Great Olympians

Biographies - LER

Paulette le Raer

B. 1932-01-07, Saint-Malo, France
Artistic Gymnastics

	1960	HP
Women's Individual Combined	69th	-9.16
Women's Team Combined	12th	10
		10.00000000016

René Leray

B. 1901-03-24, Nantes, France; D. 1988-01-11
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 1500 m	10th	100
		100

Alfred Lerbretier

B. 1913, represented Czechoslovakia
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:3rd	51
		51

Axel Lerche

B. 1903-11-21, Årby, Denmark; D. 1949-10-03
Shooting

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol	ac	31st	0.0122
			0.0122

Dagmar Lerchová

B. 1930-10-22, represented Czechoslovakia
Figure Skating

	1948	HP
Women's Singles	13th	38.4
		38.4

Barbara Janiszewska

and in 1964 as

Barbara Sobotta

B. 1936-12-04, Poznań, Poland; D. 2000-11-20
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Women's 100 metres	R1:4th		QF:5th	2.966
Women's 200 metres	SF:6th	fifth	sixth	1692
Women's 4x100 metres Relay	R1:4th	bronze		722
				2416.966

Siegfried Lerdon

B. 1905-08-08, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; D. 1964-10-09
Fencing (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Foil, Team	bronze	640
Men's Épée, Individual	SF:7th	26
Men's Épée, Team	fourth	400
		1066

(Stephane) Joseph Leresae

B. 1937, represented Kenya
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's High Jump	18th	3.84
		3.84

Alfred Lergetporer

B. 1909-07-07, from Wien, represented Austria
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1936	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

René Lériche

from Lille, France
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1900	HP
Men's Team	R1	340
		340

Olympic Competitor nr 1327

1900-08-11-16:30 - Waterpolo - Round One - lost (-)

George Lermond

B. 1904-11-29, Nahant, Mass., USA; D. 1940-07-06
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:8th	0.272
		0.272

Leo Lermond

B. 1906-04-15, Revere, Mass., USA; D. 1986-07-04
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's 5000 m	fourth	1600
		1600

Albin Georges Lermusiaux

B. 1874-08-09, Paris, France; D. 1940-01-20
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1896	HP
Men's 800 m	FI:dns	1600
Men's 1500 m	bronze	2560
Men's Marathon	dnf	96
Men's Military Rifle	ac	1.543
		4257.543

Olympic Competitor nr 33

1896-04-06-16:35? - Athletics Track - 800 m heat two - first (Q)
1896-04-07-16:30 - Athletics Track - 1500 m - third (2560)
1896-04-08-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle day one
1896-04-09-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle - AC (1.543)
1896-04-09-14:30 - Athletics Track - 800 m final - fourth (1600)
1896-04-10-14:00 - Athletics - Marathon - DNF (96)

Alexander Lernet-Holenia

B. 1897-10-21, Wien, Austria; D. 1976-07-03
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Literature - unknown event	AC	254.5
		254.5

Liévin Lerno

B. 1927-10-03, Lokeren, Belgium; D. 2017-03
Cycling - Road

	1948	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	dnf	8x10^-17
Men's Road Race, Team	(gold)	-
		8x10^-17

He would not have gotten a gold medal under 1948 rules, and even his teammates only received their medal in 2010.

Patrick Le Rolland

B. 1943-05-15, represented France
Equestrianism - Dressage

	1972	HP
Dressage, Individual	23rd	0.32
		0.32

Kathleen Le Rossignol

from Saint Helier, Jersey, represented Great Britain
Aquatics - Diving

	1928	HP
Women's Platform	QU:8th	8.2
		8.2

Leroux

represented France
Artistic Gymnastics

	1900	HP
Men's Individual combined	122nd	-20.60
		-20.60

Olympic Competitor nr 1166

1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Georges Leroux

B. 1907, Pirmasens, Germany, lived in Haguenau, represented France
Gymnastics

	1928	HP
Men's Individual Combined (9 events)	17th	4
Men's Team Combined	fourth	400
Men's Vault	sixth	160
Men's Parallel Bars	15th	2.5
Men's Horizontal Bar	25th	0.025
Men's Rings	49th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	sixth	160
		726.525

