Great Olympians

Biographies - FAR

Nadjmeddin Reza Darioush Farabi

B. 1933, represented Iran
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 HP
Men's Decathlon 12th 60
60

Hosni Farag

B. 1944-04-14, represented the United Arab Republic (Egypt)
Boxing
1964 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) R32 1.02
1.02

Mahmoud Abou Elelaa Farag

B. 1954-06-04, represented Egypt
Volleyball
1984 HP
Men's Team 10th 50
50

Mahmoud Mohamed Farag

B. 1954-09-04, represented Egypt
Volleyball
1976 HP
Men's Team dnf 50
50

Mohamed Faragalla

B. 1939-01-01, Malakal, (now South Sudan), represented Sudan
Boxing
1960 HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg) R2 1.02
1.02

Faragó János

B. 1946-07-08, Csanádapáca, Hungary
Athletics
1968 1972 1976 HP
Men's Discus Throw QU:16th 14th 33.6
33.6

Faragó Lajos

B. 1932-08-03, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2019-05-13
Football (1 bronze)
1960 HP
Men's Team (bronze) 800
800

Faragó Tamás

B. 1952-08-05, Budapest, Hungary
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1972 1976 1980 HP
Men's Team silver gold bronze 8100
8100

Dafallah Sultan Farah

B. 1949, represented Sudan
Athletics - Track & Field
1972 HP
Men's 1500 metres R1:62nd -8.40
Men's 4x400 m Relay R1:21st 0.16
0.160000004

Mohamed Farah

Great Britain
Athletics (4 gold)
2008 2012 2016 HP
10000 m gold gold 12800
5000 m 24th gold gold 12800.16
25600.16

Mohsen Mohamed Farahvash Fashandi

B. 1947-07-21, represented Iran
Freestyle Wrestling
1976 HP
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg) fourth 2400
2400

Saleh Saad Mubarak Faraj

B. 1955-02-05, represented Kuwait
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles R1:23rd 0.384
0.384

Ahmed Faras

B. 1946-12-07, Mohamméda, Morocco
Football
1972 HP
Men's Team SF:4th 164
164

Hans-Johann Färber

B. 1947-04-20, Šljivoševci, Croatia, represented West Germany
Rowing (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
Men's Coxed Fours 12th gold bronze 6750
6750

Johan Färber

Olympic Competitor nr 6948

Burgl Färbinger

B. 1945-10-10, Oberau, Bay., Germany, represented the Federal Republic in 1968
Alpine Skiing
1964 1968 HP
Women's Downhill 12th 14th 56
Women's Giant Slalom 18th 10th 102.56
Women's Slalom dnf sixth 640
798.56

Hansjörg Farbmacher

B. 1940-09-20, Innsbruck, Austria; D. 1982-03-14
Cross-Country Skiing & Biathlon
1964 1968 HP
Biathlon Men's 20 km 28th 0.0384
Men's 30 km 36th 50th 0.000641
Men's 4x10 km Relay 11th 16
16.039041

Klaus Farbmacher

B. 1946-09-10, Innsbruck, Austria
Biathlon
1976 HP
Men's 20 kilometres 49th -5.20
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay 15th 2.5
2.500002

Giampaolo Farci

B. 1937-07-01, Cagliari, Italy
Hockey
1960 HP
Men's Team (13th) 3.2
3.2

Luigi Farci

B. 1939-03-20, Cagliari, Italy
Hockey
1960 HP
Men's Team 13th 12.8
12.8

Nedeljko "Nedo" Farčić

B. 1941-10-12, Vela Luka, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Athletics
1968 HP
Men's 10000 metres 9th 160
Men's Marathon dnf -10.15
160

Richard Farda

B. 1945-11-08, Brno, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Ice Hockey (1 bronze)
1972 HP
Men's Team bronze 1280
1280

Vincenzo Fardella

B. 1926-06-08, Milano, Italy
Ice Hockey
1948 HP
Men's Team 8th 128
128

Fardel

from Lille, France
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 bronze)
1900 HP
Men's Team bronze 1040
1040

Olympic Competitor nr 1312

Cary Jay Farelli

B. 1957-06-19, Pembroke, Canada, represented Italy
Ice Hockey
1984 HP
Men's Team R1:5th 65
65

Youssef Muhammad Fares

B. 1906, represented Rgypt
Shooting
1952 HP
Trap 17th 6
6

David Farfan

B. 1936-05-10, represented Trinidad and Tobago
Sailing
1972 HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman) 28th 0.032
0.032

