Great Olympians

Biographies - URB

Dietrich "Dieter" Urbach

B. 1935-02-02, Hagen, N-W, Germany
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 HP
Men's Shot Put 7th 600
600

(Franz Hubert) Josef Urbach

B. 1889-03-09, Neuss, N-W, Germany; D. 1973-10-08
Art Competitions
1936 HP
Painting - unknown event AC 3.724
3.724

Paul Urbain

B. 1957-01-24, Jemappes, Belgium
Hockey
1976 HP
Men's Team 9th 80
80

Adolf "Ala" Urban

B. 1914-01-09, Gelsenkirchen, N-W, Germany; D. 1943-05-27
Football
1936 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287

Anton Urban

B. 1934-01-16, Kysak, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Football (1 silver)
1964 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Horst Urban

B. 1936-05-15, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2010-03-02
Luge
1964 1968 HP
Men's Singles 12th 24th 60.24
Doubles 12th 12th 100
160.24

Josef Urban

B. 1899-06-17, Bylany, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1968-09-02
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 silver)
1928 1932 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg) fifth silver 7500
7500

Maria Urban

B. 1941-12-20, Bischofshofen, Austria (then part of Germany), represented West Germany
Archery
1976 HP
Women's Individual 8th 384
384

Peter Urban

B. 1938-02-24, Baja, Hungary, represented Canada
Fencing
1976 HP
Men's Sabre, Individual R2:6th -2.34
Men's Sabre, Team R1:3rd 22.75
22.7534

Petr Urban

B. 1960-08-08, represented Czechoslovakia
Luge
1988 1992 HP
Men's Singles 16th 19th 11.4
Doubles 13th 15th 41.375
52.775

Roland Urban

B. 1940-03-29, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Luge
1964 1968 HP
Men's Singles dnf 27th 0.060384
Doubles 12th 12th 100
100.060384

Stanisław Urban

B. 1907-09-13, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1940-04
Rowing (1 bronze)
1928 1932 HP
Men's Eights QF 2460
Men's Coxed Fours bronze
2460

Nataša Urbančič

B. 1945-11-25, Celje, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2011-06-22
Athletics
1968 1972 HP
Women's Javelin Throw sixth fifth 2460
2460

Klaus Urbanczyk

B. 1940-06-04, Halle an der Saale, S-A, Germany
Football (1 bronze)
1964 HP
Men's Team (bronze) 800
800

Dino Urbani

B. 1882-03-08, Livorno, Italy; D. 1958-05-09
Fencing (2 gold)
1920 HP
Men's Épée, Individual SF:7th 26
Men's Épée, Team gold 1600
Men's Sabre, Team gold 1600
3226

Riccardo Urbani

B. 1958-09-11, Roma, Italy
Aquatics - Swimming
1976 HP
Men's 100 m Butterfly 34th -2.16
0.0016

Marta Urbanová

B. 1960-10-14, České Budějovice, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Hockey (1 silver)
1980 HP
Women's Team silver 2000
2000

Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich

B. 1917-09-05, Bakı, Azerbaijan, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2011-05-08
Gymnastics (1 gold, 1 silver)
1952 HP
Women's Individual All-Around fifth 1000
Women's Team All-Around gold 1600
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus silver 1000
Women's Floor Exercise fourth 400
Women's Horse Vault fifth 250
Women's Uneven Bars 12th 10
Women's Balance Beam fifth 250
4510

She was born in Azerbaijan to a Lithuanian family, who moved to Moskva in 1935 (when Galina was 18). It was only after the move that she took up Gymnastics, so she should be regarded Russian.

Urbanovics Miklós

B. 1942-02-28, Debrecen, Hungary
Freestyle Wrestling
1972 HP
Men's Welterweight (-74 kg) 12th 60
60

María Antonieta Urbina

B. 1968-05-09, represented Mexico
Aquatics - Swimming
1984 HP
Women's 100 m Butterfly 28th 0.0256
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay dnf 6.4
6.4256

Jean-Pierre Urbing

B. 1899-07-22, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; D. 1975-05-03
Gymnastics
1928 HP
Men's Individual Combined (9 events) 68th -
Men's Team Combined 9th 40
Men's Vault 77th -
Men's Parallel Bars 68th -
Men's Horizontal Bar 73rd -
Men's Rings 68th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 64th -
40

Written 2016-12-18 - last modified 2024-09-21

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