Great Olympians

Biographies - WIE

Maksymilian Więcek

B. 1920-09-18, Baranów Sandomierski, Poland; D. 2006-12-28
Ice Hockey

	1948	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Marceli Wiech

B. 1954-10-08, Chorzów, Poland
Fencing

	1976	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:4th	-3.11
Men's Épée, Team	R1:4th	0.91
		0.91011

Wanda Wiecha-Wanot

B. 1946-05-14, Dillingen, Germany, represented Poland
Volleyball (1 bronze)

	1968	HP
Women's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Stanisław Wiechowicz

B. 1893-11-27, Korczyce, Poland; D. 1963-05-12
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Music - Compositions for Orchestra	HM	676
		676

Barbara Wieck

B. 1951-02-26, Koserow, M-V, Germany, represented East Germany
Athletics

	1968	HP
Women's 800 metres	R1:5th	2.29
		2.29

Mirosław Więckowski

B. 1952-06-05, Miłków, Poland
Luge

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Singles	27th	16th	9.66
Doubles	fifth	12th	1300
			1309.66

Antoni Wieczorek

B. 1924-05-08, Szczyrk, Poland; D. 1992-08-16
Ski Jumping

	1952	HP
Men's Individual	24th	0.24
		0.24

Burghild Wieczorek

B. 1943-05-04, Dessau, S-A, Germany, represented East Germany; D. 2016-11-28
Athletics

	1968	HP
Women's Long Jump	fourth	2400
		2400

Henryk Wieczorek

B. 1949-12-14, Chorzów, Poland
Football (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Max Wieczorek

B. 1939-04-28, from Vancouver, represented Canada
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Eights	9th	80
		80

Teresa Barbara Wieczorek

competed in 1964 as

Teresa Ciepły

B. 1937-10-19, Brodnia, Poland; D. 2006-03-08
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1960	1964	HP
Women's 100 metres	SF:5th		130
Women's 80 metres Hurdles	SF:5th	silver	6195
Women's 4x100 metres Relay	bronze	gold	2240
			8565

Erich Wied

B. 1923-02-06, Stuttgart, B-W, Germany; D. 1987-09-28
Gymnastics

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	40th	41st	-
Men's Team All-Around	fourth	fifth	650
Men's Floor Exercise	92nd	45th	-
Men's Horse Vault	54th	16th	1.6
Men's Parallel Bars	27th	39th	0.01
Men's Horizontal Bar	14th	37th	4
Men's Rings	50th	32nd	0.001
Men's Pommeled Horse	43rd	51st	-
			655.611

Theodor "Theo" Wied

B. 1923-02-06, Stuttgart, B-W, Germany; D. 1995-07-24
Gymnastics

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	26th	25th	0.164
Men's Team All-Around	fourth	fifth	650
Men's Floor Exercise	73rd	23rd	0.064
Men's Horse Vault	fifth	fourth	650
Men's Parallel Bars	15th	31st	2.502
Men's Horizontal Bar	32nd	18th	0.641
Men's Rings	45th	30th	0.003
Men's Pommeled Horse	37th	37th	-
			1303.374

Gerard "Gerry" Wiedel

B. 1933-05-13, Hildburghausen, Germany, lived in Toronto, represented Canada
Fencing

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R2:6th		-4.26
Men's Foil, Team	R1:3rd	R1:4th	14.18
Men's Épée, Individual	R1:5th	R2:5th	0.00100045
Men's Épée, Team	R1:3rd	R1:4th	8.558
			22.73902645

Pacita Wiedel

B. 1933-08-31 in Spain, represented Canada
Fencing

	1964	HP
Women's Foil, Individual	R1:7th	-3.34
		0.00034

Anton "Toni" Wiedemann

B. 1911-12-30, Füssen, Bayern, Germany; D. 1953-11-06
Ice Hockey

	1936	HP
Men's Team	SF:3rd	410
		410

Ludwig Wieden

B. 1869-11-10, Kvetna, Czechia, then part of Austria, represented Austria; D. 1947-08-20
Art Competitions

	1928	HP
Painting, Paintings	AC	25.02
		25.02

Dieter Benedikt Wiedenmann

B. 1957-04-23, Ulm, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany; D. 1994-11-11
Rowing (1 gold)

	1984	HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls	gold	4800
		4800

Herbert Wiedermann

B. 1927-11-01, Bodensdorf, Austria
Canoeing - Flatwater Kayak (2 bronze)

	1952	1956	1960	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m			SF:6th	4.32
Men's Kayak 4x500m Relay			QF:3rd	4.3
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000m	bronze	bronze		3840
Men's Kayak Doubles 10000m	fourth			1200
				5048.62

