Great Olympians

Biographies - WI

Wib - Wic - Wid - Wie - Wig - Wil - Win - Wit

Pernilla Wiberg

B. 1970-10-15, Norrköping, Sweden
Alpine Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
1992 1994 1998 HP
Giant Slalom gold dnf 11th 4864
Combined - gold dnf 4800
Downhill - 9th silver 4120
Super-G 12th fourth 14th 1246
Slalom dnf fourth dnf 1200
16230

Wichmann Tamás

B. 1948-02-04, Budapest, Hungary
Canoeing (2 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
C1 500m fourth 1000
C1 1000 m silver bronze 9th 8660
C2 1000 m silver 5000
14660

Edouard Wick

Olympic Competitor nr 1591

Hayley Wickenheiser

Canada
Ice Hockey (3 gold, 1 silver)
1998 2002 2006 2010 HP
team silver gold gold gold 23200
23200

Member of the Canadian Ice Hockey team that won gold in Salt Lake City, Torino and Vancouver, with silver in Nagano.

(12600)

Jean Wicki

Switzerland
Bobsledding (1 gold, 2 bronze)
1968 1972 HP
two-man 9th bronze 3400
four-man bronze gold 6720
10120

Edvin Wide

B. 1896-02-22, Sweden; D. 1996-06
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver, 4 bronze)
1920 1924 1928 HP
1500 m H:4th - H:3rd 25.26
5000 m - bronze bronze 5120
10000 m - silver bronze 6560
Cross-Country - dnf 0.0003
3000 m Team bronze SF:3rd 845
12550

He lived to be 100, and would have been the only Olympian alive both during Athina 1896 and Atlanta 1996, but he died soon before Atlanta.

Carl Wiegand

Olympic Competitor nr 1117

Tim Wieskotter

B. 1979-03-12, Emsdetten, Germany
Canoeing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2000 2004 2008 HP
K2 500 m bronze gold silver 12150
12150

Three times together with Ronald Rauhe

Paul Wiesner

Olympic Competitor nr 303

Lones Wesley Wigger, jr.

B.1937-08-25, Great Falls, Mont., USA
Shooting (2 gold, 1 silver)
1964 1972 HP
Small-bore Rifle, three positions gold - 6400
Small-bore Rifle, prone silver 7th 4400
Free Rifle, three positions - gold 9600
20400

He began shooting on his family's Montana ranch. After another break, he qualified for the US team for 1980. His daughter Geena-Lynn  finished 10th in the air rifle in 1988.

Bradley Wiggins

B. 1980-04-28, Gent, Belgium, competing for Great Britain
Cycling - track (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Individual Pursuit gold gold 19200
Madison fourth bronze 9th 3240
Team Pursuit bronze silver gold 12150
34590

He could have represented Australia or Belgium, but he chose Great Britain.
When he won the team pursuit at Beijing, he became only the second cyclist to win six medals - after Burton Downing in 1904.

Kati Wilhelm

Germany
Biathlon (3 gold, 3 silver) & Cross-Country
Biathlon 1998 2002 2006 2010 HP
7.5 km gold 7th 30th 5100.075
7.5 km + 10 km Pursuit silver gold 12th 7830
15 km 17th fourth 1606.4
12.5 km Mass Start silver 25th 4000.1
4 x 6 km gold silver bronze 4050
Cross-Country 19506.475
4 x 5 km fifth 250
22836.575

(24056)

Hermann Wilker

Olympic Competitor nr 1487

David Wilkie

Great Britain
Swimming (1 gold, 2 silver)
1972 1976 HP
200 m Breaststroke silver gold 10400
100 m Breaststroke 8th silver 4256
4 x 100 m Medley Relay 7th fourth 500
15156

Maurice "Mac" Wilkins

B. 1950-11-15, USA
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)
1976 1984 1988 HP
Discus Throw gold silver fifth 21375
21375

George Wilkinson

B. 1879-03-03, Great Britain; D. 1946-08-07
Waterpolo (3 gold)
1900 1908 1912 HP
Waterpolo gold gold gold 17600
17600

Member of the winning team in Waterpolo at Paris (as the Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester), London and Stockholm (as England).
England did not send a team to St.Louis in 1904.

