Great Olympians

Biographies - WU

Wu - Wus


Wu Minxia

China
Diving (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2004 2008 HP
Springboard silver bronze 6560
Synchronized Springboard gold gold 9600
16160


Ireen Wust

the Netherlands
Speed Skating (2 gold, 1 bronze)
2006 2010 HP
3000 m gold 7th 6800
1500 m bronze gold 8960
1000 m fourth 8th 1856
Team Pursuit sixth sixth 320
17936

(10720)


Gunda Kleeman

competed in 1992 and 1994 as

Gunda Niemann

and in 1998 as

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann

B. 1966-09-07, Sonderhausen, Germany
Speed Skating (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
1988 1992 1994 1998 HP
5000 m 7th gold silver silver 12200
3000 m - gold disq gold 11200.03
1500 m 7th silver bronze silver 9320
32720.03

On the 5000 meters at Nagano she skated a fantastic world record, becoming the first woman under 7 minutes. One heat later, her countryman Claudia Pechstein skated 0.04 seconds faster to snatch the gold.
She was also world overall champion in 1992, '93, '95 and '96.


Piet Kleine

the Netherlands
Speed Skating (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
1976 1980 HP
10000 m gold silver 10400
5000 m silver sixth 4640
1500 m sixth - 640
1000 m 18th - 1.6
15681.6


Ivans Klementjevs

Latvia
Canoeing - Canadian (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1988 1992 1996 HP
C1, 1000 m gold silver silver 18000
18000


Michael Klim

B. 1977-08-13, Gdynia, Poland, represented Australia
Swimming (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 HP
100 m Free-style fourth 1600
100 m Butterfly sixth silver 4640
4x100 m Free-style Relay sixth gold sixth 2400
4x200 m Free-style Relay fourth gold silver 3750
4x100 m Medley Relay bronze silver 9th 1680
14070

He moved to Australia in 1991 and became an Australian citizen in 1993.
(114 HP)


Viktor Klimenko

Russia, Soviet-Union
Gymnastics (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

(63 HP)


Dr. Reiner Klimke

Germany
Equestrianism - Dressage (6 gold, 2 bronze)
1964 1968 1976 1984 1988 HP
Individual sixth bronze bronze gold (7th) 19625
Team gold gold gold gold gold 16000
35625

Member of the German dressage team from 1964 to 1988, winning gold at Tokyo, Mexico City, Montreal, Los Angeles and Seoul. In 1972, the team was composed of only three members, and he did not make the team, and missed Moskva because of the German boycott.
In 1988, he would have qualified in seventh place, but only three Germans were allowed into the individual final.
He rode Dux in 1964 and 1968, and Ahlerich in 1984 and 1988.
In 1968, Liselott Linsenhoff was in his gold winning team, in 1988, her daughter Ann-Kathrin was in the team.


Mariana Klimova

B. 1966-07-22, Russia, Soviet Union
Ice Dance (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1984 1988 1992 HP
pair bronze silver gold 17750
17750

Together with her partner Sergei Ponomarenko, she set the standard in the new sport of Ice Dancing. They were World Champions in 1989, '90 and '92.


Yana Klochkova

B. 1982-08-07, Simferopol, Ukraine
Swimming (4 gold, 1 silver)
2000 2004 HP
800 m Free-style silver 4000
200 m Individual Medley gold gold 12800
400 m Individual Medley gold gold 12800
4x100 m Medley Relay 10th 25
29625


last modified 2002-10-30

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