Great Olympians

Biographies - RAK

(Gabashane) Vincent Rakabaele

B. 1948-09-03, represented Lesotho; D. 2003-11-02
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 1984 HP
Men's Marathon 36th 61st 0.0009600096
0.0009600096

Kiril Manolov Rakarov

B. 1932-05-24, Pavlikeni, Bulgaria; D. 2006-08-25
Football (1 bronze)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Team bronze QF 1567
1567

Sultanbay Saburovych Rakhmanov

B. 1950-07-06, Qaraqalpaqstan, Uzbekistan, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2003-05-05
Weightlifting (1 gold)
1980 HP
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+110 kg) gold 9600
9600

He had a Ukrainian mother and moved to Ukraine aged 16, and started weightlifting there. He stayed in Ukraine until his death and had been president of the Ukrainian Aikido Federation. I shall class him as Ukrainian.

Mark Rakita

B. 1938-07-22, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Fencing (2 gold, 2 silver)
1964 1968 1972 HP
Sabre, individual 9th silver R1 5066.0002125
Sabre, team gold gold (silver) 5400
10466.0002125

Member of the Soviet Sabre Team that won gold at Tokyo and Mexico City

Pavel Dmitriyevich Rakityansky

B. 1928, Krasnodar, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1992
Modern Pentathlon
1952 HP
Men's Individual 23rd 0.32
Men's Team fifth 250
250.32

Helena Rakoczy

B. 1921-12-23, Kraków, Poland; D. 2014-09-02
Gymnastics (1 bronze)
1952 1956 HP
Women's Individual All-Around 43rd 8th 256
Women's Team All-Around 8th fourth 464
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus 14th bronze 644
Women's Floor Exercise 18th 14th 4.64
Women's Horse Vault 7th 7th 200
Women's Uneven Bars 104th fifth 250
Women's Balance Beam 39th 16th 1.6
1820.24

Rákosi Ferenc

B. 1910-11-25, Pančevo, now in Serbia, represented Hungary; D. 1987-07-10
Handball
1936 HP
Men's Team fourth 800
800

Rákosi Gyula

B. 1938-10-09, Budapest, Hungary
Football (1 bronze)
1960 HP
Men's Team (bronze) 800
800

Tisbite Rakotoarisoa

B. 1951-12-08, represented Madagascar
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's 800 metres R1:27th 0.04
Men's 1500 metres R1:33rd -2.26
0.04256

Dominique Rakotorahalahy

B. 1944-08-03, Ambositra, Madagascar
Athletics
1968 HP
Men's Decathlon dnf -2.38
0.00384

Leonid Maksimovich Rakovshchik

B. 1938-11-02, from Moskva, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing
1964 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs fourth 2000
2000

John Robert Rakowski

B. 1948-03-16, Brisbane, Qld., Australia
Boxing
1968 HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg) R16 79.13
79.13

Mesulame V. Rakuro

B. 1932-05-12, Nailaga, Fiji; D. 1969-06-13
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 1960 HP
Men's Discus Throw 15th QU:32nd 15.006
15.006

Rakusz Éva

B. 1961-05-13, Miskolc, Hungary
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1980 1984 1988 HP
Women's Doubles, 500 m bronze fourth 3432
Women's Fours, 500 m silver 2000
5432

Written 2001-01-29 - last modified 2023-09-15

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