Great Olympians

Biographies - NIS

Darko Nišavić

B. 1952-05-28, Zrenjanin, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2005-05-09
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	fourth	13th	2438.4
			2438.4

Archie Nisbet

B. 1900-11-23, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1986-09-13
Rowing (1 silver)

	1928	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	silver	5000
		5000

Andreas Nischwitz

B. 1957-04-01, Stuttgart, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Figure Skating

	1980	HP
Pairs	8th	320
		320

Nishi Takanobu

B. 1951-03-12, represented Japan
Archery

	1976	HP
Men's Individual	8th	384
		384

Takeichi, Baron Nishi

B. 1902-07-12, Furuya, Japan; D. 1945-03-22
Equestrianism - Eventing & Equestrianism - Jumping (1 gold)

	1932	1936	HP
Jumping, Individual	gold	20th	8001.25
Jumping, Team		sixth	160
Three-Day Event, Individual		12th	50
Three-Day Event, Team		dnf	4
			8215.25

Nishi Teiichi

B. 1907-08-31, Kyoto, Japan; D. 2001-02-03
Athletics

	1932	HP
Men's 200 metres	QF:5th	2.29
Men's 4x400 metres Relay	fifth	250
		252.29

Nishida Junko

B. 1915-11-03, represented Japan
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Women's High Jump	14th	24
		24

Nishida Katsuo

B. 1929-01-24, represented Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Marathon	25th	0.15
		0.15

He was enterd for the 50 km walk in 1968, but did not start.

Nishida Shuhei

B. 1910-03-21, Nachi, Japan; D. 1997-04-13
Track and Field (2 silver)

	1932	1936	HP
Pole Vault	silver	silver	12000
			12000

Nishide Yoshino

B. 1955-07-12, represented Japan
Aquatics - Diving

	1976	HP
Men's Platform	QU:16th	6.4
		6.4

Nishidono Taro

represented Japan
Rowing

	1932	HP
Men's Eights	Rep:3rd	164
		164

Nishigawa Yoshimi

B. 1953-04-08, Ibaraki, Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Women's 100 metres Backstroke			SF:15th	10
Women's 200 metres Backstroke			R1:17th	4
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke	R1:16th			6.4
Women's 200 metres Individual Medley	fifth	7th		1400
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	sixth	R1:10th		185
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay		sixth	7th	260
				1865.4

Nishimoto Tetsuo

B. 1950-12-16, Hiroshima, Japan
Volleyball (1 gold)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	(gold)	fourth	2800
			2800

Nishimura Motoki

B. 1947-06-08, Chiba, Japan
Judo (1 bronze)

	1972	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+93 kg)	bronze	2080
		2080

Nishimura Shozo

B. 1945-11-26, Hokkaido, Japan
Hockey

	1968	HP
Men's Team	(13th)	8
		8

Nishino Yasumasu

B. 1925-01-22, Kochi, Japan; D. 2004-04-19
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke	R1:19th	2.4
		2.4

Algoth Niska

Olympic Competitor nr 5158

1912-06-29-10:00 - Football - round one - won (Q)
1912-06-30-10:00 - Football - quarterfinal - won (Q)
1912-07-02-15:00 - Football - semifinal - lost (Qb)
1912-07-04-15:00 - Football - bronze medal match - lost (800)

Hugo Olavi Niskanen

B. 1920-09-08, Kaavi, Finland; D. 2014-12-04
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 10000 metres	19th	1.6
		1.6

Iivo Henrik Niskanen

B. 1992-01-12, Oulu, Finland
Cross-Country Skiing (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	2014	2018	2022	HP
15 km Classical	fourth		gold	10000
50 km Classical, Mass Start		gold		6500
50 km Free-style, Mass Start	10th			6500
Skiathlon	25th	19th	bronze	2561.7
Sprint		14th		16
Team Sprint	gold		silver	11700
Team Relay	fifth	fourth	sixth	891
				31668.7

Kerttu Elina Niskanen

B. 1988-06-13, Oulu, Finland
Cross-Country Skiing (3 silver, 1 bronze)

	2014	2018	2022	HP
Women's Sprint		23th		0.256
Women's 10 km Classical	eighth		silver	4681.6
Women's 30 km Freestyle, Mass-start	fourth		bronze	5280
Women's 30 km Classical, Mass-start		sixth		5280
Women's Skiathlon	seventh	16th	fourth	2207.04
Women's Team Sprint	silver		fourth	4620
Women's Team Relay (4 x 5 km)	silver	fourth	fourth	1980
				18769.896

Borghild Solveig Niskin

B. 1924-02-19, Hole, Norway; D. 2013-01-18
Alpine Skiing

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Women's Downhill	23rd	dnf	9th	160.192
Women's Combined	19th			1.2
Women's Giant Slalom		sixth	7th	1040
Women's Slalom	dnf	11th	11th	128.026
				1329.418

Dov Nisman

B. 1954-07-22, represented Israel
Aquatics - Swimming

	1976	HP
Men's 400 m Individual Medley	27th	0.06
		0.06

Fernand Nisot

B. 1895-04-11, Brussel, Belgium; D. 1973-07-31
Football (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Team	(gold)	500
		500

Mirko Nišović

B. 1961-07-02, Zemun, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia
Canoeing, Canadian Sprint

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Doubles, 500 m		gold		4800
Men's Doubles, 1000 m	fourth	silver	Rep:5th	4212.9
				9012.9

Henry Nissen

B. 1906-11-26, Aalborg, Denmark; D. 1978-09-14
Weightlifting

	1928	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	16th	9.6
		9.6

Hildegard Hansen "Hilde" Nissen

B. 1921-05-06, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, lived in København, represented Denmark; D. 2015-11-04
Athletics

	1948	HP
Women's 4x100 m Relay	fifth	250
		250

Regina Nissen

B. 1961-01-24, Flensburg, S-H, Germany, represented West Germany
Aquatics - Swimming

	1976	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	27th	0.04
Women's 200 m Freestyle	34th	-2.16
Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay	8th	64
		64.0416

Mauno Aulis Nissinen

B. 1947-08-16, Oulu, Finland
Artistic Gymnastics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Individual All-Round	17th	35th	4.001
Men's Team All-Round	10th		25
			29.001

Grete Nissl

B. 1911-11-30, Innsbruck, Austria
Alpine Skiing

	1936	HP
Women's Alpine Combined	13th	38.4
		38.4

Tomás Nistal Fernández

B. 1948-09-30, Valladolid, Spain
Cycling - Road

	1972	HP
Men's Road Race	53rd	-6.38
		0.000000384

Constantin Vasile Nistor

B. 1954-05-22, Rădăuți, Romania
Ice Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	Prel:4th	164
		164

Massimo Nistri

B. 1955-10-10, Firenze, Italy
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 200 m Backstroke	16th	6.4
		6.4

Maila Sinikka Nisula

B. 1931-03-18, Vyborg, now in Russia, then part of Finland
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Women's Individual All-Around	119th	-
Women's Team All-Around	13th	6.4
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	fifth	250
Women's Floor Exercise	81st	-
Women's Horse Vault	118th	-
Women's Uneven Bars	130th	-
Women's Balance Beam	85th	-
		256.4

Written 2012-03-05 - last modified 2023-05-20

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