Giuseppe Farfanelli

B. 1915-02-13, Perugia, Italy; D. 1979
Boxing
1936 HP
Men's Featherweight (-58 kg) R1 2.836
2.836

Ahmed Farfar

B. 1953-01-07, represented Algeria
Handball
1980 HP
Men's Team (10th) 50
50

Paul Fargeix

B. 1955-06-02, represented France
Cross-Country Skiing
1980 HP
Men's 15 kilometres 28th 0.0256
Men's 30 kilometres 35th -2.10
Men's 50 kilometres 35th -2.10
Men's 4 x 10 km Relay 10th 25
25.0276

(Phyllis) Ann (Margaret) Fargher

B. 1958-06-24, Christchurch, New Zealand
Aquatics - Diving
1984 HP
Women's Springboard QU:13th 25.6
25.6

Joseph Halpin "Joe" Fargis, IV

B. 1948-04-02, New York, NY, USA
Equestrianism - Jumping (2 gold, 1 silver)
1984 1988 HP
Individual gold seventh 8500
Team gold silver 2600
11100

Sayed Farhad

represented Kuwait
Judo
1980 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg) R2 42.6
42.6

Saleh Sultan Farhan Faraj

B. 1963-01-10, represented Bahrain
Modern Pentathlon & Fencing
1984 1988 HP
Men's Individual 25th 47th 0.125005
Men's Team 13th 14th 10.4
Men's Individual Épée R1:6th -11.46
Men's Team Épée R1:3rd 2.69
13.215005

Joaquim da Silva Faria

B. 1904-07-14, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rowing
1932 HP
Men's Eights Rep.:dns 164
164

José Casquilho Faria

B. 1957-07-24, represented Portugal
Shooting
1984 HP
Trap 28th 0.0384
0.0384

Lucia Faria

B. 1945-11-11, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Equestrianism - Jumping
1968 HP
Jumping, Individual 12th 50
Jumping, Team 7th 100
150

José Farías Ríos

B. 1909-10-20, represented Peru
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 HP
Men's Marathon 42nd 0.00006
0.00006

Tamer Farid Ahmad

B. 1968-08-10, represented Egypt
Aquatics - Diving
1984 HP
Men's Springboard QU:28th 0.0256
0.0256

(Mabel) Evelia Farina

B. 1941-10-07, from Buenos Aires, represented Argentina
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 HP
Women's Long Jump QU:26th 0.096
Women's 4x100 metres Relay R1:5th 32.5
32.596

Michael Charles "Mike" Farina

B. 1958-05-05, Elmhurst, Ill., USA
Wrestling - Greco Roman
1976 HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg) 8th 384
384

Pietro Farina

B. 1955-02-05, Santo Stefano di Camastra, Italy
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Men's 200 metres QF:7th 0.057
0.057

Francisco Fariñas Guttiérrez

B. 1950-04-02, La Habana, Cuba
Football
1976 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 38.96
38.96

Ali Hussain Faris

B. 1957, represented Iraq
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling
1980 1984 HP
FR Men's Lightweight (-68 kg) 7th 678
FR Men's Welterweight (-74 kg) grp:6th
GR Men's Welterweight (-74 kg) grp:8th 12.3
690.3

In 1980, the second-round match between Faris and Octavian Dușa is listed as a fall in favor of Faris. Both then lost their third match, which should have meant that Dușa was eliminated. Yet Dușa fought again in round 4 (and lost again), I can only assume that the result of the second-round match was overturned. That also explains why Faris, credited with only one loss after four rounds, was suddenly missing in round five.

Linn Farish

B. 1901-10-03, Rumsey, Cal., USA; D. 1944-09-11
Rugby (1 gold)
1924 HP
Men's Rugby gold 3200
3200

Bernard Farjat

B. 1945-09-07, represented France
Artistic Gymnastics
1972 HP
Men's Individual Combined 82nd -12.40
Men's Team Combined 13th 6.4
6.4

Farkas Árpád

B. 1957-10-28, Budapest, Hungary
Artistic Gymnastics
1976 HP
Men's Individual Combined QU:40th -5.10
Men's Team Combined fourth 400
400.000001

Farkas Béla

B. 1928-12-10, Komárom, Hungary
Boxing
1948 1952 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg) R1 2.521
Men's Light-Welterweight (-63.5 kg) R1
2.521

