Great Olympians

Biographies - MAN

Gheorghe Man

Freeman Joseph Isaacs "Man Afraid of the Soap"

The Mohawk Indians are credited with the bronze medal, but they tied their only match with the St. Louis AAA, so I award them the points for joined second place.

Olympic Competitor nr 1829

• 1904-07-02-15:00? - Lacrosse - Match one - drawn - second (1500)

Manabe Kazushito

Oleksandr Fedorovych Manachynsjiy

Mouldi Manai

Viktor Voktorovich Manakov

Ramíro Mañalich

Roberto Mañalich Alfonso

Baikuntha Manandhar

Christos Manarolakis

Olympic Competitor nr 3118

• 1906-05-01-15:05 - Athletics - Marathon - dnf

Florent Manaudou

Laure Manaudou

France
Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	2004	2008	2012	HP
400 m Free-style	gold	8th		6656
800 m Free-style	silver			4000
100 m Backstroke	bronze	7th	22nd	2960.4
200 m Backstroke		15th		10
4x100 m Medley Relay			14th	4
				13630.4

Ivan Ilyich Manayenko

Since he competed for Dynamo Moskva, the MADMen want to class him as Russian. I prefer to go by the place of birth and call him Ukrainian as a result.

Heinz Joachim Manchen

Vasil Pavlov Manchenko

Evelyne Manchon

Adelfino Mancinelli

Graziano Mancinelli

Gabriele "Gaby" Mancini

Tony Mancini

Vittorio Mancini

Corrado Mancioli

Ottorino Mancioli

James William McKinnon Manclark

Adolfo J. Mancuso

Julia Mancuso

B 1984-03-09, USA
Alpine Skiing (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

	2006	2010	2014	HP
Downhill	7th	silver	8th	4656
Super-G	11th	9th	8th	480
Giant Slalom	gold	8th	dnf	6656
Combined	9th	silver	bronze	6720
				18512

Maria Grazia Mancuso

Mihai Mandache

Petar Mandadzhiev

Mandai Osamu

Manuel Therezo Novo Mandel

Peter Mander

Mándi Gyula

Mándi Imre

Danko Mandić

Dušan Mandić

Triple Champion at Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Paris.

Marko Mandić

This athlete was born in Croatia, but died in Bled, Slovenia. The entire 1972 coxless four was from Slovenia, so I class this athlete as Slovenian as well.

Milica Mandič

Constantin Măndilă

Ignace Mandjambi

Franz Mandl

Hermann Mandl

Olympic Competitor nr 512

• 1900-05-29-14:00? - Equestrianism - Jumping - AC (190.6)
• 1900-05-31-13:00? - Equestrianism - Long Jump - AC (311.5)
• 1900-05-31-14:00? - Equestrianism - Chevaux de Selle - AC (86.17)
• 1900-06-02-14:00 - Equestrianism - Mail Coach - AC (150)
• 1900-06-02-16:30 - Equestrianism - High Jump - AC (289.3)

Horst Mandl

Vilém Mandlík

Alphonse Mandonda

Claude Mandonnaud

Ivan Mandov

Francesco Mandragona

Camille Mandrillon

He carried the French Flag and pronounced the athlete's oath at the Chamonix Olympics.

Maurice Mandrillon

René Mandrillon

Ferdinando Mandrini

Marco Antonio Mandruzzato

Geoffrey Hurndall "Geoff" Mandy

Mandzák Bertalan

Arona Mané

Malang Mané

Maruti Mane

Ingra Anne Manecke

Ali Abdul Kader Maneer

Remo Manelli

Romain Manelli

Ivan Manev

Vladimir Petrovich Maneyev

Néstor Manfredi

Sílvio Manfredi

Gianfranco "Franco" Manfroi

Helmar Mang

Rudolf Mang

Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal

Albert J. Mangan

Agonstinho "Mangangá" Sampaio de Sá

Amiri Mangashti

Kenshav D. Mangave

Pierre Mange

Peter Mangels

Albert Henry Manger

Josef Manger

Giovanni Mangiante

Olympic Competitor nr 6474

• 1912-07-11-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, European system - first (1600)

