Great Olympians

Biographies - TAN

Tan Eng Bock

B. 1936-04-29, represented Singapore
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1956	HP
Men's Team	10th	50
		50

Tan Eng Yoon

B. 1928-01-09, represented Singapore; D. 2010-01-30
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:4th	0.00009
Men's Triple Jump	QU:nm	0.006
		0.00609

Tan Jiangbai

B. 1911-12-27, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; D. 2006-03-16
Football

	1936	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Tan Kim Bee

B. 1929-06-04, represented Malaya (now part of Malaysia); D. 2015-11-02
Weightlifting

	1956	HP
Men's Middle−Heavyweight (-90 kg)	sixth	960
		960

Tan Liangde

B. 1965-07-14, Maoming, Gua., China
Aquatics - Diving (3 silver)

	1984	1988	1992	HP
Men's Springboard	silver	silver	silver	13200
				13200

Tan Ling Houw

B. 1930-07-26, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia
Football

	1956	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Tan Ser Cher

B. 1933-07-04, Singapore
Weightlifting

	1956	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	7th	600
		600

Tan Thol

B. 1941-04-02, represented Cambodia
Cycling - Track

	1964	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep1:FI	1.169
Men's 1000 metres Time Trial	22nd	0.6
		1.769

Tan Thuan Heng

B. 1948-07-14, from Singapore, represented Malaysia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1964	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:53rd	-6.26
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:36th	-3.64
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle	R1:23rd	0.256
Men's 4x100 metres Medley Relay	R1:14th	4
		4.256640256

Singapore was briefly part of the newly formed nation of Malaysia.

Howe Liang "Tiger" Tan

B. 1933-05-05, Shantou, Guangdong, China, represented Singapore in 1960 and 1968, Malaysia in 1964
Weightlifting (1 silver)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	9th	silver		6336
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)			11th	6336
				6336

Singapore was briefly part of newly independent Malaysia, so this athlete represented that country in the second of his three Olympic appearances.

Tan Tjoe Gwat

B. 1938-07-22, Wonogin, Java, represented Indonesia
Weightlifting

	1960	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg)	17th	6
		6

Tan Tjong Sian

B. 1931-04-26, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Sailing

	1968	HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	29th	0.02
		0.02

Tanabe Kiyoshi

B. 1940-10-10, Aomori, Japan
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1960	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	bronze	3120
		3120

Richard Tsugio "Sonny" Tanabe, Jr.

B. 1932-12-14, Hilo, Haw., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)

	1956	HP
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	(silver)	64
		64

Tanabe Yoko

B. 1966-01-28, Tokyo, Japan
Judo (2 silver)

	1992	1996	HP
Women's Half Heavyweight (-72 kg)	silver	silver	12000
			12000

Tanabu Masami

B. 1934-12-07, Hachinohe, Japan
Ice Hockey

	1960	1964	HP
Men's Team	8th	11th	160
			160

Joyce Eileen Tanac

B. 1950-09-27, Seattle, Wash., USA
Artistic Gymnastics

	1968	HP
Women's Individual All-Round	30th	0.01
Women's Team All-Round	sixth	160
		160.01

Tanaka Akira

B. 1942-03-10, represented Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 110 metres Hurdles	R1:18th	3.84
		3.84

Tanaka Eiichi

B. 1941-05-06, Nayoro, Hokk., Japan
Nordic Combined

	1964	HP
Men's Individual	30th	0.015
		0.015

Tanaka Hidemitsu

B. 1913-01-10, Tokyo, Japan; D. 1949-11-03
Rowing

	1932	HP
Men's Eights	Rep:3rd	164
		164

Tanaka Hideo

B. 1909-09-02, Shinanomachi, Japan
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:11th	0.0043
Men's 3000 metres Steeplechase	R1:6th	6.48
		6.4843

Tanaka Hiroshi (1)

B. 1915-06-29, represented Japan
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's High Jump	sixth	960
		960

Tanaka Hiroshi (2)

B. 1941-12-20, Hiroshima, Japan
Hockey

	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	7th/8th	13th	176.8
			176.8

