Great Olympians

Biographies - VAC

Laura Rebeca Vaca Hernández

B. 1953-02-03, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	1972	HP
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:11th		64
Women's 800 metres Freestyle	8th	R1:26th	256.064
Women's 200 metres Individual Medley		R1:dq	-4.16
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley	8th	R1:27th	256.04
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	R1:13th	R1:15th	8.9
			521.004016

Rafael Vaca Valdez

B. 1934, represented Mexico
Cycling - Road

	1956	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-13.32
Men's Road Race, Team	dnf	-
		-13.32

Ludvík Vacátko

B. 1873-08-19, Simmering, Austria, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1956-11-26, Kunvald, Czechia
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	ac	2.186
		2.186

Vladimir Vacatko

B. 1952-09-12, Liberec, Czechia, represented West Germany; D. 2016-09-10
Ice Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	Prel 5th	65
		65

Gioacchino Vaccari

Olympic Competitor nr 3981

1908-07-16-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Italy - sixth (120)

Dorina Vaccaroni

B. 1963-09-24, Venezia, Italy
Fencing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	1992	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	sixth	bronze	Rep2		4113.8
Women's Foil, Team	fifth	fourth	silver	gold	4062.5
					8176.3

Josef Vacek

B. 1900-07-18, represented Czechoslovakia
Weightlifting

	1928	HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	8th	384
		384

Ladislav Vácha

B. 1899-03-21, Brno, Czechia, then part of Austria, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1943-06-28
Gymnastics (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

	1920	1924	1928	HP
Men's Individual combined		sixth	9th	800
Men's Team combined, European system	fourth	dnf	silver	1584
Vault		10th	18th	25.64
Parallel Bars		sixth	gold	1760
Horizontal Bar		39th	12th	10
Pommeled Horse		17th	45th	1
Sidehorse Vault		sixth		160
Rings		bronze	silver	1640
Rope Climbing		bronze		640
				6620.64

Paiboon Vacharapan

B. 1933-11-23, Krung Thep (Bangkok), Thailand
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:4th		0.00009
Men's 200 metres	R1:4th		0.00016
Men's 4x100m Relay	R1:4th	R1:5th	4.305
			4.30525

André Vacheresse

B. 1927-10-12, Roanne, France; D. 2000-07
Basketball

	1952	HP
Men's Team	8th	128
		128

Teresio Vachet

B. 1947-02-04, Bardonecchia, Italy
Alpine Skiing

	1968	HP
Men's Downhill	22nd	0.4
		0.4

Brian Vachon

B. 1951-08-10, Moncton, NB, Canada
Bobsleigh

	1976	1980	HP
Two-man	23rd	20th	1.57
Four-man	21st		0.48
			2.05

Maurice Vachon

B. 1929-09-14, Montréal, Québ., Canada; D. 2013-11-21
Freestyle Wrestling

	1948	HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg)	8th	384
		384

Marcela Váchová

B. 1953-07-06, Brno, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Artistic Gymnastics

	1972	HP
Women's Individual Combined	37th	-3.40
WomMen's Team Combined	fifth	250
		250.0004

František Vacín

B. 1893-05-25, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1965-11-09 in Praha
Water Polo

	1924	HP
Men's Water Polo	fifth	340
		340

Vladimír Vačkář

B. 1949-02-06, Prostějov, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Cycling - Track

	1972	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep3Fi	195
		195

Rostislav Václavíček

B. 1946-12-07, Vrahovice, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2022-08-07
Football (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Men's Team	(gold)	2000
		2000

Josef Václavík

B. 1900-05-04, Tábor, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Architecture - Town Planning	AC	7.078
		7.078

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2023-06-18

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