Great Olympians

Biographies - PED

James Douglas "Doug" Peden

B. 1916-04-18, Victoria, BC, Canada; D. 2005-04-11
Basketball (1 silver)

	1936	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Claude "Rusty" Peden

B. 1919-01-06, Victoria, BC, Canada; D. 1999
Road Cycling

	1936	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	ac	0.000015
Men's Road Race, Team	ac	20.25
		20.250015

Torchy Peden

B. 1906-04-16, Victoria, BC, Canada; D. 1980-01-26
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track

	1928	HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial	63rd	-
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team	14th	4
Men's Team Pursuit	QF	430.5
		434.5

Aage Høy Pedersen

B. 1898-11-04, Ordrup, Denmark; D. 1967-12-29
Sailing (1 silver)

	1924	1928	HP
Olympic Monotype	17th		2006
6 Metres Class		silver	2006
			2006

Alex Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 5522

1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - fourth
1912-07-12-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, round one - third

Alf Pedersen

B. 1904-01-20, Bergen, Norway; D. 1925-03-03
Boxing

	1924	HP
Men's Welterweight (-66.7 kg)	R1	1.253
		1.253

Anders Pedersen

B. 1899-12-16, København, Denmark; D. 1966-04-28
Bowing (1 silver)

	1920	HP
Men's Flyweight (-50.8 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Arne Pedersen

B. 1917-09-07, København, Denmark; D. 2001-09-15
Track Cycling

	1936	HP
Men's 1000m Time Trial	fifth	1500
Men's Team Pursuit	8th	192
		1692

Bent Lassen Pedersen

B. 1945-07-24, Lyngby, Denmark
Cycling - Track & Cycling - Track

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	QU:13th		19.2
Men's Road Race		dnf	-22.24
			19.2

Bjarne Pedersen

B. 1944-01-18, Aalborg, Denmark
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:5th	12
		12

Carl Frederik Pedersen

B. 1883-12-09, København, Denmark; D. 1967-01-11
Football (1 gold)

	1906	HP
Men's Team	gold	2400
		2400

Olympic Competitor nr 2801

1906-04-24-12:00 - Football - final - won (1200)

Carl Alfred Pedersen

B. 1882-05-05, Oslo, Norway; D. 1960-06-25
Gymnastics & Athletics - Track & Field

	1906	1908	1912	HP
Men's Triple Jump	8th			288
Men's Team Combined, Swedish System	gold	silver	bronze	2590
				2878

Olympic Competitor nr 2423

1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - first (1200)
1906-04-30-15:30 - Athletics - Triple Jump - eighth (288)
1908-07-16-15:15 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Norway - second (750)
1912-07-08-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - third (640)

Carl Emil Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 7293

1920-07-29-10:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 300m, prone, team - 13th (1.6)
1920-08-02-08:00 - Shooting - Free Pistol, team - eighth (64)
1920-08-02-11:00? - Shooting - Free Pistol - AC (0.026)

Carl Frederik Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6737

1912-07-17-11:20 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, inriggers, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-17-18:00 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, inriggers, semifinal - raced alone (Q)
1912-07-18-19:10 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, inriggers, final - first (4800)

Carl Julius Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6336

1912-07-10-11:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - third (640)
1912-07-12-09:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (4 events) - 35th

Christian Møller Pedersen

B. 1889-10-27, Holstebro, Denmark; D. 1953-03-22
Gymnastics (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Team combined, Free system	gold	1600
		1600

(Peter) Christian Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 3261

1908-07-09-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day one
1908-07-10-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day two - fourth (300)
1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, 3 positions - 18th (1.92)

Dynes Pedersen

B. 1893-05-26, Sunds, Denmark; D. 1960-12-28
Gymnastics (1 silver)

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

Egon Pedersen

B. 1946-04-20, Halsnæs, Denmark
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	sixth	480
		480

Ejvind Bue Stampe Pedersen

B. 1950-03-22, København, Denmark
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke	SF:16th	SF:10th	106.4
Men's 200 metres Backstroke	R1:10th	R1:14th	116
			222.4

