Great Olympians

Biographies - VIS

Russ Vis

B. 1900-06-22, Grand Rapids, Mich., USA; D. 1990-04-01
Freestyle Wrestling (1 gold)

	1924	HP
Men's Lightweight (-66 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Petrus Gerhardus Visagie

B. 1922-04-25, represented Kenya; D. 1967
Shooting

	1960	HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle, Prone	43rd	-4.26
		0.0000256

Nicolae Vișan

B. 1953-02-26, represented Romania
Ice Hockey

	1976	HP
Men's Team	7th	200
		200

Alberto Visconti

B. 1901, represented Italy
Bobsleigh

	1924	HP
Men's Four/Five	dnf	120
		120

Gary Charles Visconti

B. 1945-05-10, Detroit, Mich., USA
Figure Skating

	1968	HP
Men's Singles	fifth	1500
		1500

Viorica Viscopoleanu

B. 1939-08-08, Storojinet, Romania, now Storozhinets in Ukraine
Track and Field (1 gold)

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Long Jump	fifth	gold	7th	11700
				11700

(Mirio) Carlos (Alberto) Visentín Posagno

B. 1918-11-28, Santa Fe, Argentina; D. 2017-10-12
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Team	R2:3rd	R2:4th	52.75
			52.75

Marcelo Euclides Visentín Posagno

B. 1914-05-30, Santa Fe, Argentina; D. 1998-12-16
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Team	R2:3rd	R2:4th	52.75
			52.75

Gloria Viseras Die

B. 1965-02-09, Ciudad de México, Mexico, represented Spain
Artistic Gymnastics

	1980	HP
Women's Individual combined	QU:62nd	-8.40
		0.000000004

Edgard Viseur

B. 1905-04-10, from Bruxelles, represented Belgium
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase	R1:5th	25.8
		25.8

Georgy Vishnyakov

Olympic Competitor nr 5313

1912-07-01-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, 3 positions - 26th (0.064)
1912-07-01-15:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle, Free position - 77th

Vittorio Visini

B. 1945-05-25, Chieti, Italy
Athletics

	1968	1972	1976	HP
Men's 20 km Walk		8th	8th	640
Men's 50 km Walk	sixth	7th		1040
				1680

Ramutis Višinskis

B. 1957-10-12, Dungeriai, Lithuania, represented the Soviet Union
Canoeing, Kayak Sprint

	1980	HP
Men's Singles, 1000 m	SF:4th	68
		68

Bruno Visintin

B. 1932-11-23, La Spezia, Italy; D. 2015-01-11
Boxing (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Light-Welterweight (-63.5 kg)	bronze	3120
		3120

Antti Viskari

B. 1928-05-01, Joutseno, Finland; D. 2007-06-04
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's Marathon	53rd	0.000000384
		0.000000384

Kalevi Viskari

B. 1928-06-15, Svetogorsk, now in Russia, represented Finland; D. 2018-11-13
Gymnastics (1 bronze)

	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	38th	-
Men's Team All-Around	bronze	640
Men's Floor Exercise	78th	-
Men's Horse Vault	19th	0.4
Men's Parallel Bars	40th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	11th	16
Men's Rings	90th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	28th	0.006
		656.406

Biserka Višnjić

B. 1953-10-10, Trogir, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia
Handball (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Women's Team	silver	gold	5200
			5200

Konstantīns Visotskis

B. 1864-03-17, Moskva, Russia, represented Latvia; D. 1938
Art Competitions

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Painting, Paintings	4 works		AC	108.79
Painting, unknown event		7 works		15.302
				119.106

Fernand Visser

represented Belgium
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1928	HP
Men's Water Polo	QF	216
		216

Gerrit Visser

B. 1903-02-02, Nieuwendam, the Netherlands; D. 1984-12-03
Football

	1924	HP
Men's Football	fourth	800
		800

Guillaume Visser

Olympic Competitor nr 6877

1912-07-17-19:40 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, outriggers, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-18-13:00 - Rowing - Coxed Fours, outriggers, quarterfinal - second (510)
1920 2000
bonus 251

Henk Visser

B. 1932-03-23, Willemstad, Curaçao, lived in Amsterdam, represented the Netherlands; D. 2015-11-13
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	1956	1960	HP
Men's Long Jump	FI:nm		7th	660
				660

Leo Visser

B. 1966-01-13, Haastrecht, the Netherlands
Speed Skating (1 silver, 3 bronze)

	1988	1992	HP
1500 m		bronze	1920
5000 m	silver	bronze	5920
10000 m	bronze		2560
			10400

Martinus Wiendelt "Martin" Visser

B. 1924-12-28, Groningen, the Netherlands, represented Australia; D. 2008-08-10
Sailing

	1964	HP
Two−Person Keelboat (Star)	10th	125
		125

Paulus Visser

from South Africa
Tug-of-War

	1904	HP
Men's Tug-of-War	R1	307.5
		307.5

He represented the Boer team in the 1904 Club championship.

Olympic Competitor nr 2076

1904-08-31-15:00? - Tug-of-War - Round One - lost (307.5)

Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser

B. 1961-07-20, Oud-Beijerland, the Netherlands
Speed Skating (1 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Women's 500 metres		30th	0.01
Women's 1500 metres	silver	13th	4025.6
Women's 3000 metres	dnf	25th	0.116
			4025.726

Tjipke Visser

B. 1876-12-12, Workum, the Netherlands; D. 1955-01-22
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Sculpture - unknown event	2 entries	0.166
		0.166

Haas Visser 't Hooft

B. 1905-09-20, Haarlem, the Netherlands; D. 1977-07-28
Hockey (1 silver)

	1928	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Andrea Johanna Maria Vissers

B. 1952-02-29, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rowing

	1976	HP
Women's Double Sculls	7th	500
		500

Josephus "Jos" Vissers

B. 1928-11-28, Geel, Belgium; D. 2006-04-18
Boxing (1 silver)

	1948	HP
Men's Lightweight (-62 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Itzhak Vissoker

B. 1944-09-18, represented Israel
Football

	1976	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

Remegio Vista

B. 1934-05-25, Tibiao, the Philippines
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	HP
Men's 4x100 metres Relay	R1:4th	3.625
		3.625

Visy István

B. 1906-08-01, Dombóv&aadute;r, Hungary; D. 2000-03-06
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1936	HP
Three−Day Event, Individual	dnf	0.00000125
Three−Day Event, Team	dnf	-
		0.00000125

Written 2011-08-27 - last modified 2023-07-06

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