Great Olympians

Biographies - TAP

Momcilo Tapavica

B. 1872-10-14, Vojovodina, now a province of Serbia in Yugoslavia, then part of Hungary; D. 1949-01-10
Tennis, Weightlifting & Wrestling (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1896	HP
Tennis, Men's Singles	bronze	2600
Weightlifting, Two Hands	sixth	640
Wrestling, Greco-Roman	1st round	1620
		4860

Hungarian sources list his name as Momscilló Topavicza, but I've reverted to the spelling in Yugoslavia.

Olympic Competitor nr 56

1896-04-07-16:30 - Athletics Field - Weightlifting Two Hands - sixth (640)
1896-04-08-10:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles round one - won (Q)
1896-04-10-13:00? - Tennis - Men's Singles semi-final - lost (2600)
1896-04-10-16:30 - Wrestling - Greco-Roman round one - lost (1620)

Guillermo Tapis Preciado

B. 1942-06-16, represented Mexico
Sailing

	1984	HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	17th	5
		5

Héctor Manuel Tapia García

B. 1957-07-11, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Football

	1976	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	38.96
		38.96

Ramón Tapia Zapata

B. 1932-03-17, Antofagasta, Chile; D. 1984-04-11
Boxing (1 silver)

	1956	HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Georges Maurice Marie Tapie

B. 1910-02-19, Annaba, Algeria, represented France; D. 1964-01-02
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1936	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	bronze	3200
		3200

He competed for a rowing club of Annaba in Algeria, so I class this colonial as Algerian.

Eero Johannes Tapio

B. 1941-03-03, Muhos, Finland
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-70 kg)	sixth	fifth		2700
Men's Welterweight (-74 kg)			9th	2700
				2700

Keijo Kalervo Tapiovaara

B. 1939-05-18, Tampere, Finland; D. 2019-03-19
Speed Skating

	1960	HP
Men's 1500 metres	23rd	0.256
Men's 5000 metres	7th	400
Men's 10000 metres	9th	160
		560.256

Nils Bertil Täpp

B. 1917-10-27, Malung, Sweden; D. 2000-10-23
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1948	1952	HP
Men's 18 km		7th	400
Men's 4x10 km Relay	gold	bronze	2240
			2640

Russell Tapp

B. 1943-04-15, represented Great Britain
Luge

	1976	HP
Doubles	dnf	0.125
		0.125

Eric Tapscott

Olympic Competitor nr 5017

1912-06-28-09:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round one - won (Q)
1912-06-30-14:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round two - won (Q)
1912-07-01-10:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round three - won (Q)
1912-07-01-15:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles, round four - lost (65.94)

Carlyle Tapsell

B. 1909-07-24, Adra, WB, (British) India; D. 1975-09-06
Hockey (2 gold)

	1932	1936	HP
Men's Team	gold	gold	6400
			6400

Written 2000-12-03 - last modified 2024-07-12

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