Great Olympians

Biographies - AZA


Ziya Azak

represented Turkey
Equestrianism - Eventing
1948 HP
Three−Day Event, Individual dnf 0.0000125
Three−Day Event, Team dnf -
0.0000125


Jan Azam

B. 1924-07-01, represented Pakistan
Shooting
1952 HP
Small−Bore Rifle, Prone 58th 0.000000026
0.000000026


Khurshid Azam

B. 1942-06-16, represented Pakistan
Hockey (1 silver)
1964 HP
Men's Team (silver) 800
800


Muhammad Azam Mian

B. 1939-06-14, Lahore, Pakistan
Weightlifting
1960 1964 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg) dnf 20th 2.1
2.1


Isabelle Azanga

represented Congo (B)
Handball
1980 HP
Women's Team sixth 320
320


William Azanor

B. 1959-06-28, represented Nigeria
Boxing
1980 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg) R1 1.02
1.02


Amado Azar

B. 1913-12-31, Córdoba, Argentina; D. 1971
Boxing (1 silver)
1932 HP
Men's Middleweight (-72.6 kg) silver 6000
6000


Mohamed Azar Hazin

B. 1951-01-08, represented Iran
Boxing
1976 HP
Men's Light-Middleweight (-71 kg) R2 79.13
79.13


Yelena Azarova

B. 1973-06-05, Moskva, Russia, then in the Soviet Union
Synchronized Swimming (2 gold)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Team fourth gold gold 10800
10800


Albert Azaryan

B. 1929-03-11, Gǝncǝ, Azerbaijan, represented the Soviet Union
Gymnastics (3 gold, 1 silver)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Individual combined 7th 11th 464
Men's Team combined gold silver 2600
Men's Floor Exercise 40th -
Men's Horse Vault 11th 16
Men's Parallel Bars fifth 250
Men's Horizontal Bar 8th 64
Men's Rings gold gold 3200
Men's Pommeled Horse 12th 10
6604

An ethnic Armenian. He carried the Armenian flag at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in 2004 and 2008, so I shall certainly be calling him Armenian.


Eduard Azaryan

B. 1958-04-11, Yerevan, Armenia, represented the Soviet Union
Gymnastics (1 gold)
1980 HP
Men's Individual combined QU:4th -3.40
Men's Team combined gold 1600
1600.0004

He came in the top eight or nine in every individual event, but was not allowed into the finals, being only the third Soviet.


Written 2016-07-20 - last modified 2023-07-06

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