B. 1948-03-15, Gegmoubani, Kakheti, Georgia, represented the Soviet Union
Wrestling, Freestyle (2 gold)
| 1972 | 1976 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleweight | gold | 19200 | |
| Light-heavyweight | gold | ||
| 19200 |
He beat the brothers John and Benjamin Peterson in successive Olympic finals.
B. 1987-01-27, Belmont, VT, USA
Snowboarding (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 2006 | 2010 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half-Pipe | gold | silver | 15600 |
| 15600 |
B. 1876-03-21, Ashley, Pa., USA; D. 1968-04-25, Tunkhannock, Pa.
Track and Field (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1900 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 m | silver | 4000 |
| 100 m | silver | 4000 |
| 200 m | gold | 6400 |
| 200 m Hurdles | bronze | 2560 |
| 400 m Hurdles | gold | 6400 |
| 23360 |
He brought the ability of a top-class sprinter to the rather underdeveloped
400-metres hurdles, previously tought of as a European speciality.
After graduating from University in 1899 as a dentist, he returned to
Pennsylvania and would never have been heard of again, but for a piece of
coincidence. The US Olympic coach visited Tunckhannock in search of early
american glassware, of which the Tewksburies had a large collection.
He was unable to find a hurdles stretch near his home town so he trained
in the cemetary, hurdling over gravestones.
He would practice dentistry until 1946 and visited the Roma Olympics as a
tourist, aged 84.
B. 1968-09-11, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, represented the
German DR in 1988
Boxing (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1988 | 1992 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | silver | 15600 | |
| Featherweight | gold | ||
| 15600 |
Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2002-10-31
This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.