Bill Stevenson

Military hero, Rhodes Scholar, Gold Medalist, US Ambassador

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Category,Data

Full Name,William Edwards “Bill” Stevenson

Used Name,Bill Stevenson

Born,25 October 1900; Chicago (IL) (USA)

Died,2 April 1985; Fort Myers (FL) (USA)

Measurements,183 cm / 77 kg

Affiliations,New York Athletic Club

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Year-Games,Sport,Event,Place,Medal

1924 Summer,Athletics,4 × 400 metres Relay,1,Gold

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After leaving Phillips Andover Academy, Bill Stevenson served in the Marine Corps, winning the Bronze Star, and then entered Princeton in 1920. The following year he was ranked as the top quarter-miler in America and won the AAU 440y in 48.6, which proved to be the best time of his career. Later in the season he beat the reigning Olympic champion, Bevil Rudd, in the dual meet between Princeton/Cornell and Oxford/ Cambridge.

In 1923, Stevenson went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and placed second in the match against Cambridge before winning the British title. In the Olympic year he had a poor start to the season, finishing only third in the match against Cambridge and in the British championships, but he fully justified his selection for the Olympic relay team by turning a 2-meter deficit into a 5-meter advantage on the second leg. In 1925, his last year at Oxford, Stevenson finally won the quarter-mile against Cambridge and he closed his career back on American tracks with victories for the combined Oxford/Cambridge team against teams from Harvard/ Yale and Princeton/Cornell.

Bill Stevenson, who also represented Oxford at lacrosse, was admitted as a barrister-at-law in England in 1925 and in 1927 he became a member of the New York Bar. He eventually became a partner in the law firm of Deboise, Stevenson, Plimpton & Tage, and from 1946 until 1959 he served as president of Oberlin College. He also held numerous civic and government posts, the most distinguished of these being his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines from 1961 to 1964.

Personal Best: 400 – 48.3y (1921).

Medals In Every Event Entered

We looked earlier at Olympians who won every event they entered at the Olympics – see “The Undefeated Olympians” from 25 June 2014. But what about those Olympians who may not have won a gold medal in every event, but still won a medal in every Olympic event they entered? How many of those have there been?

Well, that number is pretty big, but let’s look at those Olympians who entered the most events and still won medals in all of them. Here is the list for the Summer Olympics, including all those winning medals in 6 or more events:

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Name,Gdr,NOC,Sport,G,S,B,TM

Paavo Nurmi,M,FIN,ATH,9,3,0,12

Natalie Coughlin,F,USA,SWI,3,4,5,12

Ray Ewry,M,USA,ATH,10,0,0,10

Carl Lewis,M,USA,ATH,9,1,0,10

Gary Hall Jr.,M,USA,SWI,5,3,2,10

Valentina Vezzali,F,ITA,FEN,6,1,2,9

Zoltán von Halmay,M,HUN,SWI,3,5,1,9

Isabell Werth,F,GER,EQU,5,3,0,8

Kornelia Ender,F,GDR,SWI,4,4,0,8

Aaron Peirsol,M,USA,SWI,5,2,0,7

Tom Jager,M,USA,SWI,5,1,1,7

Mariya Gorokhovskaya,F,URS,GYM,2,5,0,7

Rudolf Kárpáti,M,HUN,FEN,6,0,0,6

Kristin Otto,F,GDR,SWI,6,0,0,6

Steven Redgrave,M,GBR,ROW,5,0,1,6

Lucien Gaudin,M,FRA,FEN,4,2,0,6

Matt Grevers,M,USA,SWI,4,2,0,6

Kim Su-Nyeong,F,KOR,ARC,4,1,1,6

Wu Minxia,F,CHN,DIV,4,1,1,6

Viktor Sidyak,M,URS,FEN,4,1,1,6

Doina Ignat,F,ROU,ROW,4,1,1,6

Murray Rose,M,AUS,SWI,4,1,1,6

Max Décugis,M,FRA,TEN,4,1,1,6

Rebecca Soni,F,USA,SWI,3,3,0,6

Renate Stecher,F,GDR,ATH,3,2,1,6

Daniela Silivaş,F,ROU,GYM,3,2,1,6

Rüdiger Helm,M,GDR,CAN,3,0,3,6

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Paavo Nurmi
There are 13 females and 15 males in the above list, with 11 sports represented. Paavo Nurmi leading with 12 medals in 12 events is not a surprise, but few would likely have picked Natalie Coughlin to tie Nurmi at 12.

For the Winter Olympics, there are less events and the Olympians tend to have won fewer medals, so we’ll look only at those who won medals in all of their 4 or more events:

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Name,Gdr,NOC,Sport,G,S,B,TM

Wolfgang Hoppe,M,GER,BOB,2,3,1,6

Eugenio Monti,M,ITA,BOB,2,2,2,6

Matti Nykänen,M,FIN,SKJ,4,1,0,5

Jayna Hefford,F,CAN,ICH,4,1,0,5

Hayley Wickenheiser,F,CAN,ICH,4,1,0,5

André Lange,M,GER,BOB,4,1,0,5

Samppa Lajunen,M,FIN,NCO,3,2,0,5

Caroline Ouellette,F,CAN,ICH,4,0,0,4

Bernhard Germeshausen,M,GDR,BOB,3,1,0,4

Gillis Grafström,M,SWE,FSK,3,1,0,4

Vladislav Tretyak,M,URS,ICH,3,1,0,4

Jennifer Botterill,F,CAN,ICH,3,1,0,4

Becky Kellar,F,CAN,ICH,3,1,0,4

Meinhard Nehmer,M,GDR,BOB,3,0,1,4

Yevgeny Plyushchenko,M,RUS,FSK,2,2,0,4

Jan Behrendt,M,GER,LUG,2,1,1,4

Stefan Krauße,M,GER,LUG,2,1,1,4

Igor Kravchuk,M,RUS,ICH,2,1,1,4

Bjarte Engen Vik,M,NOR,NCO,2,1,1,4

Lyubov Kozyreva-Baranova,F,URS,CCS,1,3,0,4

Josef Benz,M,SUI,BOB,1,2,1,4

Bernhard Lehmann,M,GDR,BOB,1,2,1,4

Fred Anton Maier,M,NOR,SSK,1,2,1,4

Erich Schärer,M,SUI,BOB,1,2,1,4

Angela Ruggiero,F,USA,ICH,1,2,1,4

Jenny Schmidgall-Potter,F,USA,ICH,1,2,1,4

Sten Stensen,M,NOR,SSK,1,1,2,4

Radiya Yeroshina,F,URS,CCS,0,3,1,4

Julie Chu,F,USA,ICH,0,3,1,4

Jiří Holík,M,TCH,ICH,0,2,2,4

Saku Koivu,M,FIN,ICH,0,1,3,4

Ville Peltonen,M,FIN,ICH,0,1,3,4

Leo Visser,M,NED,SSK,0,1,3,4

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Hayley Wickenheiser

The Winter list has 33 Winter Olympians with 4 or more medals, interestingly led by two bobsledders – Wolfgang Hoppe and Eugenio Monti with 6 each. There are 10 females and 23 males, representing 8 sports.

