Great Olympians

Biographies - NEW

Maureen New

B. 1965-12-28, Edmonton, Alb., Canada
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	(fifth)	64
		64

Sybil Newall

Olympic Competitor nr 4048

1908-07-17-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day one
1908-07-18-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day two - first (7200)

Paul Newallo

B. 1963-06-30, represented Trinidan & Tobago
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Men's 100 m Breaststroke	28th	0.0256
Men's 200 m Breaststroke	32nd	-2.40
		0.0296

Frederick Ernest Newberry

B. 1864-11-18, Milton Ernest, England, Great Britain; D. 1950-06-21
Golf

	1904	HP
Men's Individual	QU:54th	-6.15
		0.00000015

He came to the US in 1898, so he was probably still British in 1904.

Olympic Competitor nr 2260

1904-09-19-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, qualifying - 54th

George Albert Newberry

B. 1917-03-06, Swadlincote, England, Great Britain; D. 1978-12-29
Cycling - Track (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	bronze	1920
		1920

Guillermo Newberry

B. 1898-05-09, Córdoba, Argentina
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	R1:dnf	0.015
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay	R1:3rd	4.3
		4.315

Jessica Ransehousen

B. 1938-10-14, London, England, represented the USA
Equestrianism - Dressage

	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	HP
Dressage, Individual	12th	14th						17th	85
Dressage, Team		fourth						sixth	616
									701

Simon Harvey Newcombe

B. 1938-08-11, from NSW, represented Australia
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	Rep:4th	15.6
		15.6

Emanuel de Victor Newdon

B. 1937-12-25, Recife, Pern., Brazil
Volleyball

	1964	HP
Men's Team	7th	200
		200

Edward Newell

represented Great Britain
Cycling - Road

	1920	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	0.000008
Men's Road Race, Team	dnf	-
		0.000008

James Newell

B. 1900-02-21, Carnegie, Penn., USA; D. 1985-12
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	ac	2.186
		2.186

Theron Newell

B. 1916-07-10, Kansas City, Kansas, USA; D. 1993-08-01
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Literature - unknown event	AC	254.5
		254.5

Sidney Newey

B. 1899-03-05, Birmingham, England, Great Britain; D. 1966-07-09
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase	FI:dnf	240
		240

Harold Newhart

B. 1903-06-16, Parkersburg, WV, USA; D. 1977-03-31
Gymnastics

	1928	HP
Men's Individual Combined (9 events)	47th	-
Men's Team Combined	7th	100
Men's Vault	10th	25
Men's Parallel Bars	57th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	41st	-
Men's Rings	62nd	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	37th	-
		125

Frederick Vaughn "Fred" Newhouse

B. 1948-11-08, Haney Grove, Texas, USA
Athletics - Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1976	HP
Men's 400 metres	silver	4000
Men's 4x400 m Relay	gold	1600
		5600

Ian Newhouse

B. 1956-12-25, Edmonton, Alb., Canada
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles	R1:29th	0.024
		0.024

Edward Newitt

Olympic Competitor nr 3388

1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target - ninth (120)
1908-07-11-15:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle, Moving Target - fourth (1200)

Scott Newkirk

B. 1961-07-22, represented the US Virgin Islands
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Men's 200 m Freestyle	41st	-4.64
Men's 400 m Freestyle	32nd	-2.40
Men's 1500 m Freestyle	26th	0.064
Men's 200 m Individual Medley	17th	4
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	20th	0.25
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	18th	0.64
		4.958064

Steven Newkirk

B. 1957-12-21, represented the US Virgin Islands
Aquatics - Swimming

	1976	HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle	36th	-3.64
Men's 200 m Freestyle	40th	-3.10
Men's 100 m Butterfly	40th	-3.10
Men's 200 m Butterfly	36th	-3.64
		0.00148

Peter Newlands

B. 1953-10-31, Auckland, New Zealand, represented Great Britain
Sailing

	1984	HP
Two Person Dinghy (470)	seventh	500
		500

Aubrey Newman

B. 1903-01-30, Clemson, SC, USA; D. 1994-01-19
Modern Pentathlon

	1928	HP
Men's Individual	15th	15
		15

Denise Aubrey Newman

B. 1924-02-19, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2016-01-22
Aquatics - Diving

	1948	HP
Women's Platform	11th	64
		64

Born in London, she moved to Cairo when she was young, and learned to dive there. She spent WWII in Persia, but returned to England in 1943. Already fluent in French and Arabic, she learnt Japanese in six months and worked at Bletchley Park in the Japanese section.

