Great Olympians

Biographies - KIN

Cecil Kinahan

Olympic Competitor nr 4405

1908-07-21-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 110 m Hurdles, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-22-11:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 110 m Hurdles, semifinals - second (645.8)

Although born in London, he represented Ireland in international competitions

Kinami Michitaka

B. 1920-10-23, represented Japan; D. 2008-06-08
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 100m Hurdles	R1:3rd	16.14
		16.14

Arthur James "Arturo" Kinch Barton

B. 1956-04-15, San José, Costa Rica
Alpine Skiing & Cross Country Skiing

	1980	1984	1988	1992	1994	1998	2002	2006	HP
Men's Downhill	41st								-4.64
Men's Giant Slalom	dnf	67th	62nd						-8.44
Men's Slalom	dnf								-11.16
Men's 15 kilometres		79th	82nd					95th	-11.20
Men's 30 kilometres		disq	87th						-10.40
Men's Sprint							67th		-9.40
Men's Combined Pursuit							78th		-11.26
									-4.64

Joseph Kinchin

Olympic Competitor nr 4153

1908-07-17-17:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 3200 m Steeple, round one - second (191.3)

Christian Alain Kinck

B. 1956-01-23, Mons-en-Baroeul, France; D. 2014-10-15
Weightlifting

	1976	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	14th	24
		24

Kincses Tibor

B. 1960-02-12, Kecskemét, Hungary
Judo (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Men's Extra-Lightweight (-60 kg)	bronze	3120
		3120

Paul Kind

B. 1950-02-08, represented Liechtenstein
Cycling - Road

	1972	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-28.60
		-28.60

Per Kinde

Olympic Competitor nr 7188

1920-07-22-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, team, day one - third (Q)
1920-07-23-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage one
1920-07-23-16:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, team, day two - third (640)
1920-07-24-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage one, day two - AC (0.875)
1920-07-26-09:30 - Shooting - Running Deer, single shot, team - fourth (400)
1920-07-27-09:30 - Shooting - Running Deer, single shot - AC (0.4)
1920-07-27-14:30? - Shooting - Running Deer, double shot - AC (0.256)

Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa

Cuba
Boxing (2 gold)

2000 2004 HP

- 60 kg gold gold 19200

19200

	2000	2004	HP
- 60 kg	gold	gold	19200
			19200

Orestes Kindelán Olivares

B. 1964-11-01, Palma Soriano, Cuba
Baseball (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1992	1996	2000	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	silver	12600
				12600

He played all three finals.

Jan Runar Kinder

B. 1944-05-26, Oslo, Norway; D. 2013-05-25
Ice Hockey

	1972	HP
Men's Team	8th	128
		128

Manfred Kinder

B. 1938-04-20, Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad in Russia), represented Germany in 1960-64 and West Germany in 1968
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's 400 metres	fifth		R1:5th	1000.00084
Men's 800 metres		SF:15th		10
Men's 4x400 metres Relay	silver	fifth	bronze	2079
				3089.00084

Kindl Gabriela

B. 1964-01-19, Budapest, Hungary
Aquatics - Swimming

	1980	HP
Women's 100 m Breaststroke	15th	10
Women's 200 m Breaststroke	22nd	0.4
		10.4

Václav Kindl

Olympic Competitor nr 7263

1920-07-29-09:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 300m & 600m, prone, team - eighth (16)
1920-07-29-10:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 300m, prone, team - tenth (6.25)
1920-07-29-14:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 300m, standing, team - 14th (1)
1920-07-29-16:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 600m, prone, team - 11th (4)
1920-07-31-09:30? - Shooting - Free Rifle, 3 positions - AC & team - 14th (4)
1920-08-02-08:00 - Shooting - Free Pistol, team - DNF (6.4)

Hermann Kindle

B. 1935-06-14, Triesen, Liechtenstein
Alpine Skiing

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Downhill	dnf	49th	0.0000016
Men's Giant Slalom		40th	0.0001
Men's Slalom		27th	0.04
			0.0401016