Renzo Mangiante

Olympic Competitor nr 6475

• 1912-07-11-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, European system - first (1600)
• 1920 1600
• bonus 1600

Carola Francesca Giuseppina Mangiarotti

Dario Mangiarotti

Edoardo Mangiarotti

B. 1919-04-07, Renate Veduggio (Milano), Italy
Fencing (6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze)

	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	HP
Épée, team	gold	silver	gold	gold	gold	14800
Épée, individual	-	bronze	gold	bronze	-	18000
Foil, team	-	silver	silver	gold	silver	5750
Foil, individual	-	-	silver	rd1:5th	-	5002.863
						43552.863

The passion which some Italians show towards fencing is shown through Mangiarotti; his father Giuseppe, having already one son (Dario, individual silver and team gold in '52 and team silver in 1948 ) who showed the skills which were to make him a World Champion, changed Edoardo to a left-handed fencer in order that he would be the best-ever left-handed fencer. The ploy worked. Edoardo began winning world titles in Paris in 1937 and, in spite of the interruption of World War II, was still in winning teams until the Games of 1960. His main weapon was the Epee, but he also competed in the foil.
Mangiarotti (whose speciality was Epee) and Gerevich (Sabre) were on opposing sides in the Foil in '52. Italy beat Hungary 13:3, but Mangiarotti did not play in that match.
He was the youngest male winner at Berlin.

Giuseppe Mangiarotti

Olympic Competitor nr 4167

• 1908-07-18-10:30 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - fourth
• 1908-07-21-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, quarterfinals - won (Q)
• 1908-07-22-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals - lost (300)

Fabio Mangilli

Roger Mangin

Panagiotis Manginas

Olympic Competitor nr 2797

• 1906-04-24-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Gras Model - 25th (0.075)

Constanzo Mangini

Rudolf "Ruedi" Mangisch

Dimitrios Manglaras

Jean-Pierre Mango

Antonios Mangos

Einar Mangset

(Félix) Iván Mangual Guilbe

Santiago Manguán Pascual

Jean-Baptiste Manhès

Bertram Wesley Manhin

Aldo Maniacco

Wiesław Jan Maniak

Panagiotis Manias

Anastasios Maniatis

Olympic Competitor nr 2723

• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - fourth (600)

Carl Hans Theodor Manicus-Hansen

Olympic Competitor nr 2414

• 1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
• 1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - second (750)

Tamara Manina

This contemporary of Larissa Latynina and Polina Astakhova was also in the Soviet teams of Melbourne and Tokyo, but she missed Roma.

Fortunato Maninetti

Mohamed Manji

Valentyn Mankin

B. 1938-08-19, Belokorovichi, near Zhitomir, Ukraine
Sailing (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1968	1972	1976	1980	HP
One-person Dinghy (Finn)	gold				19200
Two-person Keelboat (Tempest)		gold	silver		26000
Two-person Keelboat (Star)				gold	16000
					61200

A military man and one of the best sailors in the Finn and Tempest classes in the 60's and 70's. The oldest gold medallist in 1980.

Dorothy Gladys Manley

Elizabeth Ann Manley(-Theobald)

Peter Michael "Mike" Manley

David "Dave" Mann

Graham Hargrave Mann

Horst Mann

Karl-Rüdiger Mann

Percy Mann

Olympic Competitor nr 5553

• 1912-07-06-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-07-15:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, semifinal - sixth (52)

Ralph Vernon Mann

Rodney Kay Mann

Shelley Mann

B. 1937-10-15, New York, NY, USA
Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1956	HP
100 m Butterfly	gold	9600
100 m Free-style	sixth	640
4x100 m Free-style Relay	silver	1000
		11240

Sailendra Nath "Sailen" Manna

(Harold) Thompson Mann

Jérôme Mannaert

Otto Männel

Olympic Competitor nr 5700

• 1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - 44th

Caesar Mannelli

Luigi Mannelli

Maurizio Mannelli

George Russell Manners

Even though he had emigrated to Britain in 1956, we must consider this athlete as a St. Vincent national. St. Vincent did not have an IOC in 1964, and while he represented England at the 1962 and 1966 Commonwealth Games, in 1970 he represented St. Vincent at the 1970 COmmonwealths in Edinburgh.

