Great Olympians

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Pierino Gabetti

B. 1904-05-22, Sestri Ponente, Genova, Italy; D. 1971-02-28
Weight-Lifting (1 gold, 1 silver)
1924 1928 1932 HP
Featherweight (-60 kg) gold silver 22500
- 67.5 kg fourth
22500

Marie-Joseph Gabriel

Olympic Competitor nr 736

Gaché

Olympic Competitor nr 1058

Liliana Gafencu

Romania
Rowing (3 gold)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Eights gold gold gold 19200
19200

Member of the Romanian eight that won gold at Atlanta, Sydney and Athina.

Marc Gagnon

B. 1975-05-24, Chicoutimi, Canada
Short Track (3 gold, 2 bronze)
1994 1998 2002 HP
500 m fourth fourth gold 11500
1000 m bronze 16th 16th 1932.8
1500 m bronze 2560
5000 m team fourth gold gold 4375
20367.8

Francis "Frank" Gailey

B. 1882-01-21, Sydney, Australia, living in California, USA in 1904, but most likely still an Australian citizen at the time.
Swimming (3 silver, 1 bronze)
1904 HP
220 yds Free-style silver 3000
440 yds Free-style silver 3000
880 yds Free-style silver 3000
1 mile Free-style bronze 1920
10920

Some sources list this swimmer also in the 50 yards, in fourth place, but that is a mistake. That swimmer is David Gaul.

Virgile Gaillard

Olympic Competitor nr 1611

Sante Gaiardoni

B. 1939-06-29, Villafranca, Italy
Cycling (2 gold)
1960 HP
Sprint gold 9600
Time trial gold 9600
19200

Short and immensely muscled, he was one of a school of Italian sprinters. At twenty-one, he reached his peak at the Roma Olympics. As a professional, he was only able to win one world title, on sprint in Liège in 1963.
He retired in 1971 and married an opera singer.

Carlo Galimberti

B. 1894-08-02, Rosario, santa Fe, Argentina, competed for Italy; D. 1939-08-10
Weight-Lifting (1 gold, 2 silver)
1924 1928 1932 1936 HP
Middleweight (-75 kg) gold silver silver 7th 27900
27900

Galinard

Olympic Competitor nr 1362

Michael Galitzen

USA
Diving (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1928 1932 HP
Springboard silver gold 10400
Platform bronze silver 6560
16960

Lioubov Galkina

Russia
Shooting (1 gold, 2 silver)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Small-bore Rifle, Combined gold fourth 8000
Air Rifle fourth silver silver 10560
18560

Gallais

Olympic Competitor nr 1382

Carl Galle

Olympic Competitor nr 54

Octave Gallice

Olympic Competitor nr 589

Rossano Galtarossa

Italy
Rowing (1 gold, 2 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 2004 HP
Double Sculls bronze 4000
Quadruple Sculls bronze fourth gold 9900
13900

Ezio Gamba

B. 1958-12-02, Brescia, Italy
Judo (1 gold, 1 silver)
1976 1980 1984 1988 HP
Half-middleweight 11th 15709.2
Lightweight gold silver 13th
15709.2

Mohamed Gammoudi

Tunisia
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1964 1968 1972 HP
5000 m fin:dns gold silver 10440
10000 m silver bronze fin:dnf 6561
17001

In the final of the 10000 m at München, Gammoudi fell over the fallen Lasse Virén. Virén got up and won the race, Gammoudi had to abandon.

Johannes Gandil

Olympic Competitor nr 822

Laurent Gane

France
Cycling - track (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2000 2004 HP
Sprint fourth fourth 3200
Olympic Sprint gold bronze 6720
Keirin heats 6.82
9927

Gao Ling

China
Badminton (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Mixed Doubles gold gold R1 16065.94
Women's Doubles bronze silver 8200
24265.94

Won the mixed doubles twice together with Zhang Jun, but with her new partner, she did not pass the first round in Beijing.