Alfred "Fred" Wiedersporn

B. 1931-10-19, Schwalbach, Saarland, Germany, represented Saarland; D. 2016-01-08
Gymnastics

	1952	HP
Men's Individual All-Around	156th	-
Men's Team All-Around	22nd	0.1
Men's Floor Exercise	137th	-
Men's Horse Vault	123rd	-
Men's Parallel Bars	176th	-
Men's Horizontal Bar	143rd	-
Men's Rings	176th	-
Men's Pommeled Horse	121st	-
		0.1

Hansruedi Wiedmer

B. 1945-09-08, Dierelingen, Switzerland
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's 100 metres	R1:53rd	-6.26
Men's 200 metres	QF:7th	0.057
		0.057000256

René Wiedmer

B. 1936-11-18, Olten, Switzerland; D. 2013
Hockey

	1960	HP
Men's Team	15th	5
		5

Jürgen Wiefel

B. 1952-03-10, Leipzig, Sachsen, (then East-)Germany, represented the German Democratic Republic
Shooting (2 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Rapid-Fire Pistol	silver	silver	12000
			12000

(Georg) Carl Wiegand

B. 1877-08-01, Berlin, Germany; D. 1917-03-17
Artistic Gymnastics

	1900	HP
Men's Individual combined	71st	-10.96
		-10.96

Olympic Competitor nr 1117

1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Frank Wiegand

B. 1943-03-15, Annaberg, Sachsen, Germany, represented the German Democratic Republic in 1968
Aquatics - Swimming (4 silver)

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle		silver		4000
Men's 200 metres Individual Medley			R1:11th	64
Men's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay		silver	fifth	1250
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	7th	silver	7th	1200
Men's 4x100 metres Medley Relay			silver	1000
				7514

Matthias Wiegand

B. 1954-04-22, Plauen im Vogtland, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Cycling - Track (1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	fourth	silver	4200
			4200

Otto Wiegand

B. 1875-10-29, Berlin, Germany; D. 1939-06-11
Gymnastics

	1904	1906	HP
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Combined	fifth		750
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Field sports	28th		-2.48
Men's Turnverein Gymnastics, Apparatus work	fifth		187.5
Team combined, Swedish system		fifth	187.5
Individual combined (5 events)		18th	1.92
Individual combined (6 events)		14th	12
			1138.9248

Olympic Competitor nr 1696

1904-07-01-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual gymnastics - fifth (187.5)
1904-07-02-10:00? - Gymnastics - Turnverein - Individual athletics - 28th - Individual combined - fifth (750)
1906-04-22-17:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day one
1906-04-23-15:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, day two - fifth (187.5)
1906-04-25-15:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day one
1906-04-26-16:00 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day two - 18th (1.92)
1906-04-26-16:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (6 events) - 14th (12)

Axel Wiegandt

Olympic Competitor nr 3702

1908-07-14-16:20 - Athletics (track & field) - 3 miles Team, round one, heat two - ninth - team third (202.5)
1908-07-15-16:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 5 miles, heat five - DNF

Keith Wiegard

B. 1938-01-07, Melbourne, Vict., Australia
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1960	HP
Men's Team	R1:4th	7.25
		7.25

Leonard Albert "Leon" Wiegard

B. 1939-05-22, from Melbourne, represented Australia
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd		12th	65.5
				65.5

Ingold Wiegert

B. 1957-11-03, Magdeburg, S-A, Germany, represented East Germany
Handball (1 gold)

	1980	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Gerhard Wieland

B. 1944-08-27, represented Austria
Aquatics - Swimming

	1964	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	R1:36th	-3.64
Men's 200 metres Backstroke	R1:28th	0.032
		0.03264

Wieland Károly

B. 1934-05-01, Soroksár, Hungary
Canoeing - Flatwater Canadian (1 bronze)

	1956	HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 metres	bronze	3200
		3200

Geertje Wielema

B. 1934-07-24, Hilversum, the Netherlands; D. 2009-08-18
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)

	1952	HP
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:34th	0.0016
Women's 100 metres Backstroke	silver	6000
		6000.0016