Olympic Competitor nr 1342

Gardner Williams

Olympic Competitor nr 220

Percy Williams

B. 1908-05-19, Vancouber, BC, Canada; D. 1982-11-29
Track & Field (2 gold)
1928 1932 HP
100 m gold SF:4th 6728
200 m gold - 6400
4x100 m Relay sixth fourth 560
13688

Randy Williams

B. 1953-08-23 in Fresno, CA, USA
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
1972 1976 HP
Long Jump gold silver 15600
15600

Serena Williams

B. 1981-09-26, Saginaw, MI, USA
Tennis (2 gold)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Singles QF 717.5
Doubles gold - gold 14400
15117.5

Venus Williams

B. 1980-06-17, Lynwood, CA, USA
Tennis (3 gold)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Singles gold R3 QF 9661.784
Doubles gold R1 gold 14400.765
24062.549

Andre Willms

B. 1972-09-18, Magdeburg, Germany
Rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 2004 HP
Double Fours gold gold bronze fifth 18405
18405

Three of the four members (Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert and Andre Willms) of the winning crew in Barcelona returned to Atlanta to win again, but their third different partner let them down in Sydney. Willms and Volkert tried again in Athina, but with even less success.
(17280)

Helen Wills

USA
Tennis (2 gold)
1924 HP
Women's Singles gold 8000
Women's Doubles gold 4800
12800

Frank Wilson

Olympic Competitor nr 1692

Walter Winans

B. 1852-04-05, St. Petersburg, Russia, moved to the USA; D. 1920-08-12
Shooting & Art (2 gold, 1 silver)
1908 1912 HP
Running Deer, double shot gold 11th 4864
Running Deer, single shot sixth 29th 480.0
Running Deer, single shot, team silver 1000
Dueling Pistol 8th 256
Dueling Pistol, team fourth 400
Small-Bore Rifle, Moving Target 10th 75
Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target 19th 1.2
Free Pistol 38th 49th 0.0002
total Shooting 7076
Sculpture gold 9600
16676

Charles Winckler

Olympic Competitor nr 788

Wineuwanheim

Olympic Competitor nr 376

Hans-Günther Winkler

B. 1926-07-24, Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany
Equestrianism (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 HP
Jumping, individual gold fifth 16th fifth - 10th 13293.25
Jumping, team gold gold gold bronze gold silver 16080
29373.25

His individual triumph and first team medal was at Stockholm in 1956, riding his famous mare Halla, only four years after his international debut. He wrenched a riding muscle in the first round and rode the second, without fault, in considerable pain. He won the World Chamionship in 1954 and retained it the next year, each time on Halla. In European Championship contest he has won once, been second once and third three times.
The German team came only third at Mexico City, even though Alwin Schockemöhle posted the best individual prestation, and Winkler the fifth best. In München, he helped (West-)Germany to their fifth and his fourth team gold. At Montreal he added a team silver. Individually he never repeated his '56 success, his best being fifth at Rome and Mexico City.

Charles Lyndhurst Winslow

B. 1888-08-01, South Africa; D. 1963-09-15
Tennis (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1912 1920 HP
Men's Singles gold bronze 14000
Men's Doubles gold 4800
18800

Arthur Wint

B. 1920-05-25, Jamaica
Track and Field (2 gold, 2 silver)
1948 1952 HP
400 m gold fifth 7400
800 m silver silver 8000
4 x 400 m fin:dnf gold 1760
17160

He joined the Royal Air Force during the war and stayed on in England to study medicine at the University of London. He would later interrupt his medical career to serve as Jamaica's High Commissioner to Great Britain from 1974 to 1978.
His daughter has set up a website about him: www.wintworks.com

Katarina Witt

B. 1965-12-03, Germany
Figure Skating (2 gold)
1984 1988 1994 HP
Individual gold gold 7th 19650
19650

World Champion in 1985, '87 and '88.

Henry Wittenberg

B. 1918-09-18, Jersey City, NJ, USA; D. 2010-03-09
Wrestling, Freestyle (1 gold, 1 silver)
1948 1952 HP
Light-Heavyweight gold silver 15600
15600

Chris Witty

USA
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1998 2002 2006 HP
500 m 10th 14th 28th 116.0256
1000 m silver gold 27th 10400.04
1500 m bronze fifth 3560
14076.066

Written 2000-12-25 - last modified 2002-10-30

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