Great Olympians

Biographies - KOT

Natalia Kot

B. 1938-06-29, Bytków, Poland
Gymnastics (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	HP
Women's Individual combined	9th	12th	200
Women's Team combined	fourth	fifth	650
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	bronze		250
Women's Floor Exercise	14th		4
Women's Horse Vault	7th		100
Women's Uneven Bars	8th		64
Women's Balance Beam	13th		6.4
			1274.4

Kotaka Masahiro

B. 1960-02-18, Hyogo, Japan
Weightlifting (1 bronze)

	1984	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

Kotani Sumiyuki

B. 1903, represented Japan; D. 1991-10-19
Freestyle Wrestling

	1932	HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	fifth	1500
		1500

Rihards Kotāns

B. 1956-03-10, Livāni, Latvia, represented the Soviet Union
Bobsleigh

	1984	HP
Men's Four	12th	30
		30

Abdoulaye Kote

B. 1955-03-25, represented Senegal
Judo

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+93 kg)	Rep2		172.6
Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg)		R2	172.6
Men's Open Class		R2	49.12
			221.72

Robert Ebenezer Abossey Kotei

B. 1935, represented Ghana; D. 1979-06-26
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's High Jump	10th	150
		150

Sergey Vladimirovich Kotenko

B. 1956-12-02, Alma Ata (now Almaty), Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1976	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Team	8th	gold		bronze	5760
					5760

Anatoly Alekseyevich Koteshev

B. 1944-07-16, Novosibirsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Fencing (1 silver)

	1972	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	QF:4th	18.13
Men's Foil, Team	silver	1000
		1018.13

Dimitar Kotev

B. 1941-03-03, Zheleznitsa, Bulgaria; D. 2001-11-08
Cycling - Road

	1960	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-24.60
Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial	17th	3
		3

Norbert Kothe

B. 1952-09-01, Köln, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Rowing

	1976	HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls	fourth	1200
		1200

Karl Köther

B. 1905-05-27, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany; D. 1986-01-27
Cycling - Track

	1928	HP
Men's Tandem	bronze	3200
		3200

Karl Köther, Jr.

B. 1942-01-01, Hannover, NS, Germany, represented West Germany
Cycling - Track

	1972	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep3Fi	195
Men's Time Trial	fourth	2400
		2595

Rosemarie Kother

competed in 1976 as

Rosemarie Gabriel

B. 1956-02-27, Luckenwalde, Brand., Germany, represented East Germany
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Women's 100 m Butterfly	9th	fifth	1160
Women's 200 m Butterfly	fourth	bronze	4160
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay		(gold)	64
			5384

Sullivan "Sully" Kothman

B. 1930-02-26, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Figure Skating

	1956	HP
Mixed Pairs	7th	500
		500

Paavo Edvard Kotila

B. 1927-08-26, Veteli, Finland; D. 2014-01-26
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's Marathon	13th	38.4
		38.4

Vladimir Georgyievich Kotin

B. 1962-03-28, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Figure Skating

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Singles	eighth	sixth	1344
			1344

Johannes Kotkas

B. 1915-02-03, Kodijärve, Estonia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1998-05-08
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 gold)

	1952	HP
GR Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Kalevi Kotkas

B. 1913-08-10, Tallinn, Estonia, then part of Russia, represented Finland; D. 1983-08-24
Athletics

	1932	1936	HP
Men's Discus Throw	7th	ac	603.607
Men's High Jump		fourth	2400
			3003.607

Zdzisław Kotla

B. 1949-05-05, Szczecin, Poland
Sailing

	1980	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Soling)	9th	160
		160

Józef Kotlarczyk

B. 1907-02-13, Kraków, Poland, then part of Austria; D. 1959-09-28
Football

	1936	HP
Men's Team	(fourth)	800
		800

Eugene Robert "Gene" Kotlarek

B. 1940-03-31, Duluth, Minn., USA; D. 2017-11-09
Ski Jumping

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Individual	42nd		0.00006
Men's Normal Hill		14th	16
Men's Large Hill		24th	0.16
			16.16006

