Great Olympians

Biographies - ROC

Álvaro Eduardo Roca Despeyroux

B. 1939-10-16, represented Uruguay
Basketball

	1964	HP
Men's Team	8th	128
		128

Carles Roca i Portolés

B. 1958-04-29, Barcelona, Spain; D. 2003-06-10
Hockey (1 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Team	silver	eighth	2128
			2128

Juan Roca Brunet

B. 1950-10-27, represented Cuba
Basketball (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	bronze	(7th)	1408
			1408

Mercedes Roca Arias

B. 1952-11-27, represented Cuba
Volleyball

	1972	1976	HP
Women's Team	sixth	fifth	820
			820

Miquel Roca i Carbonell

B. 1955-04-21, Barcelona, Spain
Fencing

	1980	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R2:6th	0.455
		0.455

Rubén Alejandro Roca Rosillo

B. 1940-12-12, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:25th	0.1
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:23rd	0.256
		0.356

Sorin Gigel Roca

B. 1960-02-12, represented Romania
Fencing

	1980	HP
Men's Foil, Team	fifth	250
		250

Artemio E. Rocamora

B. 1934-06-29, represented the Philippines
Weightlifting

	1964	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	19th	2.4
		2.4

Alfredo Rocca

B. 1908-05-05, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Swimming

	1932	HP
Men's 100m Freestyle	R1:3rd	40
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay	sixth	160
		200

Giovanni "Gianni" Rocca

B. 1929-06-13, Milano, Italy; D. 2013-08-11
Athletics

	1948	1952	HP
Men's 400 m		R1:3rd	0.023
Men's 4x400 m Relay	FI:dnf	R1:4th	177
			177.023

Leonel Rocca

B. 1915-01-21, Mercedes, Uruguay; D. 1965-06-19
Cycling - Track

	1948	HP
Men's Sprint	QF	861
		861

Peter Drake Rocca

B. 1957-07-27, Oakland, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (2 silver)

	1976	HP
Men's 100 m Backstroke	silver	4000
Men's 200 m Backstroke	silver	4000
Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay	(gold)	64
		8064

The second-best backstroker in his day, but John Naber kept him from winning both individual events, and out of the American Medley relay team in the final. The US boycott then meant he could not add to his medal tally in 1980.

