Great Olympians

Biographies - TAI

Tai Chao-Chih

Albert Philippe Taillandier

Olympic Competitor nr 1572

• 1900-09-11-09:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, round one - first (Q)
• 1900-09-11-14:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint, quarter-final - first (Q)
• 1900-09-13-14:00? - Cycling - Track - Sprint, semi-final - first (Q)
• 1900-09-13-15:00? - Cycling - Track - Sprint, final - first (9600)

Maurice Taillandier

Jean Taillefer

Olympic Competitor nr 262

• 1900-05-14-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual round one day one (Q)
• 1900-05-16-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual quarter final (R)
• 1900-05-17-09:00? - Fencing - Foil, Individual repêchage - DNQ (0.737)
• 1900-06-02-15:00? - Fencing - Épée, Individual, round one, pool 7 - AC (-7.32)

Daniel Taillon

Taima Narihito

Tymur Taimazov

B. 1970-09-08, Nogir, Northern Ossetia-Alaniya, Russia, represented the Unified team in 1992 and the Ukraine in 1996
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silveer)

	1992	1996	HP
Men's Heavyweight I (-100 kg)	silver		15600
Men's Heavyweight II (-108 kg)		gold
			15600

His brother, Artur Taymazov, competed for Uzbekistan as a wrestler.

Georges Tainturier

Armas Rudolf Taipale

B. 1890-07-27, Finland; D. 1976-11-09
Track and Field (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1912	1920	1924	bonus	HP
Discus Throw	gold	silver	12th	3115	15575
Discus Throw, two-handed	gold				6400
Shot Put		10th			150
	12800	6150	60	3115	22125

Olympic Competitor nr 6503

• 1912-07-12-09:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-12-12:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, final - first (6400)
• 1912-07-13-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, qualification - first (Q)
• 1912-07-13-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, final - first (6400)

Hannu Allan Taipale

Ilmari Richard Taipale

Jorma Kalevi Taipale

Taira Choji

Blyth Tait

B. 1961-05-10, Whangarei, New Zealand
Equestrianism - Eventing (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1992	1996	2000	2004	HP
Individual	bronze	gold	dnf	19th	11203.2
Team	silver	bronze	8th	fifth	2149.4
					13352.6

Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta

Gerald Tait

Olympic Competitor nr 4688

• 1908-08-11-11:30 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race one - first
• 1908-08-12-11:30 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race two - first - final ranking first (2400)

John Lindsay "Jack" Tait

Originally it seemed that, in 1912, he ran both the marathon and the heats of the 4x400 m - which were run at the same time!
This has now been corrected: he did not actually start the marathon.

Olympic Competitor nr 3443

• 1908-07-13-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-14-17:20 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, final - fourth (1200)
• 1908-07-15-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 5 miles, heat four - DNF
• 1908-07-24-14:33 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - DNF
• 1912-07-06-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, round one - second (Q)
• 1912-07-07-15:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 800 m, semifinal - fifth (130)
• 1912-07-09-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - fourth (0.17)
• 1912-07-14-13:48 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - DNS
• 1912-07-14-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x400 m Relay, round one - second (270)

Robin Douglas Tait

Simon Tait

Victor Tait

Ricardo Joseph "Joe" Taitano

John Lawrence "Laurie" Taitt

He represented British Guiana at the 1858 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, but England at the 1962 and 1966 ones.

Jorma Tuomas Taitto

Joseph Taiwo

Written 2000-12-03 - last modified 2025-01-17

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