Great Olympians

Biographies - OLE


Aisling O'Leary

B. 1957-07-07, represented Ireland
Aquatics - Swimming
1972 HP
Women's 800 m Freestyle 36th -3.64
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 16th 1.6
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 14th 4
5.60064


John O'Leary

B. 1880, represented Great Britain
Shooting
1924 HP
Men's Running Target, single shot, Team fourth 400
Men's Trap 24th 0.2
Men's Trap, Team 8th 64
464.2


Artur Olech

B. 1940-06-22, Lviv, now in Ukraine, represented Poland; D. 2010-08-127
Boxing (2 silver)
1964 1968 HP
Flyweight (-51 kg) silver silver 12000
12000


Wiktor Olecki

B. 1909-09-09, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1981
Road Cycling
1936 HP
Men's Road Race, Individual ac 0.000015
Men's Road Race, Team AC 13.5
13.500015


Léoncé Oleffe

B. 1897-08-25, represented Belgium; D. 1972-11-19
Athletics
1920 HP
Men's 800 m R1:7th 0.0031
Men's 1500 m SF:5th 2.29
2.2931


Stanisław Feliks Olejniczak

B. 1938-03-28, Zbąszyń, Poland
Basketball
1964 HP
Men's Team sixth 320
320


Algis Oleknavicius

B. 1947-08-17, Kirchheim unter Teck, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Cycling - Road
1972 HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial 19th 1.2
1.2


Štefan Olekšák

B. 1940-01-16, Ždiar, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Nordic Combined
1964 HP
Men's Individual 13th 38.4
38.4


Penelope "Penny" Oleksiak

B. 2000-06-13, Scarborough, Ont., Canada
Swimming (1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)
2016 2021 HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle gold fourth 8000
Women's 200 m Freestyle bronze 2560
Women's 100 m Butterfly silver 4000
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay bronze silver 1640
Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay bronze fourth 1040
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay fifth silver 1250
18490


David Oleme

B. 1952-01-07, represented Cameroon
Boxing
1972 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) R1 1.02
1.02


Juan Carlos Oleniak

B. 1942-03-04, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Football
1960 HP
Men's Team R1:2nd 287
287


Adrian Olenici

B. 1956-04-19, represented Romania
Ice Hockey
1980 HP
Men's Team Prel:4th 164
164


Valentin Grigoryevich Olenik

B. 1939-07-18, Bungur, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 silver)
1964 1968 HP
Men's Middleweight (-87 kg) fifth silver 7500
7500


Elisabeta Oleniuc

competed from 1988 as

Elisabeta Lipa

Romania
Rowing (5 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 HP
Single Sculls gold 9th 19680
Double Sculls gold silver silver fifth 38500
Quadruple Sculls bronze 3840
Eights gold gold gold 19200
81220

When Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (1),Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela (4), Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipa (5), Ioana Olteanu (1), Elena Georgescu (1), Doina Ignat (1) and 3 new rowers stepped into the Eight at Atlanta, they had already won 13 medals between them. They outpaced the Canadians by over 4 seconds to win another gold and lift them high up the Great Olympian tables. Six of them returned to Sydney to repeat the triumph. Lipa added a third championship in Athina.
That way, she has won golds in five olympic games. She missed out in 1988.


Valto Rudolf Olenius

B. 1920-12-12, Karkkila, Finland; D. 1983-07-13
Athletics
1948 1952 HP
Men's Pole Vault 7th fifth 2100
2100


Wesley Oler

Olympic Competitor nr 5876


Alf Olesen

B. 1921-04-19, Kristianstad, Sweden, represented Denmark; D. 2007-06-27
Athletics
1948 HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase R1:5th 25.8
25.8


Annelilse Damm Olesen

B. 1942-01-02, København, Denmark
Athletics
1968 1972 HP
Women's 800 metres R1:5th SF:6th 54.29
54.29


Gunner Rønnow Olesen

B. 1916-12-22, Slagelse, Denmark; D. 1979-02-24
Gymnastics
1948 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 73rd -
Men's Team All-Around (8th) 0
Men's Floor Exercise 21st 0.16
Men's Horse Vault 26th 0.016
Men's Parallel Bars 62nd -
Men's Horizontal Bar 100th -
Men's Rings 54th -
Men's Pommeled Horse 85th -
0.176


Jerzy Olesiak

B. 1930-01-18, Nowy Sącz, Poland
Bobsleigh
1956 HP
Four‐Man 15th 7.5
7.5


Jan Olesiński

B. 1956-09-26, Katowice, Poland
Modern Pentathlon
1980 HP
Men's Individual 11th 80
Men's Team fourth 400
480


Kurt Oleska

B. 1914-08-21, Eisfeld, Thür., Germany; D. 1945-01-09
Basketball
1936 HP
Men's Team Rep2 2.87
2.87


Written 2002-09-30 - last modified 2023-07-17

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