Great Olympians

Biographies - SOL

Eetje Sol

Olympic Competitor nr 4754

1908-10-22-13:00 - Football - semifinal - lost (Qb)
1908-10-23-15:00 - Football - bronze medal match - won (960)

Guillerma Solá Aravena

B. 1929-06-25, represented Chile
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 3000m Steeplechase	R1:10th	0.026
		0.026

Bernat Sola Pujol

B. 1965-09-05, Barcelona, Spain
Ski Jumping

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Normal Hill	56th	57th	0.000000104
Men's Large Hill	50th	51st	0.00000164
			0.000001744

Ignacio Sola Cortabarria

B. 1944-02-01, Bilbao, Spain
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Pole Vault	15th	9th	255
			255

Raúl Sola

B. 1898, represented Argentina
Fencing

	1924	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	SF:5th	21.5
Men's Sabre, Team	SF:3rd	205
		226.5

Alberto Solanas Galán

B. 1955-11-06, Zaragoza, Spain
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:17th	6
		6

Adrián Francisco Napoleon Solano Sánchez

B. 1951-10-17, San José, Costa Rica
Cycling - Road

	1968	HP
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	27th	0.03
		0.03

Álvaro Enrique Solano Artavia

B. 1961-06-25, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Football

	1984	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

Humberto Francisco Agu Solano Sánchez

B. 1944-12-09, San José, Costa Rica; D. 2010-06-18
Cycling - Road

	1968	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-24.24
		-24.24

Joaquín Solano Chagoya

B. 1913-06-02, Chocontepec, Ver., Mexico; D. 2003-02-15
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1948	HP
Three−Day Event, Individual	23rd	0.32
Three−Day Event, Team	bronze	640
		640.32

Juan Solano Rovira

B. 1953-05-05, Barcelona, Spain
Rowing

	1980	HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls	fifth	750
		750

Miguel Solano Bustamante

B. 1946-10-29, Santoña, Spain
Rowing

	1968	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	Rep:6th	4.1
		4.1

Franz Solar

B. 1882, represented Austria
Athletics - Track & Field & Tug-of-War & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1906	HP
Men's Shot Put	ac	162
Men's Pentathlon	24th	0.18
Men's Tug-of-War	fourth	600
Men's Middleweight (85 kg)	QF	680
		1442.18

Olympic Competitor nr 2982

1906-04-26-15:00 - Wrestling - Greco-Roman - Middleweight (85 kg), round one - won (Q)
1906-04-26-16:00 - Wrestling - Greco-Roman - Middleweight (85 kg), quarterfinals - lost (680)
1906-04-27-15:30- Athletics - Pentathlon, 3 events - 24th (0.18)
1906-04-27-16:30 - Athletics - Shot Put - AC (162)
1906-04-30-16:00 - Tug-of-War - semifinals - lost (QB)
1906-04-30-16:30 - Tug-of-War - bronze medal match - lost (600)

Ingeborg "Inge" Solar

B. 1926-12-21, from Wien, represented Austria; D. 19
Figure Skating

	1948	HP
Women's Singles	20th	1.5
		1.5

Josip Šolar

B. 1903, Ljublkana, Slovenia, then part of Austria, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1955
Cycling - Road

	1928	HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial	37th	0.0005
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team	12th	10
		10.0005

Victorio Hugo Solares Hurtate

B. 1932-02-05, represented Guatemala
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:7th	0.0000017
Men's 3000m Steeple	R1:dnf	0.0015
		0.0015017

César Solari

B. 1946-11-02, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Freestyle Wrestling

	1968	HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	21st	0.96
		0.96

Jerzy Michał Solarz

B. 1930-02-12, Kraków, Poland; D. 1984-12-30
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	148th	-
Men's Team All-Around	13th	6.4
Men's Floor Exercise	35th	0.00025
Men's Horse Vault	162nd	-
Men's Parallel Bars	107th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	178th	-
Men's Rings	154th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	114th	-
		6.40025

