Mikael Löfgren won one gold and two silver medals in the Junior World Championships in biathlon in 1986 and 1989 and took two Olympic bronzes in biathlon at Albertville in 1992. His career comprised ...

Valery Rezantsev, who did bicycle racing in his youth and took up wrestling in 1963, wrestled exclusively as a light-heavyweight in the Greco-Roman class. He won seven consecutive championships at the ...

The Reverend Bob Richards was a theology professor in California when he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as a pole vaulter in 1952. The duel for the gold medal was waged between Richards and ...

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 ...

East German long distance runner Siegfried Rothe came in 20th at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games in the 10,000 metres. At the 1962 Europeans he was 13th. He never won a national title. His profession was ...

Sabit Hadžić was a Bosnian hoopster who played for Yugoslavia at the 1984 Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Hadžić played for Bosna from 1977-84, and helped them win the Yugoslav League three times – ...

Franz Wembacher was a world class luger in the men’s doubles together with Hans Stanggassinger. In addition to their 1984 Olympic Championship at Sarajevo, they won a silver medal at the 1984 ...

Gumersindo Gómez was a marathon star in Córdoba, Argentina for many years and dominated the local racing scene. He first rose to fame as a multiple winner of the events held by the sporting magazine ...

Hugh Lindsay trained as a teacher after attending the University of London where he was selected for the football first XI. He played for Wealdstone before a move to Kingstonian in 1960 when he was on ...

Personal Bests: 500 – 42.2 (1977); 1000 – 1:27.29 (1976); 1500 – 2:16.58 (1977); 3000 – 5:03.08 (1976).

The German field hockey team won the silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics after losing 8-1 to India in the final. Forward Ludwig Beisiegel scored two goals in the 6-0 win in the group stage.

Right-winger Håkan Loob was considered one of the best Swedish hockey players of the 1980s. Loob is one of the few players in the Triple Gold Club, players who have won a Stanley Cup, a World ...