Great Olympians

Biographies - VIS


Russ Vis

B. 1900-06-22, Grand Rapids, Mich., USA; D. 1990-04-01
Freestyle Wrestling (1 gold)
1924 HP
Men's Lightweight (-66 kg) gold 9600
9600


Petrus Gerhardus Visagie

B. 1922-04-25, represented Kenya; D. 1967
Shooting
1960 HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle,  Prone 43rd -4.26
0.0000256


Nicolae Vișan

B. 1953-02-26, represented Romania
Ice Hockey
1976 HP
Men's Team 7th 200
200


Alberto Visconti

B. 1901, represented Italy
Bobsleigh
1924 HP
Men's Four/Five dnf 120
120


Gary Charles Visconti

B. 1945-05-10, Detroit, Mich., USA
Figure Skating
1968 HP
Men's Singles fifth 1500
1500


Viorica Viscopoleanu

B. 1939-08-08, Storojinet, Romania, now Storozhinets in Ukraine
Track and Field (1 gold)
1964 1968 1972 HP
Long Jump fifth gold 7th 11700
11700


(Mirio) Carlos (Alberto) Visentín Posagno

B. 1918-11-28, Santa Fe, Argentina; D. 2017-10-12
Aquatics - Water Polo
1948 1952 HP
Men's Team R2:3rd R2:4th 52.75
52.75


Marcelo Euclides Visentín Posagno

B. 1914-05-30, Santa Fe, Argentina; D. 1998-12-16
Aquatics - Water Polo
1948 1952 HP
Men's Team R2:3rd R2:4th 52.75
52.75


Gloria Viseras Die

B. 1965-02-09, Ciudad de México, Mexico, represented Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
1980 HP
Women's Individual combined QU:62nd -8.40
0.000000004


Edgard Viseur

B. 1905-04-10, from Bruxelles, represented Belgium
Athletics - Track & Field
1928 HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase R1:5th 25.8
25.8


Georgy Vishnyakov

Olympic Competitor nr 5313


Vittorio Visini

B. 1945-05-25, Chieti, Italy
Athletics
1968 1972 1976 HP
Men's 20 km Walk 8th 8th 640
Men's 50 km Walk sixth 7th 1040
1680


Ramutis Višinskis

B. 1957-10-12, Dungeriai, Lithuania, represented the Soviet Union
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint
1980 HP
Men's Singles, 1000 m SF:4th 68
68


Bruno Visintin

B. 1932-11-23, La Spezia, Italy; D. 2015-01-11
Boxing (1 bronze)
1952 HP
Men's Light-Welterweight (-63.5 kg) bronze 3120
3120


Antti Viskari

B. 1928-05-01, Joutseno, Finland; D. 2007-06-04
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 HP
Men's Marathon 53rd 0.000000384
0.000000384


Kalevi Viskari

B. 1928-06-15, Svetogorsk, now in Russia, represented Finland; D. 2018-11-13
Gymnastics (1 bronze)
1952 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 38th -
Men's Team All-Around bronze 640
Men's Floor Exercise 78th -
Men's Horse Vault 19th 0.4
Men's Parallel Bars 40th -
Men's Horizontal Bar 11th 16
Men's Rings 90th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 28th 0.006
656.406


Biserka Višnjić

B. 1953-10-10, Trogir, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Handball (1 gold, 1 silver)
1980 1984 HP
Women's Team silver gold 5200
5200


Konstantīns Visotskis

B. 1864-03-17, Moskva, Russia, represented Latvia; D. 1938
Art Competitions
1928 1932 1936 HP
Painting, Paintings 4 works AC 108.79
Painting, unknown event 7 works 15.302
119.106


Fernand Visser

represented Belgium
Aquatics - Water Polo
1928 HP
Men's Water Polo QF 216
216


Gerrit Visser

B. 1903-02-02, Nieuwendam, the Netherlands; D. 1984-12-03
Football
1924 HP
Men's Football fourth 800
800


Guillaume Visser

Olympic Competitor nr 6877


Henk Visser

B. 1932-03-23, Willemstad, Curaçao, lived in Amsterdam, represented the Netherlands; D. 2015-11-13
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 1956 1960 HP
Men's Long Jump FI:nm 7th 660
660


Leo Visser

B. 1966-01-13, Haastrecht, the Netherlands
Speed Skating (1 silver, 3 bronze)
1988 1992 HP
1500 m bronze 1920
5000 m silver bronze 5920
10000 m bronze 2560
10400


Martinus Wiendelt "Martin" Visser

B. 1924-12-28, Groningen, the Netherlands, represented Australia; D. 2008-08-10
Sailing
1964 HP
Two−Person Keelboat (Star) 10th 125
125


Paulus Visser

from South Africa
Tug-of-War
1904 HP
Men's Tug-of-War R1 307.5
307.5

He represented the Boer team in the 1904 Club championship.

Olympic Competitor nr 2076


Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser

B. 1961-07-20, Oud-Beijerland, the Netherlands
Speed Skating (1 silver)
1980 1984 HP
Women's 500 metres 30th 0.01
Women's 1500 metres silver 13th 4025.6
Women's 3000 metres dnf 25th 0.116
4025.726


Tjipke Visser

B. 1876-12-12, Workum, the Netherlands; D. 1955-01-22
Art Competitions
1936 HP
Sculpture - unknown event 2 entries 0.166
0.166


Haas Visser 't Hooft

B. 1905-09-20, Haarlem, the Netherlands; D. 1977-07-28
Hockey (1 silver)
1928 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000


Andrea Johanna Maria Vissers

B. 1952-02-29, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rowing
1976 HP
Women's Double Sculls 7th 500
500


Josephus "Jos" Vissers

B. 1928-11-28, Geel, Belgium; D. 2006-04-18
Boxing (1 silver)
1948 HP
Men's Lightweight (-62 kg) silver 6000
6000


Itzhak Vissoker

B. 1944-09-18, represented Israel
Football
1976 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287


Remegio Vista

B. 1934-05-25, Tibiao, the Philippines
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 HP
Men's 4x100 metres Relay R1:4th 3.625
3.625


Visy István

B. 1906-08-01, Dombóv&aadute;r, Hungary; D. 2000-03-06
Equestrianism - Eventing
1936 HP
Three−Day Event, Individual dnf 0.00000125
Three−Day Event, Team dnf -
0.00000125


Written 2011-08-27 - last modified 2023-07-06

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