Olympic Competitor nr 5709
competed in 2010 as
Estonia
Nordic Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km, classical style | 44th | gold | 10400 | |
| 10 km, free-style | silver | |||
| Combined Pursuit 5 km + 5 km | 15th | 6410 | ||
| Pursuit 7.5 km + 7.5 km | gold | dnf | ||
| 30 km, Free-style | 7th | 656.0256 | ||
| 30 km, Free-style, mass start | 8th | |||
| 30 km, Classical, mass start | 28th | |||
| 17466.0256 |
(13466)
Olympic Competitor nr 5233
B. 1964-03-07, Sciusciensk, Kazakhstan
Nordic Skiing (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | bronze | 7897.12 | |||
| 10 km, classical style | 13th | silver | fourth | ||
| Combined Pursuit (10 km + 15 km) | 8th | silver | bronze | 5752 | |
| 30 km | silver | 8960 | |||
| 30 km, classical style | 9th | 12th | |||
| 50 km, classical style | gold | ||||
| 50 km, free-style | 35th | 8th | 331 | ||
| 30 km, free-style | 10th | ||||
| 4 x 10 km | silver | fifth | - | - | 1187.5 |
| 24127.62 |
He was elected in 1998 into the IOC Athletes Commission.
Olympic Competitor nr 5121
Olympic Competitor nr 4819
Olympic Competitor nr 3622
B. 1879-01-26, Great Britain; D. 1951-04-06
Waterpolo (3 gold)
| 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | bonus | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterpolo | gold | gold | gold | R1 | 8828.7 | 17657.4 |
| 17657.4 |
Goalkeeper of the winning English waterpolo sides at London and Stockholm. He returned after the War at Antwerpen in a team representing Great-Britain to win a third gold medal at the age of 41, and was still in the team 4 years later, when they lost after extra time to the Hungarians in the first round.
Olympic Competitor nr 4465
Olympic Competitor nr 4590
Olympic Competitor nr 4107
USA
Diving (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1928 | 1932 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | gold | 6400 | |
| Springboard | fourth | silver | 5600 |
| 12000 |
Olympic Competitor nr 806
Olympic Competitor nr 6641
Olympic Competitor nr 4743
Olympic Competitor nr 1877
(*) team roster not certainly known
Olympic Competitor nr 3404
B. 1965, USA
Wrestling - Free-Style (2 gold)
| 1988 | 1992 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -62 kg | gold | gold | 19200 |
| 19200 |
B. 1974-06-04, Lancaster, OH, USA
Basketball (3 gold)
| 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | gold | gold | gold | 19200 |
| 19200 |
Member of the USA team who won the Basketball at Sydney, Athina and Beijing.
B. 1970, Rathcoole, Ireland
Swimming (3 gold, 1 bronze)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m Free-style | - | - | gold | 6400 |
| 200 m Butterfly | - | - | bronze | 2560 |
| 200 m Individual Medley | 26th | 32nd | gold | 6400.068 |
| 400 m Individual Medley | 25th | 26th | gold | 6400.164 |
| 200 m Backstroke | 17th | 35th | - | 4.001 |
| 100 m Backstroke | 27th | - | - | 0.04 |
| 21764.273 |
Winner of three gold medals in Atlanta, the fact that Ireland did not even
have a 50 m pool only fuelled allegations of drug abuse, already hot because
of her relation to Dutch athlete Erik De Bruyn, once caught on doping offences.
In 1998 she was banned herself for four years after failing a drugs test.
Olympic Competitor nr 2055
Olympic Competitor nr 5028
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Olympic Competitor nr 3364
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Olympic Competitor nr 4402
The story that he ran the final of the 110m hurdles carrying a bible, protesting about running on a Sunday, is not true. The picture that was supposedly made of this is a pose, and there were no races on Sundays in 1908. The final was run on Saturday the 25th of July.
Written 2001-06-10 - last modified 2011-08-15
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