Great Olympians

Biographies - SPE

Joseph William "Joe" Speake

B. 1944-01-08, County Down, Northern Ireland, Great Britain
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's 4x100 m Relay	SF:5th	32.5
		32.5

Janice Lee "Janie" Speaks

B. 1948-06-08, Oklahoma City, Okl., USA
Artistic Gymnastics

	1964	HP
Women's Individual combined	62nd	-8.40
Women's Team combined	9th	40
		40.000000004

Ralph Spearow

B. 1895-10-03, LaGrange, Geo., USA; D. 1980-12-17
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's Pole Vault	sixth	960
		960

Marino Specia

B. 1943-09-16, Trieste, Italy
Rowing

	1968	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	10th	125
		125

Pietro Speciale

B. 1876-09-29, Palermo, Italy; D. 1945-11-09
Fencing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1908	1912	1920	HP
Men's Foil, Individual		silver	12th	6050
Men's Foil, Team			gold	1600
Men's Épée, Individual	QF:4th			0.031
				7650.031

Olympic Competitor nr 4094

1908-07-17-14:00 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round one - third (Q)
1908-07-20-10:30 - Fencing - Épée, individual, round two - fourth (0.031)
1912-07-06-13:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, round one - third (Q)
1912-07-07-13:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, quarterfinals - first (Q)
1912-07-08-09:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, semifinals - first (Q)
1912-07-08-13:00 - Fencing - Foil, individual, final - second (6000)

Robert Speck

B. 1909-04-28, Sibiu, Romania; D. 1979-07-13
Handball

	1936	HP
Men's Team	fifth	500
		500

Walt Speck

B. 1896-08-29, Detroit, Mich., USA; D. 1979-10-11
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	2 entries	4.372
		4.372

Alexander Specker

B. 1918-06-30, represented Switzerland
Shooting

	1952	HP
Free Pistol	38th	0.00038
		0.00038

Charles "Charlie" Spedding

B. 1952-05-19, Bishop Auckland, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Marathon	bronze	sixth	4800
			4800

William Speechly

B. 1906-07-05, Pilot Mound, Man., Canada, lived in Cambridge, represented Great Britain; D. 1982-07
Ice Hockey

	1928	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Harold Speed

B. 1872-02-11, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1957-03-20
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Painting, Paintings	AC	25.02
		25.02

Dieter Speer

B. 1942-02-24, Liegnitz, Silesia (now Legnica in Poland), represented East Germany
Biathlon (1 bronze)

	1968	1972	HP
20 km	18th	13th	35.2
4 x 7.5 km Relay	sixth	bronze	800
			835.2

Eugene Speicher

B. 1883-04-05, Buffalo, NY, USA; D. 1962-05-11
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	1 entry HC	-
		-

Entry "Hors Concours", so not acceptable as a real Olympian competitor.

Hans Speicher

B. 1952-04-22, Reit im Winkl, Bay., Germany, represented West Germany
Cross-Country Skiing

	1976	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	45th	-4.10
Men's 30 kilometres	36th	-3.64
		0.00065

Speidl Zoltán

B. 1880-03-17, Losonc (now Lučenec in Slovakia), represented Hungary; D. 1917-07-03
Athletics - Track and Field

	1900	HP
Men's 400 metres	R1:ac	42.6
Men's 800 metres	fifth	1000
Men's 200 m Hurdles	R1:6th	64
		1106.6

Olympic Competitor nr 802

1900-07-14-10:15 - Athletics Track - 800 m, semi-finals - second (Q)
1900-07-14-11:25 - Athletics Track - 400 m, semi-finals - AC (42.6)
1900-07-16-15:00? - Athletics Track - 200 m Hurdles, semi-finals - sixth (64)
1900-07-16-16:00? - Athletics Track - 800 m, final - fifth (1000)

He was born in Losonc, present-day Lučenec in Slovakia, but he competed from Budapest and died there. Lušenec still has a small Hungarian minority, so we can call this athlete Slovakian.