Gizela Farkaš

B. 1942-10-22, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 HP
Women's 800 metres SF:7th 20.8
20.8

Farkas Imre

B. 1935-06-23, Budapest, Hungary
Canoeing - Flatwater Canadian (2 bronze)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 metres bronze 3200
Men's Canadian Doubles 10000 metres bronze 3200
6400

Farkas János

B. 1942-03-27, Budapest, Hungary
Football (1 gold)
1964 HP
Men's Team gold 3200
3200

Farkas József

B. 1952-03-17, Budapest, Hungary
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1976 1980 HP
Men's Heavyweight (-100 kg) 7th 3000
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+100 kg) fourth
3000

Farkas László

B. 1941-12-18, Veszprém, Hungary
Sailing
1968 HP
Two−Person Keelboat (Star) 13th 32
32

Farkas Mátyás

B. 1893-08-13, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1981-06-01
Ice Hockey & Athletics
1928 1932 1936 HP
Men's Decathlon 21st 0.96
Men's Team (Qu:4th) SF:4th 164
164.96

He was also a member of the Ice Hockey team in 1928, but apparently did not play.

Farkas Sándor

B. 1961-01-19, Salgótarján, Hungary
Boxing
1980 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) R1 1.088
1.088

Farkasinszky-Bóbis Ildikó

B. 1945-09-05, Budapest, Hungary
Fencing (3 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
Women's Foil, Individual R1:5th silver sixth 5800.053
Women's Foil, Team silver silver (bronze) 2640
8440.053

Frederick Charles William "John" Farleigh

B. 1900-06-16, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1965-03-30
Art Competitions
1948 HP
Painting - unknown event 3 entries 8.619
8.619

William Winfield "Bill" Farley

B. 1944-11-10, Fort Devens, Mass., USA; D. 2018-09-02
Aquatics - Swimming
1964 HP
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle fourth 1600
1600

Brian A. Farlow

B. 1964-11-27, Syracuse, USA, represented the US Virgin Islands
Aquatics - Swimming
1984 HP
Men's 100 m Breaststroke 46th -5.64
Men's 200 m Breaststroke 43rd -4.26
Men's 200 m Individual Medley 35th -2.10
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 20th 0.25
0.251032

Ioannis Farmakidis

B. 1907-12-24, Al-Iskanderiya, Egypt, represented Greece; D. 1980-12
Freestyle Wrestling
1932 HP
Men's Featherweight (-61  kg) fifth 1500
1500

Zoltan Farmati

B. 1924-07-09, Șimieu Silvaniei, Romania; D. 2006-01-04
Football
1952 HP
Men's Team QR 0.595
0.595

George Robert Farmer

B. 1938-10-04, Tacoma, Wash., USA
Luge
1964 HP
Men's Singles 29th 0.024
0.024

Jonathan George "Jonty" Farmer

B. 1945-04-23, Te Puke, New Zealand
Sailing
1968 1972 1976 HP
One−Person Dinghy (Finn) 11th 15th 111
111

Kenneth Pentin "Ken" Farmer

B. 1912-07-26, Westmount, Québ., Canada; D. 2005-01-12
Ice Hockey (1 silver)
1936 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Peter John Farmer

B. 1952-06-26, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 1980 HP
Men's Hammer Throw 12th QU:13th 98.4
98.4

Sandra Marie Farmer

competed in 1992 and 1996 as

Sandra Farmer-Patrick

B. 1962-08-18, Spanish Town, Jamaica, represented the USA in 1992 and 1996
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)
1984 1988 1992 1996 HP
Women's 400 m Hurdles eighth silver dq 7022.4
7022.4

Disqualified for doping in 1996.

Suzanne Farmer

competed in 1956 and 1960 as

Suzanne Allday

B. 1934-11-26, Shoreham, England, Great Britain; D. 2017-07-26
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 1956 1960 HP
Women's Shot Put 15th QU:16th 24.6
Women's Discus Throw 15th QU:14th QU:21st 39.96
64.56

Robert E. Farnan

B. 1877-06-11, New York, NY, USA; D. 1939-01-10
Rowing (1 gold)
1904 HP
Men's Coxless Pairs gold 6000
6000

Olympic Competitor nr 1928

Nikolajs Farnasts

B. 1885-10-01, Riga, Latvia, represented Russia

Olympic Competitor nr 6174

Tracy Whitfield Farnham

B. 1884-08-02, Elmira, NY, USA, represented the St. Louis Central YMCA; D. 1962-02-02
Basketball
1904 HP
Men's Team fourth 600
600

The St. Louis YMCA team won one match and lost one. They received one forfeit, and forfeited two others. The rosters of the two matches they did play are not known.

