Great Olympians

Biographies - VAI

Arnold Vaide

B. 1926-04-17, Salle, Estonia, lived in Halmstad, represented Sweden; D. 2011-06-05
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Marathon	11th	21st	96.96
			96.96

Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela

B. 1925-09-30, Raahe, Finland; D. 2006-02-09
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Jörg Vaihinger

B. 1962-10-08, Dortmund, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany until 1988
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's 4x400 m Relay	SF:5th	bronze	R1:dnf	672.54
				672.54

Mati Vaikjärv

B. 1944-02-02, Töstamaa, Estonia, represented the Soviet Union
Archery

	1972	HP
Men's Individual	24th	0.24
		0.24

F. Vailee

represented France
Gymnastics

	1948	HP
Women's Team All-Around	10th	50
		50

Michel Vaillancourt

B. 1954-07-25, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québ., Canada
Equestrianism - Jumping (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Jumping, Individual	silver	5000
Jumping, Team	fifth	250
		5250

Bernard Vaillant

B. 1948-03-26, Arlon, Belgium
Volleyball

	1968	HP
Men's Team	8th	128
		128

Henriëtte Vaillant

B. 1875-12-10, Utrecht, the Netherlands; D. 1949-12-13
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Sculpture, Statues	AC	40.08
		40.08

Jean Vaillant

B. 1932-04-23, Lorient, France
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:7th	0.057
Men's 10000 metres	15th	10
		10.057

Nelson Beasley Vails

B. 1960-10-13, New York, NY, USA
Track Cycling (1 silver)

	1984	HP
Men's Sprint	silver	6000
		6000

Vladimír Vaina

B. 1909-11-02, represented Czechoslovakia
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Double Sculls	SF:3rd	410
		410

Martti Olavi Vainio

B. 1950-12-30, Vehkalahti, Finland
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Men's 5000 metres		11th	dq	64
Men's 10000 metres	R1:18th	13th	dq	28.16
				92.16

Disqualified for doping in 1984.

Seppo Johannes Vainio

B. 1937-01-03, Rauma, Finland
Ice Hockey

	1960	HP
Men's Team	7th	200
		200

Leo Edvard Vainonen

B. 1952-06-26, Gävle, Sweden
Boxing

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Light-Middleweight (-71 kg)	R2	R2	158.26
			158.26

André Vairolatto

B. 1934-08-07, represented France
Boxing

	1956	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	QF	861
		861

Heikki Juhani Väisänen

B. 1943-01-07, Kajaani, Finland
Ski Jumping

	1968	HP
Men's Normal Hill	45th	-4.10
		0.00001

Ričardas Vaitkevičius

B. 1933-05-03, from Lithuania, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1996-01-03
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Eights	fifth	500
		500

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-02-28

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