Great Olympians

Biographies - PON

Bernardus Marinus "Ben" Pon

B. 1936-12-09, Leiden, the Netherlands; D. 2019-09-30
Shooting

	1972	HP
Skeet	31st	-2.96
		0.0096

Arturo Ponce Costa

B. 1891, represented Argentina
Fencing

	1924	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	R1:5th	0.0074
Men's Sabre, Team	SF:3rd	205
		205.0074

José Luis Ponce Carratala

B. 1949-05-17, Mantilla, Cuba
Aquatics - Diving

	1968	HP
Men's Springboard	QU:26th	0.064
Men's Platform	QU:29th	0.016
		0.08

Manuel Ponce

represented Mexico; D. 1935-06
Boxing

	1932	HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)	R1	116.9
		116.9

Henri Poncet

represented Switzerland
Hockey

	1928	HP
Men's Team	QU:4th	164
		164

Luisa Ponchio

B. 1961-07-05, Verbania, Italy
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint

	1980	HP
Women's Doubles, 500 m	Rep:5th	48
		48

Pongrácz József

Olympic Competitor nr 5938

1912-07-07-15:15 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round one - won by fall
1912-07-09-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round two - won by fall
1912-07-11-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round three - lost - abandoned (96)

Anton Alexandru Pongratz

B. 1948-03-18, Târgu Mureș, Romania; D. 2008-03-18
Fencing

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Foil, Team			(fifth)	160
Men's Épée, Individual	fourth	R2:6th	R2:5th	2002.8664
Men's Épée, Team	fifth	sixth	fourth	891
				3053.8664

Lothar Pongratz

B. 1952-01-07, Weiden, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany; D. 2013-07-02
Bobsleigh

	1980	HP
Men's Four	10th	75
		75

Ștefan Pongratz

B. 1930-08-17, Arad, Romania
Rowing

	1952	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Coxless Fours			Rep:2nd	9th	324
Men's Coxed Fours			Rep:5th		131.5
Men's Eights	1Rep:2nd				131.5
					455.5

Wanchai Pongsri

B. 1963-11-06, represented Thailand
Boxing

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	R32		80.15
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)		R16	80.15
			80.15

Bogdan Poniatowski

B. 1931-11-06, Bydgoszcz, Poland; D. 2014-04-24
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	Rep:3rd	51
		51

Menelaos Ponireas

B. 1888, from Athina, represented Greece
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:18th	3.84
		3.84

Ralf Pönitzsch

B. 1957-10-20, Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz), Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase	R1:27th	0.06
		0.06

Daniel Pon Mony

B. 1921-08-12, represented India
Weightlifting

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	16th	12th	69.6
			69.6

Josef Ponn

B. 1905-10-18, from Berchtesgaden, represented Germany
Cross-Country Skiing

	1936	HP
Men's 50 kilometres	30th	0.01
		0.01

Sergey Vladilenovich Ponomarenko

B. 1960-10-06, Balqash, Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union until 1988
Figure Skating (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

1984 1988 1992 HP

Ice Dance bronze silver gold 17750

17750

Won three medals in the Ice Dance together with his partner Mariana Klimova. They were World Champions in 1989, '90 and '92.
Although born in Kazakhstan, I shall class him as Russian. He skated from Moskva, together with his wife.

Vladimir Ivanovich Ponomaryov

B. 1952-08-10, Rostov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:24th	0.16
Men's 4x400 m Relay	R1:12th	10
		10.16

Anna Matveyevna Ponomaryova

B. 1920-02-23, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2009
Fencing

	1952	HP
Women's Foil, individual	QF:6th	0.546
		0.546

Nina Ponomaryova

competed in 1952 and '56 as

Nina Romashkova

B. 1929-04-27, Sverdlovsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2016-08-18
Track and Field (2 gold, 1 bronze)

1952 1956 1960 1964 HP

Discus Throw gold bronze gold 11th 34704

34704

The first gold medal winner for the Soviet Union.

