Great Olympians

Biographies - VAS

Helena Vašáková

B. 1961-04-27, Bratislava, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint

	1980	HP
Women's Doubles, 500 m	Rep:6th	30
		30

Pekka Antero Vasala

B. 1948-04-17, Riihimäki, Finland
Athletics (1 gold)

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 1500 metres	R1:9th	gold	6400.000031
			6400.000031

Kalle Vasama

Olympic Competitor nr 6355

1912-07-10-14:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - second (1000)

Harald Vasbotten

B. 1893-11-09, Lervik, Norway; D. 1973-03-15
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1920	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg)	QF	312
		312

Deusdete Alves Vasconcelos

B. 1947-01-25, São, Paulo, Brazil
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	R1	1.02
		1.02

Miguel Vasconcelos Grath

B. 1910-01-10, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Athletics

	1932	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:7th	1.08
		1.08

Rubén Vasconcelos Dueñas

B. 1949-08-02, represented Mexico
Hockey

	1972	HP
Men's Team	16th	3.2
		3.2

Radostina Vasekova

B. 1950-12-10, Sofia, Bulgaria; D. 2015-06
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Women's Shot Put	12th	60
Women's Discus Throw	QU:14th	24
		84

Helge Allan Arthur Vasenius

B. 1927-02-23, Helsinki, Finland; D. 2008-01-27
Aquatics - Diving

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Springboard	14th	15th	26
Men's Platform		16th	6.4
			32.4

Lilyana Vaseva

B. 1955-08-12, Velicikovo, Bulgaria
Rowing (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Women's Coxed Fours	silver	3000
		3000

Julian Vasey

B. 1950-04-26, Lausanne, Switzerland, represented Great Britain
Alpine Skiing

	1968	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	62nd	-8.40
Men's Slalom	R2:2nd	-7.64
		0.000000068

Lucian Vasilache

B. 1954-12-04, Podu Turcului, Romania
Handball (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Kharilaos Vasilakos

B. 1875-11, Peireias, Greece; D. 1964-12-01
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1896	1900	1904	1906	HP
Men's Marathon	silver				6000
1500 m Walk				fifth	750
					6750

Olympic Competitor nr 201

1896-04-10-14:00 - Athletics - Marathon - second (6000)
1906-04-30-16:00 - Athletics - 1500 m Walk - fifth (750)

Neculai Vasilcă

B. 1955-11-28, Bacău, Romania
Handball (2 bronze)

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Team	bronze	bronze	2560
			2560

Liliya Aleksandrovna Vasilchenko

B. 1962-06-08, Novosibirsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2011-12-19
Cross-Country Skiing

	1984	HP
Women's 5 km	17th	4
		4

Olga Germanovna Vasilchenko

B. 1956-11-08, from Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing (1 silver)

	1980	HP
Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls	silver	3000
		3000

Antoniu Vasile

B. 1942-08-27, Brăila, Romania
Boxing

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)		R16	158.26
Men's Light−Welterweight (-63.5 kg)	R16		158.26
			158.26

Niculine Vasile

B. 1958-02-13, represented Romania
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's High Jump	11th	96
		96

Teodor Vasile

B. 1947-08-16, Ploești, Romania
Cycling - Road

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Road Race	59th		dnf	-7.24
				0.000000024

Efstathios "Stratos" Vasileiou

B. 1948-12-12, Peiraias, Greece
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles	R1:20th	1.5
		1.5

Gheorghe Vasilescu

B. 1935-02-26, București, Romania; D. 1993
Shooting

	1976	HP
Small-Bore Rifle, prone	28th	0.0256
		0.0256

Borislav Vasilev

B. 1951-08-15, Sofia, Bulgaria
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	8th	192
		192

Dimitar Vasilev

B. 1903-09-20, represented Bulgaria
Fencing

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:8th		R1:7th	0.00001466
Men's Sabre, Individual	R1:4th		SF:6th	5.447
Men's Foil, Individual			R1:6th	0.0000024
				5.4470149

Georgi Parvanov Vasilev

B. 1945-06-09, Sidirokastro, Greece, represented Bulgaria
Football (1 silver)

	1968	HP
Men's Team	(silver)	2000
		2000

Sidirokastro was occupied by Bulgaria during WWII, but the Bulgarians left in 1944. This athlete was born there a whole year later, so his family was probably among the original (Bulgarian) inhabitants of the town - they probably left Greeve some time after that.