Armand Solbach

B. 1904-05-10, Paris, France
Gymnastics

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Men's Individual Combined (9 events)	11th		52nd	64
Men's Team Combined	fourth		8th	464
Men's Vault	36th		81st	-
Men's Parallel Bars	12th		56th	10
Men's Horizontal Bar	9th		44th	40
Men's Rings	8th		48th	64
Men's Pommeled Horse	14th		44th	4
Men's Floor Exercise			60th	-
				646

Magnar Solberg

B. 1937-02-04, Sokndal, Norway
Biathlon (2 gold, 1 silver)

1968 1972 HP

20 km gold gold 16000

4 x 7.5 km silver fourth 1400

17400

	1968	1972	HP
20 km	gold	gold	16000
4 x 7.5 km	silver	fourth	1400
			17400

Olaf Solberg

Olympic Competitor nr 6726

1912-07-17-11:00 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, inriggers, round one - second (810)
1912-07-17-13:00 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Trine Solberg-Hattestad

and in 1996 and 2000 as

Trine Hattestad

B. 1966-04-18, Lørenskog, Norway
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	HP
Women's Javelin Throw	fifth	18th	fifth	bronze	gold	20554.8
						20554.8

Josip Šolc

B. 1898, Zagreb, Croatia, then part of Hungary, represented Yugoslavia; D. 1945-05
Football

	1920	HP
Men's Team	consolation match	0
		0

There was a (friendly) match between Yugoslavia and Egypt, which should not be counted as a part of the Olympics, so I don't award points for this performance. In accordance with tradition, however, the four players who played (only) in this match are considered Olympians.

Gino Soldà

B. 1907-03-08, Recoaro Terme, Italy; D. 1989-11-08
Cross Country Skiing

	1932	HP
Men's 18 km	26th	0.064
		0.064

Veniamin Vasilyevich Soldatenko

B. 1939-01-04, Shkurovka, Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1972	HP
Men's 50 km Walk	silver	4000
		4000

Aleksandr Soldatenkov

Olympic Competitor nr 6152

1912-07-09-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, team, round one, match one - lost - third (27)
1912-07-11-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - fifth

Francesc Solé i Plana

B. 1900, from Barcelona, represented Spain
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1924	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	R3	14.18
		14.18

Fernando Soledade

Olympic Competitor nr 7344

1920-08-02-08:00 - Shooting - Free Pistol, team - third (640)
1920-08-02-11:00? - Shooting - Free Pistol - AC (0.064)
1920-08-03-14:30? - Shooting - Military Pistol, team - fourth (400)

Ali Reza Karbalai Soleimani

B. 1956-02-02, Tehran, Iran
Freestyle Wrestling

	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	12th					1020
Men's Super-Heavyweight (-130 kg)					sixth	1020
						1020

Richard Earl "Buddy" Solem

B. 1926-06-21, Chicago, Ill., USA; D. 2007-08-06
Speed Skating

	1948	HP
Men's 5000 metres	27th	0.04
Men's 10000 metres	19th	1.6
		1.64

Hakon Solem

B. 1908-07-10, Oslo, Norway; D. 1993-12-07
Sailing

	1948	HP
6 metres	fourth	800
		800

Gabriel Soler i Nonell

B. 1953-03-10, Barcelona, Spain
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1972	HP
Men's Team	10th	50
		50

Jorge S. Soler

represented Argentina
Gymnastics

	1948	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	113th	-
Men's Team All-Around	15th	2.5
Men's Floor Exercise	110th	-
Men's Horse Vault	101st	-
Men's Parallel Bars	112th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	102nd	-
Men's Rings	109th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	107th	-
		2.5

