Great Olympians

Biographies - ANA


Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos

represented Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
Athletics - Track & Field & Weightlifting
1906 HP
Men's Shot Put ac 162
Men's One-Handed lifting 9th 120
282

Olympic Competitor nr 3051


Gerasimos Anagnostou

B. 1880, Volos, Greece
Shooting
1924 HP
Men's Free Rifle, prone 24th 0.2
0.2


Douglas Thomas "Doug" Anakin

B. 1930-11-06, Chatham, Ont., Canada; D. 2020-04-25
Bobsleigh & Luge (1 gold)
1964 HP
Men's Singles Luge dnf -3.38
Four−Man Bob gold 4800
4800.000384


Kandiah Anandarajah

B. 1938-12-04, from Selangor, represented Malaysia
Hockey
1964 HP
Men's Team R1:5th 65
65


Borislav Ananiev

B. 1955-12-11, represented Bulgaria
Canoeing - Sprint Canadian (1 bronze)
1976 1980 HP
Men's Canadian Singles 500 metres fourth 1600
Men's Canadian Singles 1000 metres fourth 1600
Men's Canadian Doubles 500 metres bronze 1920
5120


Akhmed Anarbayev

B. 1948-05-30, Norilsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming
1968 HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle R1:25th 0.1
0.1

The Madmen note that he competed from Frunze, and list him as Kyrghyz. Considering his Islamic given name, it would indeed seem possible that he was born in Siberia of Kyrghyz origins. I shall follow suit.


Omar Anas

B. 1933, Omdurman, Sudan
Shooting
1960 HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle,  Three Positions QU:73rd -10.26
Men's Small−Bore Rifle,  Prone QU:82nd -12.40
Men's Free Rifle 37th -3.60
0.0006


Mircea Anastasescu

B. 1931-03-18, București, Romania
Canoeing - Flatwater Kayak
1952 1956 1960 HP
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m SF:6th 4.32
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000m fourth 1200
Men's Kayak 4x500m Relay sixth 160
1364.32


Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Anastasi

B. 1934-09-06, Philadelphia, Penn., USA
Fencing
1964 1968 HP
Men's Foil, Individual R2:5th -2.11
Men's Foil, Team R1:3rd R1:3rd 30.53
Men's Épée, Team R1:3rd 7.78
38.3111


Georgios Anastasiadis

from Al-Qahira, Egypt
Athletics - Track & Field
1906 HP
Men's 800 metres R1:4th 10.88
Men's 1500 metres ac 39.56
50.44

I class the Greeks from Egypt as Greeks.

Olympic Competitor nr 2910


Themistoklis Anastasoglou

Olympic Competitor nr 2847


Sotirios Anastasopoulos

represented Salonika, Ottoman Empire (now Thessaloniki, Greece)
Athletics - Track & Field
1906 HP
Men's 100 metres R1:3rd 0.158
Men's 400 metres R1:ac 2.884
3.042

Olympic Competitor nr 2881


Svetlana Anastasovska

competed in 1988 as

Svetlana Obućina

B. 1961-04-26, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Handball (1 gold, 1 silver)
1980 1984 1988 HP
Women's Team silver gold fourth 7500
7500


Written 2011-10-07 - last modified 2023-12-25

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