Great Olympians

Biographies - SEL

Niyazi Sel

B. 1908-03-12, İstanbul, Turkey; D. 1980
Football

	1936	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Yoel Sela

B. 1951-06-10, represented Israel
Sailing

	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	17th		8th	fourth	20th	2326.25
						2326.25

(Leif) Arve Seland

B. 1963-12-12, Arendal, Norway
Football

	1984	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

Aurel Șelaru

B. 1935-03-15, București, Romania
Cycling - Road

	1960	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-24.60
Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial	sixth	480
		480

Jopie Selbach

B. 1918-07-27, Haarlem, the Netherlands; D. 1998-04-30
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold)

	1936	HP
Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay	gold	1600
		1600

Bertha Carolina "Toetie" Selbach

B. 1934-04-11, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Women's Individual All-Around	121st	-
Women's Team All-Around	14th	4
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	sixth	160
Women's Floor Exercise	117th	-
Women's Horse Vault	126th	-
Women's Uneven Bars	93rd	-
Women's Balance Beam	123rd	-
		164

Catharina "Tootje" Selbach

B. 1928-03-14, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Women's Individual All-Around	94th	-
Women's Team All-Around	14th	4
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	sixth	160
Women's Floor Exercise	125th	-
Women's Horse Vault	86th	-
Women's Uneven Bars	101st	-
Women's Balance Beam	56th	-
		164.000000016

Muzaffer Selçuk

B. 1961-08-12, Sarıkamiş, Türkiye
Cross-Country Skiing

	1984	HP
Men's 15 km	dnf	-14.64
		-14.64

Pierre Joseph Louis Selderslagh

B. 1872-11-14, Bruxelles, Belgium; D. 1955-01-23
Fencing

	1900	HP
Men's Foil for Masters, Individual	10th	150
		150

Olympic Competitor nr 371

1900-05-22-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters round one day one
1900-05-23-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters round one day two (Q)
1900-05-24-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters round two (Q)
1900-05-27-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters semi-final day one
1900-05-28-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters semi-final day two - fifth (QC)
1900-05-29-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters consolation - second (150)

Sacit Seldüz

B. 1923-03-27, from İstanbul, represented Turkey; D. 2018-09
Basketball

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QR:4th	0.252
		0.252

Raimond "Remo" Sele

B. 1948-06-07, represented Liechtenstein
Shooting

	1972	1976	1980	1984	HP
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone	81st				-8.10
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone				65th	-8.10
					-8.10

Theodor Sele

B. 1931-04-20, Triesenberg, Liechtenstein
Alpine Skiing

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Men's Downhill	90th			-
Men's Combined	58th			0.0000000192
Men's Giant Slalom			70th	-
Men's Slalom			45th	0.00001
				0.0000100192

Werner Sele

B. 1951-06-24, Triesenberg, Liechtenstein
Luge

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Singles	36th	39th	0.0012
			0.0012

(İsmail) Yavuz Selekman

B. 1937-02-15, represented Turkey
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1964	HP
Men's Middleweight (-87 kg)	7th	600
		600

Bakari Seleman

B. 1955-06-05, represented Tanzania
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Light Flyweight (-48 kg)	R1	1.088
		1.088

Georg Selenius

Olympic Competitor nr 6309

1912-07-10-10:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system, Norway - first (1600)

Dimitrios Seletopoulos

B. 1963-05-28, represented Greece
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Team	eighth	9th	10th	258
				258

Larisa Yuryevna Seleznyova

B. 1963-09-12, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Figure Skating (1 bronze)

	1984	1988	HP
Pairs	bronze	fourth	5200
			5200

Louis Henry Self

B. 1950-02-12, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

(Johan) Robert Selfelt

B. 1903-05-22, Fägre, Sweden; D. 1987-08-24
Equestrianism - Eventing (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1948	HP
Three−Day Event, Individual	bronze	3200
Three−Day Event, Team	silver	1000
		4200

Hanno Selg

B. 1932-05-31, Tartu, Estonia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2019-10-02
Modern Pentathlon (1 silver)

