Great Olympians

Biographies - KAP

Constantino Kapambwe

B. 1940-07-21, represented Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's Marathon	46th	-5.96
		0.0000096

Hannu Mauri Antero Kapanen

B. 1951-03-13, Kontiolahti, Finland
Ice Hockey

	1976	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Roland Kapf

B. 1937-08-24, Hemsbach, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Canoeing - Sprint Canadian

	1968	HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 metres	7th	500
		500

Ramona Kapheim

B. 1958-01-08, Strasburg, M-V, Germany, represented East Germany
Rowing (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Women's Coxed Fours	gold	4800
		4800

Mieczysław Kapiak

B. 1911-08-15, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1975-09-20
Road Cycling

	1936	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	ac	0.000015
Men's Road Race, Team	AC	13.5
		13.500015

Dragan Kapičić

B. 1948-08-07, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Basketball

	1972	HP
Men's Team	fifth	500
		500

Josef Kapín

B. 1945-05-19, Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2014-08-14
Boxing

	1968	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-81 kg)	R32	4.92
		4.92

Vladimir Kapirulin

B. 1953-09-10, represented the Soviet Union
Diving

	1972	HP
Men's Springboard	QU:18th	2.56
Men's Platform	7th	400
		402.56

Fletcher Kapito

B. 1959-10-19, represented Malawi
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Light-Middleweight (-71 kg)	Prel	-2.31
		0.0031

Viktor Kapitonov

B. 1933-10-25, Tver, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2005-03-02
Cycling - Road (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1956	1960	HP
Road Race	32nd	gold	9600.005
Road Race, Team	sixth		160
100 km Team Time Trial		bronze	1920
			11680.005

Hamit Kaplan

B. 1934-09-20, Hamamözü, Turkey; D. 1976-01-05
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Freestyle 1956 1960 1964 HP

Heavyweight (+87 kg) gold silver bronze 24300

Greco-Roman 1956 1960 1964

Heavyweight (+87 kg) fourth 10th 2550

26850

Freestyle	1956	1960	1964	HP
Heavyweight (+87 kg)	gold	silver	bronze	24300
Greco-Roman	1956	1960	1964
Heavyweight (+87 kg)	fourth		10th	2550
				26850

One of a few wrestlers who was succesful in both styles. He was World Champion in Greco-Roman in 1955 and in Freestyle in 1958.
(see Kalle Anttila, Wilfried Dietrich, Ivar Johansson, Kristjan Palusalu, Carl Westergren, Rudolf Svensson)

Harold Solomon Kaplan

B. 1895-09-10, Bucuresti, Romania, lived in Toronto, represented Canada; D. 1973-04-01
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Architecture - Unknown Event	AC	0.660
		0.660

Stephen Kaplan

B. 1949-12-01, New York, NY, USA
Fencing

	1976	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	R2:5th	0.053
Men's Sabre, Team	QF	82
		82.053

Valery Yevgenyevich Kaplan

B. 1943-02-26, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating

	1968	HP
Men's 500 metres	21st	0.64
Men's 1500 metres	12th	40
		40.64

Stefan Kapłaniak

B. 1933-04-10, Szczawnica, Poland
Canoeing - Flatwater Kayak (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 metres	fourth			1600
Men's Kayak Singles 4x500 metres Relay		fourth		400
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres		bronze	SF:4th	1971
Men's Kayak Doubles 10000 metres	10th			75
				4046

Oldřiška Kaplanová

B. 1944-12-21, Tišnov, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1972	HP
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m	9th	120
		120

Vladimir Iosifovich Kaplunov

B. 1933-03-02, Kryukovo, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Weightlifting (1 silver)

	1964	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Oskar Kaplur

B. 1889-09-08, Tallinn, Estonia, represented Russia

Olympic Competitor nr 6029

1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round one - won by fall
1912-07-09-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round two - won by fall
1912-07-11-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round three - won by decision
1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round four - lost (both)
1912-07-14-13:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round six - lost (both) - eliminated (384)

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Kaplychniy

B. 1944-02-26, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2004-04-19
Football (1 bronze)

	1972	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

He was born in Ukraine, started his career there, before moving to CSKA Moskva. He returned to Ukraine and died there.

