Great Olympians

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Charles Beachcroft

Olympic Competitor nr 1404

Amanda Beard

USA
Swimming (2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
100 m Breast stroke silver fourth 6160
200 m Breast stroke silver bronze gold 18th 16203.2
200 m Individual Medley silver 4000
4x100 m Medley Relay gold silver 3250
29613.2

Édouard Beaudouin

Olympic Competitor nr 1360

Omer Beaugendre

Olympic Competitor nr 1554

Francis Joseph Edmund "Frank" Beaurepaire

B. 1891-05-13, Australia; D. 1956-05-29
Swimming (3 silver, 3 bronze)
1908 1920 1924 HP
100 m Free-style SF:4 246
400 m Free-style silver fifth(*) SF:5th 4543
1500 m Free-style bronze bronze bronze 7744
4x200 m Free-style Relay fourth silver silver 2530
15063

(*) he made the final (with five) of the 400 m at Antwerp, but abandoned the race.
He had been declared a professional (as a lifeguard) and could not compete in 1912.
From 1940 to 1942 he was Mayor of Melbourne and it was his idea to host the Olympics. Sadly, he would just miss them in 1956.

Elizabeth Anna "Betty" Becker

competed in 1928 as

Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston

B. 1903-03-06, USA; D. 1989-04-??
Diving (2 gold, 1 silver)
1924 1928 HP
Platform, Plain (4 & 8m) silver 4000
Platform, Fancy gold 6400
Springboard (1 & 3m) gold - 6400
16800

Her husband Clarence Pinkston won 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze at Antwerpen and Paris.

Ingrid Mickler-Becker

B. 1942-09-26, Geseke, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Athletics (2 gold)
1960 1964 1968 1972 HP
100 m SF:7th 20.8
4 x 100 m sixth gold 1760
High Jump 9th 160
Long Jump fourth sixth nm 2240.00384
Pentathlon eighth gold 9984
14164.804

Myriam Bedard

B. 1969-12-22, Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada
Biathlon (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1992 1994 1998 HP
7.5 km 12th gold 32nd 4830.00068
15 km bronze gold 50th 6720.000001
4 x 7.5 km 11th 15th 17th 14.875
11564.875681

Shelda Bede

B. 1973-01-01, Fortaleza, Brazil
Beach Volleyball (2 silver)
2000 2004 HP
Beach Volleyball silver silver 10000
10000

Twice together with Adriana Behar

Ludger Beerbaum

B. 1963-08-25, Germany
Equestrianism - Jumping (4 gold)
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 HP
Jumping, individual - gold SF:dns 49th 8000
Jumping, team gold 11th gold gold gold 12832
20832

Member of the German team, winners of the Prix des Nations at Seoul, Atlanta, Sydney and Athina.
The German team came only 11th in Barcelona,  which meant that Beerbaum had to go through an extra qualifying round, but he still won the individual gold medal there. At Atlanta, Beerbaum had qualified for the second round of the individual by a perfect score (one of only seven) in the first round, but then Ratina Z injured herself and they did not start in the semi-final.
(17632)

Dale Begg-Smith

B. 1985-01-18, Vancouver, BC, Canada, turned Australian in 2003
Free-style Skiing (1 gold, 1 silver)
2006 2010 HP
Moguls gold silver 15600
15600

After a dispute with the Canadian federation he moved to Australia.

Adriana Brandão Behar

B. 1969-02-14, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Beach Volleyball (2 silver)
2000 2004 HP
Beach Volleyball silver silver 10000
10000

Twice together with Shelda Bede

Jan Behrendt

B. 1967-11-29, Berlin, Germany
Luge (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1988 1992 1994 1998 HP
Doubles silver gold bronze gold 32100
32100

Won four luge medals together with Stefan Krauße. They came back from retirement to succeed once more at Nagano.

Gertrud "Trude" Beiser

competed in 1952 as

Trude Jochum-Beiser

B. 1927, Austria
Alpine Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
1948 1952 HP
Downhill silver gold 10400
Combined gold 6400
Slalom - 8th 256
Giant Slalom 11th 64
17120

Kenenisa Bekele

B. 1982-06-13, Bekoji, Ethiopia
Athletics (3 gold, 1 silver)
2004 2008 HP
10000 m gold gold 12800
5000 m silver gold 10400
23200

Regla Bell McKenzie

B. 1971-07-06, Havana, Cuba
Volleyball (3 gold)
1992 1996 2000 HP
team gold gold gold 19200
19200

Member of the Cuban Volleyball team that won gold at Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney.

Helmut Bellingrodt

B. 1949-07-10 Barranquilla, Colombia
Shooting (2 silver)
1972 1976 1984 HP
Running Target silver sixth silver 14256
14256

G. Béllot

Olympic Competitor nr 255

Antonella Bellutti

B. 1968-11-07, Italy
Cycling (2 gold)
1996 2000 HP
Pursuit gold fifth 11100
Points Trial gold 9600
20700

Stefania Belmondo

B. 1969-01-13, Vinadio, Italy
Nordic Skiing (2 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze)
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 HP
10 km 19th 2486.88
5 km, classical style fourth 13th 12th
10 km, classical style fifth
20 km 29th 5506.62
15 km, classical style fifth 8th
30 km, classical style - silver
Combined Pursuit (5 km + 10 km) silver bronze fifth 5920
15 km, free-style fourth gold 24600
30 km, free-style gold silver
4 x 5 km 10th bronze bronze bronze sixth 1963.5
40477

Sergey Beloglasov

B. 1956-09-16, Ukraine
Wrestling - free-style (2 gold)
1980 1988 HP
-57 kg gold gold 28800
28800

Spyridon Belokas

Olympic Competitor nr 202

Melissa Belote

USA
Swimming (3 gold)
1972 1976 HP
200 m Backstroke gold fifth 7400
100 m Backstroke gold 6400
4 x 100 m Medley Relay gold 1600
15400

Lyudmilla Belousova

B. 1935-11-22, Ulyanovsk, Russia
Figure Skating (2 gold)
1960 1964 1968 HP
Pairs 9th gold gold 16200
16200

Together with her husband Oleg Protopopov, she won gold at Innsbrück and Grenoble. They began skating as a pair in 1957, and were married the same year. They were European and World Champions four times, from 1965 to 1968. They turned professional in 1969 and won a lucrative competition in Tokyo in 1973.

