Great Olympians

Biographies - MA

Paul Mathaux

Olympic Competitor nr 4716

• 1908-10-19-15:00 - Football - quarterfinal - lost (Qb)
• 1908-10-23-15:00 - Football - bronze medal matches - DNS (307.5)

Hans Matthiae

Olympic Competitor nr 6792

• 1912-07-17-12:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-18-16:00 - Rowing - Eights, quarterfinal - first (Q)
• 1912-07-19-12:00 - Rowing - Eights, semifinal - second (1280)

Robert Mathias

B. 1930-11-17, Tulare, Cal, USA
Track and Field (2 gold)

	1948	1952	HP
Decathlon	gold	gold	19200
			19200

In winning the decathlon at London, he was the youngest ever athletics gold medal winner (17 years and 263 days). At the end of the competition he told his father, never again, never again. But in 1950 he broke the world record and again in 1952, in retaining his title at Helsinki. He was never beaten in the 10 dacathlons he contested from 1948 until 1956. But he had already forfeited his amateur status in 1953, by appearing in a film about his career, so he was prevented from going for a third Olympic title.
In 1966, he was elected to the house of representatives, being reelected until 1972, but he was defeated in the 1974 election.

Edvin Mathiasson

Olympic Competitor nr 5444

• 1912-07-06-08:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round one - won by decision
• 1912-07-09-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round two - won by fall
• 1912-07-11-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round three - lost
• 1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round four - won by fall
• 1912-07-13-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round five - won by fall
• 1912-07-14-13:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round six - won by decision
• 1912-07-15-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), final round one - lost
• 1912-07-15-15:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), final round two - lost - third (3840)

Sigurd Mathiesen

Olympic Competitor nr 6463

• 1912-07-11-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - third (Q)
• 1912-07-12-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, quarterfinals - fourth (0.042)

Mathieu

(the first name is no longer in the database)

Olympic Competitor nr 1479

• 1900-08-25-15:00 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs, heat two - second (Q)
• 1900-08-26-15:30 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs, final - fourth (2000)

Jean-Baptiste Mathieu

Olympic Competitor nr 2630

• 1906-04-24-08:30 - Rowing - Coxed Fours - third (1440)
• 1906-04-27-09:00 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs (1 km) - fourth (900)
• 1906-04-27-09:30 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs (1 mile) - third (1440)

Per Mathisen

Olympic Competitor nr 6303

• 1912-07-10-10:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system, Norway - first (1600)

Aspasia Matsa

Olympic Competitor nr 2806

• 1906-04-24-15:00 - Tennis - Women's Singles, round one - won (Q)
• 1906-04-25-10:30 - Tennis - Women's Singles, semifinals - lost (QB)
• 1906-04-25-11:30 - Tennis - Mixed Doubles, semifinals - won (Q)
• 1906-04-26-10:30 - Tennis - Mixed Doubles, final - lost (2250)
• 1906-04-26-15:00 - Tennis - Women's Singles, bronze match - lost (1500)

Randy Matson

B. 1945-03-05 in Kilgore, TX, USA
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1964	1968	HP
Shot Put	silver	gold	15600
			15600

Roland Matthes

B. 1950-11-17, Pössneck, Germany
Swimming (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

	1968	1972	1976	HP
100 m Backstroke	gold	gold	bronze	23040
200 m Backstroke	gold	gold	-	12800
100 m Butterfly		fourth	fifth	2600
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay	-	bronze	-	640
4 x 100 m Medley Relay	silver	silver	-	2000
				41080

Between april 1967 and 1974-08-31, he was undefeated in backstroke events. During that time, he scored doubles in two Olympics and the inaugural World Championships in 1973, and a third World Championship title at 100 m in 1975. He lowered the 100 m world record six times and brought the 200 metres record down seven seconds. Higly versatile, he also held the European 100 m butterfly and 200 m medley records.
He was married to Kornelia Ender. They have a daughter but divorced in 1982

Johnnie Matthews

Olympic Competitor nr 2539

• 1906-04-23-10:15 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - second (1.088)
• 1906-04-23-16:00 - Cycling - Track - Tandem, semifinals - first (Q)
• 1906-04-24-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Time Trial - eighth (192)
• 1906-04-24-16:00 - Cycling - Track - Tandem, final - first (6000)
• 1906-04-24-16:30 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, round one - second (36.84)
• 1906-04-25-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one - AC (13.63)
• 1908-07-13-17:15 - Cycling - Track - Tandem, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-15-17:00 - Cycling - Track - Tandem, semifinal - second, slower (1500)
• 1908-07-16-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (1000 m), round one - third
• 1908 TD (1500)

Maurice Matthews

Olympic Competitor nr 3385

• 1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target - ninth (120)
• 1908-07-11-15:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Moving Target - second (3000)
• 1908-07-11-16:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle - fourth (1200)
• 1908-07-11-17:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, team - first (1200)

Per Mattson

Olympic Competitor nr 6828

• 1912-07-17-13:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - raced alone (Q)
• 1912-07-18-15:40 - Rowing - Eights, quarterfinal - second (540)

Ragnar Mattson

Olympic Competitor nr 5824

• 1912-07-07-09:00 - Athletics (track & field) - High Jump, qualifying, group one - 23rd (0.384)

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

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