Olympic Competitor nr 4480
Olympic Competitor nr 2084
B. 1939-01-06, Nairn, Scotland, emigrated to Australia as a baby
Swimming (4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1956 | 1960 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
400 m Free-style | gold | gold | 12800 |
1500 m Free-style | gold | silver | 10400 |
4 x 200 m Free-style Relay | gold | bronze | 2240 |
25440 |
He broke a world record on 15 occasions, his first and last at 880 yards
freestyle. When he retained the 400 m title at Roma, he had twice beaten
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka of Japan by exactly the same
margin, 3.1 sec.
He lived on a diet which excluded meat, fish, poultry, refined flour and
sugar.
Olympic Competitor nr 549
B. 1884-03-17, Louisville, Ky, USA; D. 1913-10-16
Track & Field, Tug-of-War (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1904 | 1908 | 1912 | b | HP | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shot Put | gold | gold | silver | 9200 | 27600 | |
Shot Put, two-handed | gold | 6400 | ||||
Discus Throw | silver | 11th | 4564 | |||
Hammer Throw | bronze | 8th | 3264 | |||
56-lb Weight Throw | sixth | 480 | ||||
15060 | 7200 | 10848 | 9200 | 42308 | ||
Tug of War | fifth | 375 | ||||
15060 | 7575 | 10848 | 9200 | 42683 |
Literally a giant of the early Olympics, at 1.96 m and 107 kg.
The silver in the discus in 1904 was after an equal throw of 39.28m with
Martin Sheridan. An extra throw decided between
them.
At Stockholm, he was reported to eat two pounds of steak and six raw eggs
in their shells, for breakfast.
Olympic Competitor nr 1976
Olympic Competitor nr 3225
He probably had a bad first day at the Clay shooting, since he competed in the Free Rifle instead on the next day - he was not listed on the among the original entrants there.
Olympic Competitor nr 105
Olympic Competitor nr 3873
Olympic Competitor nr 641
Olympic Competitor nr 768
Olympic Competitor nr 5385
Olympic Competitor nr 6202
Olympic Competitor nr 6512
Olympic Competitor nr 6659
Olympic Competitor nr 6800
Germany
Track & Field (2 gold, 1 silver)
1972 | HP | |
---|---|---|
4 x 100 m | gold | 1600 |
Long Jump | gold | 9600 |
Pentathlon | silver | 6000 |
17200 |
Olympic Competitor nr 3028
B. 1884-11-03, New York, New York, United States; D. 1952-11-06
Olympic Competitor nr 1767
Olympic Competitor nr 3874
B. 1892-12-11, Finland; D. 1973-09-14
Wrestling (2 silver)
Greco-Roman | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | HP |
---|---|---|---|---|
Light heavyweight (-82.5 kg) | silver | 12000 | ||
Heavyweight (+82.5 kg) | silver | |||
Free-style | ||||
Light heavyweight (-87 kg) | R1 | 780 | ||
12780 |
Olympic Competitor nr 5140
Olympic Competitor nr 6936
From Leningrad (now St-Petersburg), Russia
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 gold, 2 silver)
1964 | 1968 | 1972 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
+97 kg | silver | silver | 27000 | |
+100 kg | gold | |||
27000 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1338
Olympic Competitor nr 3778
Italy
Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
400 m Free-style | sixth | silver | fifth | 13th | 6232.16 |
200 m Free-style | sixth | bronze | 28th | 3200.026 | |
200 m Individual Medley | gold | 11th | 6464 | ||
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay | fifth | 250 | |||
4x200 m Free-style Relay | sixth | fourth | bronze | fourth | 1760 |
17906.186 |
Olympic Competitor nr 6513
Olympic Competitor nr 3677
B. 1896-05-02, USA; D. 1953-06-19
Swimming & Waterpolo (3 gold)
1920 | HP | |
---|---|---|
100 m Free-style | fifth | 1000 |
400 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
1500 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
4x200 m Free-style Relay | gold | 1600 |
Swimming | 15400 | |
Waterpolo | fourth | 800 |
16200 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1819
Italy
Canoeing (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
K1, 500 m | - | gold | - | 6400 | |
K2, 500 m | bronze | - | 7th | 2220 | |
K2, 1000 m | - | gold | gold | silver | 9600 |
18220 |
Olympic Competitor nr 2751
Olympic Competitor nr 2431
Olympic Competitor nr 3125
Olympic Competitor nr 366
Italy
Shooting (1 gold, 1 silver)
1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clay-Pigeon, Trap | 7th | gold | silver | fourth | 13th | 23298 |
23298 |
Rossini was a far relative, not of the composer Rossini, but of the composer Giacomo Puccini.
Olympic Competitor nr 1542
Olympic Competitor nr 465
Olympic Competitor nr 6776
Olympic Competitor nr 128
Olympic Competitor nr 4988
Only part of his name is legible on the only document (hand-written) that exists showing the participants. I have added four letters that seem to fit. Nationality unknown.
Olympic Competitor nr 1131
Olympic Competitor nr 6541
Olympic Competitor nr 6725
Written 2001-01-25 - last modified 2011-08-13
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