Olympic Competitor nr 1866

(*) team roster not certainly known)

Terence Allen "Terry" Farnsworth

B. 1942-08-27, Portland, Maine, USA
Judo
1972 HP
Men's Half-Heavyweight (-93 kg) Rep2 195
195

Kenneth Aubrey "Ken" Farnum

B. 1931-01-18, Bridgetown, Barbados, represented Jamaica
Cycling - Track
1952 HP
Men's Sprint Rep:4th 0.546
Men's Time Trial 20th 1.5
2.046

Apparently the team from Jamaica was allowed to include athletes from other British Carribean Islands. I class this athlete as Barbadian.

Saleem Mahmoud Farooqi

B. 1940-08-05, represented Pakistan
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track
1956 HP
Men's Road Race dnf -13.32
Men's Road Race, Team dnf -
Men's Time Trial 21st 0.96
Men's Team Pursuit R1:16th 4.8
5.76

George Hardy Farquhar

B. 1929-12-14, represented Great Britain
Wrestling - Freestyle
1956 HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg) 13th 38.4
38.4

Competed for Scotland at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.

Hugh Miller Farquharson

B. 1911-11-14, Montréal, Québ., Canada; D. 1985-03-27
Ice Hockey (1 silver)
1936 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Stewart Farquharson

B. 1940-04-27, Amersham, England, Great Britain
Rowing
1960 1964 HP
Men's Coxless Pairs fourth 2000
Men's Coxed Pairs Rep:3rd 85
2085

Frank Farrel, III

B. 1908-03-23, Ansonia, Conn., USA; D. 2003-07-02
Ice Hockey (1 silver)
1932 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Eddie Farrell

Olympic Competitor nr 6537

Evelyn Farrell

B. 1960-04-10, represented the Netherlands Antilles in 1984 and Aruba in 1988
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 1988 HP
Women's 100 metres R1:34th R1:60th 0.00160001
Women's 200 metres R1:43rd -4.26
0.00162561

(Thomas) Fionbarr Farrell

B. 1945-03-03, Dublin, Ireland
Fencing
1968 HP
Men's Foil, Individual R1:5th -6.45
Men's Foil, Team R1:4th 1.3
Men's Épée, Team R1:4th 0.778
Men's Sabre, Individual R1:7th -3.29
Men's Sabre, Team R1:3rd 22.75
24.82829045

Harry Farrell

B. 1902-10-02, Philadelphia, Penn., USA; D. 1980-05
Football
1924 HP
Men's Football R2 26.38
26.38

Felix Jeffrey "Jeff" Farrell

B. 1937-02-28, Detroit, Mich., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (2 gold)
1960 HP
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay gold 1600
Men's 4x100 metres Medley Relay gold 1600
3200

John O'Neil Farrell

B. 1906-08-28, Hammond, Ind., USA; D. 1994-06-20
Speed Skating (1 bronze)
1928 1932 HP
Men's 500 m bronze sixth 3200
Men's 1500 m 8th 256
Men's 5000 m 17th 4
3460

(Michael) John Farrell

B. 1902, from Dublin, represented Ireland
Football
1924 HP
Men's Football QF 287
287

Michael Arthur Farrell

B. 1933-04-27, Kingston upon Hull, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 HP
Men's 800 metres fifth 1000
1000

Pat Farrell

B. 1892, Belfast, Great Britain, lived in Toronto, represented Canada; D. 1969-10-25
Fencing
1932 HP
Men's Épée, Individual R1:7th 0.54
Men's Épée, Team R1:4th 100
Men's Sabre, Individual R1:8th 0.34
100.88

Robert Farrell

B. 1949-07-25, San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago
Cycling - Track
1968 HP
Men's Team Pursuit R1:19th 1.2
1.2

Thomas Francis "Tom" Farrell

B. 1944-01-18, New York, NY, USA
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)
1964 1968 HP
Men's 800 metres fifth bronze 3560
3560

Thomas Stanley "Tom" Farrell

B. 1932-09-23, Liverpool, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 1960 HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles R1:4th 1.169
Men's 800 metres QF:5th 2.29
3.459

