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Also Known As Paul Bert Elvstrøm
Born February 25, 1928 • Denmark
Died December 7, 2016 (aged 88) • Denmark
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Fredriksson, Gert
Gert Fredriksson
Swedish athlete
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
Laszlo Papp
László Papp
Hungarian boxer
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
Murray Rose
Murray Rose
Australian swimmer
Tommy Kono on his way to winning the silver medal in the middleweight weightlifting competition at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Tommy Kono
American weightlifter
Bob Richards
Bob Richards
American athlete
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Dezsö Gyarmati
Hungarian water polo player and coach
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Al Oerter
American athlete
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Parry O’Brien
American athlete
Gymnastics champion Viktor Chukarin
Viktor Chukarin
Soviet athlete
Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Soviet athlete
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Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Brazilian athlete
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Betty Cuthbert
Australian sprinter
Fraser, Dawn
Dawn Fraser
Australian swimmer
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Hans Günter Winkler
German athlete
Henri St. Cyr (centre), winner of the gold medal in the individual dressage event, riding around the stadium in Stockholm, where the equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics were held
Henri Saint Cyr
Swedish athlete
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Lee Calhoun
American athlete
Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina performs a floor routine, leaping with one leg extended, during the women's compulsory exercises at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Larisa Latynina
Soviet athlete

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