Great Olympians

Biographies - ART


Estanislao Artal i Garriga

B. 1911, Barcelona, Spain; D. 1967-09
Aquatics - Swimming
1928 HP
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay 7th 100
100


Elena Artamendi i Garcia

B. 1939-08-07, Barcelona, Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
1960 HP
Women's Individual Combined 115th -18.10
Women's Team Combined 16th 1.6
1.6


Montserrat Artamendi i Garcia

B. 1941-09-17, Barcelona, Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
1960 HP
Women's Individual Combined 112th -18.40
Women's Team Combined 16th 1.6
1.6


Todor Arkadi Todorov Artarski

B. 1935-01-30, Novachene, Bulgaria
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 HP
Men's Discus Throw QU:20th 1.5
1.5


Alejandro Arteche Zurinaga

B. 1923-02-15, Yurre, Spain; D. 1998-11-12
Boxing
1948 HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-80 kg) R1 1.991
1.991

He was also a non-starter in the Heavyweight (+80 kg) in 1948.


Marcel Guillaume Artélésa

B. 1938-07-02, Pont-Sainte-Marie, France; D. 2016-09-23
Football
1960 HP
Men's Team R1:2nd 287
287


Helmut Artelt

B. 1940-11-07, Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland), represented East Germany
Shooting
1968 HP
Free Pistol sixth 960
960


(Richard) Bruce Arthur

B. 1921-11-02, Melbourne, Vict., Australia; D. 1998-03-22
Freestyle Wrestling
1948 HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg) 9th 240
240


George Arthur

B. 1925-02-23, Adamstown, NSW, Australia
Football
1956 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287


John Duncan "Johnny" Arthur

B. 1929-08-29, Springs, South Africa; D. 2005-05-19
Boxing (1 bronze)
1948 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+80 kg) bronze 3840
3840


Sir (John) Norman (Stewart) Arthur

B. 1931-03-06, London, England, Great Britain
Equestrianism - Eventing
1960 HP
Eventing, Individual dnf -10.32
Eventing, Team (fourth) -
-10.32


Peter John Henry Arthur

B. 1939-04-04, Swansea, Wales, Great Britain
Weightlifting
1968 1972 HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg) 18th 18.84
Men's Middle−Heavyweight (-90 kg) 15th
18.84


Henri Arthus

Olympic Competitor nr 4577


Édouard José Artigas

B. 1906-02-26, Paris, France; D. 2001-02-25
Fencing (1 gold)
1948 HP
Men's Épée, Team (gold) 82
82


Ramon Artigas i Rigual

B. 1908-03-01, Barcelona, Spain; D. 1995-01-04
Aquatics - Swimming
1928 HP
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay 7th 100
100


George Arin Tajirian

B. 1941-11-05, Baghdad, Iraq
Cycling - Road
1968 HP
Men's Road Race dnf -24.24
-24.24


Oleksandr Artinyuk

B. 1935-09-09, Kherson, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 HP
Men's 5000 metres 9th 160
160


William Artis

B. 1884, Wangford, England, Great Britain; D. 1957-06-23
Shooting
1924 HP
Men's Small-Bore Rifle 52nd 0.0000006
0.0000006


Juan Artola Letamendía

B. 1895-11-298,San Sebastián, Spain; D. 1937
Football (1 silver)
1920 HP
Men's Team (silver) 164
164


Michel Artola

B. 1882-02-21, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
Equestrianism - Dressage & Equestrianism - Eventing
1920 1924 HP
Dressage, Individual sixth 960
Three-day Event, Individual 30th 0.0125
Three-day Event, Team AC 25
985.0125


Aleksandra Ivanovna Artyomenko

B. 1928-01-14, Artyomovsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2010-09-25 in Kazakhstan
Alpine Skiing
1956 HP
Women's Downhill 14th 16
Women's Giant Slalom 44th 0.000016
Women's Slalom dnf -5.26
16.0000186

Although she died in Kazakhstan, there is nothing to tie her to that republic during her sporting career, so I shall continue to list her as Russian.


Vladimir Artyomov

B. 1964-12-07, Russia, Soviet Union
Artistic Gymnastics (4 gold, 1 silver)
1988 HP
Men's Individual Combined gold 6400
Men's Team Combined gold 1600
Men's Horizontal Bar gold 1600
Men's Parallel Bars gold 1600
Men's Floor Exercises silver 1000
12200


Mikhail Vasilyevich Artyukhov

B. 1943-09-15, Sortavala, Karelia, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Nordic Combined
1968 1972 HP
Men's Individual 19th 11th 98.4
98.4


Written 2002-10-27 - last modified 2021-06-05

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