Great Olympians

Biographies - VI

Via - Vie - Vig - Vik - Vil - Vin - Viq - Vir


Vianzino

Olympic Competitor nr 1536


Viart

Olympic Competitor nr 1128


Viéville

Olympic Competitor nr 1139


Vignerot

Olympic Competitor nr 746


Vigneulles

Olympic Competitor nr 515


Bjarte Engen Vik

Norway
Nordic Combined (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1994 1998 HP
Individual bronze gold 10400
10400


François Vilamitjana

Olympic Competitor nr 394


Francisco Villota

Olympic Competitor nr 695


Vincent

Olympic Competitor nr 1587


Charles Vinci

USA
Weight-Lifting (2 gold)
1956 1960 HP
-56 kg gold gold 19200
19200


Hector Vinent

Cuba
Boxing (2 gold)
1992 1996 HP
-63.5 kg gold gold 19200
19200


Armand Viquier

Olympic Competitor nr 375


Lasse Artturi Virén

B. 1949-07-22, Myrskyla, Finland
Track and Field (4 gold)
1972 1976 1980 HP
5000 m gold gold - 12800
10000 m gold gold fifth 20700
Marathon - fifth dnf 1500
35000

He revived the finnish supremacy at long distance by winning the 5000 and 10000 metres at München. In the longer race he survived a fall just before halfway and recovered to cover the last 800 m in 1.56.2. He beat the world record by 1 second. He became the fourth man to do the double in Olympic history and the first to repeat the performance, at Montreal.
In 1999 he was elected to the Finnish Parlement.


last modified 2002-11-01

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