Great Olympians

Biographies - SAR

Franco Sar

B. 1933-12-21, Arborea, Italy; D. 2018-10-01
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Decathlon	sixth	13th	998.4
			998.4

Jesús Sarabia Romero

B. 1946-01-13, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Cycling - Road

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Road Race	43rd	9th	240.0000384
			240.0000384

Ampol Saranont

represented Thailand
Basketball

	1956	HP
Men's Team	15th	5
		5

Efstathios Sarantos

B. 1952-05-16, represented Greece
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1972	HP
Men's Team	R1:5th	8.6
		8.6

Carlo Saraudi

B. 1899-02-04, Civitavecchia, Italy; D. 1973
Boxing

	1924	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-79.4 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

Giulio Saraudi

B. 1938-07-03, Civitavecchia, Italy; D. 2005-04-20
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1960	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-81 kg)	bronze	3120
		3120

Mohammadhadi Abdullah Saravi Darkalaei

B. 1998-01-06, Amol, Iran
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	2021	2024	HP
Men's Heavyweight (-97 kg)	bronze	gold	12720
			12720

Ulrich "Üli" Sarbach

B. 1954-04-21, represented Switzerland
Shooting

	1984	HP
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions	29th	0.016
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone	12th	40
		40.016

(Erik) Rickard Sarby

B. 1912-09-19, Dannemora, Sweden; D. 1977-02-0
Sailing (1 bronze)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
One-Person Dinghy (Firefly)	fourth			8514
One-Person Dinghy (Finn)		bronze	fifth	8514
				8514

He designed the "Finn" class, which would be the official one-person Olympic type from 1952 to 1988.

Arcadie Sarcadi

B. 1925-01-15, Aiud, Romania
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1952	HP
Men's Team	R1	0.98
		0.98

Gianfranco Sardagna

B. 1935-05-28, Gorizia, Italy
Besketball

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Team	fourth	fifth	1300
			1300

Hassan Sardar

B. 1957-10-22, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Hockey (1 gold)

	1984	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Muhammad Sardar

B. 1944-03-02, Lahore, Pakistan
Freestyle Wrestling

	1968	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	10th	150
		150

Luis Sardella

B. 1911-07-11, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Boxing

	1932	HP
Men's Welterweight (-66.7 kg)	R1	79.13
		79.13

Armando Sardi

B. 1942-09-15, Monza, Italy
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's 200 metres	R1:30th	0.01
Men's 4x100 metres Relay	fourth	400
		400.01

Enrico Sardi

B. 1891-04-01, Genoa, Italy; D. 1969-07-04
Football

	1912	1920	HP
Men's Team	QF	sixth	484
			484

Olympic Competitor nr 5161

1912-06-29-10:00 - Football - round one - lost (Qc)
1912-07-01-19:00 - Football - consolation round - won (164)

Francisco Javier Sardo Olmedo

B. 1949-11-12, Mazatlán, Sin., Mexico
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's 4x400 m Relay	R1:14th	4
		4

Konstantin Sardzhev

B. 1943-04-17, Sofia, Bulgaria
Modern Pentathlon

	1968	HP
Men's Individual	35th	-2.13
Men's Team	11th	16
		16.00125

Veronika Šarec

B. 1968-05-08, Ljubljana, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Alpine Skiing

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Women's Super-G		27th		0.04
Women's Giant Slalom	20th	dnf		1
Women's Slalom		dnf	dnf	-7.43
				1.04000004416

Carlos Sareisian

B. 1916-01-03, represented Argentina
Bobsleigh

	1952	HP
Men's Four	8th	192
		192

Sydney Sarel

Olympic Competitor nr 3504

1908-07-14-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 3500 m Walk, round one, heat one - fifth (12.9)

André Sarens

Olympic Competitor nr 4091

1908-07-17-14:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - seventh

Marcos Sarfatti

B. 1929-04-26, represented Argentina
Boxing

	1952	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R1	1.253
		1.253

James Fred Robert "Dick" Sargeant

B. 1936-03-17, Kobe, Japan, represented Australia
Sailing (1 gold)

	1964	1968	HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)		fourth	8400
5.5 metres Class	gold		8400
			8400

