Great Olympians

Biographies - SOL


Eetje Sol

Olympic Competitor nr 4754


Guillerma Solá Aravena

B. 1929-06-25, represented Chile
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's 3000m Steeplechase R1:10th 0.026
0.026


Bernat Sola Pujol

B. 1965-09-05, Barcelona, Spain
Ski Jumping
1984 1988 HP
Men's Normal Hill 56th 57th 0.000000104
Men's Large Hill 50th 51st 0.00000164
0.000001744


Ignacio Sola Cortabarria

B. 1944-02-01, Bilbao, Spain
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 1968 HP
Men's Pole Vault 15th 9th 255
255


Raúl Sola

B. 1898, represented Argentina
Fencing
1924 HP
Men's Sabre, Individual SF:5th 21.5
Men's Sabre, Team SF:3rd 205
226.5


Alberto Solanas Galán

B. 1955-11-06, Zaragoza, Spain
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's Long Jump QU:17th 6
6


Adrián Francisco Napoleon Solano Sánchez

B. 1951-10-17, San José, Costa Rica
Cycling - Road
1968 HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial 27th 0.03
0.03


Álvaro Enrique Solano Artavia

B. 1961-06-25, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Football
1984 HP
Men's Team R1:4th 7.25
7.25


Humberto Francisco Agu Solano Sánchez

B. 1944-12-09, San José, Costa Rica; D. 2010-06-18
Cycling - Road
1968 HP
Men's Road Race dnf -24.24
-24.24


Joaquín Solano Chagoya

B. 1913-06-02, Chocontepec, Ver., Mexico; D. 2003-02-15
Equestrianism - Eventing
1948 HP
Three−Day Event, Individual 23rd 0.32
Three−Day Event, Team bronze 640
640.32


Juan Solano Rovira

B. 1953-05-05, Barcelona, Spain
Rowing
1980 HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls fifth 750
750


Miguel Solano Bustamante

B. 1946-10-29, Santoña, Spain
Rowing
1968 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs Rep:6th 4.1
4.1


Franz Solar

B. 1882, represented Austria
Athletics - Track & Field & Tug-of-War & Greco-Roman Wrestling
1906 HP
Men's Shot Put ac 162
Men's Pentathlon 24th 0.18
Men's Tug-of-War fourth 600
Men's Middleweight (85 kg) QF 680
1442.18

Olympic Competitor nr 2982


Ingeborg "Inge" Solar

B. 1926-12-21, from Wien, represented Austria; D. 19
Figure Skating
1948 HP
Women's Singles 20th 1.5
1.5


Josip Šolar

B. 1903, Ljublkana, Slovenia, then part of Austria, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1955
Cycling - Road
1928 HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial 37th 0.0005
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team 12th 10
10.0005


Victorio Hugo Solares Hurtate

B. 1932-02-05, represented Guatemala
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's 800 metres R1:7th 0.0000017
Men's 3000m Steeple R1:dnf 0.0015
0.0015017


César Solari

B. 1946-11-02, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Freestyle Wrestling
1968 HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg) 21st 0.96
0.96


Jerzy Michał Solarz

B. 1930-02-12, Kraków, Poland; D. 1984-12-30
Gymnastics
1952 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 148th -
Men's Team All-Around 13th 6.4
Men's Floor Exercise 35th 0.00025
Men's Horse Vault 162nd -
Men's Parallel Bars 107th -
Men's Horizontal Bar 178th -
Men's Rings 154th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 114th -
6.40025


Armand Solbach

B. 1904-05-10, Paris, France
Gymnastics
1928 1932 1936 HP
Men's Individual Combined (9 events) 11th 52nd 64
Men's Team Combined fourth 8th 464
Men's Vault 36th 81st -
Men's Parallel Bars 12th 56th 10
Men's Horizontal Bar 9th 44th 40
Men's Rings 8th 48th 64
Men's Pommeled Horse 14th 44th 4
Men's Floor Exercise 60th -
646


Magnar Solberg

B. 1937-02-04, Sokndal, Norway
Biathlon (2 gold, 1 silver)
1968 1972 HP
20 km gold gold 16000
4 x 7.5 km silver fourth 1400
17400


Olaf Solberg

Olympic Competitor nr 6726


Elsa Katrine "Trine" Solberg

competed in 1992 as

Trine Solberg-Hattestad

and in 1996 and 2000 as

Trine Hattestad

B. 1966-04-18, Lørenskog, Norway
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 HP
Women's Javelin Throw fifth 18th fifth bronze gold 20554.8
20554.8


Josip Šolc

B. 1898, Zagreb, Croatia, then part of Hungary, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1945-05
Football
1920 HP
Men's Team consolation match 0
0

There was a (friendly) match between Yugoslavia and Egypt, which should not be counted as a part of the Olympics, so I don't award points for this performance. In accordance with tradition, however, the four players who played (only) in this match are considered Olympians.


