Great Olympians

Biographies - MY

Mye - Myi - Myl - Myr


Kenneth "Ken" Myers

B. 1896-04-09, Norristown, PA, USA; D. 1974-06
Rowing (1 gold, 2 silver)
1920 1928 1932 HP
Double Sculls gold 10000
Single Sculls silver 7500
Coxed Fours silver 3750
21250


Paula Jean Myers-Pope

USA
Diving (3 silver, 1 bronze)
1952 1956 1960 HP
Platform silver bronze silver 11616
Springboard silver 4000
15616


Edouard Myin

Olympic Competitor nr 1255


Mika Myllyllä

B. 1969-09-12, Haapajärvi, Finland
Nordic Skiing (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)
1992 1994 1998 HP
10 km, classical style 14th sixth bronze 3052
Combined Pursuit (10km + 15km) 20th fourth sixth 1840.75
30 km, classical style 34th gold 9400
50 km, classical style silver
30 km, free-style bronze 1920
50 km, free-style - -
4 x 10 km - bronze bronze 1120
17332.75


Jonni Myyrä

B. 1892-07-13, Savitaipale, Finland; D. 1955-01-22
Track and Field (2 gold)
1912 1920 1924 HP
Javelin Throw 8th gold gold 19456
Discus Throw 12th 60
Pentathlon dnf 1.6
19518

A pioneer of Finnish Javelin throwing, he achieved a world record of 62.57 m in 1915 and eventually raised this to 66.10 m in 1919 before winning two Olympic titles. He had already finished eighth at Stockholm and threw an unofficial 67.96 m in 1925.
(192 HP)


Written 2002-08-26 - last modified 2002-10-30

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