Cătălina Ponor

B. 1987-08-20, Constanța, Romania
Gymnastics (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	2004	2008	2012	2016	HP
Team combined	gold		bronze		2800
Beam	gold		fourth	7th	10500
Floor Exercise	gold		silver		13000
					26300

Cipriano Pons Lezisa

B. 1890-03-17, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fencing

	1924	HP
Men's Épée, Team	R1:3rd	6.75
		6.75

Diodoro Pons Dominguez

from Menorca, represented Spain
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:dnf	0.00026
Men's 10000 m	R1:7th	1.08
		1.08026

Olivier Pons

B. 1958-07-18, Saint-Étienne, France
Rowing

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Coxless Fours		eighth	512
Men's Eights	sixth		512
			512

Léon Honoré Ponscarme, Jr.

B. 1879-01-21, Paris, France; D. 1916-11-24
Cycling - Track

	1900	HP
Men's Sprint	QF:2nd	44.76
		44.76

Olympic Competitor nr 1580

1900-09-11-09:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - second (Q)
1900-09-11-14:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, quarter-final - second (44.76)

Herman Ponsteen

B. 1953-03-27, Hellendoorn, the Netherlands
Cycling - Track (1 silver)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Individual Pursuit		silver	6000
Men's Team Pursuit	QF	QF	861
			6861

Ángel Pontarolo

B. 1937-09-27, Rosario, Argentina
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	Rep:4th	12.9
		12.9

Carlo Ponte

B. 1890-05-03, Genova, Italy
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1924	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-58 kg)	R2	1.259
		1.259

Moshe Ponte

B. 1956-08-29, represented Israel
Judo

	1984	HP
Men's Half-Middleweight (-78 kg)	R1	0.463
		0.463

Aristide Pontenani

Olympic Competitor nr 6719

1912-07-17-09:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-17-12:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, quarterfinals - fourth (0.042)

Francisco João Pontes

B. 1905-08-19, represented Brazil
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1948	HP
Jumping, Individual	10th	125
Jumping, Team	dnf	4
		129

Seija Tuulikki Pöntinen

B. 1934-03-30, Mäntsälä, Finland; D. 1998-06-02
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Women's 80m Hurdles	R1:4th	1.014
Women's High Jump	15th	15
		16.014

Thomas Harold "Tom" Ponting

B. 1965-01-28, Montréal, Québ., Canada
Aquatics - Swimming (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's 100 m Butterfly	9th	seventh	16th	566.4
Men's 200 m Butterfly	sixth	fourth	13th	2265.6
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	silver	silver	(bronze)	2270.4
				5102.4

Alex Ponton

B. 1898-02-06, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain, represented Canada; D. 1949-10-31
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 100 m	QF:5th	0.364
Men's 200 m	SF:4th	328
		328.364

Henri Jean Pontoy

B. 1888-02-05, Rheims, France; D. 1968
Art Competitions

	1924	HP
Painting	AC	63.04
		63.04

Jorge Pontual

B. 1924-08-25, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; D. 2014
Sailing

	1960	HP
Two−Person Keelboat (Star)	9th	200
		200

Ricardo Antonio "Rico" Pontvianne Jiménez

B. 1943-10-20, Tampico, Tam., Mexico; D. 2018-08-13
Basketball

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	12th	fifth	520
			520

Wladyslaw Ponurski

B. 1891-04-23, Lviv, Ukraine, represented Austria

Olympic Competitor nr 6326

1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - fourth
1912-07-12-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, round one - third

Lvov was part of Austria, in what would become part of Poland, and after 1945 of the Soviet Union, now Ukraine. But this athlete is Polish, if one considers his given name.

Tatyana Petrovna Ponyayeva

competed in 1972 as

Tatyana Tretyakova

B. 1946-12-13, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2012-03-02
Volleyball (2 gold)

	1968	1972	HP
Women's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Written 2002-08-25 - last modified 2024-07-06

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