Francesco Roccati

B. 1908-06-09, Torino, Italy; D. 1969
Athletics

	1932	HP
Men's Marathon	dnf	0.0384
		0.0384

Fulvio Rocchi

B. 1909-08-07, represented Argentina
Shooting

	1952	HP
Trap	40th	0.00015
		0.00015

Alfred Roch

B. 1925-06-08, represented Switzerland
Cross-Country Skiing

	1952	HP
Men's 50 km	16th	6.4
		6.4

Adhaury da Costa Rocha

B. 1920-05-14, Paraná, Brazil
Shooting

	1956	HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol	18th	3.84
		3.84

(Amaury) Ambrosio da Costa e Rocha

B. 1923-01-07, Niterói, RdJ, Brazil
Shooting

	1960	HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol	42nd	-4.60
Men's Free Pistol	50th	-5.15
		0.0000615

Joaquín Rocha Herrera

B. 1944-08-16, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg)	bronze	3120
		3120

José Luis Rocha

B. 1966-06-27, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Aquatics - Diving

	1984	HP
Men's Platform	QU:13th	25.6
		25.6

Juvenal Rocha

B. 1948-05-03, represented Bolivia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Marathon	dnf	-10.24
		-10.24

Rafael Rocha Ramírez

B. 1956-01-29, represented Mexico
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 200 m Backstroke	25th	0.1
		0.1

Roger Rochard

B. 1913-04-20, Évreux, France; D. 1993-02-25
Athletics

	1932	1936	HP
Men's 5000 metres	FI:dnf	R1:7th	17.08
			17.08

Charles Rochat

B. 1885, represented Switzerland
Fencing

	1924	HP
Men's Foil, Team	SF:3rd	68
		68

Conrad Rochat

B. 1927-07-10, represented Switzerland; D. 2014-05-24
Ski Jumping

	1956	HP
Men's Individual	40th	0.00015
		0.00015

Hervé Roche Coyne

B. 1948-12-24, Bordeaux, France, represented Venezuela
Sailing

	1968	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	22nd	0.4
		0.4

Jean-Pierre Roche

B. 1924-04-10; from Lausanne, represented Switzerland
Hockey

	1948	1952	HP
Men's team	R1:2nd	cons:SF	574
			574

Jorge Félix Roche Silveira

B. 1957-11-19, represented Cuba
Gymnastics

	1980	HP
Men's Individual combined	QU:65th	-8.10
Men's Team combined	7th	100
		100.000000001

Kenneth James "Ken" Roche

B. 1941-10-24, from Vict., represented Australia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 400 metres	QF:7th	0.057
Men's 400 metres Hurdles	SF:5th	195
Men's 4x400 metres Relay	R1:10th	25
		220.057

Louis Roche

represented France
Rowing

	1900	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	R1:dnf	1025
		1025

Olympic Competitor nr 1474

1900-08-25-14:45 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs, heat one - third (1025)

Michel Jacques Germain Pierre Roche

B. 1939-09-08, Brunoy, France; D. 2004-06-11
Equestrianism - Jumping (1 gold)

	1976	HP
Jumping, Team	gold	1600
		1600

Miguel Santiago "Mike" Roche

B. 1953-06-27, San Diego, Cal., USA
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase	R1:10th	1.95
		1.95

Patrick Roche

Olympic Competitor nr 4301

1908-07-20-15:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-21-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-21-15:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, semifinals - third (68.25)
1908-07-22-10:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, semifinals - second (430.5)

Roland Roche

B. 1952-12-12, L'Alpe d'Huez, France
Alpine Skiing

	1976	HP
Men's Slalom	15th	10
		10

Samuel Roche

represented France
Artistic Gymnastics

	1900	HP
Men's Individual combined	126th	-21.96
		-21.96

Olympic Competitor nr 1172

1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Stephen Roche

B. 1959-11-28, Dundrum, Ireland
Cycling - Road

	1980	HP
Men's Road Race	45th	-4.15
		0.000015

José Rochel Morales

B. 1943-07-30, Alicante, Spain; D. 2001-02-09
Handball

	1972	HP
Men's Team	15th	5
		5

Vasily Pavlovich Rochev

B. 1951-12-22, Bakur, Komi, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 15 kilometres		13th	25.6
Men's 30 kilometres	10th	silver	4100
Men's 50 kilometres	12th		40
Men's 4x10 km Relay		gold	1600
			5765.6

Nina Petrovna Rocheva, née Selyunina

B. 1948-10-13, Kirov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2022-01-08
Cross-Country Skiing (1 silver)

	1980	HP
Women's 5 kilometres	15th	10
Women's 4 x 5 km Relay	silver	1000
		1010

Robert Spencer "Bob" Rock, Jr.

B. 1949-10-17, Missoula, Mont., USA
Luge

	1972	HP
Men's Singles	44th	-4.24
		0.000024

Peter Rock

B. 1941-12-16, Rudolstadt, Thür., Germany
Football (1 bronze)

	1964	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Richard Oliver Rock

B. 1957-11-06, Reading, England, represented Canada
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:19th	2.4
		2.4

Warren Rock

B. 1942-03-17, represented Australia
Sailing

	1976	HP
Two Person Multihull (Tornado)	fourth	2000
		2000

Babe Rockefeller

B. 1902-06-08, New York, NY, USA; D. 2004-08-10
Rowing (1 gold)

	1924	HP
Men's Eights	gold	3200
		3200

One of the richest Olympians, and one of the longest-living.

Anneliese Rockembach

B. 1943-03-03, Marienbad, then German, now Mariánské Lázně in Czechia, represented Venezuela
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	1964	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:29th	R1:22nd	0.416
Women's 100 metres Backstroke	R1:24th	R1:27th	0.25
			0.666

Martha Rockwell

B. 1944-04-26, Providence, RI, USA
Cross Country Skiing

	1972	1976	HP
Women's 5 kilometres	18th	28th	2.5856
Women's 10 kilometres	16th	36th	6.40064
Women's 3x5 km Relay	11th		56
Women's 4x5 km Relay		9th	56
			64.98624

Michael Rocque

B. 1899, represented British India
Hockey (1 gold)

	1928	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Carlos Rocuant López

Cycling - Track represented Chile

	1928	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	R1	68.25
		68.25

Written 2001-01-25 - last modified 2023-11-23

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