Great Olympians

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Ha Tae-Kwon

Korea, Republic
Badminton (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Men's Doubles fifth bronze gold 14896.9
Mixed Doubles R2 65.94
14962.8

In Sydney and Athina the partner of Kim Dong Moon

Hans Haas

B.1906-10-17, Vienna, Austria; D. 1973-05-14
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silver)
1928 1932 HP
Lightweight (-67.5 kg) gold silver 15600
13440

Arvo Jaakko Haavisto

B. 1900-03-07, Ilmajoki, Finland; D. 1977-04-22
Wrestling, Freestyle (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1924 1928 HP
Lightweight (-66 kg) bronze 13440
Welterweight (-72 kg) gold
13440

Grant Hackett

B 1980-05-09, Gold Coast, Australia
Swimming (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
2004 2008 HP
200 m Free-style fifth 1000
400 m Free-style 7th silver sixth 5040
1500 m Free-style gold gold silver 25200
4x200 m Free-style Relay (gold) silver bronze 1704
32944

Georg Hackl

B. 1966-09-09, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Luge (3 gold, 2 silver)
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 HP
Singles silver gold gold gold silver 7th 73200
Doubles fourth 2000
75200

Winner of the single Luge at Albertville, Lillehammer and Nagano.
In his home town of Berchtesgaden, Luge was offered to students as an option in physical education class. he did not consider himself much of an athlete, so he took to this sport immediately, with a great deal of success.
At Nagano, he won all four runs, a first in Olympic history.

Aimé Haegeman

Olympic Competitor nr 501

Marcel Haëntjens

Olympic Competitor nr 509

Roman Hagara

B. 1966-04-30, Vienna, Austria
Sailing (2 gold)
2000 2004 2008 HP
Tornado gold gold 9th 16200
16200

Three times together with Hans Peter Steinacher

Oddbjørn Hagen

B. 1908-02-03, Ytre Rendal, Norway, D. 1983-06-25
Nordic Skiing (1 gold, 2 silver)
1936 HP
18 km silver 4000
4 x 10 km silver 1000
Nordic Combined gold 9600
14600

Charles "Archie" Hahn

B. 1880-09-14, Dodgeville, Wis, USA; D. 1955-01-21
Track and Field (3 gold)
1904 1906 HP
60 m gold 4800
100 m gold gold 9600
200 m gold 4800
19200

His time of 21.4 sec was an Olympic record until 1932, but that may have been because the race was run on a straight course. He was fortunate in his final in that three rivals were penalized one yard for making a false start after he had been somewhat restive on his marks. He won convincingly by three metres.
He also won the 100 m at the interim games of 1906. He was known as the 'Milwaukee Meteor'.

Norbert Hahn

Germany
Luge (2 gold)
1976 1980 HP
Doubles gold gold 16000
16000

Partner of Hans Rinn at Innsbrück and Lake Placid.

Max Hainle

Olympic Competitor nr 1274

Andreas Hajek

B 1968-04-16, Halle, Germany
Rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 HP
Double Fours gold gold bronze 17280
17280

Three of the four members (Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert and Andre Willms) of the winning crew in Barcelona returned to Atlanta to win again, but their third different partner let them down in Sydney.

Hajós Alfréd

B. 1878-02-01, Hungary; D. 1955-11-12
Swimming & Artistic Competition (2 gold, 1 silver)
1896 1924 1928 HP
100 m Freestyle gold 6400
1200 m Freestyle gold 6400
Architecture silver 14 designs 7027
19827

He was actually called Guttmann but he officially changed his name. Hajós means "sailor" in Hungarian.
He had wanted to win all three distances, but the start of the 500 m was much too soon after the finish of the 100.
He was the youngest winner in Athens. He would also represent Hungary twice in Football. As an architect, he built the Margarethen Pool in Budapest.

Olympic Competitor nr 217

Veikko Johannes Hakulinen

B. 1920-12-14, Finland; D. 2003-10-24, Valkeakoski, Finland
Nordic Skiing Men (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
1952 1956 1960 HP
50 km gold silver silver 18000
30 km - gold sixth 7040
15 km - fourth bronze 4160
4 x 10 km - silver gold 2600
31800

The oldest champion at Squaw Valley returned to Innsbruck as a biathlete.

He died in 2003 after being hit by a car in his home town.

Halassy Olivér

Hungary
Waterpolo (2 gold, 1 silver)
1928 1932 1936 HP
Waterpolo silver gold gold 12600
12600

Dave Hall

Olympic Competitor nr 794

Gary Hall Jr.

B. 1974-09-26, Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA
Swimming (5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 HP
50 m Free-style silver gold gold 25200
100 m Free-style silver bronze - 6560
4x100 m Free-style Relay gold silver (bronze) 2664
4x100 m Medley Relay gold gold - 3200
37624

The gold on 50m at Sydney was a dead heat, Anthony Ervin also receiving a gold medal.
He was left out of the relay squad in Athina to make place for Michael Phelps, but the Americans were beaten. Hall did get a bronze medal.