Albertus Wielsma

Olympic Competitor nr 4668

1908-07-30-16:15 - Rowing - Coxless Fours, semifinal, heat two - lost (1170)

Hans Joachim Wiemken

B. 1925-05-22, Hannover, NS, Germany
Rowing

	1952	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	1Rep:2nd	20.4
		20.4

Ralf Wienand

B. 1964-03-07, Wuppertal, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Canoeing, Sprint Canadian

	1984	HP
Men's Doubles, 500 m	sixth	480
Men's Doubles, 1000 m	fourth	1200
		1680

Frank Wieneke

B. 1962-01-31, Hannover, Niedersachsen, (then West-)Germany
Judo (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Half Middleweight (-78 kg)	gold	silver	15600
			15600

(Henri) Jan Wienese

B. 1942-06-04, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rowing (1 gold)

	1968	HP
Men's Single Sculls	gold	9600
		9600

Günter Wienhold

B. 1948-01-21, Duisburg, N-W, Germany, represented West Germany; D. 2021-09-21
Football

	1972	HP
Men's Team	SF:3rd	410
		410

Herbert Wieninger

B. 1910-10-01, Wien, Austria; D. 2002-02-06
Art Competitions

	1936	HP
Music - Compositions for Orchestra	AC	115.1
		115.1

Arnold Gerard Wientjes

B. 1938-06-17, Den Haag, the Netherlands
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Coxed Pairs	Rep:3rd	85
		85

Leonardo César Wiernes

B. 1963-02-01, San Juan, Argentina
Volleyball

	1984	HP
Men's Team	sixth	320
		320

Elżbieta Julianna Wierniuk(-Jożwiak)

B. 1951-03-16, Jawor, Poland; D. 2017-09-16
Aquatics - Diving

	1968	1972	HP
Women's Springboard	11th	8th	320
Women's Platform	QU:15th	11th	74
			394

Abraham "Bram" Wiertz

B. 1919-11-21, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; D. 2013-10-20
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QR	0.595
		0.595

Stanisław Wierzbicki

B. 1959-05-13, Drobin, Poland; D. 2018-12-10
Rowing

	1980	HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls	7th	300
		300

Jacek Maria Wierzchowiecki

B. 1944-03-30, Wieniawa, Poland; D. 2015-09-01
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Three-Day Event, Individual	18th		13th	35.2
Three-Day Event, Team	10th		dnf	125
				160.2

Kazimierz Wierzyński

B. 1894-08-27, Lwow, Poland, then part of Austria, now Lviv in Ukraine; D. 1969-02-13
Art Competitions (1 gold)

	1928	HP
Literature, Lyric Works	gold	6400
		6400

Nelly Wies-Weyrich

B. 1933-05-10, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; D. 2019-07-05
Archery

	1972	HP
Women's Individual	24th	0.24
		0.24

Eugen Wiesberger, Sr.

B. 1900-03-23, from Linz, represented Austria
Wrestling - Greco-Roman

	1928	HP
Men's Heavyweight (+82.5 kg)	fourth	2400
		2400

Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.

B. 1933-12-30, Linz, Austria; D. 1996-05-02
Wrestling - Greco-Roman

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-87 kg)	fifth	8th		2268
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-97 kg)			8th	2268
				2268

Christen Wiese

Olympic Competitor nr 7167

1920-07-07-12:10? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1919 rating), race one - raced alone
1920-07-08-12:40? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1919 rating), race two - raced alone
1920-07-09-10:20? - Sailing - 12 Meter class (1919 rating), race three - raced alone - first (3200)

Kai Georg Wiese

B. 1940-09-27, Fredrikstad, Norway
Sailing

	1968	HP
One−Person Dinghy (Finn)	21st	0.8
		0.8

He replaced Per Werenskiold in races five and seven (of seven).

