Great Olympians

Biographies - WAH

Ahmed Bushara Wahba

B. 1943, represented Sudan
Football

	1972	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

Sardar Abdul Wahib

B. 1901-03-12, represented Afganistan
Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:2nd	410
		410

Abdel Moneim Wahibi Hassanein

B. 1912-01-03, Al-Qahira, Egypt; D. 1988-05-08
Basketball

	1936	HP
Men's Team	Rep2	2.87
		2.87

Anne Wahl

B. 1953-08-25, Bergen, Norway
Canoeing, Sprint Kayak

	1984	HP
Women's Doubles, 500 m	seventh	300
Women's Fours, 500 m	sixth	320
		620

Frank-Michael Wahl

B. 1956-08-24, Rostock, M-V, Germany, represented East Germany until 1988
Handball (1 gold)

	1980	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Team	gold		seventh	10th	4312.5
					4312.5

Harry Wahl

Olympic Competitor nr 6939

1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 10 Meter class, race one - second
1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 10 Meter class, race two - third - final ranking joint second
1912-07-22-11:00 - Sailing - 10 Meter class, race-off - first - final result second (2000)

Henry Wahl

B. 1915-03-09, Odda, Norway; D. 1984-10-13
Speed Skating

	1948	HP
Men's 10000 metres	dnf	0.04
		0.04

Kurt Wahl

B. 1912-05-05, from München, represented Germany
Fencing

	1952	HP
Foil, individual	R1:5th	0.00003
Foil, Team	QF:4th	25
		25.00003

Otto Wahl

B. 1904-07-09, Zella-Mehlis, Thüringen, Germany; D. 1935-07-01
Cross-Country Skiing

	1928	HP
Men's 18 km	19th	1.6
Men's 50 km	10th	100
		101.6

Paul Wahl

B. 1906-10-06, Stuttgart, B-W, Germany; D. 1982-02-13
Weightlifting

	1936	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg)	7th	600
		600

Rakel Kristine Wahl

B. 1921-03-18, Lier, Norway; D. 2005-12-14
Cross-Country Skiing

	1952	1956	HP
Women's 10 km	sixth	11th	1040
Women's 3x5 km Relay		fourth	400
			1440

Richard Wahl

B. 1906-12-04, from Frankfurt am Main, represented Germany; D. 1982-11-01
Fencing (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	QF:4th	0.845
Men's Sabre, Team	bronze	640
		640.845

Torgny Georg Erik Otto Wåhlander

B. 1935-11-15, Stockholm, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:nm	0.006
		0.006

(Hans) Yngve Wahlander

B. 1958-09-15, Fallköping, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's Shot Put	QU:16th	9.6
		9.6

Anna-Stina Baidinger

B. 1931-08-17, Stockholm, Sweden
Aquatics - Diving

	1952	1956	HP
Women's Springboard	13th	12th	65.6
			65.6

Christina Agathe Wahlberg

B. 1943-07-24, Bromma, Sweden
Fencing

	1964	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	R1:5th	0.053
		0.053

Karl Wahlberg

B. 1874-03-31, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1934-08-01
Curling (1 silver)

	1924	HP
Men's Teams	silver	3000
		3000

Otto Wahle

B. 1879-11-05, Wien, Austria; D. 1963-08-11
Aquatics - Swimming (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1900	1904	HP
100 m Freestyle	(silver)		0
Men's 200 m Freestyle	finalist		100
Men's 440 yds Free-style		bronze	1920
Men's 880 yds Free-style		fifth	4750
Men's 1000 m Freestyle	silver		4750
Men's 1 mile Free-style		fourth	1200
Men's 200 m Obstacle Course	silver		6000
			13970

Otto Wahle, from Wien, competed at the Paris Olympics. He moved to the USA in 1901, and competed for the New York AC in St. Louis. He was naturalized in 1906, so for 1904 he is still considered Austrian, even if not on an Austrian "team". He then coached American swimming and water polo teams for the Olympics of 1912, '20 and '24.
The 100 m event at Paris is not listed in all sources, but seems to have been a separate, official event (Information supplied by the IASF, according to the Hungarian authors) The event is notably completely absent in Mallon.

Olympic Competitor nr 1271

1900-08-11-07:45 - Swimming - 1000 m Freestyle, heats - fifth time (Q)
1900-08-11-10:00 - Swimming - 200 m Freestyle, heats - first (Q)
1900-08-11-10:30 - Swimming - 200 m Obstacle Course, heats - first (Q)
1900-08-12-14:00 - Swimming - 1000 m Freestyle, final - second (4000)
1900-08-12-14:30 - Swimming - 200 m Freestyle, final - DNS (100)
1900-08-12-15:15 - Swimming - 200 m Obstacle Course, final - second (6000)
1904-09-06-16:00? - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - fourth (1200)
1904-09-07-14:00? - Swimming - 440 yds Free-style - third (1920)
1904-09-07-15:00? - Swimming - 880 yds Free-style - fifth (750)

Georges Wahler

B. 1933-08-30, Colmar, France; D. 2008-01-20
Shooting (1 silver)

	1960	HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Three Positions	28th	0.0256
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Prone	53rd	-6.26
		0.025600256

Hans Wahli

B. 1927-01-11, from Biel, represented Switzerland; D. 2012-01-04
Athletics

	1948	1952	HP
Men's High Jump	7th	16th	609.6
			609.6

Rudolf Wåhlin

B. 1887-11-02, Ostervåla, Sweden; D. 1972-04-21
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's Marathon	23rd	0.384
		0.384

Karl Wahlmüller

B. 1913-10-22, Linz, Austria; D. 1944-02-16
Football (1 silver)

	1936	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Lars Lennart Wahlqvist

B. 1964-05-23, Motala, Sweden
Road Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Road Race	26th	0.096
		0.096

Armas Wahlstedt

B. 1905-08-07, Turk, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1991-03-16
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's High Jump	no mark	0.0015
Men's Shot Put	fifth	1500
Men's Decathlon	dnf	0.000384
		1500.001884

Axel Wahlstedt

Olympic Competitor nr 5418

1912-07-04-12:00 - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle - 11th (64)
1912-07-05-10:00 - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target - 25th (0.1)

Juhani Jorma Kalervo Wahlsten

B. 1938-01-13, Helsinki, Finland; D. 2019-06-09
Ice Hockey

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	7th	sixth	fifth	1020
				1020

Kauko Wilhelm Wahlsten

B. 1923-12-09, Kymu, Finland; D. 2001-05-09
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	bronze	1920
		1920

Richard Wayne Wahlstrom

B. 1931-11-08, Seattle, Wash., USA; D. 2003-12-18
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	bronze	1920
		1920

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-02-21

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