Olympic Athletes Born on December 12

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378 Athletes

Rk	Athlete	Country	Sport	Born	Died
1	Paavo Aaltonen	Finland	Gymnastics	1919	1962
2	Rolf Aas	Norway	Football	1891	1946
3	Nader Sufyan Abbas	Qatar	Weightlifting	1975
4	Fletcher Abram, Jr.	United States	Handball	1950
5	Bektas Abubakirov	Kazakhstan	Boxing	1972
6	Julius Achon	Uganda	Athletics	1976
7	Luigi Adami	Italy	Shooting	1900
8	Mohamed Reza Akhlagh Pasand	Iran	Table Tennis	1978
9	Husain Al-Mutairi	Kuwait	Boxing	1969
10	Pertti Ålander	Finland	Athletics	1936
11	Eugène Allonsius	Belgium	Athletics	1937
12	Anatoly Alyabyev	Soviet Union	Biathlon	1951
13	Clarence Angier	United States	Golf	1853	1926
14	Chris Annison-Stanton	Australia	Athletics	1959
15	Polat Arıkan	Turkey	Athletics	1990
16	Hernando Arrechea	Colombia	Athletics	1946
17	Humberto Aspitia	Argentina	Shooting	1928
18	Salulolo Aumua	Samoa	Boxing	1964
19	Tariq Aziz	Pakistan	Hockey	1984
20	Chris Baillieu	Great Britain	Rowing	1949
21	Iolanda Balaş	Romania	Athletics	1936
22	Ruth Ball	United States	Art Competitions	1879	1960
23	María Ballesté	Spain	Swimming	1947
24	Beatrix Balogh	Hungary	Handball	1974
25	Sonja Balun	Austria	Figure Skating	1955
26	Tawny Banh	United States	Table Tennis	1974
27	Mauro Barella	Italy	Athletics	1956
28	Chris Barlow	United States	Canoeing	1961
29	Heinrich Barnes	South Africa	Wrestling	1986
30	Arturo Barrios	Mexico	Athletics	1963
31	Antonín Bartoň	Czechoslovakia	Cross Country Skiing, Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping	1908	1982
32	Rosalyn Barton	Australia	Diving	1938
33	Mavlet Batyrov	Russia	Wrestling	1983
34	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	Mongolia	Wrestling	1950
35	Marie-Pier Beaudet	Canada	Archery	1986
36	Galina Belyayeva	Kazakhstan	Shooting	1951
37	Dejene Berhanu	Ethiopia	Athletics	1980	2010
38	Tore Bjørnsen	Norway	Weightlifting	1943
39	Jean-François Blanchy	France	Tennis	1886	1960
40	Míriam Blasco	Spain	Judo	1963
41	Ana Boban	Yugoslavia	Swimming	1947
42	Philip Boit	Kenya	Cross Country Skiing	1971
43	Irak'li Bolkvadze	Georgia	Swimming	1994
44	Boris Boor	Austria	Equestrianism	1950
45	Barna Bor	Hungary	Judo	1986
46	Roberto Borelli	Brazil	Water Polo	1963
47	Vasily Borisov	Soviet Union	Shooting	1922
48	Therese Borssén	Sweden	Alpine Skiing	1984
49	Gratsian Botev	Soviet Union	Canoeing	1928	1981
50	Leila Boucetta	Algeria	Table Tennis	1986
51	David Boulanger	France	Athletics	1974
52	Brodie Buckland	Australia	Rowing	1983
53	Shea Buckner	United States	Water Polo	1986
54	Donn Cabral	United States	Athletics	1989
55	Lucas Calabrese	Argentina	Sailing	1986
56	Ron Cameron	Canada	Rowing	1923	2009
57	Juan Manuel Cano	Argentina	Athletics	1987
58	Alberto Capilla	Mexico	Diving	1926
59	Bertrand Cardis	Switzerland	Sailing	1956
60	Russel Carrero	Nicaragua	Athletics	1950	1990
61	Miguel Castro	Chile	Athletics	1910	1972
62	José Centenera	Spain	Equestrianism	1931
63	Abdelkader Chadi	Algeria	Boxing	1986
64	Denys Chamay	Switzerland	Fencing	1941
