Great Olympians

Biographies - NIL

Nil Kyaw Yin

B. 1925-06-06, represented Burma (now Myanmar)
Weightlifting

	1952	HP
Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	14th	24
		24

Nil Tun Maung

B. 1931-09-30, Mergui, Burma (now Myanmar)
Weightlifting

	1952	1956	1960	HP
Featherweight (-60 kg)	14th			408.0038
Lightweight (-67.5 kg)		8th	dnf	408.0038
				408.0038

Patrick Joseph Nilan

B. 1941-06-30, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hockey (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team	bronze	silver	fifth	4158
				4158

Nyein Nil Ba

B. 1923-11-01, Mandalay, Myanmar (then Birma); D. 1979-07-08
Boxing

	1952	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R1	1.165
		1.165

Alexandru Nilca

B. 1945-11-06, Târgu Mureȗ, Romania
Fencing (1 bronze)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	(bronze)	fifth	650
			650

Nathaniel Niles

B. 1886-07-05, Boston, Mass., USA; D. 1932-07-11
Figure Skating

	1920	1924	1928	HP
Men's Individual	sixth	sixth	15th	1935
Mixed Pairs	fourth	sixth	9th	3000
				4935

Olympic Competjtor nr 7049

1920-04-25-11:00 - Figure Skating - Men, compulsory figures 1
1920-04-25-14:00 - Figure Skating - Men, compulsory figures 2
1920-04-26-10:00 - Figure Skating - Men, compulsory figures 3
1920-04-26-21:00 - Figure Skating - Pairs - fourth (2000)
1920-04-27-21:00 - Figure Skating - Men, free skating - sixth (960)

James "Jim" Nill

B. 1958-04-11, Hanna, Alb., Canada
Ice Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Boonlert Nilpirom

B. 1947-09-10, Krung Thep, Thailand
Football

	1968	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

Adolf Nilsen

B. 1895-03-03, Stavanger, Norway; D. 1983-10
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Men's Eights	bronze	1280
		1280

Birger Nicolai Nilsen

B. 1881-07-23, Kragerø, Norway; D. 1981-06
Gymnastics

	1904	HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined	82nd	-12.30
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports	67th	-10.75
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work	85th	-13.19
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Team	sixth	120
		120

Olympic Competitor nr 1776

1904-07-01-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual gymnastics - 85th
1904-07-02-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual athletics - 67th - Individual combined - 82nd - Team - sixth (120)

Apparently he was still a Norwegian citizen when he registered for the US draft to WWI,

Birger Nilsen

B. 1896-10-10, Oslo, Norway; D. 1968-10-19
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1928	HP
Men's Lightweight (-66 kg)	BrFi	2400
		2400

Bjørn Hervik Nilsen

B. 1937-06-15, Stavanger, Norway; D. 1966-02-06
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:6th	0.0000000059
Men's 200 metres	R1:3rd	0.025
		0.0250000059

Einar Nilsen

B. 1901-11-18, Drammen, Norway
Bowing

	1920	HP
Men's Flyweight (-50.8 kg)	R1	79.13
		79.13

Erling Nilsen

B. 1910-12-30, Moss, Norway; D. 1984-04-22
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+79.4 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

Harald Nilsen

B. 1955-02-09, Flekkefjord, Norway
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1976	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 500 metres	SF:5th	17.2
		17.2

Henrik Nilsen

B. 1896-11-03, Bergen, Norway; D. 1973-08-08
Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1920	HP
Men's Team combined, Free system	silver	1000
		1000

Henry Nilsen

B. 1961-04-12, Trondheim, Norway
Speed Skating

	1984	HP
Men's 10000 metres	eighth	256
		256

Kristoffer Nilsen

B. 1901-05-23, Oslo, Norway; D. 1975-09-06
Boxing

	1924	HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)	R1	1.165
		1.165

Laila Schou Nilsen

B. 1919-03-18, Oslo, Norway; D. 1998-07-30
Alpine Skiing (1 bronze)

	1936	1948	HP
Women's Combined	bronze	13th	3859.2
Women's Downhill		7th	300
Women's Slalom		14th	16
			4175.2

Nils Kristian Nilsen

B. 1952-12-29, Oslo, Norway
Ice Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	QU:6th	26
		26

He was also on the team in 1972, but did not play.