In both lists, those who were in our previous undefeated post can be seen – Ray Ewry with 10, Rudolf Karpati and Kristin Otto with 6 among the Summer Olympians; and Caroline Ouellette with 4 among the Winter Olympians.

Paul Austin

Rower,Coca-Cola CEO,lawyer,PGA Tour Exec

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Category,Data

Full Name,John Paul Austin

Used Name,Paul Austin

Other Name,J. Paul Austin

Born,14 February 1915; LaGrange Georgia (USA)

Died,26 December 1985; Atlanta Georgia (USA)

Affiliations,Riverside Boat Club

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Year-Games,Sport,Event,Place,Medals

1936 Summer,Rowing,Coxed Fours,2 heat 3 rd 2/3,—–

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PaulAustin

Paul Austin attended Harvard where he rowed on the crew team, and later attended Harvard Law School. His Harvard coach once commented, “If you wanted to beat Paul Austin, you’d have to kill him.” After World War II, where he served in the Navy and commanded a PT boat as a lieutenant-commander, he returned to his native Atlanta, and joined The Coca-Cola Company, having been recruited by the legendary Coke chairman, Robert Woodruff. Woodruff groomed Austin as his successor. He became the 10th president of Coca-Cola in 1962, and took over as Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola in 1966, staying in that role thru 1980. Under his tenure, Coke enjoyed 15 consecutive years of market value growth, and he was considered instrumental in expanding its international presence. He also served for a time in the 1970s as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the PGA Tour.

Gymnasts are no longer the stars of the Olympics

While the world’s top gymnasts are competing at the World  Championships in Nanning, China, we look into a remarkable trend in Olympic gymnastics.

From 1928 through 1992, a gymnast was always among the top 3 athletes with the most medals at the Olympics. On 10 of those 15 occassions, the gymnast was ranked first. Since then, only one gymnast has reached the top 3, Zou Kai in 2008.

One might argue that this is due increased competition from athletes in other sports (which may be the case), but the number medals gymnasts are winning is also decreasing. At the last three Olympic Games, the top gymnast earned a total of three medals, while the average between 1928 and 2000 was between five and six medals.

Below are the highest ranking gymnasts at each Olympics since 1924, when individual apparatus events were introduced.

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Year,Overall Rank,Gymnast,NOC,Gold,Silver,Bronze

1924,7,Francesco Martino,ITA,2,0,0

1924,7,Leon Štukelj,YUG,2,0,0
1928,1,Georges Miez,SUI,3,1,0
1932,1,Romeo Neri,ITA,3,0,0
1936,2,Konrad Frey,GER,3,1,2
1948,2,Veikko Huhtanen,FIN,3,1,1
1952,1,Viktor Chukarin,URS,4,2,0
1956,1,Ágnes Keleti,HUN,4,2,0
1960,1,Borys Shakhlin,URS,4,2,1
1964,2,Věra Čáslavská,TCH,3,1,0
1968,1,Věra Čáslavská,TCH,4,2,0
1972,2,Sawao Kato,JPN,3,2,0
1976,1,Nikolay Andrianov,URS,4,2,1
1980,1,Aleksandr Dityatin,URS,3,4,1
1984,1,Ecaterina Szabo,ROU,4,1,0
1988,3,Viktor Artyomov,URS,4,1,0
1992,1,Vitaly Shcherbo,EUN,6,0,0
1996,7,Aleksey Nemov,RUS,2,1,3
2000,7,Aleksey Nemov,RUS,2,1,3
2004,5,Cătălina Ponor,ROU,3,0,0
2008,2,Zou Kai,CHN,3,0,0
2012,14,Zou Kai,CHN,2,0,1

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Why is this happening? We suspect that the reason is the increasing degree of specialization for the individual apparatus events. Of the six male gold medallists in London 2012, two (Arthur Zanetti-Rings and Krisztián Berki-Pommelled Horse) only competed in their specialism. None of the other four athletes competed in the individual all-around, with only Zou Kai reaching a second apparatus final – in which he won a bronze medal, too. Things were a bit different among women, though, as Aly Raisman, Aliya Mustafina and Sandra Izbașa reached one additional final (Raisman and Mustafina winning bronze).

If we expand our view a bit, specialization does appear to be a trend. At each Olympics, there are ten apparatus events (six for men, four for women), with at least three medals awarded in each event (in case of ties, more than three athletes per event may receive medals). If we look at the number of gymnasts dividing those medal, that number gradually increasing. For decades, around 11 gymnasts divided the men’s medals, while for the last three Games that number is 16. The lowest number came in 1980, when only eight men divided the medals, with Aleksandr Dityatin taking a medal on each apparatus. Among women the number of distinct medallists has increased from 7 to 10, as shown in the chart below.

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Not just the apparatus gymnasts are specialists – the all-around gymnasts are also becoming specialists. From 1924 through 1992, the men’s winner of the individual all-around always won at least one additional gold medal on an apparatus. Since then, the all-around winner “merely” added a single silver medal, save for Aleksey Nemov in 2000. In the women’s field the all-around winner had already been less successful historically, but 2012 marked the first time the winner (Gabby Douglas) did not win any apparatus medal at all. These trends are visible in the below charts.

Men

Women

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Sailor, Bronze Medalist, German Industrialist, Metallurgy, German War Minister, Nazi Party Member

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Category,Data

Full Name,Alfried Felix Alwyn von Bohlen und Halbach (-Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach)

Used Name,Alfried von Bohlen und Halbach

Born,13 August 1907; Essen-Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)

Died,30 July 1967; Essen-Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)

Affiliations,NRV Hamburg

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Year-Games,Sport,Event,Place,Medal

1936 Summer,Sailing,8 metres,3,Bronze

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Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, usually known as Alfried Krupp, was the son of the former Bertha Krupp and her husband, Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach, and one whose Olympic participation was a mere footnote to his life. Bertha Krupp was an heir to the well-known Krupp family business, Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, the largest company in Europe before World War II.

