Great Olympians

Biographies - LYU

Lu Xiaojun

B. 1984-07-27, Huangshi, Hubei, China
Weightlifting (2 gold, 1 silver)
2012 2016 2021 HP
Men's Middleweight (-77 kg) gold silver 37800
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-81 kg) gold
37800

Aleksandr Lyubaturov

B. 1942-04-04, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing
1972 HP
Men's Coxed Fours fourth 1200
1200

Boris Lyubenov (Georgiev)

B. 1947-04-20, Vidin, Bulgaria
Canoeing - Sprint Canadian
1968 1972 HP
Men's Canadian Singles 1000 metres fifth sixth 2460
2460

Lyubomir Yankov Lyubenov

B. 1957-08-26, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Canoeing, Canadian (1 gold, 1 silver)
1980 HP
Men's Singles, 500 m silver 4000
Men's Singles, 1000 m gold 6400
10400

Ivan Lyubimov

B. 1932-09-28, Pskov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Cross-Country Skiing
1960 1964 HP
Men's 50 kilometres 19th 17th 5.6
5.6

He is listed by the MADMen as Kazakh, but there is no explanation, nor any datum connecting him to that country. I shall treat him as Russian.

Nadezhda Yuryevna Lyubimova

B. 1959-12-28, from Leningrad, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing (1 silver)
1980 HP
Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls silver 3000
3000

Lyubomir Lyubomirov

B. 1958-11-22, represented Bulgaria
Ice Hockey
1976 HP
Men's Team 12th 20
20

Tamara Alekseyevna Lyukhina

competed in 1964 as

Tamara Zamotaylova

B. 1939-05-11, Voronezh, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Artistic Gymnastics (2 gold, 2 bronze)
1960 1964 HP
89th 13th 25.6
Women's Team Combined gold gold 3200
Women's Floor Exercise bronze 640
Women's Uneven Bars bronze sixth 800
4665.6

Yevgeny Lyungin

B. 1938-08-08, Uritsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 HP
Men's 50 kilometres Walk 18th 2.56
2.56

Shukri Ahmedov Lyutviev

B. 1951-11-22, Razgrad, Bulgaria
Freestyle Wrestling
1976 HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg) 11th 96
96

Written 2016-08-04 - last modified 2023-07-27

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