Great Olympians

Biographies - RAI


Pamela Leila "Pam" Rai

B. 1966-03-29, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)
1984 HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle 12th 40
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay fifth 250
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay bronze 640
930


Sahadeo Kumar "S. K." Rai

represented India
Boxing
1976 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg) R1 1.786
1.786


Benjamin Raich

B. 1978-02-28, Leins, Austria
Alpine Skiing (2 gold, 2 bronze)
2002 2006 2010 2014 HP
Slalom bronze gold fourth dnf 13200
Giant Slalom fourth gold sixth 7th 11200
Combined bronze dnf sixth 3520
Super-G - 21st 14th 16.64
27936.64


Mihai Raicu

represented Romania
Fencing
1928 HP
Men's Sabre, Individual R1:4th 0.047
0.047


Joanes Rail

B. 1956-11-24, Kirkland Lake, Ont., Canada
Handball
1976 HP
Women's Team sixth 320
320


Eino Railio

Olympic Competitor nr 3765


Johannes "Hannes" Rainer

B. 1954-03-14, Rottenmann, Austria
Shooting
1980 HP
Small-Bore Rifle, prone 20th 1
1


Marie-Luise Rainer

B. 1959-04-23, Vipileno, Italy
Luge
1976 1980 1984 1988 HP
Women's Singles 16th dnf sixth 15th 984.696
984.696


Robert Lottridge "Rain In Face"

B. 1885-02-10, from Ontario, Canada; D. 1968-09
Lacrosse (1 bronze)
1904 HP
Men's Team bronze 1500
1500

The Mohawk Indians are credited with the bronze medal, but they tied their only match with the St. Louis AAA, so I award them the points for joined second place.

Olympic Competitor nr 1831


Väinö Rainio

B. 1896-04-30, Turku, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1979-07-28
Athletics
1924 1928 HP
Men's Long Jump QU:21st 0.96
Men's Triple Jump fourth QU:8th 2784
2784.96


Maxwell Charles "Max" Rainsford

B. 1962-12-25, Bridport, Tasm., Australia
Track Cycling
1984 HP
Men's Sprint Rep2 1.014
Men's Time Trial 14th 24
25.014


John Rainsforth

B. 1934-12-10, represented Great Britain
Bobsleigh
1956 HP
Two‐Man Bob 11th 80
Four‐Man Bob 12th 30
110


Mohamed Rais

B. 1952-04-21, represented Morocco
Boxing
1976 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) Prel 0.102
0.102


Václav Rais

B. 1910-04-20, represented Czechoslovakia
Fencing
1936 HP
Men's Épée, Team QF:3rd 22.75
22.75


Oscar Raise

B. 1952-09-19, Gassino Torinese, Italy
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 1980 HP
Men's High Jump QU:24th QU;18th 4.08
4.08


Mansour Raisi

B. 1928, represented Iran; D. 1980
Freestyle Wrestling
1948 HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg) fourth 2400
2400


(Sayed) Rasoul Raisi

B. 1924-10-08, Ardabil, Iran; D. 2015-07-23
Weightlifting
1948 HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg) 8th 384
384


Ioannis Raisis

Olympic Competitor nr 3006


Aly Raisman

B. 1994-05-25, Boston, Mass., USA
Gymnastics (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
2012 2016 HP
Women's Individual Combined fourth silver 5600
Women's Team Combined gold gold 3200
Women's Floor Exercises gold silver 10400
Women's Beam bronze 2560
21760


Carmen Raisová

B. 1908-02-07, represented Czechoslovakia
Fencing
1936 HP
Women's Foil, Individual R1:6th 0.0041
0.0041

She was among those who were expelled from Czechoslovakia after the war, but she returned to her native village in Czechoslovakia. I class her as German though.


Marjorie Raistrick

competed in 1960 as

Marjorie Carter

B. 1934-05-10, Bradford, England, Great Britain
Gymnastics
1952 1956 1960 HP
Women's Individual All-Around 131st 110th -
Women's Team All-Around 16th 17th 2.6
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus 15th 2.5
Women's Floor Exercise 132nd -
Women's Horse Vault 54th 0.00000004
Women's Uneven Bars 133th -
Women's Balance Beam 110th -
5.100000004


Antti Raita

Olympic Competitor nr 5734


Heikki Volmari Raitio

B. 1924-07-29, Helsinki, Finland; D. 1997-02-12
Fencing
1948 1952 HP
Foil, Individual R1:6th R1:5th 0.000056
Foil, Team QF:3rd 22.75
Épée, Individual R1:8th -
22.750056


Matti Raivio

B. 1893-02-22, Raivio, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1957-05-25
Cross-Country Skiing
1924 1928 HP
Men's 18 km 7th 400
Men's 50 km 7th dnf 400.000064
800.000064


Written 2001-01-29 - last modified 2024-02-29

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