Great Olympians

Biographies - ZAM


Nikolaos Zamanos

from Peiraias, Greece
Rowing
1906 HP
Coxed Fours sixth 360
360

Olympic Competitor nr 2646


Armando Zambaldo

B. 1943-10-23, Illasi, Italy
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Men's 20 km Walk sixth 960
960


Slaven Zambata

B. 1940-09-24, Sinj, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2020-10-29
Football
1964 HP
Men's Team sixth 320
320


Paolo Zamboni

B. 1939-05-18, Bologna, Italy; D. 1969
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles QF:6th 0.546
0.546


Miguel Zambrano de la Cruz

B. 1951-09-21, represented Peru
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling
1972 1976 1980 HP
FR Men's Super-Heavyweight (+100 kg) 11th 9th 336
GR Men's Super-Heavyweight (+100 kg) 9th 240
576


Nicolae Zamfir

B. 1958-07-26, Picior de Munte, Romania
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1984 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg) fourth 2400
2400


Gheorghe Zamfirescu

B. 1946-09-21, București, Romania
Aquatics - Water Polo
1972 1976 HP
Men's Team 8th fourth 928
928


Ahmed Zairi Zammel

B. 1944-10-12, Kairouan, Tunisia
Athletics
1968 HP
Men's 5000 metres R1:6th 4.32
4.32


Alexander Zammit

B. 1962-03-03, represented Malta
Freestyle Wrestling
1984 HP
Men's Lightweight (-68 kg) grp:10th 1.95
1.95


Joseph John Zammit

B. 1932-12-29, represented Australia
Wrestling - Greco-Roman
1956 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg) 9th 240
240


Alfonso Zamora Quiroz

B. 1954-02-09, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Boxing (1 silver)
1972 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) silver 6000
6000


Ricardo Zamora Martínez

B. 1901-01-21, Barcelona, Spain; D. 1978-09-07
Football (1 silver)
1920 1924 HP
Men's Team silver R1 2000.85
2000.85


Alberto Zamot Bula

B. 1942-11-19, Utuado, Puerto Rico
Basketball
1964 1968 HP
Men's Team fourth (9th) 820
820


Valentin Alekseyevich Zamotaykin

B. 1939-12-27, Partizansk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1987-10-07
Sailing
1964 1968 1972 1976 HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Soling) 7th fourth 2025.6
5.5 metres Class 13th
2025.6


Mikhail Andreyevich Zamotin

B. 1937-11-14, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Canoeing - Sprint Canadian (1 bronze)
1968 HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 metres bronze 3200
3200


Yevgeny Zamotin

Olympic Competitor nr 4443


Primo Zamparini

B. 1939-02-09, Fabriano, Italy
Boxing (1 silver)
1960 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) silver 6000
6000


Luciano Zampatti

from Roma, represented Italy
Ski Jumping
1928 HP
Men's Ski Jumping 34th 0.0024
0.0024


Louis Silvie "Lou" Zamperini

B. 1917-01-26, Olean, New York, USA; D. 2014-07-02
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 HP
Men's 5000 metres 8th 256
256

The 2014 film "Unbroken" tells his life story, which involves a crash in the Pacific, 47 days on a raft, and two years as a prisoner-of-war.


José Zampicchiatti

B. 1900-10-11, Olavarria, Argentina; D. 1984-12-13
Road Cycling
1924 HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial 43rd 0.000032
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team 9th 40
40.000032


Giorgio Zampori

B. 1887-01-04, Italy; D. 1965-12-07
Gymnastics (4 gold, 1 bronze)
1912 1920 1924 bonus HP
Team combined, European system gold gold gold 4800 9600
Individual combined (4 events) fourth 2500.016 12500.08
Individual combined (5 events) gold
Individual combined (7 events) 26th
Horizontal Bar 30th 0.0025
Parallel Bars bronze 640
Rings 16th 1.6
Rope Climbing 35th 0.00025
Vault 53rd -
Sidehorse Vault 24th 0.04
Pommeled Horse 23rd 0.064
3600 9600 2241.77075 7300.016 22741.78675

Although the names of the event have changed in the early years of the Olympics, the team gymnastics event has been held since 1904. In 1912, there were three team events, but the one the Italians won was composed of Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Vaults and Rings, much as today. In 1920 there were still two types of gymnastics (Swedish and European - including a Steeple Chase !) but from 1924, the European system was the only type. Zampori and Luigi Maiocco were part of the Italian team at Stockholm, Antwerpen and Paris.

Olympic Competitor nr 6480


Written 2001-01-29 - last modified 2024-08-27

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