Great Olympians

Biographies - MEY

Uwe-Jens Mey

Germany
Speed Skating (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1984	1988	1992	HP
500 m	8th	gold	gold	11456
1000 m	25th	silver	12th	4030.1
				15486.1

Herman Meyboom

Olympic Competitor nr 3890

• 1908-07-15-17:00 - Waterpolo - match one - won (Q)
• 1908-07-17-16:15 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, round one - AC (0.304)
• 1908-07-20-16:15 - Waterpolo - match two - won (Q)
• 1908-07-22-16:00 - Waterpolo - match three - lost (1500)
• 1912-07-06-19:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, round one - third - 6th time (0.4)
• 1912-07-07-15:15 - Waterpolo - round one, match one - lost (Qc)
• 1912-07-10-14:30 - Waterpolo - consolation round one - won (Qc) (*)
• 1912-07-11-11:30 - Waterpolo - consolation round two - won (Qc) (*)
• 1912-07-15-13:00 - Waterpolo - consolation round three B - won (Qc) (*)
• 1912-07-16-09:00 - Waterpolo - consolation final - lost (1280) (*)

(*) team roster unknown. There were nine Belgian waterpoloists in total, seven per team.

Alvah Meyer

Olympic Competitor nr 5506

• 1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-06-15:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, semifinals - first (Q)
• 1912-07-07-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, final - second (4000)
• 1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-10-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, semifinals - second (170)

Bernard Meyer

Olympic Competitor nr 6552

• 1912-07-13-08:50 - Equestrianism - Military Riding Event, Individual, long distance ride
• 1912-07-15-11:00 - Equestrianism - Military Riding Event, Individual, steeplechase
• 1912-07-16-09:00 - Equestrianism - Military Riding Event, Individual, jumping
• 1912-07-16-14:00 - Equestrianism - Jumping, individual - DNF
• 1912-07-17-07:00 - Equestrianism - Military Riding Event, Individual, dressage - 12th (50) & Team - fourth (400)
• 1912-07-17-13:00 - Equestrianism - Jumping, team - second (1000)

Deborah "Debbie" Meyer

B. 1952-08-14, Annapolis, Md, USA
Swimming (3 gold)

	1968	HP
200 m Free-style	gold	6400
400 m Free-style	gold	6400
800 m Free-style	gold	6400
		19200

The first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in one Olympiad, she also set sixteen world records in three years, including 17.19.9 for the 1500 metres. Some of her times would have won men's olympic titles a few years earlier.

Ernst Meyer

Olympic Competitor nr 2545

• 1906-04-23-10:15 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - third (QR)
• 1906-04-23-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, repêchage - AC (24.94)
• 1906-04-24-16:30 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, round one - third (2.807)
• 1906-04-25-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one - AC (13.63)

Georg Meyer

Olympic Competitor nr 5045

• 1912-06-29-09:00 - Shooting - Dueling Pistol - 39th
• 1912-07-03-15:00? - Shooting - Dueling Pistol, team, day two - seventh (100)

Otto Meyer

Olympic Competitor nr 1123

• 1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
• 1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen

Olympic Competitor nr 2476

• 1906-04-23-08:30 - Shooting - Military Revolver, Gras Model - DNF
• 1906-04-23-09:30 - Shooting - Free Pistol, 50m - 15th (7.5)
• 1906-04-23-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle - seventh (300)
• 1906-04-24-08:30 - Shooting - Military Revolver - 30th
• 1906-04-24-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Gras Model - 28th (0.019)
• 1906-04-26-10:30 - Shooting - Free Pistol, 25m - 19th (1.2)
• 1906-04-27-08:30 - Shooting - Free Rifle, team - first (1200)
• 1906-04-28-08:30 - Shooting - Free Rifle - first (4800)

John Meyers

Olympic Competitor nr 2138

• 1904-09-05-16:00? - Waterpolo - match one - lost (960)
• 1904-09-06-16:00? - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - DNF (510)

Ulrike Meyfarth

B 1956-05-04, Germany
Track and Field (2 gold)

	1972	1976		1984	HP
High Jump	gold	22nd		gold	28800.9
					28800.9

A surprise winner at merely sixteen (the youngest ever individual Athletics champion) at München, she was again a surprise winner at twenty-eight at Los Angeles.

Olaf Meyland-Smith

Olympic Competitor nr 5745

• 1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - 25th (0.125) - Team - eighth (64)

Written 2000-11-30 - last modified 2011-08-13

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