Great Olympians

Biographies - VAD


Svend Vad

B. 1928-02-03, Bov, Denmark; D. 2004-12-04
Boxing (1 bronze)
1948 HP
Men's Lightweight (-62 kg) bronze 3840
3840


Vadai Tibor

B. 1913-02-13, represented Hungary
Rowing
1936 HP
Men's Coxless Fours Rep:3rd 246
246


Vadas József

B. 1911-09-19, Székesfehérvár, Hungary; D. 2006-06-05
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 HP
Men's 400 metres R1:3rd 0.364
Men's 800 metres SF:8th 0.272
Men's 4x400 metres Relay sixth 160
160.636


Vadászi Ede

B. 1923-09-13, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1995-06-12
Basketball
1948 HP
Men's Team 16th 3.2
3.2


Émile Léopold François Vadbled

B. 1876-04-21, Villers-Écalles, France
Cycling - Track
1900 HP
Men's Sprint R1:dnq -2.25
0.0025

Olympic Competitor nr 1537


Bjørn Vade

B. 1922-05-02, Oslo, Norway; D. 2006-05-30
Athletics
1948 HP
Men's 400 m QF:5th 2.29
Men's 800 m SF:7th 1.08
3.37


Elisabeth Cornelia "Els" Vader

B. 1959-09-24, Vlissingen, the Netherlands; D. 2021-02-08
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 1984 1988 HP
Women's 100 metres QF:dns QF:5th QF:6th 2.814
Women's 200 metres SF:8th SF:7th 29
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay SF:5th 32.5
64.314


Kristen Vadgaard

Olympic Competitor nr 6121


Quinto Vadi

B. 1921-09-13, Faenza, Italy; D. 2014-03-17
Gymnastics
1948 1952 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 42nd 114th -
Men's Team All-Around fifth 10th 275
Men's Floor Exercise 65th 154th -
Men's Horse Vault 60th 137th -
Men's Parallel Bars 44th 107th -
Men's Horizontal Bar 33rd 153rd 0.001
Men's Rings 57th 111th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 13th 57th 6.4
281.401


Vadnay László

B. 1898-06-12, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, then part of Austria, represented Hungary
Shooting
1936 HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol 10th 150
150


Jože Vadnov

B. 1912-07-05, Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of Austria, represented Yugoslavia
Gymnastics
1936 HP
Men's Individual combined (6 apparatuses) 56th -
Men's Team combined sixth 160
Men's Floor Exercise 54th -
Men's Vault 21st 0.16
Men's Parallel Bars 70th -
Men's Horizontal Bar 77th -
Men's Rings 60th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 66th -
160.16


Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2023-04-23

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