Great Olympians

Biographies - PET

Heinrich Peters

Olympic Competitor nr 306

• 1900-05-20-10:00? - Sailing - Open class - second (2000)
• 1900-05-24-13:20? - Sailing - 1/2-1 ton class (1) - DQ (1.6)
• 1900-05-25-13:20 - Sailing - 1-2 ton class (2) - first (1600)

Aage Petersen

Olympic Competitor nr 2870

• 1906-04-25-16:00 - Athletics - 100 m, round one - AC
• 1906-04-25-16:30 - Athletics - Standing Long Jump - 25th (0.113)
• 1906-04-27-15:00 - Athletics - Long Jump - 21st (0.72)
• 1906-04-27-16:30 - Athletics - 400 m, round one - third (8.07)
• 1906-04-30-15:00 - Athletics - High Jump - AC (30.38)

Axel Johannes Petersen

Olympic Competitor nr 4280

• 1908-07-20-15:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - second (0.304)

Axel Karl Petersen

Olympic Competitor nr 5275

• 1912-06-30-16:30 - Football - quarterfinal - won (800)

Niels Petersen

Olympic Competitor nr 2426

• 1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
• 1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - second (750)
• 1908-07-14-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Denmark - fourth (300)
• 1912-07-10-11:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - third (640)
• 1912-07-12-09:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (4 events) - 34th

Rasmus Petersen

Olympic Competitor nr 2427

• 1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
• 1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - first (1200)

Søren Peter Petersen

Denmark
Boxing (2 silver)

	1920	1924	HP
Heavyweight (+79.4 kg)	silver	silver	12000
			12000

Thorleif Petersen

Olympic Competitor nr 2428

• 1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
• 1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - first (1200)

Benjamin Peterson

1950-06-27, Cumberland, Wisconsin, United States
Wrestling, Freestyle (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1972	1976	HP
Light-heavyweight	gold	silver	15600
			15600

Brother of John. They both lost in their final to Levan Tediashvili.

Georg Peterson

Olympic Competitor nr 3700

• 1908-07-14-16:20 - Athletics (track & field) - 3 miles Team, round one, heat two - seventh - team third (202.5)
• 1908-07-15-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 5 miles, heat four - third (8.07)

Jack Peterson

Olympic Competitor nr 4954

• 1908-10-31-15:00 - Hockey - final - lost (1500)

John Peterson

B. 1948-10-22, Cumberland, WI, USA
Wrestling, Freestyle (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1972	1976	HP
Middleweight	silver	gold	15600
			15600

Brother of Benjamin. They both lost in their final to Levan Tediashvili.

Leonard Peterson

Olympic Competitor nr 3872

• 1908-07-15-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Sweden - first (1200)

Richard Peterson

Olympic Competitor nr 5169

• 1912-06-29-10:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round two - lost
• 1912-06-29-17:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles, round two - lost (50.7)

Rolf Peterson

B. 1944-05-11, Halmstad, Sweden
Canoeing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
K1 1000 m	gold	fifth	silver	14250
K4 1000 m	fifth			750
				15000

Walter Peterson

Olympic Competitor nr 4945

• 1908-10-30-13:45 - Hockey - semifinal - won (Q)
• 1908-10-31-15:00 - Hockey - final - lost (1500)

Reinhold William Eugen "William" Petersson-Björneman (né Petersson)

B. 1895-10-06, Sweden; D. 1965-05-10
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Long Jump	gold	9600
4x100 m Relay	bronze	640
		10240

Charles Frédéric Petit

Olympic Competitor nr 1371

• 1900-08-13-12:00? - Archery - Au Cordon Doré - 33 m - third (2560)
• 1900-08-13-13:00? - Archery - Au Chapelet - 33 m - third (2560)

Aristovoulos Petmezas

Olympic Competitor nr 68

• 1896-04-08-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle day one
• 1896-04-09-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle - AC (1.543)
• 1896-04-09-14:40 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars, Team - second (1000) (probably)
• 1896-04-09-16:20? - Gymnastics - Pommelled Horse - AC (132.1)
• 1896-04-10-09:00 - Shooting - Military Pistol - AC (210.7)

Tatyana Petrenko

competed from 1964 as

Tatyana Samusenko

B. 1938, from Minsk, Belarus
Fencing (3 gold, 1 silver)

• Foil - team - gold 1960, 1968, 1972, silver 1964 (116 HP)

Member of the Soviet Foil Team, who won gold at Rome, Mexico City and München, and silver at Tokyo.
(116 HP)

Viktor Petrenko

B. 1969-06-27, Ukraine
Figure Skating (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1988	1992	1994	HP
Men's Individual	bronze	gold	fourth	12840
				12840

World Champion in 1992.

