Great Olympians

Biographies - WAD

Wada Akihito

B. 1947-01-10, Tokyo, Japan
Hockey

	1968	HP
Men's Team	13th	12.8
		12.8

Wada Eiko

B. 1939-04-14, Ehime, Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1956	1960	HP
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	QU:7th	QU:8th	1.64
Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay	QU:5th	QU:5th	65
			66.64

Wada Kikuo

B. 1951-03-01, Niigata, Japan
Freestyle Wrestling (1 silver)

	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-68 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Wada Koichi

B. 1916-07-25, represented Japan
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QU:4th	7.25
		7.25

Wada Shoko

B. 1952-01-10, represented Japan
Handball

	1976	HP
Women's Team	fifth	500
		500

Jan Wadas

B. 1944-05-16, Lubcza, Poland
Boxing

	1968	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R32	1.02
		1.02

Rob Waddell

B. 1975-01-07, Te Kuiti, New Zealand
Rowing (1 gold)

	1996	2000	2004	2008	HP
Men's Single Sculls	7th	gold			15250
Men's Double Sculls				fourth	15250
					15250

Thomas "Tom" Waddell

B. 1937-11-01, Paterson, NJ, USA; D. 1987-07-11
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's Decathlon	sixth	960
		960

(Roland) Peter Waddington

B. 1937-01-13, NSW, Australia
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	fifth	750
		750

Barclay John Wade

B. 1944-04-05, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Double Sculls	Rep:4th	32
		32

Harry Arthur Wade

B. 1928-03-12, Windsor, Ont., Canada; D. 2016-07-17
Basketball

	1952	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

(Festus) John Wade, III

B. 1928-08-13, St. Louis, MO, USA
Rowing

	1948	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	Rep:2nd	215
		215

Lamine Wade

B. 1943-07-31, represented Senegal
Judo

	1976	HP
Men's Half-Middleweight (-70 kg)	R2	40.5
		40.5

Les Wade

B. 1909, Montréal, Québ., Canada
Athletics

	1932	HP
Men's 1500 metres	R1:5th	17.2
		17.2

Tomás Ricardo Wade y Kehoe

B. in La Carlota, Argentina; D. 1982-03-07
Hockey

	1948	HP
Men's team	R1:2nd	410
		410

Olive Louise Wadham

B. 1909-03-23, Christchurch, England, Great Britain; D. 2004-10
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	SF:13th	25.6
Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay	sixth	160
		185.6

Torsten Gerry Wadman

B. 1947-06-30, Fryksände, Sweden
Biathlon

	1972	1976	HP
Men's 20 km	49th	48th	-4.52
Men's 4x7.5 km Relay	fifth	8th	314
			314.000052

Khalil Wadoou

represented Iraq
Basketball

	1948	HP
Men's Team	(22nd)	0.128
		0.128

Jean Wadoux

B. 1942-01-29, Saint-Pol-sur-Temoise, France
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	1968	HP
Men's 1500 metres	9th		160
Men's 5000 metres		9th	160
			320

William Ridout Wadsworth

B. 1875-12-17, Toronto, Ont., Canada; D. 1971-08-29
Rowing (1 silver)

	1904	HP
Men's Eights	silver	1500
		1500

Olympic Competitor nr 1925

1904-07-30-17:30 - Rowing - Eights - second (1500)

Brenda Wadworth

Olympic Competitor nr 4055

1908-07-17-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day one
1908-07-18-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day two - ninth (180)

Jessie Wadworth

Olympic Competitor nr 4056

1908-07-17-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day one
1908-07-18-11:00 - Archery - National Round (women), day two - fourth (1800)

Written 2011-08-17 - last modified 2023-07-21

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