800
19000

Written 2001-01-17 - last modified 2002-10-28

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