Great Olympians

Biographies - KU

Kuc - Kuh - Kul - Kun - Kur - Kus - Kuz

Tomasz Kucharski

Poland
Rowing (2 gold)
2000 2004 HP
Lightweight Double Sculls gold gold 16000
16000

Twice partnering Robert Sycz.

Wilhelm Kuhweide

Germany
Sailing (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1964 1968 1972 1976 HP
Finn gold 15th 12018.75
Star bronze 4000
Soling sixth 800
16818.75

Galina Kulakova

B. 1942-04-29, Logachi, Udmurtia, Russian Federation
Nordic Skiing (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
5 km silver gold disq sixth 13800
10 km sixth gold bronze fifth 13250
3 x 5 km bronze gold 7260
4 x 5 km gold silver
34310

A teacher of physical education and one of the best women skiers in history. She won silver and bronze at Grenoble and since then won several World and Olympic titles.
At Innsbrück in 1976, she had finished third in the 5 km, but was then disqualified when a forbidden substance was found in the nose-spray she had used to combat the flu. There had been a small epidemic and she was allowed to continue to compete, so she could win two other medals.
She is married to Alexander Tikhonov.

Kulcsár Gergely

B. 1934-03-10, Hungary
Track and Field (1 silver, 2 bronze)
1960 1964 1968 1972 HP
Javelin Throw bronze silver bronze 14th 15074.4
15074.4

Kulcsár Gyözö

BB. 1940-10-18, Hungary
Fencing (4 gold, 2 bronze)
1964 1968 1972 1976 HP
Épée, individual QF gold bronze bronze 18082.43
Épée, team gold gold gold fourth 10400
28482.43

Member of the Hungarian Epee team that won gold at Tokyo, Mexico City and München.
In the team competition of 1964 he was the best fencer, winning 20 bouts. But then he lost the individual quarter-final to a Swede who would finish only seventh.

Jerzy Kulej

B. 1940-10-19, Czestochowa, Poland
Boxing (2 gold)
1964 1968 HP
-63.5 kg gold gold 19200
19200

Began by being more interested in football and swimming, but at nineteen represented Poland in the European boxing championships and later became European Champion. At Mexico his victory over Enrique Regueiferos of Cuba was a split decision.

Yevgeny Kulikov

Soviet Union
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)
1976 1980 HP
500 m gold silver 10400
10400

Joachim Kunz

B. 1959-02-09, Stollberg, Sachsen, Germany, represented the German DR
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silver)
1980 1988 HP
Lightweight silver gold 19500
19500

Viktor Kurentsov

B. 1941-04-05, Vitebsk, Belarus, represented the Soviet Union
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silver)
1964 1968 HP
Middleweight silver gold 15600
15600

Katerina Kurkova

competed in 2008 as

Katerina Emmons

Czech Republic
Shooting (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2004 2008 HP
Air Rifle bronze gold 8960
Small-bore Rifle, 3 positions 27th silver 4000.04
12960.04

Wife of Matthew Emmons

Alexander Kurlovich

Belarus
Weightlifting (2 gold)
1988 1992 1996 HP
+110 kg gold gold fifth 31050
31050

Erwin Kurtz

Olympic Competitor nr 1125

Manfred Kurzer

Germany
Shooting (1 gold)
2000 2004 HP
Moving Target sixth gold 10560
10560

Kevin Kuske

Germany
Bobsleigh (4 gold, 1 silver)
2002 2006 2010 HP
4-man gold gold silver 18900
2-man gold gold 16000
34900

Always together with André Lange.

Olga Kuzenkova

B. 1970-10-04, Russia
Athletics (1 silver, 1 gold)
2000 2004 HP
Discus Throw silver gold 15600
15600

Afanasijs Kuzmins

B. 1947-03-22, Daugavpils, then Soviet Union, Latvia
Shooting (1 gold, 1 silver)
1976 1980 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Rapid-Fire Pistol fourth sixth gold silver 10th 8th 14th 13th 24445.5
2400 960 9600 6000 150 384 24 38.4 24445.5

Viktor Kuzkin

Soviet-Union
Ice Hockey (3 gold)
1964 1968 1972 HP
team gold gold gold 19200
19200

Member of the Soviet Ice Hockey team from 1964 to 1972, winning each time.

last modified 2002-10-30

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