Great Olympians

Biographies - ROA

José Roa Hernández

B. 1936-01-10, represented Cuba
Rowing

	1956	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:2nd	162.5
		162.5

Manuel Roa Sánchez

B. 1929-04-02, from Talcahuano, represented Chile; D. 2017-12-18
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QR	0.595
		0.595

E.J. Roach

represented the Xavier Athletic Club, Conn., USA
Basketball

	1904	HP
Men's Team	sixth	240
		240

The Xavier Athletic Club team lost three matches and forfeited two, including the match against equal-last team Turner Tigers. Roach was on the teams that lost to Buffalo and Chicago.

Olympic Competitor nr 1864

1904-07-11-11:00? - Basketball - Match 2 - lost
1904-07-11-13:00? - Basketball - Match 4 - lost
1904-07-11-17:00? - Basketball - Match 8 - lost (*) - Final Rankings - fifth (375)

(*) team roster not certainly known

Jan Olaf Roaldset

B. 1946-03-28, Molde, Norway
Ski Jumping

	1968	HP
Men's Normal Hill	21st	0.64
Men's Large Hill	13th	25.6
		26.24

Written 2011-08-15 - last modified 2023-05-08

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