Great Olympians

Biographies - KUM

Yadessa Kuma

B. 1952-12-18, represented Ethiopia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:21st	0.96
		0.96

Amir Chand Kumar

B. 1923-08-10, from Bombay, represented India; D. 1980-01-25
Hockey (2 gold)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Men's team	gold		gold	9600
				9600

Ashok Kumar (1)

B. 1950-06-01, Jhansi, UP, India
Hockey (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	bronze	7th	1480
			1480

Ashok Kumar (2)

B. 1959-10-28, represented India
Freestyle Wrestling

	1980	HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	10th	150
		150

Bojan Kumar

B. 1950-08-03, Ljubljana, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Ice Hockey

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	11th	10th	82
			82

Charanjit Kumar

B. 1956-04-11, represented India
Hockey (1 gold)

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Team	(gold)	fifth	2500
			2500

Praveen Kumar Sobti

B. 1947-12-06, Sirhali, Punjab, India
Athletics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Discus Throw		QU:26th	0.096
Men's Hammer Throw	QU:20th		1.5
			1.596

Sant Kumar

B. 1959-07-24, represented India
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's 1500 metres	R1:32nd	-2.40
		0.004

Sudesh Kumar

B. 1950-03-10, represented India
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1968	1972	HP
FR Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	sixth	fourth	3360
GR Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	17th		6
			3366

Astrid Kumbernuss

B. 1970-02-05, Grevesmühlen, (then East-)Germany
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1996	2000	2004	HP
Shot Put	gold	bronze	15th	13455
				13455

Kume Naoko

B. 1963-04-29, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Women's 200 m Butterfly	sixth	640
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	FI:dnf	64
		704

Torsten Kumfeldt

B. 1886-01-04, Örebrö, Sweden
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1908	1912	1920	HP
Men's Water Polo	bronze	silver	(bronze)	4136
200 m Breaststroke	R1:2nd			28.8
				4164.8

Olympic Competitor nr 3838

1908-07-15-14:30 - Swimming - 200 m Breaststroke, round one - second, 6th fastest time (28.8)
1908-07-20-16:15 - Waterpolo - match two - lost (960)
1912-07-08-13:30 - Waterpolo - round one, match two - won (Q)
1912-07-11-20:00 - Waterpolo - semifinal, match two - lost (Qc)
1912-07-14-20:00 - Waterpolo - consolation round three A - won (Qc)
1912-07-16-09:00 - Waterpolo - consolation final - won (2000)

Zdzisław Adam Kumiszcze

B. 1937-03-31, Toruń, Poland; D. 1986-10-05
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles	R1:27th	0.06
		0.06

Grete Kummen

B. 1952-04-21, Sigdal, Norway
Cross-Country Skiing

	1976	HP
Women's 5 kilometres	8th	256
Women's 10 kilometres	15th	10
Women's 4x5 km Relay	fifth	250
		516

Karl Kummer

B. 1909-08-03, represented Switzerland
Boxing

	1936	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-53.5 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Nic Kummer

Olympic Competitor nr 6376

1912-07-10-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - fifth (250)
1912-07-11-09:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, European system - fourth (400)

Wolfgang Kummer

B. 1914-08-24, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany
Bobsleigh

	1936	HP
Men's Four	dnf	1.92
		1.92

Veronika "Vera" Kummerfeld

B. 1935-04-11, Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland), represented Germany
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Women's 800 metres	fourth	1600
		1600

Mark Alan Kumpel

B. 1961-03-07, Wakefield, Mass., USA
Ice Hockey

	1984	HP
Men's Team	seventh	200
		200

Oskar Kumpu

Olympic Competitor nr 5794

1912-07-07-08:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight B (-82.5 kg), round one - lost (2.4)

Kumagae Ichiya

B. 1890-09-10, Omuta, Japan; D. 1968-08-16
Tennis (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Men's Singles	silver	5000
Men's Doubles	silver	3000
		8000

Kumagai Kenichi

B. 1927-03-17, Aichi, Japan
Shooting

	1960	HP
Men's Trap	19th	2.4
		2.4

Mehmet Kumova

B. 1952-12-01, Konya, Turkey
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	PrR	-2.16
		0.0016

Written 2012-01-03 - last modified 2023-12-11

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