Terence Gordon "Terry" Manners

Karin Mannewitz

Roger Mannhard

Keijo Johannes Manni

Veikko Isakki Männikkö

(Eero) Juhani Manninen

Olavi Adrian Manninen

Aulis Olavi "Ollie" Manninen

This was the soldier who rescued later US presidential candidate Bob Dole after he was gunned down during WWII.

Raimo Ensio Manninen

Raimo Mattias Manninen

Uolevi Manninen

Gwyn Thomas Manning

Harold William Manning

Madeline Manning

Madeline Manning-Jackson

Trevor Wayne Manning

He was also on the teams in 1968 and 1972, but did not play.

W. Manning

Olympic Competitor nr 3668

• 1908-07-14-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Great Britain - eighth (48)

Sebastiano Mannironi

Eckhard Mannischeff

Manno Miltiades

B. 1880-03-03, Pancevo, Serbia, represented Hungary both in 1912 and 1932
Rowing & Art Competitions (1 silver)

	1912		1932	HP
Eights	R1:2nd			98
Sculpture, Statues			silver	4000
Sculpture			9 entries	48.06
Painting			17 entries	37.162
				4183.222

Olympic Competitor nr 6791

• 1912-07-17-12:40 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Olavi Aleksanteri "Ole" Mannonen

Arthur Mannsbarth

Karl Mannström

Olympic Competitor nr 5841

• 1912-07-07-09:00 - Modern Pentathlon - event one ; shooting
• 1912-07-08-11:00 - Modern Pentathlon - event two : swimming
• 1912-07-09-09:00 - Modern Pentathlon - event three : fencing
• 1912-07-10-09:00 - Modern Pentathlon - event three : fencing
• 1912-07-11-12:15 - Modern Pentathlon - event four : riding
• 1912-07-12-11:00 - Modern Pentathlon - event five : running - seventh (600)

Mano Kazuo

Mano Kyoko

Larry Manogue

Olympic Competitor nr 4313

• 1908-07-20-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - DNF

Ganapathy Manoharan

Predrag Manojlović

Although born in Croatia, this athlete served in various sporting and political functions in Beograd and Serbia after 1991, and he died in Beograd. I shall class him as Serbian.

Nikolaos Manolesos

Lia Manoliu

B. 1932-04-25, Chișinău, Moldova, represented Romania; D. 1998-01-09
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 bronze)

	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	HP
Discus Throw	sixth	9th	bronze	bronze	gold	9th	23400
							23400

She was the record female athletics participant, competing in six discus events. Merlene Ottey has also competed six times at 100 m, and six times at 200 m, spanning seven Olympic games.
Her ninth place at München was with a further throw than her gold medal performance at Mexico.

Anton Kirilov Manolov

Manol Tomov Manolov

Todor Hristov Manolov

Petros Manos

Olympic Competitor nr 6213

• 1912-07-09-12:30 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match eight - won - 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 - second (Q)
• 1912-07-13-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, semifinals - third (113.8)

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

Diran Manoukian

Józef Manowski

Charles David "Charley" Manring

Luis Carlos Manrique Corso

Abdul Mansaray

Thérès Manser

Clayton Mansfield

Muhammad Mansha

Paul Manship

Martti Mansikka

Ana Olvido Manso Gallego

Alexander Manson

(Haji Soua'an) Mraljeb Ayed Mansoor

Moustafa Hamid Mansour

Moustafa Kamel Mansour

Sami Ibrahim Mansour

Talal Mansour Bakhit Al-Rahim

Zuhair Elia Mansour

(Mir) Jalal (Ghafarzadeh) Mansouri

Gustaf Månsson

Olympic Competitor nr 6962

• 1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - sixth
• 1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - sixth - final ranking joint fifth (500)

There are six sailors mentioned for the KSSS 1912 yaght, but the crews had to be limited to five, so two of these sailors sailed just one race, not both, but it is unknown who.

