Great Olympians

Biographies - WE

Seth Wescott

B. 1976-06-28, USA
Snowboarding - Cross

	2006	2010	HP
Cross	gold	gold	19200
			19200

The winner of the first-ever snowboard cross came back to repeat his title in Vancouver.

Gerardus Wesling

Olympic Competitor nr 3634

• 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 - 60th
• 1908-07-16-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Netherlands - seventh (75)

Allen West

Olympic Competitor nr 2061

• 1904-08-31-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles round one - won (Q)
• 1904-09-01-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles quarter-finals - won (Q)
• 1904-09-02-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles semi-finals - lost (1170)

William West

Olympic Competitor nr 4417

• 1908-07-22-10:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Light Heavyweight (-93 kg), round one - won (Q)
• 1908-07-22-12:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Light Heavyweight (-93 kg), round two - lost (52.75)
• 1908-07-23-11:00 - Wrestling, Free-style - Heavyweight (+73 kg), round one - lost (108)

Jacob Westberg

Olympic Competitor nr 6648

• 1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - 22nd (0.60)

Gus Wester

Olympic Competitor nr 2307

• 1904-10-14-11:00? - Wrestlhng Free-style - Bantamweight (-56.70 kg), round two - won (Q)
• 1904-10-14-14:40? - Wrestlhng Free-style - Bantamweight (-56.70 kg), semi-finals - won (Q)
• 1904-10-15-14:40? - Wrestlhng Free-style - Bantamweight (-56.70 kg), final - lost (4000)

Gustaf Westerberg

Olympic Competitor nr 3447

• 1908-07-13-16:15 - Cycling - Track - Tandem, round one - third (6.375)
• 1908-07-14-15:30 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one, heat six - third (2.334)
• 1908-07-16-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 100 km, heat two - third (Q)
• 1908-07-18-15:30 - Cycling - Track - 100 km, final - DNF (3)

Carl Westergren

B. 1895-10-13, Malmö, Sweden; D. 1958-08-05
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (3 gold)

Greco-Roman	1920	1924	1928	1932	HP
Middleweight (-75 kg)	gold				57803
Light heavyweight (-82.5 kg)		gold	rd1
Heavyweight				gold
Free-style
Light heavyweight (-87 kg)		fourth			2400
					60203

He began wrestling in 1911 and was World Champion in middleweight A in 1922, European Champion in middleweight B in 1925 and in heavyweight in 1930-1. He took part in the Olympic Games in 1920, '24, '28 (unsuccesfully) and '32. His speciality was the backhammer and he invented the 'Westergren roll'.
(see Kalle Anttila, Wilfried Dietrich, Ivar Johansson, Kristjan Palusalu, Rudolf Svensson, Hamit Kaplan)

Isaac Westergren

Olympic Competitor nr 825

• 1900-07-14-10:30 - Athletics Track -  100 m, round one - fourth (1.3)
• 1900-07-15-14:00 - Athletics Track - 60 m, semi-finals - AC (229)

Edvard Westerlund

B. 1901-02-01, Helsinki, Finland; D. 1982-12-07
Wrestling, Greco-roman (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1924	1928		1936	HP
Middleweight (-75 kg)	gold				13752
Lightweight (-67.5 kg)		bronze
-82.5 kg				8th
					13752

Emil Westerlund

Olympic Competitor nr 6053

• 1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight A (-75 kg), round one - won by decision
• 1912-07-10-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight A (-75 kg), round two - lost (both lost due to passivity)
• 1912-07-10-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight A (-75 kg), round three - won by fall
• 1912-07-11-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight A (-75 kg), round four - won by fall
• 1912-07-11-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight A (-75 kg), round five - lost (both) - eliminated (960)

+free 20

Herbert Westermark

Olympic Competitor nr 6972

• 1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - second
• 1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - fourth - final ranking joint second
• 1912-07-22-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race-off - first - final result second (2000)

Nils Westermark

Olympic Competitor nr 6973

• 1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - second
• 1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - fourth - final ranking joint second
• 1912-07-22-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race-off - first - final result second (2000)

Georg Westling

Olympic Competitor nr 6974

• 1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - fifth
• 1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - second - final ranking joint second
• 1912-07-22-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race-off - second - final result third (1280)

Hugh, Duke Westminster

Olympic Competitor nr 4700

• 1908-08-28-16:00? - Motorboating - A-class (Open) - race abandoned
• 1908-08-29-14:00? - Motorboating - A-class (Open), second race - DNF (2250)

Edward Weston

Olympic Competitor nr 2219

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double American Round - men - 21st (0.48)
• 1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double York Round - men - 15th (7.5)
• 1904-09-21-10:00? - Archery - Team Round - men - fourth (300)

Eric Weston

Olympic Competitor nr 2220

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double American Round - men - 20th (0.75)

Thomas Weston

Olympic Competitor nr 4692

• 1908-08-28-10:00? - Motorboating - C-class (6.5 - 8 meters) - second (2250)

Arthur Westover

Olympic Competitor nr 3232

• 1908-07-08-14:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, day one
• 1908-07-09-14:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, team, day one
• 1908-07-09-16:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, day two
• 1908-07-10-14:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, team, day two
• 1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, day three - fifth (937.5)
• 1908-07-11-16:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, team, day three - second (750)

Written 2000-11-29 - last modified 2011-08-12

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