Olav Nilsen

B. 1902-04-05, Oslo, Norway; D. 1944-04-25
Boxing

	1928	HP
Men's Flyweight (-50.8 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Rune Nilsen

B. 1923-09-15, Halden, Norway; D. 1998-07-19
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Triple Jump	fifth	1500
		1500

Svein Erik Nilsen

B. 1944-07-25, Bærum, Norway
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	Rep:3rd	10.88
		10.88

Thor Sverre Nilsen

B. 1931-10-05, Bærum, Norway
Rowing

	1952	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	2Rep:2nd	324
		324

Tore Falch Nilsen

B. 1948-03-27, Oslo, Norway; D. 2008-06-08
Ice Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	Prel:6th	26
		26

Oddvar Wenner Nilssen

B. 1920-10-22, Oslo, Norway; D. 1979-04-15
Shooting

	1952	HP
Rapid−Fire Pistol	37th	0.0006
		0.0006

(Karl) Åke Nilsson (1)

B. 1937-12-12, Nyköping, Sweden
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1960	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 4x500 metres Relay	SF:3rd	68
		68

(Karl) Åke Nilsson (2)

B. 1945-04-29, Bollnäs, Sweden
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's Javelin Throw	sixth	960
		960

(Nils) Åke Nilsson

B. 1927-09-10, Storlien, Sweden; D. 1991-09-05
Alpine Skiing

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Men's Downhill	38th	27th		0.040192
Men's Combined	19th			1.2
Men's Giant Slalom		21st	20th	1.64
Men's Slalom	dnf	18th	14th	18.56
				21.440192

Arto Harald Nilsson

B. 1948-03-19, Helsinki, Finland; D. 2019-07-11
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Men's Light−Welterweight (-63.5 kg)	bronze	3120
		3120

August Nilsson

B. 1872-10-15, Eslöv, Sweden; D. 1921-05-23
Track and Field & Tug of War (1 gold)

	1900	HP
Men's Pole Vault	8th	384
Men's Shot Put	9th	240
Men's Tug of War	gold	3200
		3824

Olympic Competitor nr 829

1900-07-14-10:55 - Athletics Field - Shot Put, qualification - ninth (240)
1900-07-15-16:30 - Athletics Field - Pole Vault - eighth (384)
1900-07-16-16:00? - Tug of War - won (3200)

Axel-Herman Nilsson

B. 1894-12-31, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1969-05-12
Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined

	1924	1928	HP
Men's Ski Jumping	sixth	fourth	3360
Men's Nordic Combined	fifth		1500
			4860

(Nils) Bengt Nilsson

B. 1934-02-17, Härnösand, Sweden; D. 2018-05-11
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:26th	0.096
		0.096

Herman Bernhard "Bernt" Nilsson

B. 1939-08-22, Göteborg, Sweden
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	HP
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke	R1:23rd	0.32
		0.32

(Stig) Börje (Lennart) Nilsson

B. 1935-06-28, Emmaboda, Sweden
Shooting

	1968	HP
Free Pistol	26th	0.096
		0.096

Carin Nilsson

B. 1904-12-10, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1999-12-20
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	SF:6th	4.32
Women's 300 m Freestyle	SF:3rd	256
Women's 4x100 m Free-style Relay	bronze	640
		900.32

Carl Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 6629

1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - 32nd (0.006)

Christopher William Bunny "Chris" Nilsson

B. 1947-02-16, Hastings, New Zealand
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	sixth	480
		480

Dagmar Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 6408

1912-07-10-20:00? - Diving - Women's Platform (5 & 10m), qualifying - tenth (150)

Einar Nilsson

B. 1891-06-08, Råneå, Sweden; D. 1937-02-22
Athletics

	1912	1920	HP
Men's Shot Put	7th	fifth	1900
Men's Shot Put, two-handed	fifth		1000
Men's Discus Throw	QU:10th		100
Men's Discu Throw, two-handed	QU:4th		1600
Men's Pentathlon	14th		16
Men's Decathlon	dnf		0.016
			4616.016

Olympic Competitor nr 5904

1912-07-07-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event one : long jump
1912-07-07-13:50? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon; event two : javelin throw
1912-07-07-14:15? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event three : 200 meters - 14th (16)
1912-07-10-09:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, qualifying, group one & two - seventh (400)
1912-07-11-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, two-handed, qualification - fifth (1000)
1912-07-12-09:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group one - tenth (100)
1912-07-13-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Decathlon, day one
1912-07-13-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, qualification - fourth (1600)
1912-07-14-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Decathlon, day two - DNF (0.016)

