Rafael Pérez finished seventh in the 10000 metres at the 1971 Pan American Games and fifth in the 10000 metres and eighth in the marathon at the 1975 Pan American Games. Personal Bests: 5000 – 14:04.3 ...

Stefan Leletko had the following podium finishes at major championships: 1st in the 1982 World Championships Flyweight class (250.0 kg); 3rd in the 1983 World Championships Flyweight class (247.5 kg); ...

Klaus Dumke was a fencer who placed fifth with the East German épée team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Individually he failed to reach the final pool. Dumke was East German épée champion in 1964, ...

Turan Mirzəyev had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 2003 World Championships Lightweight class (327.5 kg); 3rd in the 2001 European Championships Lightweight class (320 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steve Goss studied at Rutgers, but graduated from UC Davis in 1987. He learned handball when he was an exchange student in Sweden. Goss was a wing or backcourt player. He won a gold medal at the 1987 ...

After a stellar career as a young rider which included a junior European Championship victory in 1987, Pippa Funnell’s career lost momentum for a number of years as she struggled both with a lack of ...

Kurt Bausback rowed for the US in several international events between 1983 and 1988. He won gold medals at the Pan American Games, in the coxed four in 1983 and the eight in 1987. Bausback won a ...