Olympic Competitor nr 1070
Olympic Competitor nr 6221
As the losing finalist, Austria was allowed to lay both Sweden and Belgium for a medal, but lost both those matches.
Olympic Competitor nr 1951
Olympic Competitor nr 2301
B. 1909-05-17, Wien, Austria
Figure Skating (2 gold) & Swimming
| 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | fourth | gold | gold | 32400 |
| 200 m Breaststroke | SF:4 | 492 | ||
| 32892 |
A brilliant figure skater who ended the supremacy of
Gillis Grafström by beating him into second
place at Lake Placid. He had the generosity of declaring, 'Yes, I beat him,
but he's still the world's greatest skater.'
He was known as 'the man who never fell'.
He also competed in the Amsterdam summer games as a swimmer.
Olympic Competitor nr 6287
Switzerland
Bobsleigh (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| two-man | bronze | gold | 11200 |
| four-man | silver | silver | 6000 |
| 17200 |
With partner Josef Benz.
B. 1952-09-13 in Artern, Thüringen, Germany, represented the German
DR
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Hurdles | gold | silver | 15600 |
| 15600 |
Olympic Competitor nr 6164
Olympic Competitor nr 3348
Germany
Bobsleigh (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1984 | 1988 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| two-man | gold | 8000 | |
| four-man | gold | silver | 7800 |
| 15800 |
Olympic Competitor nr 2600
B. 1889-12-12, Berlin, Germany, living in 1906 in a part of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire that is now in Poland; D. 1956-10-26, Maria Enzersdorf,
Niederösterreich, Austria
Swimming & Waterpolo (1 gold, 2 bronze)
| 1906 | 1908 | 1912 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Free-style | SF:4 | 246 | ||
| 400 m Free-style | gold | bronze | 6720 | |
| 1500 m Free-style | fourth | 3120 | ||
| 1 mile Free-style | bronze | |||
| 4x250 m Free-style Relay | sixth | 120 | ||
| 5840 | 3366 | 10206 | ||
| Waterpolo | fourth | 800 | ||
| 11006 |
He was born Otto Scheff-Sochaczewski, and lived in what is now Poland, but he changed his name to the more German-like Otto Scheff, and represented Austria in the pre-war Olympics.
Olympic Competitor nr 2790
As the losing finalist, Austria was allowed to lay both Sweden and Belgium for a medal, but lost both those matches.
Olympic Competitor nr 2905
B. 1973-04-15, São Paulo, Brazil
Sailing (2 gold, 2 silver)
| 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser | gold | silver | gold | 37800 | |
| Star | silver | 7500 | |||
| 45300 |
Olympic Competitor nr 4092
Olympic Competitor nr 1923
B. 1924-05-30, USA
Weight-Lifting (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1948 | 1952 | 1960 | 1964 | HP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -90 kg | gold | 29100 | ||||
| +82.5 kg | silver | |||||
| + 90 kg | bronze | bronze | ||||
| 29100 |
Olympic Competitor nr 6523
B. 1944-09-16, Anna Paulowna, the Netherlands
Speed Skating (3 gold, 1 silver)
| 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 m | 13th | silver | gold | 10425.6 |
| 5000 m | - | - | gold | 6400 |
| 10000 m | - | - | gold | 6400 |
| 500 m | - | 13th | 34th | 25.6 |
| 23251.2 |
He was unbeaten from 1970 to 1972 when he turned professional. He fell in
the 500 metres at Sapporo, a distance he might also have won.
Olympic Competitor nr 5433
He was born in Cluj, present-day Romania, but he represented Hungary after 1924 as well.
