Great Olympians

Biographies - BIR

Mihai Bîră, Sr.

B. 1929-09-05, Predeal, Romania
Alpine Skiing

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Downhill	71st	35th	0.001
Men's Giant Slalom		45th	0.00001
Men's Slalom		42nd	0.00004
			0.00105

(M.) Mihai Bîră, Jr.

B. 1961-03-08, Brașov, Romania
Alpine Skiing

	1984	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	45th	-4.10
Men's Slalom	dnf	-16.64
		0.00001

Harishchandra Madhavrao Birajdar

B. 1950-06-05, Nilangana, Mah., India; D. 2011-09-14
Freestyle Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Middleweight (-82 kg)	23rd	0.384
		0.384

Aage Birch

B. 1926-09-23, Søllerød, Denmark; D. 2017-02-13
Sailing (1 silver)

	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon)	fifth		sixth		silver	6204
						6204

Halvor Birch

B. 1885-02-21, Horsens, Denmark; D. 1962-07-05
Gymnastics (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1906	1908	1912	HP
Team combined, Swedish system	silver			750
Team combined, Free system			bronze	640
				1390

Olympic Competitor nr 2375

1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - second (750)
1912-07-10-11:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - third (640)

Walter Birch

represented Great Britain
Bobsleigh

	1928	HP
Men's Four/Five	9th	120
		120

(Ernest Augustus) Paul Bircher

B. 1928-12-11, London, England, Great Britain
Rowing (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Men's Eights	silver	2000
		2000

Gustaf Birch-Lindgren

B. 1892-10-01, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1969-09-06
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Architecture	4 entries	9.900
		9.900

Gerald Bird

B. 1928-01-17, Swale, England, presumably from Trinidad & Tobago, represented the West Indies Federation
Sailing

	1960	HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	30th	0.0125
		0.0125

His partner Richard Bennett was from Trinidad & Tobago, so presumably he as well.

Mary Elisabeth Bird

B. 1910-06-10, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 2002-11-03
Alpine Skiing

	1936	HP
Women's Alpine Combined	dnf	0.00015
		0.00015

Pauline Bird

competed in 1980 as

Pauline Hart

B. 1957-07-31, represented Great Britain
Rowing

	1976	1980	HP
Women's Coxed Fours	8th	sixth	672
			672

Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird

B. 1980-10-16, Syosset, NY, USA
Basketball (5 gold)

	2004	2008	2012	2016	2021	HP
Women's Team	gold	gold	gold	gold	gold	32000
						32000

Member of the US Team that won gold at Athina, Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

Steinar Birgisson

B. 1955-05-25, represented Iceland
Handball

	1984	HP
Men's Team	(sixth)	320
		320

Biri János

B. 1901-07-21, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1974-02-20
Football

	1924	HP
Men's Football	R2	26.38
		26.38

Yakup Kadri Birinci

B. 1967-11-24, Erzurum, Türkiye
Alpine Skiing

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Super-G		44th	82nd	-4.16
Men's Giant Slalom	53rd	dnf	75th	-6.26
Men's Slalom	27th	31st		0.0464
				0.046416256

Matthew Birir

B. 1972-07-05, Baringo, Kenya
Track & Field (1 gold)

	1992	1996	HP
Men's 3000 m Steeple	gold	fourth	12000
			12000

Nikolaos Biris

B. 1911, Athina, Greece
Wrestling - Greco-Roman

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)		8th	534
Men's Featherweight (-61 kg)	10th		534
			534

Johannes Birk

B. 1893-09-05, Gjellerup, Denmark; D. 1961-02-18
Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1920	HP
Men's Team combined, Swedish system	silver	1000
		1000

Birkás Dénes

B. 1907-03-13, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1996-07-10
Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:3rd	136
		136

Gebre Birkay

B. 1926, represented Ethiopia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's Marathon	32nd	0.006
		0.006

Halvor Olai Birkeland

Olympic Competitor nr 7150

1920-07-07-12:10? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1907 rating), race one - raced alone
1920-07-08-12:40? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1907 rating), race two - raced alone
1920-07-09-10:20? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1907 rating), race three - raced alone - first (3200)

Rasmus Birkeland

Olympic Competitor nr 7151

1920-07-07-12:10? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1907 rating), race one - raced alone
1920-07-08-12:40? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1907 rating), race two - raced alone
1920-07-09-10:20? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1907 rating), race three - raced alone - first (3200)

Lillian Birkenhead

B. 1905-01-08, Garston, England, Great Britain; D. 1979-03
Aquatics - Swimming

	1920	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	SF:6th	4.32
		4.32

Robert Birker

Olympic Competitor nr 5688

1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - 62nd

Arthur Ernest Burrington Birkett

B. 1875-10-25, Exeter, England, Great Britain; D. 1941-04-01
Cricket (1 gold)

	1900	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Olympic Competitor nr 1415

1900-08-19-11:00 Cricket - day one
1900-08-20-11:00 Cricket - day two - won (3200)

Leon Birkholc

B. 1904-07-07, Koronowo, Province of Posen, then part of Germany, represented Poland; D. 1964-12-01
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1928	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	bronze	1920
		1920

