Great Olympians

Biographies - WAS

Jarmo Sakari Wasama

B. 1943-12-02, Elimäki, Finland; D. 1966-02-02
Ice Hockey

	1964	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Waseda Noboru

B. 1951-07-23, Hiroshima, Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	HP
Men's 200 metres Freestyle	R1:22nd	0.4
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay	R1:9th	40
		40.4

Birger Wasenius

B. 1911-12-07, Helsinki, Finland; D. 1940-01-02
Speed Skating (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1936	HP
500 m	8th	256
1500 m	bronze	2560
5000 m	silver	4000
10000 m	silver	4000
		10816

Adolf Waser

B. 1938-02-05, represented Switzerland
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	11th	80
		80

Annemarie Waser

B. 1940-02-04, represented Switzerland
Alpine Skiing

	1956	1960	HP
Women's Downhill		dnf	0.00004
Women's Giant Slalom	14th	23rd	16.256
Women's Slalom		dnf	0.0000256
			16.2560656

Hugo Waser

B. 1936-08-09, Stansstad, Switzerland
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Single Sculls	Rep:2nd			408
Men's Coxed Pairs		11th		80
Men's Coxed Fours			bronze	1920
				2408

Stefan Waser

B. 1920-03-10, represented Switzerland; D. 1992-06-19
Bobsleigh (2 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Two	bronze	3200
Men's Four	bronze	1920
		5120

Alan Morgan "Al" Washbond

B. 1899-10-14, Keene Valley, NY, USA; D. 1963-05-22
Bobsleigh (1 gold)

	1936	HP
Men's Two	gold	8000
		8000

Waightman Alan "Bud" Washbond

B. 1924-03-30, Keene Valley, NY, USA; D. 2006-08-18
Bobsleigh

	1956	HP
Two‐Man	fifth	1250
		1250

Albert Lincoln "Link" Washburn

B. 1911-06-15, New York, NY, USA; D. 2007-01-30
Alpine Skiing

	1936	HP
Men's Alpine Combined	dnf	0.00000000096
		0.00000000096

Mary Washburn

B. 1907-08-04, Hudson Falls; D. 1994-02-02
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1928	HP
Women's 100 m	SF:5th	17.2
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay	silver	1000
		1017.2

Edward Hall "Ted" Washburn

B. 1942-09-25, Boston, Mass., USA
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	7th	300
		300

Watty Washburn

B. 1894-06-13, Ne York, NY, USA; D. 1973-12-02
Tennis

	1924	HP
Men's Singles	R4	65.94
Men's Doubles	QF	430.5
		496.44

Jean Washer

B. 1894-08-22, Antwerpen, Belgium; D. 1972-03-23
Tennis

	1920	1924	HP
Men's Singles	R3	R3	131.88
Men's Doubles	R2	R2	40.08
Mixed Doubles	R2	R1	41.03
			212.99

William Washington

B. 1885, Manchester, England, Great Britain; D. 1956-07-18
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Painting - Graphic Arts	AC	2.873
		2.873

Jan Karol Wasiewicz

B. 1911-01-06, Lwów, then in Austria, 1918-45 Polish, now in Ukraine; D. 1976-11-09
Football

	1936	HP
Men's Team	(fourth)	800
		800

Michael James "Mike" Wasko

B. 1964-06-09, Bayonne, NJ, USA
Bobsleigh

	1988	HP
Men's Four	fourth	1200
		1200

Dieter Waskow

B. 1957-06-24, Rostoock, M-V, Germany, represented East Germany
Diving

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Springboard	QU:14th	10th	116
Men's Platform	QU:10th	fifth	1100
			1216

Markus Wasmeier

B. 1963-09-09, Schliersee, Bayern (then West-)Germany
Alpine Skiing (2 gold)

	1988	1992	1994	HP
Men's Downhill	sixth	fourth	36th	1840
Men's Super-G	dnf	9th	gold	4920
Men's Giant Slalom	19th	dnf	gold	4801.6
Men's Combined	7th	fifth	dnf	1150
				12711.6

Frederick "Fred" Wasmer

B. 1938-08-07, from Queensland, represented Australia
Canoeing - Canadian Sprint

	1964	HP
Men's Canadian Singles 1000 metres	Rep:5th	96
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 metres	Rep;6th	50
		146

Harcourt Wason

B. 1956-04-14, represented Barbados
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 4x400 m Relay	R1:13th	6.4
		6.4

Wanda Helena Wąsowska

B. 1931-06-28, Włocławka, Poland
Equestrianism - Dressage

	1980	HP
Individual	R1:14th	20
Team	fourth	400
		420

Alexander Wassa

B. 1963-03-13, Balikpapan, Kal., Indonesia
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Thomas Lars Wassberg

B. 1956-03-27, Lennartsfors, Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing (4 gold)

	1976	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	15th	gold			6410
Men's 30 kilometres		fourth	14th		1616.00004
Men's 30 kilometres Classical				42nd	1616.00004
Men's 50 kilometres			gold		6400
Men's 50 kilometres Freestyle				dnf	6400
Men's 4 x 10 km Relay	fourth	fifth	gold	gold	5775
					20201.00004

Vivi Anne "Vivi-Anne" Wassdahl

B. 1932-02-28, Stockholm, Sweden
Alpine Skiing

	1956	HP
Women's Downhill	42nd	0.00004
Women's Giant Slalom	31st	0.0064
Women's Slalom	28th	0.0256
		0.03204

Folke Viktor Wassén

B. 1918-04-18, Göteborg, Sweden; D. 1969-10-22
Sailing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
5.5 metres class	bronze	2560
		2560

(Sten) Magnus Wassén

B. 1920-09-01, Partille, Sweden; D. 2014-06-23
Sailing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
5.5 metres class	bronze	2560
		2560

Rüdiger Wassibauer

B. 1948-10-03, Salzburg, Austria
Equestrianism - Eventing & Equestrianism - Jumping

	1972	1976	HP
Three-Day Event, Individual	dnf		-10.32
Three-Day Event, Team	(12th)		-
Jumping, Team		11th	16
			16

John Andrew Wastall

B. 1928-06-23, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2002-10-28
Sailing

	1972	HP
Two Person Keelboat (Star)	7th	500
		500

Josef Wastl

Olympic Competitor nr 5913

1912-07-07-13:50 - Swimming - Men's 200 m Breaststroke, round one - fourth (1.96)
1912-07-08-20:00 - Swimming - Men's 400 m Breaststroke, round one - third - DNF (16)

Abdullah Noor Wasughe

B. 1947-12-13, represented Somalia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:33nd	-2.38
		0.00384

Daniel Waszkiewicz

B. 1957-01-07, Choclanów, Poland
Handball

	1980	HP
Men's Team	7th	200
		200

He was the coach of the 2008 Polish Men's team.

Eugeniusz Waszkiewicz

B. 1890-08-29, Chernivtsi, then in Austria, now in Ukraine, represented Poland; D. 1972-11-20
Shooting

	1924	HP
Men's Free Rifle, prone	63rd	0.0000000032
		0.0000000032

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-10-11

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