65	Guillaume Chastagnol	France	Snowboarding	1974
66	Chen Ruolin	China	Diving	1992
67	Nixon Chepseba	Kenya	Athletics	1990
68	Shinya Chiba	Japan	Alpine Skiing	1961
69	Jimmy Chin	Malaysia	Shooting	1955
70	Warren Chivers	United States	Cross Country Skiing	1914	2006
71	Iva Ciglar	Croatia	Basketball	1985
72	Wilfried Colling	West Germany	Wrestling	1959
73	Onix Cortés	Cuba	Judo	1988
74	Gerry Cruz	Philippines	Basketball	1937
75	Ferenc Csík	Hungary	Swimming	1913	1945
76	Girma Maru Daba	Ethiopia	Athletics	1980
77	Jenő Dalnoki	Hungary	Football	1932	2006
78	Irving Davis	United States	Football	1896
79	Wim De Deyne	Belgium	Short Track Speed Skating	1977
80	Camille de Faucompret	France	Snowboarding	1985
81	Ernesto de Fiori	Germany	Art Competitions	1884	1945
82	André De Wulf	Belgium	Bobsleigh	1922
83	Abderrahmane Derouaz	Algeria	Football	1955
84	Gus Desch	United States	Athletics	1898	1964
85	Alex Devlin	Canada	Basketball	1949
86	Cheryl Dickey	United States	Athletics	1966
87	Ahcen Djeffal	Algeria	Handball	1952
88	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	Athletics	1920	1999
89	Reginald Dos Remedios	Hong Kong	Shooting	1922
90	Abel Driggs	Cuba	Gymnastics	1975
91	Agnieszka Dubrawska	Poland	Fencing	1958
92	Hailu Ebba	Ethiopia	Athletics	1950
93	Sophie Edington	Australia	Swimming	1984
94	Annette Edmondson	Australia	Cycling	1991
95	Eom Hyo-Won	South Korea	Handball	1986
96	Charles Eriksson	Sweden	Sailing	1907	1964
97	José Errandonea	Spain	Cycling	1940
98	Nicuşor Eşanu	Romania	Canoeing	1954
99	Caldwell Esselstyn	United States	Rowing	1933
100	Eduardo Fábregas	Spain	Hockey	1963
101	Djibril Fall	Senegal	Boxing	1976
102	Fernando Fanjul	Argentina	Swimming	1941
103	Gina Farmer	New Zealand	Basketball	1974
104	André Fauquet-Lemaître	France	Polo	1862	1943
105	Karl Feichter	Italy	Luge	1954
106	Katarzyna Felusiak	Poland	Fencing	1973
107	Feng Qingbo	China	Speed Skating	1974
108	Evelyn Ferrara	United States	Athletics	1909	1966
109	Peter Fick	United States	Swimming	1913	1980
110	Carlos Figueroa	Spain	Equestrianism	1931	2012
111	Dušan Filipović	Yugoslavia	Canoeing	1952
112	Cristina Fink-Sisniega	Mexico	Athletics	1964
113	Esquiva Florentino	Brazil	Boxing	1989
114	Marco Aurelio Fontana	Italy	Cycling	1984
115	Gabriel Francini	San Marino	Tennis	1969
116	Bengt Fröbom	Sweden	Cycling	1926	2012
117	Uta Frommater	West Germany	Swimming	1948
118	Ken Garraway	Canada	Football	1956
119	Friedrich Gerdes	Germany	Athletics	1910	1960
120	Peter Glemser	Germany	Cycling	1940
121	Iván González	Spain	Canoeing	1964
122	Alojzy Graj	Poland	Athletics	1929	1983
123	Yelizaveta Grechishnikova	Russia	Athletics	1983
124	Aristidis Grigorakis	Greece	Wrestling	1962
125	Edna Gross	Great Britain	Gymnastics	1910	1999
126	Lucie Guay	Canada	Canoeing	1958
127	Ivan Gulev	Bulgaria	Shooting	1957
128	Márton Gyulai	Hungary	Bobsleigh	1979
129	Michael Haaß	Germany	Handball	1983
130	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	Iceland	Athletics	1960
131	Aleya Hamrouni	Tunisia	Handball	1945
132	Michael Hazel	Australia	Athletics	1976
