Great Olympians

Biographies - KUR

Olga Vitalyevna Kuragina

B. 1959-04-21, Lirov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Women's Pentathlon	bronze	3840
		3840

Kurahashi Norihiko

B. 1932-10-01, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke	R1:23rd	0.384
		0.384

Jassim Karim Kuraishi

B. 1938-08-14, Baghdad, Iraq
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's 200 metres		R1:5th	0.00084
Men's 400 metres	R1:5th	R1:7th	0.0001364
Men's 4x100 metres Relay	R1:4th	R1:dnf	3.785
			3.7859764

Jože Kuralt

B. 1957-11-28, Škofja Loka, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1986-03
Alpine Skiing

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	dnf		-11.26
Men's Slalom	13th	13th	51.2
			51.2

Kuramoto Koji

B. 1951-08-14, Hita, Japan
Judo (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Men's Half-Middleweight (-70 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Nazif Kuran

B. 1945-05-20, represented Turkey
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	QF	861
		861

Hugo Artur Kuranda

B. 1910-05-29, represented Austria
Skeleton

	1948	HP
Men's Skeleton	dnf	15
		15

Saburo Kurata

B. 1902-09-21, Tokyo, Japan; D. 1992-11-30
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Painting - unknown event	AC	3.724
		3.724

Kurata Terumi

B. 1951-02-01, Kumamoto, Japan
Handball

	1976	HP
Women's Team	fifth	500
		500

Daiji Kurauchi

B. 1913, represented Japan
Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:2nd	410
		410

Slavko Kurbanović

B. 1946-09-03, Subotica, Vojvodina, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	HP
Men's 100 metres Breaststroke	R1:25th	0.1
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke	R1:21st	0.64
		0.74

Lothar Kurbjuweit

B. 1950-11-06, Stauchitz, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Football (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	bronze	gold	4480
			4480

Petra Kurbjuweit

B. 1956-11-09, Gelsenkirchen, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

	1976	HP
Women's Individual combined	26th	0.064
Women's Team combined	7th	100
		100.064

Yury Kurchashov

B. 1930, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke	R1:26th	0.096
		0.096

Janusz Roman Kurczab

B. 1937-09-06, Warszawa, Poland
Fencing

	1960	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	QF:4th	18.13
Men's Épée, Team	R2	16.9
		35.03

Paweł Kurczewski

B. 1950-08-17, Łódż, Poland; D. 2009-12-13
Freestyle Wrestling

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	9th	sixth	1200
			1200

Krzysztof Edward Kurczyna

B. 1961-04-15, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Judo

	1980	HP
Men's Middleweight (-86 kg)	R2	40.5
		40.5

Vitaly Dmitriyevich Kurdchenko

B. 1940-09-20, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	fifth	750
		750

Ștefan Kurecska

B. 1933-07-31, Arad, Romania
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	Rep:4th	4.1
Men's Coxed Pairs	sixth	800
		804.1

Józef Franciszek Kurek

B. 1933-01-02, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland; D. 2015-02-15
Ice Hockey

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Team	8th		9th	208
				208

He was the coach of the 1976 Polish Olympic team.

Vyacheslav Grigoryevich Kurennoy

B. 1932-12-10, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Team	bronze	silver	3280
			3280

Viktor Kurentsov

B. 1941-04-05, Vitebsk, Belarus, represented the Soviet Union
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silver)

1964 1968 HP

Middleweight (-75 kg) silver gold 15600

15600

	1964	1968	HP
Middleweight (-75 kg)	silver	gold	15600
			15600

Born in Belarus, he took up weightlifting while serving with the Soviet army in the Far East. After his sporting and military career he settled in Odintsovo (near Moskva) where he entered local politics.
Still, I go with his birthplace and consider him Belarussian.

