Great Olympians

Biographies - MAY

May Attila

B. 1942-09-16, Kaposvár, Hungary
Fencing

	1968	HP
Men's Foil, Team	(fifth)	160
		160

Axel May

B. 1948-08-13, Hamburg, Germany, represented West Germany
Sailing

	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	7th					1296
Three−Person Keelboat (Soling)			sixth		8th	1296
						1296

Robert Stanley "Butch" May, Jr.

B. 1941-11-07, Honolulu, Haw., USA
Volleyball

	1968	HP
Men's Team	7th	200
		200

The father of Misty May.

Carey May

B. 1959-07-19, Dublin, Ireland
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's Marathon	28th	0.0384
		0.0384

Ernest May

Olympic Competitor nr 3488

1908-07-14-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, qualifying - AC (30.39)
1908-07-15-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, freestyle, pool one - AC (8.528)
1908-07-16-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool one - AC (2.402)
1908-07-17-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, qualifying - AC (56.5)
1908-07-18-14:40 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, Greek style, qualifying - AC (9.949)

Fiona May

B. 1969-12-12, Slough, England, Great Britain, competed from 1996 for Italy
Track & Field (2 silver)

1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 HP

Women's Long Jump sixth NM silver silver 28th 14256.0418

14256.0418

	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	HP
Women's Long Jump	sixth	NM	silver	silver	28th	14256.0418
						14256.0418

Friedrich May

B. 1947-01-21, Süsskofen, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany
Sailing

	1972	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Soling)	11th	64
		64

Gerd May

B. 1953-06-03, Rostock, M-V, Germany, represented East Germany
Fencing

	1980	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	sixth	160
		160

Hellmuth Rolf Richard Johannes "Hellmut" May

B. 1921-06-09, Wien, Austria; D. 2011-11-11
Figure Skating

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Singles	14th	8th	408
			408

Jürgen May

B. 1942-06-18, Nordhausen, Thür., Germany, represented West Germany in 1972
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's 1500 metres	SF:15th			10
Men's 5000 metres			R1:40th	-3.10
				10.0001

An East German, and he would have counted as such in 1964. But in 1966, he was punished by the GDR Athletics Federation for wearing Puma shoes rather than Adidas ones. He even lost his job at the newspaper. In 1967 he had the opportunity to defect to the West, and he represented West Germany at the 1972 Olympics.

Karl-Maria May

B. 1886-05-20, Wien, Austria; D. 1963-03-20
Art Competitions

	1936	1948	HP
Painting - Paintings		AC	6.597
Painting - unknown event	AC		6.597
			6.597

Misty Erie May

competed in 2008 qnd 2012 as

Misty May-Treanor

B. 1977-07-30, Costa Mesa, Cal., USA
Beach Volleyball (3 gold)

	2000	2004	2008	2012	HP
Women's Doubles	QF	gold	gold	gold	49435
					49435

The three gold medal were together with Kerri Walsh Jennings.

Nicolas "Nic" May

B. 1927-09-30, Niederkorn, Luxembourg; D. 2006-01-12
Football

	1948	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Norman E. May

B. 1917, from Toronto, represented Canada
Freestyle Wrestling

	1948	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	12th	60
		60

Peter "Percy" May

from Swansea, Wales, represented Great Britain
Gymnastics

	1948	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	92nd	-
Men's Team All-Around	12th	10
Men's Floor Exercise	89th	-
Men's Horse Vault	86th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	84th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	105th	-
Men's Rings	93rd	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	87th	-
		10

Philip John "Phil" May

B. 1944-09-20, Blackpool, England, represented Australia; D. 2014-11-30
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's Triple Jump	sixth	960
		960

Scott Glenn May

B. 1954-03-19, Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Basketball (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

William Lee "Willie" May

B. 1936-11-11, Knoxville, Alab., USA; D. 2012-03-28
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1960	HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles	silver	6000
		6000

William Wyman "Willie" May

B. 1887-03-17, Saint Paul, Minnesota; D. 1979-11

Olympic Competitor nr 4269

1908-07-20-15:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-21-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - second (0.995)
1908-07-21-15:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, semifinals - second (430.5)