Alfried_Krupp

Alfried Krupp studied metallurgy at several German universities, earning a Master’s degree from the Aachener Technische Hochschule in 1934, writing a thesis on melting steel in vacuums, and then joined the family business in 1936. The Krupp company was a steel and metal producer that would eventually contribute greatly to the German war effort.

In 1931 Alfried Krupp joined the German SS (Schutzstaffel) and became a member of the Nazi Party in 1938. When his father suffered a stroke, Alfried Krupp became head of the firm. Under his leadership, the company used slave labor, often removing Jews from concentration camps to help work in the factories. He worked closely with the SS to obtain slave labor from the concentration camps, and made his employees work in very brutal conditions even when it was obvious that the war was lost. Krupp was German Minister for the War Economy 1943-45.

After the war ended, Krupp’s use of slave labor was investigated by the Allied Military Government, and after what was known as the Krupp Trial (technically The United States of America vs. Alfried Krupp, et al.), he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for “crimes against humanity.” He was also required to forfeit much of his property. Krupp was pardoned after three years in prison by John McCloy, America High Commissioner for Germany, and his property was restored.

Alfried Krupp resumed control of his family company in 1953. He led the company until his death in 1967, after which it passed to the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, a philanthropic organization, which remained the majority shareholder into the 21st century, with the company later known as ThyssenKrupp AG, after mergers with other firms.

How Long Did They Enjoy Their Olympic Memories?

OlympStats reader David Clark of Australia asked, “What is the shortest or longest time an Olympian has been able to enjoy their Olympic medal prior to their death?” A great question and one we had to work on a little bit to get all the details.

Fully 45 athletes have died within one year of winning their final Olympic medal. Göpf Kottmann, a Swiss rower from 1964, died only 22 days after winning his single sculls bronze medal, closely followed by Swedish fencer Gösta Algren, who lived only 23 days after his fencing team épée silver in 1936. American archer G. C. Spencer won a gold medal in the 1904 team archery event, but enjoyed it for only 28 days, although he was 64-years-old when he won his medal. Here are the 36 that died within 275 days of winning an Olympic medal – an arbitrary number we chose because it gets us to the 1948 Czechoslovakian ice hockey airplane tragedy, in which six of their players died in the crash of their charter plane flying from Paris to London for a match.

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Age2Dth,Died,Name,Gdr,NOC,Ssn,Year,Spt,Event,Med,YB,YE,YD

0-022,32,Göpf Kottmann,M,SUI,S,1964,ROW,Single Sculls,B,1932,1964,1964

0-023,30,Gösta Almgren,M,SWE,S,1936,FEN,Épée Team,S,1906,1936,1936

0-028,64,G. C. Spencer,M,USA,S,1904,ARC,Team,G,1840,1904,1904

0-048,27,Rich Sanders,M,USA,S,1972,WRE,Light-Middle FS,S,1945,1972,1972

0-062,24,Piet Salomons,M,NED,S,1948,WAP,Water Polo,B,1924,1948,1948

0-068,30,Miguel Caldés,M,CUB,S,2000,BSB,Baseball,S,1970,2000,2000

0-081,23,José de Figueroa,M,ESP,S,1920,POL,Polo,S,1897,1920,1920

0-088,35,David Bratton,M,USA,S,1904,WAP,Water Polo,G,1869,1904,1904

0-091,20,Bekzat Sattarkhanov,M,KAZ,S,2000,BOX,Light-Middleweight,G,1980,2000,2000

