Great Olympians

Biographies - TRO

Frank Troeh

Olympic Competitor nr 7202

1920-07-22-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, team, day one - first (Q)
1920-07-23-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage one
1920-07-23-16:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, team, day two - first (1600)
1920-07-24-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage one, day two - first (Q)
1920-07-24-16:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage two - AC (Q)
1920-07-24-17:30? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage three - second (5000)

Tommy Brian Troelsen

B. 1940-07-10, Nykøbing Mors, Denmark
Football (1 silver)

	1960	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Jelle Troelstra

B. 1891-01-17, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; D. 1979-01-16
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Painting, Drawings & Water Colours	AC	37.97
		37.97

Troffaes

represented Belgium
Shooting

	1906	HP
Men's Military Rifle	32nd	-2.30
		0.003

Olympic Competitor nr 2575

1906-04-23-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle - 32nd

Vasily Dmitriyevich Trofimov

B. 1919-01-07, Kostino, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1999-09-22
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Ladislav Troják

B. 1914-06-15, Košice, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1948-11-08
Ice Hockey (1 silver)

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Team	fourth	silver	3080
			3080

Died with six other players of the Czechoslovak national Ice Hockey team in the crash of plane in the English Channel.

Bruno Trojani

B. 1907-08-29, from Gstaad, represented Switzerland; D. 1966-01-14
Ski Jumping

	1928	HP
Men's Ski Jumping	32nd	0.006
		0.006

Mate Trojanović

B. 1930-05-20, Metković, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Rowing (1 gold)

	1952	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	gold	4800
		4800

Nikola Trojanović

B. 1928-09-29, Dubrovnik, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1952	HP
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke	SF:12th	60
		60

Tadeusz Hipolit Trojanowski

B. 1933-01-01, Straszów, Poland; D. 1997-02-10
Wrestling - Freestyle (1 bronze)

	1960	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

Wojciech Trojanowski

B. 1904-09-25, Krakow, Poland, then part of Austria; D. 1988-06-16
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's 110 m Hurdles	R1:6th	0.000096
		0.000096

Zdzisław Jan Trojanowski

B. 1928-05-27, Chodorowa, Poland; D. 2006-03-20
Ice Hockey

	1952	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Orvar Trolle

B. 1900-04-04, Malmö, Sweden; D. 1971-03-07
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1920	1924	HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle	SF:5th	SF:4th	770
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay	fourth	bronze	1040
			1810

Luciano Trolli

B. 1904-03-12, represented Italy
Swimming

	1924	HP
Men's 200 m Breaststroke	R1:5th	0.467
		0.467

Per-Owe Trollsås

B. 1933-01-18, Vaplan, Sweden; D. 2000-11-05
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles	R1:17th	6
Men's 4x400 metres Relay	SF:6th	13
		19

Georges Trombert

B. 1874-08-10, Genève, Switzerland, represented France; D. 1949-02-27
Fencing (2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	10th	125
Men's Foil, Team	silver	1000
Men's Épée, Individual	SF:7th	26
Men's Épée, Team	bronze	640
Men's Sabre, Individual	R1:dnf	0.00046
Men's Sabre, Team	silver	1000
		2791.00046

Waldemar António Trombetta "Trombetinha"

B. 1954-07-25, Porto União, SC, Brazil
Rowing

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls	11th			60
Men's Coxless Fours			Rep:5th	60
				60

Janice Yvonne "Jan" Trombly

B. 1957-01-06, Plattsburgh, NY, USA
Handball

	1984	HP
Women's Team	fifth	500
		500

Gerrit Tromp

B. 1901-10-24, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; D. 1938-12-02
Rowing

	1924	HP
Men's Eights	R1:3rd	104
		104

Henricus Tromp

B. 1878-03-19, Tanjung Pura, Java, Indonesia, represented the Netherlands; D. 1962-04-17
Rowing (1 bronze)

	1900	HP
Men's Eights	bronze	1280
		1280

Olympic Competitor nr 1431

1900-08-25-11:00 - Rowing - Eights, heat one - first (Q)
1900-08-26-17:30 - Rowing - Eights, final - third (1280)

