Great Olympians

Biographies - SAK

Saka Taihei

B. 1964-03-31, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Men's 100 m Butterfly	22nd	0.4
Men's 200 m Butterfly	9th	160
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	13th	6.4
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay	dnf	4
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	eighth	64
		234.8

Sakagami Yasutaro

B. 1912-01-09, Osaka, Japan; D. 1984-02-27
Water Polo

	1932	1936	HP
Men's Team	fourth	QU:4th	807.25
			807.25

Sakaguchi Fumiko

B. 1934-04-27, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:35th	0.001
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay	R1:10th	25
		25.001

Alan Sakai

B. 1954-11-21, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Judo

	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-63 kg)	R1	0.933
		0.933

Sakai Kazufumi

B. 1947-10-02, represented Japan
Basketball

	1972	HP
Men's Team	14th	8
		8

Sakai Yoshio

B. 1910-05-02, Tokyo, Japan
Hockey (1 silver)

	1932	1936	HP
Men's Team	silver	QU:2nd	2410
			2410

Sakai Ryokichi

represented Japan
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	ac	2.186
		2.186

Sakai Takao

B. 1959-10-31, Hokkaido, Japan
Bobsleigh

	1988	HP
Men's Two	dnf	-4.80
Men's Four	18th	1.92
		1.92008

Sakaibara Yoshimatsu

B. 1931-10-10, Kanagawa, Japan
Sailing

	1960	HP
Two−Person Keelboat (Star)	26th	0.08
		0.08

Dionis Sakalak

B. 1913-10-22, represented Turkey
Basketball

	1936	HP
Men's Team	Rep1	0.54
		0.54

Sakamoto Hiroshi

B. 1960-06-26, Hiroshima, Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Men's 200 m Freestyle	26th	0.064
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	13th	6.4
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay	dnf	4
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	eighth	64
		74.464

Sakamoto Kazuko

B. 1935-09-04, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke	SF:14th	24
		24

Makoto Douglas Sakamoto

B. 1947-04-08, Tokyo, Japan, represented the USA
Artistic Gymnastics

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Individual combined	20th		56th	1.000000064
Men's Team combined	7th		10th	125
				126.000000064

Sakamoto Seiya

B. 1944-10-24, Kumamoto, Japan
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1968	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Sakamoto Takao

B. 1958-12-19, Gunma, Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:15th	15
		15

Samakoto Tsutomu

B. 1962-08-03, Nanbu, Japan
Track Cycling (1 bronze)

	1984	HP
Men's Sprint	bronze	3840
Men's Time Trial	13th	38.4
		3878.4

Zurab Sak'andelidze

B. 1945-08-09, Kutaisi, Georgia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2004-01-25
Basketball (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team	bronze	gold	4480
			4480

Sakano Masaru

B. 1942-03-20, represented Japan
Modern Pentathlon

	1972	HP
Men's Individual	31st	-2.80
Men's Team	13th	6.4
		6.408

Sakashita Shizuko

B. 1933-12-08, represented Japan
Gymnastics

	1956	HP
Women's Individual combined	29th	0.016
Women's Team combined	sixth	160
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	sixth	160
Women's Floor Exercise	22nd	0.1
Women's Horse Vault	54th	-
Women's Uneven Bars	38th	-
Women's Balance Beam	16th	1.6
		321.716

Harold Toshiyuki Sakata

B. 1920-07-01, Hōlualoa, Haw., USA; D. 1982-07-29
Weightlifting (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

He became known as an actor - his most famous role being "Oddjob", the villain's assistent in the Bond movie "Goldfinger".

Vasilios Sakellarakis

B. 1933-04-02, Athina, Greece
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:27th	0.06
		0.06

Aristidis Sakellariou

B. 1911-02-05, Eleusina, Greece; D. 1992
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:5th	0.00000039
Men's 200 metres	R1:6th	0.000049
		0.00004939

Takis Sakellariou

represented Greece
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Literature - unknown event	AC	254.5
		254.5

Iraklis Sakellaropoulos

B. 1888-03-01, Smyrna, then in the Ottoman Empire, now İzmir in Turkey, represented Greece
Athletics

	1912	1920	1924	HP
Men's Marathon	26th	32nd	dnf	0.102
				0.102

Olympic Competitor nr 6638

1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - 26th (0.096)