Tanaka Jujiro

B. 1947-12-14, Osaka, Japan
Rowing

	1968	HP
Men's Eights	12th	20
		20

Tanaka Kazuhiro

B. 1936-07-08, Fukuoka, Japan
Modern Pentathlon

	1960	HP
Men's Individual	35th	-2.13
		0.00125

Tanaka Keiko

competed in 1960 and 1964 as

Ikeda Keiko

B. 1933-11-11, Mihara, Japan
Gymnastics (1 bronze)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Women's Individual combined	13th	sixth	sixth	1305.6
Women's Team combined	sixth	fourth	bronze	1320
Women's Team with Portable Apparatus	sixth			160
Women's Floor Exercise	fourth			400
Women's Horse Vault	16th			1.6
Women's Uneven Bars	17th	fifth		251
Women's Balance Beam	21st	fifth	sixth	410.16
				3948.36

Tanaka Kishio

B. 1946-09-15, Hiroshima, Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke	R1:17th	4
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	fifth	250
		254

Tanaka Mikiyasu

B. 1955-03-18, Yumesaki Japan
Volleyball

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Men's Team	fourth		seventh	1000
				1000

Tanaka Mina

B. 1971-04-06, Hokkaido, Japan
Luge

	1988	HP
Women's Singles	18th	3.84
		3.84

Tanaka Noboru

B. 1912, represented Japan
Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:2nd	410
		410

Tanaka Satoko

B. 1942-02-03, Sasebo, Japan
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1960	1964	HP
Women's 100 metres Backstroke	bronze	fourth	5200
Women's 4x100 metres Medley Relay	7th	fourth	500
			5700

Tanaka Setsuji

B. 1909-11-10, Spokane, Wash., USA, represented Japan; D. 2001-01-27
Rowing

	1932	HP
Men's Eights	Rep:3rd	164
		164

Tanaka Takahiro

B. 1962-02-28, Nagano, Japan
Nordic Combined

	1984	HP
Men's Individual	20th	1.5
		1.5

Tanaka Yasuo

B. 1932-02-24, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	SF:9th	160
		160

Tanaka Yasushio

B. 1946-08-18, Hokkaido, Japan
Ice Hockey

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Team	9th	9th	160
			160

Tanaka Yoshio

B. 1930-05-05, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	SF:14th	16
		16

Tanamachi Saburo

B. 1931-07-12, represented Japan
Sailing

	1964	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	17th	4
		4

Arturo Tanaquin

B. 1941-01-20, represented the Philippines
Freestyle Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	26th	0.096
		0.096

Mateo Tanaquin

B. 1927-09-11, represented the Philippines
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1956	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67 kg)	15th	15
		15

Mariana "Maria" Tănasă

competed in 1984 as

Maria Fricioiu

B. 1960-03-16, Grădinari, Romania
Rowing (1 gold)

	1980	1984	HP
Women's Coxed Fours	fourth	gold	6000
			6000

Alexandru Gheorghe "Alexe Gheorghe" Tănăsescu

B. 1949-10-16, represented Romania
Bobsleigh

	1976	HP
Four-man	14th	12
		12

Atanasie Tănăsescu

B. 1892, from București, represented Romania
Rugby (1 bronze)

	1924	HP
Men's Rugby	bronze	1280
		1280

Peter Tancock

B. 1940-07-22, represented Great Britain
Biathlon & Cross-Country Skiing

	1968	HP
4 x 7.5 km Biathlon Relay	12th	10
15 km Cross-Country	59th	-7.16
		10.000000016

Adriano Tancon

B. 1958-11-18, Canale d'Agordo, Italy
Ice Hockey

	1984	HP
Men's Team	R1:5th	65
		65

William Raymond "Bill" Tancred

B. 1942-08-06, Quetta, British India (now in Pakistan), lived in Birmingham, represented Great Britain
Athletics

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Discus Throw	QU:24th	QU:19th	2.64
			2.64

Peteer Arthur Tancred

B. 1949-10-20, Quetta, Pakistan, represented Great Britain
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's Discus Throw	QU:25th	0.15
		0.15

Franco Tancredi

B. 1955-01-10, Giulianova, Italy
Football

	1984	HP
Men's Team	fourth	800
		800

Erik Tandberg

B. 1913-08-28, Oslo, Norway; D. 1964-01-22
Bobsleigh

	1952	HP
Men's Two	14th	20
		20

(Carl Johan Rudolf) Bengt Tandberg-Hansen

B. 1874-12-14, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1948-08-01
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Painting - Paintings	AC	3.724
		3.724