Roger Seras Soler

B. 1960-09-20, represented Peru
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:40th	-3.10
		0.0001

Marco Solfrini

B. 1958-03-30, Brescia, Italy; D. 2018-03-24
Basketball (1 silver)

	1980	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Leif Sigurd Solheim

B. 1932-07-14, Oslo, Norway
Ice Hockey

	1952	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

Øivind Solheim

B. 1928-05-28, Østre Aker, Norway; D. 2017-07-24
Ice Hockey

	1952	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

Luciano Soli

B. 1937-10-12, Roma, Italy
Hockey

	1960	HP
Men's Team	(13th)	3.2
		3.2

G. Solidakis

represented Greece
Athletics - Track & Field

	1906	HP
Men's Marathon	dnf	-6.29
		0.00000029

Olympic Competitor nr 3128

1906-05-01-15:05 - Athletics - Marathon - dnf

Armand Solie

B. 1944-04-28, Gent, Belgium
Hockey

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	9th	10th	9th	210
				210

Ahmed Soliman

from Al-Qahira, represented Egypt
Football

	1928	HP
Men's Team	(fourth)	287
		287

Emad Mohamed Soliman

B. 1959-07-23, Al-Jizah, Egypt
Football

	1984	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Fawzi Soliman Hassan

B. 1939-01-23, represented the United Arab Republic (Egypt)
Boxing

	1964	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	R32	1.02
		1.02

Mohamed Abid Soliman

B. 1945-08-20, Al-Qahira, Egypt
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	15th	50.5
			50.5

Mohamed Sayed Soliman

B. 1958-11-02, represented Egypt
Basketball

	1984	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Mohamedi Mahmoud Soliman

represented Egypt
Basketball

	1948	HP
Men's Team	19th	0.8
		0.8

Saleh Mohamed Soliman

B. 1916-06-24, represented Egypt
Weightlifting (1 silver)

	1936	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Sameh Soliman

B. 1941-12-07, Al-Qahira, Egypt
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1968	HP
Men's Team	15th	5
		5

(Juan) Francisco Solís Manriques

B. 1957-09-10, represented the Dominican Republic
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:38th	-3.26
		0.000256

Luciano Solís

B. 1962-01-07, represented Mexico
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	Prel	-2.13
		0.0013

Manuel de J. Solis

B. 1888, represented Mexico
Shooting

	1924	HP
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol	9th	240
Men's Small-Bore Rifle	64th	-
		240

Manuel Solis Archunda

represented Mexico
Cycling - Road

	1948	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	dnf	8x10^-17
Men's Road Race, Team	dnf	-
		8x10^-17

Maribel Solís

represented the Dominican Republic
Artistic Swimming

	1984	HP
Women's Solo	SF:dns	0.64
Women's Duet	14th	12
		12.64

Lea Sölkner

B. 1958-12-24, Bad Aussee, Austria
Alpine Skiing

	1980	1984	HP
Women's Downhill		8th	256
Women's Giant Slalom	dnf		0.00000256
Women's Slalom	dnf	dnf	0.000014
			256.00001656

Viktoria Sölkner

B. 1905, represented Austria
Diving

	1924	HP
Women's Springboard (1 & 3m)	QU:4th	328
		328

Charlott Stigsdotter "Lotta" Sollander

B. 1953-07-03, Östersund, Sweden
Alpine Skiing

	1972	HP
Women's Downhill	31st	-2.64
Women's Giant Slalom	dnf	-4.40
Women's Slalom	dnf	-4.40
		0.00648

Stig Oskar Sollander

B. 1926-06-25, Östersund, Sweden
Alpine Skiing (1 bronze)

	1948	1952	1956	HP
Men's Downhill	40th	dnf	10th	100.000075
Men's Combined	dnf			-
Men's Giant Slalom		sixth	16th	646.4
Men's Slalom		fifth	bronze	3560
				4306.400075

Bertil David Sollevi

B. 1956-02-15, Malmö, Sweden
Weightlifting

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	7th		696
Men's Light Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)		11th	696
			696

