Great Olympians

Biographies - PLE


Alfred Plé

B. 1888-01-09, Paris, France; D. 1980-03-04
Rowing (1 bronze)
1920 HP
Men's Double Sculls bronze 3200
3200


Lawrence Winslow "Larry" Pleau

B. 1947-06-29, Boston, Mass., USA
Ice Hockey
1968 HP
Men"s Team sixth 320
320


Nikola Plećaš

B. 1948-01-10, Bruvno, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Basketball (1 silver)
1968 1972 HP
Men's Team (silver) fifth 1300
1300


Charles Terry Pledge

B. 1887-03-09, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1962-03-31
Art Competitions
1948 HP
Architecture - Unknown Event AC 0.880
0.880


Egon Plefka

represented Czechoslovakia
Art Competitions
1936 HP
Architecture - Town Planning AC 7.078
7.078


Henri Pleger

B. 1898-10-25, Bettembourg, Luxembourg; D. 1982-07-05
Athletics
1920 HP
High Jump QU:20th 1.5
Long Jump QU:23rd 0.384
1.884


Nicolas "Nico" Pleimling

B. 1938-12-15, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Cycling - Road
1960 HP
Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial 22nd 0.3
0.3


Thomas Pleisch

B. 1913-12-17, from St. Moritz, represented Switzerland
Ice Hockey
1936 HP
Men's Team R1:4th 8.6
8.6


Michelina Plekaniec

B. 1960-09-15, Skoroczyce, Poland; D. 1991-07-22
Hockey
1980 HP
Women's Team sixth 320
320


Appolinariya Mykolaivna Plekhanova

B. 1919, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2005
Fencing
1952 HP
Women's Foil, individual SF:8th 12.3
12.3

The MADMen class her as Ukrainian, without any justification, but I shall follow suit.


William Kenneth "Bill" Plenderleith

B. 1929, Nairobi, Kenya; D. 2009-12-15
Hockey
1956 HP
Men's Team 10th 50
50


Lawrence "Larry" Plenert

B. 1953-07-17, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Volleyball
1976 HP
Men's Team 9th 80
80


Hans Plenk

B. 1938-02-21, Bad Reichenhall, Bay., Germany, represented the Federal Republic in 1968.
Luge (1 bronze)
1964 1968 HP
Men's Singles bronze sixth 4800
Doubles fourth 2000
6800


Sergey Mikhaylovich Pleshakov

B. 1957-11-02, Samara, Russia, represented the Soviet Union until 1988 and the Unified Team in 1992
Hockey (1 bronze)
1980 1984 1988 1992 HP
Men's Team bronze seventh 10th 1683
1683


Vladimir Mikhaylovich Pleshakov

B. 1957-11-02, Samara, Russia, represented the Soviet Union until 1988 and the Unified Team in 1992
Hockey (1 bronze)
1980 1984 1988 1992 HP
Men's Team bronze seventh 10th 1683
1683


Mikhail Pleshkov

Olympic Competitor nr 6704


Olga Pleshkova

B. 1956-05-09, Kirov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating
1980 1984 HP
Women's 3000 metres 9th fourth 1760
1760


Eugen Pleško

B. 1948-11-10, Zagreb, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Cycling - Road
1972 HP
Men's Road Race dnf -28.60
-28.60


Wanda Pleszczyńska

represented Poland
Art Competitions
1928 HP
Painting, Graphic Arts AC 113.9
113.9


Janež Pleteršek

B. 1960-06-19, Maribor, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Alpine Skiing
1984 HP
Men's Downhill 27th 0.04
0.04


Josef Pleticha

B. 1902-02-10, Kladno, Czechia, then part of Austria, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1951-01-06
Football
1924 HP
Men's Football R2 26.38
26.38


Joseph Pletinckx

B. 1888-06-13, Belgium; D. 1971
Aquatics - Water Polo (3 silver, 1 bronze)
1908 1912 1920 1924 bonus HP
Waterpolo silver bronze silver silver 678 7458
7458

Only the third person in history (and a Belgian just like the first two) to win a medal in the same event in four Olympiads.

Olympic Competitor nr 3892

(*) team roster unknown. There were nine Belgian waterpoloists in total, seven per team.


Otto Plettner Schön

B. 1940-09-26, Ángel Albino Corzo, Chia., Mexico
Rowing
1964 1968 HP
Men's Single Sculls 10th 275
Men's Double Sculls 10th
275


Muriel Pletts

B. 1931-02-23, Bradford, England, Great Britain
Athletics
1948 HP
Women's 4x100 m Relay fourth 400
400


Catherine Plewinski

France
Swimming
1988 1992 HP
100 m Butterfly fourth bronze 4160
50 m Free-style 7th fourth 2000
100 m Free-style bronze fifth 3560
200 m Free-style - fourth 1600
4 x 100 m Medley Relay 10th - 25
11345


Written 2002-10-30 - last modified 2023-11-12

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