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| Full name | Michael Kraus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | West German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 26, 1955 Gladbeck, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Kraus (born 26 September 1955 in Gladbeck) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]
The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was the nineteenth time that Team USA participated, having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part in 217 events in 25 sports.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Michael G. Rascher is a retired rower from Canada. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the men's Eights.
Tomáš Kraus is a Czech sportsman who has specialized in both alpine skiing and freestyle skiing. His best results as an alpine skier was two 28th places at the 1997 and 2003 World Championships, but as a freestyle skier he is a double world champion and has 15 victories in World Cup races in the skicross discipline.
Melanie Kraus is a German long-distance runner who specialises in track events and the marathon. She has won the Frankfurt Marathon. She represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Michael "Mimi" Kraus is a former German handballer.
Peter Kraus is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Angelika Kraus is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Al Mustafa Riyadh is a Bahraini marathon runner of Moroccan origin. Riyadh represented Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon, along with his compatriots Abdulhak Zakaria, and Nasar Sakar Saeed. Unfortunately, he was unable to finish the entire race for the second time since he did the same fate at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
María Portilla Cruz is a Peruvian marathon runner. Portillo made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed thirty-second out of fifty-four runners in the women's marathon, with a time of 2:36:50.
Bente Kraus is a German speed skater. She finished seventh in the women's 5000 metres event and eighth in the women's 3000 metres event at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships. She also had attended the 2014 Sochi Olympics where she received no medals.
Michael Arms is a New Zealand rower. He finished 7th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was part of the New Zealand men's eight that won the World Junior title at the 2006 World Junior Championships.
Jan Kraus was a Czech wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman heavyweight event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Michael Aish is a New Zealand long-distance runner. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, in the men's 5000 metres. He is a prolific runner with a 2:13:21 personal best time in the marathon. He was formerly married to woman's U.S. Marathon Champion Nicole Aish and is presently married to long-distance runner Christy Burns.
Lars Kraus Jensen is a Danish former backstroke and medley swimmer. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Peter Kraus was a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Xaver Kraus is a German former biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
The Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08, also known by its abbreviation RRK 08, is a sports club based in the German city of Rüsselsheim am Main. Originally a rowing club, the main sport has been hockey since the late 1960s. The other sport offered is tennis.
Michael Kraus is an American field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Michael Bernard is a New Zealand former weightlifter. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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