Great Olympians

Biographies - NI

Nic - Nie - Nik - Nil - Niv


J. Nicholas

Olympic Competitor nr 1601


Herbert Nicol

Olympic Competitor nr 1686


Lorenz Nieberl

Germany
Bobsledding (2 gold)
1952 1956 HP
Two-man gold 9th 8200
Four-man gold sixth 5280
13480


William Nieder

B. 1933-08-10, Hempstead, NY, USA
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
1956 1960 HP
Shot Put silver gold 15600
15600


Anders Peter Nielsen

B. 1867-05-25, Framlev, Århus, Denmark, D. 1950-04-16
Shooting (1 gold, 3 silver)
1900 1912 1920 1924 bonus HP
Free Rifle, combined silver 47th 4000
Free Rifle, standing 11th 16
Free Rifle, kneeling silver 1000
Free Rifle, prone silver 24th
0.16
1000.2
Free Rifle, team fourth sixth
160
56 616
Military Rifle, 300m, standing 7th 100
Military Rifle, 300m, standing, team gold 400
Small-Bore Rifle 11th
64
fourth
2400
2464
Small-Bore Rifle, team fourth 400
Free Pistol 50th 0
6416 0 964 2560.16 56 9996.16

The man who comes closest to my cut-off point of 10000 HP.

Olympic Competitor nr 1251


Hans Nielsen

Denmark
Boxing (1 gold)
1920 1924 1928 HP
Featherweight (-57.2 kg) 2nd round 12089
Lightweight (-61.2 kg) gold fourth
12089


Holger Louis Nielsen

B. 1866-12-18, Copenhagen, Denmark; D. 1955-01-26
Athletics, Fencing & Shooting (1 silver, 2 bronze)
1896 HP
Discus Throw 5th-9th 736.8
Sabre bronze 3840
Military Rifle dnf 0.00004
Military Pistol fifth 1000
Pistol bronze 2560
Free Pistol silver 4000
12137

Olympic Competitor nr 29


Yuri Nikitin

B. 1978-07-15, then Soviet Union, Ukraine
Trampolining (1 gold)
2004 2008 HP
Trampolining gold fifth 11100
11100


Elmer Konstantin Niklander

B. 1890-01-19, Finland; D. 1942-11-12
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1908 1912 1920 1924 HP
Shot Put comp. fourth silver sixth 9448
Shot Put, two-handed bronze 2560
Discus Throw comp. fourth gold seventh 14753
Discus Throw, two-handed silver 4000
Discus Throw, Greek style 9th 120
56-lb Weight Throw 8th 384
31265

His granddaughter tells the story that the train was stopped for over an hour nearby just because Elmer was still doing with the harvest work. The train waited and Elmer caught it and was able to travel to Antwerpen in time!
His nickname of Elmer was "The Canoon of Oitti".


Alexandros Nikolaidis

B. 1979-10-17, Thessaloniki, Greece
Taekwondo (2 silver)
2000 2004 2008 HP
+80 kg QF silver silver 12195
12195


Yelena Nikolayeva

B. 1966-02-01, Akshaki, Chuvashkaya Respublika, Russia, represented the Unified team in 1992
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
1992 1996 2004 HP
10 km Walk silver gold 15606
20 km Walk 17th
15606


Alexandros Nikolopoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 57


Stamatios Nikolopoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 237


August Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 829


Karl-Erik Nilsson

Sweden
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 gold, 2 bronze)
1948 1952 1956 HP
-87 kg gold bronze bronze 21600
21600


Jacques Nivière

Olympic Competitor nr 861


Roger Nivière

Olympic Competitor nr 865


Written 2001-07-20 - last modified 2002-10-31

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