Eric Nils Nilsson

B. 1926-12-26, Ånge, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 3000m Steeplechase	R1:11th	0.0078
		0.0078

Erik Henry Sixten Nilsson

B. 1916-08-06, Limhamm, Sweden; D. 1995-09-09
Football (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Team	gold	bronze	4480
			4480

Ernst Nilsson

B. 1891-05-10, Malmö, Sweden; D. 1971-02-11
Greco-Roman Wrestling & Freestyle Wrestling (1 bronze)

	1912	1920	1924	HP
GR Men's Middleweight B (-82.5 kg)	R4			1716
GR Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg)		QF	R4	1716
FR Men's Heavyweight (+80 kg)		bronze		6240
FR Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg)			fourth	6240
				7956

Olympic Competitor nr 6078

1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round one - lost
1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round two - won by fall
1912-07-08-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round three - won by fall
1912-07-10-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round four - lost - eliminated (384)

In the Freestyle in Antwerpen, he wrestled with Fred Meyer for half an hour for the bronze medal, after which it was called a draw and both fighters received a bronze.

Evert Nilsson

B. 1894-10-22, Gamleby, Sweden; D. 1973-02-14
Athletics

	1920	1924	HP
Men's Decathlon	fifth	dnf	1000.00064
Men's Pentathlon	10th	9th	260
			1260.00064

Folke Nilsson

B. 1907-06-23, Uppsala, Sweden; D. 1980-06-21
Cycling - Road

	1932	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	21st	0.8
Men's Road Race, Team	(bronze)	-
		0.8

Gunnar Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 6509

1912-07-12-10:30? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group three - 23rd (0.256)
1912-07-13-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, qualification - tenth (100)

(Nils) Gunnar (Lorentz) Nilsson

B. 1923-03-03, Grevie, Sweden; D. 2005-05-12
Boxing (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+80 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Gustaf Nilsson

B. 1899-03-02, Landskrona, Sweden; D. 1980-01-26
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1920	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	R2	40.5
		40.5

Hans Evert Nilsson

B. 1946-09-05, Nyköping, Sweden
Canoeing - Sprint Kayak

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres	fourth	8th	928
			928

Harry Nilsson

B. 1897-05-09, Källna, Sweden; D. 1970-05-29
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1924	HP
FR Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	QF	492
GR Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	R4	101.4
		593.4

Ingeborg Margrethe Nilsson

B. 1924-11-23, Oslo, Norway; D. 1995-02-03
Figure Skating

	1952	HP
Women's Singles	24th	0.24
		0.24

Ivar Bengt Nilsson

B. 1933-06-12, Göteborg, Sweden; D. 2019-02-26
Speed Skating

	1960	1964	HP
Men's 1500 metres		19th	1.6
Men's 5000 metres	7th	7th	800
Men's 10000 metres	fourth	10th	1700
			2501.6

Jan Ragnar Nilsson

B. 1947-02-06, Ragunda, Sweden
Luge

	1968	HP
Men's Singles	23rd	0.384
Doubles	13th	32
		32.384

Johan Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 5439

1912-07-06-08:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round one - won by fall
1912-07-09-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round two - won by fall
1912-07-11-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round three - won by fall
1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round four - lost
1912-07-14-08:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round five - won by decision
1912-07-14-13:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round six - lost - eliminated (1500)

Jonas Lars Nilsson

B. 1963-03-07, Hedemora, Sweden
Alpine Skiing

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Giant Slalom		21st		0.64
Men's Slalom	fourth	sixth	eighth	2432
				2432.64

(Erling Martin) Jonny Nilsson

B. 1943-02-09, Göteborg, Sweden
Speed Skating (1 gold)

	1964	1968	HP
Men's 5000 metres	sixth	7th	1040
Men's 10000 metres	gold	sixth	7040
			8080

Karl-Erik Nilsson

B. 1922-01-04, Stehag, Sweden
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 gold, 2 bronze)

1948 1952 1956 HP

Light heavyweight (-87 kg) gold bronze bronze 21600

21600

Karl-Gustaf Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 4115

1908-07-17-15:30 - Tug-of-War - Semifinals - lost (600)

