Great Olympians

Biographies - YOR

Borislav Yordanov

B. 1908-12-07, represented Bulgaria
Alpine Skiing

	1936	HP
Men's Alpine Combined	dnf	0.00000000096
		0.00000000096

Dancho Yordanov

B. 1958-11-23, represented Bulgaria
Gymnastics

	1980	HP
Men's Individual combined	13th	25.6
Men's Team combined	fifth	250
		275.6

Dimitar Teodorov Yordanov

B. 1928-02-04, represented Bulgaria
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	68th	-
Men's Team All-Around	9th	40
Men's Floor Exercise	92nd	-
Men's Horse Vault	83rd	-
Men's Parallel Bars	65th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	48th	-
Men's Rings	38th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	116th	-
		40.000064

Evgeni Yordanov Yotov

B. 1940-05-05, represented Bulgaria
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's High Jump	12th	60
		60

Ivan Yordanov

B. 1939-05-26, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Weightlifting

	1960	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	dnf	-2.38
		0.00384

Nedelcho Georginov Yordanov

B. 1947-06-25, Varna, Bulgaria
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1972	HP
Men's Team	11th	32
		32

Rumen Yordanov

B. 1958-10-17, Popovo, Bulgaria; D. 2010-08-02
Freestyle Wrestling

	1980	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	7th	600
		600

Stoyan Ivanov Yordanov

B. 1944-01-29, Sofia, Bulgaria
Football (1 silver)

	1968	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Valentin Yordanov

B. 1960-01-26, Sandrovo, Bulgaria
Freestyle Wrestling (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1988	1992	1996	HP
Flyweight (-52 kg)	8ht	bronze	gold	13824
				13824

Reni Yordanova

B. 1953-10-25, represented Bulgaria
Rowing (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Women's Coxed Fours	silver	3000
		3000

Todorka Yordanova

B. 1956-01-03, represented Bulgaria
Basketball (1 bronze)

	1976	HP
Women's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Zdravka Yordanova

B. 1950-12-09, Sofia, Bulgaria
Rowing (1 gold)

	1976	1980	HP
Women's Double Sculls	gold	fourth	10000
			10000

Twice together with Svetla Otsetova.

Diana Khristova Yorgova

B. 1942-12-09, Lovech, Bulgaria
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Women's Long Jump	sixth		silver	7656
Women's 4x100 metres Relay			R1:5th	32.5
				7688.5

Janice-Lee "Jan" York

competed from 1956 as

Jan Romary

B. 1927-08-06, San Mateo, Cal., USA; D. 2007-05-31
Fencing

	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	QF:4th	fourth	fourth	R1:3rd	R1:5th	QF:5th	4823.6754
Women's Foil, Team				R1:3rd	R1:3rd	R1:3rd	158.75
							4982.4254

Teri York

B. 1955-11-11, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Diving

	1972	1976	HP
Women's Springboard	QU:19th	QU:14th	17.6
Women's Platform		sixth	640
			657.6

Ashton Donald "Joe" Yorke

B. 1947-12-07, Wanganui, New Zealand
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1976	HP
Jumping, Individual	30th	0.0125
		0.0125

Richard Yorke

Olympic Competitor nr 4151

1908-07-17-17:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 3200 m Steeple, round one - DQ (1.395)
1912-07-06-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - third (0.473)
1912-07-09-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - fourth (0.17)

Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Yorkin

B. 1932-08-23, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1982-11-13
Ice Hockey (1 bronze)

	1960	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

William Albert "Bill" Yorzyk, Jr.

B. 1933-05-29, Northampton, Mass., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold)

	1956	HP
Men's 200 metres Butterfly	gold	9600
		9600

Written 2012-01-12 - last modified 2023-09-20

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