Andrejs Kapmals

B. 1889-11-05, Riga, Latvia, represented Russia

Olympic Competitor nr 6619

1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - DNF

Kapocsi György

B. 1922-12-20, Barcs, Hungary; D. 1999-01-25
Boxing

	1948	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-80 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Christopher Kapopo

represented Zambia
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Light-Middleweight (-71 kg)	QF	861
		861

Kapossy Imre

B. 1915-10-26, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2005-06-23
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Eights	fifth	500
		500

Anneliese Kapp

B. 1908-12-02, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; D. 1952
Aquatics - Diving

	1936	HP
Women's Platform	11th	64
		64

Dietloff Kapp

B. 1925-05-10, Köln, N-W, Germany
Modern Pentathlon

	1952	HP
Men's Individual	36th	0.00008
Men's Team	dnf	1.6
		1.60008

Erhardt Kapp

B. 1959-06-16, Făntănele, Romania, represented the USA
Football

	1984	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

B. 1908-02-17, Tallinn, Estonia; D. 1995-12-22
Wrestling, Freestyle & Greco-Roman (1 gold)

Freestyle 1924 1928 1932 HP

Lightweight (-66 kg) R1 gold R1 10288.5

Greco-Roman

Featherweight (-62 kg) R4 3024

Lightweight (-67.5 kg) R4

Welterweight (-72 kg) fourth

13312.5

Freestyle	1924	1928	1932	HP
Lightweight (-66 kg)	R1	gold	R1	10288.5
Greco-Roman
Featherweight (-62 kg)	R4			3024
Lightweight (-67.5 kg)		R4
Welterweight (-72 kg)			fourth
				13312.5

Marcel Kappeler

B. 1881, represented France
Freestyle Wrestling

	1924	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-87 kg)	R1	46.68
		46.68

Andreas Kappes

B. 1965-12-23, Bremen, Germany, represented West Germany; D. 2018-07-31
Road Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-22.15
		-22.15

Bohumila Kapplová

B. 1944-09-27, represented Czechoslovakia
Canoeing - Slalom

	1972	HP
Women's Kayak Singles	8th	384
		384

Jan Kapr

B. 1914-03-12, Praha, Czechia, then part of Austria, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1988-04-29
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Music - Compositions for Orchestra	HM	676
		676

Spyros Kapralos

B. 1955-04-15, Athina, Greece
Aquatics - Waterpolo

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Team	10th	eighth	178
			178

He would become President of the Greek Olympic Comittee (2009), of the European Olympic Committee (2021), and a member of the IOC (2019), as well as Executive Director of the Organizing Committee of the 2004 Athina Olympics.

Vadim Pavlovich Kapranov

B. 1940-02-26, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Basketball (1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

He was coach to the Russian women's team in 1996 and 2004.

Velik Nikolov Kapsazov

B. 1935-04-15, Asenovgrad, Bulgaria; D. 2017-03-27
Gymnastics (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Individual combined	19th	20th	37th	2.6
Men's Team combined		11th	10th	41
Men's Floor Exercise	33rd			-
Men's Horse Vault	36th			-
Men's Parallel Bars	24th			0.04
Men's Horizontal Bar	13th			6.4
Men's Rings	20th	bronze		640.25
Men's Pommeled Horse	16th			1.6
				691.89

Eduardo Guillermo Kapstein Suckel

B. 1914-03-28, Santiago, Chile
Basketball

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Team	Rep2	sixth	353.8
			353.8

Franz Kapus

B. 1909-04-12, Zürich, Switzerland; D. 1981-03-04
Bobsleigh (1 gold)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Men's Two			7th	500
Men's Four	8th	fourth	gold	6192
				6692

Sergey Alekseyevich Kapustin

B. 1953-02-13, Ukhta, Komi Rep., Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1995-06-04
Ice Hockey (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Written 2001-10-04 - last modified 2024-04-10

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