(Rolf) Kjell (Rickard) Nilsson

B. 1962-04-04, Örebrö, Sweden
Road Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Road Race	30th	0.015
		0.015

Kjell-Åke Lennart Nilsson

B. 1942-04-05, Östmark, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's High Jump	7th	sixth	1560
			1560

(Birger) Lars-Göran Nilsson

B. 1944-03-09, Jokkmokk, Sweden
Ice Hockey

	1968	1972	HP
Men"s Team	fourth	fourth	1600
			1600

Leif Krister Nilsson

B. 1952-11-16, Hässleholm, Sweden
Weightlifting

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Heavyweight (-110 kg)	7th		3000
Men's Heavyweight II (-110 kg)		fourth	3000
			3000

Magnus Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 6361

1912-07-10-14:15 - Athletics (track & field) - Pole Vault, qualifying, group one - 18th (3.84)

May Ingeborg Nilsson

B. 1921-05-05, Å,re, Sweden; D. 2009-11-07
Alpine Skiing

	1948	HP
Women's Downhill	18th	1.92
Women's Combined	15th	7.5
Women's Slalom	10th	100
		109.42

Nils Erik Nilsson

B. 1936-03-08, Forshaga, Sweden; D. 2017-06-24
Ice Hockey (1 silver)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Team	(fourth)	fifth	silver	3102
				3102

Oscar Nilsson

B. 1896-04-10, Sireköpinge, Sweden; D. 1974-05-05
Equestrianism - Miscelaneous

	1920	HP
Voltige, Individual	16th	8
		8

Oskar Nilsson

B. 1897-01-25, Ringarum, Sweden; D. 1958-03-29
Equestrianism - Miscelaneous (1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Voltige, Individual	15th	12.5
Voltige, Team	bronze	640
		652.5

Otto Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 3741

1908-07-15-11:15? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, freestyle, pool four - AC (8.528)
1908-07-16-11:40? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool six - AC (2.402)
1908-07-17-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, qualifying - third (Q)
1908-07-17-16:30? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, final - third (1920)
1912-07-06-13:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, qualifying - tenth (100)
1912-07-09-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, two-handed, group one - eighth (256)
1912-07-12-09:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group one - 40th

Ove Allan Nilsson

B. 1928-11-13, Falkenberg, Sweden; D. 2013-02-13
Rowing

	1952	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	1Rep:2nd	65
		65

Per Nilsson

Olympic Competitor nr 5994

1912-07-08-14:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - first (1600)

(Gert) Roland Nilsson

B. 1948-09-13, Oppmanna, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 50 km Race Walk	dq	-2.64
		0.0064

Roland Fritz Nilsson

B. 1924-11-26, Svandbruk, Sweden; D. 2014-02-21
Athletics

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Shot Put	QU:14th	fifth	1524
Men's Discus Throw		7th	600
			2124

(Sven Arne) Ronny Nilsson

B. 1953-06-23, Helsingborg, Sweden
Judo

	1980	HP
Men's Lightweight (-71 kg)	R2	40.5
		40.5

Stina Nilsson

B. 1993-06-24, Mora, Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

	2014	2018	HP
Sprint	10th	gold	6500
Skiathlon		10th	100
30 km Classical		bronze	2560
Team Sprint	bronze	silver	4920
4 x 5 km Relay		silver	1000
			13080

(Mari Christina) Suzanne Nilsson

B. 1966-10-25, Karlstad, Sweden
Aquatics - Swimming

	1988	HP
Women's 200 m Freestyle	18th	2.56
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	9th	40
		42.56

Sven-Åke Nilsson

B. 1951-09-13, Malmö, Sweden
Cycling - Road

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	43rd	29th	0.0240384
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	fifth	7th	1050
			1050.0240384

Sverre Nilsson

B. 1899-01-07, Oslo, Norway, lived in Malmö, represented Sweden; D. 1961-07-18
Freestyle Wrestling

	1924	HP
Men's Featherweight (-61 kg)	R2	40.5
		40.5

Thomas Hilt Nilsson

B. 1926-04-09, Ljungby, Sweden; D. 2014-11-18
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's Marathon	9th	240
		240

Tor Folke René Nilsson

B. 1919-03-20, Lund, Sweden; D. 1989-04-13
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

(Stig) Ulf Nilsson

B. 1948-02-28, Göteborg, Sweden
Sailing

	1972	HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	12th	50
		50

Written 2001-07-20 - last modified 2024-02-21

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