Santiago Trompeta Rodríguez

B. 1953-07-26, represented Cuba
Shooting

	1972	HP
Free Pistol	44th	-4.24
		0.000024

Albert Tröndle

Olympic Competitor nr 7297

1920-07-29-10:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 300m, prone, team - fourth (100)
1920-07-29-14:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 300m, standing, team - eighth (16)
1920-07-29-16:30? - Shooting - Military Rifle, 600m, prone, team - sixth (40)
1924 FR 400

Henry Tröndle

B. 1906-03-15 Buch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, lived in New York, represented Germany; D. 1991-03-18
Cycling - Road

	1932	HP
Men's Road Race, Individual	dnf	0.00125
Men's Road Race, Team	(8th)	-
		0.00125

Guillaume Tronchet

B. 1867, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France; D. 1959
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Architecture - unknown event	AC	73.37
		73.37

Three catalogue numbers, but quite possibly just one entry, a "Stade".

Giampaolo Tronchin

B. 1940-12-10, Prepanziol, Italy; D. 2021-11-2
Rowing

	1972	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	Rep:3rd	18.13
		18.13

Nicolò Tronci

B. 1905-04-06, from Genova, represented Italy
Gymnastics

	1936	HP
Men's Individual combined (6 apparatuses)	41st	-
Men's Team combined	fifth	250
Men's Floor Exercise	39th	-
Men's Vault	85th	-
Men's Parallel Bars	31st	0.0016
Men's Horizontal Bar	66th	-
Men's Rings	19th	0.4
Men's Pommeled Horse	27th	0.01
		250.4116

Carolina Tronconi

B. 1913-05-22, Pavia, Italy; D. 2008-02-11
Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1928	HP
Women's Team Combined	silver	2000
		2000

Hans Tronner

B. 1883-06-25, Opava, Moravia, Czech Republic, represented Austria

Olympic Competitor nr 6504

1912-07-12-09:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group one - fifth (1000)
1912-07-13-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, qualification - 13th (25.6)

Carolyn Trono

B. 1961-01-01, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Rowing

	1984	HP
Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls	seventh	300
		300

Josephina Johanna "Jopie" Troost

B. 1942-09-19, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	HP
Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay	R1:dnf	10
		10

Maria Trösch

competed as

Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch

B. 1921-11-22, from Wien, represented Austria
Athletics

	1948	HP
Women's 100 m	R1:4th	0.0084
Women's 4x100 m Relay	sixth	160
Women's 80 m Hurdles	fifth	1500
Women's Long Jump	9th	240
		1900.0084

Rudolf Troppert

B. 1909-03-26, Wien, Austria; D. 1999
Weightlifting

	1936	HP
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	9th	240
		240

Aivars Trops

B. 1963-01-22, Rīga, Latvia, represented the Soviet Union
Bobsleigh

	1988	HP
Men's Two	9th	200
		200

Wolfgang Troßbach

B. 1927-08-24, Berlin, Germany
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	HP
Men's 100m Hurdles	R1:4th	1.169
		1.169

Anatoly Ivanovich Troshenkov

B. 1930, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1999
Canoeing - Flatwater Kayak

	1952	HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000m	SF:4th	51
		51

Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Troshin

B. 1959-05-22, Saratov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Diving

	1980	HP
Men's Springboard	7th	400
		400

Volodymyr Mykolayovych Troshkin

B. 1947-09-28, Donetsk, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2020-07-05
Football (1 bronze)

	1976	HP
Men's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Alan Philip "Al" Trost

B. 1949-02-07, St. Louis, MO, USA
Football

	1972	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

Rudolf Trost

B. 1940-08-27, Graz, Austria (then part of Germany)
Fencing & Modern Pentathlon

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Foil, Individual		BarR1		0.042
Men's Épée, Individual	ElR1	R2:5th	QF:5th	4.524
Men's Épée, Team	9th/10th		9th/10th	65
Men's Modern Pentathlon, Individual	32nd			-2.50
Men's Modern Pentathlon, Team	10th			25
				94.571