Jolanda Kindle

B. 1965-05-05, Triesenberg, Liechtenstein
Alpine Skiing

	1984	1988	HP
Women's Downhill	25th	26th	0.164
Women's Giant Slalom	disq	dnf	-6.16
Women's Slalom	17th	disq	4
Women's Combined		16th	6.4
			10.5640002016

Silvan Kindle

B. 1936-07-10, Triesen, Liechtenstein
Alpine Skiing

	1960	HP
Men's Downhill	49th	0.0000016
Men's Giant Slalom	39th	0.00016
Men's Slalom	21st	0.64
		0.6401616

The Kindle brothers had exactly the same time on the 1960 downhill, In the Giant Slalom, their difference was almost three seconds and yet they placed just one spot different.

Brigitte Kindler

B. 1957-08-31, Wien, Austria
Hockey

	1980	HP
Women's Team	fifth	500
		500

Hans Kindler

B. 1902-05-30, from Bern, represented Switzerland
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:15th	15
		15

Norbert Kindlmann

B. 1944-06-30, Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany, represented West Germany
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Eights	fifth	500
		500

Michael Kindo

B. 1947-06-20, represented India; D. 2020-12-31
Hockey (1 bronze)

	1972	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Barry John King

B. 1945-04-03, from London, England, represented Great Britain; D. 2021-03-27
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Decathlon	15th	15
		15

Bob King

B. 1906-06-20, Los Angeles, Cal., USA; D. 1965-07-29
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's High Jump	gold	9600
		9600

Cecil King

B. 1881-08-06, represented Great Britain; D. 1942-12-09
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Painting, Drawings & Water Colours	AC	37.97
		37.97

Charles Thomas King

B. 1911-06-12, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2001-07-19
Track Cycling (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	bronze	1920
		1920

Clark David King

B. 1949-12-01, Burbank, Cal., USA
Speed Skating

	1972	HP
Men's 1500 metres	30th	0.01
Men's 5000 metres	21st	0.64
Men's 10000 metres	21st	0.64
		1.29

Conant Meigs "Con" King

B. 1880-12-10, Senatobia, Miss., USA; D. 1958-02-19
Athletics - Track & Field (2 silver)

	1904	HP
Men's Standing Long Jump	silver	4500
Men's Standing Triple Jump	silver	4500
		9000

He represented McKinney of Texas in the 1904 Club championship.

Olympic Competitor nr 1971

1904-08-29-14:00? - Athletics - Standing Long Jump - second (4500)
1904-09-03-15:00? - Athletics - Standing Triple Jump - second (4500)

Clyde King

B. 1898-09-06, Montezuma, Iowa, USA; D. 1982-08-20
Rowing (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Eights	gold	3200
		3200

Eddie King

B. 1911-09-18, Hardisty, Alb., Canada; D. 1994-06-08
Athletics

	1932	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:4th	68
Men's 1500 metres	FI:dns	40
		128

Ellen King

B. 1909-01-16, Renfrew, Scotland, Great Britain; D. 1994-02
Swimming (2 silver)

	1924	1928	HP
Women's 100 m Backstroke	R1:4th	silver	6492
Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay		silver	1000
			7492

Frederic Rhinelander King

B. 1887-04-13, New York, NY, USA; D. 1972-03-20
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Architecture - Architectural Designs	AC	9.437
		9.437

Harriet King

B. 1935-09-22, New York, NY, USA
Fencing

	1960	1964	1968	1972	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	R1:6th	Elim1	R2;5th	R1:5th	68.8041024
Women's Foil, Team	R1:3rd	R1:3rd	R1:3rd	R1:4th	179.25
					248.0541024