Nikolay Vasilev

B. 1955-01-10, represented Bulgaria
Sailing

	1980	HP
One Person Dinghy (Finn)	18th	3.84
		3.84

Stefan Vasilev

B. 1948-11-05, Sofia, Bulgaria
Shooting

	1972	HP
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions	34th	-2.16
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone	21st	0.64
		0.6416

Yuliyan Vasilev

B. 1961-08-16, represented Bulgaria
Aquatics - Swimming

	1980	HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle	29th	0.016
Men's 100 m Butterfly	17th	4
Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay	10th	25
		29.016

Nadezhda Vasileva

B. 1937-06-25, Sofia, Bulgaria
Cross-Country Skiing

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Women's 5 kilometres		21st	24th	0.8
Women's 10 kilometres	19th	20th	27th	3.04
Women's 3x5 kilometres Relay		fifth	8th	314
				317.84

Todorka Vasileva

B. 1958-01-24, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Rowing

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Women's Eights	fourth		fifth	1430
				1430

Troyanka Vasileva

B. 1942-12-14, represented Bulgaria
Rowing

	1976	HP
Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls	fourth	1200
		1200

George Vasiliades

B. 1949-12-14 in Cyprus, represented Australia
Weightlifting

	1972	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg)	sixth	960
		960

N. Vasiliadis

sailor from Greek Naval ship Spetsai
Rowing

	1906	HP
Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats	fifth	375
		375

Olympic Competitor nr 2763

1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - fifth (375)

Elvira Adolfovna Vasilkova

B. 1962-05-15, Novouralsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Women's 100 m Breaststroke	silver	4000
Women's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay	bronze	640
		4640

The OlyMADMen class her as Belarussian, because she lived in Minsk later in her life and married a Belarussian, but in 1980 she was still in Sverdlovsk, Russia, so she has to be classed Russian.

Dionysios Vasilopoulos

B. 1902, Alexandria, Egypt, represented Greece; D. 1964
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1920	1924	HP
Men's Water Polo	seventh	R1	192.7
Men's 100 m Freestyle		R1:4th	0.676
Men's 400 m Freestyle		R1:3rd	16
Men's 1500 m Freestyle		R1:4th	3.64
			213.016

Boris Alekseyevich Vasilyev

B. 1937-01-15, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2000-06-18
Cycling - Track (1 bronze)

	1960	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep2:3rd	8.61
Men's Tandem	bronze	3200
		3208.61

Dmitry Vladimirovich Vasilyev

B. 1962-12-08, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Biathlon (2 gold)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 10 km Sprint		9th	160
Men's 20 kilometres	32nd		-2.40
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay	gold	gold	3200
			3360.004

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vasilyev

B. 1962-06-03, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (1 gold)

	1984	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Nikolay Vasilyev

B. 1952-04-02, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	8th	320
		320

Oleg Vasilyev

B. 1959-11-22, St.Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Figure Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)

1984 1988 HP

Pairs silver gold 13000

13000

together with Yelena Valova

Valery Ivanovich Vasilyev

B. 1949-08-03, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2012-04-19
Ice Hockey (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	silver	12600
				12600

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Vasilyev

B. 1948-01-21, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing

	1976	HP
Men's Eights	7th	200
		200

Vladimir Vasilyevich Vasilyev

B. 1935-11-28, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2003-01-28
Sailing

	1972	1976	HP
Two Person Keelboat (Star)	9th		250
Two Person Multihull (Tornado)		12th	250
			250

Aleksandar Vasin

B. 1933-06-21, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Fencing

	1960	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	R2:5th	0.053
		0.053

Vladimir Alekseyevich Vasin

B. 1947-01-09, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Diving (1 gold)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Springboard	8th	11th	gold	6720
Men's Platform		10th		100
				6820

Paavo Vaskio

B. 1931-03-01, Helsinki, Finland; D. 2012-09-26
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1960	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 4x500 metres Relay	SF:4th	17
		17

Vaskó Kálmán

Olympic Competitor nr 4638

1908-07-29-15:20 - Rowing - Eights, round one, heat two - lost (307.5)
1912-07-17-12:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Vaskuti István

B. 1955-12-04, Debrecen, Hungary
Canoeing, Canadian Sprint (1 gold)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Doubles, 500 m	gold		sixth	6600
				6600

Atilio César Vásquez

B. 1959-11-09, represented Argentina
Canoeing, Sprint Kayak

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Singles, 500 m	SF:5th		17.2
Men's Singles, 1000 m	SF:5th	Rep:4th	22.4
			39.6

Carlos Vásquez Pancorvo

B. 1942-07-08, Lima, Peru; D. 1984-07-24
Basketball

	1964	HP
Men's Team	15th	5
		5

César Vásquez

B. 1902, represented Argentina
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1928	HP
Men's Water Polo	R1	80
		80

David "Davey" Vasquez

B. 1948-10-11, New York, NY, USA
Boxing

	1968	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Edwin Gonzalo Vásquez Cam

B. 1922-07-28, Lima, Peru; D. 1993-03-09
Shooting (1 gold)

	1948	HP
Men's Free Pistol	gold	9600
		9600

Peru's only Olympic champion was allowed to bear the flag at the opening ceremnoy in 1984!

