Great Olympians

Biographies - FLA

Ottorino Flaborea

Thomas Flach

B. 1956-06-03, Potsdam, Brand., Germany, represented the German Democratic Republic in 1988
Sailing (2 gold)

	1988	1992	1996	HP
Three-person Keelboat (Soling)	gold	fourth	gold	21600
				21600

Together with Bernd Jäkel and Jochen Schümann.

Fritz Flachberger

Raymond Flacher

Herb Flack

Robert Henry Thach

Olympic Competitor nr 2245

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, qualifying - 45th

Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack

Although he competed in both tennis tournaments, he never won a single match.
He lived from 1895 to 1899 in London, so his trip to Athina did not take as long as could be expected for an Australian. He should be classed as an Australian though, since that is where he grew up and lived out his life. That is important, as without him, Australia cannot claim to have been present at every summer olympics.

Olympic Comptitor nr 21

• 1896-04-06-16:15 - Athletics Track - 800 m heat one - first (Q)
• 1896-04-07-16:30 - Athletics Track - 1500 m - first (6400)
• 1896-04-08-16:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles round one - lost (65.94)
• 1896-04-09-14:30 - Athletics Track - 800 m final - first (6400)
• 1896-04-09-16:30? - Tennis - Men's Doubles round two - lost (1920)
• 1896-04-10-14:00 - Athletics - Marathon - dnf (150)

Helge Fladby

Claude Louis Joseph Flahault

Flahaut

Olympic Competitor nr 663

• 1900-06-11-09:00? - Fencing - Épée for Masters, round one - DNQ (0.12)
• 1900-06-23-14:00? - Fencing - Sabre for Masters, round one - DNQ (1.475)

John "Jack" Flaherty

Eric Flaim

Christiane Flamand

Firmin Flamand

Olympic Competitor nr 7363

• 1920-08-03-14:30? - Archery - Pole Archery, small birds, Team - only entrant (1600) & Individual - fourth (1600)
• 1920-08-03-16:00? - Archery - Pole Archery, large birds, Team - only entrant (1600) & Individual - third (1600)

Salvador Flamenco Cabezas

Léon Flameng

Olympic Competitor nr 100

• 1896-04-08-13:00 - Cycling Track - 100 km - first (6400)
• 1896-04-11-15:00 - Cycling Track - Sprint - third (2560)
• 1896-04-11-15:30? - Cycling Track - 10000 m - second (4000)
• 1896-04-11-16:30? - Cycling Track - Time Trial, 333m - fifth (1000)

Claudie Henriette Flament

Didier Flament

Léon Flament

Elvidio Dario Flamini Alliévi

Jean Flammang

Jim Flanagan

Olympic Competitor nr 1916

• 1904-07-30-17:30 - Rowing - Eights - first (2400)

John Jesus Flanagan

B. 1868-01-28, Limerick, Ireland, emigrated to and competed for the USA; D. Ireland, 1938-04-04
Athletics & Tug-of-War (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1900	1904		1908	bonus	HP
Hammer Throw	gold	gold		gold	24000	48000
56-lb Weight Throw		silver				3000
Discus Throw	7th	fourth				2520
Discus Throw, freestyle				9th
	10200	12000		7320	24000	53520
Tug of War	(*)			fifth		375
						53895

The father of modern hammer throwing, Flanagan raised the world record in sixteen installments from 44.47m in Ireland in 1895(°) to 56.20m in 1909 after emigrating to the United States. His best Olympic record (1908) was 51.92m. He was fourth in the discus at St.Louis and second in throwing the 56-lb weight.
(*) He also helped the USA to second or third place in the tug-of-war in 1900, but this medal is disputed, as it appears that spectators helped the American team. Apparently the Americans only competed hors-concours against the winners, since they could not free themselves from the Discus competition, which was conducted at the same time. He took fifth place in the same event in 1908.
(°) Hammer throwing was not yet an Olympic event in 1896, so he was prevented from a possible fourth gold medal.

Olympic Competitor nr 786

• 1900-07-14-09:45 - Athletics Field - Discus Throw, qualification - seventh (600)
• 1900-07-16-15:30? - Athletics Field - Hammer Throw - first (9600)
• 1904-08-29-14:00? - Athletics - Hammer Throw - first (7200)
• 1904-09-01-14:00? - Athletics - 56-lb Weight Throw - second (3000)
• 1904-09-03-16:00? - Athletics - Discus Throw - fourth (1800)
• 1908-07-14-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, qualifying - first (Q)
• 1908-07-14-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, final - first (7200)
• 1908-07-16-10:20? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool two - ninth (120)
• 1908-07-17-14:30 - Tug-of-War - Round One - lost (375)

Matt Flanagan

Pat Flanagan

Olympic Competitor nr 2068

• 1904-08-31-15:00? - Tug-of-War - Round One - won (Q)
• 1904-08-31-15:30? - Tug-of-War - Round Two - won (Q)
• 1904-09-01-15:30? - Tug-of-War - Final - won (2400)

Ralph Flanagan

Roger Flanders

Frederick Joseph "Fred" Flannery

Vaughn Flannery

Eduard Flaquer i Vázquez

Michael Harold "Mike" Flater

Flat Iron

Olympic Competitor nr 1826

• 1904-07-02-15:00? - Lacrosse - Match one - drawn - second (1500)

Alfred Flatow

Olympic Competitor nr 118

• 1896-04-09-14:40 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars, Team - first (1600)
• 1896-04-09-15:20? - Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar, Team - first (1600)
• 1896-04-09-15:40? - Gymnastics - Horse Vault - AC (89.8)
• 1896-04-09-16:20? - Gymnastics - Pommelled Horse - AC (132.1)
• 1896-04-09-16:40? - Gymnastics - Rings - AC (152.8)
• 1896-04-09-17:20? - Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar - second (1000)
• 1896-04-10-10:00 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars - first (1600)

Gustav Felix Flatow

Olympic Competitor nr 119

• 1896-04-09-14:40 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars, Team - first (1600)
• 1896-04-09-15:20? - Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar, Team - first (1600)
• 1896-04-09-15:40? - Gymnastics - Horse Vault - AC (89.8)
• 1896-04-09-16:20? - Gymnastics - Pommelled Horse - AC (132.1)
• 1896-04-09-16:40? - Gymnastics - Rings - AC (152.8)
• 1896-04-09-17:20? - Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar - AC (132.1)
• 1896-04-10-10:00 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars - ac(35.9)
• 1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
• 1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - 102nd (-16.60)

Günter Flauger

Alfred Flaxman

Olympic Competitor nr 3734

• 1908-07-15-10:25? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, freestyle, pool two - AC (8.528)
• 1908-07-16-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool one - AC (2.402)
• 1908-07-18-14:40 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, Greek style, qualifying - AC (9.949)
• 1908-07-23-14:30? - Athletics (track & field) - Standing High Jump, qualifying - AC (0.877)

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2022-10-13

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