Erik Bue Pedersen

B. 1952-01-22, Århus, Denmark
Handball

	1980	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

Erik Hovald Pedersen

B. 1955-09-20, Fredrikstad, Norway
Ice Hockey

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

Erna Rahbek Pedersen

B. 1926-10-06, København, Denmark
Archery

	1972	HP
Women's Individual	26th	0.096
		0.096

Ernst Emil Pedersen

B. 1936-10-08, Tjæreby, Denmark
Shooting

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Skeet	10th		14th	174
				174

Finn Pedersen

B. 1925-07-30, Roskilde, Denmark; D. 2012-01-14
Rowing (1 gold)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	gold			8410
Men's Coxless Pairs			SF:4th	8410
				8410

Flemming Pedersen

B. 1947-09-02, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Football

	1972	HP
Men's Team	(SF:3rd)	164
		164

Gerhard Sigvald Pedersen

B. 1912-04-09, Esjberg, Denmark; D. 1987-06-04
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Welterweight (-66.7 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

Gunnar Dakin Pedersen

B. 1924-09-23, Århus, Denmark
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	132nd	-
Men's Team All-Around	15th	2.5
Men's Floor Exercise	159th	-
Men's Horse Vault	98th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	158th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	114th	-
Men's Rings	127th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	133rd	-
		2.5

Haakon Pedersen

B. 1906-10-09, Oslo, Norway; D. 1991-09-07
Speed Skating

	1928	1932	HP
Men's 500 m	sixth	R1:4th	708
			708

Hans Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6114

1912-07-08-16:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - second (1000)
1920 1000
bonus 200

Hans Eiler Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6115

1912-07-08-16:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - second (1000)

Hans Laurits Pedersen

B. 1878-11-07, Odense, Denmark; D. 1957-05-13
Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1906	HP
Team combined, Swedish system	silver	750
		750

Olympic Competitor nr 2424

1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - second (750)

Hans-Erik Pedersen

B. 1943-12-10, Vejle, Denmark
Boxing

	1964	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Helmer Orla Leif Pedersen

B. 1930-03-28, København, Denmark, represented New Zealand; D. 1987-08-24
Sailing (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	gold	8000
		8000

Ingolf Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 5274

1912-06-30-16:30 - Football - quarterfinal - lost (Qc)
1912-07-01-11:00 - Football - consolation round - lost (54)

Jarle Pedersen

B. 1955-06-15, Alta, Norway
Speed Skating

	1980	HP
Men's 500 metres	sixth	640
		640

Johannes Pedersen

B. 1892-04-26, Kimmerslev, Denmark; D. 1982-01-17
Gymnastics (1 silver)

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

John Hugo Pedersen

B. 1961-07-13, Moss, Norway
Fencing

	1984	HP
Épée, Individual	55th	-6.45
Épée, Team	11th	22.75
		22.75000045

John Wang Pedersen

B. 1948-03-31, Guldborgsund, Denmark
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Middleweight (-82 kg)	15th	15
		15

Jørgen Vagn Pedersen

B. 1959-10-08, København, Denmark
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track

	1980	1984	HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	10th		75
Men's Individual Pursuit		fifth	1500
Men's Team Pursuit		fifth	750
			2325

Karl Pedersen

B. 1902-01-23, Oslo, Norway; D. 1988-10-07
Wrestling - Greco-Roman

	1928	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	10th	150
		150

Kristian Rudolf Pedersen

B. 1920-09-17, Horsens, Denmark; D. 1999-11-24
Cycling - Road

	1948	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	27th	0.05
Men's Road Race, Team	dnf	0.025
		0.075

(Oluf) Kristian (Edvin) Pedersen

B. 1878-03-14, København, Denmark; D. 1917-03-08
Gymnastics (1 silver, 1 bronze))

	1906	1908	1912	HP
Team combined, Swedish system	silver			750
Team combined, Free system			bronze	640
				1390

Olympic Competitor nr 2425

1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - second (750)
1912-07-10-11:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - third (640)

Maya Pedersen

B. 1972-11-27, Bern, Switzerland
Skeleton (1 gold)

2002 2006 2010 HP

Women fifth gold 9th 11340

11340

	2002	2006	2010	HP
Women	fifth	gold	9th	11340
				11340

Mogens Pedersen (1)