Nicholas John Birkmyre

B. 1937-02-21, Cranleigh, England, Great Britain
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Double Sculls	Rep:2nd	340
		340

Jorge Raúl Birkner Cogan

B. 1964-08-18, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alpine Skiing

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Downhill	45th	44th	-4.26
Men's Super-G		39th	-3.16
Men's Giant Slalom	46th	45th	-4.16
Men's Slalom	22nd	26th	0.464
Men's Combined		24th	0.16
			0.6242024

(María) Magdalena Birkner Cogan

B. 1966-01-18, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alpine Skiing

	1984	1988	HP
Women's Giant Slalom	39th	dnf	-3.16
Women's Slalom	18th	disq	2.56
			2.560160416

Nada Birko

competed in 1956 as

Nada Kustec

B. 1931-01-02, Mrkopalj, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Cross-Country Skiing

	1952	1956	HP
Women's 10 km	14th	35th	24.00125
Women's 3x5 km Relay		9th	40
			64.00125

Laurence Sydney "Laurie" Birks

B. 1928-01-07, represented Australia; D. 1950
Boxing

	1948	HP
Men's Featherweight (-58 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Ion Bîrlădeanu

B. 1958-08-01, Cosmești, Romania
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Men's Singles, 1000 m	bronze	2560
Men's Doubles, 500 m	sixth	480
		3040

Heinfried Ernst Birlenbach

B. 1940-12-07, Birlenbach, Siegen, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany in 1968
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Shot Put	QU:14th	8th	7th	1008
				1008

Georgios Birmbilis

B. 1945-04-03, Athina, Greece
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles	R1:8th	0.031
		0.031

Udo Birnbaum

B. 1937-02-08, Zell an der Ybbs, Austria
Modern Pentathlon & Fencing

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Individual	37th	24th		0.2005
Men's Team	12th	10th		35
Men's Foil, Individual			Bar1	0.042
Men's Épée, Team		SF:5th	SF:5th	65
				100.2425

Werner Birnbaum

B. 1963-08-09, represented Australia
Artistic Gymnastics

	1984	HP
Men's Individual Combined	31st	-2.64
		0.0064

Bíró Ágnes

B. 1917-12-28, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2009-09-21
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:18th	2.56
Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay	fourth	400
		402.56

Anton Biro

B. 1939-09-30, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania
Ice Hockey

	1964	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Bíró Gyula

Olympic Competitor nr 5240

1912-06-30-13:30 - Football - quarterfinal - lost (Qc)
1912-07-05-19:00 - Football - fifth place match - won (500)

Bíró László

B. 1960-07-09, Budapest, Hungary
Freestyle Wrestling

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	sixth			3696
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)			fourth	3696
				3696

Biros Péter

B. 1976-04-05, Miskolc, Hungary
Water Polo (3 gold)

2000 2004 2008 2012 HP

Men's Team gold gold gold fifth 20200

20200

	2000	2004	2008	2012	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	gold	fifth	20200
					20200

Winner of the Waterpolo at Sydney, Athina and Beijing

Joseph Robert "Bob" Birrell

B. 1938-03-06, Barrow-in-Furness, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles	QF:5th	3.435
		3.435

Joseph Robert "Joe" Birrell

B. 1930-03-18, Cockemouth, England, Great Britain
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	R1:4th	1.014
		1.014

Roger Birrer

B. 1963-09-17, represented Switzerland
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	9th	40
		40

Helga Bîrsan

B. 1928-06-29, represented Romania
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Women's Individual All-Around	79th	-
Women's Team All-Around	9th	40
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	12th	10
Women's Floor Exercise	83rd	-
Women's Horse Vault	91st	-
Women's Uneven Bars	99th	-
Women's Balance Beam	62nd	-
		50.000000001

Ștefan Birtalan

B. 1948-09-25, Jibou, Romania
Handball (1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team	(bronze)	silver	bronze	3748.8
				3748.8

(John) Henry Birtles

B. 1874, Birmingham, England, Great Britain; D. 1935-02-4
Rugby (1 silver)

	1900	HP
Men's Team	silver	1640
		1640

Olympic Competitor nr 1679

1900-10-28-15:00 - Rugby - match two - final classification - second (1640)

Walter Allan Birtles

B. 1937-04-16, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Basketball

	1964	HP
Men's Team	14th	8
		8

Margaret Jean Birtwistle

B. 1925-07-26, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1992-05-18
Athletics

	1948	HP
Women's Shot Put	QU:19th	2.4
Women's Discus Throw	19th	2.4
		4.8

Krzysztof Birula-Białynicki

B. 1944-08-15, Vilnius, Lithuania, represented Poland; D. 2014-01-30
Ice Hockey

	1972	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Tatyana Biryulina

B. 1955-07-16, Toshkent, Uzbekistan, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Women's Javelin Throw	sixth	960
		960

Mihai Bîrzu

B. 1955-05-26, represented Romania; D. 1998
Archery

	1980	HP
Men's Individual	25th	0.15
		0.15

Written 2002-10-27 - last modified 2024-08-18

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