Great Olympians

Biographies - REA

William "Bill" Rea

B. 1952-02-03, Saalfelden am Steinernem Meer, Austria
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's Long Jump QU:15th 15
15

James "Jim" Read

B. 1962-11-18, Kingston, Ont., Canada
Alpine Skiing
1984 1988 HP
Men's Super-G 13th 25.6
Men's Giant Slalom 24th disq 0.16
Men's Slalom dnf -17.16
25.76

John Read

B. 1926-02-27, represented Great Britain
Bobsleigh
1956 HP
Four‐Man 17th 3
3

Katherine "Kathy" Read

B. 1969-06-30, Great Yarmouth, England, Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming
1984 1988 1992 HP
Women's 100 m Backstroke 16th 24th 6.56
Women's 200 m Backstroke 11th 12th 21st 104.64
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay 9th 40
151.2

Kenneth John "Ken" Read

B. 1955-11-06, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA, represented Canada
Alpine Skiing
1976 1980 HP
Men's Downhill fifth dnf 1000.000004
Men's Giant Slalom dnf -15.40
Men's Slalom dnf -14.16
1000.000004

Malcolm Trevor Fitzwalter Read

B. 1941-01-08, represented Great Britain
Hockey
1968 HP
Men's Team (12th) 20
20

Norman Richard Read

B. 1931-08-13, Portsmouth, England, represented New Zealand; D. 1994-05-22
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)
1956 1960 HP
Men's 20 kilometres Walk fifth 1000
Men's 50 kilometres Walk gold disq. 6400.00016
7400.00016

Born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1953. He tried to qualify for Great Britain, but they had already chosen their team. He then asked to be allowed to compete for his new country, which was granted.

Peter Read

B. 1936-10-12, Carlton North, Vict., Australia
Boxing
1956 HP
Men's Light Middleweight (-71 kg) R2 101.4
101.4

Peter John Chorley Reade

B. 1939-01-14, represented Great Britain
Sailing
1964 HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon) fourth 1600
1600

Antonia Real Horrach

B. 1963-09-14, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Aquatics - Swimming
1976 HP
Women's 400 m Freestyle 20th 1
Women's 800 m Freestyle 16th 6.4
7.4

Francisco António Real

B. 1885-10-13, Lisboa, Portugal
Shooting
1924 1928 1932 1936 HP
Men's Small-Bore Rifle 61st 7th 58th 600
Men's Free Rifle, prone 69th -
Men's Free Rifle, team 17th 1
601

Walter Real

B. 1886-05-18, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 1955-07-14
Gymnastics
1904 HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined 113th -18.19
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports 108th -18.48
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work 104th -17.30
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Team 9th 30
30

Olympic Competitor nr 1795

Luciana Reali

B. 1936-03-04, represented Italy
Gymnastics
1952 1956 HP
Women's Individual All-Around 45th 37th -
Women's Team All-Around sixth 7th 260
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus 10th 8th 89
Women's Floor Exercise 35th 56th -
Women's Horse Vault 41st 20th 0.25
Women's Uneven Bars 41st 33rd -
Women's Balance Beam 84th 41st -
349.25

Frederick Albert "Freddie" Reardon

B. 1931-04-19, London, England, Great Britain
Boxing
1952 HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) QF 861
861

James "Jim" Reardon

B. 1948-04-23, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint
1972 HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 m SF:5th 8.6
8.6

James Patrick "Jimmy" Reardon

B. 1925-10-18, Birdhill, Ireland
Athletics
1948 HP
Men's 400 m SF:5th 130
Men's 4x400 m Relay R1:dnf 4.3
134.3

Raymond Reaux

B. 1940-12-18, Ostreville, France
Cycling - Road
1960 HP
Men's Road Race 50th 0.0000015
0.0000015

Laurence Reavell-Carter

B. 1914-08-27, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1985-10-04
Athletics - Track and Field
1936 1948 HP
Men's Discus Throw QU:ac QU:25th 3.757
3.757

Philip Martin "Phil" Reavis

B. 1936-10-10, Cambridge, Mass., USA
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 HP
Men's High Jump 7th 600
600

Written 2011-08-14 - last modified 2023-12-10

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