Great Olympians

Biographies - JAH

Tofigh Jahanbakht

B. 1931-02-09, represented Iran; D. 1970
Freestyle Wrestling (1 bronze)
1952 HP
Men's Lightweight (-67 kg) bronze 3840
3840

Ghafour Jahani

B. 1950-04-05, Bandar-e Anzail, Iran
Football
1976 HP
Men's Team QF 287
287

Hans-Gert Jahn

B. 1945-08-21, Zwönitz, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Biathlon
1968 HP
4 x 7.5 km Relay sixth 160
160

(Carl) Joel Jahn

B. 1934-01-10, Helsinki, Finland
Sailing
1956 HP
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon) 14th 16
16

Marianne Jahn

competed in 1964 as

Marianne Jahn-Nutt

B. 1942-12-14, Zürs am Arlberg, Austria
Alpine Skiing
1960 1964 HP
Women's Giant Slalom 13th 25.6
Women's Slalom dnf dnf -4.32
25.6000324

Richard Jahn

Olympic Competitor nr 5562

Rita Jahn

competed in 1972 and 1976 as

Rita Wilden

B. 1947-10-09, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany, represented West Germany
Athletics (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
Women's 200 metres R1:27th 0.04
Women's 400 metres silver SF:7th 4020.8
Women's 4x100 m Relay sixth 160
Women's 4x400 m Relay bronze fifth 890
5070.84

Sabine Jahn

B. 1953-06-27, Neuruppin, Brand., Germany, represented East Germany
Rowing (1 silver)
1976 HP
Women's Double Sculls silver 5000
5000

Barton Williams Benedict Jahncke

B. 1939-08-05, New Orleans, LA, USA
Sailing (1 gold)
1968 HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon) gold 6400
6400

Anthony Francis Jahnke

B. 1879-12-05, Schwetz, Germany (now Świecie in Poland), lived in Chicago; D. 1953-12-12
Gymnastics
1904 HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined 61st -8.48
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports 40th -4.19
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work 74th -11.30
0.0000190048

Olympic Competitor nr 1765

It is not known when he came to the US, or when he was naturalized, but he was a US citizen by 1917. Even so, there is no reason to call him Polish, since his town had over 50% German speakers in 1910.

Hugo Jahnke

Olympic Competitor nr 3860

(Melita) Tuulikki Jahre

B. 1951-08-11, Pielisjärvi, Finland, represented Sweden
Road Cycling
1984 HP
Women's Road Race 16th 9.6
9.6

Anne Jahren

B. 1963-06-20, Bærum, Norway
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1984 1988 HP
Women's 5 km seventh 2000
Women's 5 km Classical fourth
Women's 10 km fifth 1006.4
Women's 10 km Classical 16th
Women's 20 km bronze 2560
Women's 4 x 5 km Relay gold silver 2600
8166.4

Paul Jahren

B. 1895-01-17, Oslo, Norway; D. 1963-09-06
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1924 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) R3 7.368
7.368

Carl Jahnzon

Olympic Competitor nr 6595

Harald Jährling

B. 1954-06-20, Burg bei Magdeburg, S-A, Germany; represented East Germany
Rowing (2 gold)
1976 1980 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs gold gold 16000
16000

Together with Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr as cox.

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-02-26

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