Great Olympians

Biographies - RAD

Edi Rada

B. 1922-09-13, from Wien, represented Austria
Figure Skating (1 bronze)

	1948	HP
Men's Singles	bronze	3840
		3840

Helmut Radach

B. 1915-02-01, Berlin, Germany
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Eights	bronze	1280
		1280

Peter Radacher

B. 1930-03-09, Salzburg, Austria
Nordic Combined & Cross-Country Skiing

Nordic Combined	1952	HP
Men's Individual	dnf	0.15
Cross-Country Skiing	1952	HP
Men's 18 km	dnf	0.000000000001
		0.150000000001

Yanko Radanchev

B. 1957-04-23, represented Bulgaria
Gymnastics

	1980	HP
Men's Individual combined	QU:42nd	-6.16
Men's Team combined	fifth	250
		250.00000016

Siegfried Radandt

B. 1937-09-29, Stuttgart, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Bobsleigh

	1976	HP
Four-man	fifth	750
		750

B. 1977-11-04, Sofia, Bulgaria
Short Track (2 silver, 1 bronze) & Cycling

1994 1998 2002 2004 2006 2010 HP

500 m 23rd 14th silver silver 9th 8176.192

1000 m 21st 11th fifth disq. 25th 1048.58

1500 m bronze 6th 7th 3600

3000 m Relay sixth 160

12984.772

Sprint 12th 600

13584.772

	1994	1998	2002	2004	2006	2010	HP
500 m	23rd	14th	silver		silver	9th	8176.192
1000 m	21st	11th	fifth		disq.	25th	1048.58
1500 m			bronze		6th	7th	3600
3000 m Relay			sixth				160
							12984.772
Sprint				12th			600
							13584.772

Ljubomir Radanović

B. 1960-07-21, Cetinje, Montenegro, represented Yugoslavia
Football (1 bronze)

	1984	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Paul Radburn

B. 1955-05-23, London, England, Great Britain
Judo

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg)	fifth		820
Men's Open Class		R1	31.12
			851.12

Liudmyla Radchenko

B. 1932-10-01, Kyiv, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Women's Long Jump	fifth	1500
		1500

David Allison "Dave" Radcliff

B. 1934-05-01, Spokane, Wash., USA
Aquatics - Swimming

	1956	HP
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle	QU:4th	64
		64

Charlotte Radcliffe

B. 1903-08-03, Garston, England, Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)

	1920	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	SF:7th	1.6
Women's 4x100 m Free-style Relay	silver	1000
		1001.6

Thomas Raddall

Olympic Competitor nr 3263

1908-07-09-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day one
1908-07-10-10:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, team, day two - sixth (120)

Erich Rademacher

B. 1901-01-09, Magdeburg, Germany - D. 1979-04-03, Stuttgart, Germany
Swimming (1 silver) & Waterpolo (1 gold, 1 silver)

1928 1932 HP

200 m Breaststroke silver 6000

Waterpolo gold silver 5200

11200

	1928	1932	HP
200 m Breaststroke	silver		6000
Waterpolo	gold	silver	5200
			11200

Joachim Rademacher

B. 1906-06-20, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; D. 1970-10-21
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 gold, 1 silver)

1928 1932 HP

Men's Water Polo gold silver 5200

5200

	1928	1932	HP
Men's Water Polo	gold	silver	5200
			5200

Otakar Rademacher

B. 1926, Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Boxing

	1948	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-80 kg)	R1	1.991
		1.991

Thomas Peter "Pete" Rademacher

B. 1928-11-20, Tieton, Wash., USA
Boxing (1 gold)

	1956	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Sperry Joanna (Jones) Rademaker

B. 1939-10-04, Oklahoma City, Okl., USA; D. 2005-01-31
Canoeing - Sprint Kayak

	1968	HP
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 metres	7th	300
		300

She competed with her sister, Marcia Jones Smoke, so their maiden names was Jones.

Petar Radenković

B. 1934-06-03, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Football (1 silver)

	1956	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Richard Rader

B. 1959-06-10, represented the US Virgin Islands
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1984	HP
Individual	dnf	-5.32
		0.0000032

Boris Rađenović

B. 1956-08-09, Sisak, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia in 1984 and Yugoslavia (=Serbia & Montenegro) in 2002
Bobsleigh

	1984	1988	1992	1994	1998	2002	HP
Men's Two	24th						0.2
Men's Four						25th	0.075
							0.275

His son Vuk, who competed with him for Serbia & Montenegro, later competed for Serbia. That is the nationality we shall class them both under.

