Great Olympians

Biographies - ADE

Harold Ade

B. 1912-03-22, La Mesa, Cal., USA; D. 1988-06-19
Cycling - Track

	1932	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	fifth	750
		750

Adegboyega Folaranmi, Prince Adedoyin

B. 1922-09-11, Shagamu, Nigeria, then British, represented Great Britain; D. 2014-01-31
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's High Jump	12th	60
Men's Long Jump	fifth	1500
		1560

The sole participant from Nigeria before a separate NOC was formed.

Lawrence Adegbeingbe

B. 1957-03-17, represented Nigeria
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 4x100 m Relay	(SF:5th)	2.05
		2.05

Gun Margareta Ädel

B. 1938-09-14, Arbrå, Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing

	1964	HP
Women's 5 kilometres	32nd	-2.40
Women's 10 kilometres	17th	4
		4.004

Alberto Adela

B. 1934, represented the Philippines
Boxing

	1956	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	R1	4.92
		4.92

Peter Adelaar

B. 1947-02-26, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; D. 2004-10-14
Judo

	1980	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg)	R2	42.6
Men's Open Class	R1	5.74
		48.34

Irfan Adelbi

B. 1945-12-15, represented Jordan
Shooting

	1984	HP
Trap	65th	-8.15
		0.0000000015

André Adelheim

B. 1906-01-2, Lepuix, Territoire de Belfort, then part of Germany, after 1918 back in France; D. 1951-09-27
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	1932	HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles	R1:4th	SF:5th	196.365
			196.365

Marcel Adelon

B. 1886-02-20, Paris, France; D. 1968-10-30
Shooting

	1924	HP
Men's Running Target, single shot	23rd	0.256
Men's Running Target, double shot	21st	0.64
		0.896

Lambert Adelot

B. 1898-06-14, represented Belgium
Hockey

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Men's Team	fourth		7th	936
				936

Joost Adema

B. 1959-09-28, Den Haag, the Netherlands
Rowing

	1984	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	seventh	500
		500

Jama Awil Aden

B. 1948-09-02, represented Somalia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Marathon	dnf	-10.24
		-10.24

Jama Mohamed Aden

B. 1962-08-28, Aynabo, Somaliland, represented Somalia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:38th		-3.26
Men's 1500 metres	R1:32nd	R1:41st	0.004064
			0.00432

Esau Adenji

B. 1944-01-11, Kumba, Cameroon
Athletics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:12th	R1:56th	0.00130004
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase		R1:11th	-4.55
			0.00135504

Adésio Alves Machado

B. 1933-01-12, Recife, Pern., Brazil; D. 2009-07-02
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Alfred Ader

B. 1892-10-17, Krakow, Poland, then part of Austria; D. 1941-10-19
Fencing

	1924	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	R1:4th	9.1
		9.1

Hanns Aderhold

B. 1919-05-13, Osnabrück, NS, Germany; D. 1987-08-04
Aquatics - Diving

	1952	HP
Men's Springboard	11th	64
		64

Adeoye Adetunji

B. 1957-11-28, represented Nigeria
Boxing

	1980	HP
Men's Light-Middleweight (-71 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Isiaq Adeyanju

B. 1959-10-21, represented Nigeria
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 100 metres		SF:6th	20.8
Men's 200 metres		QF:25th	0.1
Men's 4x100 m Relay	SF:5th	SF:6th	45.5
			66.4

Written 2017-03-15 - last modified 2024-07-21

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