Great Olympians

Biographies - LEO

Johann Leo

B. 1958-03-01, Kufstein, Austria
Judo

	1980	HP
Men's Lightweight (-71 kg)	R1	0.539
		0.539

Charles Ouradoba Leodo

B. 1953-03-13, represented Togo
Cycling - Road

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

Alois Leodolter

B. 1931-08-16, Mariazell, Austria
Nordic Combined

	1960	HP
Men's Individual	21st	0.96
		0.96

Otto Leodolter

B. 1936-03-18, Mariazell, Austria
Ski Jumping (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Individual	30th	bronze		3840.015
Men's Normal Hill			28th	0.0256
Men's Large Hill			17th	4
				3844.0406

Ángel León Gozalo

B. 1907-10-02, Villalón de Campos, Spain; D. 1979-08-10
Shooting (1 silver)

	1948	1952	1956	1960	HP
Men's Free Pistol	sixth	silver		18th	6963.84
					6963.84

Fernando Léon Boissier

B. 1966-05-28, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Sailing (1 gold)

	1988	1992	1996	2000	HP
Men's Two Person Dinghy (470)	fourth				13550
Three-person Keelboat (Soling)		sixth
Two Person Catamaran (Tornado)			gold	9th
					13550

Genaro León Quintero

B. 1960-08-10, Sinaloa, Mexico
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	QF	861
		861

Javier Norberto León García

B. 1953-07-30, Lima, Peru
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
FR Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	22nd	0.6
GR Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	17th	6
		6.6

José Vicente León Peston

B. 1943-11-17, La Laguna, Spain
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	HP
Men's 200 metres Butterfly	R1:25th	0.125
		0.125

Julio César León

B. 1925-02-02, Trujillo, Venezuela
Cycling - Track

	1948	HP
Men's Sprint	R2	79.13
Men's Time Trial	14th	24
		103.13

L. Leon

represented Greece
Athletics - Track & Field

	1906	HP
Men's Long Jump	19th	1.8
Men's Triple Jump	16th	7.2
		9

Olympic Competitor nr 3042

1906-04-27-15:00 - Athletics - Long Jump - 19th (1.8)
1906-04-30-15:30 - Athletics - Triple Jump - 16th (7.2)

Llijon Lén de León

B. 1943-04-19, Malacatán, Guatemala
Football

	1968	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Robert Léon

represented France
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Eights	Rep:dns	26
		26

Silvia Margarita León Padilla

B. 1958-02-22, Lima, Peru
Volleyball

	1980	HP
Women's Team	sixth	320
		320

Charles Fredrick Leonard, Jr.

B. 1913-02-23, Fort Snelling, Minn., USA; D. 2006-02-18
Modern Pentathlon (1 silver)

	1936	HP
Men's Individual	silver	6000
		6000

Edgar Welch Leonard

B. 1881-06-19, West Newton, Mass., USA; D. 1948-10-07
Tennis (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1904	HP
Men's Singles	bronze	1950
Men's Doubles	gold	3600
		5550

Olympic Competitor nr 1958

1904-08-29-11:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles round two - won (Q)
1904-08-31-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles round three - won (Q)
1904-08-31-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles round one - won (Q)
1904-09-01-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles quarter-finals - won (Q)
1904-09-01-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles quarter-finals - won (Q)
1904-09-02-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles semi-finals - won (Q)
1904-09-02-14:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles semi-finals - lost (1950)
1904-09-03-10:00? - Tennis - Men's Doubles finals - won (3600)

John Maurice Leonard

B. 1948-06-02, Temuka, New Zealand
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1976	HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 500 metres	SF:6th	3.24
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres	Rep:5th	0.204
		3.444

Sarah Henrietta Leonard

B. 1862-03-21, Hemel Hempstead, England, Great Britain; D. 1951-06-05
Archery

	1908	HP
Women's National Round	21st	0.72
		0.72

Olympic Competitor nr 4046

1908-07-17-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day one
1908-07-18-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day two - 21st (0.72)

Silvio Leonard Sarría

B. 1955-09-20, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Athletics - Track and Field (1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 100 metres	QF:5th	silver	4002.29
Men's 200 metres		fourth	1600
Men's 4x100 m Relay	fifth	R1:dnf	251.6
			5853.89

Ray Charles "Sugar Ray" Leonard

B. 1956-05-17, Wilmington, NC, USA
Boxing (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Men's Light-Welterweight (-63.5 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

He won World titles in five weight categories as a professional.

