Great Olympians

Biographies - NA

Nab - Nad - Nag - Nak - Nan - Nas - Nat - Nau - Naz

John Naber

B. 1956-01-20, USA
Swimming (4 gold, 1 silver)
1976 HP
100 m Backstroke gold 6400
200 m Backstroke gold 6400
200 m Free-style silver 4000
4 x 200 m Free-style Relay gold 1600
4 x 100 m Medley Relay gold 1600
20000

Aldo Nadi

B. 1899-04-29, Italy; D. 1965-11-11
Fencing (3 gold, 1 silver)
1920 HP
Foil, individual fifth 1250
Foil, team gold 1600
Épée, team gold 1600
Sabre, individual silver 5000
Sabre, team gold 1600
11050

(113 HP)

Nedo Nadi

B. 1893-06-09, Livorno, Italy; D. 1940-01-29, Roma
Fencing (6 gold)
1912 1920 HP
Foil, individual gold gold 26400
Foil, team gold 1600
Épée, team gold 1600
Sabre, individual fifth gold 11563
Sabre, team SF:3rd gold 2256
43419

The greatest and most versatile fencer of the century, he won more international success in the sport than anyone. He was the son of Beppe Nadi, already a famous fencing master. He was initially taught foil in his father's gymnasium at an extremely young age, but at fifteen he was already skilful in the other weapons. He started international competition in 1911 and won the foil at Stockholm without a single defeat. At Antwerpen, Nadi accomplished one of the great Olympic feats of all time, winning five gold medals. He is the only fencer to have won individual titles at more than one weapon, and also the only one with team titles at all three weapons.
After becoming professional and teaching in Buenos Aires he was, against all precedent, reinstated as Amateur so that he was able to become, from 1935 until his death, president of the Italian Fencing Federation.

Marie-Theres Nadig

Switzerland
Alpine Skiing (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1972 1976 1980 HP
Downhill gold - bronze 8960
Giant Slalom gold fifth - 7400
Slalom dnf dnf dnf -
16360

Georges Nagelmackers

Olympic Competitor nr 581

Nagy Timea

Hungary
Fencing - Épée (2 gold)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Épée, Individual QF gold gold 25076.25
Épée, Team fourth fourth 800
25876.25

(103)

Akinori Nakayama

B. 1943-03-01, Aichi prefecture, Japan
Gymnastics (6 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
1968 1972 HP
Individual Combined bronze bronze 5120
Team gold gold 3200
Rings gold gold 3200
Parallel Bars gold(*) fifth 1850
Horizontal Bar gold fifth 1850
Floor Exercises silver silver 2000
Vaults fifth 250
17470

(*) The gold on Parallel Bars at Mexico was joint with Mikhail Voronin.
Although already twenty-nine, he showed at München that he was still an all-round competitor.

Chuhei Nanbu

B. 1904-05-24, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; D. 1997-07-23
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1928 1932 HP
Triple Jump fourth gold 12000
Long Jump 9th bronze 4080
4x100 m Relay heats:3rd fifth 318
16398

Seresht Mohammed Nassiri

Iran
Weight-Lifting (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
-52 kg bronze 24300
-56 kg gold silver
24300

He beat Földi Imre at Mexico on bodyweight : he was 300 grams lighter than the Hungarian.

Harald Natvig

Norway
Shooting (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

(92 HP)

Nau

Olympic Competitor nr 662

Georg Naue

Olympic Competitor nr 305

Oscar Naumann

Olympic Competitor nr 1177

Armen Nazarian

B. 1974-03-09, Masis, Armenia, fought for Bulgaria from 2000 to 2004
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
-52 kg gold 35298
-58 kg gold bronze 7th/8th
35298

Vladimir Nazlymow

B. 1945-11-01, from Moskva, Russia
Fencing (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
Sabre, individual fourth bronze silver 7th 11770
Sabre, team gold silver gold gold 11600
23370

Member of the Soviet Sabre Team that won gold at Mexico City, Montreal and Moskva.

Written 2001-08-10 - last modified 2002-10-31

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