J. Speight

Olympic Competitor nr 3681

1908-07-14-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Great Britain - eighth (48)

Annie Speirs

Olympic Competitor nr 6203

1912-07-09-12:10 - Swimming - Women's 100 m Free-style, round one, heat five - second (Q)
1912-07-11-12:00 - Swimming - Women's 100 m Free-style, semifinals - third - fastest (Q)
1912-07-12-19:00 - Swimming - Women's 100 m Free-style, final - ffith (1250)
1912-07-15-12:00 - Swimming - Women's 4x100 m Free-style Relay - first (1600)

Rosi Speiser

B. 1951-11-24, Bolsterland, Bay., Germany
Alpine Skiing

	1972	HP
Women's Downhill	fifth	1000
Women's Giant Slalom	fifth	1000
Women's Slalom	dnf	-4.40
		2000.00004

Lau Spel

B. 1900-07-20, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; D. 1979-12-29
Athletics

	1924	1928	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	R1:4th	R1:3rd	0.896
			0.896

Christopher Arthur "Chris" Spelius

B. 1951-09-10, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
Canoeing, Sprint Kayak

	1984	HP
Men's Fours, 1000 m	Rep:4th	10.4
		10.4

Frank Isaac Spellman

B. 1922-09-17, Paoli, Penn., USA; D. 2017-01-12
Weightlifting (1 gold)

	1948	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

John Spellman

B. 1899-06-14, Middletown, Conn., USA; D. 1966-08-01
Freestyle Wrestling (1 gold)

	1924	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-87 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Ingo Spelly

B. 1966-11-06, Lübben, Brandenburg, (then East-)Germany, represented the German Democratic Republic in 1988
Canoeing, Canadian (1 gold, 2 silver)

	1988	1992	HP
Men's Doubles, 500 m		silver	3000
Men's Doubles, 1000 m	silver	gold	7800
			10800

Eric Spence

B. 1961-04-18, Kingston, Jamaica, represented Canada
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	R1:6th	0.546
		0.546

James Spence

Olympic Competitor nr 4687

1908-08-11-11:30 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race one - second
1908-08-12-11:30 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race two - second - final ranking second (1500)

(Hubert) Leonard Spence

B. 1909-05-23, Christianburg, (British-) Guyana; D. 1947-11-10
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:25th	0.1
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke	SF:dq	9.6
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	R1:14th	4
		13.7

Like his brother Walter, he grew up in Guiana, and realized he needed to go to the USA to pursue his swimming career. As a British subject, he was not allowed to compete for the USA, and he chose to represent Bermuda. (Guyana did not yet have a NOC)
He might have represented Guyana at the 1938 Empire Games (like his brother), but he had been diagnosed with tuberculosis by then.

Malcolm Emanuel Augustus "Mal" Spence

B. 1936-01-02, Kingston, Jamaica; D. 2017-10-30, represented the West Indies Federation in 1964
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's 200 metres	R1:6th			0.0000000095
Men's 400 metres	SF:6th	SF:5th		182
Men's 4x400m Relay	FI:dnf	bronze	fourth	1320
				1502.0000000095

Malcolm Clive Spence

B. 1937-09-04, Johannesburg, South Africa; D. 2010-12-30
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	HP
Men's 400 metres	sixth	bronze	3200
Men's 4x400m Relay		fourth	400
			3600

Melville Emanuel Alfonso "Mel" Spence

B. 1936-01-02, Kingston, Jamaica; D. 2012-10-28
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's 200 metres	R1:4th			0.00016
Men's 400 metres	SF:4th			328
Men's 4x400m Relay	FI:dnf		fourth	616
				944.00016

Pat Spence

B. 1898-02-11, Quenstown, Cape Colony, from 1912 South Africa; D. 1983-11-22
Tennis

	1924	HP
Men's Singles	R4	65.94
		65.94

Ronald John Spence

B. 1945-07-20, represented (Southern) Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Hockey

	1964	HP
Men's Team	R1:6th	26
		26

Walter Spence

B. 1901-03-03, Christianburg, (British) Guiana, represented Canada; D. 1958-10-16
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1928	1932	HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle	sixth	SF:4th	968
Men's 400 m Freestyle		SF:5th	130
Men's 200 m Breaststroke	sixth	SF:4th	1452
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay	bronze	fourth	1040
			3590

After winning everything he could in his native British Guiana, he moved to the USA to train. Together with his brothers, he won the American championship at 3x100 metres Medley Relay (there was no Butterfly back then) and set a world record at the distance.
He represented Guiana at the 1938 Empire Games but, as Guiana did not have a NOC, he swam for Canada at the Olympics (as a British subject, he was allowed to do that). Since his connection to Canada is not greater than that (he lived his life out in New York), I class him as Guyanan.

