Great Olympians

Biographies - AA

Aab - Aal - Aam - Aas


Edgar Aabye

Olympic Competitor nr 1024


Paavo Aaltonen

B. 1919-12-11, Finland; D. 1962-09-09
Gymnastics (3 gold, 2 bronze)

(*) On the Pommeled Horse in 1948, three finns (Heikki Savolainen, Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen) shared the gold medal.
(80 HP)


Kjetil-André Aamodt

B. 1971-09-02, Oslo, Norway
Alpine Skiing (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 HP
Super-G gold bronze fifth gold gold 41040
Downhill 26th silver 13th fourth fourth 6848.2
Combined - silver dnf gold - 11750
Giant Slalom bronze 12th dnf 7th 2350
Slalom dnf dnf - sixth - 640
62628.2

Winner of the Super-G in Albertville, Salt Lake City and Torino!
He was World Champion at Slalom and Giant Slalom in 1993, and Overall World Cup winner in 1994.


Roald Aas

B. 1928-03-25, Norway
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1952 1956 1960 HP
1500 m bronze 10th gold 11325
11325

The gold at the 1500 m  in Squaw Valley was shared with Yevgeny Grishin.


last modified 2002-10-27

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