Great Olympians

Biographies - GAV

Giovanni Angelo Gavagnin

B. 1936-09-15, Portogruaro, Italy; D. 2013-03-03
Besketball
1960 1964 HP
Men's Team fourth fifth 1300
1300

Juan Cristian Gavajda

B. 1950-09-19, represented Argentina
Fencing
1976 HP
Men's Sabre, Individual R1:5th -3.15
Men's Sabre, Team R1:3rd 22.75
22.75015

Ion Gavăț

B. 1900-07-03, represented Romania
Bobsleigh
1928 HP
Men's Four/Five 7th 300
300

Petya Gavazova

B. 1968-09-18, represented Bulgaria
Figure Skating
1988 HP
Women's Singles QU:28th 0.0384
0.0384

Juan Gavazzo Buchardo

B. 1888-12-13, Gualeguaychú, Argentina; D. 1965-04-14
Art Competitions
1932 HP
Unknown event 2 entries HC -
-

Entries "Hors Concours", so not an actual Olympic competitor.
It is not even known what category the artworks fall under, probably paintings.

Marco Gavelli

B. 1915-04-25, Faenza, Italy
Wrestling - Freestyle
1936 1948 HP
Men's Featherweight (-61 kg) 7th 11th 696
696

Marcelino Gavilán y Ponce de León

B. 1909-06-04, Valladolid, Spain; D. 1999-03-09
Equestrianism - Jumping (1 silver)
1948 1952 HP
Jumping, Individual 16th 30th 8.0125
Jumping, Team silver 10th 1025
1033.0125

Roderick Fitzgerald "Rod" Gavin

B. 1949-05-20, Paeroa, New Zealand
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint
1976 HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 500 metres SF:6th 3.24
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres Rep:5th 0.204
3.444

Achille Gavoglio

B. 1892, Genova, Italy
Water Polo
1924 HP
Men's Water Polo R1 28.7
28.7

Radu Gavrilaș

B. 1952-04-05, represented Romania
Athletics - Track & Field
1972 HP
Men's Decathlon 16th 9.6
9.6

Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Gavrilenko

B. 1951-04-05, Homel, Belarus, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)
1972 1976 HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles sixth bronze 4800
Men's 4x400 m Relay R1:12th 10
4810

Anastasios Gavrilis

B. 1952-12-21, represented Greece
Sailing (1 bronze)
1980 HP
Three Person Keelboat (Soling) bronze 2560
2560

Nina Vasilyevna Gavrylyuk

B. 1965-04-13, Leningrad (now St.-Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union in 1988
Cross-Country Skiing (3 gold, 1 bronze)
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 HP
Women's 4x5 km Relay gold gold gold 8800
Women's Individual Sprint 20th 1
Women's 5 km Classical 11th fourth 1236
Women's Pursuit 5 km + 10 km fifth 7th 2059.75
Women's Pursuit 5 km + 5 km fifth
Women's 15 km Freestyle bronze 1920
Women's 20 km Freestyle dq -6.16
14016.75

Winner of the Cross-Country Relay at Calgary, Lillehammer and Nagano. She had a three-year absense from the sport while having a daughter, and she missed out on a fourth gold when the Russian team was prevented from competing in Salt Lake City because of doping allegations.

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Gavrilov

B. 1943-12-05, Novosibirsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Figure Skating
1964 HP
Mixed Pairs fifth 1250
1250

Angel Merdzhanov Gavrilov

B. 1927-09-24, represented Bulgaria
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's 100 metres R1:4th 0.00009
0.00009

Valentin Aleksandrovich Gavrilov

B. 1946-07-26, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics (1 bronze)
1968 HP
Men's High Jump bronze 3840
3840

Yury Vasilyevich Gavrilov

B. 1953-05-03, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Football (1 bronze)
1980 HP
Men's Team bronze 1280
1280

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2024-10-07

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