Great Olympians

Biographies - FIR

Vasile Firea

B. 1908-08-21, Mărgineni, Romania; D. 1991
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 HP
Men's 50 kilometres Walk 20th 1.5
1.5

Victor Firea

B. 1923-03-16, Mărgineni, Romania; D. 2007-05-25
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's 3000m Steeplechase R1:9th 0.102
0.102

André Frédéric Firmenich

B. 1905-03-26, Genève, Switzerland; D. 1965-06-26
Sailing
1936 1948 1952 HP
Six metres Class dq 7th 6th 540
540

He was the helmsman who was declared a professional, resulting in the disqualification of the Swiss boat. Strangely enough, he was allowed to compete in 1948 and '52.

Frédéric Firmenich

B. 1874-12-23, Genève, Switzerland; D. 1953-01-05
Sailing
1936 HP
Six metres Class dq 20
20

The Swiss boat is listed in the OR as "eliminated". The helmsman was deemed a professional. It is logical to assume that the boat actually sailed (at least) one race, since they should have been able to compete regularly (even four-handed) if they had been told about the possible disqualification in advance. I consider the five crewmen true Olympians.

Georges Firmenich

B. 1913-12-03, represented Switzerland
Sailing
1936 HP
Six metres Class dq 20
20

The Swiss boat is listed in the OR as "eliminated". The helmsman was deemed a professional. It is logical to assume that the boat actually sailed (at least) one race, since they should have been able to compete regularly (even four-handed) if they had been told about the possible disqualification in advance. I consider the five crewmen true Olympians.

Georges Firmin

B. 1924-03-15, Montpellier, France
Weightlifting
1948 1952 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) 9th 390
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg) 10th
390

Nicolae Firoiu

B. 1939-03-04, București, Romania
Aquatics - Water Polo
1964 HP
Men's Team fifth 500
500

Kamran Gholam Reza Firouzpour

B. 1954-08-23, represented Iran
Aquatics - Water Polo
1976 HP
Men's Team 12th 20
20

Juan Carlos Firpo

B. 1938-01-04, represented Argentina
Sailing
1976 HP
One Person Dinghy (Finn) 23rd 0.384
0.384

Anatoly Firsov

B. 1941-02-01, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet-Union
Ice Hockey (3 gold)
1964 1968 1972 HP
Men's teams gold gold gold 19200
19200

Member of the Soviet Ice Hockey team from 1964 to 1972, winning each time.

Peter Firstbrook

B. 1933-05-11, from Toronto, represented Canada
Figure Skating
1952 HP
Men's Singles fifth 1500
1500

Sharon Anne Firth

B. 1953-12-31, Inuvik, NWT, Canada
Cross Country Skiing
1972 1976 1980 1984 HP
Women's 5 kilometres 26th 29th 35th 29th 0.097
Women's 10 kilometres 24th 28th 29th 0.2016
Women's 20 kilometres 21st 0.64
Women's 3x5 km Relay 10th 125
Women's 4x5 km Relay 7th
125.9686

Shirley Anne Firth

B. 1953-12-31, Inuvik, NWT, Canada; D. 2013-04-30
Cross Country Skiing
1972 1976 1980 1984 HP
Women's 5 kilometres 35th 27th 28th 28th 0.0922
Women's 10 kilometres 29th 24th 22nd 0.576
Women's 20 kilometres 25th 0.1
Women's 3x5 km Relay 10th 189
Women's 4x5 km Relay 7th 8th
189.7682

Written 2001-01-25 - last modified 2022-11-24

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