Gary Hall Sr.

B. 1951-08-07 Fayetteville, NC, USA
Swimming (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
200 m Butterfly - silver - 4000
100 m Butterfly - - bronze 2560
200 m Backstroke fourth - - 1600
200 m Individual Medley - fourth - 1600
400 m Individual Medley silver fifth - 5000
4 x 100 m Medley Relay - qual. - 64
14824

Kaye Hall

USA
Swimming (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1968 HP
100 m Backstroke gold 6400
200 m Backstroke bronze 2560
4 x 100 m Medley Relay gold 1600
10560

Lars Hall

B. 1927-04-30, Karlskrona, Sweden
Modern Pentathlon (2 gold, 1 silver)
1952 1956 HP
individual gold gold 16000
team silver dnf 1010
17010

The only repeat winner of the Modern Pentathlon was very lucky in 1952. The first horse that he'd drawn turned out lame, but the second one was the best horse in Finland. And then he turned up 20 minutes late for the shooting, but the competition hadn't started yet because of some Soviet protests.
He also became World Champion in 1950 and '51.

Georges-Joseph Haller

Olympic Competitor nr 345

Halmay Zoltán

In some sources his name is mentioned as:

Zoltán von Halmay

In Slovak sources his name is given as

Imrich Zoltán Halmaj

B. 1881-06-18, Vysoká Pri Morave, near Bratislava, now in Slovakia, then in Hungary; D. 1956-05-20, Budapest
Swimming (3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)
1900 1904 1906 1908 bonus HP
50 yds Free-style gold 4800
100 m Free-style (bronze) silver silver 2700 13500
100 yds Free-style gold
200 m Freestyle silver 4000
1000 m Freestyle bronze 2560
4000 m Freestyle silver 4000
4x250 m Free-style Relay gold 1950
4x200 m Free-style Relay silver
10560 9600 4200 3750 2700 30810

According to the web-site for the Slovakian Olympic Committee, he was born in Slovakia, but they do not call him Slovakian.  Considering he died in Budapest and his first names are definitely Hungarian, he should be counted as an Hungarian.
At 50 yards at St-Louis, the judges could not agree on the result of the final, so a second race was swam. Charles Daniels came third.
He also won silver at 100 m at Athina in 1906.
The 100 m event at Paris is not listed in all sources, but seems to have been a separate, official event (Information supplied by the IASF, according to the Hungarian authors) The event is notably completely absent in Mallon.
Since Halmay was among the medals in the shortest event in all Olympics between 1900 and 1908, he certainly merits the extra 25% for the 100 meters.

Olympic Competitor nr 1270

Marja-Liisa Hämälainen

competed in 1994 as

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi

B. 1955-08-10, Finland
Nordic Skiing (3 gold, 4 bronze)
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 HP
5 km - 19th gold fifth 11652
5 km, classical style 31st bronze
10 km 22nd 18th gold 9th 6562
20 km gold 11th 11080
15 km, classical style sixth
30 km, classical style bronze
4 x 5 km - fifth bronze bronze fourth fourth 2343
31637

Charles Hamelin

Canada
Shorttrack (2 gold, 1 silver)
2006 2010 HP
500 m gold 6400
1000 m fourth 1600
1500 m fourth 8th 1856
5000 m Team silver gold 2600
12456

Scott Hamilton

USA
Figure Skating (1 gold)
1980 1984 HP
Men's Singles fifth gold 11100
11100

Paul Hamm

USA
Gymnastics
2000 2004 HP
Individual Combined 14th gold 6416
Team fifth silver 1250
Floor Exercises - - -
Pommeled Horse - sixth 160
Vaults - - -
Parallel Bars - 7th 100
Horizontal Bar - silver 1000
8926

Halvard Hanevold

Norway
Biathlon (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1998 2002 2006 2010 HP
10 km 8th 13th silver 24th 3275.32
10 km + 12.5 km Pursuit 8th fifth 17th 945
20 km gold fifth bronze - 12450
15 km Mass Start 7th 19th 401.6
4 x 7.5 km silver gold fifth gold 6675
23746.92

(21950)

Edith Hannam

Great Britain
Indoor Tennis (2 gold)
1912 HP
Women's Singles, covered courts gold 8000
Mixed Doubles, covered courts gold 4800
12800

Brendan Hansen

B. 1981-08-15, Havertown, PA, USA
Swimming (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2004 2008 HP
100 m Breaststroke silver fourth 5600
200 m Breaststroke bronze 2560
4 x 100 m Medley Relay gold gold 3200
11360

Henry Hansen

B. 1902-03-16, Copenhagen, Denmark; D. 1985-03-28
Cycling - Road (2 gold, 1 silver)
1928 1932 HP
Road Race, Time Trial gold 12th 8050
Road Race, Time Trial, Team gold silver 2600
10650

Willy Falck Hansen

B. 1906-04-04, Helsingør, Denmark ; D. 1978-03-18
Cycling - Track (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1924 1928 HP
1000m Time Trial gold 9600
Tandem silver 5000
Sprint rep:3rd bronze 3866
Team Pursuit QF - 480
50 km dnf 0
18946