Albert Spencer

B. 1897, represented Great Britain
Gymnastics

	1924	HP
Men's Individual combined	65th	-
Men's Team combined	sixth	160
Men's Vault	55th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	71st	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	51st	-
Men's Rings	64th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	46th	-
Men's Sidehorse Vault	65th	-
Men's Rope Climbing	58th	-
		160.0

Arthur Spencer

B. 1947-05-21, Pontefract, England, Great Britain
Shooting

	1984	HP
Men's Free Pistol	27th	0.06
		0.06

William Allen "Bill" Spencer

B. 1936-06-23, Russellville, Alab., USA
Biathlon

	1964	1968	HP
Men's 20 km	30th	37th	0.0155
Men's 4x7.5 km Relay		8th	64
			64.0155

Brian Robert Spencer

B. 1962-03-05, Van Nuys, Cal., USA
Hockey

	1984	HP
Men's Team	12th	20
		20

Bud Spencer

B. 1906-10-14, San Francisco, Cal., USA; D. 1985-05-15
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)

	1928	HP
Men's 4x400 m Relay	gold	1600
		1600

Denise Dowling Spencer

B. 1929-09-09, from Queensland, represented Australia; D. 1998-09-06
Aquatics - Swimming

	1948	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:20th	1
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	SF:10th	100
		101

Diana May Spencer

B. 1934-05-31, represented Great Britain
Aquatics - Diving

	1952	HP
Women's Platform	7th	400
		400

Edward Spencer

Olympic Competitor nr 3909

1908-07-16-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 10 mile Walk, round one, heat one - second (Q)
1908-07-17-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 10 mile Walk, final - third (1920)

Galen Carter "G.C." Spencer

B. 1840-09-19, New York, NY, USA; D. 1904-10-19
Archery (1 gold)

	1904	HP
Men's Double American Round	13th	19.2
Men's Team Round	gold	1200
		1219.2

Olympic Competitor nr 2214

1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double American Round - men - 13th (19.2)
1904-09-21-10:00? - Archery - Team Round - men - first (1200)

Jean Charlotte Spencer

B. 1940-06-10, London, England, represented New Zealand
Artistic Gymnastics

	1964	HP
Women's Individual combined	78th	-11.26
		-11.26

Jeffrey Eric Spencer

B. 1951-04-14, Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Cycling - Track

	1972	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep2:2nd	0.791
Men's Tandem	Rep:2nd	54
		54.791

James "Jimmie" Spencer

B. 1926-04-22, represented Great Britain
Cross-Country Skiing

	1956	HP
Men's 30 kilometres	49th	-5.16
Men's 4x10 kilometres Relay	14th	4
		4.0000016

Joseph Whittelsey Spencer

B. 1880-02-24, New York, NY, USA; D. 1963-12-19
Aquatics - Swimming

	1906	HP
Men's 1 mile Freestyle	9th	120
Men's 4x250 m Freestyle Relay	fourth	300
		420

Olympic Competitor nr 2793

1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - ninth (120)
1906-04-28-11:00 - Swimming - 4x250 m Free-style - fourth (300)

Lindsay Philip Spencer

B. 1961-11-12, represented Australia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1980	HP
Men's 100 m Breaststroke	sixth	640
Men's 200 m Breaststroke	fifth	1000
		1640

Pamela Ann "Pam" Spencer

B. 1957-10-08, Moses Lake, Wash., USA
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Women's High Jump	QU:27th		11th	96.06
				96.06

Richard Spencer Campbell

B. 1955-07-16, Preston, Cuba
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:29th	0.024
		0.024

Sonny Spencer

B. 1903-05-18, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1943-11-21
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 1500 m	11th	64
		64

Tim Spencer

B. 1943-06-03, represented Australia
Figure Skating

	1960	HP
Men's Individual	17th	6
		6

William Spencer

B. 1900-07-30, Jackson, Tenn., USA; D. 1983-07-14
Athletics

	1924	1928	HP
Men's 1500 m	R1:3rd		10.76
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase		8th	384
			394.76

Gerald Spencer Pryse

B. 1882, Ashton, England, but generally regarded as Welsh, represented Great Britain; D. 1956-11-28
Art Competitions

	1928	1932	HP
Painting, Paintings	AC		25.02
Painting, Graphic Arts	2 works	HM	1137.8
Painting, unknown event		2 works	4.372
			1167.192

He is generally listed as Pryse, but his daughter was called Tessa Spencer Pryse so I give him the double family name.

