Great Olympians

Biographies - PAP


Pap Jenő

B. 1951-12-15, Budapest, Hungary
Fencing
1980 HP
Men's Foil, Team sixth 160
Men's Épée, Team QF 82
242


Pap Mária

B. 1955-10-16, Budapest, Hungary
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Women's Long Jump QU:14th 24
24


Adriano R. "Jun" Papa, Jr.

B. 1945-07-14, Manila, the Philippines; D. 2005-10-27
Basketball
1968 1972 HP
Men's Team 13th 13th 25.6
25.6


A. Papadakis

represented Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1906 HP
Men's 100 metres R1:ac -2.23
0.0023

Olympic Competitor nr 2888


Aristidis Papadakis

from Thessaloniki
Fencing
1906 HP
Men's Épée, Individual R1:3rd 2.531
2.531

Olympic Competitor nr 2680


Gabriella Marie-Hélène Papadakis

B. 1995-05-10, Cleront-Ferrand, France
Figure Skating
2018 2022 HP
Ice Dancing silver gold 10400
10400


Angelos Papadimas

B. 1893, represented Greece
Shooting
1936 1948 1952 HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol fourth 51st 2400
2400


Konstantinos Papadimas

B. 1932, Athina, Greece
Basketball
1952 HP
Men's Team QR:3rd 1.36
1.36


Vasilios Papadimitriou

B. 1948-05-21, Thessaloniki, Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1972 HP
Men's High Jump 12th 60
60


Antonios Papadopoulos

B. 1964-02-01, represented Greece
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1984 HP
Men's Lightweight (-68 kg) grp:5th 195
195


Emmanouil Papadopoulos

represented Greece
Aquatics - Water Polo
1948 HP
Men's Water Polo R1:3rd 5.38
5.38


Pantelis Papadopoulos

B. 1902, from Athina, represented Greece; D. 1987
Tennis
1924 HP
Men's Singles R1 0.00000000019
Men's Doubles R3 39.56
39.56000000019


Alexandros Papafingos

B. 1901, Alexandria, Egypt, represented Greece
Athletics
1924 HP
Men's 100 m R1:5th 0.000000000078
Men's 200 m R1:3rd 0.00016
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay SF:4th 17
17.000160000078


Athanasios Papageorgiou

B. 1958-11-08, represented Greece
Shooting
1980 HP
Small-Bore Rifle, prone 32nd -2.40
0.004


Ilias Papageorgiou

B. 1925, Peireias, Greece
Football
1952 HP
Men's Team QR 0.595
0.595


Khristos Papageorgiou

B. 1926-03-10, Larisa, Greece; D. 1997
Alpine Skiing
1956 HP
Men's Downhill 47th 0.000004
Men's Giant Slalom 87th -13.40
Men's Slalom dns -
0.000004


Napoleon Papageorgiou

B. 1908-05-02, Tripoli, Greece; D. 1991
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 HP
Men's Javelin Throw QU:22nd 0.6
0.6


Vasilios Papageorgiou

represented Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1906 HP
Men's Shot Put fifth 1125
Men's Stone Throw ac 253.1
Men's Discus Throw ac 80.99
Men's Discus Throw, Greek Style ac 37.03
Men's Javelin Throw ac 11.07
1507.19

Olympic Competitor nr 2823


Alkividis Papageorgopoulos

B. 1937-03-24, Athina, Greece
Shooting
1960 1964 1968 HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol 33rd 21st 1.56384
Rapid−Fire Pistol 22nd
1.56384


Vasilios Papageorgopoulos

B. 1947-06-27, Thessaloniki, Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1972 1976 HP
Men's 100 metres SF:dns R1:45th 8.20001
8.20001


Konstantinos Papagiannoulis

sailor from Greek Naval ship Hydra
Rowing (1 silver)
1906 HP
Six-man Naval Rowing Boats silver 1500
1500

Olympic Competitor nr 2740


Antonios Papagioannou

from Patras, Greece
Artistic Gymnastics (1 silver)
1896 HP
Men's Parallel Bars ac 33.16
Men's Parallel Bars, Team silver 1000
Men's Horizontal Bar ac 132.1
1165.26

Olympic Competitor nr 126


Dimitrios Papachrisostomou

B. 1940-10-26, represented Cyprus
Shooting
1984 HP
Trap 35th -2.15
0.0015


Georgios Papachristou

B. 1883, represented Greece
Athletics - Track & Field & Tug-of-War
1906 HP
Men's Stone Throw ac 253.1
Men's Discus Throw ac 80.99
Men's Tug-of-War silver 1500
1834.09

Olympic Competitor nr 2824


Kostas Papakostas

B. 1948-10-02, represented Cyprus
Judo
1980 1984 HP
Men's Middleweight (-86 kg) Rep2 R1 195.858
195.858

In 1980, Papakostas forfeited his match in the second round, but it turned out to be against Jürg Röthlisberger, a finalist (and gold medalist). That meant he should be ranked as a loser in the second repêchage.


