Great Olympians

Biographies - SVA

Josef Šváb

B. 1933-06-08, Plzeň, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Shooting

	1960	HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol	9th	240
		240

Max Švabinský

B. 1873-09-17, Kromeěříž, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1962-02-10
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	ac	2.186
		2.186

Sompop Svadanandana

B. 1932-10-27, represented Thailand
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 400 metres	R1:5th	0.00000039
		0.00000039

Carl Otto Svae

B. 1918-04-04, Oslo, Norway; D. 1977-06-30
Sailing

	1956	1960	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon)	7th	fourth	2000
			2000

Martin Švagerko

B. 1967-10-02, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia in 1984
Ski Jumping

	1984	1988	1992	1994	HP
Men's Normal Hill	42nd			25th	0.07504
Men's Large Hill				28th	0.0192
					0.09424

Thorvig Svahn

B. 1893-07-05, Jonköping, Sweden; D. 1942-09-08
Athletics

	1920	HP
High Jump	9th	240
		240

Anton Švajlen

B. 1937-12-03, Solčany, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia
Football (1 silver)

	1964	HP
Men's Team	(silver)	162
		162

Gunde Anders Svan

B. 1962-01-12, Vansbro, Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing (4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 15 km	gold		6416
Men's 15 km Classical		14th	6416
Men's 30 km	bronze		2660
Men's 30 km Classical		10th	2660
Men's 50 km	silver		10400
Men's 50 km Freestyle		gold	10400
Men's 4 x 10 km Relay	gold	gold	3200
			22676

Johan Frithiof Isidor "John" Svanberg

B. 1881-05-01, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1957-09-11
Athletics - Track & Field (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1906	1908	HP
Men's 5 miles	silver	bronze	4920
Men's Marathon	silver	8th	4788
Men's 3 miles, Team		R1:3rd	202.5
			9910.5

Olympic Competitor nr 2958

1906-04-25-18:30 - Athletics - 5 miles - second (3000)
1906-05-01-15:05 - Athletics - Marathon - second (4500)
1908-07-14-16:20 - Athletics (track & field) - 3 miles Team, round one, heat two - sixth - team third (202.5)
1908-07-15-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 5 miles, heat one - first (Q)
1908-07-18-17:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 5 miles, final - third (1920)
1908-07-24-14:33 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - eighth (288)

Kurt Erik Gustaf Svanberg

B. 1913-09-27, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 2001-10-07
Ice Hockey

	1948	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Fredrik Svanström

Olympic Competitor nr 3442

1908-07-13-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - third (0.995)
1908-07-20-17:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - DNF

Lars Ragnar Svantesson

B. 1933-02-16, Borås, Sweden
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:37th	0.0004
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay	fourth	400
		400.0004

Nereo N. Svara

B. 1935-09-29, Trieste, Italy
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles	SF:4th	492
		492

Hildegarde Švarce

B. 1907-09-29, Jelgava, Latvia, then part of Russia; D. 1944-12-04
Figure Skating

	1936	HP
Mixed Pairs	17th	5
		5

Nils Svärd

B. 1908-07-10, Frösön, Sweden; D. 2001-08-06
Cross Country Skiing

	1932	HP
Men's 18 km	10th	100
		100

Miloslav Švaříček

B. 1942-02-14, Nové Město na Moravě, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Nordic Combined

	1964	HP
Men's Individual	24th	0.24
		0.24

Dmitry Svatkovsky

B. 1971-11-27, Moskva, Russia, then in the Soviet Union
Modern Pentathlon (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1992	1996	2000	HP
Men's Individual	18th	fourth	gold	12403.2
Men's Team	silver			1000
				13403.2

Jan Svatoš

B. 1910-02-07, from Plzeň, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Cross-Country Skiing

	1936	HP
Men's 50 kilometres	15th	10
		10

Written 2002-10-29 - last modified 2023-12-22

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