Great Olympians

Biographies - TH

The - Thi - Tho - Thu


Michel Théato

Olympic Competitor nr 1031


David Theile

B. 1938-01-17, Maryborough, Qld, Australia
Swimming (2 gold, 1 silver)
1956 1960 HP
100 m Backstroke gold gold 17600
4 x 100 m Medley Relay silver 1000
18600

He dropped out of swimming for two years after 1956 to concentrate on his studies, but came back to win a second gold in Roma.


Monica Theodorescu

Germany
Equestrianism (3 gold)

Member of the German Dressage team that won gold at Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta.


Ioannis Theodoropoulos

Olympic Competitor nr 205


Alexandros Theofilakis

1896 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 bonus HP
Free Rifle AC 14th 144.7
Free Rifle, team fourth 9th 13th 12th 346.4
Free Rifle, 3 positions AC 0.0
Free Rifle, prone 50th 0.0
Free Rifle, free position 45th 0.0
Military Rifle 20th 0.75
Military Rifle, Gras Model 13th 19.2
Military Rifle, 3 positions 67th 0.0
Military Rifle, Free position 68th 0.0
Military Rifle, team 7th 7th 175
Military Rifle, 300m, prone, team 11th 4
Military Rifle, 600m, prone, team 7th 25
Military Rifle, 300m & 600m, prone, team 7th 25
Military Revolver silver 3000
Military Revolver, Gras Model 10th 75
Small-Bore Rifle 60th 0.0
Free Pistol 26th 47th 0.05
Free Pistol, 25m 8th 192
Free Pistol, 50m 11th 48
Free Pistol, team 7th fourth 475
Military Pistol 14th 16
Military Pistol, team fifth silver 125 1375
Dueling Pistol 33rd 0.0
Duelling Pistol, au visé AC 0.12
Duelling Pistol, au commandement 14th 12
Rapid-fire Pistol 29th 0.02
132.7 3659.07 180.05 350 1476.4 10.02 125 5933.24

Olympic Competitor nr 209


Ioannis Theofilakis

1896 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 bonus HP
Free Rifle AC 28th 132.7
Free Rifle, team 9th 13th 12th 46.4
Free Rifle, 3 positions AC 0.0
Free Rifle, prone 41st 0.0
Military Rifle ninth AC 160
Military Rifle, Gras Model 31st 0.0
Military Rifle, 3 positions 75th 0.0
Military Rifle, Free position 34th 0.0
Military Rifle, team 7th 7th 175
Military Rifle, 600m, prone fourth 400
Military Rifle, 300m, prone, team 11th 4
Military Rifle, 600m, prone, team 7th 25
Military Rifle, 300m & 600m, prone, team 7th 25
Military Rifle, 300m, standing, team 13th 1.6
Small-Bore Rifle 32nd 47th 41st 0.0
Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target 21st 0.64
Small-Bore Rifle, team sixth 10th 275
Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target, team fourth 400
Running Deer, single shot 30th 0.016
Free Pistol 29th 18th 10th 102.57
Free Pistol, team 7th fourth 475
Military Pistol 15th 10
Military Pistol, team fifth silver 125 1375
Dueling Pistol 23rd 0.26
Dueling Pistol, team fifth 250
Rapid-fire Pistol 43rd 0.0
292.7 0.02 180.01 1253.48 1997 10.0 125 3858.21

Olympic Competitor nr 65


Émile Thèves

Olympic Competitor nr 1191


Victor Thibaud

Olympic Competitor nr 1370


Léon Thiébaut

Olympic Competitor nr 272


Léon Thiércelin

Olympic Competitor nr 373


Walter Thijssen

Olympic Competitor nr 1428


René Jules Thion de la Chaume

Olympic Competitor nr 639


Thiriet

Olympic Competitor nr 1098


Sven Alfred Thofelt

B. 1904-05-19, Stockholm, Sweden; D. 1993-02-01
Modern Pentathlon (1 gold) & Fencing (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1928 1932 1936 1948 HP
Modern Pentathlon, individual gold fourth fourth - 18000
Épée, individual - 9th SF:7th - 228
Épée, team - - silver bronze 1804
20032

In 1949 he would be a founder and for 23 years the first president of the Modern Pentathlon Union.