Jaime Vásquez Becker

B. 1929-08-22, Santiago, Chile; D. 2015-02-23
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QR	0.595
		0.595

Jorge Alfredo Vásquez

B. 1945-04-23, Santa Ana, El Salvador
Football

	1968	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

José Luis Vásquez

B. 1947-09-21, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1968	HP
Men's Team	11th	32
		32

Sergio Vásquez Allatore

B. 1947-12-21, Michoacán, Mexico
Rowing

	1968	HP
Men's Eights	11th	32
		32

Vass Károly

B. 1944-06-14, Šahy, Slovakia, represented Hungary; D. 2021-09-06
Handball

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	8th	sixth	448
			448

Vass Sándor

B. 1946-08-11, Budapest, Hungary
Handball

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team	8th		fourth	928
				928

Angelo Vassallo

represented Italy
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1920	HP
Men's Water Polo	R1	45.5
		45.5

Gustavo Gerardo Vassallo

B. 1920-07-20, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fencing

	1960	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	R1:4th	0.00011
Men's Sabre, Team	R2	22.75
		22.75011

Jesus David "Jesse" Vassallo Anadón

B. 1961-08-09, Poce, Puerto Rico, represented the USA
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Men's 200 m Backstroke	17th	4
Men's 400 m Individual Medley	fourth	1600
		1604

Peter Francis Vassella

B. 1941-01-04, represented Australia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 400 metres	7th	400
Men's 4x400 metres Relay	R1:10th	25
		425

Ferdinand Vasserot

B. 1881-03-02, Paris, France; D. 1963-02-07
Cycling - Track

	1900	HP
Men's Sprint	SF:2nd	1620
Men's Points Race	7th	600
		2220

Olympic Competitor nr 1526

1900-09-11-09:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - third (Q)
1900-09-11-14:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, quarter-final - first (Q)
1900-09-13-14:00? - Cycling - Track - Sprint, semi-final - second (1620)
1900-09-15-15:00? - Cycling - Track - Points Race - seventh (600)

Alain Vasseur

B. 1948-04-01, Capelle-la-Grande, France
Cycling - Road

	1968	HP
Men's Road Race	20th	1.5
		1.5

Paul Vasseur

B. 1884-10-10, Lille, France; D. 1971-10-12
Aquatics - Water Polo & Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1900	1904	1906	1908	1912	1920	HP
400 m Free-style						R1:3rd	25.6
1 Mile Free-style			dnf				0.12
4x200 m Free-style Relay						R1:4th	100
Water Polo	bronze				fifth	9th	1744.05
							1869.77

Olympic Competitor nr 1354

1900-08-12-16:00 - Waterpolo - Semi-Final - lost (1040)
1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - DNF (0.12)
1912-07-08-13:30 - Waterpolo - round one, match two - lost (Qc)
1912-07-11-11:30 - Waterpolo - consolation round two - lost (500)

Fernand Vast

B. 1886-05-26, Paris, France; D. 1968-06-07
Road Cycling & Track Cycling (1 gold, 2 bronze)

	1906	HP
Men's Road Race	gold	4800
Men's Sprint	SF:2nd	810
Men's Time Trial	15th	7.5
Men's 5000 metres	bronze	1920
Men's 20 kilometres	bronze	1920
		9457.5

Olympic Competitor nr 2554

1906-04-23-10:15 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - first (Q)
1906-04-23-16:30 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, semifinals - second (810)
1906-04-24-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Time Trial - 15th (7.5)
1906-04-24-16:30 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, round one - first (Q)
1906-04-25-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one - AC (QR) repêched when Verstraeten chose not to start in final
1906-04-25-15:00 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, semifinals - second (QT)
1906-04-25-16:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, final - third (1920)
1906-04-25-17:00 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, final - third (1920)
1906-05-01-14:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race - first (4800)

Mykola Vasyliev

B. 1956-04-12, Kaliningrad, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles	fourth	2400
		2400

He is listed as Ukrainian. Considering that his younger brother was born in Ukraine, I shall keep that assessment.

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-08-17

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