Great Olympians

Biographies - GAN

Gan Eng Teck

B. 1933-08-15, represented Singapore; D. 2013-04-07
Aquatics - Water Polo
1956 HP
Men's Team 10th 50
50

Ivor Ganahl

B. 1942-12-25, represented Switzerland
Sailing
1980 HP
One Person Dinghy (Finn) 12th 60
60

Bronisław Gancarz

B. 1906-10-31, Rudnik (now Rudnik nad Sanem), Poland, then part of Austria; D. 1960-09-30
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 HP
Men's Marathon 33rd 0.00384
0.00384

Henri Gance

B. 1888-03-17, Paris, France; D. 1952-11-29
Weightlifting (1 gold)
1920 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) gold 9600
9600

Félix Gancedo Gómez

B. 1946-09-18, Málaga, Spain
Sailing
1968 1972 1976 HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman) 11th 290
Two−Person Keelboat (Tempest) 9th
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon) 15th
290

Constantin Ganciu

B. 1938-07-17, represented Romania
Volleyball
1964 HP
Men's Team fourth 800
800

Rafael Gandarillas

B. 1968-11-06, represented Puerto Rico
Aquatics - Swimming
1984 HP
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 14th 4
4

Georges Louis Gandil

B. 1926-05-18, Bruniquel, France; D. 1999-10-24
Canoeing - Canadian Sprint (2 bronze)
1948 HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000m bronze 3200
Men's Canadian Doubles 10000m bronze 3200
6400

Johannes Gandil

B. 1873-05-21, Faaborg, Denmark; D. 1956-03-07
Athletics - Track and Field
1900 1904 1906 1908 HP
Men's 100 metres R1:3rd 10.76
Men's Team silver 1500
1510.76

Olympic Competitor nr 822

Carlo Gandini

from Ferrara, Italy
Fencing (1 silver)
1906 HP
Men's Masters Épée, Individual silver 4000
4000

Olympic Competitor nr 3005

Franco Gandini

B. 1936-07-28, San Lazzaro di Parma, Italy
Cycling - Track (1 gold)
1956 HP
Men's Team Pursuit gold 4800
4800

Luigi Gandini

B. 1928-07-09, Varese, Italy; D. 1987
Rowing
1948 HP
Men's Eights SF:2nd 540
540

Roberto Gandolfi

B. 1956-07-14, Genova, Italy; D. 2018-02-17
Aquatics - Water Polo
1984 HP
Men's Team seventh 200
200

Gandolgoryn Batsükh

B. 1948-05-15, represented Mongolia
Judo
1976 HP
Men's Middleweight (-80 kg) R1 0.71
0.71

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

Ion Ganea

B. 1945-02-10, Sibiu, Romania
Diving
1972 HP
Men's Springboard QU:21st 0.64
Men's Platform QU:25th 0.1
0.74

Stéphane Michiel Ivan Ganeff

B. 1959-01-18, Den Haag, the Netherlands, represented Belgium in 1980 and 1984, and the Netherlands in 1988
Fencing
1980 1984 1988 HP
Men's Foil, Individual R2:5th 2.863
Men's Foil, Team eighth 64
Men's Épée, Individual R2:6th QF:5th Rep3 18.5861
Men's Épée, Team R1:3rd 2.69
88.1391

Galina Trofimovna Ganeker

B. 1917-04-10, Bakı, Azerbaijan, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Women's High Jump 11th 96
96

Mollera Poovayya "M.P." Ganesh

B. 1946-07-08, Kodagu, Karn., India
Hockey (1 bronze)
1972 HP
Men's Team bronze 1280
1280

Nikolay Ganev

B. 1955-02-06, Pavlikeni, Bulgaria
Aquatics - Swimming
1976 HP
Men's 200 m Freestyle 43rd -4.26
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay 13th 6.4
6.4000256

Mohamed Ganfud

represented Libya
Cycling - Road
1980 HP
Men's Road Race dnf -18.15
-18.15

Gang Bong-Hyeon

represented (South) Korea
Basketball
1948 HP
Men's Team 8th 128
128

Gang Chun-Won

B. 1940-11-05, Seoul, (now South) Korea
Boxing
1960 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) R2 1.088
1.088

Gang Deok-Su

B. 1959-01-30, represented South Korea
Handball
1984 HP
Men's Team 11th 32
32

Gang Du-Man

B. 1933-04-12, represented South Korea
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling
1964 HP
FR Men's Middleweight (-87 kg) 12th 60
GR Men's Light−Heavyweight (-97 kg) 15th 15
75

Gang Du-Tae

B. 1958-07-31, represented South Korea
Volleyball
1984 HP
Men's Team fifth 500
500

Gang Gyeong-Hyo

B. 1964-11-23, represented South Korea
Modern Pentathlon
1984 1988 HP
Men's Individual 45th 13th 32.0000125
Men's Team 15th 13th 8.9
40.9000125

Gang In-Seok

B. 1926-09-13, represented (South) Korea
Boxing
1948 HP
Men's Lightweight (-62 kg) R2 79.13
79.13

Gang Jae-Won

B. 1965-11-30, represented South Korea
Handball (1 silver)
1984 1988 1992 HP
Men's Team 11th silver sixth 2352
2352

He was coach of the Chinese women's team in 2008, and of the South Korean women's teams of 2012 and '21.

