Related Research Articles
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Ranganathan Francis also known as Aranganathan was an Indian field hockey player who represented India at international competitions and won three gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Leo Pinto was a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who won the gold medal with the Indian national team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. During the peak of his playing days, he was rated among the best goalkeepers in the world.
David Erwin Larson is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and former world record-holder. Larson is a Georgia native who became an All-American college swimmer for the University of Florida. He was known for his success as a member of American relay teams in international competition at the Pan American Games and the Olympics – and for setting two world records in the 4×200-meter relay event on the same day at the 1984 Olympics.
Edward Leo "Eddie" Farrell was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1912 he finished 13th in the triple jump event and 14th in the long jump competition.
Leo Edward Larrivee is a former American track and field athlete. Larrivee won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was a middle distance runner at the College of the Holy Cross.
Knut Leo Abrahamsen is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier. He was born in Alta, and represented the club Alta IF. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where he placed 26th.
Breeja Larson is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke, and is an Olympic gold medalist. She earned a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Sports Reference, LLC is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball-Reference.com for baseball, Basketball-Reference.com for basketball, Hockey-Reference.com for ice hockey, Pro-Football-Reference.com for American football, and FBref.com for association football (soccer). Between 2008 and 2020, Sports Reference also provided pages for Olympic Games and its competitors.
Leo Marchiori was a Canadian cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Leo Karner is an Austrian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Leo Wellens is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Leo Telivuo was a Finnish swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Kurt Anders Larson is a Swedish rower. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Leo Dannin was a Danish footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Leo Ghering was a Dutch footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Leo Piek was a Dutch wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman lightweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Leo Hunger was an American gymnast. He competed in four events at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Théo-Léo De Smet was a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Leo Atzwanger is an Italian luger. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
References
- ↑ "Leo Larson". Olympedia. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ↑ "Leo Larson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
