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Austria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.
Horst Skoff was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level.
Robert Adriaan van der Horst is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender and currently the assistant coach of the first men's team of Oranje-Rood.
Horst Stöcker is a German theoretical physicist and Judah M. Eisenberg Professor Laureatus at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Horst Hrubesch is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed the Germany women's national team. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as well as the European Cup title in 1983. He was a key member of the West Germany team that won the 1980 European Championship and made it to the final of the 1982 World Cup, losing to Italy. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills as a centre forward.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Germany was represented at the 1956 Summer Olympics by a United Team of Germany of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and, for the first time at Summer Games, also from East Germany which had not joined in 1952. Also, the Saarland athletes who had to enter as a separate team in 1952 could now join in even though the accession of their state was not yet in effect. Thus, this was the only Olympic team ever to comprise athletes from three German states.
Nico Petrus Johannes Freriks is a former volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place with the Dutch Men's National Team. Freriks was named Best Setter at the 2004 Men's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier in Madrid, Spain.
Horst Hörnlein is a former East German luger and bobsleigh coach who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He and Reinhard Bredow won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
Bogdan Musiol is an East German-German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
Horst Hoeck was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Alexander Horst is a beach volleyball player from Austria. He currently plays on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour with new partner Clemens Doppler. Horst found most success with partner Florian Gosch on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour, however a knee injury forced Florian Gosch into early retirement in autumn 2010.
Clemens Doppler is a beach volleyball player from Austria.
Horst Meyer was a German rower who was most successful in the eights. In this event he won a silver and a gold Olympic medal, two world titles, and four consecutive European titles (1963–1967).
Horst Effertz is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in the coxed fours at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Four years later he competed in the coxless fours and finished in sixth place. Effertz won two European titles in 1959 and 1964 and finished second in 1958.
Fredrik van der Horst is a Norwegian speed-skater. He is the grandson of Hjalmar "Hjallis" Andersen.
Horst Weigang was a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Horst-Günter Gregor was a German swimmer. He competed in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and won three silver medals in relay events. He also won five medals, including two gold medals, at the European championships in 1962 and 1966.
Horst Tüller was a former road and track cyclist from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's team road race at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, along with Reinhold Pommer and Gustav-Adolf Schur.
Dimeo van der Horst is a Dutch 3x3 basketball player who plays for the Netherlands men's national 3x3 team. Standing at 1.95 m, Van der Horst primarily plays as point guard.
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- ↑ "Horst Stocker Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