Zdravko Rađenović

B. 1952-09-05, Bačka Palanka, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Handball (1 gold)

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Men's Team	fifth		gold	4625
				4625

He was, in 2002, president of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina, so that is the nationality I shall class him under.

Einar Ræder

B. 1896-03-02, Rissa, Norway; D. 1976-03-10
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:8th	384
Men's Decathlon	dnf	0.256
		384.256

Anton Räderscheidt

B. 1892-10-11, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; D. 1970-03-08
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	ac	2.186
		2.186

Aleksandar Radev

B. 1960-06-24, represented Bulgaria
Boxing

	1980	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	R1	1.088
		1.088

Bojan Radev

B. 1942-02-25, Moshino, Bulgaria
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (2 gold)

1964 1968 HP

Light heavyweight (-97 kg) gold gold 19200

19200

	1964	1968	HP
Light heavyweight (-97 kg)	gold	gold	19200
			19200

Chavdar Radev

B. 1959-04-05, represented Bulgaria
Rowing

	1980	HP
Men's Single Sculls	10th	150
		150

Geno Radev

B. 1946-04-15, Balchik, Bulgaria
Artistic Gymnastics

	1972	HP
Men's Individual Combined	70th	-9.10
Men's Team Combined	15th	2.5
		2.5000000001

Radoslav Radev

B. 1960-02-27, represented Bulgaria
Aquatics - Diving

	1980	HP
Men's Platform	17th	4
		4

Petar Radev

B. 1948-07-06, represented Bulgaria
Ice Hockey

	1976	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Viktor Bonev Radev

B. 1936-11-19, Maritsa, Bulgaria
Basketball

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Team	fifth	16th	503.2
			503.2

Peter Frank Radford

B. 1939-09-20, Walsall, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field (2 bronze)

	1960	1964	HP
Men's 100 metres	bronze	QF:5th	2562.29
Men's 200 metres	SF:4th	QF:6th	328.364
Men's 4x100 metres Relay	bronze	8th	704
			3594.654

Alberto Radi

B. 1919-12-10, Trieste, Italy; D. 1989-07-13
Rowing (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	silver	5000
		5000

Fausto Radici

B. 1953-09-24, Bergamo, Italy; D. 2002-04-13
Alpine Skiing

	1976	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	7th	400
Men's Slalom	dnf	-14.16
		400

Marguerite Radideau

B. 1907-03-05, Paris, France; D. 1978-03-15
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Women's 100 m	SF:6th	4.32
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay	fourth	400
		404.32

Libor Radimec

B. 1950-05-22, Ostrava, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Football (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Igor Radin

B. 1938-05-01, Novi Sad, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2014-09-20 in Ljubljana
Ice Hockey

	1964	HP
Men's Team	14th	8
		8

A Croatian book lists him as Croatian, while a Slovenian book says he is Slovenian. Considering that he played for Olimpija Ljubljana, and that he died in (then independent) Slovenia, I shall go for Slovenian.

Dušica Radivojevič

B. 1914-01-25, from Beograd, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1994-08-16
Gymnastics

	1936	HP
Women's Team combined	fourth	800
		800

Ahiron Radjae

B. 1943-03-12, Bualuh, the Philippines
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	HP
Men's 200 metres Butterfly	R1:31st	0.008
		0.008

Lina Radke-Batschauer

B. 1903-10-18, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; D. 1983-02-14
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)

	1928	HP
Women's 800 m	gold	9600
		9600

Kostadinka Ivanova Radkova

B. 1962-06-26, Sofia, Bulgaria
Basketball (1 silver)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Women's Team	silver		fifth	2750
				2750

Elke Radlingmaier

B. 1943-09-15, represented Austria
Fencing

	1972	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	R1:4th	0.042
Women's Foil, Team	R1:4th	20.5
		20.542

Wolfgang Radmacher

B. 1946-12-30, Borna, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	21st	0.96
		0.96

Staniša Radmanović

B. 1940-10-08, Srern, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres	SF:4th		SF:4th	102
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres		8th		128
				230

Paolo Francesco "Paul" Radmilovic

B. 1886-03-05, Cardiff, Wales from a Greek father and an Irish mother. D.1968-09-29
Aquatics - Water Pole & Aquatics - Swimming (4 gold)

	1906	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	HP
Waterpolo		gold	gold	gold	R1	fourth	19257.4
100 m Free-style	fourth	SF	R2:5				1290
400 m Free-style	fifth	SF:3					1315
1500 m Free-style		SF					246.12
1 mile Free-style	comp.						246.12
4x200 m Free-style Relay		gold					1200
Swimming							4101.07
							23358.47

