Great Olympians

Biographies - SED

Mohamed Seddik Mohamed

B. 1940-04-14, Al-Ismailiyah, Egypt, represented the UAR; D. 1996-07-05
Football
1964 HP
Men's Team fourth 800
800

Charles Sederman

Olympic Competitor nr 3683

John Sedgewick

Olympic Competitor nr 5306

Marcel Sedille-Courbon

represented Belgium
Bobsleigh
1928 HP
Men's Four/Five sixth 480
480

James Walter "Jim" Sedin

B. 1930-06-25, Saint Paul, Minn., USA
Ice Hockey (1 silver)
1952 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Marie Šedivá

B. 1908-10-12, from Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1975-12-13
Fencing
1936 HP
Women's Foil, Individual R1:5th 0.064
0.064

The Czech Wikipedia tells us she competed for Slavia Praha.

Daniel Sedji

B. 1927-04-15, represented Côte d'Ivoire
Canoeing - Canadian Sprint
1972 HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 m Rep:5th 10.25
10.25

Fouad Ahmed Sedki

B. 1925-10-24, Al-Qahira, Egypt; D. 1996-01-12
Football
1948 1952 HP
Men's Team R1 R1 52.76
52.76

Mohamed Hamada Jehia Sedki

B. 1961-08-25, Al-Minya, Egypt
Football
1984 HP
Men's Team (QF) 287
287

Hugo Sedláček

represented Czechoslovakia
Aquatics - Water Polo
1920 HP
Men's Water Polo R1 45.5
45.5

Josef Sedláček

B. 1893-12-15, from Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Football
1920 1924 HP
Men's Team disq R2 526.38
526.38

Jaroslava Sedláčková

B. 1946-06-21, Lenešice, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Artistic Gymnastics (1 silver)
1964 HP
Women's Individual combined 11th 64
Women's Team combined silver 1000
1064

Justin Sedlák

B. 1955-01-14, Hostie, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Basketball
1976 HP
Men's Team sixth 320
320

Oldřich Sedlák

B. 1922-11-03, Brno, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1985-09-04
Ice Hockey
1952 HP
Men's Team fourth 800
800

Inge Sedlmaier

B. 1925-05-04, Landshut, Bay., Germany; D. 1976-03-13
Gymnastics
1952 HP
Women's Individual All-Around 54th -
Women's Team All-Around fifth 250
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus fourth 400
Women's Floor Exercise 52nd -
Women's Horse Vault 71st -
Women's Uneven Bars 58th -
Women's Balance Beam 73rd -
650

Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh

B. 1955-06-11, Rostov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union,
Track and Field (2 gold, 1 silver)
1976 1980 1984 1988 HP
Hammer Throw gold gold silver 37800
37800

He was born in Russia, but grew up in Nikopol, Ukraine. He competed from Kyiv After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Sedykh has represented both the Ukraine and Russia. He married twice, to Russian Athletes and had a daughter with both of them. His daughter Oksana Kondratyeva competed for Russia, while his other daughter Alexia Sedykh competed for France. The World Athletics Website calls him Russian. I shall do the same.
He was world champion in 1991.
The top-three from the Moskva Olympics returned to Seoul eight years later and again formed the entirely Soviet podium.

Written 2001-06-08 - last modified 2024-04-08

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