Great Olympians

Biographies - NIK

Grigory Nikitin

Olympic Competitor nr 5352

• 1912-07-01-17:00 - Football - consolation round - lost (54)

Yuri Nikitin

B. 1978-07-15, then Soviet Union, Ukraine
Trampolining (1 gold)

	2004	2008	HP
Trampolining	gold	fifth	11100
			11100

Elmer Konstantin Niklander

B. 1890-01-19, Finland; D. 1942-11-12
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1908	1912	1920	1924	bonus	HP
Shot Put	comp. 28.64	fourth 1600	silver 6000	sixth 960	858.864	9447.504
Shot Put, two-handed		bronze 2560				2560
Discus Throw	comp. 2.402	fourth 1600	gold 9600	seventh 600	2950.6005	14753.0025
Discus Throw, two-handed		silver 4000				4000
Discus Throw, Greek style	9th 120					120
56-lb Weight Throw			8th 384			384
	151.042	9760	15984	1560	3809.4645	31264.5065

His granddaughter tells the story that the train was stopped for over an hour nearby just because Elmer was still doing with the harvest work. The train waited and Elmer caught it and was able to travel to Antwerpen in time!
His nickname of Elmer was "The Cannon of Oitti".

Olympic Competitor nr 3918

• 1908-07-16-11:20? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool five - AC (2.402)
• 1908-07-16-15:30? - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, qualifying, pool three - AC (28.64)
• 1908-07-18-14:40 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, Greek style, qualifying - ninth (120)
• 1912-07-10-10:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, qualifying, group three - fourth (1600)
• 1912-07-11-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, two-handed, qualification - second (Q)
• 1912-07-11-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, two-handed, final - third (2560)
• 1912-07-12-10:30? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group three - fourth (1600)
• 1912-07-13-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, qualification - third (Q)
• 1912-07-13-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, final - second (4000)

Alexandros Nikolaidis

B. 1979-10-17, Thessaloniki, Greece
Taekwondo (2 silver)

	2000	2004	2008	HP
+80 kg	QF	silver	silver	12195
				12195

Georgios Nikolakis

Olympic Competitor nr 3007

• 1906-04-27-09:30 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs (1 mile) - AC (382.5)

Yelena Nikolayeva

B. 1966-02-01, Akshaki, Chuvashkaya Respublika, Russia, represented the Unified team in 1992
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1992	1996		2004	HP
10 km Walk	silver	gold			15606
20 km Walk				17th
					15606

Alexandros Nikolopoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 57

• 1896-04-07-17:00? - Athletics Field - Weightlifting One Hand - third (2560)

Stamatios Nikolopoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 237

• 1896-04-11-15:00 - Cycling Track - Sprint - second (4000)
• 1896-04-11-16:30? - Cycling Track - Time Trial, 333m - second (4000)

Georgios Nikoloutsos

Olympic Competitor nr 2734

• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - second (1500)

Mikhail Nikolsky

Olympic Competitor nr 5811

• 1912-07-07-09:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 10000 m, round one, heat one - DNF (0.017)
• 1912-07-09-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 5000 m, round one, heat three - fourth (3.112)

Written 2001-07-20 - last modified 2011-08-14

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