Gino Soldà

B. 1907-03-08, Recoaro Terme, Italy; D. 1989-11-08
Cross Country Skiing
1932 HP
Men's 18 km 26th 0.064
0.064


Veniamin Vasilyevich Soldatenko

B. 1939-01-04, Shkurovka, Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)
1972 HP
Men's 50 km Walk silver 4000
4000


Aleksandr Soldatenkov

Olympic Competitor nr 6152


Francesc Solé i Plana

B. 1900, from Barcelona, represented Spain
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1924 HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg) R3 14.18
14.18


Fernando Soledade

Olympic Competitor nr 7344


Ali Reza Karbalai Soleimani

B. 1956-02-02, Tehran, Iran
Freestyle Wrestling
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg) 12th 1020
Men's Super-Heavyweight (-130 kg) sixth
1020


Richard Earl "Buddy" Solem

B. 1926-06-21, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 2007-08-06
Speed Skating
1948 HP
Men's 5000 metres 27th 0.04
Men's 10000 metres 19th 1.6
1.64


Hakon Solem

B. 1908-07-10, Oslo, Norway; D. 1993-12-07
Sailing
1948 HP
6 metres fourth 800
800


Gabriel Soler i Nonell

B. 1953-03-10, Barcelona, Spain
Aquatics - Water Polo
1972 HP
Men's Team 10th 50
50


Jorge S. Soler

represented Argentina
Gymnastics
1948 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 113th -
Men's Team All-Around 15th 2.5
Men's Floor Exercise 110th -
Men's Horse Vault 101st -
Men's Parallel Bars 112th -
Men's Horizontal Bar 102nd -
Men's Rings 109th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 107th -
2.5


Miquel Soler i Escudero

B. 1960-06-06, Barcelona, Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
1984 HP
Men's Individual Combined 25th 0.1
0.1


Roger Seras Soler

B. 1960-09-20, represented Peru
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 HP
Men's 5000 metres R1:40th -3.10
0.0001


Marco Solfrini

B. 1958-03-30, Brescia, Italy; D. 2018-03-24
Basketball (1 silver)
1980 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000


Leif Sigurd Solheim

B. 1932-07-14, Oslo, Norway
Ice Hockey
1952 HP
Men's Team 9th 80
80


Øivind Solheim

B. 1928-05-28, Østre Aker, Norway; D. 2017-07-24
Ice Hockey
1952 HP
Men's Team 9th 80
80


Luciano Soli

B. 1937-10-12, Roma, Italy
Hockey
1960 HP
Men's Team (13th) 3.2
3.2


G. Solidakis

represented Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1906 HP
Men's Marathon dnf -6.29
0.00000029

Olympic Competitor nr 3128


Armand Solie

B. 1944-04-28, Gent, Belgium
Hockey
1968 1972 1976 HP
Men's Team 9th 10th 9th 210
210


Ahmed Soliman

from Al-Qahira, represented Egypt
Football
1928 HP
Men's Team (fourth) 287
287


Emad Mohamed Soliman

B. 1959-07-23, Al-Jizah, Egypt
Football
1984 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287


Fawzi Soliman Hassan

B. 1939-01-23, represented the United Arab Republic (Egypt)
Boxing
1964 HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) R32 1.02
1.02


Mohamed Abid Soliman

B. 1945-08-20, Al-Qahira, Egypt
Aquatics - Water Polo
1964 1968 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 15th 50.5
50.5


Mohamed Sayed Soliman

B. 1958-11-02, represented Egypt
Basketball
1984 HP
Men's Team 12th 20
20


Mohamedi Mahmoud Soliman

represented Egypt
Basketball
1948 HP
Men's Team 19th 0.8
0.8


Saleh Mohamed Soliman

B. 1916-06-24, represented Egypt
Weightlifting (1 silver)
1936 HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) silver 6000
6000


Sameh Soliman

B. 1941-12-07, Al-Qahira, Egypt
Aquatics - Water Polo
1968 HP
Men's Team 15th 5
5


(Juan) Francisco Solís Manriques

B. 1957-09-10, represented the Dominican Republic
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Men's 800 metres R1:38th -3.26
0.000256


Luciano Solís

B. 1962-01-07, represented Mexico
Boxing
1984 HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) Prel -2.13
0.0013


Manuel de J. Solis

B. 1888, represented Mexico
Shooting
1924 HP
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol 9th 240
Men's Small-Bore Rifle 64th -
240