B. 1937-12-15, Avnede, Denmark
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:3rd	10.88
		10.88

Mogens Pedersen (2)

B. 1937-12-15, Avnede, Denmark
Rowing

	1968	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	10th	75
		75

Niels Pedersen

B. 1888-08-05, Brenderup, Denmark; D. 1968-01-04
Athletics

	1912	1920	HP
Men's 3000 m Walk		11th	64
Men's 10 km Walk	R1:dq	R1:dq	0.64
			64.64

Olympic Competitor nr 5963

1912-07-08-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 10 km Walk, round one - DQ (0.384)

Niels Peder Holm Pedersen

B. 1954-01-15, Faaborg-Midtfyn, Denmark
Shooting

	1984	HP
Men's Air Rifle	20th	1
		1

Olaf Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6116

1912-07-08-16:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - second (1000)

Ole Højlund Pedersen

B. 1943-02-17, Århus, Denmark
Cycling - Road

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Road Race	15th	26th	15.096
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	7th	fourth	1500
			1515.096

Ole Jacob Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 5555

1912-07-06-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - third (0.473)
1912-07-09-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - AC
1912-07-12-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-12-16:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, semifinals - fifth (0.311)

Paul Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 3945

1908-07-16-15:15 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Norway - second (750)
1912-07-08-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - third (640)

(Jens) Peder (Villiam Andreas) Pedersen

B. 1882-09-12, København, Denmark; D. 1966-11-05
Football (1 gold)

	1906	HP
Men's Team	gold	2400
		2400

Olympic Competitor nr 2591

1906-04-23-12:00 - Football - match two - won
1906-04-24-12:00 - Football - final - won (2400)

Peder Pedersen

B. 1945-11-03, Nørre Nærå, Denmark; D. 2015-01-09
Cycling - Track (1 gold)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep2:3rd	Rep1:FI	Rep2;2nd	64.001
Men's Team Pursuit		(gold)		3000
				3064.001

Peder Dorf Pedersen

B. 1897-01-28, Rostrup, Denmark; D. 1967-09-13
Gymnastics (1 silver)

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

Peder Larsen Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6117

1912-07-08-16:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - second (1000)

Per Johnny Pedersen

B. 1964-04-05, Thisted, Denmark
Road Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Road Race	24th	0.24
		0.24

Poul Ebbesen Pedersen

B. 1932-10-31, Århus, Denmark; D. 2016-12-23
Football (1 silver)

	1960	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Roar Pedersen

B. 1927-11-24, Drammen, Norway; D. 1989-11-09
Ice Hockey

	1952	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

Rudolf Pedersen

B. 1934-11-18, København, Denmark
Wrestling - Greco-Roman

	1960	HP
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)	17th	6
		6

Sue Pedersen

B. 1953-10-16, Sacramento, Cal., USA
Swimming (2 gold, 2 silver)

1968 HP

100 m Free-style silver 4000

200 m Individual Medley silver 4000

400 m Individual Medley fourth 1600

4x100 m Free-style Relay gold 1600

4x100 m Medley Relay gold 1600

12800

Svend Ove Pedersen

B. 1920-10-31, Frederiksværk, Denmark; D. 2009-08-03
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	bronze	3200
		3200

Terje Olav Pedersen

B. 1943-02-09, Oslo, Norway
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Javelin Throw	FI:dns	QU:13th	76.8
			76.8

Thor Inge Oluf Pedersen

B. 1924-08-31, Bergen, Norway; D. 2008-08-15
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1948	HP
Men's Eights	bronze	1280
		1280

Trygve Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 7106

1920-07-07-11:20 - Sailing - 6 Meter class (1907 rating), race one - first
1920-07-08-12:00?- Sailing - 6 Meter class (1907 rating), race two - fourth
1920-07-09-11:10 - Sailing - 6 Meter class (1907 rating), race three - fourth - ranking equal third
1920-07-10-14:00 - Sailing - 6 Meter class (1907 rating), race-off - first - final ranking third (1920)

Viggo Pedersen

Olympic Competitor nr 6680

1912-07-15-14:15 - Athletics (track & field) - Cross-Country - 23rd (0.23) & Team - fifth (250)

Wigmar Ingers Edvard Pedersen

B. 1946-10-09, Århus, Denmark
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase	R1:12th	-5.86
		0.0000086

Carlo Pedersoli

B. 1929-10-31, Napoli, Italy; D. 2016-06-27
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	1956	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	SF:12th	SF:16th	46.4
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay	R1:15th		2.5
			48.9

He later became better known as Bud Spencer, acting in so-called "Spaghetti Westerns".

