Great Olympians

Biographies - MO


Mo Tae-Bum

Korea
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)
2010 HP
500 m gold 6400
1000 m silver 4000
1500 m fifth 1000
11400


Diana Mocanu

Romania
Swimming (2 gold)
2000 HP
100 m Backstroke gold 6400
200 m Backstroke gold 6400
12800


Russel Mockridge

B. 1928, Australia; D. 1958
Cycling (2 gold)
1952 HP
1 km Time Trial gold 9600
Tandem gold 8000
17600


Anita Moen

competed in 1998 as

Anita Moen-Guidon

Norway
Cross-Country Skiing (3 silver, 2 bronze)
1994 1998 2002 HP
Sprint bronze 2560
5 km Classical Style fourth 7th 1664
10 km Classical Style 11th
Combined Pursuit 8th 8th - 448
15 km Classical Style bronze 4235
30 km Classical Style 10th fourth
15 km Free-style 10th 75
4 x 5 km silver silver silver 3025
12007


Andrey Moiseev

B. 1979-06-03, Rostov-na-Donu, then in the Soviet Union, now Russian Federation
Modern Pentathlon (2 gold)
2004 2008 HP
Individual gold gold 19200
19200


Molnár Endre

Hungary
Waterpolo (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
Waterpolo bronze silver gold bronze 9700
9700


Molnar Tamas

Hungary
Waterpolo (3 gold)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Waterpolo gold gold gold 19200
19200

Winner of the Waterpolo at Sydney, Athina and Beijing


Kenneth Monday

B. 1961-11-25, Tulsa, OK, USA
Wrestling, free-style (1 gold, 1 silver)
1988 1992 1996 HP
Welterweight gold silver sixth 20700
20700

In the competition at Barcelona, he conceded just one point in six matches (scoring 14 himself), but that one point was in the final, against Park Jang-Soon. He lost that final 1-0.


Jim Montgomery

USA
Swimming (3 gold, 1 bronze)
1976 HP
100 m Free-style gold 6400
200 m Free-style bronze 2560
4 x 200 m Free-style Relay gold 1600
4 x 100 m Medley Relay gold 1600
12160


Eugenio Monti

B. 1928-01-23, Italy
Bobsleigh (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
1956 1964 1968 HP
two-man silver bronze gold 20250
four-man silver bronze gold 12150
32400

The most successful bobber in history. He won 11 world titles, 8 in two-man (1957-61,63,66,68) and 3 in 4-man (60,61,68). At Igls (Innsbruck) in 1964, he loaned his axle to Antony Nash, thus enabling him to continue after his own axle had been broken. The British competitor went on to win the gold medal in front of two Italian sleds.
Already the oldest medallist at Innsbrück, he was of course the oldest gold medallist at Grenoble.
He would probably have won more medals but for the American reluctance for buiding a bob-course at Squaw Valley.


(Pedro) Pablo Morales

B. 1965, USA
Swimming (3 gold, 2 silver)
1984 1992 HP
100 m Butterfly silver gold 13000
200 m Butterfly fourth - 1600
200 m Individual Medley silver - 4000
4 x 100 m Medley Relay gold gold 4800
23400

When he couldn't qualify for the US team in 1988, he abandoned the sport for three years. He made a come-back after his mother had died.
Although he swam slower in Barcelona (53.32) than in Los Angeles (53.23 - behind Michael Gross), he had a better medal, eight years on ! World Champion at 100 m butterfly in 1986.


Martina Moravcová

Slovakia
Swimming (2 silver)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
100 m Butterfly 19th - silver sixth 25th 4641.7
50 m Free-style 29th - fifth 17th 27th 1004.056
100 m Free-style 18th 15th fifth 7th 23rd 1412.82
200 m Free-style - 9th silver 12th 4200
400 m Free-style - 27th - - 0.04
100 m Backstroke 31st - - - 0.0064
200 m Individual Medley - 13th - - 25.6
11284.2224


Léon Moreaux

B. 1862, France
Shooting (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)
1900 1906 1908 HP
Military Rifle fourth 1200
Military Rifle, Gras Model gold 4800
Free Rifle, combined 11th bronze 39th 2386
Free Rifle, standing 17th
Free Rifle, kneeling 17th
Free Rifle, prone fourth
Free Rifle, team bronze bronze 1120
Free Pistol 7th 17th 3504.2
Free Pistol, 25m silver
Free Pistol, 50m 19th
Free Pistol, team silver fourth 1430
Military Revolver fifth 750
Military Revolver, Gras Model 16th 4.8
Duelling Pistol, au visé gold 4800
Duelling Pistol, au commandement sixth 480
Clay Pigeon 16th 9.6
20484.6


Daniel Morelon

B. 1944-07-24, Bourg en Bresse, France
Cycling (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1964 1968 1972 1976 HP
Sprint bronze gold gold silver 43560
Tandem 9th gold fourth 10200
53760

Generally considered the most outstanding Olympic cyclist. He won medals in eight World Championships, including seven titles. His tandem with Pierre Trentin was legendary.


Yipsi Moreno

B. 1980-11-19, Cuba
Athletics (2 silver)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Hammer throw fourth silver silver 15840
15840


Thomas Morgenstern

B.1986-10-30, Austria
Ski Jumping (3 gold)
2006 2010 HP
Normal Hill 9th 8th 416
Large Hill gold fifth 7400
Large Hill - Team gold gold 3200
11016


Edwin Corley Moses

B. 1955-08-31, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Track and Field (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1976 1984 1988 HP
400 m hurdles gold gold bronze 34560
34560

When he won the 1976 gold medal, he was still unsure of his career and thought the running would distract him from his studies. 118 consecutive wins later, in 1986, he said 'I never thought I would be in track and field this long'. He is no doubt one of the surest non-triple gold medalists because of the Moskva boycot.
He was chosen to pronounce the Olympic oath at Los Angeles, where he stumbled over his words, if not his hurdles.
He earned a BS degree in physics and engineering, and used his expertise in developping the dynamics of his hurdling. He took only 13 steps between the hurdles.
He was world champion in 1983 and 1987.


Alexander Moskalenko

Russia
Trampolining (1 gold, 1 silver)
2000 2004 HP
Individual gold silver 15600
15600


Ibrahim Moustafa

Egypt
Wrestling, greco-roman (1 gold)
1924 1928 HP
Light heavyweight (-82.5 kg) fourth gold 12000
12000


Heather Moyse

B. 1978-07-23, Canada
Bobsleigh (1 gold)
2006 2010 HP
two-woman fourth gold 10000
10000


Written 2001-02-15 - last modified 2002-10-30

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