Georg Thoma

Germany
Nordic Combined (1 gold, 1 bronze
1960 1964 HP
individual gold bronze 13440
13440


Thomann

Olympic Competitor nr 1581


Petria Thomas

Australia
Swimming (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
1996 2000 2004 HP
100 m Butterfly fourth gold 8000
200 m Butterfly silver bronze silver 11616
4x100 m Free-style Relay gold 1600
4x200 m Free-style Relay silver fourth 1400
4x100 m Medley Relay silver gold 2600
25216


René Thomas

Olympic Competitor nr 1258


Léon Thome

Olympic Competitor nr 582


Adolphe Thomeguex

Olympic Competitor nr 657


Pierre Thomeguex

Olympic Competitor nr 569


Daley Thompson

B. 1958-07-30, Great Britain
Track and Field (2 gold)
1980 1984 1988 HP
Decathlon gold gold fourth 32400
32400

His LA Gold medal performance was a world record for 8 years, until Dan O'Brien broke it, a month after his Olympic title at Barcelona.
He was World Champion in 1983.


Earl Thompson

B. 1900-08-14, Cleveland, OH, USA; D. 1971-07-05
Equestrianism (2 gold, 3 silver)
1932 1936 1948 HP
Three-day Event silver silver 21st 10000.8
Three-day Event, team gold dnf gold 4804
Dressage 8th 320
Dressage, team silver 1000
16124.8


Jennifer Elisabeth "Jenny" Thompson

B. 1973-02-26, Dover, NH, USA
Swimming (8 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
1992 1996 2000 2004 HP
50 m Free-style fifth 7th 1400
100 m Free-style silver bronze 7216
200 m Free-style Bfin dns 6.4
100 m Butterfly fifth fifth 2000
4x100 m Free-style Relay gold gold gold silver 11600
4x200 m Free-style Relay gold gold 3200
4x100 m Medley Relay gold (gold) gold silver 6396
31818.4

Member of the American relay team that won gold in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney.
Sydney were her best olympics in the sense that she finally also had individual successes.
She does have three gold medals for the medley relay, but I don't call her a double "triple champion" because she did not swim in the final in 1996. Swimmers in the heats also get gold medals, but I don't feel this is truly justified.
There was no 4 x 200 m relay yet in 1992, or she could have a third set of three medals.
(26550.4)


Gustav Thöni

B. 1951-02-28, Italy
Alpine Skiing (1 gold, 2 silver)
1972 1976 1980 HP
Giant Slalom gold fourth - 8000
Slalom silver silver 8th 8256
Downhill 13th 26th - 25.664
16281.6

World Champion at Slalom and Giant Slalom in 1974, and Combined in '72 and '76. World Cup Winner Overall in 1971-'73 and '75.


Andreas Thorkildsen

B. 1982-04-01, Norway
Athletics (2 gold)
2004 2008 HP
Javelin Throw gold gold 19200
19200


George Thorne

Olympic Competitor nr 1634


Eric Thornton

Olympic Competitor nr 1628


Ian Thorpe

Australia
Swimming (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
2000 2004 HP
100 m Free-style bronze 2560
200 m Free-style silver gold 10400
400 m Free-style gold gold 12800
4x100 m Free-style Relay gold sixth 1760
4x200 m Free-style Relay gold silver 2600
4x100 m Medley Relay (silver) 64
30184

(13664)


James Francis "Jim" Thorpe

Born as

Wa-Tho-Huck (Bright Path)

B. 1887-05-28, USA; D. 1953-03-28
Track and Field (2 gold)
1912 HP
Decathlon gold 6400
Pentathlon gold 6400
High Jump fourth 2400
Long Jump 7th 600
15800

He was regiven the medals he had won at Stockholm by the IOC in 1982.  The medals had been taken from him after it became known that he had accepted a very small amount of money at Baseball.
In 1950 he was voted the best athlete of the first half of the century.
(152 HP)


Petra Thümer

Germany
Swimming (2 gold)
1976 HP
400 m Free-style gold 6400
800 m Free-style gold 6400
12800


Arnóld Clas Robert Thunberg

B. 1893-04-05, Helsinki, Finland; D. 1973-07-28
Speed Skating (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1924 1928 HP
1500 m gold gold 12800
500 m bronze gold 8960
5000 m gold 12th 6440
10000 m silver - 4000
Combined gold 1600
33800

He would undoubtedly have won more medals had the Americans in 1932 not opted for the mass starts, with which he and most Europeans did not agree. So he decided to miss the Lake Placid Olympics. He set four World records and adopted Nurmi's attitude to sport, training throughout the year.
The gold on 500 m at St.Moritz was a tie with Bernt Evensen.


Written 2001-07-30 - last modified 2002-10-31

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