Great Olympians

Biographies - DO

Dob - Dog - Doh - Dol - Don - Dor - Dou - Dov - Dow - Doy


Marina Dobrancheva

competed from 1992 as

Marina Logvinenko

B. 1961, Russia
Shooting (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1988 1992 1996 HP
Air Pistol bronze gold silver 16200
Sport Pistol, moving target 8th gold bronze 9216
25416


Dimiter Dobrev

B. 1931-04-14 Ezerets, Bulgaria
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)
1956 1960 HP
Middleweight silver gold 15600
15600


Anna Dogonadze

B. 1973-02-15, Mtskheta, Georgia, then Soviet Union, representing Germany
Trampolining (1 gold)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Trampolining 8th gold 8th 10752
10752


Hugh Lawrence "Laurie" Doherty

B. 1875-10-08, Great Britain; D. 1919-08-21
Tennis (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1900 HP
Men's Singles gold 8000
Men's Doubles gold 4800
Mixed Doubles bronze 1560
14360

Brother of Reginald Doherty.

Olympic Competitor nr 749


Reginald Frank ("Reggie" or "Big Do") Doherty

B.1872-10-14, Great Britain; D. 1910-12-29
Tennis (3 gold, 1 bronze)
1900 1908 bonus HP
Men's Singles bronze 2600
Men's Doubles gold gold 4200 12600
Mixed Doubles gold 4800
12200 3600 4200 20000

Tennis Player who, together with his brother Laurie (winner of gold at the Paris singles and doubles), played a major part in popularizing the game at a time when Wimbledon badly needed new heroes. Between them, the brothers won 17 Wimbledon titles in 10 years. RF also won three Olympic doubles titles.

Olympic Competitor nr 751


Marcel Dohis

Olympic Competitor nr 1573


Tom Dolan

B. 1975-09-15, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Swimming (2 gold, 1 silver)
1996 2000 HP
200 m Individual Medley 7th silver 4400
400 m Individual Medley gold gold 12800
17200


William Donne

Olympic Competitor nr 1410


Auguste Donny

Olympic Competitor nr 388


Nikolaos Dorakis

Olympic Competitor nr 181


Luis Doreste Blanco

B. 1961-03-??, Spain
Sailing (2 gold)
1984 1988 1992 HP
470 gold 12000
Flying Dutchman 13th gold 12048
24048

His older brother Jose Luis Doreste Blanco won gold in the Finn in 1988.
A third brother Gustavo Doreste Blanco came in 6th at the 1980 Moscow Games in the 470 class.


Michaela Dorfmeister

Austria
Alpine Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
1998 2002 2006 HP
Super-G silver sixth gold 13800
Downhill 18th 9th gold 6562.56
Giant Slalom fourth 1600
Combined fifth 1000
22962.56


Christian d'Oriola

B. 1928-10-03, Perpignan, France
Fencing Men (4 gold, 2 silver)
1948 1952 1956 1960 HP
Foil, team gold gold silver fifth 6515.25
Foil, individual silver gold gold 8th 31980
38495.25

Four times World Champion in foil (1947,49,53,54), he took also four team foil titles. He rebelled against the introduction of the electric foil, but took up competition again in 1958 and finished seventh at Roma.
He was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 1971. He is a first cousin to Pierre d'Oriola.


Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola

B. 1920-02-01, Corneilla del Vercol, Pyr.Or., France
Equestrianism - Jumping (2 gold, 2 silver)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 HP
Individual gold sixth 18th gold 17th 25212.3
Team fifth 8th fifth silver silver 2820.4
28032.7

The only rider to have won two individual Jumping titles, the first at Helsinki on Ali Baba, the second on Lutteur B at Tokyo.
He had ridden Ali Baba only three times before Helsinki.


Clément Dorlia

Olympic Competitor nr 1467


Kurt Dörry

Olympic Competitor nr 5


Doucet

Olympic Competitor nr 382


Douchet

Olympic Competitor nr 1127


David Douillet

B. 1969-02-17, Rouen, France
Judo (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 HP
+95 kg bronze gold 33480
+100 kg gold
33480


William Dove

Olympic Competitor nr 1635


Burton Cecil Downing

B. 1885-02-05, USA; D. 1929-01-01
Cycling (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
1904 HP
1/4 mile silver 3000
1/3 mile silver 3000
1/2 mile bronze 1920
1 mile silver 3000
2 miles gold 4800
5 miles competed 200
25 miles gold 4800
20720

His six medals were a record for a cyclist until equalled by Bradley Wiggins 104 years later.


Vicomte Ivan d'Oyley

Olympic Competitor nr 612


Written 2000-12-25 - last modified 2002-10-28

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