Great Olympians

Biographies - FAI

Adrien Faidide

B. 1880-01-19, Paris, France; D. 1907-07-03
Athletics - Track and Field

	1900	HP
Men's 400 metres	R1:3rd	272
		272

Olympic Competitor nr 835

1900-07-14-11:25 - Athletics Track - 400 m, semi-finals - third (272)

Alois Faigle

B. 1898, represented Switzerland
Bobsleigh

	1924	HP
Men's Four/Five	dnf	120
		120

Arletta Faidiga

B. 1938-08-01, Fiume, then Italy, now Rijeka in Croatia; represented Italy
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	HP
Women's 100 metres Backstroke	R1:23rd	0.32
		0.32

Stanley Clair "Stan" Fail

B. 1936-06-11, Yuma, Col., USA
Speed Skating

	1964	HP
Men's 5000 metres	38th	-3.26
		0.000256

Walter Failer

B. 1946-12-31, Schaz, Austria
Cross-Country Skiing

	1968	HP
Men's 15 km	51st	-6.64
		0.00000064

Pierre Failliot

Olympic Competitor nr 5484

1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - third
1912-07-07-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event one : long jump
1912-07-07-13:50? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon; event two : javelin throw
1912-07-07-14:15? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event three : 200 meters - 17th (4)
1912-07-08-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, round one - second (82)
1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - third
1912-07-13-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Decathlon, day one - DNF (0.016)
1912-07-14-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x400 m Relay, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-15-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x400 m Relay, final - second (1000)

Lucie Virginie Madeleine "Lucile", Baronne Fain

B. 1867-09-06, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, France; D. 1942-01-30
Golf

	1900	HP
Women's Individual	7th	600
		600

Olympic Competitor nr 1648

1900-10-03-14:00? - Golf - women - seventh (600)

George Fairbairn

Olympic Competitor nr 4645

1908-07-30-15:15 - Rowing - Coxless Pairs, semifinal - won (Q)
1908-07-31-12:30 - Rowing - Coxless Pairs, final - lost (3750)

Ian Fairbairn

B. 1896-04-14, Melbourne, Vict., Australia, represented Great Britain; D. 1968-12-05
Rowing

	1924	HP
Men's Eights	fourth	800
		800

Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford

Olympic Competitor nr 3457

1908-07-13-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-14-17:20 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, final - fifth (750)
1908-07-20-17:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-21-17:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, final - DNF (192)

David William "Dave" Fairbank

B. 1954-12-19, Sacramento, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	(gold)	64
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	(gold)	64
		128

James Howard Fairbank

B. 1925-12-18, Ellicott City, MD, represented Puerto Rico; D. 2010-12-16
Sailing

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Soling)			22nd	16.4
5.5 Metres Class	14th			16.4
				16.4

Crawford William Fairbrother

B. 1936-02-21, Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain; D. 1996-11-21
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:24th	0.24
		0.24

John Fairgrieve

B. 1926-04-18, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2014-07-20
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's 200 m	QF:4th	14.5
		14.5

Neroli Susan Fairhall

B. 1944-08-26, Christchurch, New Zealand; D. 2006-06-11
Archery

	1984	HP
Women's Individual	35th	-2.15
		0.0015

She was paralysed from the waist down and competed in a wheelchair, the first paraplegic to have competed at the Olympics. She also competed four times in the Summer Paralympics, twice at Athletics and twice in Archery.

Arthur Gerald "Gerry" Fairhead

B. 1923, represented Canada
Sailing

	1948	HP
Two-Person Keelboat (Star)	8th	320
		320

Gerard Fairlie

B. 1899-11-01, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1983-03-31
Bobsleigh

	1924	HP
Men's Four/Five	fifth	750
		750

Bruno Fait

B. 1924-07-07, Trento, Italy; D. 2000
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 10km Walk	8th	256
		256

Mária Faithová

competed in 1972 as

Mária Mračnová

B. 1946-09-24, Košice, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Athletics

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Women's High Jump	sixth		fourth	3696
				3696

Věra Faitlová

B. 1957-11-06, Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Women's 100 m Butterfly	19th	1.6
Women's 200 m Butterfly	17th	4
		5.6

Muhammad Faiz

B. 1937-09-23, Gujranwhala, British India, now Pakistan
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	13th	11th		734.4
Men's Middleweight (-87 kg)			7th	734.4
				734.4

Written 2002-10-28 - last modified 2023-12-19

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