Hugo Fernando Maya

B. 1963-10-25, Medellín, Colombia
Track Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep1:2nd	0.086
		0.086

Jorge Maya Dodera

B. 1944-05-05, represented Uruguay
Basketball

	1964	HP
Men's Team	8th	128
		128

Vicente Mayagoitia

represented Mexico
Gymnastics

	1932	HP
Men's Parallel Bars	13th	6.4
Men's Rings	9th	40
		46.4

Yehuda Mayan

B. 1955-04-19, represented Israel
Sailing

	1976	HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	17th	5
		5

John Edward Mayasich

B. 1933-05-22, Eveleth, Minn., USA
Ice Hockey (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Team	silver	gold	5200
			5200

Albert Mayaud

B. 1899-03-31, Paris, France
Aquatics - Water Polo & Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold)

	1920	1924	HP
4x200 m Free-style Relay	SF:4th		100
Water Polo	9th	gold	3245.5
			3345.5

Desmond Rupert "Des" Mayberry

B. 1923-03-27, represented South Africa
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	SF:2nd	810
		810

George Mayberry

Olympic Competitor nr 4545

1908-07-25-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Triple Jump, qualifying - AC (1.935)

Elizabeth Jean "Betty Jean" Maycock

B. 1942-12-13, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Artistic Gymnastics

	1960	HP
Women's Individual Combined	51st	-6.64
Women's Team Combined	9th	40
		40.00000064

Adrián Maycsell Romero

B. 1941-10-26, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Hockey

	1968	HP
Men's Team	16th	3.2
		3.2

Albert Mayer

B. 1943-04-06, Mulhouse, France
Canoeing - Sprint Kayak

	1968	HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres	SF:4th	34
		34

Alfons "Alf" Mayer

B. 1938-02-01, Weiler im Algäu, Germany, represented Canada; D. 2021-11-02
Shooting

	1968	1972	HP
Small−Bore Rifle, 3 Positions	38th	42nd	0.000296
Small−Bore Rifle, Prone		47th	-5.40
			0.0003

Barbara "Bärbel" Mayer

B. 1935-03-14, Rudolstadt, Thür., Germany
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Women's 4x100 metres Relay	sixth	160
		160

Charles Mayer

B. 1882-01-07, Molsheim, then in Germany, now in France, lived in New York; D. 1972-05-05
Boxing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1904	HP
Men's Middleweight (-71.7 kg)	gold	7200
Men's Heavyweight (unlimited)	silver	4500
		11700

Olympic Competitor nr 2292

1904-09-22-16:30? - Boxing - Middleweight, final - won (7200)
1904-09-22-17:00? - Boxing - Heavyweight, final - lost (4500)

Eugenio Mayer

B. 1939-12-29, Zoldo Alto, Italy; D. 2015-09-19
Cross-Country Skiing

	1964	HP
Men's 50 kilometres	18th	2.56
		2.56

Mayer Gábor

B. 1959-01-22, Budapest, Hungary
Biathlon & Cross-Country Skiing

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's 10 km Sprint	37th		69th	-3.40
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay	14th		15th	5.875
Men's 15 kilometres		57th		-7.40
Men's 30 kilometres		63rd		-8.26
				5.87540004256

George Mayer

from Chicago, USA
Gymnastics (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1904	HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined	21st	0.48
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports	fourth	300
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work	39th	-4.30
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Team	bronze	480
		780.48003

Olympic Competitor nr 1730

1904-07-01-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual gymnastics - 39th
1904-07-02-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual athletics - fourth (300) - Individual combined - 21st (0.48) - Team - third (480)

Helene Mayer

B. 1910-12-20, Offenbach, Hessen, Germany; D. 1953-10-15
Fencing (1 gold, 1 silver)

1928 1932 1936 HP

Foil, individual gold fifth silver 21375

21375

She was asked to come back from America for the Berlin Games and promised a citizenship with full "Arian" rights, as the token Jew in the German team. Ironically, she lost to another Jewess, Ilona Elek of Hungary.

