Great Olympians

Biographies - BOL

Jan Bol

B. 1924-03-04, Aalsmeer, the Netherlands; D. 2010-02-11
Sailing

	1968	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	10th	100
		100

René Bol

B. 1956-07-05, Wellington, New Zealand, represented Canada
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1984	HP
Men's Team	10th	50
		50

Harry Boland

B. Dublin, Ireland; D. 2013-12-18
Basketball

	1948	HP
Men's Team	(23rd)	0.128
		0.128

John Mary Pius Boland

B. 1870-09-16, Dublin, Ireland, then still part of Great Britain; D. 1958-03-17
Tennis (2 gold)

	1896	HP
Men's Singles	gold	8000
Men's Doubles	gold	4800
		12800

A student at Oxford, coïncidentally in Athens at the time of the Olympic Games. As he was carrying a tennis racket, he decided to enter the games and won the singles event. For the doubles event, he partnered a German (Friedrich Traun), who was previously eliminated from the 800 metres. That was the first and last transnational team in the history of the Olympic Games.
An Irishman, he would become a member of the British parliament for South Kerry from 1900 to 1918.

Olympic Competitor nr 109

1896-04-08-16:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles round one - won (Q)
1896-04-09-13:30? - Tennis - Men's Singles round two - won (Q)
1896-04-09-15:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles round one - won (Q)
1896-04-10-11:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles semi-final - won (Q)
1896-04-11-14:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles final - won (8000)
1896-04-11-16:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles final - won (4800)

Gunnar Bolander

Olympic Competitor nr 6521

1912-07-12-11:30? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group five - 26th (0.064)

John Eduardo "Johnny" Bolang

B. 1941-08-08, Surabaya, (now) Indonesia
Boxing

	1960	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	R1	0.0031
		0.0031

Edgar Bolaños

B. 1951-02-20, represented Guatemala
Football

	1976	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	38.96
		38.96

Mauricio Bolaños

B. 1939-01-16, San Martín, El Salvador
Cycling - Road

	1968	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-24.24
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	28th	0.0192
		0.0192

Rıdvan Bolatlı

B. 1928-12-02, Ankara, Turkey
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Karin Boldemann

B. 1940-10-06, Berlin, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

	1960	HP
Women's Individual Combined	59th	-7.16
Women's Team Combined	sixth	160
		160.000000016

Eugene Bolden

B. 1899-07-23, Memphis, Tenn., USA
Aquatics - Swimming

	1920	HP
1500 m Free-style	fifth	1000
		1000

Jeanette Bolden

B. 1960-01-26, Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)

	1984	HP
Women's 100 metres	fourth	1600
Women's 4x100 m Relay	gold	1600
		3200

Vasile Boldescu

B. 1941-07-23, București, Romania
Ice Hockey

	1968	HP
Men"s Team	12th	20
		20

Cees Bolding

B. 1897-01-07, Wormerveer, the Netherlands; D. 1979-11-01
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Painting, Drawings & Water Colours	2 works	75.94
		75.94

Ato Boldon

B. 1973-12-30, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Track & Field (1 silver, 3 bronze)

	1992	1996	2000	2004	HP
Men's 100 m	R1:4th	bronze	silver	R1:4th	6560
Men's 200 m	R1:5th	bronze	bronze	-	5120
Men's 4 x 100 m	-	-	SF:6th	7th	113
					11793

Thyra Boldsen

B. 1884-01-02, Stavnsholt, Denmark; D. 1968-09-22
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Sculpture	2 entries	10.68
		10.68

Alwin Boldt

Olympic Competitor nr 3417

1908-07-13-16:15 - Cycling - Track - Tandem, round one - second (63.38)
1908-07-14-13:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one, heat four - AC
1908-07-15-10:00 - Cycling - Track - 100 km, heat one - AC (0.807)

Harry Boldt

B. 1930-02-23, Insterburg, East Prussia, Germany, now called Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad, Russia, represented Germany in 1964 and West Germany in 1976
Equestrianism - Dressage (2 gold, 2 silver)

	1964	1968	1972	1976	HP
Dressage, Individual	silver			silver	11000
Dressage, Team	gold			gold	4800
					15800