Joanne Sargent

B. 1948-10-29, McBride, BC, Canada
Basketball

	1976	HP
Women's Team	sixth	320
		320

Hızır Sarı

B. 1951-02-19, represented Turkey
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	13th	38.4
		38.4

Mehmet Sarı

B. 1948-01-29, Tarsus, Türkiye
Freestyle Wrestling

	1976	HP
Men's Lightweight (-68 kg)	18th	3.84
		3.84

Ruhi Sarıalp

B. 1924-12-15, Manisa, Turkey; D. 2004-03-05
Athletics (1 bronze)

	1948	HP
Men's 4x100 m Relay	R1:dnf	2.5
Men's Triple Jump	bronze	3840
		3842.5

Cemil Sarıbacak

B. 1927, represented Turkey
Freestyle Wrestling

	1952	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	fifth	1500
		1500

Predrag Sarić

B. 1921-06-24, Velika Mučna, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1979-10-16
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	(SF:2nd)	1350
Men's Eights	Rep:3rd	26
		1376

Georgios Saridakis

B. 1885, represented Smyrna
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1906	HP
Men's 1500 m Race Walk	fourth	1200
Men's 3000 m Race Walk	bronze	1920
		3120

Olympic Competitor nr 3083

1906-04-30-16:00 - Athletics - 1500 m Walk - fourth (1200)
1906-05-02-10:00 - Athletics - 3000 m Walk - third (1920)

Ioannis Saridakis

B. 1888, from Thessaloniki, then in the Ottoman Empire
Football (1 bronze)

	1906	HP
Men's Team	bronze	960
		960

Olympic Competitor nr 2456

1906-04-23-08:30 - Football - match one - lost (QR)
1906-04-25-11:30 - Football - silver play-off - lost (960)

Toivo Kalervo Sariola

B. 1914-06-26, Zelenogorsk, then and now in Russia, represented Finland; D. 1985-04-03
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:4th	0.00009
Men's 4x100 metres Relay	R1:4th	17
		17.00009

Katarína Šarišská

B. 1965-09-28, Znojmo, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Artistic Gymnastics

	1980	HP
Women's Individual combined	QU:19th	-4.40
Women's Team combined	fourth	400
		400.00004

Sárkány István

B. 1913-08-05, Tököl, Hungary; D. 2009-11-27
Gymnastics

	1936	HP
Men's Individual combined (6 apparatuses)	64th	-
Men's Team combined	7th	100
Men's Floor Exercise	70th	-
Men's Vault	31st	0.0016
Men's Parallel Bars	76th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	58th	-
Men's Rings	29th	0.004
Men's Pommeled Horse	77th	-
		100.0056

Sárkány Miklós

B. 1908-08-15, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1998-12-20
Water Polo (2 gold)

	1932	1936	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Sarkadi Nagy Zsigmond

B. 1955-06-20, Budapest, Hungary
Cycling - Track

	1980	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	12th	30
		30

Piloo Sarkari

B. 1927, represented India
Cycling - Track

	1948	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	QU:15th	7.5
		7.5

Yurik Sarkisyan

B. 1961-08-14, Geghakert, Armenia, represented the Soviet Union in 1980 and Australia in 1996 and 2000
Weightlifting

	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg)	silver						7524
Men's Bantamweight (-59 kg)					seventh
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)						9th
							7524

After the 1993 World Championships in Melbourne, where he competed for Armenia, he was asked to stay in Australia, and was given Australian citizenship. He competed for Australia in 1996 and 2000 and has thus never represented Armenia at the Olympics.

Sárközi István

B. 1947-10-21, Jásztherény, Hungary; D. 1992-01-31
Football (1 gold)

	1968	HP
Men's Team	(gold)	287
		287

Samuel Sarkpa

B. 1961-07-26, represented Liberia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 400 metres	R1:55th	-6.10
		0.0000001

Unio Sarlin

B. 1893-01-06, Helsinki, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1981-03-19
Shooting

	1924	HP
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol	7th	600
		600

Unio Sarlin and Einar Liberg were among the eight shooters who scored a perfect 18, and among the three who were eliminated after the second shoot-off. Their score in that round is not known, but the Official report lists Arnaud, Marquis de Castelbajac as sixth, and Sarlin before Liberg among the "non-classés". I place Sarlin seventh and Liberg eighth, with due reservation.