Glenn Foster "Slats" Hardin

B. 1910-07-01, Derma, Miss, USA; D. 1975-03-06
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
1932 1936 HP
400 m hurdles silver gold 15600
15600

Phyllis Harding

Great Britain
Swimming (1 silver)
1924 1928 1932 1936 HP
100 m Backstroke silver 9th fourth 7th 10164
10164

Truxtun Hare

Olympic Competitor nr 793

Hargitay András

Hungary
Swimming
1972 1976 1980 HP
400 m Individual Medley bronze fourth fourth 8096
200 m Individual Medley fifth 1100
200 m Butterfly sixth 20th - 641
4 x 100 m Medley Relay (qual) - - 64
9901

Bruce Harlan

USA
Diving (1 gold, 1 silver)
1948 HP
Springboard gold 6400
Platform silver 4000
10400

Lori Harrigan

USA
Softball (3 gold)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Softball gold gold gold 19200
19200

Member of the gold-winning USA Softball teams at Atlanta, Sydney and Athina

Joan Harrison

South Africa
Swimming (1 gold)
1952 HP
100 m Backstroke gold 9600
100 m Free-style fourth 1600
400 m Free-style 9th 160
11360

Harstein

Olympic Competitor nr 704

Karen Margarete Harup

Denmark
Swimming (1 gold, 2 silver)
1948 HP
100 m Free-style fourth 1600
400 m Free-style silver 4000
100 m Backstroke gold 9600
4 x 100 m Free-style relay silver 1000
16200

Dagmar Hase

B. 1970, Germany
Swimming (1 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 HP
200 m Free-style - bronze 2560
400 m Free-style gold silver 10400
800 m Free-style - silver 4000
100 m Backstroke 9th - 160
200 m Backstroke silver - 4000
4 x 200 m Free-style Relay silver 1000
4 x 100 m Medley Relay silver - 1000
23120

A. Haslam

Olympic Competitor nr 1599

Heikki Vihtori Hasu

B. 1926, Finland
Nordic Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
1948 1952 HP
Nordic Combination gold silver 15600
18 km fourth fourth 3200
4 x 10 km - gold 1600
20400

At the victory ceremony in St.Moritz, it appeared that there was only one Finnish flag. Second placed Martti Huhtala had no flag raised in his honour. Heikki Hasu would later enter Finnish Parliament.

John Gatenby Hatfield

B. 1893-08-15, Great Britain; D.1965-03-30
Swimming (2 silver, 1 bronze) & Waterpolo
1912 1920 1924 1928 HP
400 m Free-style silver ht:3rd fifth SF:dns 5572
1500 m Free-style silver ht:3rd fourth - 6204
4x200 m Free-style Relay bronze - - - 640
Waterpolo - - - QF 287
12703

Trine Hattestadt

Norway
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)
1992 1996 2000 HP
Javelin Throw fifth bronze gold 18675
18675

Thorleif Haug

B. 1894-09-28, Årkvisla, near Drammen, Norway; D. 1934-12-12
Nordic Skiing (3 gold)
1924 HP
Individual Nordic Combined gold 9600
18 km gold 6400
50 km gold 6400
Ski Jump fourth 2400
24800

An outstanding skier, but he had to wait till his 30 for the Olympic opportunity.
Originally, Haug had received the bronze medal in the Jump. In 1974, a mistake was detected in the results of the ski jump. The bronze medal was then awarded to Anders Haugen of the USA.
Haug won the famous Holmenkollen 50 km race six times and the combined event three times.
His memory was honoured with a lifesize stone statue in Drammen.

Matti Hautamaeki

Finland
Ski Jumping (3 silver, 1 bronze)
2002 2006 2010 HP
Normal Hill sixth silver - 4640
Large Hill bronze fifth 26th 3560.064
Team silver silver fourth 2640
10840.064

(10200)

Frank Havens

B.1924, USA
Canoeing (1 gold, 1 silver)
1948 1952 HP
C1, 1000 m fifth fourth 3900
C1, 10000 m silver gold 15600
19500

His father was a member of the eights crew that would go the Olympics and win gold, but he stayed at home to witness the birth of his son. In 1952, Frank sent a telegram to his father saying "I'm coming home with the gold medal you should've won."

Rechelle Hawkes

B. 1967-05-30, Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Hockey (3 gold)
1988 1992 1996 2000 HP
Hockey gold fifth gold gold 20200
20200

Midfield player of the Australian hockey team that won gold in Seoul, Atlanta and Sydney.

Georg Hax

Olympic Competitor nr 1315

+ gymn 1906 team 5th (250)

Howard Hayes

Olympic Competitor nr 796

Rob Hayles

Great Britain
Cycling - track (2 silver, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Individual Pursuit silver fourth 8400
Madison fourth bronze 3120
Team Pursuit 10th silver 3075
14595

Henri Hazebrouck

Olympic Competitor nr 1512

Written 2000-12-01 - last modified 2002-10-28

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