Great Olympians

Biographies - WAI

John Wai

B. 1947-07-30, represented Hong Kong
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1976	HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres	Rep:6th	0.5
		0.5

August Waibel

B. 1894, represented Switzerland
Athletics

	1920	HP
Men's 100 m	R1:4th	0.00009
Men's 200 m	R1:4th	0.00013
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay	SF:4th	20.5
		20.50022

Wolfram Waibel, Sr.

B. 1947-07-01, Hohenems, Austria
Shooting

	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	HP
Small−Bore Rifle, 3 Positions	32nd	25th	40th	24th				0.2641
Small−Bore Rifle, Prone	53rd	13th	20th	25th			31st	27.340000256
								27.604200256

John Waight

B. 1945-11-02, represented British Honduras (now Belize)
Shooting

	1976	HP
Free Pistol	47th	-5.60
		0.000006

Wilson Wakiihuri Waigwa

B. 1949-02-15, represented Kenya
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Men's 5000 metres	10th	100
		100

Richard Donald "Rusty" Wailes

B. 1936-03-21, Seattle, Wash., USA; D. 2002-10-11
Rowing (2 gold)

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Coxless Fours		gold	4800
Men's Eights	gold		3200
			8000

Erick Wainaina

B. 1973-12-19, Kenya
Athletics (1 silver, 1 bronze)

1996 2000 2004 HP

Marathon bronze silver 7th 10440

10440

Abdul Aziz Wains

B. 1932-01-01, Gurdaspur, Punj., then India, represented Pakistan
Shooting

	1960	HP
Men's Free Rifle	38th	-3.38
		0.000384

Helen Wainwright

B. 1906-03-15, New York, NY, USA
Aquatics - Diving & Aquatics - Swimming (2 silver)

	1920	1924	HP
Women's Springboard (1 & 3m)	silver		4000
Women's 400 m Freestyle		silver	4000
			8000

Norman Wainwright

B. 1917-07-04, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Great Britain; D. 2000-05-02
Swimming

	1932	1936	1948	HP
Men's 400m Freestyle	R1:3rd	R1:3rd		46.4
Men's 1500m Freestyle		SF:8th		256
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay		sixth	R1:5th	200
				402.4

Sérgio Waismann

B. 1955-08-07, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Men's 100 m Butterfly	12th	40
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	fifth	250
		290

Michael Waissnix

B. 1904-05-22, represented Austria
Bobsleigh

	1928	HP
Men's Four/Five	dnf	0.192
		0.192

Ruth Waithera

B. 1958-08-17, represented Kenya
Athletics - Track & Field

	1984	HP
Women's 200 metres	SF:8th	8.2
Women's 400 metres	eighth	256
		264.2

Leonhard Waitl

B. 1939-04-05, Füssen, Bay., Germany, represented the Federal Republic in 1968
Ice Hockey

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Team	sixth	7th	7th	720
				720

Josef Waitzer

Olympic Competitor nr 5470

1912-07-06-13:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, qualifying - 19th (1.6)
1912-07-07-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event one : long jump
1912-07-07-13:50? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon; event two : javelin throw - DNS - (0.064)
1912-07-12-09:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group one - 16th (6.4)

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2024-01-22

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