Great Olympians

Biographies - TU

Tuf - Tul - Tur - Tuu


Alexandre Tuffèri

He is generally registered as a Frenchman, but in 1906 he competed as a Greek. I list him as Greek for that reason.

Olympic Competitor nr 7


Olaf Tufte

B. 1976-04-27, Tønsberg, Norway
Rowing (2 gold, 1 silver)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Single Sculls gold gold 28800
Double Sculls silver 7500
36300


Derarta Tulu

Ethiopia
Track and Field (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 2004 HP
10000 m gold fourth gold bronze 25440
25440


Lyudmila Turishcheva

B. 1952-10-07, from Rostov, Ukraine
Gymnastics (4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
Individual Combined 24th gold bronze 8960.16
Team gold gold gold 9600
Floor Exercises - silver silver 2000
Vaults - bronze silver 1640
Beam - fifth fourth 650
Asymetrical Parallel Bars - fourth - 400
23250.16

Member of the Soviet gymnastics team from '68 to '76, winning gold each time.
At München despite the popular appeal of Olga Korbut, she impressed the more discerning experts with her combination of flawless technique and precise timing. She won the overall title but failed to win any individual apparatus. In the 1973 European championships however, she emulated Latynina and Caslavska by capturing every apparatus gold medal.
She is married to Valeri Borsov.


Arthur Turner

Olympic Competitor nr 1604


Cathy Turner

B. 1962-04-10, Rochester, NY, USA
Shorttrack (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1992 1994 1998 HP
500 m gold gold - 10800
3000 m team silver bronze fifth 1480
1000 m 8th - 192
12472


Yosiyuki Turuta

spells his name also as

Yosiyuki Tsuruta

B. 1903-10-01, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Swimming (2 gold)
1928 1932 HP
200 m Breaststroke gold gold 19200
19200

The only swimmer to have successfully defended a breaststroke title.


Vilho Immanuel "Ville" Tuulos

B. 1895-03-26, Finland; D. 1967-09-02
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 bronze)
1920 1924 1928 HP
Triple Jump gold bronze bronze 21600
Long Jump fourth 11th 2496
24096

At Antwerpen, the winning jump of 14.51 m was achieved in the qualifying rounds. It counted towards the gold medal.
(234 HP)


Written 2002-08-23 - last modified 2002-10-31

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