Horst Mayer

B. 1945-09-24, Schlenzer, Brand., Germany, represented East Germany
Freestyle Wrestling

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	18th	sixth	963.84
			963.84

Jean Mayer

B. 1952-10-22, Paris, France
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 200 metres	QF:8th	-2.91
		-2.91

Kévin Mayer

B. 1992-02-10, Argenteuil, France
Track & Field (2 silver)

	2012	2016	2021	HP
Men's Decathlon	15th	silver	silver	12015
				12015

Leopold Mayer

represented Austria; D. 1914-09-21
Aquatics - Swimming

	1906	HP
Men's 1 mile Freestyle	8th	192
Men's 4x250 m Freestyle Relay	ac	120
		312

Olympic Competitor nr 2784

1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - eighth (192)
1906-04-28-11:00 - Swimming - 4x250 m Free-style - sixth (120)

Matthias Mayer

B. 1990-06-09, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
Alpine Skiing (3 gold, 1 bronze)

	2014	2018	2022	HP
Men's Downhill	gold	9th	bronze	11400
Men's Super-G	dnf	gold	gold	12800
Men's Giant Slalom	sixth			640
Men's Combined	13th	dnf		25.6
				24865.6

Mayer Mihály

B. 1933-12-27, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2000-09-04
Waterpolo (2 gold, 2 bronze)

1956 1960 1964 1968 HP

team gold bronze gold bronze 13440

13440

	1956	1960	1964	1968	HP
team	gold	bronze	gold	bronze	13440
					13440

Olaf Mayer

B. 1961-02-18, represented Austria
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+91 kg)	R1	162
		162

Richard Mayer

B. 1892-03-23, Litomerice, Czech Republic, represented Austria

Olympic Competitor nr 6861

1912-07-17-19:00 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, outriggers, round one - second (108.8)

Competed for R.-V. Germania of Leitmeritz. Leitmeritz, now Litomerice, is located in the Northwest of the (current) Czech Republic. The area, also known as Sudetenland, was heavily Germanized (and the Rüderverein Germania corresponds to this), but was included in Czechoslovakia after 1920. The German speaking population was expelled after 1945. For these reasons, I class the 5 rowers of this team as Germans.

Rui Ferro Mayer

B. 1888-12-29, Lisboa, Portugal; D. 1959-09-06
Fencing

	1920	1924	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	QF:7th	QF:7th	0.144
Men's Épée, Team	fourth	fourth	800
			800.144

Theodor Mayer

B. 1883-08-24, Neukirchen an der Enknach, Austria; D. 1972-11-26
Art Competitions

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Literature, Epic Works	AC			359.3
Literature, unknown event			AC	254.5
				613.8

Georg Mayer-Marton

B. 1897-06-03, Gyor, Hungary, represented Austria; D. 1960-08-08
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Painting, Paintings	hors concours (2)	-
		-

John Mayers

B. 1956-09-17, represented Barbados
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 200 metres	QF:7th	0.057
Men's 4x100 m Relay	SF:7th	5.2
		5.257

Raymond James "Ray" Mayers

B. 1960-01-08, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Team	fifth	eighth	fifth	1240.8
				1240.8

Stuart David Mayes

B. 1937-03-06, London, England, Great Britain
Hockey

	1960	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Margerita Mayeta Hierrezuelo

B. 1948-03-30, represented Cuba
Volleyball

	1972	HP
Women's Team	sixth	320
		820

Bernard Eugène Mayeur

B. 1938-02-23, Paris, France; D. 2004-01-11
Basketball

	1960	HP
Men's Team	10th	50
		50

Erhard Mayke

B. 1896-01-06, Berlin, Germany; D. 1962
Speed Skating

	1928	HP
Men's 500 m	24th	0.16
Men's 5000 m	dnf	0.0026
		0.1626

Michael John Maynard

B. 1937-02-23, Saltash, England, Great Britain
Sailing

	1968	HP
One−Person Dinghy (Finn)	22nd	0.6
		0.6

Edith Mayne

B. 1905-09-29, Newton Abbot, England, Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming

	1928	HP
Women's 400 m Freestyle	SF:4th	328
		328

Billy Maynes

B. 1902-09-26, Saint John, NB, Canada; D. 1966-08
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 4 x 400 m Relay	fourth	400
		400

Job Mayo, Jr.