Pédery Árpád

Olympic Competitor nr 6435

1912-07-11-10:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, European system - second (1000)

Dimitrios Pediadis

from Peiraias, Greece
Rowing

	1906	HP
Coxed Fours	sixth	360
		360

Olympic Competitor nr 2634

1906-04-24-08:30 - Rowing - Coxed Fours - sixth (360)

Vincenzo Pedicone

B. 1956-03-22, Montorio al Vomano, Italy
Weightlifting

	1980	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	10th	150
		150

Ryszard Pędrak

B. 1932-05-17, Lvov (now Lviv in Ukraine), represented Poland; D. 2004-02-03
Luge

	1964	HP
Doubles	fifth	1250
		1250

Aldo Antonio Pedrana

B. 1934-04-11, Bormio, Italy
Nordic Combined

	1956	HP
Men's Individual	31st	0.0096
		0.0096

Fabrizio Pedranzini

B. 1954-03-14, Valfurva, Italy
Cross-Country Skiing

	1976	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	53rd	-6.26
		0.000000256

José Pedraza Zúñiga

B. 1937-09-19, La Mojonera, Mich., Mexico; D. 1998-06-01
Athletics (1 silver)

	1968	HP
Men's 20 km Walk	silver	4000
Men's 50 km Walk	8th	256
		4256

Rubens Pedrazzi

B. 1907, Modena, Italy; D. 1980
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Sculpture - unknown event	AC	0.083
		0.083

Waldemar Pedrazzi

B. 1955-04-07, represented Uruguay
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track

	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-22.24
Men's Team Pursuit	QU:16th	4.8
		4.8

Mario Pedretti

B. 1948-02-07, Verbania, Italy
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1972	HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 m	fourth	800
		800

Paolo Pedretti

B. 1906-01-22, Orsenigo, Italy; D. 1983-02-22
Cycling - Track (1 gold)

	1932	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	gold	4800
		4800

Camilo Pedro

B. 1932-08-03, represented Hong Kong
Shooting

	1976	HP
Free Pistol	46th	-5.96
		0.0000096

Italo Pedroncelli

B. 1935-11-23, Madesimo, Italy; D. 1987
Alpine Skiing

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Downhill		24th		0.16
Men's Giant Slalom		19th	18th	4.16
Men's Slalom	dnf	11th	11th	128
				132.32

Angelo Paolo Pedroni

B. 1943-10-06; Cremona, Italy
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1964	HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres	sixth	320
		320

Silvio Pedroni

B. 1918-01-24, Castelverde, Italy; D. 2003-06-13
Cycling - Road

	1948	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	10th	125
Men's Road Race, Team	fourth	400
		525

Héctor Pedroso García

B. 1950-01-22, represented Cuba
Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	fifth	500
		500

Ivan Pedroso

B. 1972-12-17, Cuba
Athletics (1 gold)

1992 1996 2000 2004 HP

Long Jump fourth 12th gold 7th 15825

2400 60 9600 600 15825

Pablo Pedroso Torriente

B. 1959-08-10, represented Cuba
Handball

	1980	HP
Men's Team	11th	32
		32

Eugeniusz Pędzisz

B. 1946-02-21, Zielona Góra, Poland
Shooting

	1968	1972	1976	1980	HP
Free Rifle	20th	19th			3.9
Small−Bore Rifle, 3 Positions		36th	14th	8th	272.00064
					275.90064

Written 2002-08-22 - last modified 2024-08-18

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	1968	HP
100 m Free-style	silver	4000
200 m Individual Medley	silver	4000
400 m Individual Medley	fourth	1600
4x100 m Free-style Relay	gold	1600
4x100 m Medley Relay	gold	1600
		12800

	1992	1996	2000	2004	HP
Long Jump	fourth	12th	gold	7th	15825
	2400	60	9600	600	15825