Great Olympians

Biographies - TAL

Sameli Tala

B. 1893-08-16, Jalasjärvi; D. 1961-01-06
Athletics (1 gold)

	1924	HP
Men's 3000 m Team	gold	1600
		1600

Talabos István

B. 1956-06-01, Szigethalom, Hungary; D. 2018-10-20
Shooting

	1976	1980	HP
Skeet	30th	11th	96.015
			96.015

Marian Tałaj

B. 1950-12-22, Koszalin, Poland
Judo (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Lightweight (-63 kg)	QF		3900
Men's Half-Middleweight (-70 kg)		bronze	3900
			3900

Lasha Talakhadze

B. 1993-10-02, Sachkhere, Georgia
Weightlifting (3 gold)

	2016	2021	2024	HP
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+105 kg)	gold			57600
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+109 kg)		gold
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+102 kg)			gold
				57600

Lyubov Andreyevna Talalayeva

B. 1953-01-24, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2021-05-24
Rowing (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Women's Eights	silver	2000
		2000

Raúl Talán

B. 1907, Cananea, Mexico
Boxing

	1928	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57.2 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Peter Talanti

represented Zambia
Boxing

	1980	HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

José Ángel Talavera Juárez

B. 1950-08-02, Zacatepec de Hidalgo, Mor., Mexico
Football

	1972	HP
Men's Team	(SF:4th)	164
		164

Tracee Ann Talavera

B. 1966-09-01, Santa Clara, Cal. USA
Artistic Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1984	HP
Women's Individual Combined	R1:16th	-4.40
Women's Team Combined	silver	1000
Women's Horse Vault	fourth	400
		1400.00004

Rachamin Talbi

B. 1943-05-17, Sofia, Bulgaria, represented Israel
Football

	1968	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Dennis Alan Talbot

B. 1954-04-18, Rylstone, NSW, Australia
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Light Flyweight (-48 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Grace Talbot

B. 1901-09-03, North Billerica, Mass., USA; D. 1971-03-22
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Sculpture	ac	5.34
		5.34

Kathryn "Kathy" Talbot

B. 1961-08-17, Woking, England, Great Britain
Rowing

	1984	HP
Women's Coxed Fours	seventh	300
		300

John Arthur "Jack" Talbot-Ponsonby

B. 1907-03-10, Naas, Ireland, then part of Great Britain, represented Great Britain; D. 1969-12-29
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1936	HP
Jumping, Individual	dnf	0.0000002
Jumping, Team	dnf	-
		0.0000002

Lee Talbott

Olympic Competitor nr 3476

1908-07-14-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, qualifying - second (Q)
1908-07-14-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, final - fifth (1125)
1908-07-16-11:40? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool six - sixth (480)
1908-07-16-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, qualifying, pool one - eighth (288)
1908-07-17-14:30 - Tug-of-War - Round One - lost (375)
1908-07-23-11:00 - Wrestling, Free-style - Heavyweight (+73 kg), round one - lost (108)

M. W. Talbott

represented Great Britain
Rugby (1 silver)

	1900	HP
Men's Team	silver	1640
		1640

Olympic Competitor nr 1688

1900-10-28-15:00 - Rugby - match two - final classification - second (1640)

Dudley Talcott

B. 1899-06-09, Hartford, Conn., USA; D. 1986-02-19
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Sculpture, Statues	HM	593.7
Sculpture	ac	5.34
		599.04

Abutaleb Talebi Gorgori

B. 1945-04-10, Marani, Iran; D. 2008-07-21
Freestyle Wrestling (1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

(Seyed) Jalal Talebi

B. 1942-03-23, Tehran, Iran
Football

	1964	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	10.4
		10.4

Jaime Talens Coral

B. 1933-01-29, represented Spain
Alpine Skiing

	1956	HP
Men's Downhill	dnf	-10.10
Men's Giant Slalom	83rd	-12.26
Men's Slalom	52nd	-6.40
		-6.40

Dimitrios Taliadoros

B. 1925, Thessaloniki, Greece; D. 2011-05-25
Basketball

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QR:3rd	1.36
		1.36

Ioannis Talianos

B. 1901, from Cyprus, represented Greece
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	R1:4th	0.186
Men's 400 m Hurdles	R1:3rd	16.14
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay	SF:4th	17
		33.326

Born in Cyprus, and listed as a member of GS Pagypria. Cyprus did not get an NOC until 1980, so these athletes, who represented Greece, can be classed as having Cypriot nationality.