Alfred "Freddy" Mansveld

M. Mantakas

Olympic Competitor nr 3119

• 1906-05-01-15:05 - Athletics - Marathon - dnf

Aida Mantawel

Virgilio Mantegazza

Frank Mantek

Ezio Mantelli

Gianfranco Mantelli

Edward Manteuffel

(Julius Carl) Fritz Manteuffel

Olympic Competitor nr 123

• 1896-04-09-14:40 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars, Team - first (1600)
• 1896-04-09-15:20? - Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar, Team - first (1600)
• 1896-04-09-15:40? - Gymnastics - Horse Vault - AC (89.8)
• 1896-04-09-16:20? - Gymnastics - Pommelled Horse - AC (132.1)
• 1896-04-09-17:20? - Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar - AC (132.1)
• 1896-04-10-10:00 - Gymnastics - Parallel Bars - AC (35.9)
• 1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
• 1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - 72nd (-10.60)

Evlambios "Lambis" Manthos

Khristos Mantikas

Luis Felipe Mantilla Fernandini

Édouard Mantois

Olympic Competitor nr 400

• 1900-05-22-13:10 - Sailing - 1-2 ton class (1) - third (640)
• 1900-05-25-13:20 - Sailing - 1-2 ton class (2) - fourth (400)

Garth Owen Vaughan Manton

Vincenzo "Cencio" Mantovani

Oleksandr Vasylovych Mantsevych

Eero Antero Mäntyranta

B. 1937-11-20, Pello, Lappland, Finland
Nordic Skiing (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

	1960	1964	1968	1972	HP
15 km	sixth	gold	silver	-	13800
30 km	-	gold	bronze	19th	8961.6
4 x 10 km	gold	silver	bronze	-	4050
50 km	-	9th	15th	dnf	170
					26981.6

The outstanding Nordic skier of the 1960's still took part at Sapporo and placed nineteenth in the 30 km. He also won two World Championships at 30 km, and the Holmenkollen 15 km in 62,64 and 68.

Bernardo Manuel

Richard Manuel

Olympic Competitor nr 6219

• 1912-07-09-13:35 - Waterpolo - semifinal, match one - won (Q)
• 1912-07-13-19:50 - Waterpolo - final - lost (Qc)
• 1912-07-14-20:00 - Waterpolo - consolation round three A - lost (Qc)
• 1912-07-15-13:00 - Waterpolo - consolation round three B - lost (800)

As the losing finalist, Austria was allowed to play both Sweden and Belgium for a medal, but lost both those matches.

Theresa Altameze Manuel

Ramón Manulat

Youssef Manwar

Albert William Manweiler

Olympic Competitor nr 1856

• 1904-07-11-10:00? - Basketball - Match 1 - won
• 1904-07-11-11:00? - Basketball - Match 2 - won
• 1904-07-11-12:00? - Basketball - Match 3 - won (*)
• 1904-07-12-13:00? - Basketball - Match 10 - won
• 1904-07-12-14:00? - Basketball - Match 11 - won - Final Rankings - first (2400)

(*) team roster not certainly known)

Suthi Manyakass

Gyuzel Tagirovna Manyurova

Ferruccio Manza

Martha Manzano Villegas

Robert Manzenreiter

Roberto Manzi

Lucio Manzin

Alessandro Manzo

Filiberto Manzo Hernández

Manuel Manzo Ortega

Muhammad Manzoor

Gustavo Manzur Aguilar

Written 2000-11-29 - last modified 2024-09-25

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