Odd Anton Fredrik Solli

B. 1924-08-08, Stabekk, Norway; D. 2007-03-29
Bobsleigh

	1956	HP
Two‐Man	20th	1.25
Four‐Man	11th	48
		49.25

Kjell Jakob Sollie

B. 1953-06-26, Røros, Norway
Cross-Country Skiing

	1980	HP
Men's 50 kilometres	24th	0.16
		0.16

Melitta Sollmann

B. 1958-08-20, Gotha, Thür., Germany, represented East Germany
Luge (1 silver)

	1980	HP
Women's Singles	silver	6000
		6000

Herbert Söllner

B. 1935-08-24, from München, Bay., represented Germany; D. 1990-10-02
Speed Skating

	1960	HP
Men's 500 metres	20th	1
		1

Paul Söllner

B. 1911-06-05, Davos, Switzerland, lived in Ludwigshafen, represented Germany; D. 1994-04-08
Rowing (1 gold)

	1936	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	gold	4800
		4800

Damir Šolman

B. 1949-09-07, Zagreb, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Basketball (2 silver)

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	silver	fifth	silver	4950
				4950

Hope Amelia Solo

B. 1981-07-30, Richland, Wash., USA
Football (2 gold)

	2008	2012	2016	HP
Women's Team	gold	gold	fifth	10350
				10350

Gennady Stepanovich Solodov

B. 1934-10-06, Kurgan, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2020-05-02
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	HP
Men's 20 kilometres Walk	dnf	fifth	1000.00064
			1000.00064

Nikolay Ivanovich Solodukhin

B. 1955-01-03, Kursk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Judo (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Men's Half-Lightweight (-65 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Nikolay Mikhaylovich Sologubov

B. 1924-08-08, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1988-12-30
Ice Hockey (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Team	gold	bronze	4480
			4480

Anatoly Solomin

B. 1952-07-02, Penza, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field

	1980	HP
Men's 20 km Walk	dnf	-2.16
		0.0016

Vasily Anatolyevich Solomin

B. 1953-01-05, Perm, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1997-12-28
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	QF		3981
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)		bronze	3981
			3981

Bert Solomon

Olympic Competitor nr 4820

1908-10-26-15:15 - Rugby - final - lost (1500)

John Charles "Barney" Solomon

Olympic Competitor nr 4821

1908-10-26-15:15 - Rugby - final - lost (1500)

John Drummond Solomon

B. 1903-11-12, Port Chalmers, New Zealand; D. 1981-02-23
Rowing

	1932	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	fourth	1200
Men's Eights	Rep.:2nd	410
		1610

Michael "Mike" Solomon

B. 1954-09-29, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 400 metres	SF:7th	sixth	660.8
Men's 4x400 m Relay	sixth	sixth	320
			980.8

William Robert Solomons

B. 1933-02-11, represented Australia
Sailing

	1968	HP
5.5 Metres Class	7th	400
		400

Irina Solontseva-Kudryavtseva

B. 1937-02-09, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics

	1968	HP
Women's Shot Put	QU:9th	240
		240

Ambrosio Solórzano

B. 1937-12-07, Caracas, Venezuela
Weightlifting

	1960	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	dnf	0.06
		0.06

Apolinar Solórzano Bustamante

B. 1934-07-23, represented Venezuela
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's 200 metres	R1:dnf	0.00000000068
Men's 4x100m Relay	R1:4th	3.625
		3.62500000068

Fidel Solórzano

B. 1962-05-26, represented Ecuador
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:24th		0.24
Men's Decathlon	23rd	dnf	0.38424
			0.62424

Roberto Gerardo de Jesús Solórzano Sanabria

B. 1945-04-26, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Judo

	1972	HP
Men's Half-Heavyweight (-93 kg)	R1	0.587
		0.587

Olga Anatolyevna Solovova

B. 1953-06-22, Ussuriysk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Volleyball (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Women's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Nikolay Nikolayevich Solovyov

