Great Olympians

Biographies - BEK

Andrzej Bek

B. 1951-06-26, Łódė, Poland
Cycling - Track (1 bronze)
1972 HP
Men's Sprint Rep3:3rd 8.61
Men's Tandem bronze 3200
3208.61

Ivica Bek

B. 1909-10-29, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1963-06-02
Football
1928 HP
Men's Team R1 26.38
26.38

Petra Bekaert

B. 1967-09-28, represented the Netherlands Antilles
Aquatics - Swimming
1984 HP
Women's 100 m Backstroke 30th 0.01
0.01

She might be from Aruba, but in the absence of any indication thereof, I shall class her as Dutch (= from Curaçao).

Sofia Bekatorou

B. 1977-12-26, Athina, Greece
Sailing (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 HP
Women's Two Person Dinghy (470) 14th gold 10582.56
Women's Three Person Keelboat (Yngling) bronze
Mixed Two Person Catamaran (Nacra 17) 18th
10582.56

Nihat Bekdik

B. 1902-03-17, İstanbul, Turkey, then part of the Ottoman Empire; D. 1972-09-21
Football
1924 1928 HP
Men's Football R1 R2 27.23
27.23

Julien Camillus L. Beke

B. 1914-02-11, Gent, Belgium; D. 1992-01
Wrestling - Freestyle
1936 HP
Men's Welterweight (-72 kg) 7th 600
600

Maurice Beke

B. 1907-11-01, represented Belgium
Wrestling - Freestyle
1936 HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-87 kg) 10th 150
150

Kenenisa Bekele

B. 1982-06-13, Bekoji, Ethiopia
Athletics (3 gold, 1 silver)
2004 2008 2012 HP
10000 m gold gold fourth 21600
5000 m silver gold 10400
32000

Nigusse Bekele

B. 1959-11-09, represented Ethiopia
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's 800 metres SF:28th 0.0256
Men's 1500 metres R1:27th 0.04
0.0656

Józef Beker

B. 1937-03-28, Stare Misto (now in Ukraine), represented Poland
Cycling - Road
1964 HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial 11th 48
48

Békési Ilona

B. 1953-12-11, Budapest, Hungary
Artistic Gymnastics (1 bronze)
1968 1972 HP
Women's Individual All-Round 38th 9th 160.000256
Women's Team All-Round fifth bronze 890
Women's Uneven Bars fifth 250
1300.000256

Békési Sándor

B. 1928-08-27, Debrecen, Hungary; D. 1994-03-09
Artistic Gymnastics
1960 HP
Men's Individual Combined 84th -12.16
Men's Team Combined 12th 10
10

Békessy Béla

Olympic Competitor nr 5596

Khaled Mohammed Bekhit

B. 1961-11-15, represented Egypt
Basketball
1984 HP
Men's Team 12th 20
20

Dmitry Nikolayevich Bekhterev

B. 1949-11-04, Tver, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing (1 silver)
1976 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs silver 5000
5000

(Hendrik) Jan Bekkenk

B. 1949-03-29, Schoonhoven, the Netherlands
Modern Pentathlon
1972 HP
Men's Individual 46th -5.80
Men's Team 18th 0.64
0.640008

Abel "Abe" Bekker

B. 1935-06-10, Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
Boxing
1960 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg) QF 861
861

He represented Northern Rhodesia (now called Zambia) at the 1954 and 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1960, this country formed part of the "Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland", which fielded a team in Roma simply called "Rhodesia". Bekker will be considered Zambian, therefore.
see Zambia

Daniel Wepener "Daan" Bekker

B. 1932-02-09, Dordrecht, South Africa; D. 2009-10-22
Boxing (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg) bronze silver 9120
9120

Wilhelmus Bekkers

B. 1890-08-21, Arnhem, the Netherlands; D. 1957-11-13
Tug-of-War (1 silver)
1920 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2024-02-05

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