Great Olympians

Biographies - GE

Ge - Geb - Ged - Gei - Gel - Gen - Geo - Ger - Ges - Gey


Ge Fei

B. 1974-10-9, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Badminton (2 gold)
1996 2000 HP
Women's Doubles gold gold 16000
16000

Winner of the Ladies' Doubles at Atlanta and Sydney, twice together with Gu Jun


Paul Gebauer

Olympic Competitor nr 1318


Haile Gebrselasie

B. 1973-04-18, Arssi, Ethiopia
Athletics (2 gold)
1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
10000 m gold gold fifth sixth 21660
21660


Gedó György

Hungary
Boxing (1 gold)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
Light Flyweight (-48 kg) rd1 gold QF QF 14155
14155

He was the only boxer who participated in 4 Olympics.


John Geiger

Olympic Competitor nr 1458


Rose Gelbert

Olympic Competitor nr 1649


Robert Gelée

Olympic Competitor nr 1483


Gellé

Olympic Competitor nr 1310


Georgios Gennimatas

Olympic Competitor nr 20


Richard Genserowski

Olympic Competitor nr 1100


Randhir Singh Gentle

B. 1923, India
Hockey (3 gold)
1948 1952 1956 HP
Hockey gold gold gold 19200
19200

An outstanding full-back for India, Independent SC (Delhi). He was also a remarkable scorer of penalties. At Melbourne, he deputised as captain in the absense of Balbir Singh, and he scored six goals including the decisive goal in the final against Pakistan.
In his autobiography, Balbir describes Gentle as "one who towered above the rest with his hard and yet clean tackling".
On retiring he proved an outstanding coach and prepared national teams in India, Malaya and Spain. He also became an international umpire.


Nikolaos Georgantas

B. 1880-03-12, Greece; D. 1958-01-23
Track and Field , Tug-of-War (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1904 1906 1908 HP
Tug of War 5th/6th 307.5
Shot Put 8th comp. 326.6
Stone Throw gold 7200
Discus Throw bronze 5882
Discus Throw, freestyle silver comp.
Discus Throw, Greek style silver sixth 3480
Javelin Throw, freestyle comp. 8.528
17196


Peter George

USA
Weight-lifting (1 gold, 2 silver)
1948 1952 1956 HP
- 75 kg silver gold silver 27000
27000


Elena Georgescu(-Nedelc)

Romania
Rowing (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Eights silver gold gold gold bronze 25760
25760

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


Ioannis Georgiadis

B. 1876-03-29, Tripoli, Peloponnesos, Greece; D. 1960-03-14
Fencing (2 gold, 1 silver)
1896 1906 1924 bonus HP
Sabre, individual gold R1:8th 7200 21600
Sabre, individual, one hit gold
Sabre, team silver R1 759.1
Épée, individual Ht:4th 0.350
Épée, team fourth 300
9600 5850,35 9.1 7200 22659.45

The Olympic Champion of 1896 and 1906 finished last in the first round in 1924.

Olympic Competitor nr 112


Evangelos Gerakaris

Olympic Competitor nr 195


Gerevich Aladár

B. 1910, Hungary
Competed under the name Gerei in 1936.
Fencing (7 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 HP
Sabre, team gold gold gold gold gold gold 19200
Sabre, individual - bronze gold silver - fifth 21812.5
Foil, team - - SF:3rd bronze - - 845
41857.5

Member of the Hungarian sabre team that won gold at Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome. When told in 1960 that he was to old to compete for a place in the Hungarian team, he challenged the entire team and defeated them all. At Rome, he missed the final by a single hit.
He was of course the oldest gold medallist at Roma.
His wife Erna Bogathy is part of three generations of medal winners. Her father Albert Bogen (1882-1961) was part of the Austrian Sabre team that won silver in 1912 (behind Hungary), she won bronze (under the name Erna Bogen) in foil in 1932, and their son Pal Gerevich (born during the Olympics in 1948) was part of the silver winning Hungarian Sabre team of '72 and '80.
This triple generation is not unique, but certainly rare. I have found two other occurences :


Germain (1)

Olympic Competitor nr 1160


Germain (2)

Olympic Competitor nr 1574


Bernard Germeshausen

Germany
Bobsleigh (3 gold, 1 silver)
1976 1980 HP
two-man gold silver 13000
four-man gold gold 9600
22600

In 1976, he was partner to Meinhard Nehmer in the 2-man crew, in 1980 they were in separate sleighs, and Nehmer finished third, Germeshausen second. They were twice in the same 4-man crew.


Maurice Germot

B. 1882-11-17, France; D. 1958-08-06
Tennis (2 gold, 1 silver)
1906 1908 1912 HP
Men's Singles silver QF 4288.1
Men's Singles, Covered Courts R2 65.94
Men's Doubles gold 3600
Men's Doubles, Covered Courts gold 4800
12754


Pierre Gervais

Olympic Competitor nr 414


Vania Gesheva

B. 1960-06-06, Brestovitsa, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Canoeing (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1980 1988 HP
K1 500 m silver gold 16250
K2 500 m silver 3000
K4 500 m bronze 1280
20530


Édouard Geynet

Olympic Competitor nr 851


Written 2001-02-04 - last modified 2002-10-31

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