Olympic Competitor nr 258
B 1952-02-29, Russia, Soviet Union
Nordic Skiing (4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | silver | gold | 11th | 10th | 10564 | |
| 10 km | gold | fourth | silver | silver | 21500 | |
| 15 km, classical style | fourth | |||||
| 20 km | silver | bronze | 6560 | |||
| 4 x 5 km | gold | silver | fourth | - | gold | 6300 |
| 44924 |
At 39 and 354 days, she still competed in 1992 to win her tenth Olympic medal,
becoming the oldest woman to win winter gold. But of course she had yet to
celebrate her tenth birthday at the time, being born on the 29th of
February.
competed in 2010 as
Estonia
Nordic Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km, classical style | 44th | gold | 10400 | |
| 10 km, free-style | silver | |||
| Combined Pursuit 5 km + 5 km | 15th | 6410 | ||
| Pursuit 7.5 km + 7.5 km | gold | dnf | ||
| 30 km, Free-style | 7th | 656.0256 | ||
| 30 km, Free-style, mass start | 8th | |||
| 30 km, Classical, mass start | 28th | |||
| 17466.0256 |
(13466)
B. 1964-03-07, Sciusciensk, Kazakhstan
Nordic Skiing (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | bronze | 7897.12 | |||
| 10 km, classical style | 13th | silver | fourth | ||
| Combined Pursuit (10 km + 15 km) | 8th | silver | bronze | 5752 | |
| 30 km | silver | 8960 | |||
| 30 km, classical style | 9th | 12th | |||
| 50 km, classical style | gold | ||||
| 50 km, free-style | 35th | 8th | 331 | ||
| 30 km, free-style | 10th | ||||
| 4 x 10 km | silver | fifth | - | - | 1187.5 |
| 24127.62 |
He was elected in 1998 into the IOC Athletes Commission.
B. 1879-01-26, Great Britain; D. 1951-04-06
Waterpolo (3 gold)
| 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterpolo | gold | gold | gold | R1 | 17657 |
| 17657 |
Goalkeeper of the winning English waterpolo sides at London and Stockholm. He returned after the War at Antwerpen in a team representing Great-Britain to win a third gold medal at the age of 41, and was still in the team 4 years later, when they lost after extra time to the Hungarians in the first round.
USA
Diving (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1928 | 1932 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | gold | 6400 | |
| Springboard | fourth | silver | 5600 |
| 12000 |
Olympic Competitor nr 806
B. 1965, USA
Wrestling - Free-Style (2 gold)
| 1988 | 1992 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -62 kg | gold | gold | 19200 |
| 19200 |
B. 1974-06-04, Lancaster, OH, USA
Basketball (3 gold)
| 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | gold | gold | gold | 19200 |
| 19200 |
Member of the USA team who won the Basketball at Sydney, Athina and Beijing.
B. 1970, Rathcoole, Ireland
Swimming (3 gold, 1 bronze)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m Free-style | - | - | gold | 6400 |
| 200 m Butterfly | - | - | bronze | 2560 |
| 200 m Individual Medley | 26th | 32nd | gold | 6400.068 |
| 400 m Individual Medley | 25th | 26th | gold | 6400.164 |
| 200 m Backstroke | 17th | 35th | - | 4.001 |
| 100 m Backstroke | 27th | - | - | 0.04 |
| 21764.273 |
Winner of three gold medals in Atlanta, the fact that Ireland did not even
have a 50 m pool only fuelled allegations of drug abuse, already hot because
of her relation to Dutch athlete Erik De Bruyn, once caught on doping offences.
In 1998 she was banned herself for four years after failing a drugs test.
Olympic Competitor nr 1687
Olympic Competitor nr 430
Written 2001-06-10 - last modified 2002-10-29
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