	1960	HP
Men's Individual	10th	125
Men's Team	silver	1000
		1125

Rudolf "Rudi" Seliger

B. 1951-09-20, Mühlheim an der Ruhr, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Football

	1972	HP
Men's Team	SF:3rd	410
		410

Edgar Seligman

B. 1907-01-08, San Francisco, Cal., USA, represented Great Britain
Fencing & Art Competitions (3 silver)

	1906	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1932	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R1:3rd		sixth	R1:4th	FI:dnf			1281.042
Men's Foil, Team				SF:3rd	QF:3rd			318
Men's Épée, Individual	SF:ac	R1:4th	sixth					863.38
Men's Épée, Team	silver	silver	silver	SF:4th				1913
Men's Sabre, Individual					SF:dnf			0.032
Painting						ac(2)	ac	51.666
								4427.12

Olympic Competitor nr 2518

1906-04-23-09:00 - Fencing - Foil, Individual, round one - third (4.211)
1906-04-24-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - first (Q)
1906-04-24-11:00 - Fencing - Épée, team - round one, match one - won (Q)
1906-04-25-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, semifinals - AC (63.38)
1906-04-26-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals - won (Q)
1906-04-26-11:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, final - lost (750)
1908-07-18-10:30 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - fourth
1908-07-20-15:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one - won (81)
1912-07-06-16:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-07-13:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, quarterfinals - second (Q)
1912-07-08-09:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, semifinals - first (Q)
1912-07-08-13:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, final - sixth (960)
1912-07-09-15:40? - Fencing - Épée, team, semifinals, match six - won (*)
1912-07-10-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, final, match one - won
1912-07-10-14:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, final, match six - lost - second (1000)
1912-07-11-12:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-12-12:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, quarterfinals - third (Q)
1912-07-13-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, semifinals - first (Q)
1912-07-13-14:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, final - sixth (800)

(*) it is also possible that Seligman fenced against Bohemia (match ten) in stead of Denmark

Aleksey Selikhov

Olympic Competitor nr 6707

1912-07-16-14:00 - Equestrianism - Jumping, individual - 22nd (0.5)
1912-07-17-13:00 - Equestrianism - Jumping, team - fifth (250)

Yury Gennadyevich Selikhov

B. 1943-01-22, Novosibirsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Basketball (1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Abdou Selim

B. 1936, Al-Iskanderiya, Egypt, represented the United Arab Republic
Football

	1960	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

(Ali) Ismail Selim Mohamed

B. 1944-10-08, represented Egypt
Basketball

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	16th	12th	23.2
			23.2

Mohamed Selim Soheim

B. 1947-07-07, Al-Qahira, Egypt
Boxing

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Light−Flyweight (-48 kg)	R1		81.371
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)		R16	81.371
			81.371

(Mohamed) Saleh Selim

B. 1930-09-11, Al-Qahira, Egypt, represented the United Arab Republic; D. 2002-05-06
Football

	1960	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

Nermedin Selimov Hyuseinov

B. 1954-01-03, Bisertsi, Bulgaria
Freestyle Wrestling (1 bronze)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	fifth	bronze	5340
			5340

Actually, Selimov was his patronymic - his real family name was Hyuseinov.

Alla Selina

B. 1954-01-05, represented the Soviet Union
Diving

	1972	HP
Women's Platform	10th	100
		100

Boris Sergeyevich Selitsky

B. 1938-09-22, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Weightlifting (1 gold)

	1968	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Pāvels Seļivanovs

B. 1952-07-23, Rīga, Latvia, represented the Soviet Union
Volleyball (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team	silver	gold	5200
			5200

Roman Seljak

B. 1934-09-27, Žiri, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1994-04-08
Cross-Country Skiing

	1964	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	46th	-5.64
Men's 30 kilometres	45th	-4.10
Men's 4x10 kilometres Relay	12th	10
		10.0000164

