Great Olympians

Biographies - COH

Donald Smith "Don" Cohan

B. 1930-02-24, New York, NY, USA; D. 2018-10-20
Sailing (1 bronze)
1972 HP
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon) bronze 2560
2560

Abram Dreyer "Abe" Cohen

B. 1924-10-25, New York, NY, USA; D. 2016-02-02
Fencing
1956 HP
Men's Épée, Team R1:3rd 68
Men's Sabre, Team SF:3rd 205
273

Avraham "Avi" Cohen

B. 1956-11-14, Al-Qahira, Egypt, represented Israel; D. 2010-12-28
Football
1976 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287

Daryl Godfrey Cohen

B. 1935-07-12, Melbourne, Vict., Australia; D. 2016-03-04
Weightlifting
1960 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) 17th 6
6

Desmond Vernon "Des" Cohen

B. 1927-08-08, represented South Africa
Aquatics - Swimming & Aquatics - Water Polo
1948 1952 HP
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke R1:30th 0.015
Men's Water Polo R2:3rd 45.5
45.515

Gazi Cohen

B. 1938, Baghdad, Iraq, represented Israel
Weightlifting
1960 HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) 19th 2.4
2.4

Glendon Howard "Glen" Cohen

B. 1954-04-22, Linstead, Jamaica, represented Great Britain
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 1980 HP
Men's 400 metres QF:7th QF:7th 0.114
Men's 4x400 m Relay R1:dnf FI:dnf 65.6
65.714

Henri Cohen

from Bruxelles, Belgium; D. 1930
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 silver)
1900 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Olympic Competitor nr 1347

Herbert Morris "Herb" Cohen

B. 1942-06-07, New York, NY, USA
Fencing
1964 1968 HP
Men's Foil, Individual Elim1 R2:5th 1.6601
Men's Foil, Team R1:3rd R1:3rd 30.53
32.1901

Irwin Lee Cohen

B. 1952-01-21, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 2012-08-27
Judo
1972 HP
Men's Middleweight (-80 kg) R1 0.463
0.463

James Cohen

B. 1906-05-06, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1958-03-14
Athletics - Track & Field
1928 HP
Men's Long Jump 39th 0.00024
0.00024

Nathan Cohen

New Zealand
Rowing (1 gold)
2008 2012 HP
Double Sculls fourth gold 10000
10000

Nessa Cohen

B. 1884-12-11, New York, NY, USA; D. 1976-12-16
Art Competitions
1928 HP
Sculpture, Statues AC 40.08
40.08

Richard Anthony Cohen

B. 1947-05-09, Birmingham, England, Great Britain
Fencing
1972 1976 1980 1984 HP
Men's Sabre, Individual R1:6th R2:5th SF:6th 0.5080026
Men's Sabre, Team R1:3rd R1:3rd 8th 127.5
128.0080026

Sión Ernesto Cóhen Cattán

B. 1934-11-30, represented Panama
Freestyle Wrestling
1964 HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-97 kg) 14th 24
24

Stephen Robert "Steve" Cohen

B. 1946-04-28, Philadelphia, Penn., USA
Artistic Gymnastics
1968 HP
Men's Individual All-Round 46th -5.64
Men's Team All-Round 7th 100
100.0000064

Tiffany Lisa Cohen

B. 1966-06-11, Culver City, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (2 gold)
1984 HP
Women's 400 m Freestyle gold 6400
Women's 800 m Freestyle gold 6400
12800

Harvey Wright Cohn

B. 1884-12-04, New York, NY, USA; D. 1965-07-29
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)
1904 1906 1908 HP
Men's 800 m AC 112.0
Men's 1500 m 8th 8th 384
Men's 2590 m Steeplechase ac 765
Men's 5 miles ac 48.02
Men's 3 miles Team silver 750
2059.02

He represented the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association in the 1904 Club championship.

Olympic Competitor nr 2001

Norman Cohn-Armitage

B. 1907-01-01, Albany, NY, USA; D. 1972-03-14
Fencing (1 bronze)
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 HP
Men's Sabre, Individual SF:7th 9th R1:6th 201.3500024
Men's Sabre, Team R1:3rd fourth SF:3rd bronze fourth SF:3rd 2060.025
2261.3750024

Robert Cohu

B. 1911-08-20, Paris, France; D. 2011-01-21
Basketball
1936 HP
Men's Team (Rep1) 0.54
0.54

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2024-03-26

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