Great Olympians

Biographies - RAC

Maurice Just Antoine Racca

B. 1922-11-09, represented France
Shooting

	1956	HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Three Positions	28th	0.0256
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Prone	39th	0.00016
		0.02576

Mauro Racca

B. 1912-04-03, Torino, Italy; D. 1977-04-27
Fencing (2 silver)

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	silver	silver	2000
			2000

Joyce May Racek

B. 1938-08-16, West Point, Wisc., USA; D. 2001-08-04
Gymnastics

	1956	HP
Women's Individual combined	54th	-6.16
Women's Team combined	9th	40
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	9th	40
Women's Floor Exercise	42nd	-4.10
Women's Horse Vault	32nd	0.001
Women's Uneven Bars	57th	-7.10
Women's Balance Beam	58th	-8.64
		80.0010101764

Nedyu Rachev

B. 1915-10-04, represented Bulgaria
Track Cycling

	1936	HP
Men's Sprint	R1	3.435
		3.435

Simoneta Racheva

B. 1961-03-01, represented Bulgaria
Luge

	1988	HP
Women's Singles	23rd	0.384
		0.384

Valery Aleksandrovich Rachkov

B. 1956-04-24, Alma-Ata (now Almaty), Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Boxing

	1976	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Zbigniew Rachwalski

B. 1955-09-21, Rogowo, Poland
Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Krešimir "Krešo" Račić

B. 1932-08-15, Karlovac, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1994-06-19
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Hammer Throw	sixth	QU:24th	960.24
			960.24

Marko Račič

B. 1920-04-25, Ade&#scaron;iči, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2022-05-27
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's 400 m	QF:6th	0.364
Men's 4x400 m Relay	R1:4th	17
		17.364

He competed for Partizan Beograd in 1948, but he was regarded, as the oldest Slovenian Olympian, so I will regard him as Slovenian.

Jan M. Raciborski

B. 1961-07-23, Totnes, England, Great Britain
Canoeing, Sprint Kayak

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Doubles, 1000 m	SF:4th		51
Men's Fours, 1000 m		Rep:4th	2.6
			53.6

Joseph Racine

Olympic Competitor nr 5670

1912-07-07-02:00 - Cycling - Road - Road Race, Time Trial - 40th - Team - tenth (25)

Jeffrey S. "Jeff" Rackley

B. 1952-09-12, Nelson, New Zealand
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R1	1.02
		1.02

Jean Roland Racle

B. 1947-09-09, Bagnolet, France
Figure Skating

	1972	HP
Mixed Pairs	13th	32
		32

Rácz János

B. 1941-08-03, Baja, Hungary
Basketball

	1964	HP
Men's Team	13th	12.8
		12.8

Rácz Lajos

B. 1952-07-01, Budapest, Hungary
Greco Roman Wrestling (1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	fifth	silver	7500
			7500

Rácz Vilmos

Olympic Competitor nr 4298

1908-07-20-15:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - second (0.304)
1908-07-21-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - second (0.995)
1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-06-15:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, semifinals - sixth
1912-07-08-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-08-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, semifinals - second (270)
1912 100 -2.43
1912 4x1 270

In a previous version I listed him as Slovakian, but I find no evidence for this anymore.

Katarína Ráczová

competed in 1980 as

Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

B. 1950-10-03, Košice, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Fencing

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	SF:6th	Bar1	QF	493.13
				493.13

Ludwik Raczyński

B. 1943-05-02, Warszawa, Poland
Sailing

	1968	1972	1976	1980	HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	24th			11th	80.2
					80.2

Written 2012-01-17 - last modified 2024-09-26

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