Sarlós György

B. 1940-07-29, Budapest, Hungary
Rowing

	1960	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs				Rep:3rd	18.13
Men's Coxless Fours	Rep:2nd		silver		3204
					3222.13

Sarlós József

B. 1909-07-08, Štúrovo, Slovakia, then part of Hungary, represented Hungary; D. 1996-07-09
Gymnastics

	1936	HP
Men's Individual combined (6 apparatuses)	71st	-
Men's Team combined	7th	100
Men's Floor Exercise	72nd	-
Men's Vault	70th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	75th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	50th	-
Men's Rings	23rd	0.064
Men's Pommeled Horse	81st	-
		100.064

Pedro Enrique Sarmiento Solís

B. 1956-10-26, Medellín, Colombia
Football

	1980	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

Victoriano Sarmientos Bios

B. 1956-12-18, represented Cuba
Volleyball (1 bronze)

	1976	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Mirosława Sarna

B. 1942-06-08, Łódż, Poland
Athletics

	1968	HP
Women's Long Jump	fifth	1500
Women's 4x100 m Relay	R1:7th	5.2
		1505.2

Vincent Sarnelli

B. 1962-02-24, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France; D. 1986-02-06
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Craig Brian Sarner

B. 1949-06-20, Saint Paul, Minn., USA
Ice Hockey (1 silver)

	1972	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Klas Särner

B. 1891-12-25, Habo, Sweden; D. 1980-01-22
Gymnastics (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Team combined, Swedish system	gold	1600
		1600

Franz Josef Sarnitz

B. 1919-04-14, Wien, Austria; D. 1992-12-08
Shooting

	1960	HP
Men's Trap	28th	0.0384
		0.0384

Giuseppe Saronni

B. 1957-09-22, Novara, Italy
Cycling - Track

	1976	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	QF	430.5
		430.5

Sárosi László

B. 1946-10-12, Budapest, Hungary
Aquatics - Water Polo (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	bronze	silver	gold	8100
				8100

Abdoulaye Sarr

B. 1947-12-09, represented Senegal
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	R1:17th	R1:18th	R1:17th	15.84
				15.84

Ambroise Sarr

B. 1950-12-14, represented Senegal
Greco-Roman Wrestling & Freestyle Wrestling

	1976	1980	1984	1988	HP
GR Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	13th				50.7
GR Men's Heavyweight (-100 kg)				grp:8th	50.7
FR Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	12th				639
FR Men's Heavyweight (-100 kg)		8th	grp:5th		639
					689.7

Laurent Sarr

B. 1943, Pointe-Sarène, Senegal
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:20th	1.5
		1.5

Mamadou Sarr

B. 1938-08-11, Saint Louis, Senegal
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	1968	HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles	R1:25th	SF:8th	12.45
Men's 4x400 metres Relay		R1:12th	10
			22.45

Émile Pierre Sarrade

B. 1877-03-10, Paris, France; D. 1953-10-14
Rugby & Tug-of-War (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1900	HP
Men's Rugby Team	gold	3200
Men's Tug-of-War Team	silver	2000
		5200

Olympic Competitor nr 1029

1900-07-16-16:00? - Tug of War - lost (2000)
1900-10-14-15:00 - Rugby - match one - won
1900-10-28-15:00 - Rugby - match two - won - final classification - first (3200)

Jean Sarrazin

B. 1934-02-05, Saint Nizier, France
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1968	HP
Three-Day Event, Individual	32nd	-2.50
Three-Day Event, Team	fourth	400
		400.005

Raoul Sarrazin

B. 1938-07-26, Saint-Barthélemy, Québ., Canada
Boxing

	1960	HP
Men's Light−Welterweight (-63 kg)	R2	1.02
		1.02

(Pablo) Jorge Sarria Goicoechea

B. 1915-05-13, Callao, Peru
Fencing

	1948	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	QF:6th	0.455
		0.455

Luis Javier Sarría Pescador

B. 1949-05-08, Larache, Morocco, represented Spain
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	1976	HP
Men's 4x100 m Relay	R1:dnf	SF:dnf	2.06
			2.06

