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Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 12 June 1932
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Sport | Swimming |
Gerda Olsen (born 12 June 1932) is a Danish former swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1]
Gerda Johanna Marie van der Kade-Koudijs was a Dutch athlete who competed at the 1948 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netti Witziers-Timmer, and Fanny Blankers-Koen, she finished fourth in the long jump and was eliminated in a heat of the 80 m hurdles. Two years earlier she won European titles in the 4 × 100 m relay and long jump and finished sixth in the individual 100 m race.
Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and together with Jennifer Isacco she won the bronze in Turin in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was the first Italian sportsperson to win Olympic medals in two disciplines.
Jon C. Olsen is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Olsen was a successful relay swimmer for the U.S. national team in the late 1980s and 1990s. He has won a total of 27 medals in major international competition, 20 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, Pan Pacific, and the Pan American championships.
Denmark competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 43 competitors, 35 men and 8 women, took part in 34 events in 9 sports.
Gerarda "Gerda" Maria Kraan is a retired female middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1960 (Rome) and 1964 (Tokyo). In 1962 she won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres race at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade.
Thora Gerda Sofie Castenschiold was a Danish tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century. She was the first woman to represent Denmark at the Olympics.
Events in the year 1907 in Norway.
Gerda Daumerlang was a German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 she finished fourth in the 3 metre springboard event.
Justin Bradley Olsen is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2008. He won two medals at the 2009 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York, with a gold in the four-man and a bronze in the mixed team events. Olsen's best event bobsleigh World Cup finish was second on three occasions in 2008–09. Olsen won a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the four-man bobsled with driver Steve Holcomb.
Events in the year 1922 in Norway.
Events in the year 1891 in Norway.
Gerda Muller is a Venezuelan fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Oslo Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Oslo, with sections for swimming, speed skating, figure skating and athletics.
Gerarda ("Gerda") Hendrica Maria Lassooij is a retired Dutch swimmer. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley events, but failed to reach the finals.
Gerda Krūmiņa is a Latvian biathlete.
Gerda Bredgaard was a Danish swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Gerda Kupferschmied is a German athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Gerda Staniek was an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Gerda Martín was a Chilean athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Martín died on 5 April 2024, at the age of 96.
Gerda Uhlemann is a German former athlete. She competed in the women's pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.