Great Olympians

Biographies - VE

Ved - Vee - Vel - Ver - Vev - Vez


Vyacheslav Vedenin

B. 1941-10-01, Sloboda, Tula, Russia
Cross-Country Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 HP
30 km 14th gold 6410
50 km silver bronze 6560
4 x 10 km fourth gold 2000
14970


Vedeux

Olympic Competitor nr 1083


Erneste Védrenne

Olympic Competitor nr 1477


Andrus Veerpalu

Estonia
Cross-Country Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
2002 2006 HP
15 km Classical gold gold 12800
50 km Classical silver 5104
50 km Classical, mass start sixth
17904


Antonio Vela

Olympic Competitor nr 1427


Bart Veldkamp

B. 1967-11-22, 's Gravenhage (the Hague), the Netherlands, naturalised Belgian 1997
Speed Skating (1 gold, 2 bronze)
1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 HP
10000 m gold bronze fourth 9th 14th 8496
5000 m bronze fifth fifth 8th 13th 4775.76
1500 m fifth - 17th 754
14025.76

When he was no longer a member of the dutch core team, he moved to Belgium and started skating for that country. He was naturalised in time for the Nagano Olympics. In the 5000 meters, he skated a phenomenal world record only to see it beaten twice in the next two heats, first by 6 hundreds of a second (Rintje Ritsma), then by 6 full seconds (Gianni Romme), both former countrymen. In his best discipline, the 10000 meters, he also skated below the former world record, but three Dutchmen (also Bob De Jong) had already crossed the line faster before.


Verbecke

Olympic Competitor nr 1266


Cyril Verbrugge

B. 1866-11-09, Mouscron, Belgium; D. 1929
Fencing (2 gold)
1900 1906 HP
Foil for Masters 15th 15
Épée for Masters gold 6400
Sabre for Masters gold 6400
15 12800 12815

He was the fencing master to Fernand de Montigny

Olympic Competitor nr 374


Pierre Verdi-Delisle

Olympic Competitor nr 770


Maurice Verdonck

Olympic Competitor nr 1440


Vereckei Akos

B. 1977-08-26, Budapest, Hungary
Canoeing (2 gold)
2000 2004 2008 HP
K4 1000 m gold gold fifth 10350
K1 500 m fourth fifth sixth 3564
13914

This particular combination is the most logical, as the races for the 500 meters are always run on the other day than those for the 1000 meters, and there is only one distance for the K4.


Kees Verkerk

B. 1941, the Netherlands
Speed Skating (1 gold, 3 silver)
1964 1968 1972 HP
1500 m silver gold 8th 10656
10000 m 16th fifth silver 5006.4
5000 m 9th silver sixth 4800
500 m - 33rd - -
20462.4


Philippe Vernes

Olympic Competitor nr 584


Francesco Verri

B. 1885-06-11, Italy; D. 1945-06-06
Cycling (3 gold)
1906 HP
Sprint gold 4800
Time Trial gold 4800
5000 m gold 4800
14400


Sotirios Versis

Olympic Competitor nr 25


Vève

Olympic Competitor nr 563


Valentina Vezzali

B. 1974-02-14, Jesi, Italy
Fencing, Foil (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Foil, Individual silver gold gold gold 61200
Team gold gold bronze 5760
66960

There was no team competition in Athina, but Vezzali won the individual title for a second and then a third time. Italy had the top two fencers in 2004, but nothing is certain, because despite having three of the individual semi-finalists on the team, they drew the semi final and then Vezzali lost the sudden death.


Written 2001-02-05 - last modified 2002-11-01

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