He competed in five Olympics and the 1906 interim Games. He was a member of the winning English waterpolo side at London, where he also won a gold medal as a member of the 4x200m freestyle team. He captained the gold medal teams at Stockholm and Antwerpen. He was still in the British team in 1928, when they finished fourth (ahead of the USA, with Johnny Weismuller)
His versatility was enormous. He won nine English swimming titles, from 100 yards to 5 miles. There were 20 years between his first win and the last. He was also a good golfer and an outstanding footballer, and was still swimming a quarter of a mile each day at the age of 78.

Olympic Competitor nr 2779

1906-04-24-10:00 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, semi-finals - first (Q)
1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - DNF (0.12)
1906-04-25-11:30 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, final - fourth (1200)
1906-04-27-10:00 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style - fifth (750)
1908-07-14-16:45 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-15-11:00 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style, semifinals - third (615)
1908-07-17-16:15 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, round one - second, equal first time (Q)
1908-07-20-11:00 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style; semifinals - AC (72.75)
1908-07-21-14:30 - Swimming - 1500 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-22-16:00 - Waterpolo - match three - won (2400)
1908-07-23-15:45 - Swimming - 1500 m Free-style, semifinals - DNS (246)
1908-07-24-14:30 - Swimming - 4x200 m Free-style Relay, semifinals - first (Q)
1908-07-24-16:20 - Swimming - 4x200 m Free-style Relay, final - first (1200)
1912-07-06-19:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-07-13:30 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, quarterfinals - fifth (17.2)
1912-07-07-15:15 - Waterpolo - round one, match one - won (Q)
1912-07-11-20:00 - Waterpolo - semifinal, match two - won (Q)
1912-07-13-19:50 - Waterpolo - final - won (3200)

Radnaasediin Amgaased

B. 1952-10-25, represented Mongolia
Weightlifting

	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	dnf	0.96
		0.96

Amanda Joy Radnage

B. 1951-09-27, from York, England, represented Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Women's 200 m Breaststroke	26th	0.064
		0.064

Carmelo Rado

B. 1933-08-04, Oderzo, Italy
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's Discus Throw	7th	600
		600

Radóczy Károly

Olympic Competitor nr 4359

1908-07-21-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - first (Q) (ran alone)
1908-07-22-10:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, semifinals - third (68.25)
1912-07-06-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - DNF

Birgit Radochla

B. 1945-01-31, Döbern, Brand., Germany
Artistic Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1964	HP
Women's Individual combined	fourth	1600
Women's Team combined	fourth	400
Women's Floor Exercises	fourth	400
Women's Horse Vault	silver	1000
		3400

Ivan Radoev

B. 1901-09-09, Sofia, Bulgaria; D. 1985-08-04
Football

	1924	HP
Men's Football	R2	26.38
		26.38

Lovro Radonić

B. 1928-02-25, Korčula, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1990-02-25
Aquatics - Water Polo & Aquatics - Swimming (2 silver)

	1952	1956	1960	HP
Men's 200 metres Butterfly			R1:35th	0.002
Men's Team	silver	silver		4000
				4000.002

Yury Mikhailovich Radonyak

B. 1935-10-08, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2013-03-28
Boxing (1 silver)

	1960	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Marija Radosavljević

B. 1927-07-18, Valjevo, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Athletics

	1948	1952	HP
Women's Shot Put	7th	7th	1200
			1200

Dako Radošević

B. 1934-08-17, Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia & Herzegovina, represented Yugoslavia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Discus Throw	8th		QU:16th	393.6
				393.6

Jean-Marie Radoux

B. 1906-02-03, Marchiennes, France, represented Belgium
Fencing

	1948	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	fifth	1250
Men's Épée, Team	SF:3rd	205
		1455

Radomir "Rade" Radovanović

B. 1928-12-20, Podgorica, Montenegro, represented Yugoslavia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:24th	0.24
		0.24

Ratko Radovanović

B. 1956-10-16, Nikšić, Montenegro, represented Yugoslavia
Basketball (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Team	gold	bronze	4480
			4480

Jadran Radovčić

B. 1959-02-25, Šibenik, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Eights	Rep:6th	5
		5

Lazar Radović

B. 1935-11-30, Podgorica, Montenegro, represented Yugoslavia
Football

	1964	HP
Men's Team	(sixth)	320
		320

Milivoj Radović

B. 1915-02-22, Nova Bukovica, Croatia, then part of Hungary, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1987-02-17
Fencing

	1936	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	R1:7th	0.000000037
Men's Sabre, Team	R1:4th	0.16
		0.160000037

Nikola Radović

B. 1933-03-10, Nikšić, Montenegro, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1991-01-28
Football (1 silver)

	1956	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

He was anso in the squad in 1952 but did not play.

