Great Olympians

Biographies - RE

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Georges Redeuil

Olympic Competitor nr 618

Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave

B. 1962-03-23, Marlow, England, Great Britain
Rowing Men (5 gold, 1 bronze)
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 HP
Coxless Pairs gold gold gold 48000
Coxed Pairs bronze 6400
Coxless Fours gold 9600
Coxed Fours gold 9600
73600

After winning his fourth gold medal, his third in the coxless pairs, Steven Redgrave declared he was quitting the sport. 'If anyone sees me even near a boat, he can shoot me' he said. A few weeks later he was already talking about Sydney 2000, and in november, he was seen training again. Nobody shot him. Four years on, he became the first man to win five consecutive gold medals in an endurance event (three others have five golds, but in fencing or riding).
His partner at Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney was Matthew Pinsent.
He became the first athlete in history to win gold at five olympic games in an "endurance event" and was awarded a special Olympic pin by Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Regnault

Olympic Competitor nr 1388

Emanuel Rego

B; 1973-04-15, Curitiba, Brazil
Beach Volleyball (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2004 2008 HP
Beach Volleyball gold bronze 13440
13440

Twice together with Ricardo Santos

Frantz Reichel

Olympic Competitor nr 36

Rica Reinisch

Germany
Swimming
1980 HP
100 m Backstroke gold 6400
200 m Backstroke
4 x 100 m Medley Relay

Heinrich Reitz

Olympic Competitor nr 1673

Rejtö Ildikó

competed in 1964 and 1968 as

Ujlaki-Rejtö Ildikó

and in 1972 and 1976 as

Saginé-Rejtö Ildikó

B. 1937-05-11, Hungary
Fencing (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 HP
Foil, individual SF:6th gold bronze QF:6th 30th 11265.47
Foil, team silver gold silver silver bronze 6550
17815.47

The fact that she was born deaf did not prevent her from becoming one the most successful fencers in history

Rembrandt

a horse
Equestrianism - Dressage (4 gold)
1988 1992 HP
Dressage, individual gold gold 16000
Dressage, team gold gold 3200
19200

Was ridden to 4 gold medals by Nicole Uphoff.

William Remington

Olympic Competitor nr 777

Jean-Joseph Renaud

Olympic Competitor nr 296

+1908

Alphonse Renier

Olympic Competitor nr 1626

Valeri Rensanzev

B. 1946-10-08, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (2 gold)
1972 1976 HP
-90 kg gold gold 19200
19200

Alexander Resch

B. 1979-04-05, Germany
Luge (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2002 2006 2010 HP
Doubles gold sixth bronze 15000
15000

Together with Patric Leitner.

Antonio Restelli

Olympic Competitor nr 1586

Anfissa Reszova

Russia
Nordic Skiing & Biathlon (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
Biathlon 1988 1992 1994 HP
7.5 km gold 32nd 64
3 x 7.5km bronze 22
4 x 7.5 km gold
15 km 26th -
Nordic Skiing
 20 km silver - - 40
4 x 5 km gold - - 16
142

The only person (since Fritz Hofmann in 1896) to have won at least two medals in each of two sports.

Mary Lou Retton

B. 1968-01-24, USA
Gymnastics (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

(100 HP)

Michael Reusch

B. 1913, Switzerland; D. 1989
Gymnastics (1 gold, 4 silver)

(*) His fifth place on the horse in 1948 was actually an seventh. three finns (Heikki Savolainen, Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen) had shared a gold medal, and a silver and bronze was also awarded (those people would be called fourth and fifth from 1952 onwards.
(82.7 HP)

Daniel Revenu

B. 19424-12-05, France
Fencing (1 gold, 5 bronze)
1964 1968 1972 1976 HP
Foil, individual bronze bronze SF:5th - 6562.5
Foil, Team bronze gold bronze (bronze) 4100
10662.5

He did not compete in the bronze medal match in 1976.

Reverdin

Olympic Competitor nr 860

Mark Reynolds

USA
Sailing (2 gold, 1 silver)
1988 1992 1996 2000 HP
Star silver gold 8th gold 31980
31980

Hossein Reza Zadeh

Iran
Weightlifting (2 gold)
2000 2004 HP
+105 kg gold gold 19200
19200

last modified 2002-10-29

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