María Elena Sarría Díaz

B. 1954-09-14, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	HP
Women's Shot Put	11th	9th	336
			336

Giulio Sarrocchi

B. 1887-05-24, Roma, Italy; D. 1971-07-18
Fencing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1924	1928	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	FI:dns		50
Men's Sabre, Team	gold	silver	2600
			2650

Mohamed Sarsar

B. 1961-06-25, represented Tunisia
Volleyball

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Team	9th	12th	100
			100

Andrew Sartee

B. 1949-03-16, represented Liberia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:77th	-11.40
		-11.40

Leon Sarteel

B. 1882, Gent, Belgium; D. 1942
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Sculpture, Statues	AC	40.08
		40.08

Alain Sarteur

B. 1946-06-17, Plailly, France
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's 100 metres	SF:5th	130
		130

Angelo Sartini

sailor from Italian Naval ship Varese
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1906	HP
Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats	bronze	960
		960

Olympic Competitor nr 2753

1906-04-24-09:30 - Rowing - Sixteen-man Naval Rowing Boats - third (960)

Ampélio Sartor

B. 1921-05-28, Montebelluna, Italy, lived in Libourne, represented France
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	SF:2nd	1350
		1350

Aristide Sartor

B. 1923-07-28, Montebelluna, Italy, lived in Libourne, represented France
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	SF:2nd	1350
		1350

José Victorio Sartor

B. 1928-04-05, represented Argentina; D. 1982-08-24
Boxing

	1952	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg)	R1	4.05
		4.05

Alessio Sartori

Italy
Rowing (1 gold, 1 bronze)

1996 2000 2004 HP

Double Sculls bronze 4000

Quadruple Sculls fourth gold 7500

11500

Athanase Sartori

Olympic Competitor nr 5305

1912-07-01-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, 3 positions - 90th
1912-07-01-15:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Free position - 84th
1912-07-02-11:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle, 3 positions - 63rd

Giovanni "Gianni" Sartori

B. 1946-12-02, Pozzoleone, Italy
Cycling - Track

	1968	HP
Men's Time Trial	fourth	2400
		2400

Ítalo José Sartori de Zanno

B. 1919-11-29, Mariano del Friuli, Italy, represented Argentina
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	Rep:2nd	10.88
		10.88

Marco Enrico Sartori

B. 1938-12-14, Milano, Italy
Sailing

	1964	HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	10th	125
		125

Émile Sartorius

Olympic Competitor nr 4765

1908-10-22-15:00 - Football - semifinal - lost (Qb)
1908-10-23-15:00 - Football - bronze medal matches - DNS (307.5)

Paul Hélène Marie Joseph Sartorius

B. 1912-09-20, Roubaix, France; D. 2002-11
Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca

B. 1931-11-30, Madrid, Spain; D. 2002-07-22
Bobsleigh

	1956	HP
Two‐Man	fourth	2000
Four‐Man	9th	120
		2120

Marcel Sartos

represented Belgium
Boxing

	1928	HP
Men's Flyweight (-50.8 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Sarudate Mitsugi

B. 1962-12-18, Iwate, Japan
Track Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	11th	48
		48

Ram Sarup

represented India
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1956	HP
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)	8th	384
		384

Saruwatari Taketsugu

B. 1942-12-23, Fukuoka, Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	1968	HP
Men's 3000 metres Steeplechase	R1:14th	R1:9th	24.102
			24.102

Ghulam Sarwar

B. 1937-10-25, Kohat, K-P, (now) Pakistan
Boxing

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	R2	R3	80.15
			80.15

Tatyana Filippovna Sarycheva

B. 1949-02-07, New York, USA, lived in Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Volleyball (2 gold)

	1968	1972	HP
Women's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Pietro Sarzano

Olympic Competitor nr 4174

1908-07-18-10:30 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - fourth
1908-07-18-16:00 - Fencing - Sabre, individual, round one - sixth

Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2024-08-26

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	1996	2000	2004	HP
Double Sculls			bronze	4000
Quadruple Sculls	fourth	gold		7500
				11500