Hans Peter Wieselgren

B. 1952-03-26, Göteborg, Sweden
Fencing

	1972	HP
Men's Épée, Team	QF	82
		82

Carla Wieser

B. 1961-03-11, Merano, Italy
Artistic Gymnastics

	1976	HP
Women's Individual combined	QU:77th	-11.40
Women's Team combined	12th	10
		10

Helmut Wieser

B. 1953-10-11, Steyr, Austria
Modern Pentathlon

	1980	HP
Men's Individual	38th	-3.32
		0.00032

Roland Wieser

B. 1956-05-06, Zschopau, Sachsen, Germany, represented East Germany
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Men's 20 km Walk	bronze	2560
		2560

Thomas Wieser

B. 1949-12-28, Neunkirch, Switzerland
Athletics

	1968	HP
Men's High Jump	QU:31st	-2.96
		0.0096

Anton "Toni" Wieser

B. 1921-01-23, Bischofshofen, Austria; D. 1993-01-30
Ski Jumping

	1948	HP
Men's Individual	28th	0.0384
		0.0384

Herbert Wiesinger

B. 1948-07-26, Jugenheim, Hessen, Germany, represented West Germany
Figure Skating

	1968	1972	HP
Mixed Pairs	11th	fifth	1330
			1330

Paula Wiesinger

B. 1907-02-27, Bolzano, Italy, then part of Austria; D. 2001-06-11
Alpine Skiing

	1936	HP
Women's Alpine Combined	16th	9.6
		9.6

Tim Wieskotter

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

Hugo Wieslander

Olympic Competitor nr 3750

1908-07-15-11:40? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, freestyle, pool five - fifth (750)
1908-07-16-10:40? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool three - AC (2.402)
1908-07-16-15:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, qualifying, pool two - AC (28.64)
1908-07-17-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, qualifying - AC (56.5)
1908-07-22-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Long Jump, qualifying - AC (0.161)
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
1912-07-07-14:15? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event three : 200 meters - sixth (Q)
1912-07-07-15:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event four : discus throw - sixth (Q)
1912-07-07-16:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Pentathlon, event five : 1500 meters - seventh (400)
1912-07-13-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Decathlon, day one
1912-07-14-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Decathlon, day two
1912-07-15-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Decathlon, day three - second (4000)

Ulla-Britt Wieslander

B. 1942-06-10, Borås, Sweden
Athletics - Track & Field

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Women's 100 metres		QF:8th	R1:7th	0.01317
Women's 200 metres	R1:20th			1
Women's 80 metres Hurdles	R1:4th		R1:7th	1.038
				2.05117

Heidi Wiesler

B. 1960-03-28, Staufen im Breisgau, B-W, Germany, represented West Germany
Alpine Skiing

	1984	HP
Women's Downhill	14th	16
		16

Kenneth George "Ken" Wiesner

B. 1925-02-17, Milwaukee, Wisc., USA
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1952	HP
Men's High Jump	silver	6000
		6000

Paul Wiesner

B. 1855-09-10, Neusalz an der Oder (now Nowa Sól in Poland, represented Germany; D. 1930-10-01
Sailing (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1900	HP
Open Class	silver	2000
1/2-1 ton class (1)	disq	1
1-2 ton class (2)	gold	1600
		3601

He was the owner of "Aschenbrödel", so he may not be a real Olympian, as there are three crewmen known for this yaght.

Olympic Competitor nr 303

1900-05-20-10:00? - Sailing - Open class - second (2000)
1900-05-24-13:20? - Sailing - 1/2-1 ton class (1) - DQ (1.6)
1900-05-25-13:20 - Sailing - 1-2 ton class (2) - first (1600)

Wiesner-Mezei Frigyes

Olympic Competitor nr 4296

1908-07-20-15:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 100 m, round one - fourth
1908-07-21-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - second (0.995)
1908-07-24-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 1600 m Relay, round one - first (Q)
1908-07-25-12:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 1600 m Relay, final - third (480)
1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - second (Q)
1912-07-10-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, semifinals - fourth (0.676)
1912-07-12-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-12-16:15 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, semifinals - fourth (3.112)
1912-07-14-14:45 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x400 m Relay, round one - third (100)

Stanisław Wieśniak

B. 1930-03-14, Vilnius, now in Lithuania, represented Poland; D. 2012-02-21
Rowing

	1952	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs	1Rep:2nd	65
		65

Tone Wieten

B. 1994-03-17, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rowing (2 goold, 1 bronze)

	2016	2021	2024	HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls		gold	gold	16320
Men's Eights	bronze			16320
				16320

Written 2000-12-25 - last modified 2024-08-15

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