Wib - Wic - Wid - Wie - Wig - Wil - Win - Wit
B. 1970-10-15, Norrköping, Sweden
Alpine Skiing (2 gold, 1 silver)
1992 | 1994 | 1998 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Giant Slalom | gold | dnf | 11th | 4864 |
Combined | - | gold | dnf | 4800 |
Downhill | - | 9th | silver | 4120 |
Super-G | 12th | fourth | 14th | 1246 |
Slalom | dnf | fourth | dnf | 1200 |
16230 |
B. 1948-02-04, Budapest, Hungary
Canoeing (2 silver, 1 bronze)
1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C1 500m | fourth | 1000 | |||
C1 1000 m | silver | bronze | 9th | 8660 | |
C2 1000 m | silver | 5000 | |||
14660 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1591
Canada
Ice Hockey (3 gold, 1 silver)
1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
team | silver | gold | gold | gold | 23200 |
23200 |
Member of the Canadian Ice Hockey team that won gold in Salt Lake City, Torino and Vancouver, with silver in Nagano.
(12600)
Switzerland
Bobsledding (1 gold, 2 bronze)
1968 | 1972 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
two-man | 9th | bronze | 3400 |
four-man | bronze | gold | 6720 |
10120 |
B. 1896-02-22, Sweden; D. 1996-06
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver, 4 bronze)
1920 | 1924 | 1928 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1500 m | H:4th | - | H:3rd | 25.26 |
5000 m | - | bronze | bronze | 5120 |
10000 m | - | silver | bronze | 6560 |
Cross-Country | - | dnf | 0.0003 | |
3000 m Team | bronze | SF:3rd | 845 | |
12550 |
He lived to be 100, and would have been the only Olympian alive both during Athina 1896 and Atlanta 1996, but he died soon before Atlanta.
Olympic Competitor nr 1117
B. 1979-03-12, Emsdetten, Germany
Canoeing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
K2 500 m | bronze | gold | silver | 12150 |
12150 |
Three times together with Ronald Rauhe
Olympic Competitor nr 303
B.1937-08-25, Great Falls, Mont., USA
Shooting (2 gold, 1 silver)
1964 | 1972 | HP | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Small-bore Rifle, three positions | gold | - | 6400 | |
Small-bore Rifle, prone | silver | 7th | 4400 | |
Free Rifle, three positions | - | gold | 9600 | |
20400 |
He began shooting on his family's Montana ranch. After another break, he qualified for the US team for 1980. His daughter Geena-Lynn finished 10th in the air rifle in 1988.
B. 1980-04-28, Gent, Belgium, competing for Great Britain
Cycling - track (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Individual Pursuit | gold | gold | 19200 | |
Madison | fourth | bronze | 9th | 3240 |
Team Pursuit | bronze | silver | gold | 12150 |
34590 |
He could have represented Australia or Belgium, but he chose Great Britain.
When he won the team pursuit at Beijing, he became only the second cyclist
to win six medals - after Burton Downing in 1904.
Germany
Biathlon (3 gold, 3 silver) & Cross-Country
Biathlon | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | HP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.5 km | gold | 7th | 30th | 5100.075 | |
7.5 km + 10 km Pursuit | silver | gold | 12th | 7830 | |
15 km | 17th | fourth | 1606.4 | ||
12.5 km Mass Start | silver | 25th | 4000.1 | ||
4 x 6 km | gold | silver | bronze | 4050 | |
Cross-Country | 19506.475 | ||||
4 x 5 km | fifth | 250 | |||
22836.575 |
(24056)
Olympic Competitor nr 1487
Great Britain
Swimming (1 gold, 2 silver)
1972 | 1976 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
200 m Breaststroke | silver | gold | 10400 |
100 m Breaststroke | 8th | silver | 4256 |
4 x 100 m Medley Relay | 7th | fourth | 500 |
15156 |
B. 1950-11-15, USA
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)
1976 | 1984 | 1988 | HP | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Discus Throw | gold | silver | fifth | 21375 | |
21375 |
B. 1879-03-03, Great Britain; D. 1946-08-07
Waterpolo (3 gold)
1900 | 1908 | 1912 | HP | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waterpolo | gold | gold | gold | 17600 | |
17600 |
Member of the winning team in Waterpolo at Paris (as the Osborne Swimming
Club of Manchester), London and Stockholm (as England).
England did not send a team to St.Louis in 1904.
