Great Olympians

Biographies - APP

Macauley Appah

B. 1960-10-01, represented Nigeria
Freestyle Wrestling

	1984	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	fifth	1500
		1500

Jacqueline Appart

B. 1931-11-05, Charleroi, Belgium
Fencing

	1960	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	QF:7th	0.085
		0.085

Abraham Leonardus "Bram" Appel

B. 1921-11-30, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; D. 1997-10-03
Football

	1948	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Gabriele Marion "Gaby" Appel

B. 1958-01-17, Viersen, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Hockey (1 silver)

	1984	1988	HP
Women's Team	silver	fifth	2500
			2500

Ernfrid Appelqvist

Olympic Competitor nr 6136

1912-07-08-19:00 - Diving - Men's Springboard (1 & 3m), qualifying - 11th (64)

Torvald Appelroth

B. 1902-07-28, Porvoo, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1984-03-12
Fencing

	1928	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R1:6th	0.000026
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:9th	0.00000085
		0.00002685

Nicolas Appels

represented Belgium
Wrestling - Greco-Roman

	1928	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

Ingo Appelt

B. 1961-12-11, Innsbruck, Austria
Bobsleigh (1 gold)

	1988	1992	HP
Men's Two	fifth	fourth	2750
Men's Four	seventh	gold	3900
			6650

Hildegard Appeltauer

B. 1927-07-04, from Wien, represented Austria
Figure Skating

	1948	HP
Women's Singles	18th	3.84
		3.84

Hans J. Appenzeller

B. 1899-03-14, represented Switzerland
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	fifth	1250
		1250

Martha Appiah

B. 1965-12-19, represented Ghana
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	1988	HP
Women's 4x100 m Relay		SF:6th	13
Women's 4x400 m Relay	R1:10th		25
			38

Fred Appleby

Olympic Competitor nr 4509

1908-07-24-14:33 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - DNF

Elizabeth "Liz" Appleby

B. 1958-11-25, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Speed Skating

	1976	HP
Women's 1000 metres	22nd	0.4
Women's 1500 metres	21st	0.64
Women's 3000 metres	18th	2.56
		3.6

Willie Applegarth

Olympic Competitor nr 5537

1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-06-15:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, semifinals - second (170)
1912-07-08-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, round one - ran alone (Q)
1912-07-08-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, semifinals - won (Q)
1912-07-09-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, final - first (1600)
1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-10-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, semifinals - first (Q)
1912-07-11-15:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, final - third (2560)

Lloyd Appleton

B. 1906-02-01, Edgewood, Iowa, USA; D. 1999-03-17
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1928	HP
Men's Welterweight (-72 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Gertrude Appleyard

Olympic Competitor nr 4036

1908-07-17-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day one
1908-07-18-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day two - 11th (72)

(Ernest) Ian Appleyard

B. 1923-10-10, Linton, England, Great Britain; D. 1998-06-02
Alpine Skiing

	1948	HP
Men's Downhill	91st	-
Men's Slalom	55th	0.0000001
		0.0000001

Georges Appruzèze

B. 1902, from Paris, represented France
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1924	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-58 kg)	R2	1.259
		1.259

Gillian Apps

B. 1983-11-02, North York, Ont., Canada
Ice Hockey (3 gold)

2006 2010 2014 HP

Women's Team gold gold gold 19200

19200

	2006	2010	2014	HP
Women's Team	gold	gold	gold	19200
				19200

Member of the Canadian Ice Hockey team that won gold in Torino, Vancouver and Sochi.
She was the granddaughter of Syl Apps, see below.

Charles Joseph Sylvanus "Syl" Apps

B. 1915-01-18, Paris, Ont., Canada; D. 1998-12-24
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's Pole Vault	sixth	960
		960

Written 2012-01-09 - last modified 2024-09-10

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