Leoncillo Leonardi

B. 1915-11-18, Spoleto, Italy; D. 1968-09-03
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Sculpture - unknown event	ac	2.274
		2.274

Alec Leonce

B. 1962-04-19, London, England, Great Britain
Bobsleigh

	1988	HP
Men's Two	12th	50
Men's Four	17th	3
		53

Giuseppina Leone

B. 1934-12-21, Torino, Italy
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1952	1956	1960	HP
Women's 100 metres	QF:4th	fifth	bronze	3574.5
Women's 200 metres		R1:3rd	sixth	650.76
Women's 4x100m Relay	R1:3rd	fifth	fifth	568
				4793.26

Pietro Leone

Olympic Competitor nr 5153

1912-06-29-10:00 - Football - round one - lost (Qc)
1912-07-01-19:00 - Football - consolation round - won (Qc)
1912-07-03-19:00 - Football - consolation semifinal - lost (164)

Georges Léonet

from Bruxelles, represented Belgium
Rowing

	1920	HP
Men's Double Sculls	R1	1625
		1625

Leong Chim Seong

B. 1940-11-01, represented Malaysia
Weightlifting

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Middle−Heavyweight (-90 kg)	dnf	19th	4.8
			4.8

Herbert Leonhardt

B. 1925-01-27, from Klingenthal, Sachs., represented Germany; D. 1986-07
Nordic Combined

	1956	HP
Men's Individual	28th	0.0384
		0.0384

Petros Leonidis

represented Greece
Cycling - Road

	1948	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	dnf	8x10^-17
Men's Road Race, Team	dnf	-
		8x10^-17

Marina Leonidova

B. 1958-08-17, St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Figure Skating

	1976	HP
Pairs	9th	200
		200

Dmitry Maksimovich Leonkin

B. 1928-12-16, Ryazan, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1980
Gymnastics (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	78th	-
Men's Team All-Around	gold	1600
Men's Floor Exercise	27th	0.01
Men's Horse Vault	19th	0.4
Men's Parallel Bars	127th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	43rd	-
Men's Rings	bronze	640
Men's Pommeled Horse	164th	-
		2240.41

Just as I've done for many Soviets who played for Moskva, this Russian-born athlete shall be classed as Russian despite the fact that he played for Lviv in Ukraine.

Vladimir Petrovich Leonov

B. 1937-04-25, Tula, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Cycling - Track (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Tandem Sprint	10th	bronze	3325
			3325

Stanislav Viktorovich Leonovich

B. 1958-07-22, Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2022-07-01
Figure Skating

	1980	HP
Pairs	fourth	2000
		2000

Roberto Antonio León Richards Aguiar

B. 1954-06-12, Cárdenas, Cuba
Artistic Gymnastics

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Individual Combined	69th	88th	23rd	0.256
Men's Team Combined	14th		7th	104
Men's Parallel Bars			sixth	160
				264.256

Vasilios Leontopoulos

represented Greece
Aquatics - Swimming

	1906	HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle	R1:ac	7.725
Men's 400 m Freestyle	dnf	19.2
Men's 1 mile Freestyle	dnf	0.12
		27.045

Olympic Competitor nr 2777

1906-04-24-10:00 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, semi-finals - AC (7.725)
1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - DNF (0.12)
1906-04-27-10:00 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style - AC (112.0)

Viktor Anatolyevich Leontyev

B. 1940-04-27, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Artistic Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1964	HP
Men's Individual combined	10th	100
Men's Team combined	silver	1000
Men's Floor Exercises	fourth	400
Men's Rings	fourth	400
		1900

Vladimir Pavlovich Leontyev

B. 1946-11-04, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2005-09-21
Sailing

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	sixth	fifth	fifth	3630
				3630

Yury Kirilovich Leontyev

B. 1961-08-14, Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russia, represented the Soviet Union in 1988
Archery

	1988	1992	1996	2000	HP
Men's Individual	29th			34th	0.022
Men's Team	fifth			fourth	715
					715.022

Galina Aleksandrovna Leontyeva

B. 1941-11-06, Yaroslavl, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2016-02-04
Volleyball (2 gold)

	1968	1972	HP
Women's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Orlando Leopardi

B. 1902-01-11, Roma, Italy; D. 1972-08-01
Boxing

	1924	HP
Men's Middleweight (-72.6 kg)	R1	2.241
		2.241

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2024-12-20

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