0-101,42,John Black,M,CAN,S,1924,SHO,Trap Team,S,1882,1924,1924

0-103,22,Waldemar Malak,M,POL,S,1992,WLT,Middle-Heavy,B,1970,1992,1992

0-106,33,Gösta Magnusson,M,SWE,S,1948,WLT,Light-Heavy,B,1915,1948,1948

0-113,15,Bianca Ambrosetti,F,ITA,S,1928,GYM,Team All-Around,S,1914,1928,1929

0-122,26,George Van Cleaf,M,USA,S,1904,WAP,Water Polo,G,1879,1904,1905

0-126,26,Yuliya Riabchynska,F,URS,S,1972,CAN,K1-500 m,G,1947,1972,1973

0-130,26,John B. Taylor,M,USA,S,1908,ATH,1600 medley relay,G,1882,1908,1908

0-143,23,Viktor Blinov,M,URS,W,1968,ICH,Ice Hockey,G,1945,1968,1968

0-150,45,Selwin Calverley,M,GBR,S,1900,SAI,20+ Ton,S,1855,1900,1900

0-151,22,Ivo Van Damme,M,BEL,S,1976,ATH,1500 metres,S,1954,1976,1976

0-161,24,Konrad Hirsch,M,SWE,S,1924,FTB,Football,B,1900,1924,1924

0-205,27,Joseph Olivier,M,FRA,S,1900,RUG,Rugby,G,1874,1900,1901

0-212,59,Petre Roşca,M,ROU,S,1980,EQU,Dressage Team,B,1922,1980,1981

0-212,25,Kostas Tsiklitiras,M,GRE,S,1912,ATH,Standing High Jump,B,1888,1912,1913

0-217,25,Kostas Tsiklitiras,M,GRE,S,1912,ATH,Standing Long Jump,G,1888,1912,1913

0-218,26,Sayed Jaffar,M,IND,S,1936,HOK,Hockey,G,1911,1936,1937

0-222,31,Radivoj Korać,M,YUG,S,1968,BAS,Basketball,S,1938,1968,1969

0-240,33,George Calnan,M,USA,S,1932,FEN,Épée Team,B,1900,1932,1933

0-246,33,George Calnan,M,USA,S,1932,FEN,Foil Team,B,1900,1932,1933

0-255,24,George Saling,M,USA,S,1932,ATH,110 m hurdles,G,1909,1932,1933

0-269,24,Miloslav Bednařík,M,TCH,S,1988,SHO,Trap,S,1965,1988,1989

0-274,30,Zdeněk Jarkovský,M,TCH,W,1948,ICH,Ice Hockey,S,1918,1948,1948

0-274,22,Miloslav Pokorný,M,TCH,W,1948,ICH,Ice Hockey,S,1926,1948,1948

0-274,25,Karel Stibor,M,TCH,W,1948,ICH,Ice Hockey,S,1923,1948,1948

0-274,31,Vilibald Šťovík,M,TCH,W,1948,ICH,Ice Hockey,S,1917,1948,1948

0-274,34,Ladislav Troják,M,TCH,W,1948,ICH,Ice Hockey,S,1914,1948,1948

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Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Now who was able to enjoy their medal for the longest time? Fifty-seven (57) now deceased Olympic medalists lived 75 or more years after winning their Olympic medal, led by Finnish gymnast Jalmari Kivenheimo, who won a silver medal in 1912 and lived 82 years, 111 days more (although this record is being broken by Clara Marangoni, who is still living – see below). American diver Aileen Riggin lived longer than any gold medalist after winning that gold, as she survived 82 years, 51 days after her victory in 1920 at age 14 – although technically this record has already been broken by a living Olympian – see the note at the end of the following table. Here are all those who lived 78 or more years after winning an Olympic medal:

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Age2Dth,Died,Name,Gdr,NOC,Ssn,Year,Spt,Event,Med,YB,YE,YD

82-111,105,Jalmari Kivenheimo,M,FIN,S,1912,GYM,Team All-Around,S,1889,1912,1994

82-051,96,Aileen Riggin,F,USA,S,1920,DIV,Springboard,G,1906,1920,2002

80-229,105,Harry Prieste,M,USA,S,1920,DIV,Platform,B,1896,1920,2001

80-024,102,Babe Rockefeller,M,USA,S,1924,ROW,Coxed Eights,G,1902,1924,2004

79-185,95,Carolina Tronconi,F,ITA,S,1928,GYM,Team All-Around,S,1913,1928,2008

79-151,97,Cissie Stewart,F,GBR,S,1928,SWI,4 x 100 m FS relay,S,1911,1928,2008

79-137,97,Gertrude Ederle,F,USA,S,1924,SWI,400 m FS,B,1906,1924,2003

79-112,95,Carin Nilsson,F,SWE,S,1920,SWI,4 x 100 m FS relay,B,1904,1920,1999

79-066,97,Jam Handy,M,USA,S,1904,SWI,400 m Breaststroke,B,1886,1904,1983

79-044,99,Abel Kiviat,M,USA,S,1912,ATH,1500 m,S,1892,1912,1991

78-363,101,Attilio Pavesi,M,ITA,S,1932,CYC,Road Race Indiv,G,1910,1932,2011

78-357,103,Carmelo Camet,M,ARG,S,1928,FEN,Foil Team,B,1904,1928,2007

78-229,105,Lucien Démanet,M,FRA,S,1900,GYM,Individual All-Around,B,1874,1900,1979

78-220,99,Roger Beaufrand,M,FRA,S,1928,CYC,Sprint,G,1908,1928,2007

78-210,101,Herman Brix,M,USA,S,1928,ATH,Shot Put,S,1906,1928,2007

78-093,96,Aileen Riggin,F,USA,S,1924,DIV,Springboard,S,1906,1924,2002

78-064,98,Harry Glancy,M,USA,S,1924,SWI,4 x 200 m FS relay,G,1904,1924,2002

78-057,96,Max Décugis,M,FRA,S,1900,TEN,Doubles,S,1882,1900,1978

78-037,98,Georg Werner,M,SWE,S,1924,SWI,4 x 200 m FS relay,B,1904,1924,2002

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Aileen Riggin
The above record is at risk of being broken by a still-living Olympian. Evelyn Furtsch was an American sprinter who won a gold medal at the 1932 Olympics in the 4×100 relay, and is still alive as of October 2014 – 82 years, and about 90 days, after winning her Olympic medal.

So then we started thinking – who are the Olympians, not just medalists, who lived for the longest time or the shortest time after their final Olympic appearance? Here we measured the time not from the end of their event, but from the day of the Closing Ceremony.

Sadly, eight (8) Olympians did not live to see the Closing Ceremony. We know of the 11 Israelis who were murdered at München in 1972, with four of those having already competed as Olympians. Only two athletes died while competing in the Olympics – Knut Enemark Jensen, a Danish cyclist who succumbed during the 1960 cycling team time trial; and Francisco Lazaro, a Portuguese marathoner who died the day after the 1912 marathon.

Two athletes died during the Games after competing but not from the effects of the events or from being cowardly murdered. After losing his first match in 1936 featherweight boxing, Romanian Nicolae Berechet developed a carbuncle which quickly spread into blood poisoning and in the pre-antibiotic days, he died only three days after his Olympic bout, and two days before the Closing Ceremony. In 1956, Italian rower Arrigo Meniccoci competed in coxed eights, but after his event ended, he went for a car ride and was killed in a crash 7 days before the Closing Ceremony.

This does not include athletes who died in training, but never actually competed in the Olympics, such as Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger who died the day before the 2010 Vancouver Opening Ceremony during a training run; Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki, the British/Polish luger who likewise died in training before the 1964 Innsbruck Games; Czechoslovak gymnast Eliska Mišaková, who developed polio after arriving in London for the 1948 Olympics, and died the day before the Opening Ceremony; or Australian downhiller skiier Ross Milne, who died before the Innsbruck Games after crashing on a training run.

Here are all the Olympians who died less than 7 weeks after the Closing Ceremony of an Olympics:

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Age2Dth,AgeDth,Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,LastOly,YrBth,YrDth