August Petri

Olympic Competitor nr 2515

• 1906-04-23-09:00 - Fencing - Foil, Individual, round one - AC (1.462)
• 1906-04-24-11:00 - Fencing - Épée, team - round one, match one - lost (153.8)
• 1906-04-28-08:30 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, one hit, round one - AC (2.025)
• 1906-04-28-11:30 - Fencing - Sabre, team, semifinals - won (Q)
• 1906-04-28-15:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, three hits, round one - DNF (1.088)
• 1906-04-28-16:30 - Fencing - Sabre, team, final - won (1200)
• 1908-07-18-10:30 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - sixth
• 1908-07-18-14:30 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round one - third (Q)
• 1908-07-20-16:15 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round two - third (1.244)
• 1908-07-21-16:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, quarterfinals - lost (81)
• 1908-07-22-10:00 - Fencing - Sabre, team, round one - lost, qualified for silver-medal tournament (Qs)
• 1908-07-24-17:30 - Fencing - Sabre, team, bronze medal match - lost (187.5)
• 1908 ET 81 SI 1.244 ST 243.8

Ioannis Petritsis

Olympic Competitor nr 2553

• 1906-04-23-10:15 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - AC (0.097)
• 1906-04-24-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Time Trial - 22nd (0.3)
• 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 - second (120)
• 1906-05-01-14:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race - sixth (480)

Dimitrios Petrokokkinos

Olympic Competitor nr 96

• 1896-04-08-10:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles round one - lost (65.94)
• 1896-04-08-16:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles round one - won (Q)
• 1896-04-09-16:30? - Tennis - Men's Doubles round two - won (Q)
• 1896-04-11-16:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles final - lost (3000)

Konstantinos Petropoulakis

Olympic Competitor nr 2854

• 1906-04-25-15:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day one
• 1906-04-26-16:00 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day two - 34th

Dimitrios Petropoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 2571

• 1906-04-23-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle - 38th
• 1906-04-24-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Gras Model - 27th (0.03)
• 1906-04-26-08:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, single trap - eighth (192)

Georgios Petropoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 2683

• 1906-04-24-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - second (Q)
• 1906-04-25-08:30 - Shooting - Duelling Pistol, au commandement - ninth (120)
• 1906-04-25-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, semifinals - fourth (307.5)
• 1906-04-26-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals - lost (390)
• 1912-07-03-15:00? - Shooting - Dueling Pistol, team, day two - fifth (250)
• 1912-07-09-10:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match three - lost
• 1912-07-09-12:30 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match eight - won - qualified
• 1912-07-09-14:40? - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals, match three - lost
• 1912-07-09-16:00? - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals, match seven - lost
• 1912-07-09-17:20? - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals, match eleven - won - third (205) (*)
• 1912-07-12-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-12-12:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, quarterfinals - third (Q)
• 1912-07-13-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, semifinals - third (113.8)
• 1912 EI 113.8 ET 205

(*) the semifinal rosters are not known, and there were 5 known competitors in the qualifying round, so it is quite possible Petropoulos competed in only some of the semifinal matches

Nikolaos Petropoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 2635

• 1906-04-24-08:30 - Rowing - Coxed Fours - seventh (225)

N. Petros

Olympic Competitor nr 2636

• 1906-04-24-08:30 - Rowing - Coxed Fours - sixth (360)

Aleksandr Petrov

Olympic Competitor nr 4347

• 1908-07-21-11:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Heavyweight (+93 kg), round one - won (Q)
• 1908-07-21-13:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Heavyweight (+93 kg), semifinals - won (Q)
• 1908-07-24-17:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Heavyweight (+93 kg), final - lost (4000)

Evgeni Petrov

B. 1938-10-16, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Shooting (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1968	1972	HP
Skeet	gold	silver	15600
			15600

Vladimir Petrov

Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Team	gold	gold	silver	12600
				12600

Yevgeny Petrov

Olympic Competitor nr 6249

• 1912-07-09-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - fifth (0.011)

Petros Petsas

Olympic Competitor nr 2835

• 1906-04-25-15:00 - Wrestling - Greco-Roman - Lightweight (75 kg), round one - lost (170)

Billy Pett

Olympic Competitor nr 2831

• 1906-04-25-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one - first (Q)
• 1906-04-25-16:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, final - first (4800)
• 1906-05-01-14:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race - DNF (0.12)
• 1908-07-16-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 100 km, heat two - sixth (Q)
• 1908-07-18-15:30 - Cycling - Track - 100 km, final - fourth (1200)

Giovanni Pettenella

B. 1943-03-28, Caprino Veronese, Verona, Italy
Cycling - Track (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1964	HP
Sprint	gold	9600
1000 m Time Trial	silver	6000
		15600

Bjarne Pettersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6306

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

Arvid Pettersson

Olympic Competitor nr 5704

• 1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - DNF

Sigurjón Pétursson

Olympic Competitor nr 5799

• 1912-07-07-08:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round one - won by fall
• 1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round two - won by fall
• 1912-07-08-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round three - lost
• 1912-07-10-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round four - won by fall
• 1912-07-12-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round five - lost - eliminated (1500)

Written 2002-08-22 - last modified 2011-08-12

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