Great Olympians

Biographies - BES

Louis Bès

Olympic Competitor nr 5754

1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - DNF

Moncef Besbes

B. 1949-11-11, represented Tunisia
Handball

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	(16th)	12th	23.2
			23.2

(Carlo) Attilio Bescapè

B. 1910-09-02, Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy; D. 1975
Weightlifting

	1932	1936	HP
Featherweight (-60 kg)	fifth	sixth	2460
			2460

Niliya Besedina-Kulakova

B. 1935-12-01, Belgirid, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Women's 80 metres Hurdles	R1:5th	3.435
		3.435

Vida Beselienė

B. 1956-08-17, Šiauliai, Lithuania, represented the Soviet Union
Basketball (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Women's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Ünver Beşergil

B. 1938-03-25, represented Turkey
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1964	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	8th	384
		384

Nadezhda Viktorovna Besfamilnaya

B. 1950-12-27, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Women's 100 metres		QF:5th	2.29
Women's 200 metres	SF:5th	SF:8th	138.2
Women's 4x100 m Relay	fifth	bronze	890
			1030.49

Jack Besford

B. 1911-01-30, Manchester, England, Great Britain; D. 1993-03
Aquatics - Swimming

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Men's 100 m Backstroke	sixth		SF:14th	984
				984

Mustafa Bešić

B. 1961-03-12, Sanski Most, Bosnia & Herzegovina, represented Yugoslavia
Ice Hockey

	1984	HP
Men's Team	R1:6th	26
		26

Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov

B. 1920-11-18, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2006-05-06
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

He was the coach of the 1980 Soviet team.

René Beslaud

represented France
Rowing

	1900	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	R1:3rd	129
		129

Olympic Competitor nr 1497

1900-08-25-16:15 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, heat one - third (129)

Joseph Bessala

B. 1941-04-19, Douala, (French) Cameroon; D. 2010-04-24
Boxing (1 silver)

	1968	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Eugène Marc Antoine Besse

B. 1881-11-17, Paris, France; D. 1919-02-20
Athletics - Track and Field

	1900	HP
Men's Marathon	fourth	2400
		2400

Olympic Competitor nr 1034

1900-07-19-14:30 - Athletics Road - Marathon - fourth (2400)

Florent Bessemans

B. 1940-01-02, Falmignoul, Belgium
Fencing

	1968	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R2:6th	-4.26
Men's Épée, Individual	ElR1	0.041
		0.041026

René Besserve

B. 1883, Montbéliard, France; D. 1959
Art Competitions

	1924	HP
Painting	AC	63.04
		63.04

Gérard Bessette

B. 1920-02-25, Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Québ., Canada; D. 2005-02-21
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Literature - unknown event	AC	107.8
		107.8

Ambrogio Bessi

B. 1915-07-01, Trieste, then in Austria, after 1918 Italy
Basketball

	1936	HP
Men's Team	seventh	200
		200

Louis Bessière

from Levallois, represented France
Cycling - Road

	1928	HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial	22nd	0.5
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team	7th	100
		100.5

G. Bessing

represented France
Cycling - Track

	1900	HP
Men's Sprint	R1:dnq	-2.25
		0.0025

Olympic Competitor nr 1578

1900-09-11-09:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - AC (-2.25)

Colette Henriette Besson

B. 1946-04-07, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, France; D. 2005-08-09
Athletics (1 gold)

	1968	1972	HP
Women's 400 metres	gold	QF:5th	6402.29
Women's 4x400 m Relay		fourth	400
			6802.29

Giuliano Besson

B. 1950-01-01, Sauze d'Oulx, Italy
Alpine Skiing

	1972	HP
Men's Downhill	11th	64
		64

Pascale Besson

B. 1960-01-24, represented France
Artistic Swimming

	1984	HP
Women's Solo	dnq	-2.10
Women's Duet	seventh	300
		300.001

Paul Besson

B. 1926 represented Switzerland
Freestyle Wrestling

	1952	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67 kg)	13th	38.4
		38.4

Gennady Petrovich Bessonov

B. 1944-12-10, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:15th	15
		15

Luigi Bestagini

B. 1919-08-28, Milano, Italy; D. 1993-05-02
Ice Hockey

	1948	HP
Men's Team	8th	128
		128

Alimbeg Borisovich Bestayev

B. 1936-08-15, Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, offcially part of Georgia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1988
Wrestling - Freestyle (1 silver)

	1956	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

He moved aged 15 with his family to Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, now part of Russia, and so I shall consider him Russian.

Nataliya Bestemyanova

B. 1960-01-06, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Figure Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Ice Dance	8th	silver	gold	13320
				13320

Together with Andrey Bukin.

Pietro Bestetti

B. 1898-12-01, Pioltello, Italy
Cycling - Road

	1920	HP
Men's Road Race	21st	0.8
Men's Road Race, Team	fifth	250
		250.8

Lluis Bestit i Carcasona

B. 1945-07-23, Barcelona, Spain
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team	9th	10th	130
			130

Thomas Clifford "Tomás" Beswick

B. 1911-10-17, represented Argentina
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:3rd	0.023
Men's 200 metres	QF:6th	0.364
Men's 4x100 metres Relay	fourth	400
		400.387

Władisław Beszterda

B. 1951-09-28, Gdańsk, Poland
Rowing

	1980	HP
Men's Eights	9th	80
		80

Beszteri János

B. 1938-08-09, Heves, Hungary
Ice Hockey

	1964	HP
Men's Team	16th	3.2
		3.2

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2023-11-22

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