(Leif William) Sidney Boldt-Christmas

B. 1924-08-08, Göteborg, Sweden; D. 2016-10-15
Sailing (1 silver)

	1952	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon)	silver	4000
		4000

Daniel George "Dan" Bolduc

B. 1953-04-06, Waterville, Maine, USA
Ice Hockey

	1976	HP
Men's Team	fifth	500
		500

Elena Boledovičová

B. 1953-05-09, Bratislava, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Handball

	1980	HP
Women's Team	fifth	500
		500

David Benjamin "Dave" Bolen

B. 1923-12-23, Heflin, LA, USA
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's 400 m	fourth	1600
		1600

John Boles

B. 1888-01-31, Fort Smith, Ark., USA; D. 1952-07-16
Shooting (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1924	HP
Men's Small-Bore Rifle	12th	60
Men's Running Target, single shot	gold	6400
Men's Running Target, single shot, Team	bronze	640
Men's Running Target, double shot	7th	400
Men's Running Target, double shot, Team	fifth	250
		7750

Patrick John "Pat" Bolger

B. 1948-01-31, Alexandria, Ont., Canada
Freestyle Wrestling

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Featherweight (-63 kg)	15th		399
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)		8th	399
			399

Tom Bolger

B. 1904-07-18, Banana Pocket, Qld., Australia; D. 1995-06-16
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1928	HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	SiSF	1230
		1230

(Johan Henk) André Bolhuis

B. 1946-10-04, Zeist, the Netherlands
Hockey

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	fourth	fourth	1600
			1600

Anatole Bolin

B. 1893-09-28, Skalöv, Sweden
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 400 m	R1:3rd	0.171
Men's 800 m	SF:4th	68
		68.171

Ivar Böling

Olympic Competitor nr 5791

1912-07-07-08:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round one - won by ret.
1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round two - won by fall
1912-07-08-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round three - won by fall
1912-07-12-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round five - won by decision
1912-07-12-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round six - won by decision
1912-07-15-16:00? - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), final round three - lost (both) - second (6000)

Robert "Bob" Bolitho

B. 1952-07-20, Victoria, BC, Canada
Football

	1976	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	38.96
		38.96

(Georgina) Carmela Bolívar Ríos

B. 1957-04-23, represented Peru
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Women's 100 metres	R1:28th	0.0256
Women's 200 metres	R1:29th	0.016
		0.0416

(José) Marcelino Bolívar

B. 1964-07-14, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	bronze	R1	3121.02
			3121.02

Max Bolkart

B. 1932-07-29, Oberstdorf, Bay., Germany
Ski Jumping

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Individual	fourth	sixth		3360
Men's Normal Hill			37th	0.0004
				3360.0004

Theodor "Theo" Bolkart

B. 1948-04-04, Augsburg, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	HP
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke	R1:13th	25.6
		25.6

David Lofgren Boll

B. 1953-05-05, Hackensack, NJ, USA; D. 2017-08-13
Cycling - Road

	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	56th	-7.96
		0.000000096

Vittorio Luigi Bolla

B. 1932-01-12, Milano, Italy
Ice Hockey

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Team	7th		15th	205
				205

Alex Bollaert

B. 1930-01-11, Antwerpen, Belgium
Boxing >

	1948	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	QF	861
		861

Sten-Olof Anders Bolldén

B. 1914-06-16, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1940-08-27
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	8th	64
		64

Leen Bolle

B. 1879-04-11, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; D. 1942-12-13
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Sculpture, Medals & Reliefs	AC	139.6
		139.6

Monica Johanna Petronella "Monique" Bolleboom

B. 1962-08-11, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
Artistic Gymnastics

	1976	HP
Women's Individual combined	36th	-3.64
Women's Team combined	11th	16
		16.00064

Roland Bollenberg

B. 1941-06-28, Oostende, Belgium
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	Rep:5th	5.4
		5.4

Heinrich "Hanggi" Boller

B. 1921-09-06, Zürich, Switzerland; D. 2007-06-30
Ice Hockey (1 bronze)

	1948	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

He was coach of the Swiss team in 1956.

