Great Olympians

Biographies - AMO

Agapius Masong Amo

B. 1962-12-10, represented Tanzania
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's Marathon	21st	0.96
		0.96

Johnson O. Amoah

B. 1940-08-15, Nkoranza, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Athletics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:24th	QU:21st	1.2
			1.2

Artur Amon

B. 1916-02-17, Tartu, Estonia, then part of Russia; D. 2000-01-25
Basketball

	1936	HP
Men's Team	Rep2	33.8
		33.8

Edward Amoore

Olympic Competitor nr 3381

1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target - third (1920)
1908-07-11-15:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Moving Target - 19th (1.2)
1908-07-11-16:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle - fifth (750)
1908-07-11-17:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, team - first (1200)

Judith Florence "Judy" Amoore

competed in 1976 as

Judy Pollock

B. 1940-06-25, Melbourne, Vict., Australia
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1964	1968	1972	1976	HP
Women's 400 metres	bronze				2560
Women's 800 metres				SF:5th	130
Women's 1500 metres				R1:27th	0.04
					2690.04

William George "Bill" Amor

B. 1919-11-06, Pewsey, England, Great Britain; D. 1988-05-01
Football

	1948	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Carole Amoric

B. 1960-08-07, represented France
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	eighth	64
		64

Maria Laura da Silva Amorim

B. 1932-04-28, represented Portugal
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Women's Individual All-Around	124th	-
Women's Floor Exercise	122nd	-
Women's Horse Vault	86th	-13.16
Women's Uneven Bars	131st	-
Women's Balance Beam	106th	-
		-13.16

Paolo Amorini

B. 1937-07-05, Elo Elba, Italy
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Eights	sixth	320
		320

Eduardo Julio Amorós Lluch

B. 1943-04-25, Valencia, Spain
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1976	HP
Jumping, Individual	10th	125
Jumping, Team	sixth	160
		285

Arturo Jorge Amos

B. 1927-03-06, Temperley, Argentina; D. 1999-09-29
Gymnastics

	1948	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	89th	-
Men's Team All-Around	15th	2.5
Men's Floor Exercise	76th	-
Men's Horse Vault	77th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	83rd	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	85th	-
Men's Rings	106th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	97th	-
		2.5

Charles Amos

B. 1945-03-14, represented Guyana
Boxing

	1968	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	R16	89.06
		89.06

James F. Amos

B. 1936-10-16 in Bermuda
Sailing

	1972	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon)	13th	25.6
		25.6

Linda Amos

B. 1946-06-22, Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming

	1964	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:35th	-2.10
		0.001

Zinaida Stepanovna Shishkina

competed under her married name of

Zinaida Amosova

B. 1950-01-12, Krupskoy, Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Women's 5 kilometres	sixth	640
Women's 10 kilometres	sixth	640
Women's 4x5 km Relay	gold	1600
		2880

She moved with her family to Siberia at a young age, so I shall consider her Russian.

Gustave Amoudruz

Olympic Competitor nr 7312

1920-07-31-09:30? - Shooting - Free Rifle, 3 positions - AC (16) & team - third (640)
1920-08-02-08:00 - Shooting - Free Pistol, team - ninth (40)
1920-08-03-14:30? - Shooting - Military Pistol, team - third (640)
1920-08-03-17:00? - Shooting - Military Pistol - 11th? (64)

Jean-Claude Amoureux

B. 1956-03-04, Toulon, France
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:38th	-3.26
Men's 4x100 m Relay	7th	100
		100.000256

Gbedikpe Emmanuel Amouzou

B. 1954-01-28, represented Togo
Cycling - Road

	1972	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-28.60
		-28.60

Written 2011-12-24 - last modified 2024-01-09

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