Great Olympians

Biographies - TR

Tra - Tre - Tri - Tro - Trs - Try


Kari Traa

Norway
Free-style Skiing - Moguls (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1998 2002 2006 HP
Moguls bronze gold silver 23050
23050


Jozef Tracz

B. 1964-09-01, Zary, Poland
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 silveer, 2 bronze)
1988 1992 1996 HP
Welterweight bronze silver bronze 15048
15048


Terrence Trammell

B. 1978-11-23, Atlanta, GA, USA
Athletics (2 silver)
2000 2004 2008 HP
110 m Hurdles silver silver dnf 12000.00006
12000.00006


Fritz Traun

Olympic Competitor nr 18


Trebeco

a horse
Equestrianism, Jumping (1 gold, 1 silver)
1920 1924 1928 HP
Jumping, individual gold silver 24th 14600
Jumping, team fifth fourth 650
15250

Ridden by Tommaso Lequio Di Assaba


Charles Treffel

Olympic Competitor nr 1328


Birgit Treiber

Germany
Swimming (2 silver, 1 bronze)
1976 1980 HP
200 m Backstroke silver bronze 6560
100 m Backstroke silver - 4000
400 m Individual Medley fourth - 2400
4 x 100 m Medley Relay qual. - 64
13024


Pierre Trentin

B. 1944-05-15, Créteil, France
Cycling (2 gold, 2 bronze)
1964 1968 1972 HP
1 km Time Trial bronze gold 10th 13590
Sprint fourth bronze - 6240
Tandem 9th gold fourth 10200
30030

A big burly man, Trentin was a leather craftsmen who found time to set up a business and becoming a world class cyclist. His tandem combination with Daniel Morelon was famous.


Vladislav Tretiak

B. 1952-04-27, Russia, Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (3 gold, 1 silver)
1972 1976 1980 1984 HP
Team gold gold silver gold 23200
23200

Member of the Soviet Ice Hockey team that won gold at Sapporo, Innsbrück and Sarajevo and silver at Lake Placid.
He was the oldest champion at Sarajevo.


Nikolaos Trikoupis

Olympic Competitor nr 60


Giovanna Trillini

B. 1970-05-17, Jesi, Italy
Fencing - foil (4 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Foil, individual gold bronze bronze silver fourth 28000
Foil, team gold gold gold bronze 10880
38880

Member of the Italian foil team that won gold at Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney. There was no team foil in Athina, but the Italians would clearly have dominated this again, as Trillini and Valentina Vezzali made it to the individual final. In Beijing, the Italians made it three out of four in the semifinals, but that did not guarantee anything, as they lost the semi-final on sudden death.


Jules Trinité

Olympic Competitor nr 1187


Count Giangiorgio Trissino

B. 1877-07-22, Vicenza, Italy; D. 1963-12-22
Equestrianism (1 gold, 1 silver)
1900 HP
High Jump gold & fourth 12000
Long Jump silver 6000
18000

He competed on the High jump with two horses, Oreste who won a joined gold, and Melope, who came fourth. Earlier he had already won silver on the long jump, also on Oreste.

Olympic Competitor nr 527


Henricus Tromp

Olympic Competitor nr 1431


Louis Trousselier

Olympic Competitor nr 1594


Saban Trstena

Macedonia
Wrestling - free-style (1 gold, 1 silver)

An Olympic champion at Los Angeles, he did not make the Yugoslav team in 1992, but in 1996 he was able to represent (the former Yugoslav republic of) Macedonia.
(217.5 HP)


A. Tryfiatis-Trypiapis

Olympic Competitor nr 244


Written 2000-12-15 - last modified 2002-10-31

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