Radovan Radović

B. 1936-01-19, Kučevo, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Basketball

	1960	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Vesna Radović

B. 1950-09-07, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia in 1980 and Austria in 1984
Handball (1 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Women's Team	silver	sixth	2320
			2320

Bernhard Radtke

B. 1949-04-26, Erfurt, Thür., Germany, represented East Germany
Weightlifting

	1972	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

Constantin Radu

B. 1912-02-13, represented Romania
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Marathon	dnf	0.00000000096
		0.00000000096

Daniel Radu (1)

B. 1959-12-26, București, Romania
Boxing

	1980	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	QF	861
		861

Daniel Radu (2)

B. 1957-09-10, represented Romania
Judo

	1980	HP
Men's Half-Heavyweight (-95 kg)	Rep2	195
		195

There were two athletes with the exact same name in the Romanian delegation in 1980. The boxer started his competition earlier than the judoka.

Gelu Radu

B. 1957-11-03, Adjud, Romania
Weightlifting (1 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	8th	silver	6384
			6384

Cezar Mihai Răducanu

B. 1958-05-21, represented Romania
Modern Pentathlon

	1980	HP
Men's Individual	41st	-4.80
Men's Team	11th	16
		16.00008

Dumitru Răducanu

B. 1967-07-19, Bucuresti, Romania
Rowing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

1984 1992 2000 HP

Coxed Pairs silver bronze 9020

Coxed Fours gold 4800

Eights sixth 320

14140

Emanoil Răducanu

B. 1929-10-07, București, Romania; D. 1991
Basketball

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QR:4th	0.252
		0.252

Liviu Răducanu

B. 1954-05-25, București, Romania
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team	fourth	9th	880
			880

Mihai Rădulescu

B. 1962-07-24, Vatra Dornei, Romania
Biathlon

	1984	HP
Men's 20 kilometres	49th	-5.16
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay	13th	6.4
		6.4000016

Tita Rădulescu

B. 1904-12-18, represented Romania
Bobsleigh

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Men's Four/Five	19th			3.12
Men's Four			dnf	3.12
Men's Two			15th	12.5
				15.62

Radvány Ödön

Olympic Competitor nr 4472

1908-07-23-10:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Lightweight (-66.6 kg), round one - won (Q)
1908-07-23-12:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Lightweight (-66.6 kg), round two - won (Q)
1908-07-23-14:00 - Wrestling, Greco-Roman - Lightweight (-66.6 kg), quarterfinals - lost (574)
1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round one - won by fall
1912-07-09-14:00 - 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 - lost
1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round four - won by disq.
1912-07-14-08:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round five - won by fall
1912-07-14-13:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round six - won by fall
1912-07-14-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round seven - lost (both) - eliminated (2400)
1924 780
bonus 375.4

Tadeusz Radwan

B. 1945-06-27, Koziniec, Poland; D. 2003-10-25
Luge

	1968	HP
Men's Singles	22nd	0.6
		0.6

Rády József

B. 1884-09-22, Szekszárd, Hungary; D. 1957-10-11
Fencing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1924	1928	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	silver	gold	2600
Men's Foil, Team		SF:3rd	205
Men's Épée, Individual		SF:9th	4.1
Men's Épée, Team		R1:3rd	1.948
			2811.048

Nadezhda Borisovna Radzevich

B. 1953-03-10, Orenburg, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Volleyball (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Women's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Eberhard Radzik

B. 1935-04-26, Gelsenkirchen, N-W, Germany
Boxing

	1960	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	R2	1.786
		1.786

Heinz Radzikowski

B. 1925-09-07, Stolp, M-V, Germany
Hockey (1 bronze)

	1956	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Paula Radziulytė

B. 1905-11-14, Pskov, Russia, represented Lithuania
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Women's 800 m	R1:9th	0.312
		0.312

Zbigniew Marian Radziwonowicz

B. 1930-12-08, Liadsk Visolki, now in Belarus, represented Poland; D. 2002-12-11
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	1956	1960	HP
Men's Javelin Throw	QU:20th		7th	601.5
				601.5

Written 2001-01-29 - last modified 2024-04-05

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.