B. 1941-10-19, represented the Philippines
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1964	HP
FR Men's Welterweight (-78 kg)	20th	1.5
GR Men's Welterweight (-78 kg)	19th	2.4
		3.9

Richard Mayo

B. 1902-06-12, Dorchester, Mass., USA; D. 1996-11-10
Modern Pentathlon (1 bronze)

	1928	1932	HP
Men's Individual	19th	bronze	3842.4
			3842.4

David "Dave" Mayor

B. 1916-08-21, Philadelphia, Penn., USA; D. 2002-05-27
Weightlifting

	1936	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg)	12th	60
		60

Gaston Mayor

B. 1908-02-29, Segovia, Spain, represented France
Boxing

	1932	HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)	QF	861
		861

(Maria Faustina) Enriqueta Mayora Dueñas

B. 1921-02-15, Ciudad de México, Mexico; D. 1989-11-09
Fencing

	1948	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	R1:5th	0.064
		0.064

Gaston Mayordome

B. 1923-01-16, represented France
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's 800 m	SF:4th	68
		68

Pedro Oscar Mayorga Equioiz

B. 1921-02-05, Buenos Aires, Argentina; D. 2014-01-06
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1956	HP
Jumping, Individual	17th	5
Jumping, Team	fourth	400
		405

Aleksandr Borisovich Mayorov

B. 1957-06-06, Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Nordic Combined

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Individual	7th	14th	624
			624

Boris Aleksandrovich Mayorov

B. 1938-02-11, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (2 gold)

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mayorov

B. 1938-02-11, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1997-12-10
Ice Hockey (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Abdullah Abdulrazaq Mayouf

B. 1960-05-22, represented Kuwait
Aquatics - Diving

	1980	HP
Men's Platform	23rd	0.256
		0.256

Antonia Mayr

B. 1949-09-08, Sankt Johann im Pongau, Austria
Luge

	1972	1976	HP
Women's Singles	14th	fifth	1524
			1524

Hans Peter Mayr

B. 1944-11-27, Lenzing, Austria
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 metres	SF:5th		12.9
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres		Rep:5th	32
			44.9

Heinz Mayr

B. 1935-10-20, Braunschweig, NS, Germany, represented West Germany
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's 20 km Walk	13th	25.6
		25.6

Hermann Mayr

B. 1929-05-15, Mutters, Austria
Cross-Country Skiing

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	39th			0.00016
Men's 30 kilometres			56th	-7.64
Men's 50 kilometres			33rd	0.00256
Men's 4x10 kilometres Relay	11th			16
				16.002720064

Marco Mayr

B. 1960-07-19, represented Switzerland
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 800 metres	QF:8th	-2.91
		0.0091

Rudolf Mayr

B. 1948-01-16, Thalgau, Austria
Sailing

	1976	HP
Three-person Keelboat (Soling)	17th	4
		4

Otto Mayregger

B. 1962-09-03, Innsbruck, Austria
Luge

	1988	HP
Men's Singles	9th	240
		240

Wolfgang Mayrhofer

B. 1958-05-24, Klagenfurt, Austria
Sailing (1 silver)

	1980	HP
One Person Dinghy (Finn)	silver	6000
		6000

Charles Mays

B. 1941-02-03, Glen Ridge, NJ, USA; D. 2005-04-11
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's Long Jump	FI:nm	6
		6

Robert Maysack

B. 1872-11-25, Kirchardt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, moved to the US in 1881 and became a US citizen in 1887; D. 1960-12
Gymnastics (1 bronze)

1904 HP

Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined 59th -7.12

Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work 70th -10.19

Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports 55th -7.19

Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Team bronze 480

480.000000031

Olympic Competitor nr 1746

1904-07-01-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual gymnastics - 55th
1904-07-02-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual athletics - 70th - Individual combined - 59th - Team - third (480)

Jorge Luis Maysonet

B. 1964-02-13, Cataño, Puerto Rico
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Light-Welterweight (-63.5 kg)	QF	861
		861

Igor Anatolyevich Maystrenko

B. 1959-11-21, Minsk, Belarus, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing ( bronze)

	1980	HP
Men's Eights	bronze	1280
		1280

Written 2000-11-29 - last modified 2024-09-21

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	1904	HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined	59th	-7.12
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work	70th	-10.19
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports	55th	-7.19
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Team	bronze	480
		480.000000031