Great Olympians

Biographies - MEK


Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

France
Athletics (2 silver)
2008 2012 HP
3000 m Steeple silver silver 12000
12000


Yusein Alitiev Mekhmedov

B. 1924-01-25, Razgrad, Bulgaria; D. 2014-03-09
Wrestling - Freestyle & Wrestling - Greco-Roman
1956 HP
FR Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg) silver 6000
GR Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg) 8th 384
6384

The first of the Bulgarian weightlifters from the Turkish minority in Bulgaria. Like many of his ethnicity, he moved to Turkey later in life, and he died in İstanbul. Yet, the proportion of Bulgarians of Turkish descent is still around 10%, the same as it was during the communist era. So I shall class the Turkish Bulgarians as Bulgarian, nothing else.


Mouloud Mekhnache

represented Algeria
Handball
1980 1984 HP
Men's Team 10th 12th 70
70


Hisham Mohamed Mekin

B. 1959-08-03, represented Egypt
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles R1:6th 0.546
0.546


Ahmed Mohamed Nabih (El-)Mekkawi

B. 1923-03-05, Zagazig, Egypt; D. 1996-04-05
Football
1948 1952 HP
Men's Team R1 R1 52.76
52.76


Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili

B. 1912-04-12, Giorgitsminda, Georgia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1972-03-09
Freestyle Wrestling (1 gold)
1952 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg) gold 9600
9600


Abebe Mekonnen

B. 1940-09-23, represented Ethiopia
Boxing
1964 HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) R64 -2.31
0.0031


Ayele Mekonnen

B. 1957-12-12, represented Ethiopia
Cycling - Road
1980 HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial 23nd 0.192
0.192


Seifu Mekonnen

B. 1952-06-11, Aleitu, Ethiopia; D. 2020-06-15
Boxing
1972 HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-81 kg) R16 79.13
79.13


Tadesse Mekonnen

B. 1958-07-14, represented Ethiopia
Cycling - Road
1980 HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial 23nd 0.192
0.192


Yevdokiya Panteleyevna Mekshilo

B. 1931-03-23, Horno-Altaysk, Altay, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2013-01-16
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold, 1 silver)
1964 HP
Women's 5 kilometres fourth 1600
Women's 10 kilometres silver 4000
Women's 3x5 kilometres Relay gold 1600
7200


Written 2000-11-30 - last modified 2024-01-11

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