Dieter Kotlowski

B. 1957-07-18, Steyr, Austria
Fencing

	1984	HP
Foil, Team	fourth	400
		400

Nada Kotlušek

B. 1934-08-09, Ljubljana, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	1956	HP
Women's Shot Put	14th	8th	408
Women's Discus Throw		12th	60
			468

Valery I. Kotov

B. 1939-03-08, Tver, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating

	1960	HP
Men's 5000 metres	fifth	1000
		1000

Vladimir Andreyevich Kotov

B. 1958-02-21, Dolzha, Belarus, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's Marathon	fourth	2400
		2400

Karl Kotratschek

B. 1914-10-24, Wien, Austria; D. 1941-07-04
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's Triple Jump	23rd	0.384
		0.384

Emil Kotrba

B. 1912-02-22, Znojmo, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1983-02-21
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Painting - unknown event	2 entries	5.746
		5.746

Dimitrios Kotronis

B. 1932-04-06, represented Greece
Shooting

	1972	HP
Free Pistol	38th	-3.38
		0.000384

Boyan Stoychev Kotsev

B. 1930-04-24, Vrazhdebna, Bulgaria; D. 2013-06-23
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track

	1952	1960	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	dnf	8x10^-19
Men's Road Race, Team	dnf		-
Men's 100km Team, Time Trial		17th	3
Men's Team Pursuit	QU:16th		4.8
			7.8

I. Kottas

sailor from Greek Naval ship Spetsai
Rowing

	1906	HP
Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats	fifth	375
		375

Olympic Competitor nr 2717

1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - fifth (375)

Gottfried "Göpf" Kottmann

B. 1932-10-15, Zürich, Switzerland; D. 1964-11-06
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Single Sculls		bronze	3840
Men's Coxless Fours	sixth		480
			4320

Dieter Kottysch

B. 1943-06-30, Gleiwitz (now Gliwice in Poland), represented West Germany
Boxing (1 gold)

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R32		9601.088
Men's Light−Middleweight (-71 kg)		gold	9601.088
			9601.088

Tolossa Kotu

B. 1952-12-25, represented Ethiopia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:27th			0.04
Men's 10000 metres			fourth	1600
				1600.04

Pentti Kotvio

B. 1921-05-28, Tampere, Finland
Weightlifting

	1948	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg)	18th	3.84
		3.84

Vladimir Dmitriyevich Kotyrev

B. 1931-07-17, Archangelsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2003
Canoeing - Flatwater Canadian

	1952	HP
Men's Canadian Singles 1000m	8th	384
		384

Joseph "Joe" Kotys

B. 1925-10-31, Olyphant, Penn., USA; D. 2012-08-21
Gymnastics

	1948	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	55th	-
Men's Team All-Around	7th	100
Men's Floor Exercise	57th	-
Men's Horse Vault	50th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	25th	0.025
Men's Horizontal Bar	59th	-
Men's Rings	99th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	23rd	0.064
		100.089

Konstantinos Kotzias

Olympic Competitor nr 6180

1912-07-09-10:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match three - lost - qualified
1912-07-09-14:40? - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals, match three - lost
1912-07-09-16:00? - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals, match seven - lost
1912-07-09-17:20? - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals, match eleven - won - third (205) (*)
1912-07-11-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-12-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, quarterfinals - fourth (0.042)
1924 ET 6.75 SA 0.085 ST 9.1

(*) the semifinal rosters are not known, and there were 5 known competitors in the qualifying round, so it is quite possible Kotzias competed in only some of the semifinal matches.

Klaus Kotzmann

B. 1960-01-17, Wolfen, S-A, Germany, represented East Germany
Fencing

	1980	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	Bar2	113.8
Men's Foil, Team	fourth	400
		513.8

Written 2011-10-04 - last modified 2024-08-22

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