-16 days,23,Knud Enemark Jensen,M,S,DEN,CYC,1960,1936,1960

-12 days,19,Francisco Lázaro,M,S,POR,ATH,1912,1891,1912

-7 days,24,Arrigo Menicocci,M,S,ITA,ROW,1956,1933,1956

-6 days,28,David Berger,M,S,ISR,WLT,1972,1944,1972

-6 days,28,Ze’ev Friedman,M,S,ISR,WLT,1972,1944,1972

-6 days,31,Yossef Romano,M,S,ISR,WLT,1972,1940,1972

-6 days,24,Eliezer Halfin,M,S,ISR,WRE,1972,1948,1972

-2 days,21,Nicolae Berechet,M,S,ROU,BOX,1936,1915,1936

0-007,23,Tony Zasada,M,S,CAN,ROW,1984,1960,1984

0-007,23,Moritz Heidegger,M,W,LIE,BOB,1956,1932,1956

0-013,32,Göpf Kottmann,M,S,SUI,ROW,1964,1932,1964

0-014,26,Jonatan Johansson,M,W,SWE,SNB,2006,1980,2006

0-015,29,Gösta Almgren,M,S,SWE,FEN,1936,1906,1936

0-027,23,Aurelio Janet,M,S,CUB,ATH,1968,1945,1968

0-029,22,Thomas Pleisch,M,W,SUI,ICH,1936,1913,1936

0-034,64,G. C. Spencer,M,S,USA,ARC,1904,1840,1904

0-037,27,Rich Sanders,M,S,USA,WRE,1972,1945,1972

0-042,21,Leo Portelance,M,S,CAN,SWI,1952,1931,1952

0-046,24,George Gardiner,M,S,GBR,WRE,1924,1900,1924

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Knud Enemark Jensen

What about those who lived the longest after their final Olympic appearance? Thirteen (13) Olympians lived for 80 or more years after they left the Olympic stage. Here is the list:

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Age2Dth,AgeDth,Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,LstOly,YrBth,YrDth

86-210,103,Ivo Pavelić,M,S,YUG,SWI,1924,1908,2011

85-286,104,Signe Johansson,F,S,SWE,DIV,1924,1905,2010

82-311,102,Rezső Kende,M,S,HUN,GYM,1928,1908,2011

82-110,98,Maud Sundberg,F,S,SWE,ATH,1928,1911,2010

82-094,105,Jalmari Kivenheimo,M,S,FIN,GYM,1912,1889,1994

81-343,99,Helen Johns,F,S,USA,SWI,1932,1914,2014

81-338,102,Willem Winkelman,M,S,NED,ATH,1908,1887,1990

81-183,99,Elsa Andersson,F,S,SWE,DIV,1912,1894,1994

81-178,104,Andrejs Kapmals,M,S,RUS,ATH,1912,1889,1994

81-053,102,Hans Kleppen,M,W,NOR,SKJ,1928,1907,2009

80-228,104,Harry Prieste,M,S,USA,DIV,1920,1896,2001

80-141,100,John Dellert,M,S,USA,GYM,1904,1884,1985

80-014,102,Babe Rockefeller,M,S,USA,ROW,1924,1902,2004

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There are two additions to this list still alive – Clara Marangoni, an Italian gymnast from the 1928 Olympics, is the only known Olympian still alive who competed at the Amsterdam Games – she is now in her 86th year after her final Olympic appearance, and is close to bettering Pavelić’s mark; and Evelyn Furtsch, as mentioned above, now 82 years after her Olympic appearance.

While researching this topic we found another interesting tidbit. How many Olympic athletes never saw their 20th birthday? Sadly, it has happened eight times. An Italian gymnast from 1928, Bianca Ambrosetti, was the youngest, dying at age 15 after competing when she was 14. Three on this list died in the 1961 US Figure Skating tragedy when their plane crashed in Belgium while travelling to the 1962 World Championships. Here is the list of Olympic teenagers who died:

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AgeDth,Name,Gender,Season,NOC,Sport,Oly,YrBth,YrDth

15,Bianca Ambrosetti,F,S,ITA,GYM,1928,1914,1929

17,Laurie Owen,F,W,USA,FSK,1960,1944,1961

18,Ray Hadley Jr.,M,W,USA,FSK,1960,1943,1961

18,Viktoriya Dimitrova,F,W,BUL,FSK,1992,1976,1994

19,Marián Havlíček,M,S,TCH,CAN,1972,1953,1972

19,Amar Garibović,M,W,SRB,CCS,2010,1991,2010

19,Ila Ray Hadley,F,W,USA,FSK,1960,1942,1961

19,Sandra Schmitt,F,W,GER,FRS,1998,1981,2000

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What about the other end of the spectrum? Fortunately, many Olympians have lived long, full lives. At least fifty-nine (59) Olympians have died after their 100th birthday (this is not always easy to track), led by Walter Walsh, American shooter from 1948, who died earlier in 2014 just short of his 107th birthday – the longest-lived Olympian ever.

So there you have it, David. Thanx for the interesting question and we hope we answered it for you.

Benjamin Spock

Rower, gold medalist, pediatrician, author, peace activist, Presidential candidate

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Category,Data

Full Name,Benjamin McLane “Ben” Spock

Used Name,Ben Spock

Born,2 May 1903; New Haven Connecticut (USA)

Died,15 March 1998; La Jolla California (USA)

Measurements,196 cm

Affiliations,Yale University

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Year-Games,Sport,Event,Place,Medal

1924 Summer,Rowing,Coxed Eights,1,Gold

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Ben Spock ran track for one year at Yale and rowed crew for four years, but his college career pales beside his accomplishments afterwards. After college he started med school at Yale, then transferred to Columbia, where he earned his M.D. and became a pediatrician. As the author of Baby and Child Care, Dr. Spock is a name known to millions of parents in this country. The book was written while Spock practiced pediatrics in New York and sold over 25,000,000 copies. He also wrote five other books on child care.

During the 60s, Dr Benjamin Spock was in the news for other reasons. He took a strong stand against nuclear proliferation and participated in several protests against military escalation in Vietnam. In 1972, Ben Spock became the first former U.S. Olympic athlete to run for the United States presidency on the People’s Party ticket in 1972, but received only 78,759 votes (about 0.1%). He espoused radical political action and severe reduction of the military but received no electoral votes. After he retired from practicing medicine, he did some occasional public speaking, usually at universities or for the benefit of peace groups.

Nations with the Highest Percentage of Women’s Olympic Medals

So which nation has the most important female athletes? No, we don’t mean which nation’s women have won the most medals, that would be the United States, as it is for the men. But which nations’ women have won the highest percentage of the medals for their country?