Olympic Competitor nr 1103
Olympic Competitor nr 2492
Olympic Competitor nr 2878
Olympic Competitor nr 1754
Olympic Competitor nr 2122
Olympic Competitor nr 2791
France
Cycling - Track (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1908 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| Tandem | gold | 6000 |
| 5000 m | silver | 3000 |
| Sprint (1000 m) | finalist | 1200 |
| Team Pursuit | fifth | 562.5 |
| Sprint (660 yds) | competed | 0 |
| 10762.5 |
Olympic Competitor nr 3462
Olympic Competitor nr 2432
Olympic Competitor nr 6308
Olympic Competitor nr 6868
competed in 1980 as
B. 1956-03-28, Germany
Track and Field (2 gold)
| 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discus Throw | gold | gold | 19200 |
| 19200 |
Olympic Competitor nr 385
B. 1873-07-21, Copenhagen, Denmark, moved to the USA; D. 1947-01-05, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Olympic Competitor nr 1937
Olympic Competitor nr 5255
B. 1872-08-18, Dortmund, Germany, but competed for Austria; D. 1919-08-28
Cycling & Fencing (1 gold, 2 bronze)
| 1896 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Trial, 333m | bronze | 2560 |
| 10000 m | bronze | 2560 |
| 100 km | 7th-9th | 272 |
| 12 hours | gold | 6400 |
| Sabre | fourth | 2400 |
| 14192 |
He was better known as a fencer, and he was leading the Sabre competition
with two wins, when the Greek Royal Family entered the stadium. The officials
ordered the competition to restart, so that the King could watch the entire
tournament. Schmal lost to both opponents he had earlier defeated.
He would bounce back by winning three "medals" two days later, in cycling.
It is not known when he stopped in the 100 km race.
His son competed at shooting in Stockholm.
Olympic Competitor nr 106
B. 1885-01-12, Brno, now in the Czech Republic, competed for Austria
Olympic Competitor nr 5050
from Moravia, not Bohemia, but now in the Czech Republic as well
Austria
Luge (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | 9th | gold | 7th | fifth | 14925 |
| Doubles | - | silver | 7th | fifth | 7425 |
| 22350 |
Olympic Competitor nr 16
Germany
Canoeing - slalom (1 gold)
| 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | gold | fifth | 11100 |
| 11100 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1674
Olympic Competitor nr 1728
Olympic Competitor nr 3926
B. 1881-09-15, New Jersey, United States
Olympic Competitor nr 1723
Olympic Competitor nr 3829
Olympic Competitor nr 1393
Olympic Competitor nr 1316
Germany
Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| 400 m Individual Medley | gold | 9600 |
| 400 m Free-style | silver | 4000 |
| 13600 |
B. 1964-11-26, Elm, cant. Glarus, Switzerland
Alpine Skiing (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slalom | gold | 7th | gold | 11500 |
| Giant Slalom | gold | dnf | bronze | 8320 |
| Combined | dnf | - | silver | 3000 |
| Downhill | - | - | 33rd | - |
| 22820 |
The French called her 'la Légende', to the Germans she was 'wunderbar',
to the Italians 'Vreni, vidi, vici' said it all. She was overall World Cup
victor three times (89, 94, 95), with six titles in slalom and five in giant
slalom. In 1988-89, she won all seven slaloms and a total 14 World cup races.
She also won four world championships, at Giant Slalom (87, 89) and Slalom
(91,94). She would have won more Olympic honours but for her status as a
professional.
World Cup Overall winner three times ('89, '94 and '95)
Olympic Competitor nr 2926
Olympic Competitor nr 5075
Olympic Competitor nr 4032
Olympic Competitor nr 737
Olympic Competitor nr 2863
Olympic Competitor nr 3929
Olympic Competitor nr 4606
B. 1946-04-30, Charlotte, N.C., USA
Swimming (5 gold, 1 silver)
| 1964 | 1968 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Free-style | gold | - | 6400 |
| 200 m Free-style | silver | 4000 | |
| 400 m Free-style | gold | - | 6400 |
| 4 x 100 m Free-style Relay | gold | qual. | 1664 |
| 4 x 200 m Free-style Relay | gold | gold | 3200 |
| 4 x 100 m Medley Relay | - | qual. | 64 |
| 21728 |
Though he never set a world record at 100 m (he did so 13 times at higher
distances - 9 times at 200 metres), and claimed he was not a sprinter, he
won the Tokyo 100 meters gold medal after a magnificent race.