Olof Peder "Olle" Tandberg

B. 1918-10-12, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1996-12-26
Boxing

	1936	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+79.4 kg)	QF	861
		861

Georges Tandel

B. 1910-07-24, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; D. 1981-12-17
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	SF:17th	1
		1

John Henrik Tandrevold

B. 1927-01-13, Stavanger, Norway; D. 2013-01-28
Boxing

	1952	HP
Men's Light-Middleweight (-71 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Ergun Taner

B. 1936, Ergani, Turkey
Football

	1960	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

Tang Hongwei

B. 1961-04-15, represented China
Rowing

	1984	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	10th	75
		75

Tang Kam Man

B. 1955-06-05, represented Hong Kong
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track

	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-22.24
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	26th	0.048
Men's Individual Pursuit	QU:24th	0.24
		0.288

Tang Kwok Cheung

B. 1965-04-20, represented Hong Kong
Canoeing, Sprint Kayak

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Singles, 500 m		SF:5th	17.2
Men's Doubles, 500 m	Rep:6th		0.615
Men's Fours, 1000 m	Rep:5th		5
			22.815

Tang Peng Choi

B. 1924-06-14, represented Malaysia
Shooting

	1964	HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Prone	53rd	-6.26
		0.000000256

Tang Pui Wah

B. 1933-10-11, Singapore
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Women's 100 metres	R1:4th	0.00009
Women's 80m Hurdles	R1:5th	0.064
		0.06409

Tang Qingcai

B. 1961-03-26, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Sailing

	1984	HP
Men's Windsurfer (Windglider)	25th	0.15
		0.15

Tang Yuqin

B. 1963-05-12, Jilin, China
Cross-Country Skiing

	1984	1988	HP
Women's 5 km	49th		-5.16
Women's 20 km Freestyle		47th	-5.40
Women's 4 x 5 km Relay	12th		10
			10.0000056

Knut Håkon Tangen

B. 1928-05-21, Nannestad, Norway; D. 2007-04-02
Speed Skating

	1956	HP
Men's 10000 metres	19th	1.6
		1.6

Walapa Tangjitsusorn

B. 1953-06-14, represented Thailand
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's 100 metres	R1:38th	-3.26
Women's 4x100 m Relay	R1:10th	25
		25.000256

Gaby Tanguy

B. 1929-07-16, from Casablanca, Marocco, represented France
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:22nd	0.4
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay	8th	64
		64.4

She competed for a swimming club from Casablanca, so I class her as Moroccan.

Tani Atsushi

B. 1933-11-14, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1956	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	7th	400
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	fourth	400
		800

Tani Kimuchi

B. 1948-09-28, represented Japan
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	7th	600
		600

Tani Sasago

B. 1894-05-09, represented Japan
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 100 m	R1:3rd	0.00016
Men's 200 m	QF:3rd	10.76
		10.76016

Tanida Kinuko

B. 1939-09-18, Osaka, Japan
Volleyball (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Women's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Tanifuji Hideo

B. 1949-04-19, Hokkaido, Japan
Cross Country Skiing

	1972	HP
Men's 15 kilometres	37th	-3.40
Men's 30 kilometres	37th	-3.40
Men's 4x10 km Relay	10th	25
		25.0008

Taniguchi Akemi

B. 1937-07-08, Sapporo, Hokk., Japan
Nordic Combined & Cross-Country Skiing

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Individual	24th	31st	23rd	0.6336
Men's 4x10 kilometres Relay	10th			25
				25.6336

Taniguchi Kinzo

B. 1910, Fukami-mura, Sakhalin, after 1945 Prigorodnoye, Russia
Cross Country Skiing

	1932	HP
Men's 50 km	dnf	0.004
		0.004

Taniguchi Masatomo

B. 1946-02-06, Tokyo, Japan; D. 2021-05-03
Basketball

	1972	HP
Men's Team	14th	8
		8

Taniguchi Mutsuo

B. 1913-05-05, represented Japan
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's 200 metres	QF:5th	2.29
Men's 4x100 metres Relay	R1:dnf	2.5
		4.79

