Acknowledged as India's greatest ever goalkeeper, Thangaraj initially played as a centre-forward before switching positions. He played for India between 1954 and 1968 and was a member of the team that ...

Udo Springsklee sailed together with Hartmann Bogumil in the star class at the 1968 Acapulco Olympic sailing events. They placed 14th in the Star class. Springsklee later became a lawyer.

Rost'om Abashidze had the following finishes at major championships – 1958 World Championship: 87.0 kg. Greco-Roman (1st); 1962 World Championship: 97.0 kg. Greco-Roman (1st); 1963 World Championship: ...

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 ...

Field hockey mid fielder Aribert Heymann was a member of the first German team to win an Olympic hockey medal, when they beat Belgium 3-0 to win the bronze medal at Amsterdam in 1928. He won 12 ...

West German rower Michael Reinartz, brother of Anton and Stefan Reinartz, finished fifth, and last, in the final with the coxed eights at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. With his club Kölner ...

The son of an Argentine father and a Brazilian mother, Horatio Torrome’s family relocated to London soon after his birth. His father Francisco became a wealthy tea and coffee importer and was also ...

John Huffman competed in fencing while a student at Yale, and was one of the proponents of the NCAA starting an NCAA fencing championship. He competed in sabre for the US at the 1928, 1932, and 1936 ...

De Jumilhac was a racehorse owner and breeder. Two of his best known horses were Maguelonne who took part in the 1928 Aintree Grand National, which was won by the legendary Tipperaray Tim at odds of ...

Leo Massa played baseball at Red Bank High School in New Jersey, eventually getting a tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But he turned to cross-country skiing, winning the 1958 US championship, and ...

Ralph Purchase was the coxswain for the Cal/Berkeley eight at the 1948 Olympics. Though Cal had had an indifferent season, losing twice to Washington during the year, they defeated the Huskies in the ...

Middle-distance runner Josef Schmid came in fourth in the semifinals of the 800 of the 1972 München Olympics, missing the final. His greatest moments were at the European Indoors, winning the gold ...