Great Olympians

Biographies - RUT

Tadeusz Rut

B. 1931-10-11, Przeworsk, Poland; D. 2002-03-27
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)
1956 1960 1964 HP
Men's Discus Throw QU:17th 6
Men's Hammer Throw 14th bronze 10th 4014
4020

Chester J. Rutecki

B. 1916-08-08, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 1976-08-03
Boxing
1936 HP
Men's Welterweight (-66.7 kg) R2 79.13
79.13

Siniša Rutešić

B. 1960-10-17, Šibenik, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Rowing
1976 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs 12th 50
50

Gregory Koch Ruth

B. 1939-08-09, Bethlehem, Penn., USA
Freestyle Wrestling
1964 HP
Men's Lightweight (-70 kg) sixth 960
960

Josse Ruth

B. 1896, represented Belgium
Athletics
1924 HP
Men's Pentathlon 19th 1.6
Men's Decathlon 17th 4
5.6

Geertruida Hendrika "Trudy" Ruth

B. 1950-05-20, Hilversum, the Netherlands
Athletics - Track & Field
1972 HP
Women's 400 metres SF:8th 8.2
8.2

Greg Rutherford

B. 1986-11-17, Milton Keynes, England, Great Britain
Track & Field (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2008 2012 2016 HP
Men's Long Jump 10th gold bronze 13590
13590

Monica Kathleen Rutherford

B. 1944-03-29, Sunderland, England, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
1964 HP
Women's Individual combined 77th -11.40
-11.40

Walter Mathers Rutherford

B. 1857-09-23, Crailing, Scotland, Great Britain; D. 1913-10-15
Golf (1 silver)
1900 HP
Men' s individual silver 6000
6000

Olympic Competitor nr 1630

Charles Eric Ruthford

B. 1950-09-26, Yakima, Wash., USA
Rowing
1972 HP
Men's Coxed Fours fifth 750
750

Manfred Ruthner

B. 1952-01-30, represented Austria
Rowing
1972 HP
Men's Eights 12th 20
20

Mohamed Rutitinga

B. 1959-12-29, represented Tanzania
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 HP
Men's 5000 metres R1:37th -3.40
0.0004

Jadwiga Maria Rutkowska

B. 1934-02-02, Żyrardów, Poland; D. 2004-06-19
Volleyball (1 bronze)
1964 HP
Women's Team bronze 1280
1280

Roman Augustyn Rutkowski

B. 1946-05-28, Szczecin, Poland
Sailing
1972 HP
Two Person Keelboat (Tempest) 12th 50
50

Tadeusz Rutkowski

B. 1951-04-25, Kraków, Poland
Weightlifting (2 bronze)
1976 1980 HP
Men's Heavyweight (-110 kg) bronze 7680
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+110 kg) bronze
7680

Wojciech Rutkowski

B. 1935-11-19, Warszawa, Poland; D. 1994-05-29
Volleyball
1968 HP
Men's Team fifth 500
500

(Michael) Ross Rutledge

B. 1962-07-07, Vancouver, BC, Canada; D. 2004-04-23
Hockey
1984 1988 HP
Men's Team 10th 11th 82
82

Donald Rutnam

B. 1902-09-19, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), represented (British) India; D. 1968
Tennis
1924 HP
Men's Doubles QF 430.5
430.5

He was born and educated in Ceylon, so I attach Sri Lankan nationality to him.

(Sven) Anders Rutqvist

B. 1958-08-30, Krokom, Sweden
Aquatics - Swimming
1980 HP
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay (fourth) 64
64

René Rutschmann

B. 1941-01-07, Winterthur, Switzerland
Cycling - Road
1960 1964 HP
Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial 9th 16th 124.8
124.8

Katrin Rutschow

competed in 2000 and 2004 as

Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski

B. 1975-04-02, Waren, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Single Sculls bronze gold 20160
Quadruple Sculls gold 7200
27360

Jozefus Alphons Marie "Jo" Rutten

B. 1934-05-20, Grathem, the Netherlands; D. 2007-03-21
Equestrianism - Dressage
1976 1980 1984 HP
Dressage, Individual 9th 28th 200.032
Dressage, Team 7th fourth 500
700.032

Ruttkay Iván

B. 1926-02-03, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2013-06-30
Speed Skating
1948 HP
Men's 500 metres 37th 0.0004
Men's 1500 metres 10th 100
Men's 5000 metres 13th 25.6
Men's 10000 metres 15th 10
135.6004

Reginald Patrick "Paddy" Ruttle

B. 1931-01-11, Bray, Ireland, represented Canada; D. 2019-03-11
Hockey
1964 HP
Men's Team R1:7th 10.4
10.4

Mieczysław Rutyna

B. 1931-05-29, Wielowieś, Poland
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 1968 HP
Men's 20 kilometres Walk 26th 26th 0.128
Men's 50 kilometres Walk dnf 22nd 0.4016
0.5296

Written 2000-12-25 - last modified 2024-06-20

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