N. Papakostas

from Peiraias, Greece
Rowing
1906 HP
Coxed Pairs (1 km) ac 243
243

He was also entered in the Coxed Fours, but did not start.

Olympic Competitor nr 3001


Alexandru Papană

B. 1906-10-18, București, Romania; D. 1946-04-17
Bobsleigh
1932 HP
Men's Two-men fourth 2000
Men's Four-men sixth 480
2480


Anastasios "Tasos" Papanastasiou

B. 1964-07-12, Athina, Greece
Aquatics - Water Polo
1984 1988 HP
Men's Team eighth 9th 208
208


Khristos Papanikolaou

B. 1941-11-25, Trikala, Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 1968 1972 HP
Men's Pole Vault 18th fourth 11th 2499.84
2499.84


Nikolaos Papanikolaou

B. 1911-02-24, Eleusina, Greece
Athletics
1932 HP
Men's Triple Jump 13th 38.4
38.4


Ioannis Papapanagiotou

sailor from Greek Naval ship Hydra
Rowing & Shooting (1 silver)
1906 HP
Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats silver 1500
Men's Military Revolver 13th 19.2
Men's Military Revolver, Gras Model 11th 48
Men's Free Pistol, 25m 17th 3
Men's Free Pistol, 50m 20th 0.75
1570.95

Olympic Competitor nr 2477


Nikolaos Paparrodou

B. 1902, Lamia, Greece; D. 1980
Fencing
1936 HP
Men's Sabre, Team R1:3rd 1.065
1.065


Vasil Paparizov

B. 1934-02-22, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Boxing
1960 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) R3 79.13
79.13


Georgios Papasideris

B. 1875, Athina, Greece; D. 1920
Athletics - Track & Field & Weightlifting (1 bronze)
1896 HP
Men's Shot Put bronze 3840
Men's Discus Throw ac 736.8
Men's Weightlifting Two Hands fourth 1600
6176.8

Olympic Competitor nr 26


Eleftherios Papasymeon

represented Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1896 HP
Men's Marathon fifth 1500
1500

Olympic Competitor nr 200


Marlen P̕ap̕ava

B. 1941-04-23, Sukhumi, Georgia, represented the Soviet Union
Shooting
1976 HP
Free Pistol 26th 0.096
0.096


Georgios Papavasileiou

B. 1930-12-10, Arethousa, Greece
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 1960 HP
Men's 1500 metres R1:9th 0.068
Men's 3000 metres Steeplechase R1:8th R1:4th 114.3
114.368


Georgios Papazis

sailor from Greek Naval ship Spetsai
Rowing
1906 HP
Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats fifth 375
375

Olympic Competitor nr 2741


Vahran Hepet S. Papazyan

B. 1892-09-12, İstanbul, Türkiye, represented the Ottoman Empire; D. 1986-03-07
Athletics - Track & Field
1906 1908 1912 HP
Men's 800 metres R1:ac R1:ac 4.477049
Men's 1500 metres R1:ac A1:ac 39.56068
44.037729

Armenians are very hard to class. They suffered a genocide and are found in a world- wide diaspora. Only few Ottoman Armenians settled in then Russian-held Armenia, so we shall have to let this athlete be classed as Turkish. He was from İstanbul after all.

Olympic Competitor nr 2920


Charles Pape

represented Belgium
Fencing
1920 HP
Men's Foil, Individual R1:6th 0.00003
Men's Foil, Team sixth 130
130.00003


Hans Pape

B. 1894-10-01, Hamburg, Germany; D. 1970-11-30
Art Competitions
1932 HP
Painting ac 2.186
2.186


Max Pape

B. 1886, Berlin, Germany; D. 1947
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)
1906 HP
Men's 1 mile Freestyle fourth 1200
Men's 4x250 m Freestyle Relay silver 750
1950

He was also present in St. Louis in 1904, but competed only in (non-Olympic) handicap races.

Olympic Competitor nr 2787


Zlatko Papec

B. 1934-01-17, Zagreb, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2013-02-03
Football (1 silver)
1956 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000


Adam Papée

B. 1895-07-21, Lwow, then in Austria, between 1918 and 1945 Polis, now Lviv in Ukraine, represented Poland; D. 1990-03-06
Fencing (2 bronze)
1924 1928 1932 1936 HP
Men's Sabre, Individual SF:8th 10.25
Men's Sabre, Team R1:4th bronze bronze fourth 1858.09
1868.34


Jaroslav Papiernik

B. 1952-02-14, Hriňová, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Handball
1976 HP
Men's Team 7th 200
200


Émile Henri Papot

B. 1885-08-19, Sepvret, France; D. 1986-04-16
Athletics - Track & Field
1906 HP
Men's High Jump ac 30.38
30.38

Olympic Competitor nr 3065


Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich Papou

B. 1965-02-22, Tobolsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union in 1988 and Belarus after 1992
Biathlon (1 gold, 1 silver)
1988 1992 1994 1998 HP
Men's 10 km Sprint 18th 10th 55th 76.92
Men's 20 kilometres 12th fourth fourth 29th 2440.016
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay gold silver fourth fourth 3812.5
6329.436