Barbara A. Selkridge

B. 1971-06-07, represented Antigua & Barbuda
Athletics

	1988	HP
Women's 400 metres	R1:37th	-3.40
		0.0004

Oral Armstrong Lincoln Selkridge

B. 1962-08-20, represented Antigua & Barbuda
Athletics

	1988	HP
Men's 4x400 m Relay	R1:18th	0.64
Men's 400 m Hurdles	R1:33rd	-2.38
		0.64384

Walter Sell

from Wien, represented Austria
Ice Hockey

	1928	HP
Men's Team	Qu:2nd	340
		340

Gabriele Sella

B. 1963-04-15, Cawvarzere, Italy
Track Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep3Fin	195
		195

John Sellars

Olympic Competitor nr 3310

1908-07-09-14:00? - Shooting - Free Rifle, free position - sixth (480)

Úrsula Selle Knauf

B. 1933-06-18, represented Venezuela
Fencing

	1952	HP
Women's Foil, individual	R1:6th	0.0041
		0.0041

Rex Sellers

B. 1950-11-11, Nelson, New Zealand
Sailing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1984	1988	1992	1996	HP
Two-person Catamaran (Tornado)	gold	silver	fourth	15th	18765.625
					18765.625

Hildegard Sellhuber

B. 1950-07-07, Inzell, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany
Speed Skating

	1968	HP
Women's 500 metres	21st	0.64
Women's 1000 metres	16th	6.4
Women's 1500 metres	9th	160
		167.04

Anthony Sellier

B. 1950-11-13, Mount Lambert, Trinidad & Tobago
Cycling - Track & Cycling - Track

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Time Trial		20th	1.5
Men's Team Pursuit	QU:20th		0.75
Men's Road Race	dnf		-28.60
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	28th		0.0192
			2.2692

Patrick Sellier

B. 1948-01-20, represented France
Rowing

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	9th	Rep:3rd	130.88
			130.88

Enn Sellik

B. 1954-12-10, Lisaku, Estonia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 5000 metres	11th	R1:25th	64.1
Men's 10000 metres		8th	256
			320.1

Albert "Al" Sellinger

B. 1914-07-06, Newark, NJ, USA; D. 1986-04-15
Track Cycling

	1936	HP
Men's Sprint	R2	79.13
Men's 1000m Time Trial	10th	150
Men's Tandem Sprint	QF	717.5
		946.63

Séllyei István

B. 1950-06-08, Eger, Hungary; D. 2020-07-19
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1976	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	sixth	960
		960

Franz Seltenheim

B. 1916, from Wien, represented Austria
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:33rd	0.00256
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	R1:11th	1.6
		1.60256

Marianne Seltsam

B. 1932-05-16, Tegernsee, Bay., Germany; D. 2014-02-06
Alpine Skiing

	1952	1956	HP
Women's Giant Slalom	10th	12th	140
Women's Slalom	35th	dnf	0.001
			140.001

Ezio Selva

B. 1902-03-20, Locarno, Switzerland, represented Italy; D. 1957-12-29
Aquatics - Diving

	1928	HP
Men's Platform	QU:8th	0.328
		0.328

Antonio Selvaggio

B. 1958-01-01, Palermo, Italy
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:30th	0.01
		0.01

Pietro "Piero" Selvaggio

B. 1958-01-01, Palermo, Italy
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:35th	-2.10
		0.001

Rajaratnam S. Selvanayagam

B. 1921, Taiping, Perak, now in Malaysia, represented Malaya; D. 1999-12-26
Hockey

	1956	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

Karunkarer "Karu" Selvaratnam

B. 1941-01-28, from Kuala Lumpur, represented Malaysia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles	R1:30th	0.015
Men's 4x400 metres Relay	R1:16th	1.6
		1.615

Humberto Selvetti

B. 1932-03-31, Colón, Argentina; D. 1992
Weightlifting (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1952	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+90 kg)	bronze	silver		17th	9846
					9846

Warwick Perrins Selvey

B. 1939-12-003, Beecroft, NSW, Australia; D. 2018-08-16
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Shot Put	15th		15
Men's Discus Throw	21st	QU:19th	3.36
			18.36

Stanislav Nikolayevich Selyanin

B. 1936-08-12, Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating

	1968	HP
Men's 5000 metres	11th	64
Men's 10000 metres	10th	100
		164

(Wolfgang) Peter Selzer

B. 1946-06-25, Torgau, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Athletics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's 50 km Walk	fourth	fifth	2600
			2600

Written 2001-06-08 - last modified 2025-02-01

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