Great Olympians

Biographies - FIN

Henri Paul Fin

B. 1950-03-20, Wambrechies, France
Cycling - Road

	1972	HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	17th	3
		3

Fináczy György

B. 1942-05-25, Budapest, Hungary
Sailing

	1964	1968	1972	HP
One−Person Dinghy (Finn)	13th		8th	422.4
				422.4

George Finch

B. 1888-08-04, Orange, NSW, Australia; D. 1970-11-22
Alpinism (1 gold)

	1924	HP
Special Medal	gold	3200
		3200

Glen Finch

B. 1947-07-18, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:25th	0.1
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	7th	100
		100.1

Kenneth Roy "Ken" Finch

B. 1936-06-09, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Basketball

	1956	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Lester Charles Finch

B. 1909-08-26, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1995-11-20
Football

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Richard Grahame Finch

B. 1962-08-29, represented Australia
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Light-Middleweight (-71 kg)	R32	1.02
		1.02

Henry Finchett

B. 1900, Birmingham, England, Great Britain; D. 1968
Gymnastics

	1920	1924	1928	HP
Men's Individual combined		43rd	83rd	-
Men's Team combined, European system	fifth	sixth	11th	426
Vault		22nd	84th	0.1
Parallel Bars		58th	80th	-
Horizontal Bar		54th	77th	-
Pommeled Horse		41st	60th	-
Sidehorse Vault		33rd		-
Rings		33rd	84th	-
Rope Climbing		51st		-
				426.1

Erich Fincsus

B. 1912-12-22, from Wien, represented Austria
Wrestling - Greco-Roman

	1936	HP
Men's Featherweight (-61 kg)	15th	15
		15

Jaroslav Findejs

B. 1943-09-25, Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Football

	1968	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

Conrad Francis "Conn" Findlay

B. 1930-04-24, Stockton, CA, USA; D. 2021-04-08
Rowing & Sailing (2 gold, 2 bronze)

1956 1960 1964 1976 HP

Coxed Pairs gold bronze gold 28800

Two-person Keelboat (Tempest) bronze 3200

32000

Conn Findlay lived in Belmont, California and rented a few rowing shells to the high school program. Conn is one of only 2 persons to medal in two distinctly different sports in recent summer olympics. (the other being Roswitha Krause - swimming and handball) He coached at Stanford Univ for a number of years as well, and twice sailed on the winning America's Cup team (1975,77).

Richard "Dick" Findlay

B. 1948-03-23, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Boxing

	1968	HP
Men's Light−Welterweight (-63.5 kg)	R1	-2.34
		0.0034

James Norman Findlay

B. 1954-06-15, represented Australia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 200 m Butterfly	12th	40
Men's 200 m Individual Medley	34th	-2.16
		40.0016

Veronica Findlay

B. 1964-01-06, represented Jamaica
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's 4x100 m Relay	eighth	64
		64

William Findlay

B. 1904-01-15, Kilmarnock, Scotland, Great Britain, lived in New Tork, represented the USA; D. 1981-01-21
Football

	1924	1928	HP
Men's Football	R2	R1	52.76
			52.76

Renzo Finelli

B. 1945-08-24, Anzola, Italy
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's 1500 metres	R1:6th	0.031
		0.031

Alessandra Finesso

B. 1956-07-23, Milano, Italy
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	15th	2.5
		2.5

Louis Finet

B. 1894-03-05, represented Belgium
Equestrianism - Miscelaneous (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Voltige, Individual	bronze	3200
Voltige, Team	gold	1600
		4800

Ursula Elisabeth "Ursel" Finger

B. 1929-07-05, Saarbrücken, Saarl., Germany, represented Saarland
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Women's 4x100m Relay	R1:5th	4.3
Women's Long Jump	QU:25th	0.15
		4.45

Horst Fink

B. 1938-10-01, Linz, Austria
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Single Sculls	Rep:3nd	102
		102

Massimo Fink

B. 1896-11-23, represented Italy; D. 1956-03-19
Bobsleigh

	1924	HP
Men's Four/Five	sixth	480
		480

Rudi Fink

B. 1958-07-06, Cottbus, Brand., Germany, represented East Germany
Boxing (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Kerstin Finke