Sergei Belov

Soviet Union
Basketball (1 gold, 3 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
Basketball bronze gold bronze bronze 8800
8800

Daima Mayelis Beltran

Cuba
Judo (2 silver)
2000 2004 HP
Heavyweight (+78 kg) silver silver 12000
12000

Benedek Tibor

Hungary
Waterpolo (3 gold)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Waterpolo fifth fourth gold gold gold 21800
21800

Winner of the Waterpolo at Sydney, Athina and Beijing

Andrea Benelli

B. 1960-07-28, Firenze, Italy
Shooting (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Skeet bronze fifth gold 24th 18675.36
18675.36

Brooke Bennett

USA
Swimming (3 gold)
1996 2000 HP
400 m Free-style - gold 6400
800 m Free-style gold gold 12800
19200

Charles Bennett

B. 1870-12-28, Burley, England, Great Britain; D. 1949-03-09
Athletics (2 gold, 1 silver)
1900 HP
1500 m gold 6400
4000 m Steeplechase silver 4000
5000 m Team Race gold 1600
12000

Olympic Competitor nr 875

Raymond Benoit

Olympic Competitor nr 1417

Josef Benz

Switzerland
Bobsleigh (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
1976 1980 HP
two-man bronze gold 11200
four-man silver silver 6000
17200

With partner Erich Schärer.

J. Bérard

Olympic Competitor nr 1567

Gheorghe Berceanu

B. 1949-12-28,Cârna, Dolj, Romania
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)
1972 1976 HP
Light-flyweight gold silver 15600
15600

Jack Beresford, jr., C.B.E.

B. 1899-01-01, Chiswick, Great Britain; D. 1977-12-03
Rowing Men (3 gold, 2 silver)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 HP
Single Sculls silver gold 31200
Double sculls gold 16000
Coxless Fours gold 9600
Eights silver 4000
60800

Won gold or silver at five consecutive olympics, and was preparing for the 1940 Olympics when war intervened. His father Julius had won silver in the eights at Stockholm.

John Beresford

Olympic Competitor nr 537

Yelena Berezhnaya

competed for Latvia in 1994, for Russia in 1998 and 2002
Figure Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)
1994 1998 2002 HP
Pairs 8th silver gold 13240
13240

Her medals came with Anton Sikharulidze.

Laura Berg

USA
Softball (3 gold, 1 silver)
1996 2000 2004 2008 HP
Softball gold gold gold silver 23200
23200

Member of the gold-winning USA Softball teams at Atlanta, Sydney and Athina

A. Berger

it has been said he's the same as Henri-Georges, but H-G competed in the 15th pool - it has been said A. did not compete, but then there is only one pool with a missing fencer - I decided to put him back in

Olympic Competitor nr 551

Henri-Georges Berger

Olympic Competitor nr 299

Isaac Berger

B. 1936-11-16, USA
Weight-Lifting (1 gold, 2 silver)
1956 1960 1964 HP
-60 kg gold silver silver 27000
27000

Georges Bergès

Olympic Competitor nr 320

Berczelly Tibor

B. 1912-01-03, Hungary; D. 1990-10-15
Fencing (3 gold, 2 bronze)

Member of the Hungarian Sabre team that won gold at Berlin, London and Helsinki.
(132 HP)

Berhouzouq

Olympic Competitor nr 1060

Alain Bernard

B. 1983-05-01, Aubagne, France
Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2008 HP
50 m Freestyle bronze 2560
100 m Freestyle gold 6400
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay silver 1000
9960

Alain Bernard was kept for the final, but France did not qualify for the final of the medley relay at Beijing, depriving Bernard of a chance to score 10000 HP. Even the 40 HP for the ninth place that France did get would have been enough.

Bernillon

Olympic Competitor nr 1171

Ole Valdemar Berntsen

B. 1915-01-22, Denmark
Sailing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1948 1952 1956 1960 HP
Dragon bronze fifth silver gold 17450
17450

Bersin

Olympic Competitor nr 321

Jens Peter Berthelsen

Olympic Competitor nr 322

J. Bertrand

Olympic Competitor nr 1299

Maxime Bertrand

Olympic Competitor nr 1569

Eugene Besse

Olympic Competitor nr 1034

René Beslaud

Olympic Competitor nr 1497

Bessing

Olympic Competitor nr 1578

Michel Bettenfeld

Olympic Competitor nr 323

César Bettex

Olympic Competitor nr 849

Hugo Betting

Olympic Competitor nr 1663

Bettremieux

Olympic Competitor nr 1080

Udo Beyer

B. 1955-08-09, Germany
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1976 1980 1988 HP
Shot Put gold bronze fourth 19800
19800

His brother, Hans-Georg, won gold at Moskva as a member of the East-German Handball Team, their sister Gisela came fourth in the discus, also at Moskva.

Bézy

Olympic Competitor nr 685

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2002-09-30

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