Jack King

B. 1897, from Sydney, NSW, represented Australia
Cycling - Track

	1920	HP
Men's Sprint	R1:3rd	0.034
Men's 50 km	dnf	0.0096
		0.0436

John Alexander "Jack" King

B. 1910-08-23, represented Australia; D. 2000-03-02
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1948	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	5.38
		5.38

James H. "Jim" King

B. 1943-02-09, New Orleans, LA, USA
Basketball (1 gold)

	1968	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Joyce Alice King

B. 1920-09-01, Sydney, NSW, Australia; D. 2001-06-10
Athletics (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Women's 100 m	R1:4th	0.0084
Women's 200 m	SF:6th	52
Women's 4x100 m Relay	silver	1000
		1052.0084

Leamon King

B. 1936-02-13, Tulare, Cal., USA; D. 2001-05-22
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)

	1956	HP
Men's 4x100m Relay	gold	1600
		1600

Leslie King

B. 1950-03-06, San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago; D. 2009-10-28
Cycling - Track

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep3:3rd	Rep3:2nd	63.21
Men's Time Trial		19th	2.4
			65.61

Lilia Camille "Lilly" King

B. 1997-02-10, Evansville, Ind., USA
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	2016	2021	2024	HP
Women's 100 m Breaststroke	gold	bronze	fourth	13200
Women's 200 m Breaststroke	12th	silver	eighth	4296
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	gold		gold	4800
				22296/14600

Marilyn Elizabeth King

B. 1949-05-21, Boston, Mass., USA
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Women's Pentathlon	17th	6
		6

Maxine Joyce "Micki" King

B. 1944-07-26, Pontiac, Mich., USA
Aquatics - Diving (1 gold)

	1968	1972	HP
Women's Springboard	fourth	gold	8000
Women's Platform		fifth	1000
			9000

Nana King

represented the USA
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Music	ac	170.9
		170.9

(Sloss) Price King, Jr.

B. 1925-03-06, Fresno, Cal., USA; D. 2006-06-10
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 10km Walk	R1:9th	3.28
		3.28

Stephen "Steve" King

B. 1952-09-04, Montréal, Québ., Canada
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1976	HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 500 metres	SF:4th	51
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres	8th	192
		243

Katrina Jane "Trena" King

B. 1958-01-17, Kingwood, WV, USA
Archery

	1984	HP
Women's Individual	seventh	600
		600

Trevor "Treva" King

B. 1956-01-17, represented Australia
Hockey

	1984	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Trevor King

B. 1960-05-28, Southampton, England, Great Britain
Biathlon

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 10 km Sprint	51st	61st	-6.64
Men's 20 kilometres		47th	-5.40
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay		13th	6.4
			6.4000046464

Vivian King

B. 1930-04-04, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Aquatics - Swimming

	1948	HP
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	SF:15th	10
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	R1:11th	16
		26

Roger Nona Kingdom

B. 1962-08-26, Vienna, Geor.,USA
Athletics - Track & Field (2 gold)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	gold	gold	19200
			19200

In 1989 he lowered the world record to 12.92 sec, a record that stood for 4 years.

Alan Scott Kingsbery

B. 1954-07-23, Lima, Ohio, USA
Cycling - Road

	1976	HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	19th	1.2
		1.2

Clarence Brickwood "Clarrie" Kingsbury

B. 1882-11-03, Great Britain; D. 1949-03-04
Cycling (2 gold)

1908 HP

20 km gold 4800

Team Pursuit gold 3600

Sprint (660 yds) SF:2 430.5

Sprint (1000 m) fin. 1200

5000 m fifth 750

10781

	1908	HP
20 km	gold	4800
Team Pursuit	gold	3600
Sprint (660 yds)	SF:2	430.5
Sprint (1000 m)	fin.	1200
5000 m	fifth	750
		10781