There are actually 5 countries where all of their medals have been won by women: Bahrain, Costa Rica, Montenegro, Mozambique, and Zimbabwer. Of those, Zimbabwe has won the most medals with only 8. This 100%-er list follows:

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NOC,Gold,Medals,GW,MW,%G,%TM

Zimbabwe,3,8,3,8,100.0%,100.0%

Costa Rica,1,4,1,4,100.0%,100.0%

Mozambique,1,2,1,2,100.0%,100.0%

Bahrain,0,1,0,1,—–,100.0%

Montenegro,0,1,0,1,—–,100.0%

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But this seems a bit of a specious argument, with so few overall medals won. Let’s look only at the nations that won 100 or more medals overall (both men, women, and mixed), and see how their women did. Here is that list:

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NOC,Gold,Medals,GW,MW,%G,%TM

China,213,526,120,303,56.3%,57.6%

Romania,88,302,58,153,65.9%,50.7%

The Ukraine,35,122,18,59,51.4%,48.4%

German Demo. Rep.,192,519,94,241,49.0%,46.4%

Russia,183,528,72,218,39.3%,41.3%

The Netherlands,115,377,52,151,45.2%,40.1%

Australia,144,485,58,189,40.3%,39.0%

Unified Team,54,135,16,52,29.6%,38.5%

Canada,121,443,46,166,38.0%,37.5%

Korea (South),107,296,45,103,42.1%,34.8%

Germany,288,915,88,300,30.6%,32.8%

Spain,38,133,9,38,23.7%,28.6%

Austria,79,307,21,87,26.6%,28.3%

Soviet Union,473,1204,122,331,25.8%,27.5%

Bulgaria,52,220,12,59,23.1%,26.8%

United States,1071,2682,277,701,25.9%,26.1%

Fed. Rep. Germany,67,243,18,63,26.9%,25.9%

Cuba,71,202,12,49,16.9%,24.3%

Japan,140,443,28,102,20.0%,23.0%

Poland,70,291,12,65,17.1%,22.3%

Hungary,167,480,37,102,22.2%,21.3%

Great Britain,246,805,43,164,17.5%,20.4%

Brazil,23,108,5,22,21.7%,20.4%

Czechoslovakia,51,168,13,33,25.5%,19.6%

New Zealand,42,101,9,19,21.4%,18.8%

Italy,236,664,37,115,15.7%,17.3%

Denmark,43,179,9,30,20.9%,16.8%

France,235,789,37,132,15.7%,16.7%

Greece,30,110,4,18,13.3%,16.4%

Norway,173,476,24,77,13.9%,16.2%

Switzerland,97,323,18,49,18.6%,15.2%

Sweden,192,626,22,77,11.5%,12.3%

Finland,143,463,12,50,8.4%,10.8%

Belgium,39,149,3,16,7.7%,10.7%

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China and Romania are the only two nations where their women have won more than 50% of their nations medals and gold medals. Romania is led by their female gymnasts and rowers, while China’s female divers, gymnasts, and weightlifters have won a large percentage of their medals. Romanian women have won an astounding 65.9% of their nations gold medals. And in the era of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), there were fewer women’s medals available, so their percentages in the high 40s are also impressive, although we do know there were, shall we say, some problems with a few of those.

At the other end of the spectrum, Belgium and Finland bring up the rear, with only about 11% of medals won by women, and about 8% of gold medals won, by far the worst numbers in this subset in both categories.

Overall, women have won about 27.5% of medals and gold medals awarded at the Olympics. So the former Soviet Union is the closest to the median nation, although when it existed, the percentage of women’s medals was likely slightly lower. The United States is also pretty close to the median.

If we look at the other end of the spectrum, we get the following list of nations whose women have never won a medal or gold medal at the Olympics, although their men have won both:

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NOC,Gold,Medals

Iran,15,60

Egypt,7,25

Trinidad & Tobago,2,18

Mixed Team,6,17

Pakistan,3,10

Uruguay,2,10

Uganda,2,7

Dominican Republic,3,6

Luxembourg,2,5

Panama,1,3

Ecuador,1,2

Surinam,1,2

Burundi,1,1

Grenada,1,1

United Arab Emirates,1,1

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There are also 36 nations which won Olympic medals, but no golds, and none won by a woman. The two nations with the most medals in this category are The Philippines, with 9 medals, and Puerto Rico, with 8.

Judy Morstein Martz

Cowgirl, speedskater, politician,governor, beauty queen

[table] Category,Data

Full Name,Judith Helen “Judy” Morstein (-Martz)

Used Name,Judy Morstein

Born,28 July 1943; Big Timber; Montana (USA)

Measurements,176 cm / 68 kg

Affiliations,Montana Skating Club

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[table] Year-Season,Sport,Event,Finish

1964 Winter,Speed Skating,1500 metres,15

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Judy Morstein graduated from Butte High School in Montana and later from Eastern Montana College. She competed for the US at the 1963 World Speedskating Championships, as well as the 1964 Winter Olympics. After marrying Harry Martz, she helped him run a commercial solid-waste business in Butte. Her small business experience led her to become involved in local politics. This led to statewide ambitions, and in 1997 she was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Montana. She then served as Montana’s first female governor from 2001-05, as a Republican. Morstein was also once voted Miss Rodeo Montana. After her career in politics, Morstein-Martz sat on the board of several large corporations, including Maternal Life International, University of Montana Western, Big Sky State Games, and TASER International. Personal Bests: 500 – 48.1 (1972); 1000 – 1:38.0 (1972); 1500 – 2:33.3 (1964); 3000 – 5:32.4 (1972).

IOC Olympians

Since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was formed in 1894 at the Sorbonne Congress, there have been 536 IOC Members. How many of these have actually competed in the Olympics (and we’re not counting the Arts Competitions, which would add Pierre de Coubertin)?

Jacques Rogge
IOC President Jacques Rogge (2001-2013) – Olympian 1968-76

Well, the direct answer to that question is 112 IOC Members have also been Olympic sports competitors. Of these 23 of the IOC Olympians have been women, which is a fairly high percentage since there have only been 39 female members of the IOC all-time – the first women were only elected to the IOC in 1981 with Finland’s Pirjo Häggmann and Venezuelan Flor Isava-Fonseca.

How many of the IOC Olympians were successful, i.e., actually won Olympic medals? It’s a large percentage, as of the 112 IOC Olympians, 65 have won medals, and 47 actually won gold medals. This group is led by Norway’s Ole Einar Bjørndalen with 13 medals and 8 gold medals, while among the female IOC Olympians, Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic’s Věra Čáslavská leads with 11 medals and 7 gold medals. In all, 14 of the IOC Olympians won 5 or more medals, and 12 of them won 3 or more gold medals.