Tanikawa Teijiro

B. 1932-12-20, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)

	1952	HP
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay	silver	1000
		1000

Tanimoto Ayumi

B. 1981-08-04, Japan
Judo (2 gold)

2004 2008 HP

-63 kg gold gold 19200

19200

Giovanni Battista Tanio

from Varese, Italy
Rowing (1 gold)

	1906	HP
Six-man Naval Rowing Boats	gold	2400
		2400

Olympic Competitor nr 2670

1906-04-24-09:00 - Rowing - Six-man Naval Rowing Boats - first (2400)

Annette Viveka Tånnander

B. 1958-02-13, Malmö, Sweden
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Women's High Jump	7th			600
Women's Long Jump			R1:14th	24
Women's Heptathlon			14th	24
				648

Kjell Uno Jörgen Tånnander

B. 1924-06-25, Långaröd, Sweden
Athletics

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Decathlon	15th	7th	615
			615

Kristine Elisabeth Tånnander

B. 1955-11-21, Malmö, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's Heptathlon	12th	60
		60

Gustav Tannenberger

B. 1953-06-08, Vyškov, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Artistic Gymnastics

	1976	HP
Men's Individual Combined	18th	2.56
Men's Team Combined	9th	40
		42.56

Elaine Tanner

B. 1951-02-22, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Aquatics - Swimming (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Women's 100 metres Backstroke	silver	4000
Women's 200 metres Backstroke	silver	4000
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	bronze	640
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	R1:10th	25
		8665

Jakob Tanner

B. 1946-12-18, represented Switzerland
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
FR Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)	20th	1.5
GR Men's Featherweight (-62 kg)	12th	60
		61.5

Jukka-Pekka Tanner

B. 1963-04-24, Tampere, Finland
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1984	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	grp:6th	78
		78

Lauri Tanner

Olympic Competitor nr 5419

1912-07-04-15:00 - Football - bronze medal match - lost (800)
1912-07-10-14:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - second (1000)

Vera Tanner

B. 1906-11-20, Eastbourne, England, Great Britain; D. 1971-02-22
Swimming (2 silver)

	1924	1928	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	fifth	SF:4th	1328
Women's 400 m Freestyle	SF:3rd	sixth	1280
Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay	silver	silver	2000
			4608

Adolf Tannert

B. 1875-11-01, Berlin, Germany; D. 1961-01-30
Artistic Gymnastics

	1900	HP
Men's Individual combined	118th	-19.38
		-19.38

Olympic Competitor nr 1162

1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

(Ella) Barbro Tano

B. 1939-11-30, Pajala, Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing

	1968	1972	HP
Women's 5 km	18th	19th	4.16
Women's 10 km	10th	13th	125.6
			129.76

Tano Kosei

B. 1914-04-22, represented Japan
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:4th	7.25
		7.25

Tanoue Takashi

B. 1947-04-30, Yatsushiro, Japan; D. 2009-02-19
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-68 kg)	fifth	1500
		1500

Froilán Tantaleán Zorilla

B. 1899, Chola, Peru
Shooting

	1948	HP
Men's Rapid−fire Pistol	35th	0.0015
		0.0015

Víctor Tantalean Zapata

B. 1933-11-27, San Vicente, Peru
Shooting

	1968	HP
Rapid−Fire Pistol	41st	-4.96
		0.000096

Antonio Tantay

B. 1920-02-05, represented the Philippines
Basketball

	1952	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

Giuseppe "Peppino" Tanti

B. 1941-08-24, Sennori, Italy
Weightlifting

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	8th	10th	534
			534

Aatami Tanttu

Olympic Competitor nr 6034

1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round one - won by fall
1912-07-09-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round two - won by fall
1912-07-11-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round three - won by decision
1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round four - lost - abandoned (384)

Jorge E. Tanuscio Keena

B. 1947-03-24, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hockey

	1968	HP
Men's Team	(14th)	8
		8

Mihai Tänzer

B. 1905-02-07, Timișoara, Romania, then part of Hungary; D. 1993-09-22
Football

	1924	HP
Men's Football	R2	26.38
		26.38

Anna Luisa Tanzini

B. 1914-07-14, Pavia, Italy
Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1928	HP
Women's Team Combined	silver	2000
		2000

Athos Tanzini

B. 1913-01-30, Livorno, Italy; D. 2008-09-28
Fencing (1 silver)

	1936	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	(silver)	400
		400

Written 2000-12-03 - last modified 2024-09-26

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