Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | 7 April 1893 |
Died | 29 March 1957 63) | (aged
Sport | |
Sport | Middle-distance running |
Event(s) | 1500 metres |
Tommy Town (7 April 1893 – 29 March 1957) was a Canadian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [1]
Thomas "Tommy" Hampson was an English athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the first man to run 800 metres in under 1 minute 50 seconds.
Solomon Islands sent a delegation to compete at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 2 October 1988. This was the island nation's second time participating in a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut four years earlier. Solomon Islands competed at these games in track and field, archery, boxing, and weightlifting, with one competitor in each category. Only Benjamin Fafale, the weightlifter, completed an event final, finishing 22nd in the middleweight category.
Tamio "Tommy" Kono was an American weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s. Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight, middleweight, light-heavyweight, and middle-heavyweight.
Tommy Albelin is a retired Swedish ice hockey defenceman who is currently an assistant coach for Switzerland's national team. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Denmark competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 100 competitors, 88 men and 12 women, took part in 46 events in 15 sports. Cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen died during the team time trial.
Zimbabwe competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. This was the fifth time that Zimbabwe had competed at an Olympic Games with the first three as Rhodesia. 15 competitors, 12 men and 3 women, took part in 18 events in 5 sports.
Bengt Christer Wallin is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander.
Thomas William Green was a British racewalker who won a gold medal in the men's 50km walk at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The son of a police constable, Green could not walk until the age of five, owing to his affliction with rickets. He lied about his age and joined the British Army in 1906 and served during the First World War, where he was wounded on three occasions and gassed while fighting in France. Returning to Britain, he eventually settled in Eastleigh where he worked at a railway works before being encouraged by a blind friend to take up racewalking.
Senegal competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. The country's appearance marked the third time it had competed at a Winter Olympics, and the last of three appearances at Winter Games by alpine skier Lamine Guèye. The delegation consisted solely of Guèye, who did not win any medals.
Fyodor Fyodorovich Bogdanovsky was a Russian weightlifter. Between 1954 and 1959 he won an Olympic gold medal, four European titles, and five silver medals at world championships, losing to either Pete George or Tommy Kono. He set eight ratified world records, five in the press and three in the total.
Vanuatu competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A total of three Vanuatuan athletes competed in two sports. Moses Kamut and Elis Lapenmal competed in, respectively, the men's and women's 100m sprints, and Priscilla Tommy competed in women's singles table tennis after being selected by the IOC's Tripartite Commission. Tommy's appearance in particular was Vanuatu's debut into table tennis. Tommy was also the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. The Vanuatuan delegation to Beijing included the country's head of state and prime minister, but only included Elis Lapenmal; the other two athletes did not accompany the delegation and arrived in China at different times.
Events in the year 1979 in Norway.
The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3. The final was won by Tommy Green of Great Britain.
Thomas J Mather is a British diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Following the 1928 Olympics Mather won a gold medal in the 10 Metres Platform at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.
Thomas Gayle "Tommy" Pool was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Events from the year 1947 in Sweden
Thomas Zarlef "Tommy" Haynes is a retired American athlete, who mostly competed in the triple jump. He won a silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and placed fifth at the 1976 Olympics.
Tommy Keenan was an Irish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Tommy Malone was an Irish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Tommy Czeschin is an American snowboarder. He competed in the men's halfpipe event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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