Mia - Mic - Mid - Mie - Mik - Mil - Mim - Min - Mis - Mit - Miy
Olympic Competitor nr 383
Olympic Competitor nr 1321
Olympic Competitor nr 1095
Olympic Competitor nr 726
Olympic Competitor nr 678
Olympic Competitor nr 1155
Owner of two boats - if he sailed at all, I put him in the smaller of the two
Olympic Competitor nr 456
competed in 2004 as
Australia
Diving (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | gold | 6400 | |
| Synchronized Springboard | fourth | bronze | 3120 |
| Springboard | 7th | 400 | |
| 9920 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1435
Olympic Competitor nr 727
B. 1949, Finland
Nordic Skiing (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | fourth | 10th | silver | fourth | 8030 |
| 30 km | - | fourth | 7th | 8th | 2256 |
| 50 km | - | 34th | silver | 10th | 4100 |
| 4 x 10 km | fifth | gold | bronze | bronze | 3912.5 |
| 18298.5 |
One of the most unlucky competitors in Olympic history. In 1972, he missed
a bronze on 0.06 seconds, but in 1980 he did even better : 0.01 sec behind
the gold medal position, after 42 minutes ! (in 1984, he needed 20 seconds
for bronze - a more comfortable defeat)
Finland
Nordic Combined (1 silver)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | silver | fourth | 23rd | fourth | 11880 |
| 11880 |
B. 1904-10-02, Töss, Zürich, Switzerland; D. 1999, Lugano
Gymnastics (4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual combined | 23rd | gold | - | 14th | 6416.256 |
| Team | bronze | gold | - | silver | 4050 |
| Floor Exercises | silver | gold | 2600 | ||
| Horizontal Bar | fifth | gold | - | 20th | 1850.25 |
| Pommeled Horse | 14th | silver | - | 11th | 1020 |
| Vaults | fourth | - | 8th | 464.025 | |
| Vault | 25th | ||||
| Sidehorse Vault | 42nd | ||||
| Parallel Bars | 21st | 30th | - | 27th | 0.1725 |
| Rings | 45th | 8th | - | 64th | 64 |
| Rope Climbing | 31st | 0.0016 | |||
| 16464.7 |
His life has been devoted to gymnastics, beginning at thirteen, as an
international competitor since 1922 and then as instructor, propagandist,
designer of apparatus and trousers, and writer. He was also twice world champion,
in 1931 and 1934.
He was born with the German first name Georg, competed under the French name
Georges, and was known in the later part of his life as the Italian Giorgio,
a true Swiss.
Switzerland did not send a team to Los Angeles, which made that Miez could
not participate in the Individual Combined. He was able to compete in the
apparatus events, but after he received only silver from the mostly Italian
and Hungarian judges, he said "if I cannot win gold in my best discipline,
I won't bother with the others".
Olympic Competitor nr 183
Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | gold | gold | silver | 12600 |
| 12600 |
Cuba
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -100 kg | gold | fifth | 15750 | |
| -130 kg | fifth | |||
| 15750 |
B. 1969, Armenia
Weight-Lifting (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -67.5 kg | silver | gold | 20700 | |
| -70 kg | sixth | |||
| 20700 |
He represented the Soviet Union at Soul, the Unified team at Barcelona, and Armenia at Atlanta
Canada
Equestrianism, Jumping (1 silver)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | 14th | 15th | 54th | 47th | 13th | 23rd | 64.8200052 | ||||
| Team | sixth | fifth | fourth | fourth | 9th | 16th | 9th | silver | 2520.76 | ||
| 20 | 12.5 | -6.2 | -5.5 | 32 | 0.32 | 2585.58 |
Joint record holder, with Hubert Raudaschl, of the most olympic participations (nine). He would have made ten but for the boycot of Moskva.
Olympic Competitor nr 606
USA
Alpine Skiing (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super-G | - | - | dnf | silver | 4000 |
| Downhill | - | - | fifth | bronze | 3560 |
| Giant Slalom | dnf | silver | 7th | - | 4400 |
| Slalom | dnf | 24th | dnf | 0.1 | |
| Combined | - | silver | dnf | gold | 13000 |
| 24960.1 |
B. 1977, USA
Gymnastics (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)
(102 HP)
Olympic Competitor nr 356
B. 1878-05-17, Great Britain; D. 1946-11-12
Tug-of-War (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tug of War | gold | silver | gold | 11400 |
| 11400 |
(126 HP)
Romania
Gymnastics (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
With thanks to William Noel for pointing out his favourite gymnast who has
six medals.
(100 HP)
Olympic Competitor nr 357
B. 1921-01-01, Algeria, represented France
Track and Field (1 gold, 3 silver)
| 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5000 m | Q:6th | silver | 4004.32 | |
| 10000 m | silver | silver | 8000 | |
| Marathon | gold | 9600 | ||
| 21604.32 |
He took three olympic silver medals behind Emil Zátopek, and a further two at the European championships in 1950. At Helsinki in the 10000 m, Zátopek was 15 sec ahead of Mimoun, who had a same lead over the rest of the field. He had his revenge at Melbourne when Zátopek could only finish sixth in the Marathon.
B. 1933-05-21, Klin, Moskva, Russia, competed for the Soviet Union; D.
1993-12-08
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1952 | 1956 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featherweight | silver | gold | 15600 |
| 15600 |
Olympic Competitor nr 823
Olympic Competitor nr 1144
B. 1970-10-29, Ukraine
Gymnastics (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
Competed for the Unified team in 1992, for the Ukraine in 1996
(86 HP)
Olympic Competitor nr 158
competed in 1984 as
and in 1988 as
Germany
Speed Skating (1 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3000 m | silver | fourth | gold | silver | 20000 |
| 1500 m | 10th | sixth | silver | bronze | 8030 |
| 1000 m | - | - | silver | fourth | 5600 |
| 5000 m | silver | 4000 | |||
| 500 m | - | - | - | 10th | 100 |
| 37730 |
B. 1958-12-20, Japan
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1984 | 1988 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welterweight | gold | silver | 15600 |
| 15600 |
B. 1939-11-24, Japan
Weight-Lifting (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -56 kg | silver | 41400 | |||
| -60 kg | gold | gold | fourth | ||
| 41400 |
His brother Yoshiyuki won bronze at Mexico.
With thanks to Stepas Misiunas from Kaunas.
Written 2001-06-10 - last modified 2002-10-30
This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.