Great Olympians

Biographies - THA

Motlalepula "Michael" Thabana

B. 1950-02-27, represented Lesotho
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's 10000 metres	R1:34th	-2.16
		0.0016

Angela Elizabeth "Angie" Thacker

B. 1964-06-27, St. Louis, MO, USA
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's Long Jump	fourth	2400
		2400

Edin Thomas Thacker

B. 1913-07-24, Germiston, South Africa; D. 1974-08-04
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's High Jump	12th	60
		60

Albertine Thackwell

Olympic Competitor nr 4053

1908-07-17-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day one
1908-07-18-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day two - 15th (11.25)

Dean Allan Thackwray

B. 1933-03-07, Norwood, Mass., USA; D. 2003-09-07
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's Marathon	dnf	0.0000096
		0.0000096

Heiner Thade

B. 1942-09-15, Lüdinghausen, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Modern Pentathlon

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Individual	32nd	7th	500.005
Men's Team	13th	sixth	166.4
			666.405

Drake Thadzi

B. 1960-11-23, Lilongwe, Nyasaland (now Malawi)
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-81 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Bjørn Thalbitzer

B. 1895-12-13, Frederiksberg, Denmark; D. 1969-03-31
Tennis

	1924	HP
Men's Singles	R2	0.00027
Men's Doubles	R1	0.00081
		0.00108

Erwin Thaler

B. 1930-05-21, Innsbruck, Austria; D. 2001-11-29
Bobsleigh (2 silver)

	1964	1968	HP
Two−Man	8th	fourth	2320
Four−Man	silver	silver	6000
			8320

Helmut Thaler

B. 1940-01-22, Imst, Austria
Luge (1 silver)

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Singles		14th	24
Doubles	silver		5000
			5024

Klaus-Peter Thaler

B. 1949-05-14, Eckmannshausen, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Cycling - Road

	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	9th	240
		240

Thales Monteiro, "Thales"

B. 1925-02-20, Araraquare, SP, Brazil; D. 1993-04-02
Basketball

	1952	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Dionysius "Dionys" Thalmann

B. 1953-10-30, represented Switzerland
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint

	1980	HP
Men's Doubles, 500 m	Rep:5th	0.48
Men's Doubles, 1000 m	Rep:5th	12.9
		13.38

Melchior Thalmann

B. 1924-05-21, from Zürich, represented Switzerland; D. 2013-08-28
Gymnastics (2 silver)

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	21st	25th	0.74
Men's Team All-Around	(silver)	silver	1000
Men's Floor Exercise	25th	103rd	0.025
Men's Horse Vault	20th	28th	0.2564
Men's Parallel Bars	20th	23rd	0.314
Men's Horizontal Bar	46th	7th	100
Men's Rings	31st	53rd	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	23rd	13th	6.464
			1107.7994

Robert Thalmann

B. 1949-02-01, Menznau, Switzerland
Cycling - Road

	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-22.24
		-22.24

Tham Kook Chin

B. 1943-11-07, represented Malaysia
Freestyle Wrestling

	1964	HP
Men's Lightweight (-70 kg)	22nd	0.6
		0.6

Santi Thamasucharit

B. 1951-04-07, represented Thailand
Sailing

	1976	HP
Two Person Dinghy (470)	24th	0.2
		0.2

Jacob Tullin Thams

B. 1898-04-07, Oslo, Norway; D. 1954-07-27
Ski Jumping & Sailing (1 gold, 1 silver)

Ski Jumping	1924	1928		HP
Individual	gold	28th		9600.038
Sailing			1936	HP
8 Meter class			silver	2000
				11600.038

Than Tun

B. 1941-05-10, Mandalay, Burma (now Myanmar)
Boxing

	1960	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R1	1.088
		1.088

Peter Ramaswamy Thangaraj

B. 1935-12-24, Hyderabad, AP, India; D. 2008-11-24
Football

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Team	(fourth)	R1:4th	807.25
			807.25

Jungle Thangata

B. 1948-03-15, represented Malawi
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R1	1.02
		1.02

Rudolf "Rudi" Thanner

B. 1944-08-20, Füssen, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany; D. 2007-08-09
Ice Hockey (1 bronze)

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Men"s Team	7th	7th	bronze	1680
				1680

Franz Thannheimer

B. 1904-04-07, Oberstdorf, Bayern, Germany; D. 1971-06-27
Ski Jumping

	1928	HP
Men's Ski Jumping	17th	6
		6

Konstantinos Thanopoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 2973

1906-04-26-08:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, single trap - fifth (750)
1906-04-26-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, double trap - sixth (480)

Charles Thaon

B. 1910-09-03, from Paris, represented France
Speed Skating

	1928	HP
Men's 500 m	28th	0.0256
Men's 1500 m	26th	0.064
Men's 5000 m	30th	0.01
		0.0996

Paolo, Conte Thaon Di Revel

B. 1888-05-02, Toulon, France, represented Italy; D. 1973-05-31
Fencing (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:7th	0.000000037
Men's Épée, Team	gold	1600
		1600

Bhim Bahadur Thapa

B. 1944, represented Nepal
Boxing

	1964	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R32	1.02
		1.02

Ganga Bahadur Thapa

B. 1935, Pharping, Nepal; D. 2011-01-25
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's Marathon	dnf	-9.38
		0.000000000384

Nam Singh Thapa

B. 1946-08-08, Manakamana, Nepal
Boxing

	1964	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Rabi Raj Thapa

B. 1953-12-19, represented Nepal
Boxing

	1980	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Tharnói-Kostyál László

B. 1912-07-15, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1997-07-15
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Literature - unknown event	AC	254.5
		254.5

Erik Thastum

B. 1926-02-17, København, Denmark
Boxing

	1948	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	R1	1.165
		1.165

Gustav Thaulow

Olympic Competitor nr 6915

1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race one - first
1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race two - first - final ranking first (3200)

Sven Thaulow

B. 1905-10-24, Trondheim, Norway; D. 1967-09-17
Swimming

	1924	HP
Men's 100 m Backstroke	SF:5th	195
		195

Ernesto Thayaht

B. 1893-08-21, Firenze, Italy; D. 1959-04-29
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Sculpture - unknown event	AC	0.083
		0.083

His real name was Ernest Henry Michahelles.

Nontaslip Thayansilp

B. 1936, represented Thailand
Boxing

	1956	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Axel Thayssen

Olympic Competitor nr 5024

1912-06-28-09:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, round one - won (Q)
1912-06-29-10:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round two - won (Q)
1912-06-30-09:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round three - lost (0.971)
1912-06-30-13:00 - Tennis - Men's Doubles, round two - lost (50.7)

Written 2011-12-12 - last modified 2024-02-13

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