Walter Stefan Boller

B. 1951-05-20, Reckingen, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:17th	6
		6

Charles Bollet

B. 1874-11-23, Chalon-sur-Saône, France; D. 1951-02-05
Artistic Gymnastics

	1900	HP
Men's Individual combined	15th	15
		15

Olympic Competitor nr 1061

1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - 15th (15)

Margarethe "Gretel" Bolliger

B. 1921-12-03, from Basel, represented Switzerland; D. 2009-07-20
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Women's 80m Hurdles	R1:6th	0.0055
Women's Long Jump	QU:30th	0.015
Women's Shot Put	QU:17th	6
Women's Discus Throw	17th	6
		12.0205

Peter Bolliger

B. 1937-05-18, Basel, Switzerland
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	7th		2420
Men's Coxed Fours		bronze	2420
			2420

Germano Bollini

B. 1951-11-06, San Marino, San Marino
Shooting

	1984	HP
Men's Free Pistol	51st	-6.96
		0.00000096

Julian Bolling

B. 1966-06-19, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's 200 m Freestyle			49th	-5.16
Men's 400 m Freestyle	36th	46th		-3.65
Men's 1500 m Freestyle	27th			0.04
Men's 100 m Butterfly			65th	-8.10
Men's 100 m Butterfly			44th	-4.16
Men's 400 m Individual Medley	21st	32nd		0.644
				0.684664001

Lars-Arne Torsten Bölling

B. 1944-10-06, Malung-Sälen, Sweden
Cross Country Skiing

	1972	HP
Men's 50 kilometres	7th	400
		400

James Bollinger

competed under the alias of

Carroll Burton

Boxing

	1904	HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)	disq.	0
		0

He competed under an alias, which was illegal.

Olympic Competitor nr 2280

1904-09-21-14:00? - Boxing - Lightweight, quarter-finals - won but disqualified (0)

Christian Bollini

B. 1962-08-15, La Ciotat, France, represented San Marino
Alpine Skiing

	1984	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	dnf	-17.26
Men's Slalom	43rd	-4.26
		0.0000256

Francisco Bollini

B. 1888, represented Argentina
Fencing

	1924	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:9th	0.000000019
		0.000000019

(Mauritz Christian) Mats (Eugen) Bolmstedt

B. 1920-07-08, Lungsund, Sweden; D. 1965-12-09
Speed Skating

	1948	1952	HP
Men's 500 metres	10th	12th	140
Men's 1500 metres	17th		4
			144

Marin Bolocan

B. 1937-08-09, represented Romania
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1964	HP
Men's Featherweight (-63 kg)	11th	96
		96

Paola Bologna

B. 1889, represented Italy
Tennis

	1924	HP
Women's Singles	R2	0.85
		0.85

Aureliano Bolognesi

B. 1930-11-15, Sestri Ponente, Italy; D. 2018-03-30
Boxing (1 gold)

	1952	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Jean-Pierre Bolomey

B. 1926-06-10, from Lausanne, represented Switzerland
Hockey

	1952	HP
Men's team	cons:SF	164
		164

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev

B. 1947-03-12, Elektrogorsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2010-07-16
Basketball (1 gold)

	1972	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Pyotr Grogoryevich Bolotnikov

B. 1930-03-08, Zonivkino, Mordoviya, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2013-12-20
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's 5000 metres	9th			160
Men's 10000 metres	16th	gold	25th	6406.5
				6566.5

Jan Bols

B. 1944-08-27, Hoogeveen, the Netherlands
Speed Skating

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 500 metres	dnf		-5.26
Men's 1500 metres	16th	fifth	1006.4
Men's 5000 metres	8th	8th	512
Men's 10000 metres	13th	fourth	1625.6
			3144.00000256

Viktor Bolshov

B. 1939-05-23, Izerbash, Dagestan, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's High Jump	fourth		QU:16th	2409.6
				2409.6

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bolshunov

B. 1996-12-31, Podyvolye, Bryansk, Russia
Cross-Country Skiing (3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)

	2018	2022	HP
15 km Classical		silver	4000
50 km Classical, Mass-start	silver		10400
50 km Freestyle, Mass-start		gold	10400
Skiathlon		gold	6400
Team Sprint	silver	bronze	4920
Individual Sprint Classical	bronze		2560
Team Relay (4 x 10 km)	silver	gold	2600
			30880

Amazingly, he won a medal in all nine events he started in!