Papp András

B. 1960-11-06, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2011-10
Fencing
1980 HP
Men's Foil, Individual R1:4th 0.042
Men's Foil, Team sixth 160
160.042


Papp Bertalan

B. 1913-09-07, Tiszacsege, Hungary; D. 1992-08-08
Fencing (2 gold)
1948 1952 HP
Men's Sabre, Team (gold) gold 2000
2000


Francisc Papp

B. 1946-12-17, Arad, Romania
Rowing
1968 1972 HP
Men's Coxless Fours fifth 1050
Men's Coxed Fours 7th
1050


Papp Lajos

B. 1944-04-08, Debrecen, Hungary; D. 1993-10-31
Shooting (1 bronze)
1968 1972 1976 HP
Free Rifle 10th bronze 3990
Small−Bore Rifle, 3 Positions 13th 25.6
Small−Bore Rifle, Prone 46th 20th 1.0000064
4016.6000064


Papp László (1)

B. 1905-01-04, Szentes, Hungary; D. 1989-01-28
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 silver)
1928 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) silver 6000
6000


Papp László (2)

B. 1926-03-25, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2003-10-16
Boxing (3 gold)
1948 1952 1956 HP
Men's Middleweight (-73 kg) gold 57600
Men's Light−Middleweight (-71 kg) gold gold
57600

The outstanding champion in Olympic boxing history. Papp said once that his hardest bout in the Olympics was in the 1948 final against Johnny Wright (GBR). But his peak may well have been his third victory in 1956 against José Torres (USA) who later became world professional light-heavyweight champion. Papp won the European professional middleweight title in 1962 , but he did not receive a passport and was not allowed to leave Hungary to go and fight for a Professional World Title. He was unbeaten when he finally retired.
He combined both technical skill and a powerful punch and succesfully coached the Hungarian teams.
The World Boxing Council made Papp an "Honourary World Champion" in 1989.
He actually moved down weights in his Olympic career, winning the Middleweight in 1948 (-73 kg), the Light Middleweight (-71 kg) in 1952 and '56.


Papp Dervalits Margit

B. 1948-04-30, Szamossályi, Hungary
Athletics - Track & Field
1972 1976 1980 HP
Women's Long Jump QU:16th 9.6
Women's Pentathlon 23rd 8th fifth 1884.384
1893.984


Papp Péter

B. 1930-10-06, Szeged, Hungary; D. 1958-09-16
Basketball
1952 HP
Men's Team R1:4th 7.25
7.25


Papp Tibor

B. 1944-04-05, Oradea, Romania, lived in Budapest, represented Hungary; D. 2014-02
Boxing
1964 HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg) R2 79.13
79.13


Hans Pappa

B. 1936-07-26, represented Switzerland
Ice Hockey
1956 HP
Men's Team 9th 80
80


Dennis Anthony Pappas

B. 1915-11-18, represented South Africa; D. 1984-01-09
Aquatics - Water Polo
1952 HP
Men's Team R2:3rd 45.5
45.5


Petros Pappas

B. 1953-05-06, represented Greece
Shooting
1980 HP
Skeet 37th -3.60
0.0006


Louis Pappe

Olympic Competitor nr 3823


Hendrik "Dick" Pappenheim

B. 1929-06-23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Alpine Skiing
1952 HP
Men's Downhill 45th 0.00001
Men's Giant Slalom 52nd 0.0000004
Men's Slalom R1:74th -
0.0000104


Peter Pappenheim

B. 1926-12-19, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Alpine Skiing
1952 HP
Men's Downhill 48th 0.00000256
Men's Giant Slalom 70th -
Men's Slalom R1:68th -
0.00000256


Michael Pappert

B. 1957-08-15, Hamburg, Germany, represented West Germany
Basketball
1984 HP
Men's Team eighth 128
128


Veryan Guy Henry Pappin

B. 1958-05-19, Henley-on-Thames, England, Great Britain
Hockey (1 gold)
1988 HP
Men's Team gold 3200
3200

He was also on the team in 1984, but did not play a single match. Then, in 1988, he was allowed to play the last minute of the final. Outside of the Olympics, he played for Scotland.


Dimitrios Pappos

B. 1939-10-16, Spai-Roopi, Greece; D. 2014-03-01
Alpine Skiing
1964 1968 HP
Men's Downhill 72nd -10.40
Men's Giant Slalom 72nd 79th -10.42
Men's Slalom R1:dnf R2:3rd -10.26
0.0000000001072


Michael Francis Papps

B. 1932-07-20, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Shooting
1960 1964 HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol 31st 19th 2.4096
2.4096


Peter Lee Papps

B. 1939-11-26, represented Australia
Shooting
1956 HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol 35th 0.0015
0.0015


Ioannis Papstefanou

represented Greece
Aquatics - Water Polo
1948 HP
Men's Water Polo R1:3rd 5.38
5.38


Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2024-09-09

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