Great Olympians

Biographies - BEK


Andrzej Bek

B. 1951-06-26, Łódė, Poland
Cycling - Track (1 bronze)
1972 HP
Men's Sprint Rep3:3rd 8.61
Men's Tandem bronze 3200
3208.61


Ivica Bek

B. 1909-10-29, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1963-06-02
Football
1928 HP
Men's Team R1 26.38
26.38


Petra Bekaert

B. 1967-09-28, represented the Netherlands Antilles
Aquatics - Swimming
1984 HP
Women's 100 m Backstroke 30th 0.01
0.01

She might be from Aruba, but in the absence of any indication thereof, I shall class her as Dutch (= from Curaçao).


Sofia Bekatorou

B. 1977-12-26, Athina, Greece
Sailing (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 HP
Women's Two Person Dinghy (470) 14th gold 10582.56
Women's Three Person Keelboat (Yngling) bronze
Mixed Two Person Catamaran (Nacra 17) 18th
10582.56


Lasha Bekauri

B. 2000-07-26, represented Georgia
Judo (2 gold)
2021 2024 HP
Men's Middleweight (-90 kg) gold gold 19200
Mixed Team R1 13.19
19213.19


Nihat Bekdik

B. 1902-03-17, İstanbul, Turkey, then part of the Ottoman Empire; D. 1972-09-21
Football
1924 1928 HP
Men's Football R1 R2 27.23
27.23


Julien Camillus L. Beke

B. 1914-02-11, Gent, Belgium; D. 1992-01
Wrestling - Freestyle
1936 HP
Men's Welterweight (-72 kg) 7th 600
600


Maurice Beke

B. 1907-11-01, represented Belgium
Wrestling - Freestyle
1936 HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-87 kg) 10th 150
150


Kenenisa Bekele

B. 1982-06-13, Bekoji, Ethiopia
Athletics (3 gold, 1 silver)
2004 2008 2012 HP
10000 m gold gold fourth 21600
5000 m silver gold 10400
32000


Nigusse Bekele

B. 1959-11-09, represented Ethiopia
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's 800 metres SF:28th 0.0256
Men's 1500 metres R1:27th 0.04
0.0656


Józef Beker

B. 1937-03-28, Stare Misto (now in Ukraine), represented Poland
Cycling - Road
1964 HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial 11th 48
48


Békési Ilona

B. 1953-12-11, Budapest, Hungary
Artistic Gymnastics (1 bronze)
1968 1972 HP
Women's Individual All-Round 38th 9th 160.000256
Women's Team All-Round fifth bronze 890
Women's Uneven Bars fifth 250
1300.000256


Békési Sándor

B. 1928-08-27, Debrecen, Hungary; D. 1994-03-09
Artistic Gymnastics
1960 HP
Men's Individual Combined 84th -12.16
Men's Team Combined 12th 10
10


Békessy Béla

Olympic Competitor nr 5596


Khaled Mohammed Bekhit

B. 1961-11-15, represented Egypt
Basketball
1984 HP
Men's Team 12th 20
20


Dmitry Nikolayevich Bekhterev

B. 1949-11-04, Tver, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing (1 silver)
1976 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs silver 5000
5000


(Hendrik) Jan Bekkenk

B. 1949-03-29, Schoonhoven, the Netherlands
Modern Pentathlon
1972 HP
Men's Individual 46th -5.80
Men's Team 18th 0.64
0.640008


Abel "Abe" Bekker

B. 1935-06-10, Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
Boxing
1960 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg) QF 861
861

He represented Northern Rhodesia (now called Zambia) at the 1954 and 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1960, this country formed part of the "Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland", which fielded a team in Roma simply called "Rhodesia". Bekker will be considered Zambian, therefore.
see Zambia


Daniel Wepener "Daan" Bekker

B. 1932-02-09, Dordrecht, South Africa; D. 2009-10-22
Boxing (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg) bronze silver 9120
9120


Wilhelmus Bekkers

B. 1890-08-21, Arnhem, the Netherlands; D. 1957-11-13
Tug-of-War (1 silver)
1920 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000


Noureddine Bekkouche

B. 1947, represented Algeria
Weightlifting
1984 HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) nm 0.96
0.96


Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2024-08-22

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