Gao Min

China
Diving (2 gold)
1988 1992 HP
Springboard gold gold 12800
12800

Prodan Garchev

Bulgaria
Wrestling, free-style (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1960 1964 1968 HP
-79 kg fifth 18675
-87 kg gold bronze
18675

Anier García

Cuba
Athletics (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 HP
110 m Hurdles QF gold bronze 13440.546
13440.546

Dominique Gardères

Olympic Competitor nr 508

Gardiès

Olympic Competitor nr 271

Georges Garnier

Olympic Competitor nr 1612

Louis Garnoty

Olympic Competitor nr 343

Robert S. "Bob" Garrett

B.1875-06-24, Baltimore, MD, USA; D.1961-04-25
Track and Field (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
1896 1900 HP
Shot Put gold bronze 13440
Discus Throw gold 15th 969.6
High Jump silver 6000
Long Jump silver 6000
Standing Triple Jump bronze 3840
31200 7689.6 38895
Tug-of-War (*) 0
31200 7689.6 38889.6

When learning of a discus event at Athens, he had a replica made of the ancient discus, which weighed 5kg. He was amazed to find the actual discus used weighed only 2kg.
At Paris, he threw the discus three times into the audience.
There is some discussion as to his place in the High Jump, but I am sticking with Mallon who has him equal second.
(*) 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.
The Hellene Olympic Federation has an excellent site on the Athina Olympics, which includes a picture of Robert Garrett.

Olympic Competitor nr 23

Idalmis Gato Moya

B. 1971-08-30, Cuba
Volleyball (3 gold)
1992 1996 2000 HP
team gold gold gold 19200
19200

Member of the Cuban Volleyball team that won gold at Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney.
She did not play in any game in Sydney.

Gaucher

Olympic Competitor nr 1063

André Gaudin

Olympic Competitor nr 1420

Lucien Gaudin

B. 1886-09-27, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France; D. 1934-09-23
Fencing (4 gold, 2 silver)
1920 1924 1928 HP
Foil, individual gold 8000
Foil, team silver gold silver 4500
Épée, individual gold 8000
Épée, team gold 1600
22100

Gaudin had an extraordinary fencing career from 1904 to 1929, with a first World Title in 1905. He was however not selected for the Olympic Games in 1908, and French fencers did not compete at Stockholm, so he had to wait until 1920 for an Olympic appearance. At Antwerpen, he won team silver, but was wounded by an American, so again he missed out on individual honours. At Paris, after winning the team title, at which he contributed 22 wins out of 22, with 110 hits against 21, he felt an acute pain in his left hand, and once more he had to retire. He finally won his individual Olympic titles at Amsterdam, at the age of fourty-two. He was declared 'Hors Classe' by the French Fencing Federation, an honour never before bestowed on any fencer.

Giulio Gaudini

B. 1904-09-28, Roma, Italy; D. 1948-01-06, Roma
Fencing (3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
1924 1928 1932 1936 HP
Foil, individual - bronze bronze gold 18000
Foil, team (fourth) gold silver gold 6607.5
Sabre, individual silver sixth 5800
Sabre, team silver silver 2000
32407.5

This great fencer competed at four olympiads, from 1924 to 1936. He was also individual world foil champion in 1929 and 1934.
In 1924 he only fenced in one quarter-final match

Gauthier

Olympic Competitor nr 471

Albert Gauthier

Olympic Competitor nr 293

Louis Gauthier

Olympic Competitor nr 344

Jean-Guy Gautier

Olympic Competitor nr 1654

Nina Gavriljuk

B. 1965-04-13, Leningrad (now St.-Petersburg), Russia
Nordic Skiing (3 gold, 1 bronze)
1988 1994 1998 2002 HP
4 x 5 km gold gold gold 9600
Sprint 20th 1
5 km, Classical style 11th fourth 1664
Combined Pursuit 5km + 10km fifth 7th 2640
Combined Pursuit 5km + 5km fifth
15 km, Free-style bronze 2400
20 km dq 0
16305

Winner of the Cross-Country Relay at Calgary, Lillehammer and Nagano. She had a three-year absense from the sport while having a daughter, and she missed out on a fourth gold when the Russian team was prevented from competing in Salt Lake City because of doping allegations.

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

B. 1976-10-06, Kaspiysk, Respublika Dagestan, Russia
Boxing (1 silver, 1 gold)
2000 2004 HP
-75 kg silver gold 15600
15600

Gazaigne

Olympic Competitor nr 1340

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2002-10-31

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