Great Olympians

Biographies - RIS

Walter Stephen "Wally" Ris

B. 1924-01-04, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 1989-12-25
Aquatics - Swimming (2 gold)
1948 HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle gold 6400
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay gold 1600
8000

Arne Roald Risa

B. 1944-05-05, Bergen, Norway
Athletics
1968 1972 HP
Men's 5000 metres R1:39th -3.16
Men's 10000 metres R1:19th 1.6
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase 8th 384
385.60016

Lennart Kurt Risberg

B. 1935-04-16, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 2013-09-04
Boxing
1956 HP
Men's Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) R2 162
162

(Seth) Melcher Risberg

B. 1930-02-16, Offerdal, Sweden; D. 2001-08-31
Cross-Country Skiing
1964 1968 HP
Men's 50 kilometres 10th fifth 1100
1100

André Félix Rischmann

B. 1882-01-26, Paris, France; D. 1955-11-09
Rugby (1 gold)
1900 HP
Men's Team gold 3200
3200

Olympic Competitor nr 1660

Heinrich Rischtoff

B. 1865-02-09, represented Austria
Fencing
1900 HP
Men's Foil, Individual R1:ac -4.38
0.000038

Olympic Competitor nr 276

Alcides Risco Batista

B. 1953-11-29, represented Cuba
Rowing
1976 HP
Men's Eights 10th 50
50

Umberto Risi

B. 1940-12-31, Roma, Italy
Athletics
1968 HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase R1:11th -2.65
0.0065

Werner Risi

B. 1940-07-15, Basel, Switzerland
Aquatics - Swimming
1960 HP
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke R1:37th 0.0005
0.0005

Edward Risk Allah

B. 1913-08-21, represented Egypt
Basketball
1936 HP
Men's Team Rep2 2.87
2.87

Hector Riské

B. 1910-07-29, Temse, Belgium; D. 1984-12-21
Wrestling - Freestyle
1936 HP
Men's Featherweight (-61 kg) 11th 96
96

Jeroom Marie Riske

B. 1919-08-14, temse, Belgium; D. 2000
Gymnastics
1952 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 164th -
Men's Floor Exercise 117th -19.10
Men's Horse Vault 118th -20.64
Men's Parallel Bars 158th -
Men's Horizontal Bar 173rd -
Men's Rings 169th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 158th -
-19.16

Rufat Asadovich Riskiyev

B. 1949-10-02, Oqqorgon, Uzbekikstan, represented the Soviet Union
Boxing (1 silver)
1976 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) silver 6000
6000

Antti Rissanen

B. 1931-04-28, Tuusniemi, Finland
Shooting
1964 HP
Men's Free Rifle 10th 150
150

Juha Tapio Rissanen

B. 1958-11-13, Kuopio, Finland
Football
1980 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 45.5
45.5

Olavi Rissanen

B. 1893-03-21, Kuopio, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1893-03-21
Athletics
1920 HP
Men's 3000 m Steeple-chase FI:dns 240
240

Tauno Johannes Rissanen

B. 1921-09-25, Vyborg, then and now in Russia; D. 1975-06-26
Equestrianism - Jumping
1948 HP
Jumping, Individual 23rd 0.32
0.32

Eduardo Gilberto Risso Salaverria

B. 1925-02-25, Montevideo, Uruguay
Rowing (1 silver)
1948 1952 HP
Men's Single Sculls silver SF:3rd 6162
6162

Juan Nazareno Risso

B. 1942-09-03, General Pirán, Argentina
Football
1964 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 45.5
45.5

Willy Rist

represented Switzerland
Aquatics - Diving
1948 HP
Men's Platform 23rd 0.256
0.256

Kari Antero Ristanen

B. 1958-07-27, Tampere, Finland
Cross-Country Skiing (1 bronze)
1984 1988 HP
Men's 30 km 17th 4.04
Men's 30 km Classical 27th
Men's 50 km 15th 410
Men's 50 km Freestyle seventh
Men's 4 x 10 km Relay bronze eighth 704
1118.04

Wolfram Ristau

B. 1953-10-26, Jüterbog, Brand., Germany, represented East Germany
Diving
1972 HP
Men's Platform QU:23rd 0.256
0.256

Bratislav Ristić

B. 1954-04-01, represented Yugoslavia
Boxing
1976 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg) QF 861
861

The MADMen list him as being Serbian. Serbian Wikipedia says he is from Prokuplje, indeed in Serbia.

Vladeta Ristić

from Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Rowing
1948 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs SF:2nd 1350
1350

Pekka Nestor Ristola

B. 1929-05-13, Iitti, Finland
Nordic Combined
1960 HP
Men's Individual fourth 2400
2400

Kiro Ristov

B. 1953-02-11, from North Macedonia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1990-02-06
Freestyle Wrestling
1976 1980 HP
Men's Welterweight (-74 kg) 8th 12th 444
444

Written 2001-02-15 - last modified 2023-11-04

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