Jan Bolt

Olympic Competitor nr 3921

1908-07-16-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Netherlands - seventh (75)

John Bolt

B. 1956-05-22, represented Australia
Rowing

	1980	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	10th	125
		125

Usain Bolt

B. 1986-08-21, Trelawny, Jamaica
Athletics (9 gold)

2004 2008 2012 2016 HP

100 m gold gold gold 38400

200 m 40th gold gold gold 38400,00032

4 x 100 m gold gold gold 9600

86400.00032

At the start of 2008, he asked if he could switch to the 100 m. His trainer thought of him more as a 400 m runner, but he accepted anyway. Half a year later, he had broken the 100 m world record twice and had won the olympic gold. He had crossed the line in celebration, but he could not do the same when attacking Michael Johnson's 12-year old World record of the 200 m. He beat that mark with only 0.02" to spare.

Dragan Boltar

B. 1913-03-18, Trieste, then part of Austria, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1988-02-16, Zagreb, Croatia
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Architecture - Architectural Designs	HM	99.53
		99.53

Ada Bolten

B. 1903-10-20, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; D. 1984-01-29
Swimming

	1924	HP
Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay	sixth	160
		160

Wim Bolten

B. 1901-04-23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; D. 1971-12-19
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 400 m	R1:3rd	0.00033
Men's 800 m	R1:dnf	0.0000043
		0.0003343

Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr.

B. 1904-05-15, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1995-03-31
Equestrianism (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1932	1936	1948	1952	1956	HP
Dressage, Individual	8th		bronze	fifth	7th	5270
Dressage, Team	silver		dnf	gold	gold	6300
						11570

He should have had three gold medals for the team dressage, but the Swedish team was disqualified after finishing first in the London competition because one of the members was not an officer.

Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Sr.

B. 1861-04-01, Helsingborg, Sweden
Equestrianism - Dressage (1 silver)

	1912	1920	HP
Dressage, Individual	silver	dq	6006
			6006

Olympic Competitor nr 6653

1912-07-15-08:00 - Equestrianism - Prize Riding Event (Dressage), Individual - second (6000)

Stjepan Boltižar

B. 1913-08-01, Varaždin, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1989-11-30
Gymnastics

	1948	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	78th	-
Men's Team All-Around	10th	25
Men's Floor Exercise	69th	-
Men's Horse Vault	91st	-
Men's Parallel Bars	87th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	95th	-
Men's Rings	67th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	65th	-
		25

Colleen Bolton

B. 1957-03-19, represented Australia
Cross-Country Skiing

	1980	HP
Women's 5 kilometres	36th	-3.64
Women's 10 kilometres	35th	-2.10
		0.00164

John Arthur Bolton

B. 1945-06-22, Auckland, New Zealand
Weightlifting

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	16th		9.984
Men's Middle−Heavyweight (-90 kg)		dnf	9.984
			9.984

Lyndon Bolton

B. 1899-05-25, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1995-04-04
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1948	HP
Three−Day Event, Individual	27th	0.05
Three−Day Event, Team	dnf	4
		4.05

Hartmut Bölts

B. 1961-06-14, Rodalben, R-P, Germany, represented West Germany
Road Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	12th	30
		30

Willi Boltze

B. 1904-07-24, Hamburg, Germany; D. 1937-10
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:7th	1.08
		1.08

Bolvári Antal

B. 1932-05-06, Kaposvár, Hungary; D. 2019-01-08
Aquatics - Water Polo (2 gold)

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Erminio Bolzan

B. 1908-05-29, Conegliano, Italy
Boxing

	1936	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-79.4 kg)	R2	89.06
		89.06

Alberto Bolzi

represented Argentina
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1948	HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	10th	150
		150

Nino Bolzoni

B. 1903-03-07, Cremona, Italy; D. 1972
Rowing

	1928	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	fourth	2000
		2000

Written 2000-12-02 - last modified 2024-07-15

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.

	2004	2008	2012	2016	HP
100 m		gold	gold	gold	38400
200 m	40th	gold	gold	gold	38400,00032
4 x 100 m		gold	gold	gold	9600
					86400.00032