Olympic Competitor nr 1342
Olympic Competitor nr 220
B. 1908-05-19, Vancouber, BC, Canada; D. 1982-11-29
Track & Field (2 gold)
1928 | 1932 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
100 m | gold | SF:4th | 6728 |
200 m | gold | - | 6400 |
4x100 m Relay | sixth | fourth | 560 |
13688 |
B. 1953-08-23 in Fresno, CA, USA
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)
1972 | 1976 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
Long Jump | gold | silver | 15600 |
15600 |
B. 1981-09-26, Saginaw, MI, USA
Tennis (2 gold)
2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singles | QF | 717.5 | ||
Doubles | gold | - | gold | 14400 |
15117.5 |
B. 1980-06-17, Lynwood, CA, USA
Tennis (3 gold)
2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singles | gold | R3 | QF | 9661.784 |
Doubles | gold | R1 | gold | 14400.765 |
24062.549 |
B. 1972-09-18, Magdeburg, Germany
Rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Double Fours | gold | gold | bronze | fifth | 18405 |
18405 |
Three of the four members (Andreas Hajek,
Stephan
Volkert and Andre Willms) of the winning crew in Barcelona returned
to Atlanta to win again, but their third different partner let them down
in Sydney. Willms and Volkert tried again in Athina, but with even less
success.
(17280)
USA
Tennis (2 gold)
1924 | HP | |
---|---|---|
Women's Singles | gold | 8000 |
Women's Doubles | gold | 4800 |
12800 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1692
B. 1852-04-05, St. Petersburg, Russia, moved to the USA; D. 1920-08-12
Shooting & Art (2 gold, 1 silver)
1908 | 1912 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
Running Deer, double shot | gold | 11th | 4864 |
Running Deer, single shot | sixth | 29th | 480.0 |
Running Deer, single shot, team | silver | 1000 | |
Dueling Pistol | 8th | 256 | |
Dueling Pistol, team | fourth | 400 | |
Small-Bore Rifle, Moving Target | 10th | 75 | |
Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target | 19th | 1.2 | |
Free Pistol | 38th | 49th | 0.0002 |
total Shooting | 7076 | ||
Sculpture | gold | 9600 | |
16676 |
Olympic Competitor nr 788
Olympic Competitor nr 376
B. 1926-07-24, Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany
Equestrianism (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jumping, individual | gold | fifth | 16th | fifth | - | 10th | 13293.25 |
Jumping, team | gold | gold | gold | bronze | gold | silver | 16080 |
29373.25 |
His individual triumph and first team medal was at Stockholm in 1956, riding
his famous mare Halla, only four years after his international debut. He
wrenched a riding muscle in the first round and rode the second, without
fault, in considerable pain. He won the World Chamionship in 1954 and retained
it the next year, each time on Halla. In European Championship contest he
has won once, been second once and third three times.
The German team came only third at Mexico City, even though Alwin
Schockemöhle posted the best individual prestation, and Winkler the
fifth best. In München, he helped (West-)Germany to their fifth and
his fourth team gold. At Montreal he added a team silver. Individually he
never repeated his '56 success, his best being fifth at Rome and Mexico City.
B. 1888-08-01, South Africa; D. 1963-09-15
Tennis (2 gold, 1 bronze)
1912 | 1920 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | gold | bronze | 14000 |
Men's Doubles | gold | 4800 | |
18800 |
B. 1920-05-25, Jamaica
Track and Field (2 gold, 2 silver)
1948 | 1952 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
400 m | gold | fifth | 7400 |
800 m | silver | silver | 8000 |
4 x 400 m | fin:dnf | gold | 1760 |
17160 |
He joined the Royal Air Force during the war and stayed on in England to
study medicine at the University of London. He would later interrupt his
medical career to serve as Jamaica's High Commissioner to Great Britain from
1974 to 1978.
His daughter has set up a website about him:
www.wintworks.com
B. 1965-12-03, Germany
Figure Skating (2 gold)
1984 | 1988 | 1994 | HP | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | gold | gold | 7th | 19650 | |
19650 |
World Champion in 1985, '87 and '88.
B. 1918-09-18, Jersey City, NJ, USA; D. 2010-03-09
Wrestling, Freestyle (1 gold, 1 silver)
1948 | 1952 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|
Light-Heavyweight | gold | silver | 15600 |
15600 |
USA
Speed Skating (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1998 | 2002 | 2006 | HP | |
---|---|---|---|---|
500 m | 10th | 14th | 28th | 116.0256 |
1000 m | silver | gold | 27th | 10400.04 |
1500 m | bronze | fifth | 3560 | |
14076.066 |
Written 2000-12-25 - last modified 2002-10-30
This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.