Great Olympians

Biographies - VEN

Antoon Ven

B. 1935-07-21, from Antwerpen, represented Belgium
Rowing

	1956	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	SF:3rd	1025
		1025

Livien Domien Ven

B. 1934-02-16, Antwerpen, Belgium; D. 2015-05-20
Rowing

	1956	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	SF:3rd	1025
		1025

Cornel Vena

B. 1932-10-20, Sibiu, Romania
Modern Pentathlon

	1956	HP
Men's Individual	14th	20
Men's Team	sixth	160
		180

Scylla Venâncio

B. 1917-05-09, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:31st	0.0064
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:20th	1
		1.0064

Roberto Vencato

B. 1952-07-21, Brescia, Italy; D. 2022-10-14
Sailing

	1976	HP
Two Person Dinghy (470)	14th	20
		50

Juan Evangelista Venegas Trinidad

B. 1929-06-02, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; D. 1987-04-16
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1948	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-54 kg)	bronze	3840
		3840

Mogens Vendelbo Venge

B. 1912-03-29, København, Denmark; D. 1996-04-16
Hockey

	1936	1948	HP
Men's Team	QU:3rd	QU:4th	148.8
			148.8

Luciano Vendemini

B. 1952-07-11, Rimini, Italy; D. 1977-02-20
Basketball

	1976	HP
Men's Team	fifth	500
		500

Even Vengshoel

B. 1891-11-11, Raufoss, Norway; D. 1968-10-06
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1920	HP
Men's Cross-Country	dnf	0.000005
		0.000005

Yuriy Naumovych Venherovsky

B. 1938-10-26, Kharkiv, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1998-12-04
Volleyball (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Annibale Silvano Venier

B. 1951-07-30, Terracina, Italy
Rowing

	1976	1980	1984	1988	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	fifth				1595
Men's Eights				seventh	1595
					1595

Georgios Venieris

B. 1926, Peiraias, Greece
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	Rep:3rd	200
		200

Ioannis Venieris

Olympic Competitor nr 3004

1906-04-27-09:00 - Rowing - Coxed Pairs (1 km) - AC (243)

Loukas Venizelos

represented Thessaloniki, then Ottoman Empire
Athletics - Track & Field

	1906	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:ac	0.914
		0.914

Olympic Competitor nr 2914

1906-04-25-17:00 - Athletics - 800 m, round one - AC (0.914)

Konstantin Venkov

B. 1925-06-03, Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1956	1960	HP
Eventing, Individual	dnf	dnf	0.000000080032
Eventing, Team	dnf	dnf	-
			0.000000080032

Vasil Venkov

B. 1903, represented Bulgaria; D. 1975
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 10000 m	dnf	0.004
		0.004

Ivanka Venkova Todorova

B. 1952-11-03, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Women's 4x100 m Relay	SF:5th	32.5
		32.5

Venkova should be the patronymic, but she used it as her family name.

Albert H. Venn

B. 1867-09-24, Marshall, Mich., USA; D. 1908-08-02
Lacrosse (1 silver)

	1904	HP
Men's Team	silver	1500
		1500

Olympic Competitor nr 1821

1904-07-02-15:00? - Lacrosse - Match one - drawn
1904-07-07-15:00? - Lacrosse - Match two - lost - second (1500)

Willy Venneman

B. 1935-02-26, Berlare, Belgium
Boxing

	1960	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg)	R3	79.13
		79.13

Pio Vennettilli

B. 1927-10-29, Casalvieri, Italy; D. 1976
Canoeing - Flatwater Kayak

	1952	HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000m	SF:6th	3.24
		3.24

Joseph Ventaja

B. 1930-02-04, Casablanca, Morocco, represented France; D. 2003-08-11
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	bronze	3120
		3120

For people born in French colonies I let the nationality be defined by whatever data we have of his place of residence closest to the Olympics he participated in. For this athlete, all we know is that he died in Bordeaux, so I class him as French.

Narcís Ventalló i Surraliés

B. 1940-10-17, Terrassa, Spain; D. 2018-12-22
Hockey (1 bronze)

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	bronze	fourth	sixth	2640
				2640

Sotiris Ventas

B. 1945-03-15, represented Greece
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1972	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	9th	240
		240

Floris Venter

Olympic Competitor nr 3463

1908-07-13-17:15 - Cycling - Track - Tandem, round one - second (63.38)
1908-07-14-11:00 - Cycling - Track - 20 km, round one, heat two - third (2.334)
1908-07-14-16:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (660 yds), round one - first (Q)
1908-07-15-15:30 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (660 yds), semifinals - fourth (10.86)
1908-07-16-15:00 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (1000 m), round one - first (Q)
1908-07-16-16:45 - Cycling - Track - Sprint (1000 m), semifinals - third (68.25)
1908-07-17-16:00 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, round one - AC (0.029)

Marie-Christine Ventrillon

B. 1949-03-11, represented France
Archery

	1976	HP
Women's Individual	17th	6
		6

František Ventura

B. 1895-10-27, Vysoké Mýto, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1969-12-02
Equestrianism - Jumping (1 gold)

	1928	HP
Jumping, Individual	gold	8000
Jumping, Team	dnf	0.64
		8000.64

Gaspar Ventura i Messeguer

B. 1955-02-05, Terrassa, Spain
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team	10th		fourth	850
				850

Héctor Ventura Rodríguez

B. 1944-09-07, Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico
Hockey

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team	(16th)	16th	6.4
			6.4

Orlando Ventura Rodríguez

B. 1948-05-20, Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico
Hockey

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team	(16th)	16th	6.4
			6.4

Arcadio Venturi

B. 1929-05-18, Vignola, Italy
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Atilije Venturini

B. 1906, from Split, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Swimming

	1924	HP
Men's 400 m Freestyle	R1:3rd	10
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay	R1:3rd	16
		26

Bruno Venturini

B. 1911-09-26, Carrara, Italy; D. 1991-03-07
Football (1 gold)

	1936	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Franco Venturini

B. 1959-05-26, Treviso, Italy
Rowing

	1976	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	fifth	1250
		1250

Josef Věntus

B. 1931-02-17, Kylešovice, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2001-12
Rowing (2 bronze)

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Coxless Fours	SF:3rd	bronze	bronze	3267
				3267

Muniswamy Venu

B. 1946-04-20, represented India
Boxing

	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)	R16	79.13
		79.13

Vitale Venzi

represented Italy
Cross-Country Skiing & Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined

	1928	HP
Men's 18 km	35th	0.001
Men's Nordic Combined	20th	1.5
Men's Ski Jumping	13th	38.4
		39.901

Eugene George "Gene" Venzke

B. 1908-06-27, Leaf Valley Township, Minn., USA; D. 1992-02-14
Athletics - Track and Field

	1936	HP
Men's 1500 metres	9th	160
		160

Written 2002-10-29 - last modified 2023-12-22

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