Vladlen Kostiantynovuch Trostianskiy

B. 1935-01-26, Kyiv, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Wrestling (1 silver)

	1964	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Marcia Trotman

B. 1955-09-01, represented Barbados
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Women's 200 metres	QF:6th	0.364
Women's 4x400 m Relay	R1:7th	5.2
		5.564

Pearson Trotman

B. 1949-11-29, represented Barbados
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 4x100 m Relay	R1:17th	1
		1

William O. "Bill" Trott

B. 1965-03-20, represented Bermuda
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	1988	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:50th	R1:56th	0.000001064
			0.000001064

Dennis Trott

B. 1955-07-20, represented Bermuda
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's 100 metres	QF:5th	2.29
Men's 4x100 m Relay	SF:5th	32.5
		34.79

Laura Rebecca Trott

competed in 2021 as

Laura Kenny

B. 1992-04-24, Harlow, England, Great Britain
Cycling - Track (4 gold, 1 silver)

	2012	2016	2021	HP
Women's Omnium	gold	gold		19200
Women's Team Pursuit	gold	gold	silver	18900
Women's Madison			gold	8000
				46100

Five weeks after Rio, she married Jason Kenny. They had 10 gold medals between them, and both added another.

Walter Trott

B. 1907-06-01, from Oberhof, represented Germany
Bobsleigh

	1936	HP
Men's Four	dnf	1.92
		1.92

Wilfried Trott

B. 1948-07-25, Wuppertal, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Cycling - Road

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Road Race	sixth	19th	962.4
			962.4

Charles Maitland Yorke Trotter

B. 1923-02-08 in Scotland, represented Kenya; D. 2003-09
Shooting

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Three Positions	42nd		0.00004
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Prone	41st	37th	0.000464
			0.000504

Dave Trottier

B. 1906-06-25, Pembroke, Ont., Canada; D. 1956-11-13
Ice Hockey (1 gold)

	1928	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Bruno Trouble

B. 1945-05-29, Versailles, France
Sailing

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Two−Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	sixth			1200
Three−Person Keelboat (Soling)			7th	1200
				1200

Marcel Troupel

B. 1930-05-06 in Algeria, represented France; D. 2019-09-27
Sailing

	1972	HP
Two Person Keelboat (Tempest)	9th	200
		200

Josef Trousil

B. 1935-02-02, Městečko, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's 200 metres	R1:4th			0.00016
Men's 400 metres		R1:4th	QF:5th	2.2975
Men's 4x400m Relay	R1:3rd	R1:4th		71.625
				73.92266

Josef Trousílek

B. 1918-03-16, Praha, Czechia, then part of Austria, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1990-10-10
Ice Hockey (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Louis Auguste Trousselier

B. 1881-06-29, Paris, France; D. 1939-04-24
Cycling - Track (1 bronze)

	1900	HP
Men's Points Race	bronze	3840
Men's 25 km	dnf	150
		3990

He won the Tour de France in 1905 and several classics.

Olympic Competitor nr 1594

1900-09-15-14:00? - Cycling - Track - 25 km - AC (150)
1900-09-15-15:00? - Cycling - Track - Points Race - third (3840)

Decio Trovati

B. 1906-10-16, Genova, Italy
Ice Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	45.5
		45.5

Gary Trowell

B. 1959-04-10, Melbourne, Vict., Australia
Road Cycling

	1984	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-22.15
Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	15th	7.5
		7.5

Guy Kent Troy

B. 1923-03-15, Washington DC, USA
Modern Pentathlon

	1952	HP
Men's Individual	14th	20
Men's Team	fourth	400
		420

Michael Francis "Mike" Troy

B. 1940-10-03, Indianapolis, Ind., USA; D. 2019-08-02
Aquatics - Swimming (2 gold)

	1960	HP
Men's 200 metres Butterfly	gold	8000
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	gold	1600
		9600

Written 2000-12-15 - last modified 2024-09-10

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