Reinhard Kuretzky

B. 1947-12-01, Delmenhorst, NS, Germany, represented West Germany
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Pole Vault	fourth	2400
		2400

Kuribayashi Kiue

B. 1934-05-15, represented Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 20 kilometres Walk	25th	0.1
		0.1

Juho Samuli "Jussi" Kurikkala

B. 1912-08-12, Kalajoki, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1951-03-10
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's Marathon	13th	38.4
		38.4

Kurita Eiji

B. 1938-02-07, Yamagata, Japan
Cross-Country Skiing

	1960	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	45th	0.00001
Men's 30 kilometres	39th	0.00016
Men's 50 kilometres	27th	0.04
Men's 4x10 kilometres Relay	10th	25
		25.040017

Kuriyagawa Heigoro

B. 1908-10-04, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Cross Country Skiing & Nordic Combined

	1932	HP
Men's 18 km	12th	40
Men's 50 km	dnf	0.004
Men's Individual	20th	1.5
		41.504

Kuriyama Koji

B. 1960-07-11, Hokkaido, Japan
Luge

	1980	HP
Men's Singles	19th	2.4
Doubles	13th	32
		34.4

František Kůrka

B. 1903-09-26, Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1952-06-19
Water Polo

	1924	HP
Men's Water Polo	fifth	340
		340

Jan Kůrka

B. 1943-05-29, Pelhřimov, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Shooting (1 gold)

	1968	HP
Free Rifle	12th	60
Small−Bore Rifle, 3 Positions	29th	0.016
Small−Bore Rifle, Prone	gold	6400
		6460.016

Katerina Kurkova

competed in 2008 and 2012 as

Katerina Emmons

Czech Republic
Shooting (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

2004 2008 2012 HP

Air Rifle bronze gold fourth 13200

Small-bore Rifle, 3 positions 27th silver 32nd 4000.044

17200.044

	2004	2008	2012	HP
Air Rifle	bronze	gold	fourth	13200
Small-bore Rifle, 3 positions	27th	silver	32nd	4000.044
				17200.044

Wife of Matthew Emmons

Abraham Kurland

B. 1912-06-10, Odense, Denmark; D. 1999-03-14
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 silver)

	1932	1936	1948	HP
Men's Lightweight (-66 kg)	silver		9th	6240
				6240

Robert Arthur "Bob" Kurland

B. 1924-12-23, St. Louis, MO, USA; D. 2013-09-29
Basketball (2 gold)

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Aleksander Kurlovich

B. 1961-07-27, Hrodna, Belarus, then part of the Soviet Union
Weightlifting (2 gold)

	1988	1992	1996	HP
Men's Super−Heavyweight (+110 kg)	gold	gold		31050
Men's Super−Heavyweight (+108 kg)			fifth	31050
				31050

Fridolin Kurmann

B. 1912-12-12, from Zürich, represented Switzerland
Hockey

	1936	1948	1952	HP
Men's Team	QU:4th	QU:2nd	cons:SF	615
				615

Xaver Kurmann

B. 1948-08-29, Luzern, Switzerland
Track Cycling (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1968	1972	HP
Individual Pursuit	bronze	silver	9840
Team Pursuit	R1	QF	449.7
			10289.7

Kuroda Mitsushi

B. 1952-10-13, represented Japan
Sailing

	1976	HP
Two Person Dinghy (470)	10th	125
		125

Kuroiwa Akira

B. 1961-09-06, Tsumagoi, Japan
Speed Skating (1 bronze)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 500 metres	10th	bronze	2660
Men's 1000 metres	9th	20th	161
			2821

Kuroiwa Mamoru

B. 1962-12-16, represented Japan
Boxing

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	QF	Prel	861.0026
			861.0026

Kurokawa Hideaki

B. 1944-05-08, Hokkaido, Japan
Ice Hockey

	1972	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

(Eino) Olavi Kuronen

B. 1923-01-22, Maaninka, Finland; D. 1989-01-08
Ski Jumping

	1952	HP
Men's Individual	12th	60
		60

Nataliya Kurova

B. 1962-04-22, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating

	1984	HP
Women's 1500 metres	seventh	400
		400

Kurosaki Norimasa

B. 1943-02-02, represented Japan
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	Rep:4th	26
		26

Cornelis "Cees" Kurpershoek

B. 1943-06-30, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
Sailing

	1972	HP
Two Person Keelboat (Tempest)	fifth	1250
		1250

Ladislavs Kurpiel

B. 1883-11-13 in Lviv, Ukraine, then in Western Ukraine, part of the Austrian Empire, competed for Austria

Olympic Competitor nr 5191

1912-06-29-15:00 - Football - round one - won (Q)
1912-06-30-19:00 - Football - quarterfinal - lost (Qc)
1912-07-01-11:00 - Football - consolation round - won (Qc)
1912-07-05-19:00 - Football - fifth place match - lost (320)

He played for Prag in the Austrian championship and represented Austria at the 1912 Olympics, but I shall class him as Polish, since his birthplace was Polish between 1920 and 1940, after which most Poles were relocated to Poland.