Gang Jeong-Ho

B. 1938-12-16, Seoul, (now South) Korea
Wrestling - Freestyle
1960 HP
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg) 16th 9.6
9.6

Gang Jun-Ho

B. 1926-06-22, Haeju, (now North) Korea, then part of Japan, represented South Korea
Boxing (1 bronze)
1952 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) bronze 3120
3120

Gang Man-Su

B. 1955-08-24, represented South Korea
Volleyball
1972 1976 1980 1984 HP
Men's Team 7th sixth fifth 1042.8
1042.8

Gang Su-Il

B. 1943-10-08, represented South Korea
Artistic Gymnastics
1964 HP
Men's Individual combined 95th -14.10
Men's Team combined 13th 6.4
6.4

Gang Tae-Gu

B. 1961-01-25, represented South Korea
Handball
1984 HP
Men's Team 11th 32
32

Abdel Kader Gangani

B. 1941, Casablanca, Morocco
Boxing
1960 HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) R2 1.02
1.02

François Gangloff

B. 1898-07-11, Bischheim, then in Germany, represented France; D. 1979-03-16
Gymnastics (2 silver)
1924 HP
Men's Individual combined 23rd 0.256
Men's Team combined silver 1000
Men's Vault 33rd -
Men's Parallel Bars 27th 0.01
Men's Horizontal Bar 7th 100
Men's Rings 13th 6.4
Men's Pommeled Horse 32nd -
Men's Sidehorse Vault silver 1000
Men's Rope Climbing 39th -
2106.866

Filippo Ganna

B. 1996-07-25, Verbania, Italy
Track Cycling & Road Cycling (1 gold, 1 silvef)
2016 2021 2024 HP
Men's Team Pursuit sixth gold bronze 9000
Men's Individual Time Trial fifth silver 7500
16500

Marco Ganna

B. 1961-12-14, Verbania, Italy
Canoeing, Sprint Kayak
1984 HP
Men's Fours, 1000 m Rep:dnf 5
5

Patrick "Pat" Gannon

B. 1958-09-25, Renvyle, Ireland
Rowing
1980 HP
Men's Coxless Pairs 7th 500
500

Vasilios Ganotis

B. 1942-02-16, Agios, Greece
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1964 1968 1972 HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg) 8th 13th 7th 1018.4
1018.4

Luis Antonio Ganoza Rios

B. 1921-02-06, Salaverry, Peru; D. 2001-05-17
Athletics
1948 HP
Men's Pole Vault QU:16th 9.6
9.6

Reiner Ganschow

B. 1945-06-22, Rostock, M-V, Germany, represented East Germany
Handball
1972 HP
Men's Team fourth 800
800

Georges Guillaume Ganshof van der Meersch

B. 1898-10-25, Brugge, Belgium; D. 1973-11-23
Equestrianism - Jumping
1936 HP
Jumping, Individual fourth 2000
Jumping, Team dnf 0.64
2000.64

Walter Jean Ganshof van der Meersch

B. 1900-05-18, Brugge, Belgium; D. 1993-09-12
Bobsleigh
1928 HP
Men's Four/Five sixth 480
480

Alfred Konrad Gansiniec

B. 1919-10-29, Katowice, Poland; D. 1999-03-20
Ice Hockey
1948 1952 HP
Men's Team sixth sixth 640
640

Dorit Ganster

B. 1963-04-07, Wien, Austria
Hockey
1980 HP
Women's Team fifth 500
500

Friedrich "Fritz" Ganster

B. 1960-09-04, Zeltweg, Austria
Ice Hockey
1984 HP
Men's Team R1:5th 65
65

Burkhard Gantenbein

B. 1912-07-14, from Zürich, represented Switzerland; D. 2007-08-27
Handball (1 bronze)
1936 HP
Men's Team bronze 1280
1280

Allan Ganter

B. 1938-06-18, represented Australia
Figure Skating
1956 HP
Men's Singles 13th 38.4
38.4

Klaus Dieter Ganter

B. 1945-04-10, Schluchsee, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Cross-Country Skiing
1968 HP
Men's 15 km 39th -3.16
Men's 50 km dnf -5.64
0.0001664

Isoup Ganthy

B. 1929-11-12, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; D. 1976-12-06
Equestrianism - Jumping
1956 HP
Jumping, Individual dnf -9.80
-9.80

Louis Charles Gantois

B. 1929-11-15, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France; D. 2011-02-26
Canoeing - Flatwater Kayak (1 bronze)
1952 1956 HP
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m bronze fifth 3560
3560

Gerda Gantz

B. 1915-12-17, Brașov, Romania
Fencing
1936 HP
Women's Foil, Individual R1:6th 0.0041
0.0041

Isaac Ganunga

B. 1959-12-10, represented Malawi
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 HP
Men's 800 metres R1:43rd -4.26
Men's 1500 metres R1:40th -3.10
0.0001256

Beat Ganz

B. 1946-04-29, represented Switzerland
Modern Pentathlon
1972 HP
Men's Individual 51st -6.80
Men's Team 15th 2.5
2.5000008

Friedrich "Fritz" Ganz

B. 1916-02-20, Embrach, Switzerland; D. 1992-03-31
Track Cycling
1936 HP
Men's Tandem Sprint Rep1 162.5
162.5

Frank Ganzera

B. 1947-09-08, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Football (1 bronze)
1972 HP
Men's Team bronze 1280
1280

Henryk Ganzera

B. 1903-03-11, Rybnik, Poland, then part of Germany; D. 1942
Wrestling - Greco-Roman
1928 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-58 kg) 14th 11.69
11.69

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2024-08-15

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