Great Olympians

Biographies - HEA


Donald Charles "Don" Head

B. 1933-06-30, York, Ont., Canada
Ice Hockey (1 silver)
1960 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000


Jorge Head Madeveze

B. 1949-07-27, Lisboa, Portugal, represented Spain
Diving
1972 HP
Men's Platform QU:34th -3.16
0.00016


Patricia Sue "Pat" Head

B. 1952-06-14, Clarksville, Tenn., USA; D. 2016-06-28
Basketball (1 silver)
1976 HP
Women's Team silver 2000
2000


Peter Michael Head

B. 1935-02-18, from Ilford, England, represented Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming
1952 HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle R1:32nd 0.004
0.004


Venissa Anne Head

B. 1956-09-01, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 HP
Women's Shot Put sixth 960
Women's Discus Throw seventh 600
1560


Lynsworth W. "Lynn" Headley

B. 1943-04-07, Kingston, Jamaica
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 HP
Men's 100 metres SF:6th 52
Men's 4x100 metres Relay fourth 400
452


Tania Elisabeth Heald

B. 1943-05-28, Virginia Water, England, Great Britain
Alpine Skiing
1964 HP
Women's Downhill 35th -2.10
Women's Slalom 21st 0.64
0.641


Alfred Hearn Healey

B. 1879-07-13, Horncastle, England, Great Britain; D. 1960-09-12
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)
1906 1908 HP
Men's 100 metres SF:6th 3.24
Men's 110 m Hurdles silver SF:2nd 5145.8
5149.04

Olympic Competitor nr 2883


Joe Healey

B. 1910-07-25, Beverly, Mass., USA; D. 1992-05-16
Athletics
1932 HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles SF:4th 492
492


John Alexander Dirk Healey

B. 1927-10-25, Blaby, England, Great Britain
Rowing
1948 HP
Men's Coxed Fours QF:2nd 127.5
127.5


Richard J. Healey

B. 1959-02-22, Somerville, NJ, USA
Luge
1980 HP
Doubles 11th 80
80


George Healis

B. 1906-06-03, Philadelphia, Penn., USA; D. 1990-12-06
Rowing (1 silver)
1928 HP
Men's Coxless Fours silver 3000
3000


Cecil Patrick Healy

B. 1881-11-28, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; D. 1918-08-29
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1906 1908 1912 HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle bronze silver 5920
Men's 400 m Freestyle sixth fourth 2080
Men's 1 mile Freestyle dnf 0.12
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay gold 1600
9600.12

Olympic Competitor nr 2772


Charles Louis Healy

B. 1883-10-04, Chicago, Ill., USA
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 silver)
1904 HP
Men's Water Polo silver 1500
1500

Olympic Competitor nr 2154


Thomas D. J. Healy

represented Ireland
Art Competitions
1948 HP
Painting - Paintings AC 2.873
2.873


John Heap

B. 1907-11-09, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2000-04
Athletics - Track & Field
1928 HP
Men's 100 m R1:5th 0.00000000075
0.00000000075


Clarrie Heard

B. 1906-06-08, Christchurch, New Zealand; D. 1990-05-27
Swimming
1924 HP
Men's 200 m Breaststroke R1:3rd 38.4
38.4


John Alastair Heard

B. 1939-02-11, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Basketball
1964 HP
Men's Team 9th 80
80


Edgar William "Eddie" Hearn

B. 1929-04-02, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1983-10-04
Boxing
1952 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg) QF 861
861


John Graham Hearn

B. 1929-12-27, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1980-08-07
Speed Skating
1952 1956 HP
Men's 500 metres 45th 0.00001
Men's 1500 metres 38th 33rd 0.002816
Men's 5000 metres 17th 26th 4.064
Men's 10000 metres 10th 20th 101
105.066826


Lacey Earnest Hearn

B. 1881-03-23, Portland, Ind., USA; D. 1969-10-19
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1904 HP
Men's 800 m ac 112.0
Men's 1500 m bronze 1920
Men's 4 miles Team silver 750
2782

He represented the Chicago Athletic Association in the 1904 Club championship.

Olympic Competitor nr 2109


Susan Christina "Sue" Hearnshaw

B. 1961-05-26, Liversedge, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)
1980 1984 HP
Women's Long Jump 9th bronze 4080
4080


Clarita Heath

B. 1916-08-27, Pasadena, Cal., USA; D. 2003-10-13
Alpine Skiing
1936 HP
Women's Alpine Combined 27th 0.06
0.06


June Margaret Heath

B. 1929-06-29, represented Australia
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 HP
Women's Javelin Throw QU:19th 2.4
2.4


Liam Nicholas Heath

B. 1984-08-17, Guildford, England, Great Britain
Canoeing - Kayak (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
2012 2016 2021 HP
Men's Singles 200 m gold bronze 8960
Men's Doubles 200 m bronze silver 4920
13880


Michael Steward "Mike" Heath

B. 1964-04-09, McAllen, Texas, USA
Aquatics - Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver)
1984 HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle fourth 1600
Men's 200 m Freestyle silver 4000
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay gold 1600
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay gold 1600
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay (gold) 64
8864


Tobin Powell Heath

B. 1988-05-29, Morristown, NJ, USA
Football (2 gold, 1 bronze)
2008 2012 2016 2021 HP
Women's Team gold gold fifth bronze 12270
12270


Robert Heathcote

Olympic Competitor nr 4005


(Benjamin) Basil Heatley

B. 1933-12-25, Kenilworth, England, Great Britain; D. 2019-08-03
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)
1964 HP
Men's Marathon silver 6000
6000


Peter Heatly

B. 1924-06-09, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain; D. 2015-09-17
Aquatics - Diving
1948 1952 HP
Men's Springboard 13th 16th 32
Men's Platform fifth 12th 1040
1072


Jennison Heaton

USA
Bobsledding & Skeleton (1 gold, 1 silver)
1928 HP
Skeleton Men gold 9600
5-man Bob silver 3000
12600


John "Jack" Heaton

USA
Skeleton (2 silver) & Bobsleigh (1 bronze)
1928 1932 1936 1948 HP
Skeleton Men silver silver 13200
Men's Two-men bronze 3200
16400

Before 2002, Skeleton was on the Olympic program only twice, both times in St.Moritz. Despite the 20 year gap, John Heaton won the silver medal twice. In 1928 he was preceded by his brother Jennison.


Mary Heaton

B. 1911-02-24, represented Great Britain
Gymnastics
1936 HP
Women's Team combined 8th 128
128


Carol-Ann Heavey

B. 1965-08-03, represented Ireland
Aquatics - Swimming
1984 HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle 33rd -2.26
Women's 200 m Freestyle 20th 1
Women's 400 m Freestyle 22nd 0.4
1.40256


Written 2001-01-17 - last modified 2024-01-29

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