Great Olympians

Biographies - RAT

Georges Ratelot

Olympic Competitor nr 3615

• 1908-07-14-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Individual combined (7 events), day one
• 1908-07-15-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Individual combined (7 events), day two - AC

Emmerich Rath

Olympic Competitor nr 3928

• 1908-07-16-14:30? - Athletics (track & field) - 10 mile Walk, round one, heat two - eighth (73.5)
• 1908-07-24-14:33 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - 25th (0.113)
• 1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - 32nd (0.04)
• 1912-07-15-14:15 - Athletics (track & field) - Cross-Country - DNF

Although he was born in Prague and also died in Czechoslovakia, he competed on the Austrian, not the Bohemian team, so I class him as Austrian.

The only man to start in both the Marathon and the Cross-Country (on consecutive days), but he finished neither race

Louis Rathke

B. 1868, Wisconsin, United States

Olympic Competitor nr 1805

• 1904-07-01-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual gymnastics - 114th
• 1904-07-02-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual athletics - 55th - Individual combined - 103rd - Team - 11th (12)

Oswald Rathmann

B. 1891-07-21, Klodzko, near Breslau, now in Poland, represented Germany

Olympic Competitor nr 5678

• 1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - 33rd - Team - sixth (160)

Peter Ratican

Olympic Competitor nr 2353

• 1904-11-16-15:00? - Football - match one - lost
• 1904-11-18-15:00? - Football - match three - drew
• 1904-11-23-15:00? - Football - match three, replay - won - final classification - second (1500)

George Ratsey

Olympic Competitor nr 4563

• 1908-07-27-12:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - second
• 1908-07-28-12:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - third
• 1908-07-29-12:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race three - second - final ranking third (960)

Seppo Räty

B. 1962-04-27, Finland
Track and Field (1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1988	1992	1996	HP
Javelin Throw	bronze	silver	bronze	15048
				15048

World Champion in 1987.

Written 2001-01-29 - last modified 2011-08-13

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