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

B. 1866-11-09, Athens, Alab., USA; D. 1924-12-20
Golf

	1904	HP
Men's Individual	QU:45th	-5.94
		0.0000094

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

John Joseph Flanagan

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 represented the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association in the 1904 Club championship.
He lived in America for 15 years, but returned to Ireland and died there. There is no record of a US naturalization, so maybe he should be classed as Irish. But he did officially compete for the USA in 1908, at which time the rules had been strenghthened, so I shall continue to class him as American.
(*) 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

Patrick "Pat" Flanagan

He represented the Milwaukee Athletic Club in the 1904 Club championship.

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

Flander Erika

Holly Beth Flanders

Roger Flanders

James Showers "Jim" Flanigan

Olympic Competitor nr 1916

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

Frederick Joseph "Fred" Flannery

Vaughn Flannery

Laura Flaqué i Centellas

Eduard Flaquer i Vázquez

Michael Harold "Mike" Flater

Joe Clark "Flat Iron"

The Mohawk Indians are credited with the bronze medal, but they tied their only match with the St. Louis AAA, so I award them the points for joined second place.

Olympic Competitor nr 1826

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

Patrick "Pat" Flatley

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 2023-10-19

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