Hans Kleppen had the unlucky fate to fall in both his ski jumps in his only Olympic appearance in 1928 at St. Moritz. He was also selected for the 1932 team in Lake Placid and went to the US, but only ...

Pierre Ramadier had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1938 European Championships Pole Vault. In the 1934 European Championships pole vault he finished fifth. Personal ...

Sebastian Ioan Dogariu had the following podium finishes at major championships: 2nd in the 2005 World Championships Middleweight class (353.0 kg); 2nd in the 2005 European Championships Middleweight ...

After his success at the 1932 Games, Simeon Toribio was selected as the Filipino flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony in Berlin. From 1921-34, he won five gold medals (1921, 1923, 1927, 1930, 1934) at ...

Travis Mayer grew up skiing in western New York at Holiday Valley Ski Area. In high school, he moved to Killington Mountain School in Vermont to concentrate on skiing, making the US Ski Team when he ...

Giuliano “Ciccio” Ferraris played almost exclusively for his hometown club of Bolzano HC from 1953 to the end of his playing career in November 1963, only interrupted by a 2-year stint with HC ...

Sarah Webb was a product of the Royal Yacht Association youth squad and competed at two ISAF Youth Championships in the laser class. With the introduction of the Yngling class into the Olympics, Webb ...

Helmut Schmuck won 22 Austrian titles in 10000 metres (1990 and 1995), 25 km road running (1988-1990), half marathon (1993), marathon (1990), cross country-short (1990), cross country-long (1995, 1996 ...

Jörg Balke later married his non-Olympian teammate Rosemarie Klute and after the wedding of their daughter, Tina, to Olaf Hense, they became his parents-in-law. Rosemarie and Jörg Balke were later ...

José Luis Sánchez was a sprinter who competed in three Olympic Games (1968, 1972, 1976) for Spain. He was capped 72 times for Spain. Sánchez was a 12-time Spanish sprint champion, winning the 100 ...

Jaruwan Jenjudkarn was the leading female Thai high jumper in the first half of the 1990-ies. After winning a bronze medal in the Asian Championship in 1991 and bettering the national record to 1.82, ...

Geoff Vanderstock won the 1968 Olympic Trials 400H, breaking the world record in the process. At the AAU meet he was second in 1966, fifth in 1965, and sixth in 1967. Vanderstock competed for Mt. San ...