William Cesar "Willie" Farrell

B. 1934-10-06, Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Diving
1956 HP
Men's Platform sixth 640
640

Patrick Oliver "Pat" Farrelly

B. 1935-07-11, Mullingar, Ireland, lived in St. JOhn's, Newfoudland, represented Canada; D. 2018-10-24
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Men's 20 km Walk 33rd -2.38
0.00384

Leslie Thomas "Tommie" Farrer

B. 1922-12-22, Hoddesdon, England, Great Britain; D. 2017-11-16
Football
1956 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287

Pere Farreres i Valenti

B. 1916-04-04, Barcelona, Spain; D. 1968-05-17
Hockey
1948 HP
Men's team R1:4th 34
34

Olegario Farrés Mongelós

B. 1934-08-13, Asunción, Paraguay; D. 2022-03-07
Shooting
1984 HP
Trap 67th -9.60
0.0000000006

Osvaldo Farrés Duarte

B. 1967-08-21, represented Paraguay
Shooting
1984 HP
Trap 68th -9.38
0.000000000384

Arthur Farrimond

B. 1893-09-30, Manchester, England, Great Britain; D. 1978-11
Athletics
1924 HP
Men's Marathon 17th 6
6

John Allan Farrington

B. 1942-07-02, from Sydney, represented Australia
Athletics
1968 HP
Men's Marathon 43rd -4.38
0.0000384

Michael Farrington

B. 1966-08-11, Barrie, Ont., Canada
Figure Skating
1988 HP
Ice Dancing 16th 8
8

Sloane Elmo Farrington

B. 1923-05-17, Nassau, the Bahamas, represented Great Britain in 1948; D. 1997
Sailing (1 bronze)
1948 1952 1956 1960 HP
Two-Person Keelboat (Star) fourth fifth bronze sixth 7975
7975

(M.) Wendy Farrington

B. 1941-12-01, Knaresborough, England, Great Britain
Alpine Skiing
1960 1964 HP
Women's Downhill 28th 0.0256
Women's Giant Slalom 39th dnf 0.0001664
Women's Slalom 37th 0.0004
0.0261664

Bradley William "Brad" Farrow

B. 1956-10-05, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Judo
1976 1980 1984 HP
Men's Lightweight (-63 kg) Rep2 235.5
Men's Half Lightweight (-65 kg) R2
235.5

Joseph Farrugia

B. 1955-10-24, represented Malta
Cycling - Road
1980 HP
Men's Road Race dnf -18.15
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial 20th 0.75
0.75

Harald Færstad

B. 1889-12-02, Bergen, Norway; D. 1979-07-10
Gymnastics (1 silver)
1920 HP
Men's Team combined, Free system silver 1000
1000

Sverre Melvin Farstad

B. 1920-02-08, Trondheim, Norway; D. 1978-03-27
Speed Skating (1 gold)
1948 HP
Men's 500 metres sixth 640
Men's 1500 metres gold 6400
7040

Michael Farthofer

B. 1955-06-08, Vancouver, Canada, represented Austria
Sailing
1984 HP
Three Person Keelboat (Soling) 15th 10
10

Morkal Faruk

B. 1951-06-06, Adana, Turkey
Aquatics - Swimming
1972 HP
Men's 100 m Breaststroke 42nd -4.40
Men's 200 m Breaststroke 38th -3.26
0.000296

Sahar Faruq Youssef

B. 1968-12-01, represented Egypt
Artistic Swimming
1984 HP
Women's Solo dnq -5.16
Women's Duet 17th 3
3.0000016

Theodore Austin "Ted" Farwell, Jr.

B. 1931-01-01, Greenfield, Mass., USA; D. 2015-01-25
Nordic Combined & Cross-Country Skiing
Nordic Combined 1952 1956 1960 HP
Men's Individual 11th 30th 27th 96.075
Cross-Country Skiing 1952 1956 1960 HP
Men's 18 km 43rd 0.0000256
Men's 50 km 31st 0.0064
Men's 4x10 km Relay 12th 12th 20
116.0834256

Guillermo Augusto "Billy" Farwig Avaroa

B. 1957-10-24, La Paz, Bolivia
Alpine Skiing
1980 HP
Men's Downhill 42nd -4.40
Men's Giant Slalom dnf -11.26
Men's Slalom dnf -11.16
0.00004

René Federico Farwig Guillen

B. 1935-09-30, Valencia, Spain, represented Bolivia
Alpine Skiing
1956 HP
Men's Giant Slalom 75th -10.10
Men's Slalom dnf -13.16
-10.10

Written 2002-10-28 - last modified 2024-09-27

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