Monique Leroux

B. 1938-08-17, Paris, France; D. 1985
Fencing

	1960	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	QF:7th	0.085
Women's Foil, Team	QF	143.5
		143.585

Leroy

represented France
Sailing

	1900	HP
3-10 ton class (1)	fifth	250
3-10 ton class (2)	fifth	250
		500

Olympic Competitor nr 438

1900-05-24-13:10? - Sailing - 3-10 ton class (1) - fifth (250)
1900-05-25-13:00 - Sailing - 3-10 ton class (2) - fifth (250)

Claude Roger Victor Leroy

B. 1935-10-02, Le Mans, France; D. 2004-04-20
Hockey

	1960	HP
Men's Team	10th	50
		50

Georges Auguste Le Roy

B. 1870-06-05, Caen, France; D. 1952-12-22
Fencing

	1900	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:ac	-4.60
		0.00006

Olympic Competitor nr 613

1900-06-02-15:00? - Fencing - Épée, Individual, round one, pool 8 - AC (-4.38)

Jéhan Raymond Le Roy

B. 1923-11-05, Dieppe, France; D. 1992-08-17
Equestrianism - Eventing (1 bronze)

	1960	1964	HP
Eventing, Individual	23rd	dnf	0.3200032
Eventing, Team	bronze	(8th)	640
			640.3200032

José Leroy

B. 1957-08-04, represented France
Boxing

	1976	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	R1	1.475
		1.475

Nicolas LeRoy

B. 1888-09-16, represented Belgium
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1924	HP
Jumping, Individual	8th	320
Jumping, Team	fourth	400
		720

Paul Leroy

represented France
Fencing

	1900	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R1:ac	-4.38
		0.000038

Olympic Competitor nr 295

1900-05-15-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual round one day two - not qualified (-4.38)

Paul Leroy

B. 1884-01-13, Bellot, France; D. 1949-04-09
Archery (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Target Archery, 28m, Team	bronze	640
Target Archery, 33m, Team	silver	1000
Target Archery, 50m, Team	silver	1000
		2640

Robert LeRoy

B. 1885-02-07, New York, NY., USA; D. 1946-09-07
Tennis (2 silver)

	1904	HP
Men's Singles	silver	3750
Men's Doubles	silver	2250
		6000

Olympic Competitor nr 2050

1904-08-31-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles round three - won (Q)
1904-08-31-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles round one - won (Q)
1904-09-01-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles quarter-finals - won (Q)
1904-09-01-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles quarter-finals - won (Q)
1904-09-02-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles semi-finals - won (Q)
1904-09-02-14:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles semi-finals - won (Q)
1904-09-03-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles finals - lost (2250)
1904-09-03-14:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles final - lost (3750)

Yves Le Roy

B. 1951-02-23, Paris, France
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Decathlon	12th	60
		60

Peter Lerpiniere

B. 1957-02-03, represented Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming

	1976	HP
Men's 200 m Backstroke	23rd	0.256
		0.256

Mario Lertora

B. 1897-09-21, Genova, Italy; D. 1939-03-28
Gymnastics (2 gold, 1 bronze)

	1924	1928	1932	HP
Men's Individual combined	10th	20th	fourth	1701
Men's Team combined	gold	sixth	gold	5040
Men's Vault	34th	46th	8th	64
Men's Parallel Bars	fifth	7th	fifth	660
Men's Horizontal Bar	12th	21st		10.16
Men's Rings	15th	24th		2.564
Men's Pommeled Horse	29th	31st		0.00416
Men's Sidehorse Vault	32nd			0.0001
Men's Rope Climbing	10th			25
				7502.72826

Alan Leslie Lerwill

B. 1946-11-15, Portsmouth, England, Great Britain; D. 2021-02-06
Athletics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:19th	7th	602.4
			602.4

Sheila W. Lerwill

B. 1928-08-16, London, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1952	HP
Women's High Jump	silver	6000
		6000

In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, she competed for Canada. But as she did not compete in any Olympics after that, no need to change the nationality we consider for her at the Olympics.

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2023-08-17

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