Avery Brundage
IOC President Avery Brundage (1952-1972) – Olympian 1912

The first IOC Member to have competed in the Olympics was Greek Alexandros Merkati, who became an IOC Member in 1897, and competed in the Olympic golf event in 1900. He is one of only four IOC Individual Members (see next paragraph) who competed in sports at the Olympics while they served on the IOC, the others being William, Lord Desborough, who served on the IOC from 1905-13, and competed in fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Olympics; Peter Tallberg, elected to the IOC in 1976, but an Olympic sailor for Finland from 1960-80; and Prince Albert II of Monaco, who became an IOC Member in 1985, and then competed in bobsledding at the Olympics five times between 1988 and 2002. Counting Athlete Members, four have competed in the Olympics while on the IOC: Russia’s Aleksandr Popov in swimming, the Czech Republic’s Jan Železný in athletics (javelin), Ukrainian Sergey Bubka in athletics (pole vault), and Great Britain’s Matthew Pinsent in rowing.

In 1999, in response to he Olympic Bribery Scandal, the IOC instituted a new category of IOC Membership termed the Athlete Member. Has this increased the number of IOC Olympians significantly? Certainly has. Since 2000, 38 former Olympians have become IOC Members, 35 of them in the Athlete Member Category. So that is only 3 IOC Individual Member Olympians in the period 2000-14, while there were 74 IOC Individual Member Olympians from 1894-2000, so the rate of former Olympians becoming a full IOC Individual Member has actually decreased significantly.

What about the current IOC Membership? There are currently 111 IOC Members, of which 39 competed at the Olympics at one time. The longest standing of these is Tallberg, as noted above, an Olympic sailor from 1960-80, who became an IOC Member in 1976, and was a long-term chairman of the Athlete’s Commission. The only other IOC Olympian Member who joined the IOC in the 1970s and is still a member is Dick Pound, a 1960 Canadian swimmer who was co-opted onto the IOC in 1978.

Thomas Bach
Current IOC President Thomas Bach – Olympian 1976

Here is the entire list of IOC Olympians, listing their NOCs while on the IOC, their sports, their Olympic span, their IOC tenures, and their medals won:

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Name,Gdr,NOC,Sport,Olympics,Tenure,G,S,B,TM

Alexandros Merkati,M,GRE,GOL,1900,1897-1925,0,0,0,0

Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve,M,FRA,FEN,1900,1900-1911,0,0,0,0

William Lord Desborough,M,GBR,FEN,1906,1905-1913,0,1,0,1

Carlos de Candamo,M,PER,FEN,1900,1905-1922,0,0,0,0

Gheorghe Plagino,M,ROM,SHO,1900,1908-1949,0,0,0,0

Albert Glandaz,M,FRA,SAI,1900,1913-1944,0,0,0,0

Justinien Count Clary,M,FRA,SHO,1900,1919-1933,0,0,1,1

Ernst Krogius,M,FIN,SAI,1912,1920-1948,0,0,0,0

Jacobo Duke de Alba,M,ESP,POL,1920,1924-1927,0,0,0,0

Alberto Count Bonacossa,M,ITA,TEN,1920,1925-1953,0,0,0,0

Karl Ritter von Halt,M,GER,ATH,1912,1929-1964,0,0,0,0

Paolo Count Thaon Di Revel,M,ITA,FEN,1920,1932-1964,1,0,0,1

David Lord Burghley,M,GBR,ATH,1924-1932,1933-1981,1,1,0,2

Arthur Lord Porritt,M,NZL,ATH,1924,1934-1967,0,0,1,1

Avery Brundage,M,USA,ATH,1912,1936-1972,0,0,0,0

Gaston Baron de Trannoy,M,BEL,EQU,1912-1920,1939-1957,0,0,0,0

Charles Pahud de Mortanges,M,NED,EQU,1924-1936,1946-1964,5,2,0,7

Armand Massard,M,FRA,FEN,1920-1928,1946-1970,1,1,1,3

Ioannis Ketseas,M,GRE,TEN,1906,1946-1965,0,0,0,0

Josef Gruss,M,TCH,TEN,1908,1946-1965,0,0,0,0

Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen,M,NOR,SAI,1936,1948-1967,0,1,0,1

