Great Olympians

Biographies - SME

Claude Vincent Smeal

B. 1918-09-22, Waverley, NSW, Australia; D. 1993-01-01
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's Marathon	45th	0.000015
		0.000015

Sigurd Smebye

Olympic Competitor nr 6093

1912-07-08-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - third (640)

Silva Smedberg

Olympic Competitor nr 6874

1912-07-17-19:40 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, outriggers, round one - second (108.8)

Raymond John "Ray" Smedley

B. 1951-09-03, Birmingham, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's 1500 metres	SF:28th	0.0256
		0.0256

Rolf Smedmark

Olympic Competitor nr 5488

1912-07-06-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-06-15:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, semifinals - DNF (0.043)
1912-07-13-10:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Standing High Jump, qualification - seventh (600)

Viktor Smeds

Olympic Competitor nr 3771

1908-07-15-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Finland - third (480)

Harald Smedvik

Olympic Competitor nr 3947

1908-07-16-15:15 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Norway - second (750)

Raymond Leslie "Ray" Smee

B. 1930-10-25, from Bondi, NSW, represented Australia
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Team	R1	9th	80.98
			80.98

Bernard Smeekens

B. 1951-05-23, Brussel, Belgium
Hockey

	1976	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

He was also on the team in 1972, but did not play.

Johannes Godefridus "Jan" Smeekens

B. 1920-07-13, Ginneken en Bavel, the Netherlands; D. 1982-06-23
Weightlifting

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	12th	12th	120
			120

Joseph Smeets

B. 1959-08-11, Mons-lez-Liège, Belgium
Cycling - Track

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Individual Pursuit	10th		150
Men's Team Pursuit	10th	eighth	267
			417

Georg Smefjell

B. 1937-06-09, Mysen, Norway; D. 2015-12-06
Ice Hockey

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	10th	11th	82
			82

Adam Smelczyński

B. 1930-09-14, Częstochowa, Poland; D. 2021-06-14
Shooting (1 silver)

	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	HP
Men's Trap	silver	7th	32nd				9477.6066
Trap				sixth	11th	sixth	9477.6066
							9477.6066

Donna Smellie

B. 1964-09-02, Mississauga, Ont., Canada
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's Heptathlon	17th	6
		6

Abbondio Smerghetto

B. 1931-03-10, Venezia, Italy
Rowing

	1952	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	2Rep:2nd	324
		324

Ferdinando Smerghetto

B. 1927-11-27, from Venezia, represented Italy
Rowing

	1952	HP
Men's Eights	1Rep:2nd	34
		34

Peter Smessaert

B. 1908-07-20 in Belgium, represented the USA; D. 2000-11-22
Cycling - Road

	1928	HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial	62nd	-
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team	15th	2.5
		2.5

Jean Smet

represented Belgium
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1928	HP
Men's Lightweight (-66 kg)	QF	312
		312

Marcus "Marc" Smet

B. 1951-02-05, Mortsel, Belgium
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 5000 metres	SF:16th		6.4
Men's 10000 metres	7th		400
Men's Marathon		13th	38.4
			444.8

Omer Smet

B. 1890-12-13, represented Belgium; D. 1984-07-12
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 400 m Hurdles	R1:4th	2.4
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay	SF:4th	20.5
Men's 4 x 400 m Relay	sixth	160
		182.9

René Smet

B. 1898, from Bruxelles, represented Belgium
Rowing & Boxing

	1920	HP
Men's Eights	R1:2nd	287
Welterweight (-66.7 kg)	R2	79.13
		366.13

Antoine Joseph Ghislain "Tony" Smet

B. 1870-02-16, Tournai, Belgium
Fencing

	1900	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	14th	24
Men's Épée, Individual	QF:ac	0.361
		24.361

Olympic Competitor nr 258

1900-05-14-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual round one day one (Q)
1900-05-16-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual quarter final (Q)
1900-05-18-13:30 - Fencing - Foil, Individual semi-final day one
1900-05-19-13:30 - Fencing - Foil, Individual semi-final day two - eighth (QC)
1900-05-21-10:00 - Fencing - Foil, Individual consolation - sixth (24)
1900-06-06-15:00? - Fencing - Épée, Individual, round one, pool 16 - first (Q)
1900-06-07-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, Individual, quarter-final - AC (0.361)

Raissa Petrovna Smetanina

B 1952-02-29, Mokhcha, Komi Republic, Russia, represented the Soviet Union until 1988, the Unified Team in 1992
Cross-Country Skiing (4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)

	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	HP
Women's 5 kilometres	silver	gold	11th	10th		10564
Women's 10 kilometres	gold	fourth	silver			21500
Women's 10 km Classical				silver
Women's 15 km Classical					fourth
Women's 20 kilometres			silver			6560
Women's 20 km Freestyle				bronze		6560
Women's 4x5 km	gold	silver	fourth	-	gold	6300
						44924

At 39 and 354 days, she still competed in 1992 to win her tenth Olympic medal, becoming the oldest woman to win winter gold. But of course she had yet to celebrate her tenth birthday at the time, being born on the 29th of February.

Henri Smets

B. 1896-12-23, represented Belgium
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:8th	0.013
Men's 3000 m Team	SF:4th	160
Men's Cross-Country	33rd	0.0032
Men's Cross-Country, Team	sixth	160
		320.0162

Pierre Smets

B. 1950-03-19, represented Belgium
Judo

	1972	HP
Men's Open Class	R1	0.528
		0.528

Written 2001-06-10 - last modified 2024-01-30

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

	1972	HP
Women's 100 m Breaststroke	7th	400
Women's 200 m Breaststroke	10th	100
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	8th	64
		564