B. 1966-07-22, Aachen, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Aquatics - Diving

	1984	HP
Women's Springboard	QU:20th	1
Women's Platform	11th	64
		65

Robert Finke

B. 1999-11-06, represented the USA
Swimming (2 gold)

	2021	HP
Men's 800 m Freestyle	gold	6400
Men's 1500 m Freestyle	gold	6400
		12800

Diethard Finkelmann

B. 1941-07-15, Berlin, Germany, represented West Germany
Handball

	1972	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Robert "Bob" Finlay

B. 1943-08-03, London, England, lived in Toronto, represented Canada
Athletics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 5000 metres	11th	R1:23rd	64.256
			64.256

Donald Finlay

B. 1909-05-27, Christchurch, England, Great Britain; D. 1970-08-18
Track and Field (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1932	1936	1948	HP
110 m Hurdles	bronze	silver	heats:dnf	9840.086
4x100 m Relay	sixth	SF:4th		177
				10017.086

Graham Paul Finlay

B. 1936-02-03, Greymouth, New Zealand; D. 2018-07-29
Boxing

	1956	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Joel F. Finlay

B. 1945-12-30, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Rowing

	1968	HP
Men's Eights	9th	80
		80

Malcolm Finlay

B. 1919, South Shields, England, Great Britain; D. 2007-11-03
Basketball

	1948	HP
Men's Team	(20th)	0.5
		0.5

Mervyn David "Merv" Finlay

B. 1925-06-17, Balmain, NSW, Australia; D. 2014-07-02
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Eights	bronze	1280
		1280

Colin Finlayson

B. 1903-01-24, Lismore, NSW, Australia, moved to Vancouver in 1905, represented Canada; D. 1955-03-11
Rowing (1 silver)

	1924	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	silver	3000
		3000

Iain Finlayson

B. 1951-12-19 in France, represented Great Britain; D. 1991-12-10
Alpine Skiing

	1972	HP
Men's Downhill	50th	-5.10
Men's Giant Slalom	dnf	-10.26
Men's Slalom	28th	0.0256
		0.025601

Ronald Leslie "Ron" Finley

B. 1940-12-10, Huntingdon Park, Cal., USA
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1964	HP
Men's Featherweight (-63 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

Charley Finn

B. 1897-07-28, Bakersfield, Cal., USA; D. 1974-01-13
Water Polo (1 bronze)

	1932	1936	HP
Men's Team	bronze	QU:3rd	1325.5
			1325.5

Birgir Finnbogason

B. 1948-09-18, represented Iceland
Handball

	1972	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Severin Finne

Olympic Competitor nr 6153

1912-07-09-09:30 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match two - lost
1912-07-09-11:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match five - tied
1912-07-09-12:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match seven - lost - third (27)
1912-07-11-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - third (Q)
1912-07-12-12:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, quarterfinals - sixth

Christopher Martin "Chris" Finnegan

B. 1944-06-05, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2009-03-02
Boxing (1 gold)

	1968	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

George V. Finnegan

B. 1881-09-28, California, USA; D. 1913-02-28
Boxing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1904	HP
Men's Flyweight (-47.6 kg)	gold	7200
Men's Bantamweight (-52.2 kg)	silver	4500
		11700

Olympic Competitor nr 2290

1904-09-22-14:00? - Boxing - Flyweight, final - won (7200)
1904-09-22-14:30? - Boxing - Bantamweight, final - lost (4500)

Teijo Uolevi Finneman

B. 1944-09-09, Helsinki, Finland
Basketball

	1964	HP
Men's Team	11th	32
		32

Michael Holman "Mike" Finneran

B. 1948-09-21, Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Diving

	1972	HP
Men's Springboard	fifth	1000
Men's Platform	9th	160
		1160

Sharon Evans Finneran

B. 1946-02-04, Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)

	1964	HP
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley	silver	6000
		6000

Parelius Finnerud

Olympic Competitor nr 6672

1912-07-15-14:15 - Athletics (track & field) - Cross-Country - 20th (1.25) & Team - fourth (400)

Benjamin Fortescue Finnis

B. 1937-07-08, represented Great Britain
Modern Pentathlon

	1964	HP
Men's Individual	21st	0.8
Men's Team	9th	40
		40.8

Vincenzo "Enzo" Finocchiaro

B. 1953-01-18, Avola, Italy; D. 2019-07-04
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 1500 m Freestyle	21st	0.64
		0.64

Written 2001-01-25 - last modified 2024-02-12

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