B. 1931-07-12, Ivanovo, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2007-11-15
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 gold)

	1956	HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Viktor Solovyov

B. 1932, from Moskva, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke	SF:10th	150
		150

Vladimir Nikolayevich Solovyov

B. 1946-11-21, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	fourth	1200
		1200

Ignacio Solozábal i Igartua

B. 1959-01-08, Barcelona, Spain
Basketball (1 silver)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Team	fourth	silver	eighth	3220.8
				3220.8

Egil Uno Solsvik

B. 1916-04-12, Oslo, Norway; D. 2005-10-06
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1948	HP
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)	sixth	960
		960

Aleksander Sołtan

B. 1903-07-31, Kherson, Ukraine, represented Poland; D. 1994
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Painting - unknown event	AC	3.724
		3.724

Maria Józefa Sołtan

B. 1921-02-24, Kraków, Poland; D. 2001-07-24
Fencing

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

Hocine Soltani

B. 1972-12-27, Thénia, Algeria; D. 2002-03-??
Boxing (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1992	1996	HP
Featherweight (-57.2 kg)	bronze		12720
Lightweight (-61.2 kg)		gold	12720
			12720

Andrzej Sołtan-Pereświat

B. 1906-11-30, Kyiv, Ukraine, then part of Russia, lived in Warszawa, represented Poland
Rowing

	1928	HP
Men's Eights	QF	540
		540

Wilfried Soltau

B. 1912-06-17, Hamburg, Germany; D. 1995-09-27
Canoeing - Flatwater Canadian (2 bronze)

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000m	bronze		3200
Men's Canadian Doubles 10000m	bronze	fourth	5200
			8400

Soltész Árpád

B. 1944-11-16, Érd, Hungary
Canoeing - Canadian Sprint

	1964	HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 metres	fourth	2000
		2000

Anton Šoltýs

B. 1937-04-30, Kažmarok, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Alpine Skiing

	1964	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	48th	-5.26
Men's Slalom	R2:dnf	-5.10
		0.00000356

Jana Šoltýsová

competed in 1984 as

Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová

B. 1959-09-30, Kežmarok, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Alpine Skiing

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Women's Downhill	33rd	10th	fifth	1100.00256
Women's Giant Slalom	25th	21st	dnf	0.74000016
Women's Slalom	dnf	dnf		-2.44
				1100.74260416

Yevhen Solunskiy

B. 1959-06-13, from Karkiv, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating

	1980	HP
Men's 1500 metres	9th	160
		160

Kemal Solunur

B. 1951-01-26, represented Turkey
Boxing

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	R1		5.14
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)		R1	5.14
			5.14

Carlo Solveni

B. 1897-08-12, represented Italy
Bobsleigh

	1936	HP
Men's Two	12th	50
Men's Four	10th	75
		125

Joseph Solvinto

B. 1902-04-13, Sète, France
Boxing

	1920	HP
Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)	R1	79.13
		79.13

Solymár Károly

Olympic Competitor nr 6415

1912-07-11-09:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 110 m Hurdles, round one - second (Q) (two out of two)
1912-07-11-16:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 110 m Hurdles, semifinals - DNF (1.95)

Solymosi Ernő

B. 1940-06-21, Miskolc, Hungary; D. 2011-02-19
Football (1 bronze)

	1960	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Solymossy Egon

B. 1922-05-18, Miskolc, Hungary; D. 2009-09-24
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 400 metres	R1:3rd	0.023
Men's 4x400m Relay	R1:3rd	68
		68.023

Laszlo Solyom

B. 1955-11-29, Gheorgheni, Romania
Ice Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	Prel:4th	164
		164

Sólyomvári János

B. 1953-12-07, Szöny, HUngary; D. 2006-06-12
Weightlifting

	1980	HP
Men's Heavyweight I (-100 kg)	fifth	1500
		1500

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-04-12

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