Great Olympians

Biographies - VID

Vida Gábor

B. 1929-10-04, Budapest, Hungary
Figure Skating
1952 HP
Pairs 10th 125
125

Alejandro Vidal Arellano

B. 1897, represented Chile
Track Cycling
1924 1928 HP
Men's Sprint Rep1 0.498
Men's Team Pursuit R1 68.25
Men's 50 km dnf 0.00096
68.74896

Francisco Carlos "Chicão" (Martins Vidal)

B. 1962-09-04, Rio Brilhante, MGdS, Brazil
Football (1 silver)
1984 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000

Eladi Vidal i Barrachina

B. 1897, from Barcelona, represented Spain
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1924 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) R3 7.368
7.368

Eliseo Vidal López

B. 1951-02-19, Vedado, Cuba
Aquatics - Swimming
1968 HP
Men's 100 metres Backstroke R1:30th 0.01
Men's 200 metres Backstroke R1:20th 1
1.01

Emilio Vidal

B. 1929-04-02, Alobres, Venezuela
Cycling - Road
1960 HP
Men's Road Race 62nd -8.60
-8.60

Gene Vidal

B. 1895-04-13, Madison, SDak, USA; D. 1969-02-20
Athletics
1920 HP
Men's Decathlon 7th 400
400

The father of author Gore Vidal.

Jeanne Vidal

represented France
Fencing
1932 HP
Women's Foil, Individual R1:8th 12.3
12.3

Jordi Vidal i Mitjans

B. 1943-11-09, Terrassa, Spain
Hockey
1964 1968 HP
Men's Team fourth sixth 1120
1120

Jorge R. Vidal

represented Argentina
Gymnastics
1948 HP
Men's Individual All-Around 121st 0.0000000000000000000064
Men's Team All-Around (15th) 0
Men's Floor Exercise dns 0
Men's Horse Vault 120th 0.0000000000000000000025
Men's Parallel Bars 121st 0.0000000000000000000016
Men's Horizontal Bar 120th 0.0000000000000000000025
Men's Rings 121st 0.0000000000000000000016
Men's Pommeled Horse 119th 0.0000000000000000000040
0.0000000000000000000186

José Vidal

B. 1896-12-15, Montevideo, Uruguay; D. 19
Football (1 gold)
1924 HP
Men's Football gold 3200
3200

Juan José Vidal

B. 1959-05-29, represented Venezuela
Football
1980 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 45.5
45.5

Rafael Antonio Vidal Castro

B. 1964-01-06, Caracas, Venezuela; D. 2005-02-12
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)
1980 1984 HP
Men's 100 m Butterfly 18th fourth 1602.56
Men's 200 m Butterfly 11th bronze 2624
Men's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay 12th 10
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay 10th 25
Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay 13th 6.4
4267.96

(Héctor) Ricardo Vidal Brisso

B. 1930-10-09, Santiago, Chile; D. 2010-03-09
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 HP
Men's Marathon 30th 0.015
0.015

Robert Vidal

B. 1933-07-07, represented France
Cycling - Track
1952 1956 HP
Men's Tandem fourth QF 2717.5
2717.5

Lynn Marie Vidali

B. 1952-05-26, San Francisco, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 1972 HP
Women's 100 metres Breaststroke R1:21st 0.64
Women's 200 metres Individual Medley bronze 2560
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley silver 7th 4400
6960.64

André Vidart

represented France
Equestrianism - Eventing
1920 HP
Three-day Event, Individual dnf 0.125
Three-day Event, Team dnf -
0.125

Vidáts Csaba

B. 1947-11-22, Szőny, Hungary
Football (1 silver)
1972 HP
Men's Team (silver) 164
164

Manuel Vidella Castillo

represented Chile
Boxing
1948 HP
Men's Featherweight (-58 kg) R2 79.13
79.13

Krasimir Petrov Videnov

B. 1968-06-15, Samokov, Bulgaria
Biathlon
1988 1992 1994 HP
Men's 10 km Sprint 29th 35th 31st 0.02155
Men's 20 kilometres 14th 60th 12
Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay eighth 14th 67
89.02155

Henri Vidil

B. 1941-05-28, Marseille, France
Aquatics - Swimming
1960 HP
Men's 200 metres Butterfly R1:28th 0.032
0.032

Blagoja Vidinić

B. 1934-06-11, Skopje, North Macedonia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2006-12-29
Football (1 gold, 1 silver)
1956 1960 HP
Men's Team (silver) gold 5200
5200

Kenneth "Ken" Vidler

B. 1954-03-08, from WA, represented Australia
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint
1980 HP
Men's Fours, 1000 m 8th 128
128

Ivan Vidmajer

B. 1949-12-24, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Judo
1976 HP
Men's Lightweight (-63 kg) R2 40.5
40.5

Andrej Vidmar

B. 1956-03-15, Ljubljana, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Ice Hockey
1984 HP
Men's Team R1:6th 26
26

Marjan Vidmar

B. 1960-07-01, Ljubljana, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Biathlon
1984 HP
Men's 10 km Sprint 54th -6.16
Men's 20 kilometres 46th -5.64
0.00000656

Peter Glen Vidmar

B. 1961-06-03, Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Artistic Gymnastics (2 gold, 1 silver)
1984 HP
Men's Individual Combined silver 4000
Men's Team Combined gold 1600
Men's Floor Exercises seventh 100
Men's Horizontal Bar fourth 400
Men's Rings fourth 400
Men's Pommeled Horse gold 1600
8100

Marcelo (Vido)

B. 1959-01-15, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Basketball
1980 1984 HP
Men's Team fifth 9th 580
580

Dario Vidošević

B. 1968-04-13, Split, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2020-05-27
Rowing
1984 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs seventh 500
500

Albin Vidović

B. 1943-02-11, Zagreb, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2018-03-07
Handball (1 gold)
1972 HP
Men's Team (gold) 128
128

Branko Vidović

B. 1923-09-04, Krževci, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2013-10-05
Aquatics - Swimming
1948 HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle SF:13th 25.6
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay fifth 250
275.6

Nenad Vidović

B. 1939-05-05, from Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Artistic Gymnastics
1964 HP
Men's Individual combined 89th -13.16
Men's Team combined 11th 16
16

Paul Vidrașcu

B. 1901, from București, represented Romania
Rugby (1 bronze)
1924 HP
Men's Rugby bronze 1280
1280

Kurt vid Stein

B. 1935-11-17, København, Denmark
Cycling - Track
1960 1964 HP
Men's Team Pursuit QF QF 861
861

Written 2016-11-30 - last modified 2024-09-08

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