Great Olympians

Biographies - CL

Cla - Cle - Cli - Clo


Georges Clappier

Olympic Competitor nr 686


Ellery Harding Clark

B.1874-03-13, West Roxbury, MA., USA; D.1949-02-17
Track and Field (2 gold)
1896 1904 HP
High Jump gold - 9600
Long Jump gold - 9600
Shot Put 5th/7th - 1020
All-Around Championship - fifth 1125
20220 1125 21345

The 1896 champion of the high jump and the long jump had come to Athina in a war ship. In the long jump, he had used his hat to mark his runway. Twice the judge (in fact King Constantine of Greece) had removed the hat, saying this was a practice of professionals. Only at the third attempt (and without the hat), did Clark achieve a valid jump, good enough for gold.
Clark also entered the St-Louis decathlon. Although he had to abandon the contest after five events due to a bronchitis, he was still classed sixth.
He later became an Alderman for the city of Boston, and he wrote 19 books including one which was made into a 1952 film, Caribbean.
Inducted in 1991 in the USATF Hall of Fame.
The Hellene Olympic Federation has an excellent site on the Athina Olympics, which includes a picture of Ellery Clark.

Olympic Competitor nr 49


Kelly Clark

USA
Snowboarding - half-pipe (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2002 2006 2010 HP
Half-Pipe gold fourth bronze 19800
19800


Comte Justinien Clary

Olympic Competitor nr 848


Leslie Walter Claudius

B. 1927-03-25, India
Hockey (3 gold, 1 silver)
1948 1952 1956 1960 HP
Hockey gold gold gold silver 23200
23200

Member of the Indian hockey team that won gold at London, Melbourne and Helsinki, and silver at Rome. He did not play in the final in '48, and was the team's captain at Roma.


Bryan Clay

B. 1980-01-03, Austin, TX, USA
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
2004 2008 HP
Decathlon silver gold 15600
15600


Georges Clément

Olympic Competitor nr 832


Raoul Cléry

Olympic Competitor nr 675


Jules Clévenot

Olympic Competitor nr 1288


Marion Clignet

B. 1964-02-22 Hyde Park, IL, USA, represented France
Cycling (2 silver)
1992 1996 2000 HP
Road Race 33rd 38th 0.004224
Individual Pursuit silver silver 12000
Time Trial fifth 1500
Points Race sixth 960
14460.004

She was born in the US, but with dual citizenship and chose to represent France


Hestrie Cloete

B. 1978-08-26, South Africa
Athletics (2 silver)
2000 2004 HP
High Jump silver silver 12000
12000


Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2000-11-28

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