Klaus-Dieter Kurrat

B. 1955-01-16, Nauen, Brand., Germany, represented East Germany
Athletics - Track and Field (1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 100 metres	7th	QF:6th	400.364
Men's 4x100 m Relay	silver		1000
			1400.364

Pamela Joan "Pam" Kurrell

B. 1939-01-06, San Francisco, Cawl., USA; D. 2016-06-14
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	HP
Women's Discus Throw	QU:18th	QU:19th	6.24
			6.24

Jari Pekka Kurri

B. 1960-05-18, Helsinki, Finland
Ice Hockey (1 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	1992	1994	1998	HP
Men's Team	fourth					bronze	2288
							2288

Harry Kurschat

B. 1933-02-28, Berlin, Germany
Boxing (1 silver)

	1956	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Otto Kürschner

B. 1904-04-29, Benshausen, Thüringen, Germany; D. 1964-01-31
Cycling - Road

	1928	HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial	dnf	0.0000000000125
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team	(dnf)	-
		0.0000000000125

Wilhelm Jakob "Willi" Kürten

B. 1908-04-04, Düsseldorf, N-W, Germany; D. 1944-07-18
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles	SF:6th	78
		78

Andrea Kurth

B. 1957-09-30, Breitenbrunn, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Rowing (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Women's Coxed Fours	gold	4800
		4800

Reiner Kurth

B. 1951-07-20, Kirchmöser, Brand., Germany, represented East Germany
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1972	HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 m	fourth	1200
		1200

Kürthy György

B. 1882-02-24, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1972-12-20
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	ac	2.186
		2.186

Ivica "Ivo" Kurtini

B. 1922-06-23, Zagreb, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1990-09-12
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 silver)

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Team	R2:3rd	silver	2045.5
			2045.5

Erwin Willi Kurtz

from Magdeburg, represented Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

	1900	HP
Men's Individual combined	79th	-11.24
		-11.24

Olympic Competitor nr 1125

1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Frank Kurtz

B. 1911-09-09, Davenport, Iowa, USA; D. 1996-10-30
Diving (1 bronze)

	1932	1936	HP
Men's Platform	bronze	fifth	3560
			3560

William Longstreth Kurtz

B. 1917-12-18, Philadephia, Penn., USA; D. 2007-02-16
Hockey

	1948	HP
Men's team	R1:4th	34
		34

Kurunczy Lajos

B. 1896-07-03, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1983-12-22
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 100 m	QF:5th	0.043
Men's 200 m	QF:3rd	10.76
Men's 400 m	QF:dns	0.043
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay	fourth	400
		410.846

Raïsa Vasylivna Kurv'iakova

B. 1945-09-15, Gorno-Ulbinka, Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Basketball (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Women's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Stanisław Kuryłłowicz

B. 1909-06-06, Wierdubje, Belarus, then part of Russia, 1920-1945 Polish, represented Poland; D. 1945-02-02
Rowing

	1936	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:2nd	204
		204

Alksandr Pavlovich Kurynov

B. 1934-07-08, Vladimir, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1973-11-30
Weightlifting (1 gold)

	1960	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Kateryna Serhiivna Kuryshko

B. 1949-04-12, Veprik, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint (1 gold)

	1972	HP
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m	gold	4800
		4800

Adolf Kurz

Olympic Competitor nr 6279

1912-07-10-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight A (-75 kg), round one - won by decision
1912-07-10-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Middleweight A (-75 kg), round two - lost - abandoned (6.4)

Kurt Kurz

B. 1927-09-30, Wien, Austria; D. 2013-10-19
Ice Hockey

	1956	HP
Men's Team	(10th)	50
		50

Kazimierz Bogdan Kurzawski

B. 1942-10-29, Poznań, Poland
Shooting

	1964	HP
Men's Free Pistol	25th	0.15
		0.15

Manfred Kurzer

Germany
Shooting (1 gold)

2000 2004 HP

Moving Target sixth gold 10560

10560

Written 2002-10-30 - last modified 2024-02-06

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