(Frank) Warren Saker

B. 1907-08-10, Toronto, Ont., Canada; D. 1980-04-06
Canoeing - Canadian Flatwater (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000m	bronze	3200
Men's Canadian Doubles 10000m	silver	5000
		8200

Lukman Saketi

B. 1911, represented Indonesia
Shooting

	1956	HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol	30th	0.015
		0.015

Mahmoud Sakhaie

represented Iran
Shooting

	1948	HP
Men's Free Rifle	35th	0.0015
Men's Small−Bore Rifle	67th	-
		0.0015

Dimitar Sakhanikov

B. 1940-01-04, Sofia, Bulgaria; D. 2006-09-07
Basketball

	1968	HP
Men's Team	(10th)	20
		20

Vladimir Nikolayevich Sakhnov

B. 1961-04-25, Kamenka, Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Cross-Country Skiing (1 silver)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 30 km	fourth		1600
Men's 50 km	eighth		296
Men's 50 km Freestyle		12th	296
Men's 4 x 10 km Relay		silver	1000
			2896

Mamadou Sakho

B. 1951-01-25, represented Senegal
Greco-Roman Wrestling & Freestyle Wrestling

	1976	1980	1984	HP
GR Men's Super-Heavyweight (+100 kg)	10th			150
FR Men's Super-Heavyweight (+100 kg)	8th	sixth	fifth	2844
				2994

Sofia Sakorafa

B. 1957-04-29, Trikala, Greece
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	HP
Women's Javelin Throw	QU:nm	QU:nm	24.96
			24.96

Menelaos Sakorafos

B. 1867, Athina, Greece; D. 1943
Fencing & Rowing (1 silver)

	1906	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual, one hit	R1:ac	2.025
Men's Sabre, Team	silver	750
Men's Coxed Fours	8th	144
		896.025

Olympic Competitor nr 2640

1906-04-24-08:30 - Rowing - Coxed Fours - eighth (144)
1906-04-28-08:30 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, one hit, round one - AC (2.025)
1906-04-28-11:30 - Fencing - Sabre, team, semifinals - won (Q)
1906-04-28-16:30 - Fencing - Sabre, team, final - lost (750)

Sákovics József

B. 1927-07-26, Budapest, Hungary; D. 2009-01-02
Fencing (1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1952	1956	1960	HP
Foil, Team	bronze	bronze	fourth	1848
Épée, individual	fifth	SF:8th	fourth	3531.275
Épée, Team	SF:3rd	silver	fourth	1765.5
				7144.775

Kurt Sakowski

B. 1930-12-23, Berlin, Germany
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's 50 kilometres Walk	dnf	8th	256.00016
			256.00016

Absel-Karim Muhammad Mahmoud Ezzat Sakr

B. 1921-04-14, Al-Qahira, Egypt; D. 1994-03-05
Football

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Team	R1	R1	52.76
			52.76

Nikolay Nikoayevich Saksonov

B. 1923-01-06, Serga, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Weightlifting (1 silver)

	1952	HP
Featherweight (-60 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Øistein Saksvik

B. 1925-01-07, Ranheim, Norway; D. 1998-11-10
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:9th	0.068
		0.068

Dmitry Nikolayevich Sakunenko

B. 1930-01-07, Altay Kray, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2014-09-13
Speed Skating

	1956	HP
Men's 5000 metres	16th	6.4
		6.4

Sakurai Hideo

B. 1948-08-14, Hokkaido, Japan
Ice Hockey

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team	9th	Prel:6th	106
			106

Sakurai Junko

B. 1967-12-10, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Women's 400 m Freestyle	19th	1.6
Women's 800 m Freestyle	18th	2.56
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	10th	25
		29.16

Sakurai Koji

B. 1936-02-18, Tokyo, Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Triple Jump	7th	QU:31st	QU:17th	606.0096
				606.0096

Sakurai Takao

B. 1941-09-25, Sawara, Japan; D. 2012-01-10
Boxing (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Sakurai Tomotari

represented Japan
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	ac	2.186
		2.186

Sakurama Koji

B. 1938-02-12, Tokushima, Japan
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)		fifth	2460
Men's Featherweight (-63 kg)	sixth		2460
			2460

Written 2011-10-02 - last modified 2024-09-11

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.