Great Olympians

Biographies - KIE


Ronald Alexander "Ron" Kiefel

B. 1960-04-11, Wheat Ridge, Col., USA
Road Cycling (1 bronze)
1984 HP
Men's Road Race 9th 240
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial bronze 1920
2160


Adolph Gustav Kiefer

B. 1918-06-27, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 2017-05-05
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold)
1936 HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke gold 9600
9600


Eniko Eva Kiefer

B. 1960-08-12, Montréal, Québ., Canada
Aquatics - Diving
1976 HP
Women's Springboard QU:17th 4
4


Jakob Kiefer

B. 1919-12-03, Bad Kreuznach, R-P, Germany; D. 1991-01-18
Gymnastics
1952 1956 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 150th 42nd -
Men's Team All-Around fourth fifth 650
Men's Floor Exercise 180th 38th -
Men's Horse Vault 182nd 7th 100
Men's Parallel Bars 27th 48th 0.01
Men's Horizontal Bar 38th 22nd 0.1
Men's Rings 73rd 48th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 12th 33rd 10
760.11


Lee Kiefer

B. 1994-06-15, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Fencing (1 gold)
2012 2016 2021 HP
Women's Individual Foil QF R16 gold 10995.7875
Women's Team Foil QF fourth 597.85
11563.6375


Alfred Kieffer

B. 1904-01-11, Rumelange, Luxembourg; D. 1987-10-11
Football
1924 HP
Men's Football R2 26.38
26.38


Arnold Kieffer

B. 1910-09-30, Niederkorn, Luxembourg; D. 1991-06-28
Football
1936 HP
Men's Team R1 26.38
26.38


Charlie Kieffer

B. 1910-08-11, Philadelphia, Penn., USA; D. 1975-11-08
Rowing (1 gold)
1932 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs gold 8000
8000


Joé Kieffer

B. 1909-06-06, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg; D. 1961-12-01
Boxing
1928 HP
Men's Flyweight (-50.8 kg) R1 4.08
4.08


Sophie Kieffert-Porte

B. 1902, from Paris, represented France
Swimming
1924 HP
Women's 200 m Breaststroke R1:5th 25.8
25.8


Ferdinand Kiefler

B. 1913-08-04, Wien, Austria; D. 1945-01-13
Handball (1 silver)
1936 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000


Jan Kieft

Olympic Competitor nr 3600


René Kieft

B. 1946-09-27, Andijk, the Netherlands
Rowing
1972 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs Rep:3rd 18.13
18.13


Heinz Kiehl

B. 1943-06-06, Ludwigshafen, R-P, Germany, represented West Germany in 1968
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 bronze)
1964 1968 HP
FR Men's Light−Heavyweight (-97 kg) 7th 16th 609.6
GR Men's Light−Heavyweight (-97 kg) bronze 13th 3878.4
4488


Marina Kiehl

B. 1965-01-12, München, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany
Alpine Skiing (1 gold)
1984 1988 HP
Women's Downhill sixth gold 7040
Women's Super-G 13th 25.6
Women's Giant Slalom fifth dnf 1000.0000000016
8065.6000000016


František Kiehlmann

B. 1901-06-05, from Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1988-05-20
Athletics
1920 HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles R1:3rd 54.6
54.6


Urszula Kielan

B. 1960-10-10, Otwock, Poland
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)
1980 HP
Women's High Jump silver 6000
6000


Jan Kielas

B. 1916-07-09, Gdańsk, Poland; D. 1997-04-28
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's 3000m Steeplechase R1:7th 1.62
1.62


Jacques Kielbaye

B. 1920-07-28, Brussel, Belgium
Hockey
1948 HP
Men's team R1:3rd 136
136


Kerstin Kielgaß

Germany
Swimming (1 silver, 2 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 HP
200 m Free-style bronze - fourth 4576
400 m Free-style fifth fourth 15th 2610
800 m Free-style 9th fourth - 1760
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay qual. - qual. 128
4 x 200 m Free-style Relay silver bronze 1640
10714


Anne-Lise Elma Kielland

B. 1919-10-28, Oslo, Norway; D. 2005-07-21
Equestrianism - Dressage
1956 HP
Dressage, Individual 27th 0.05
Dressage, Team 7th 100
100.05


Sigud Kielland Brandt

B. 1886-05-19, Væggerløse, Denmark; D. 1965-02-25
Art Competitions
1924 HP
Painting 2 works 126.08
126.08


Wiesława Bogna Kiełsznia

B. 1961-06-01, Gdańsk, Poland
Rowing
1980 HP
Women's Eights sixth 320
320


Laurence Kiely

Olympic Competitor nr 4397


Thomas Francis "Tom" Kiely

B. 1869-08-25, Ballyneal, Tipperary, Ireland; D. 1951-11-06
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)
1904 HP
Men's All-Around Championship gold 7200
7200

