Great Olympians

Biographies - ABA

Patrick Abada

B. 1954-03-20, Paris, France
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Men's Pole Vault fourth 2400
2400

Mohamed Jamshid Abadi

represented Iran
Boxing
1948 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+80 kg) R2 79.13
79.13

René Abadie

B. 1935-08-13, Labroquère, France; D. 1996-07-11
Cycling - Road (1 gold)
1956 HP
Men's Road Race 27th 0.05
Men's Road Race, Team (gold) -
0.05

Georgi Abadzhiev

B. 1892, represented Bulgaria
Road Cycling
1924 HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial 53rd 0.00000032
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team dnf 1.6
1.60000032

Ivan Nikolov Abadzhiev

B. 1932-02-12, Novi Pazar, Bulgaria; D. 2017-03-24
Weightlifting
1956 1960 HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg) 7th 660
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) 12th
660

Mikhail Nikolov Abadzhiev

B. 1935-11-05, Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
Weightlifting
1960 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) dnf 0.06
0.06

Stefan Atanasov Abadzhiev

B. 1934-07-03, Sofia, Bulgaria
Football
1960 HP
Men's Team R1:2nd 287
287

Mohamed Abakkar

B. 1953, represented Sudan
Boxing
1972 HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg) PrR -2.29
0.0029

Luc Abalo

B. 1984-09-06, Paris, France
Handball (3 gold, 1 silver)
2008 2012 2016 2021 HP
team gold gold silver gold 23200
23200

Antoine Abang

B. 1941-06-18, Bamenda, (French) Cameroon
Boxing
1968 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) R32 3.557
3.557

Carlos Abarca González

B. 1900-05-22, represented Chile
Boxing
1924 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57.2 kg) QF 861
861

Nasr El-Din "Gaksa" (Abas)

B. 1944-08-13, Omdurman, Sudan
Football
1972 HP
Men's Team R1:4th 7.25
7.25

Alejandro Abascal García

B. 1952-07-15, Santander, Spain
Sailing ( gold)
1976 1980 1984 HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman) 7th gold 11th 8580
8580

José Manuel Abascal Gómez

B. 1958-03-17, Alceda, Spain
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)
1980 1984 HP
Men's 1500 metres R1:23rd bronze 2560.256
2560.256

Rost'om Omeris dze Abashidze

B. 1935-02-23, Bat'umi, Ajaria, Georgia, represented the Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1964 HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-97 kg) fifth 1500
1500

Nunu Dzhansuhivna Abashydze

B. 1955-05-15, Volyn, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Women's Shot Put fourth 2400
2400

Carlos Alberto Abaúnza

B. 1959-08-15, Managua, Nicaragua
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Men's High Jump QU:35th -2.15
0.0015

Héctor Abaúnza

B. 1938-09-06, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Fencing
1968 HP
Men's Foil, Individual Bar1 0.042
Men's Foil, Team R1:3rd 7.78
Men's Sabre, Team R1:3rd 22.75
30.072

Abay-Nemes Oszkár

B. 1913-09-22, Trnava, Slovakia, then part of Hungary, represented Hungary; D. 1959-01-30
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)
1936 HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle SF:15th 10
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay bronze 640
650

Adeyemi Abayomi

B. 1947-04-21, represented Nigeria
Boxing
1972 HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) R1 1.02
1.02

Sayed Abaza

from Al-Qahira, represented Egypt
Football
1920 1924 1928 HP
Men's Team R1 fourth 833.8
833.8

Written 2002-10-27 - last modified 2023-05-01

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