Manuel Solis Archunda

represented Mexico
Cycling - Road
1948 HP
Men's Road Race, Individual dnf 8x10-17
Men's Road Race, Team dnf -
8x10-17


Maribel Solís

represented the Dominican Republic
Artistic Swimming
1984 HP
Women's Solo SF:dns 0.64
Women's Duet 14th 12
12.64


Lea Sölkner

B. 1958-12-24, Bad Aussee, Austria
Alpine Skiing
1980 1984 HP
Women's Downhill 8th 256
Women's Giant Slalom dnf 0.00000256
Women's Slalom dnf dnf 0.000014
256.00001656


Viktoria Sölkner

B. 1905, represented Austria
Diving
1924 HP
Women's Springboard (1 & 3m) QU:4th 328
328


Charlott Stigsdotter "Lotta" Sollander

B. 1953-07-03, Östersund, Sweden
Alpine Skiing
1972 HP
Women's Downhill 31st -2.64
Women's Giant Slalom dnf -4.40
Women's Slalom dnf -4.40
0.00648


Stig Oskar Sollander

B. 1926-06-25, Östersund, Sweden
Alpine Skiing (1 bronze)
1948 1952 1956 HP
Men's Downhill 40th dnf 10th 100.000075
Men's Combined dnf -
Men's Giant Slalom sixth 16th 646.4
Men's Slalom fifth bronze 3560
4306.400075


Bertil David Sollevi

B. 1956-02-15, Malmö, Sweden
Weightlifting
1980 1984 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) 7th 696
Men's Light Heavyweight (-82.5 kg) 11th
696


Odd Anton Fredrik Solli

B. 1924-08-08, Stabekk, Norway; D. 2007-03-29
Bobsleigh
1956 HP
Two‐Man 20th 1.25
Four‐Man 11th 48
49.25


Kjell Jakob Sollie

B. 1953-06-26, Røros, Norway
Cross-Country Skiing
1980 HP
Men's 50 kilometres 24th 0.16
0.16


Melitta Sollmann

B. 1958-08-20, Gotha, Thür., Germany, represented East Germany
Luge (1 silver)
1980 HP
Women's Singles silver 6000
6000


Herbert Söllner

B. 1935-08-24, from München, Bay., represented Germany; D. 1990-10-02
Speed Skating
1960 HP
Men's 500 metres 20th 1
1


Paul Söllner

B. 1911-06-05, Davos, Switzerland, lived in Ludwigshafen, represented Germany; D. 1994-04-08
Rowing (1 gold)
1936 HP
Men's Coxed Fours gold 4800
4800


Damir Šolman

B. 1949-09-07, Zagreb, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Basketball (2 silver)
1968 1972 1976 HP
Men's Team silver fifth silver 4950
4950


Hope Amelia Solo

B. 1981-07-30, Richland, Wash., USA
Football (2 gold)
2008 2012 2016 HP
Women's Team gold gold fifth 10350
10350


Gennady Stepanovich Solodov

B. 1934-10-06, Kurgan, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2020-05-02
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 1964 HP
Men's 20 kilometres Walk dnf fifth 1000.00064
1000.00064


Nikolay Ivanovich Solodukhin

B. 1955-01-03, Kursk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Judo (1 gold)
1980 HP
Men's Half-Lightweight (-65 kg) gold 9600
9600


Nikolay Mikhaylovich Sologubov

B. 1924-08-08, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1988-12-30
Ice Hockey (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Team gold bronze 4480
4480


Anatoly Solomin

B. 1952-07-02, Penza, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's 20 km Walk dnf -2.16
0.0016


Vasily Anatolyevich Solomin

B. 1953-01-05, Perm, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1997-12-28
Boxing (1 bronze)
1972 1976 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) QF 3981
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) bronze
3981


Bert Solomon

Olympic Competitor nr 4820


John Charles "Barney" Solomon

Olympic Competitor nr 4821


John Drummond Solomon

B. 1903-11-12, Port Chalmers, New Zealand; D. 1981-02-23
Rowing
1932 HP
Men's Coxed Fours fourth 1200
Men's Eights Rep.:2nd 410
1610


Michael "Mike" Solomon

B. 1954-09-29, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 1980 HP
Men's 400 metres SF:7th sixth 660.8
Men's 4x400 m Relay sixth sixth 320
980.8


William Robert Solomons

B. 1933-02-11, represented Australia
Sailing
1968 HP
5.5 Metres Class 7th 400
400


Irina Solontseva-Kudryavtseva

B. 1937-02-09, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics
1968 HP
Women's Shot Put QU:9th 240
240


Ambrosio Solórzano

B. 1937-12-07, Caracas, Venezuela
Weightlifting
1960 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) dnf 0.06
0.06