Olympic Competitor nr 1836


Josef Kien

B. 1951-11-25, represented Austria
Diving
1972 HP
Men's Springboard QU:32nd -2.40
0.004


Peter Kienast

B. 1949-03-30, Ellbögen, Austria
Bobsleigh
1984 1988 HP
Men's Two 13th eighth 352
Men's Four 11th sixth 528
880


Ulrich Kienast

B. 1937-03-20, Danzig (now Gdańsk in Poland), represented Germany
Boxing
1956 HP
Men's Light Middleweight (-71 kg) QF 861
861


Harry J. Kiener

B. 1881-02-28, St. Louis, MO, USA, represented the Missouri AC, St. Louis; D. 1960-05-17
Basketball (1 bronze)
1904 HP
Men's Team bronze 960
960

The Missouri AC won two matches for certain, but the rosters are not known. A third match was won by forfeit, and one match was conceded after trailing 6-0. Their fifth match was against the champion team, the Buffalo Germans. They played that match with only four players and lost 97-8. Kiener was not on that team, but we can assume he played in one of the other matches.

Olympic Competitor nr 1881

(*) team roster not certainly known


René Kiener

B. 1938-05-21, Bern, Switzerland
Ice Hockey
1964 HP
Men's Team 8th 128
128


Alfred Kienzle

B. 1913-05-01, Stuttgart, B-W, Germany; D. 1940-09-04
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 silver)
1936 HP
Men's Team (silver) 800
800


Jeremiah "Jerry" Kiernan

B. 1953-05-31, Brosna, Ireland; D. 2021-01-20
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 HP
Men's Marathon 9th 240
240


Patrick Joseph Kiernan

B. 1929, represented Ireland
Equestrianism - Jumping
1956 HP
Jumping, Individual 27th 0.05
Jumping, Team 7th 100
100.05


Sanna Maiju Kiero

B. 1930-09-13, Ylämaa, Finland; D. 2010-01-31
Cross-Country Skiing
1956 HP
Women's 10 kilometres 12th 50
50


Roman Kierpacz

B. 1961-02-05, Siemianowice, Poland
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1980 1984 1988 HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg) 8th 1884
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg) fifth
1884


Janusz Kierzkowski

B. 1947-02-26, Gorzów, Poland; D. 2011-08-19
Track Cycling (1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
1000 m Time Trial bronze fifth fourth 8514
Team Pursuit QF fourth 1630.5
10144.5


Bob Kiesel

B. 1911-08-30, Sacramento, Cal., USA; D. 1993-08-06
Athletics (1 gold)
1932 HP
Men's 4x100 metres Relay gold 1600
1600


Herbert Kiesel

B. 1931-12-10, Winterthur, Switzerland; D. 2015-12-14
Bobsleigh
1964 HP
Two−Man 17th 5
Four−Man 8th 192
197


Lumír Kiesewetter

B. 1919-09-27, Litomyši, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1973-04-14
Athletics
1948 HP
Men's Javelin Throw 11th 96
96


Michel Kiesgen

B. 1933-09-15, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Artistic Gymnastics
1960 HP
Men's Individual Combined 97th -15.26
Men's Team Combined 17th 1
1


Brigitte Helene Kiesler

B. 1924-08-15, Ludwigslust, M-V; D. 2013-05-10
Gymnastics
1952 HP
Women's Individual All-Around 80th -
Women's Team All-Around fifth 250
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus fourth 400
Women's Floor Exercise 73rd -
Women's Horse Vault 27th 0.01
Women's Uneven Bars 63rd -
Women's Balance Beam 122nd -
650.01


Udo Kießling

B. 1955-05-21, Crimmitschau, Sachsen, Germany, represented West Germany until 1988
Ice Hockey (1 bronze)
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 HP
Men's Team bronze Prel:5th fifth fifth sixth 2931.5
2931.5


Brigitte "Birgit" Kiesow

B. 1957-01-17, Lübeck, S-H, Germany, represented West Germany
Rowing
1976 HP
Women's Eights fifth 500
500


Claude Herman Kietzman

B. 1918-06-07, represented South Africa; D. 1989-08-18
Rowing
1948 HP
Men's Coxless Fours SF:2nd 810
810


Cornelis Marinus "Kees" Kievit

B. 1931-06-05, Best, the Netherlands
Aquatics - Swimming
1948 HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke SF:12th 60
60


Written 2001-01-25 - last modified 2024-02-20

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