Bo Ekelund,M,SWE,ATH,1920,1948-1965,0,0,1,1

Brooks Parker,M,USA,FEN,1920-1924,1950-1951,0,0,0,0

Lewis Luxton,M,AUS,ROW,1932,1951-1974,0,0,0,0

Jean Count de Beaumont,M,FRA,SHO,1924,1951-1990,0,0,0,0

Gustaf Dyrssen,M,SWE,FEN,1920-1936,1952-1970,1,2,0,1

Vladimir Stoychev,M,BUL,EQU,1924-1928,1952-1987,0,0,0,0

Crown Prince Konstantinos II,M,GRE,SAI,1960,1963-1974,1,0,0,1

João Havelange,M,BRA,SWI/WAP,1936-1952,1963-2011,0,0,0,0

Sylvio Padilha,M,BRA,ATH,1932-1936,1964-1995,0,0,0,0

Jim Worrall,M,CAN,ATH,1936,1967-1989,0,0,0,0

Masaji Kiyokawa,M,JPN,SWI,1932-1936,1969-1989,1,0,1,2

Sven Thofelt,M,SWE,FEN,1928-1948,1970-1976,1,0,1,2

Tony Bridge,M,JAM,SHO,1960-1964,1973-2000,0,0,0,0

Julie Roosevelt,M,USA,SAI,1948-1952,1974-1986,1,0,0,1

David McKenzie,M,AUS,FEN,1956-1964,1974-1981,0,0,0,0

Peter Tallberg,M,FIN,SAI,1960-1980,1976-date,0,0,0,0

Kevan Gosper,M,AUS,ATH,1956-1960,1977-2013,0,1,0,1

Roberto Peper,M,ARG,SWI,1932,1977-1999,0,0,0,0

Niels Holst-Sørensen,M,DEN,ATH,1948,1977-2002,0,0,0,0

Dick Pound,M,CAN,SWI,1960,1978-date,0,0,0,0

Pirjo Wilmi-Häggman,F,FIN,ATH,1972-1980,1981-1999,0,0,0,0

Chiharu Igaya,M,JPN,ASK,1952-1960,1982-2012,0,1,0,1

Dame Mary Alison Glen Haig,F,GBR,FEN,1948-1960,1982-1993,0,0,0,0

Phil Coles,M,AUS,CAN,1960-1968,1982-2012,0,0,0,0

Pál Schmitt,M,HUN,FEN,1968-1976,1983-date,1,0,0,2

Prince Albert II of Monaco,M,MON,BOB,1988-2002,1985-date,0,0,0,0

Anita DeFrantz,F,USA,ROW,1976,1986-date,0,0,1,1

Anton Geesink,M,NED,JUD,1964,1987-2010,1,0,0,1

Anne HRH The Princess Royal,F,GBR,EQU,1976,1988-date,0,0,0,0

Frank Nyangweso,M,UGA,BOX,1960,1988-2011,0,0,0,0

Fernando Bello,M,POR,SAI,1968-1972,1989-2009,0,0,0,0

Thomas Bach,M,GER,FEN,1976,1991-date,1,0,0,1

Denis Oswald,M,SUI,ROW,1968-1976,1991-date,0,0,1,1

Jacques Rogge,M,BEL,SAI,1968-1976,1991-2013,0,0,0,0

Valery Borzov,M,UKR,ATH,1972-1976,1994-date,2,1,2,5

Arne Ljungqvist,M,SWE,ATH,1952,1994-2012,0,0,0,0

Věra Čáslavská,F,CZE,GYM,1960-1968,1995-2001,7,4,0,11

Jean-Claude Killy,M,FRA,ASK,1964-1968,1995-2014,3,0,0,3

Yury Titov,M,RUS,GYM,1956-1964,1995-1996,1,5,3,9

Olegario Vázquez Raña,M,MEX,SHO,1964-1976,1995-date,0,0,0,0

Guy Drut,M,FRA,ATH,1972-1976,1996-date,1,1,0,2

Irena Kirszenstein-Szewińska,F,POL,ATH,1964-1980,1998-date,3,2,2,7

Nawal El-Moutawakel,F,MAR,ATH,1984,1998-date,1,0,0,1

Aleksandr Popov,M,RUS,SWI,1992-2004,1999-date,4,5,0,9

Johann Olav Koss,M,NOR,SSK,1992-1994,1999-2001,4,1,0,5

Jan Železný,M,CZE,ATH,1988-2004,1999-2012,3,1,0,4

Manuela Di Centa,F,ITA,CCS,1984-1998,1999-2010,2,2,3,7

Vladimir Smirnov,M,KAZ,CCS,1988-1998,1999-2001,1,4,2,7

Bob Ctvrtlik,M,USA,VOL,1988-1996,1999-2007,1,0,1,2

Sergey Bubka,M,UKR,ATH,1988-2000,1999-date,1,0,0,1

Hassiba Boulmerka,F,ALG,ATH,1988-1996,1999-2000,1,0,0,1

Roland Baar,M,GER,ROW,1988-1996,1999-2004,0,1,1,2

Charmaine Crooks,F,CAN,ATH,1984-1996,1999-2004,0,1,0,1

Susie O’Neill,F,AUS,SWI,1992-2000,2000-2005,2,4,2,8

Kip Keino,M,KEN,ATH,1964-1972,2000-2010,2,2,0,4

Manuel Estiarte,M,ESP,WAP,1980-2000,2000-2004,1,1,0,2

Paul Henderson,M,CAN,SAI,1964-1968,2000-2004,0,0,0,0

Carlos Arthur Nuzman,M,BRA,VOL,1964,2000-2012,0,0,0,0

Alfredo Goyeneche,M,ESP,EQU,1960,2000-2002,0,0,0,0

Randhir Singh,M,IND,SHO,1968-1984,2001-date,0,0,0,0

Matthew Pinsent,M,GBR,ROW,1992-2004,2002-2004,4,0,0,4

Pernilla Wiberg,F,SWE,ASK,1992-2002,2002-2010,2,1,0,2

Ådne Søndrål,M,NOR,SSK,1992-2002,2002-2006,1,1,1,3

Jari Kurri,M,FIN,ICH,1980-1998,2002-2006,0,0,1,1

Hicham El Guerrouj,M,MAR,ATH,1996-2004,2004-2012,2,1,0,3

Frank Fredericks,M,NAM,ATH,1992-2004,2004-date,0,4,0,4

Rania El-Wani,F,EGY,SWI,1992-2000,2004-2012,0,0,0,0

Barbara Anne Kendall,F,NZL,SAI,1992-2004,2005-date,1,1,1,3

Beckie Scott,F,CAN,CCS,1998-2006,2006-2014,1,1,0,2

Saku Koivu,M,FIN,ICH,1994-2006,2006-2014,0,1,2,3

Nicole Hoevertsz,F,ARU,SYF,1984,2006-date,0,0,0,0

Haya HRH Princess Bint Al-Hussein,F,UAE,EQU,2000,2007-date,0,0,0,0

Yumilka Ruiz,F,CUB,VOL,1996-2008,2008-date,2,0,1,3

Mun Dae-Seong,M,KOR,TKW,2004,2008-date,1,0,0,1

Claudia Bokel,F,GER,FEN,1996-2004,2008-date,0,1,0,1

Yang Yang (A),F,CHN,STK,1998-2006,2010-date,2,2,1,5

Angela Ruggiero,F,USA,ICH,1998-2010,2010-date,1,2,1,4

Barry Maister,M,NZL,HOK,1968-1976,2010-date,0,0,0,0

Adam Pengilly,M,GBR,SKE,2006-2010,2010-date,0,0,0,0

José Perurena,M,ESP,CAN,1968,2011-date,0,0,0,0

James Tomkins,M,AUS,ROW,1988-2008,2012-date,3,0,1,4

Tony Estanguet,M,FRA,CAN,2000-2012,2012-date,3,0,0,3

Kirsty Coventry,M,ZIM,SWI,2000-2012,2012-date,2,4,1,7

Danka Barteková,F,SVK,SHO,2008-2012,2012-date,0,0,1,1

Tsunekazu Takeda,M,JPN,EQU,1972-1976,2012-date,0,0,0,0

Stefan Holm,M,SWE,ATH,2000-2008,2013-date,1,0,0,1

Paul Tergat,M,KEN,ATH,1996-2004,2013-date,0,2,0,2

Bernard,M,BRA,VOL,1976-1984,2013-date,0,1,0,1

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,NOR,BIA/CCS,1994-2014,2014-date,8,4,1,13

Hayley Wickenheiser,F,CAN,ICH/SOF,1998-2014,2014-date,4,1,0,5

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen,M,DEN,BDM,1992-2000,2014-date,1,0,0,1

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