Olympic Competitor nr 3493

1908-07-14-11:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one, heat two - first (Q)
1908-07-14-16:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (660 yds), round one - first (Q)
1908-07-14-17:30 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, final - first (4800)
1908-07-15-15:30 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (660 yds), semifinals - second (430.5)
1908-07-16-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (1000 m), round one - first (Q)
1908-07-16-16:45 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (1000 m), semifinals - first (Q)
1908-07-16-17:30 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (1000 m), final - race voided (1200)
1908-07-17-16:00 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-17-17:45 - Cycling - Track - Team Pursuit, semifinals - won (Q)
1908-07-17-18:15 - Cycling - Track - Team Pursuit, final - won (3600)
1908-07-18-14:45 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, final - fifth (750)

Frederick John "Fred" Kingsbury, IV

B. 1927-05-20, Fredericksburg, Virg., USA; D. 2011-10-07
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1948	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	bronze	1920
		1920

Howard Kingsbury

B. 1904-09-11, New York, NY, USA; D. 1991-10-27
Rowing (1 gold)

	1924	HP
Men's Eights	gold	3200
		3200

Mikaël Kingsbury

B. 1992-07-24, Ste-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québ., Canada
Free-style Skiing - Moguls (1 gold, 2 silver)

	2014	2018	2022	HP
Men's Moguls	silver	gold	silver	27000
				27000

Algernon Kingscote

B. 1888-02-03, Bangalore, (British) India, represented Great Britain; D. 1964-12-21
Tennis

	1924	HP
Men's Singles	R4	65.94
Men's Doubles	R1	0.00081
		65.94081

Annesley Douglas Kingsford

B. 1912-07-30, Dublin, Ireland, then part of Great Britain; D. 2006-04-01
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Eights	fourth	800
		800

Desmond Glover Kingsford

B. 1914-07-24, Dublin, Ireland, represented Great Britain; D. 1944-08-10
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Eights	fourth	800
		800

Philip Kingsford

Olympic Competitor nr 5979

1912-07-08-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Standing Long Jump, qualification - 19th (2.4)
1912-07-12-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Long Jump, qualifying - 15th (15)

Paul James Kingsman

B. 1967-06-15, Auckland, New Zealand
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 100 m Backstroke	10th	19th	101.6
Men's 200 m Backstroke	20th	bronze	2561
Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay	9th	11th	56
			2718.6

Vera Kingston

B. 1917-02-04, Leicester, England, Great Britain; D. 1996-09
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke	R1:17th	6
		6

Georg Kink

B. 1949-08-26, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany
Ice Hockey

	1972	HP
Men's Team	7th	200
		200

Gennadi Kinko

B. 1942-10-28, Turmyshi, Chuvashya, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2007-12-06 in Estonia
Rowing

	1976	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	7th	500
		500

He went to school in Estonia ans started rowing (and Basketball) there. He died in Estonia. I shall consider him Estonian.

Gustav Kinn

B. 1895-06-10, By, Sweden; D. 1978-10-31
Athletics

	1920	1924	1928	HP
Men's Marathon	17th	8th	25th	390.15
				390.15

Arvo Ilkka Kinnari

B. 1943-09-13, Sakkola (now Gromovo in Russia), represented Finland
Biathlon

	1968	HP
20 km	5th	1250
4 x 7.5 km Relay	fifth	250
		1500

Albert David "Bert" Kinnear

B. 1923-10-24, Arbroath, Scotland, Great Britain; D. 2011-01-10
Aquatics - Swimming

	1948	HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke	8th	384
		384

Wally Kinnear

Olympic Competitor nr 6838

1912-07-17-16:00 - Rowing - Single Sculls, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-18-12:00 - Rowing - Single Sculls, quarterfinal - first (Q)
1912-07-19-13:00 - Rowing - Single Sculls, semifinal - first (Q)
1912-07-19-17:00 - Rowing - Single Sculls, final - first (9600)

Armas Kinnunen

B. 1900-02-07, Kivijärvi, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1964-06-26
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's 1500 m	R1:3rd	10.76
Men's 5000 m	sixth	640
		650.76

Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen

B. 1941-12-15, Pihtipudas, Finland; D. 2019-07-25
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Javelin Throw	sixth	silver	sixth	8712
				8712

Juho Kinnunen

B. 1909-10-31, Kuopio, Finland; D. 1972-07-08
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1948	HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	sixth	960
		960

(Artur) Sigvard Kinnunen

B. 1920-04-11, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden; D. 1954-04-05
Weightlifting

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	14th		24.384
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)		dnf	24.384
			24.384

(Asko) Tapio Kinnunen

B. 1954-01-18, Reisjärvi, Finland
Weightlifting

	1980	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	sixth	600
		600

Kino Minoru

B. 1945-12-05, Osaka, Japan
Handball

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	11th	9th	112
			112

Kino Nanami

B. 1955-12-02, represented Japan
Handball

	1976	HP
Women's Team	fifth	500
		500

Kalervo Kinos

B. 1906-01-16, Tampere, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1984-01-24
Gymnastics

	1928	HP
Men's Individual Combined (9 events)	62nd	-
Men's Team Combined	fifth	250
Men's Vault	24th	0.04
Men's Parallel Bars	49th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	55th	-
Men's Rings	62nd	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	85th	-
		250.04

Kinoshita Kozue

B. 1912-04-15, in China, represented Japan
Ice Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

His name seems Japanese, so I class him as such, despite him being born in China.

Kinoshita Masaichi

B. 1954-12-25, Niigata, Japan
Biathlon

	1980	HP
Men's 10 kilometres Sprint	43rd	-4.26
Men's 20 kilometres	28th	0.0256
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay	13th	6.4
		6.4256256

Kinoshita Shoichi

B. 1954-12-25, Niigata, Japan
Biathlon

	1984	HP
Men's 10 km Sprint	30th	0.01
Men's 20 kilometres	39th	-3.16
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay	15th	2.5
		2.51016

John Francis Kinsela

B. 1950-05-27, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia; D. 2020-11-09
Freestyle Wrestling

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	20th	7th	601.5
			601.5

Eamonn Edward Francis Kinsella

B. 1932-10-08, Carlow, Ireland; D. 1991-08-08
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles	R1:4th	21.75
		21.75

John Pitann Kinsella

B. 1952-08-26, Oak Park, Ill., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle	silver		4000
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay		gold	1600
			5600

Dan Kinsey

B. 1902-01-22, St.Louis, MO, USA; D. 1970-06-27
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	gold	9600
		9600

Christa Kinshofer

competed in 1988 as

Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein

B. 1961-01-24, M&unchen, Bayern, (then West-)Germany
Alpine Skiing (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Women's Super-G			10th	100
Women's Giant Slalom	fifth		silver	5500
Women's Slalom	silver		bronze	7216
Women's Combined			dnf	-
				12816

Jindřich Kinský

B. 1936-06-21, Liberec, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2019-11-02
Basketball

	1960	HP
Men's Team	fifth	500
		500

Howard Kinsman

B. 1900-10-09, Ladysmith, Natal Colony, after 1910 South Africa; D. 1960-01-10
Athletics

	1924	1928	HP
Men's 200 m	SF:5th	QF:5th	130.043
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay	SF:4th		17
			147.043

Lucjan Kintopf

B. 1898-03-12, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1979-12-11
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Painting - Applied Arts	HC	-
		-

He exposed "Hors Concours" so should not be regarded a true Olympian.

Raymond Pierre Kintziger

B. 1922-12-23, Koblenz, Germany, represented Belgium; D. 2010-10-10
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Discus Throw	QU:30th	0.015
		0.015

Habibu Kinyogoli

B. 1948-10-02, represented Tanzania
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Rolf Kinzl

Olympic Competitor nr 3187

1908-07-06-14:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles, round one - lost (-2.10)

Written 2001-01-25 - last modified 2024-06-18

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