Klaus-Uwe Will was an East German flatwater canoeist who finished sixth with the K4-1,000 meters squad at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Two years later, he won a K4-1,000 silver medal at the World ...

Cyclist Julius Maus was a German living in the US since 1931. He finished 32nd 30th in the individual road race at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, and was in the German team that finished eighth. Maus ...

Bob James sailed Flying Dutchman with his younger brother, David James, at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. They grew up learning to sail on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. James represented the Yacht ...

Holden was the son of Harold Henry Holden, himself an established artist and principal of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art from 1928-46, who had four sons. Three of them – Geoffrey Hamilton, ...

Hoketsu, 71, was the oldest competitor in both Beijing in 2008 and London 2012, where he finished 17th in a field of 24 in the men’s dressage competition,­ almost half a century after making his Games ...

Holmfrid Olsson came from the small village of Rörbäcksnäs near Malung-Sälen and competed for the local club. At the World Championships in 1966 and 1967 he earned bronze medals in the relay.

An all-around athlete, Gérard Vuilleumier competed in the ski jump at the 1928 Winter Olympics, but was far better known as a cyclist for Switzerland. He was entered in the cycling road race at the ...

Kyle Bennett started racing BMX at age seven and turned professional in 1997. He progressed steadily from a BMX AA Pro ranking of 9th in 2001 to winning the National Bicycle League's Elite Men's Grand ...

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 ...

Erwin Weitzl was Austrian champion in shot put (1979-1986 and 1988) and discus throw (1980, 1983, and 1986-1990). Personal Best: SP – 20.04 (1985).

As a teenager, Karasevdas became involved in the then nascent Greek sports world. Besides being a marksman, he was also a good swimmer, but did not compete in that sport at the Olympics. A law student ...

Ukrainian-born Polish painter Władysław Jarocki studied at Lemberg and Kraków from 1902-06, and then moved to Paris and the Academie Julian. He was eventually named professor and taught at the Academy ...