Great Olympians

Biographies - POD

Edoardo Podberschek

B. 1949-05-02, Gorizia, Italy
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's Hammer Throw	QU:17th	6
		6

Stephen Gregory "Steve" Podborski

B. 1957-07-25, Don Mills, Ont., Canada
Alpine Skiing (1 bronze)

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Downhill	bronze	8th	2816
			2816

Arthur "Babsie" Podestá

B. 1912-03-06, represented Malta; D. 2004-06-06
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:4th	7.25
		7.25

Horacio Podestá

B. 1911-07-26, Buenos Aires, Argentina; D. 1999-07-15
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	bronze	3200
		3200

José María Podestá

B. 1890, represented Uruguay; D. 1986
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Literature - Dramatic Works	HM	1200
		1200

Laura Magda Serena Podestà

B. 1954-04-21, Milano, Italy
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	34th	-2.16
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	13th	6.4
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	15th	2.5
		8.9016

Wilfred Podestá

B. 1912-03-06, represented Malta; D. 1973-06-30
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:4th	7.25
		7.25

Nikolay Podgornov

Olympic Competitor nr 6965

1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - seventh
1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - seventh - final ranking joint fifth (500)

Stanisław Podgórski

B. 1905-05-07, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1981-05-15
Cycling - Track

	1928	HP
Men's Tandem	R1	850
		850

Władysław Podgórski

B. 1956-07-12, Rytro, Poland; D. 1976-05-09
Cross-Country Skiing

	1976	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	44th	-4.16
Men's 30 kilometres	dnf	-9.16
Men's 4x10 km Relay	13th	6.4
		6.40001600016

Viera Podhányiová

B. 1960-09-19, Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Hockey (1 silver)

	1980	HP
Women's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Alois Podhajsky

B. 1898-02-24, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, then part of Austria-Hungary, represented Austria; D. 1973-05-23
Equestrianism - Dressage (1 bronze)

	1936	1948	HP
Dressage, Individual	bronze	7th	3700
Dressage, Team	fourth		400
			4100

Iouri Podladtchikov

B. 1988-09-13, Moskva, Russia, represented Switzerland from 2010
Snowboarding (1 gold)

	2006	2010	2014	HP
Half-Pipe	37th	fourth	gold	12000.0006
				12000.0006

Ryszard Podlas

B. 1954-07-29, Białobrzegi, Poland
Athletics - Track and Field (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Men's 4x400 m Relay	silver	1000
		1000

Rainer Podlesch

B. 1944-10-04, Dobbertin, M-V, Germany, represented West Germany
Cycling - Track & Cycling - Road (1 silver)

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	(silver)		1200
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial		19th	1.2
			1201.2

Viktor Podloucký

B. 1950-12-03, Děčín, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1976	HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres	SF:5th	8.6
		8.6

Valeriy Vasylovych Podluzhniy

B. 1952-08-22, Donetsk, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2021-10-04
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Long Jump	9th	7th	bronze	4680
				4680

Tatyana Podmaryova

B. 1958-11-29, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Diving

	1976	HP
Women's Springboard	QU:16th	6.4
		6.4

Wiesław Jerzy Podobas

B. 1936-05-20, Warszawa, Poland
Cycling - Road

	1960	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-24.60
Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial	10th	75
		75

Helmut Podolan

B. 1955-08-31, represented Austria
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 100 m Backstroke	22nd	0.4
Men's 200 m Backstroke	19th	1.6
		2

Wiktor Podoski

B. 1901-05-24, Oserna (now in Ternopil, Ukraine), represented Poland; D. 1970-07
Art Competitions

	1932	1936	HP
Painting	ac	ac	5.91
			5.91

Vladimír Podzimek

B. 1965-05-12, Jilemnice, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1994-05-17
Ski Jumping

	1984	HP
Men's Normal Hill	39th	-3.16
Men's Large Hill	eighth	256
		256.00016

Written 2012-05-10 - last modified 2023-11-08

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