Patrick Spencer

represented Antigua (& Barbuda)
Cycling - Track

	1976	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep1:3rd	0.15
		0.15

Fritz Spengler

B. 1908-09-06, Mannheim, B-W, Germany; D. 2003-03-10
Handball (1 gold)

	1936	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Horst Spengler

B. 1950-02-10, Gießen, Hessen, Germany, represented West Germany
Handball

	1976	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Jörg Spengler

B. 1938-12-23, Remscheid, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany; D. 2013-11-26
Sailing (1 bronze)

	1976	HP
Two Person Multihull (Tornado)	bronze	3200
		3200

William Spengler

B. 1889-03-31, New York, NY, USA
Boxing

	1920	HP
Heavyweight (+79.4 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

Silvia Sperber

B. 1965-02-09, Erpfting, Bayern, (then West-)Germany
Shooting (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Women's Air Rifle	11th	silver	9th	4224
Women's Small-bore Rifle, 3 positions		gold	20th	6401
				10625

Christian Sperl

from Milwaukee
Gymnastics

	1904	HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined	110th	-18.75
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports	95th	-15.19
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work	111th	-18.12
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Team	11th	12
		12

Olympic Competitor nr 1802

1904-07-01-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual gymnastics - 111th
1904-07-02-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual athletics - 95th - Individual combined - 110th - Team - 11th (12)

Sonja Sperl

B. 1936-12-03, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Bay., Germany
Alpine Skiing

	1956	1960	HP
Women's Downhill	32nd	7th	400.004
Women's Giant Slalom		9th	160
Women's Slalom		8th	256
			816.004

Alexander Sperling

Olympic Competitor nr 6273

1912-07-10-09:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - fourth (400)
1912-07-11-11:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, European system - fifth (250)

Ede Sperling

B. 1902-11-29, Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; D. 1985-02-24
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1928	1932	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	silver	bronze	9840
			9840

Fritz Sperling

B. 1945-08-01, Innsbruck, Austria
Bobsleigh

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Two	13th	fourth	7th	2532
Men's Four	7th	7th	fourth	1800
				4332

Gerhard Sperling

B. 1937-11-25, Berlin, Germany, represented East Germany in 1968 and 1972
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's 20 kilometres Walk	9th	fifth	fourth	2760
				2760

Leon Sperling

B. 1901-08-17, Krakow, Poland, then part of Austria; D. 1941-12
Football

	1924	HP
Men's Football	R1	0.85
		0.85

Rolf Sperling

B. 1940-04-25, Halle an der Saale, S-A, Germany, represented East Germany in 1968
Aquatics - Diving

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Springboard		14th		16
Men's Platform	fifth	7th	20th	1401
				1417

Wolfram Sperling

B. 1952-12-04, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 400 m Freestyle	20th	1
Men's 200 m Individual Medley	9th	160
Men's 400 m Individual Medley	8th	256
		417

Donald M. Spero

B. 1939-08-09, Chicago, Ill., USA
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Single Sculls	sixth	960
		960

Carlo Speroni

B. 1895-07-13, Busto Arsizio, Italy
Athletics

	1912	1920	1924	HP
Men's 5000 m		7th		400
Men's 10000 m		dnf	dnf	10.004
Men's 3000 m Team		fifth		250
Men's Marathon	dnf			-
Men's Cross-Country			dnf	0.00032
				660.00432

Olympic Competitor nr 6643

1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - DNF

The database gives him an entry for the Cross-Country Team, but Italy did not start with three runners, so they cannot have deemed to have competed.

Germana Amelia Sperotto

B. 1964-02-06, Ivrea, Italy
Cross-Country Skiing

	1984	HP
Women's 20 km	35th	-2.10
		0.001

Konstantinos Spetsiotis

B. 1883, represented Greece; D. 1966-03-05
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1906	HP
Men's 1500 m Race Walk	bronze	1920
Men's 3000 m Race Walk	dq	192
		2112

Olympic Competitor nr 3084

1906-04-30-16:00 - Athletics - 1500 m Walk - third (1920)
1906-05-02-10:00 - Athletics - 3000 m Walk - DQ (192)

Reginald Spevak

B. 1898-02-21, Wien, Austria; D. 1959-07
Ice Hockey

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

Written 2001-01-25 - last modified 2024-07-15

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