Personal information | |
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Full name | Tea Riitta Vikstedt-Nyman |
Born | Hyvinkää, Finland | 6 July 1959
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Major wins | |
National Road Race Champion (1990) |
Tea Vikstedt-Nyman (born 6 July 1959) is a retired female racing cyclist from Finland. She represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. [1]
Finland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 78 competitors, 59 men and 19 women, took part in 66 events in 15 sports.
Finland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 76 competitors, 47 men and 29 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.
Finland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 117 competitors, 107 men and 10 women, took part in 92 events in 14 sports.
Kenneth "Kenny" Gould was an American boxer, who won the welterweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won the world title at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, followed by a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. The nation won 22 medals.
Finland competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 64 competitors, 63 men and 1 woman, took part in 62 events in 14 sports.
Steven Nyman is a World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team. Formerly a slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, with a main focus on downhill.
Tea Donguzashvili is a Russian judoka.
John Emanuel Nyman was a Swedish heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler.
Margaret Joyce Cooper, later known by her married name Joyce Badcock, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and European championships, and England at the British Empire Games, during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Tea is a given name. It is a feminine name in Indo-European languages and is cognate to the names Theia, Thea and Téa and related to the name Tia. Masculine usage is found in Oceania.
Lee Tea-young is a Korean handball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Marcus Victor Jan Nyman is a Swedish retired judoka. He competed in the men's −90 kg judo event. In his olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics he was eliminated after losing his first match. In the 2016 Summer Olympics he won three of five matches and finished fifth. At the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics, Nyman was elimanted in the second round. Nyman won the gold medal at the 2010 European Judo Championships and the bronze medal at the 2011 and 2016 Championships. He also finished third at the World Championships in 2021 and 2023.
Paul Nyman was a Finnish cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1955, 1956 and 1958. He also competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. He started in Peace Race four times: 1954 – did not finish, 1955 – 12., 1956 – 4., 1957 – 22.
Kurt Nyman is a Finnish former sailor who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Tjejtrampet was an annual road bicycle racing event which, as the name tells, was only for female participants. The events were held in Sweden by late May between 1990-2009. The race was held for first time on 13 May 1990 and was won by Marianne Berglund.
William Nyman Ashenfelter was an American track and field athlete known for long-distance events. He was the younger brother of Horace Ashenfelter. In the Steeplechase at the 1952 Olympic Trials, both brothers ran together, with Horace edging ahead to take the win in the last lap. Both brothers broke the American record that had been held for 16 years by Harold Manning and both brothers qualified to run in the 1952 Olympics. While Bill was unable to finish his trial heat, Horace went on to win the gold medal in world record time. But Bill was not left out of making the world record book. A month earlier, Bill joined Reggie Pearman, John Barnes, and Mal Whitfield to set the world record in the 4 × 800 metres relay at 7:29.2.
The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 6 August to 9 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class allowed wrestlers weighing over 87kg.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 July to 11 August 1984. 36 boxers from 36 nations competed.
Albert Nyman was a Finnish diver. He competed in the men's plain high diving event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.