Great Olympians

Biographies - BLI

Andris Blicavs

B. 1954-07-30, from Melbourne, represented Australia
Basketball
1976 HP
Men's Team 8th 128
128

Steen Steensen Blicher

B. 1899-01-11, København, Denmark; D. 1965-08-01
Football
1920 HP
Men's Team R1 33.8
33.8

Steen Steensen Blicher, Jr.

B. 1923-11-22, København, Denmark; D. 2018-10-24
Football
1952 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287

Richard Adolph "Dick" Blick

B. 1940-07-29, Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold)
1960 HP
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay gold 1600
1600

Raymond Charles Blick

B. 1930-05-27, Birmingham, England, Great Britain
Canoeing - Flatwater Kayak
1956 1960 HP
Men's Kayak Singles 4x500 metres Relay SF:4th 17
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres 9th 120
Men's Kayak Doubles 10000 metres 8th 192
329

Arthur Blickenstorfer

B. 1935-04-20, Obfelden, Switzerland; D. 2001-10-27
Equestrianism - Jumping
1968 HP
Jumping, Individual 13th 32
Jumping, Team sixth 160
192

Iwan Blijd

B. 1953-05-08, represented Suriname
Judo
1972 HP
Men's Lightweight (-63 kg) R1 0.933
0.933

Aleksandr Ivanovich Blinov

B. 1954-08-19, Frunze (now Bishkek), Kyrgyzstan, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2021-02-09
Equestrianism - Eventing (1 gold, 1 silver)
1980 HP
Individual silver 5000
Team gold 1600
6600

He competed from Frunze, where he was also born, so I shall class this athlete as Kyrgyz, despite him having ended his career and life in Moskva.

Viktor Nikolayevich Blinov

B. 1945-09-01, Omsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1968-07-09
Ice Hockey (1 gold)
1968 HP
Men's Team gold 3200
3200

Yury Ivanovich Blinov

B. 1949-01-13, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (1 gold)
1972 HP
Men's Team gold 3200
3200

(John) Alan Blinston

B. 1944-06-15, Manchester, England, Great Britain
Athletics
1968 HP
Men's 5000 metres R1:7th 1.08
1.08

Nikolaos Blioziotis

sailor from Greek Naval ship Psara
Rowing
1906 HP
Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats fourth 600
600

Olympic Competitor nr 2687

Gérard Blitz Jr

B. 1901-08-01, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, represented Belgium; D. 1979-03-08
Swimming & Waterpolo (2 silver, 2 bronze)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 HP
Men's 100 m Backstroke bronze fourth SF:dns 6336
Men's 100 m Freestyle ht:7th 0.006
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay sixth ht:5th 166.4
Swimming 6502.406
Men's Waterpolo silver silver QF bronze 6045.6
12548.006

Maurice Blitz

B. 1891-07-28, Paris, France, represented Belgium
Aquatics - Water Polo (2 silver)
1920 1924 HP
Men's Water Polo silver silver 4000
4000

Carlos Samuel Blixen Abelia

B. 1936-12-27, Montevideo, Uruguay
Basketball (1 bronze)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Team bronze 8th 1408
1408

Anastasya Ilyinichna Bliznyuk

B. 1994-06-28, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, represented Russia
Rhytmic Gymnastics (2 gold, 1 silver)
2012 2016 2021 HP
Women's Team gold gold silver 12600
12600

Written 2002-10-27 - last modified 2024-08-17

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