B. 1897-03-15, USA; D. 1986-10-26
Athletics (Track & Field) (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | fourth | silver | 5600 | |
| 200 m | gold | fourth | 8000 | |
| 4x100 m Relay | gold | 1600 | ||
| 15200 |
Olympic Competitor nr 3181
Olympic Competitor nr 1876
(*) team rosters not certainly known
Olympic Competitor nr 2517
(*) the team rosters in the semifinals are unknown
Olympic Competitor nr 712
Olympic Competitor nr 4291
B. 1875-03-17, Germany, moved to the USA; D. 1981-01 Berwyn, Illinois, United States
Olympic Competitor nr 6443
Olympic Competitor nr 1759
B. 1883-02-17; D. 1967-01
Olympic Competitor nr 1782
Olympic Competitor nr 2141
Olympic Competitor nr 1778
Olympic Competitor nr 5908
Austria
Figure Skating (1 gold)
| 1968 | 1972 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladies' Singles | fifth | gold | 11100 |
| 11100 |
Olympic Competitor nr 4766
Olympic Competitor nr 824
Olympic Competitor nr 129
Olympic Competitor nr 5923
B. 1869-05-12, Berlin, Germany; D. 1946-03-24
Gymnastics & Wrestling (4 gold)
| 1896 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Jump | 5th/9th | 736.8 |
| Triple Jump | fifth | 1500 |
| Shot Put | 5th/7th | 1020 |
| Total Athletics | 3257 | 3257 |
| Parallel Bars, Team | gold | 1600 |
| Horizontal Bar, Team | gold | 1600 |
| Horse Vault | gold | 1600 |
| Pommelled Horse | 3rd/15th | 132.1 |
| Rings | fifth | 250 |
| Horizontal Bar | 3rd/15th | 132.1 |
| Parallel Bars | fifth | 250 |
| Total Gymnastics | 5564 | 5564 |
| Weightlifting, Two Hands | fourth | 1600 |
| total Weightlifting | 1600 | 1600 |
| Wrestling, Greco-Roman | gold | 9600 |
| total Wrestling | 9600 | 9600 |
| 20021 | 20021 |
In the wrestling, this Berlin goldsmith was by far the smallest and lightest
competitor, yet he triumphed.
In the individual gymnastics events, the results after second have mostly
not survived.
Apart from weight-lifting and gymnastics, he also competed in the Athletics
competitions at Athina. Some sources have him as sixth in the Long jump,
but there is too much conflicting evidence to be certain of any place beyond
4th. The same is true of the Triple Jump, but he claims he was fifth in
that.
One of 3 Olympians to have competed in four
sports.
Olympic Competitor nr 9
Olympic Competitor nr 2112
B. 1960-03-11, Germany
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discus Throw | gold | silver | sixth | 20700 |
| 20700 |
Olympic Competitor nr 6531
Olympic Competitor nr 834
Olympic Competitor nr 3268
Olympic Competitor nr 6338
Olympic Competitor nr 3495
B. 1954-06-08, Berlin, Germany
Sailing (3 gold, 1 silver)
| 1976 | 1980 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | HP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn | gold | fifth | 22200 | |||||
| Soling | gold | fourth | gold | silver | 27600 | |||
| 49800 |
In the Soling he sailed three times (1988-96) together with
Thomas Flach and Bernd
Jäkel.
Germany
Luge (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | bronze | gold | sixth | 18000 |
| 18000 |
B. 1962-06-10, Meissen, Germany
Shooting (3 gold, 2 silver)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid-Fire Pistol | silver | gold | gold | fifth | gold | silver | 84600 |
| 84600 |
The Olympic Champion of Barcelona and Atlanta failed in Sydney but won a third gold at Athina.
Olympic Competitor nr 5495
B. 1883-01-24, Wisconsin, United States; D. 1926-10-31
Olympic Competitor nr 1745
Olympic Competitor nr 5717
Olympic Competitor nr 2074
B 1882-06-24, Paris, Paris, France, probably of Swiss nationality; D. 1955-08
Olympic Competitor nr 1938
Olympic Competitor nr 4222
Olympic Competitor nr 1774
Olympic Competitor nr 5956
Olympic Competitor nr 6567
Olympic Competitor nr 6251
(*) the team rosters in the semifinals are unknown
Olympic Competitor nr 2433
Olympic Competitor nr 2168
Olympic Competitor nr 5500
B. 1912-03-23, Fürth, Germany
Gymnastics (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
The individual champion at Berlin had to wait 16 years to be able to participate
again (Germany had not been invited to London).
(132.6 HP)
Olympic Competitor nr 4182
B. 1879-04-22, Switzerland , but lived in St. Louis, USA by 1904; D. 1968-05, Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
Olympic Competitor nr 1712
Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2011-08-13
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