Great Olympians

Biographies - PAP

A. Papadakis

Olympic Competitor nr 2888

• 1906-04-25-16:00 - Athletics - 100 m, round one - AC

Aristidis Papadakis

Olympic Competitor nr 2680

• 1906-04-24-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - third (2.531)

Vasilios Papageorgiou

Olympic Competitor nr 2823

• 1906-04-25-09:30 - Athletics - Discus Throw, freestyle - AC (80.99)
• 1906-04-26-17:00 - Athletics - Javelin Throw - AC (11.07)
• 1906-04-27-16:00 - Athletics - Stone Throw - AC (253.1)
• 1906-04-27-16:30 - Athletics - Shot Put - fifth (1125)
• 1906-05-01-15:00 - Athletics - Discus Throw, Greek style - AC (37.03)

Konstantinos Papagiannoulis

Olympic Competitor nr 2740

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

Antonios Papagioannou

Olympic Competitor nr 126

• 1896-04-09-14:40 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars, Team - second (1000) (probably)
• 1896-04-09-17:20? - Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar - AC (132.1)
• 1896-04-10-10:00 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars - AC (35.9)

Georgios Papakhristou

Olympic Competitor nr 2824

• 1906-04-25-09:30 - Athletics - Discus Throw, freestyle - AC (80.99)
• 1906-04-27-16:00 - Athletics - Stone Throw - AC (253.1)
• 1906-04-30-16:00 - Tug-of-War - semifinals - won (Q)
• 1906-04-30-16:30 - Tug-of-War - final - lost (1500)

N. Papakostas

Olympic Competitor nr 3001

• 1906-04-27-09:00 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs (1 km) - AC (243)

Ioannis Papapanagiotou

Olympic Competitor nr 2477

• 1906-04-23-08:30 - Shooting - Military Revolver, Gras Model - 11th (48)
• 1906-04-23-09:30 - Shooting - Free Pistol, 50m - 20th (0.75)
• 1906-04-24-08:30 - Shooting - Military Revolver - 13th (19.2)
• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - second (1500)
• 1906-04-26-10:30 - Shooting - Free Pistol, 25m - 17th (3)

Georgios Papasideris

Olympic Competitor nr 26

• 1896-04-06-16:25 - Athletics Field - Discus Throw - AC (736.8)
• 1896-07-07-15:40 - Athletics Field - Putting the Weight - third (3840)
• 1896-04-07-16:30 - Weightlifting Two Hands - fourth (1600)

Eleftherios Papasymeon

Olympic Competitor nr 200

• 1896-04-10-14:00 - Athletics - Marathon - fifth (1500)

Georgios Papazis

Olympic Competitor nr 2741

• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - fifth (375)

Vahran Papazyan

Olympic Competitor nr 2920

• 1906-04-25-17:00 - Athletics - 800 m, round one - AC (4.477)
• 1906-04-27-16:00 - Athletics - 1500 m, round one - AC (39.56)
• 1912-07-06-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - AC
• 1912-07-09-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - DNF

Max Pape

Olympic Competitor nr 2787

• 1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - fourth (1200)
• 1906-04-28-11:00 - Swimming - 4x250 m Free-style - second (750)

Jean Papot

Olympic Competitor nr 3065

• 1906-04-30-15:00 - Athletics - High Jump - AC (30.38)

Papp László

B. 1926-03-25, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2003-10-16
Boxing (3 gold)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Middleweight (-73kg)	gold			57600
Light Middleweight (-71kg)		gold	gold
				57600

The outstanding champion in Olympic boxing history. Papp said once that his hardest bout in the Olympics was in the 1948 final against Johnny Wright (GBR). But his peak may well have been his third victory in 1956 against José Torres (USA) who later became world professional light-heavyweight champion. Papp won the European professional middleweight title in 1962 , but he did not receive a passport and was not allowed to leave Hungary to go and fight for a Professional World Title. He was unbeaten when he finally retired.
He combined both technical skill and a powerful punch and succesfully coached the Hungarian teams.
The World Boxing Council made Papp an "Honourary World Champion" in 1989.
He actually moved down weights in his Olympic career, winning the Middleweight in 1948 (-73 kg), the Light Middleweight (-71 kg) in 1952 and '56.

Louis Pappe

Olympic Competitor nr 3823

• 1908-07-15-15:15 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, France - fifth (187.5)

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2011-08-15

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