Apolinar Solórzano Bustamante

B. 1934-07-23, represented Venezuela
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 HP
Men's 200 metres R1:dnf 0.00000000068
Men's 4x100m Relay R1:4th 3.625
3.62500000068


Fidel Solórzano

B. 1962-05-26, represented Ecuador
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 1988 HP
Men's Long Jump QU:24th 0.24
Men's Decathlon 23rd dnf 0.38424
0.62424


Roberto Gerardo de Jesús Solórzano Sanabria

B. 1945-04-26, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Judo
1972 HP
Men's Half-Heavyweight (-93 kg) R1 0.587
0.587


Olga Anatolyevna Solovova

B. 1953-06-22, Ussuriysk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Volleyball (1 gold)
1980 HP
Women's Team gold 3200
3200


Nikolay Nikolayevich Solovyov

B. 1931-07-12, Ivanovo, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2007-11-15
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 gold)
1956 HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg) gold 9600
9600


Viktor Solovyov

B. 1932, from Moskva, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming
1952 HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke SF:10th 150
150


Vladimir Nikolayevich Solovyov

B. 1946-11-21, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing
1972 HP
Men's Coxed Fours fourth 1200
1200


Ignacio Solozábal i Igartua

B. 1959-01-08, Barcelona, Spain
Basketball (1 silver)
1980 1984 1988 HP
Men's Team fourth silver eighth 3220.8
3220.8


Egil Uno Solsvik

B. 1916-04-12, Oslo, Norway; D. 2005-10-06
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1948 HP
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg) sixth 960
960


Aleksander Sołtan

B. 1903-07-31, Kherson, Ukraine, represented Poland; D. 1994
Art Competitions
1936 HP
Painting - unknown event AC 3.724
3.724


Maria Józefa Sołtan

B. 1921-02-24, Kraków, Poland; D. 2001-07-24
Fencing
1952 HP
Women's Foil, individual R1:6th 0.0041
0.0041


Hocine Soltani

B. 1972-12-27, Thénia, Algeria; D. 2002-03-??
Boxing (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 HP
Featherweight (-57.2 kg) bronze 12720
Lightweight (-61.2 kg) gold
12720


Andrzej Sołtan-Pereświat

B. 1906-11-30, Kyiv, Ukraine, then part of Russia, lived in Warszawa, represented Poland
Rowing
1928 HP
Men's Eights QF 540
540


Wilfried Soltau

B. 1912-06-17, Hamburg, Germany; D. 1995-09-27
Canoeing - Flatwater Canadian (2 bronze)
1952 1956 HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000m bronze 3200
Men's Canadian Doubles 10000m bronze fourth 5200
8400


Soltész Árpád

B. 1944-11-16, Érd, Hungary
Canoeing - Canadian Sprint
1964 HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 metres fourth 2000
2000


Anton Šoltýs

B. 1937-04-30, Kažmarok, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Alpine Skiing
1964 HP
Men's Giant Slalom 48th -5.26
Men's Slalom R2:dnf -5.10
0.00000356


Jana Šoltýsová

competed in 1984 as

Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová

B. 1959-09-30, Kežmarok, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Alpine Skiing
1976 1980 1984 HP
Women's Downhill 33rd 10th fifth 1100.00256
Women's Giant Slalom 25th 21st dnf 0.74000016
Women's Slalom dnf dnf -2.44
1100.74260416


Yevhen Solunskiy

B. 1959-06-13, from Karkiv, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating
1980 HP
Men's 1500 metres 9th 160
160


Kemal Solunur

B. 1951-01-26, represented Turkey
Boxing
1972 1976 HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg) R1 5.14
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) R1
5.14


Carlo Solveni

B. 1897-08-12, represented Italy
Bobsleigh
1936 HP
Men's Two 12th 50
Men's Four 10th 75
125


Joseph Solvinto

B. 1902-04-13, Sète, France
Boxing
1920 HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg) R1 79.13
79.13


Solymár Károly

Olympic Competitor nr 6415


Solymosi Ernő

B. 1940-06-21, Miskolc, Hungary; D. 2011-02-19
Football (1 bronze)
1960 HP
Men's Team bronze 1280
1280


Solymossy Egon

B. 1922-05-18, Miskolc, Hungary; D. 2009-09-24
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's 400 metres R1:3rd 0.023
Men's 4x400m Relay R1:3rd 68
68.023


Laszlo Solyom

B. 1955-11-29, Gheorgheni, Romania
Ice Hockey
1980 HP
Men's Team Prel:4th 164
164


Sólyomvári János

B. 1953-12-07, Szöny, HUngary; D. 2006-06-12
Weightlifting
1980 HP
Men's Heavyweight I (-100 kg) fifth 1500
1500


Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-04-14

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