Jack Heather Newman

B. 1903-07, Melbourne, Vict., Australia
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 800 m	R1:7th	0.0000043
Men's 1500 m	R1:5th	0.043
		0.0430043

John Lunn "Jack" Newman

B. 1916-11-12, Rochester, England, Great Britain; D. 1974-02-14
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:23rd	0.384
		0.384

Joy Ernestine Newman

B. 1945-11-17, London, England, Great Britain
Aquatics - Diving

	1964	HP
Women's Platform	19th	1.6
		1.6

Seymour Newman

B. 1953-05-17, Manchester, Jamaica
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 800 metres	SF:5th	130
Men's 4x400 m Relay	fifth	250
		380

Verrall Newman

B. 1897-01-21, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1987-10
Diving

	1924	HP
Women's Plain High (8 & 8m)	QU:4th	328
		328

William Newman

represented the Missouri AC, St. Louis
Basketball (1 bronze)

	1904	HP
Men's Team	bronze	960
		960

The Missouri AC won two matches for certain, but the rosters are not known. A third match was won by forfeit, and one match was conceded after trailing 6-0. Their fifth match was against the champion team, the Buffalo Germans. They played that match with only four players and lost 97-8. With 4 points, Newman was the leading scorer on the Missouri team.

Olympic Competitor nr 1882

1904-07-11-15:00? - Basketball - Match 6 - won (*)
1904-07-11-17:00? - Basketball - Match 8 - won (*)
1904-07-12-14:00? - Basketball - Match 11 - lost - Final Rankings - third (960)

(*) team roster not certainly known

Brian Allen Newth

B. 1947-01-13, Wellington, New Zealand
Modern Pentathlon

	1980	HP
Men's Individual	40th	-3.13
		0.000125

Alan Newton

B. 1931-03-19, Manchester, England, Great Britain
Cycling - Track (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	bronze	1920
		1920

Arthur Lewis Newton

B. 1883-01-31, Woodstock, Verm., USA; D. 1950-07-19
Athletics - Track and Field (2 bronze)

	1900	1904	HP
Men's Marathon	fifth	bronze	4380
Men's 2500 m Steeplechase	fourth		4480
Men's 2590 m Steeple		bronze	4480
Men's 4 miles Team		gold	1200
			10060

He represented the Greater New York Athletic Club in the 1904 Club championship.

Olympic Competitor nr 888

1900-07-15-17:00 - Athletics Track - 2500 m Steeplechase - fourth (1600)
1900-07-19-14:30 - Athletics Road - Marathon - fifth (1500)
1904-08-30-15:00 - Athletics - Marathon - third (2880)
1904-09-03-17:30? - Athletics - 4 miles Team - race result - first - Team first (1200)

Chet Newton

B. 1903-09-18, Canby, Oreg., USA; D. 1966-05-11
Freestyle Wrestling (1 silver)

	1924	HP
Men's Featherweight (-61 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Chris Newton

B. 1899-02-03, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

Francis Clement "Frank" Newton

B. 1874-01-03, Washington, DC, USA; D. 1945-08-03
Golf (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1904	HP
Men's Individual	bronze	1950
Men's Team	silver	750
		2700

Olympic Competitor nr 2189

1904-09-17-10:00? - Golf - men, team - second (750)
1904-09-19-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, qualifying - third (Q)
1904-09-20-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, round one - won (Q)
1904-09-21-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, round two - won (Q)
1904-09-22-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, round three - won (Q)
1904-09-23-10:00? - Golf - men, individual, semi-final - lost (1950)

Gary Basil Newton

B. 1957-12-12, BC, Canada, represented the USA
Hockey

	1984	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

George Newton

B. 1936-08-13, British Guiana, lived in London, represented Great Britain; D. 2016-02-23
Weightlifting

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	15th			30
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)			15th	30
				30

He was born in Guiana and emigrated to Britain after the War. At the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch he fell in love and stayed in New Zealand, whom he represented at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

Michael Douglas "Mike" Newton

B. 1952-05-10, Penticton, BC, Canada, represented the USA
Hockey

	1984	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Samuel Newton

B. 1881-11-23, Drummondville, Québ., Canada; D. 1944-10-11
Shooting (1 silver)

	1924	HP
Men's Trap, Team	silver	1000
		1000

Walter Newton

B. 1902-01-02, Toront, Ont., Canada
Boxing

	1920	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57.2 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

William Newton

Olympic Competitor nr 3344

1908-07-10-14:00? - Shooting - Free Pistol - 16th (4.8)

Charles Edmund Newton Robinson

B. 1853-10-14, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1913-04-21
Fencing (1 silver)

	1900	1904	1906	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:ac			-4.60
Men's Épée, Team			silver	750
				750.00006

Olympic Competitor nr 623

1900-06-05-10:00? - Fencing - Épée, Individual, round one, pool 10 - AC (-4.60)
1906-04-24-11:00 - Fencing - Épée, team - round one, match one - won (Q)
1906-04-26-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals - won (Q)
1906-04-26-11:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, final - lost (750)

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2024-07-10

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