Olavi Anselmi Talja

B. 1925-03-20, Jääski, then in Finland, now Lesogorsky in Russia, represented Finland; D. 1994-12-17
Athletics

	1948	1952	HP
Men's 400 m	R1:4th		0.0011
Men's 800 m		R1:4th	0.033
Men's 4x400 m Relay	fourth		400
			400.0341

Petrus Cornelius "Piet" Taljaard

B. 1914-04, Parow, South Africa; D. 1950-03-08
Weightlifting

	1948	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg)	8th	384
		384

Hassan Tall

B. 1964-01-18, represented Liberia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 4x100 m Relay	R1:20th	0.25
		0.25

Modou Tall

B. 1953-06-27, represented Senegal
Basketball

	1980	HP
Men's Team	11th	32
		32

Bertil Tallberg

Olympic Competitor nr 6968

1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - fifth
1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - second - final ranking joint second
1912-07-22-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race-off - second - final result third (1280)

Gunnar Tallberg

Olympic Competitor nr 6969

1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - fifth
1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - second - final ranking joint second
1912-07-22-11:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race-off - second - final result third (1280)

Georg Bertil Tallberg

B. 1961-04-06, Helsinki, Finland
Sailing (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Two Person Dinghy (470)	bronze	3200
		3200

Henrik Julius Tallberg

B. 1942-07-03, Helsinki, Finland
Sailing

	1964	1968	HP
Two−Person Keelboat (Star)	fourth	11th	2080
			2080

Johan Julius Tallberg

B. 1948-05-13, Helsinki, Finland
Sailing

	1972	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Soling)	12th	40
		40

Mathias Julius Tallberg

B. 1960-03-07, Helsinki, Finland
Sailing

	1980	HP
Two Person Keelboat (Star)	11th	80
		80

Peter Julius Tallberg

B. 1937-07-15, Helsinki, Finland; D. 2015-05-16
Sailing

	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	HP
5.5 metres Class	15th						10
Two−Person Keelboat (Star)		fourth	11th			11th	2160
Three−Person Keelboat (Soling)				12th			40
							2210

Member of the IOC 1976-2015.

Jared Tallent

B. 1984-10-17, Ballarat, Vict., Australia
Track & Field (3 silver, 1 bronze)

	2008	2012	2016	HP
Men's 20 km Walk	bronze	7th		2960
Men's 50 km Walk	silver	silver	silver	13200
				16160

Raymond Talleux

B. 1901-03-02, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France; D. 1982-03-21
Rowing (1 silver)

	1924	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	fourth	2000
Men's Coxed Fours	silver	3000
		5000

Urho Tallgren

B. 1894-10-09, Helsinki, Finland, then part of Russia; D. 1959-12-31
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's Marathon	9th	240
		240

Sören Lennart Joakim Tallhem

B. 1964-02-16, Stockholm, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Shot Put	seventh		12th	660
				660

Christian Talli

B. 1907-12-20, from Toulouse, represented France; D. 2005
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle	SF:13th	25.6
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	fourth	400
		425.6

Léon Tallon

represented France
Aquatics - Swimming

	1928	HP
Men's 200 m Breaststroke	R1:3rd	60
		60

Filippo Tallone

B. 1902-07-28, Torino, Italy; D. 1962-12-13
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Sculpture - Statues	ac	2.274
		2.274

(Kurt Stefan) Roger Tallroth

B. 1960-08-28, Heby, Sweden
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 silver)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Welterweight (-74 kg)	silver	seventh	6600
			6600

Barbara Ellen Talmage, née McAlister

B. 1941-05-20, Fullerton, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Diving

	1964	1968	HP
Women's Platform	8th	10th	356
			356

Erkki Olavi Talosela

B. 1921-06-22, Lapua, Finland
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)	sixth	8th	1344
			1344

Risto Jaakko Talosela

B. 1924-11-21, Lapua, Finland; D. 2018-10-26
Freestyle Wrestling

	1952	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

Donatella Talpo

competed in 1976 as

Donatella Talpo-Schiavon

B. 1957-07-10, Roma, Italy
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	1976	HP
Women's 100 m Butterfly	22nd	27th	0.44
Women's 200 m Butterfly		21st	0.64
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	15th	12th	12.5
			13.58

Nicolae Talpoș

B. 1962-02-19, represented Romania; D. 1990-02-20
Boxing

	1984	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R32	1.088
		1.088

Jaan Talts

B. 1944-05-19 in Laiksaare, Pärnu, Estonia, represented the Soviet Union
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silver)

1968 1972 HP

Middle Heavyweight (-90 kg) silver 15600

Heavyweight (-110 kg) gold

15600

	1968	1972	HP
Middle Heavyweight (-90 kg)	silver		15600
Heavyweight (-110 kg)		gold
			15600

Bernard Gérard Talvard

B. 1947-10-08, Melun, France
Fencing (3 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Foil Individual	SF:5th	bronze	3362.5
Men's Foil Team	bronze	bronze	1280
			4642.5

Viktor Ivanovich Talyanov

B. 1934-10-19, St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2014-01-02
Alpine Skiing

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Downhill	21st			0.64
Men's Giant Slalom	52nd		31st	0.0064
Men's Slalom	24th			0.16
				0.8064

Tatyana Andreyevna Talysheva

B. 1937-10-15, Barnau, Altay Kray, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1964	1968	HP
Women's 80 metres Hurdles	SF:6th	8th	466
Women's Long Jump	10th	bronze	3990
			4456

Written 2000-12-03 - last modified 2024-08-28

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