Great Olympians

Biographies - RUZ

Gabriel Jesús Ruz Díaz

B. 1950-09-08, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Freestyle Wrestling
1968 1972 HP
Men's Featherweight (-63 kg) 20th 2.46
Men's Lightweight (-68 kg) 21st
2.46

Valery Aleksandrovich Ruzhnikov

B. 1939-12-24, Arkhangelsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Sailing
1968 HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon) 11th 64
64

Jovan Ružić

B. 1898-12-12, Beograd, Serbia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1973-09-26
Football
1920 HP
Men's Team R1 33.8
33.8

Jiří Růžička

B. 1941-06-04, from Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Basketball
1972 HP
Men's Team 8th 128
128

Josef Růžička

B. 1925-03-17, Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1986-04-11
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 silver)
1948 1952 HP
FR Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg) fifth 9th 1740
GR Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg) 9th silver 6240
7980

Karel Růžička

B. 1909-05-11, represented Czechoslovakia
Bobsleigh
1936 HP
Men's Two 20th 1.25
Men's Four dnf 1.92
3.17

Rudolf Růžička

represented Czechoslovakia
Modern Pentathlon
1928 HP
Men's Individual 30th 0.015
0.015

Vladimír Růžička

B. 1963-06-06, Most, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia in 1984 abd 1988
Ice Hockey (1 gold, 1 silver)
1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 HP
Men's Team silver sixth gold 6900
6900

Werner Ruzicka

B. 1943-12-26, Zuckmantel, now Zlaté Hory in Czechia, represented West Germany
Boxing
1968 HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg) R32 1.02
1.02

Zdeněk Růžička

B. 1925-04-15, Ivančice, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Gymnastics (2 bronze)
1948 1952 1956 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 7th 30th 26th 400.0704
Men's Team All-Around sixth 7th fourth 726
Men's Floor Exercise bronze 34th 29th 640
Men's Horse Vault 46th 87th 39th -
Men's Parallel Bars 7th 71st 33rd 100
Men's Horizontal Bar 17th 47th 10th 26
Men's Rings bronze 14th 22nd 644.1
Men's Pommeled Horse 30th 15th 38th 2.5
2538.6704

Hana Růžičková

B. 1941-02-18, Třebotov, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1981-05-29
Artistic Gymnastics (2 silver)
1960 1964 HP
Women's Individual Combined 33rd fifth 1000.00256
Women's Team Combined silver silver 2000
Women's Balance Beam fifth 250
3250.00256

Věra Růžičková

B. 1928-08-10, Brno, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2018-11-24
Gymnastics (1 gold)
1948 HP
Women's Team All-Around gold 3200
3200

Sabirzhan Sabitovich Ruziyev

B. 1953-06-15, Bekovodsk, Kyrgyzstan, represented the Soviet Union
Fencing (1 silver)
1976 1980 HP
Men's Foil, Individual fourth 2000
Men's Foil, Team fourth silver 1400
3400

He fought from Toshkent, Uzbekistan and is generally regarded Uzbek.

Maria Rużycka

B. 1905, Lvov, then part of Austria; from 1920 to 1945 Poland, now Lviv in Ukraine, D. 1961
Art Competitions
1936 HP
Painting - unknown event AC 3.724
3.724

Written 2016-12-22 - last modified 2023-10-18

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