Great Olympians

Biographies - GAJ


Étienne Gajan

B. 1890-12-27, Toulouse, France
Athletics
1920 HP
Pole Vault QU:14th 24
24


Pavitr Gajaseni

B. 1932-10-13, Krung Thep, Thailand
Shooting
1968 1972 1976 HP
Trap 40th 34th 0.00255
0.00255


(José) Agustín Gajate Vidriales

B. 1958-03-23, San Sebastián, Spain
Football
1980 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 45.5
45.5


Andrew W. Gajda

B. 1907-02-26, Manchester, NH, USA; D. 1956-06-04
Football
1936 HP
Men's Team R1 26.38
26.38


Bogdan Marian Gajda

B. 1953-08-26, Stary Sokolów, Poland
Boxing (1 silver)
1976 1980 HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) R2 102.565
Men's Light-Welterweight (-63.5 kg) R1
102.565


Gajdos-Hubai Ágnes

B. 1948-05-13, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2014-06-14
Volleyball
1976 HP
Women's Team fourth 800
800


Jan Gajdoš

B. 1903-12-27, Brno, Czechia, then part of Austria, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1945-11-19
Gymnastics (1 silver)
1928 1932 1936 HP
Men's Individual Combined (9 events) 13th 27th 25.64
Men's Team Combined silver fourth 1540
Men's Vault 12th 23rd 10.064
Men's Parallel Bars fourth 29th 400.004
Men's Horizontal Bar 33rd 59th -
Men's Rings 8th 21st 64.16
Men's Pommeled Horse 10th 57th 25
Men's Floor Exercise 13th 6.4
2071.268


Pavel Gajdoš

B. 1936-10-01, Velykyi Bereznyi, Transcarpathia, represented Czechoslovakia
Artistic Gymnastics
1960 1964 HP
Men's Individual Combined 28th 106th 0.0256
Men's Team Combined fourth sixth 560
560.0256

He was born in Transcarpathia, a region that had been Hungarian before WWI, and formed a third region in Czechoslovakia between the wars. For want of a better classification, I shall consider him Slovak.


Leszek "Lech" Gajdziński

B. 1946-09-25, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
Athletics
1968 HP
Men's Discus Throw QU:18th 3.84
3.84


Małgorzata Gajewska

B. 1962-04-24, Grodków, Poland
Hockey
1980 HP
Women's Team sixth 320
320


Written 2016-11-28 - last modified 2023-07-09

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