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 ...

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, ...

A defenseman who played for 15 years (1963-78) with EV Füssen, Rudi Thanner won six German Championships (1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1973). He also played 430 Bundesliga matches, scoring 73 ...

Javelin thrower Hans Schenk came in 12th at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. He also finished seventh at the 1958 Europeans. Domestically he never won a West German title. His daughter Anette became a ...

Alevtina Smirnova made her international début at the 1968 Olympic Games, where she was eleventh in the 10 km and 20th at 5 km. At the 1970 World Championships Olyunina-Smirnova won golds in both the ...

Louis Hostin ranks as the best French weightlifter of all-time. He performed particularly well at the Olympics, winning the light-heavyweight title in 1932 and 1936, and the silver medal in 1928.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...