133	Josephus Heerkens	Netherlands	Archery	1866	1959
134	François Heersbrandt	Belgium	Swimming	1989
135	Kyle Heikkila	United States Virgin Islands	Luge	1971
136	Martina Hellmann	East Germany, Germany	Athletics	1960
137	Tullik Helsing	Norway	Diving	1918	1994
138	Hem Bunting	Cambodia	Athletics	1985
139	Yoel Hernández	Cuba	Athletics	1977
140	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	Athletics	1971
141	Toshiei Honma	Japan	Ice Hockey	1935
142	Yani Ignatov	Bulgaria	Rowing	1959
143	Im Tae-Ho	South Korea	Volleyball	1940
144	Harald Irmscher	East Germany	Football	1946
145	Bodin Isara	Thailand	Badminton	1990
146	Yukio Ishikawa	Japan	Athletics	1932
147	Mohamed Issangar	Morocco	Athletics	1964
148	Martine Ivangine	France	Speed Skating	1947
149	Ingemann Bylling Jensen	Denmark	Sailing	1925
150	Ji Sang-Jun	South Korea	Swimming	1973
151	Jin Deok-San	South Korea	Hockey	1972
152	Henry Johannessen	Norway	Football	1923	2005
153	Eddie Johnson	United States	Boxing	1927
154	Edgar Johnson	United States	Rowing	1905	1977
155	Jon Kyong-Hui	North Korea	Athletics	1986
156	Erik Jonsson	Sweden	Shooting	1873	1958
157	Marcel Joost	Netherlands	Baseball	1960
158	Milan Jovin	Yugoslavia	Football	1955
159	Robert Juckel	Germany	Gymnastics	1981
160	John Kakooza	Uganda	Boxing	1964
161	Shogo Kamo	Japan	Football	1916	1977
162	Samir Karabašić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Canoeing	1966
163	Almat Kebispayev	Kazakhstan	Wrestling	1987
164	Arturo Kenny	Argentina	Polo	1889
165	István Kerek	Hungary	Weightlifting	1964
166	Ferenc Keserű	Hungary	Cycling	1946
167	George Keys	New Zealand	Rowing	1959
168	Kim Dong-Yong	South Korea	Rowing	1990
169	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	Athletics	1972
170	Marina Kislova	Russia	Athletics	1978
171	Viktor Knoch	Hungary	Short Track Speed Skating	1989
172	Chisa Kobayashi	Japan	Synchronized Swimming	1987
173	Yuriko Kobayashi	Japan	Athletics	1988
174	Reizo Koike	Japan	Swimming	1915	1998
175	Nina Kolarič	Slovenia	Athletics	1986
176	Aleksandr Kolmakov	Kazakhstan	Ski Jumping	1966
177	Krzysztof Kosedowski	Poland	Boxing	1960
178	Mara Kovačević	Serbia and Montenegro	Judo	1975
179	Kateřina Kovalová	Czech Republic	Figure Skating	1978
180	Lyubov Kozyreva	Soviet Union	Volleyball	1956
181	Al Kraenzlein	United States	Athletics	1876	1928
182	Nataliya Kresova-Rusakova	Russia	Athletics	1979
183	Niels Kristensen	Denmark	Rowing	1920
184	Théo Kueny	France	Wrestling	1894	1978
185	David Kuiper	Netherlands	Rowing	1980
186	Nikolay Kulpin	Unified Team	Boxing	1968
187	Ryszard Kunze	Poland	Fencing	1939
188	Fridolin Kurmann	Switzerland	Hockey	1912
189	Denys Kushnirov	Ukraine	Shooting	1992
190	Marcus la Grange	South Africa	Athletics	1977
191	Matthieu Ladagnous	France	Cycling	1984
192	Bernard Lagat	Kenya, United States	Athletics	1974
193	Krista Lähteenmäki	Finland	Cross Country Skiing	1990
194	Suzie Landells	Australia	Swimming	1964
195	Jessica Landström	Sweden	Football	1984
196	Lao Lishi	China	Diving	1987
197	Philippe LaRoche	Canada	Freestyle Skiing	1966
198	Henning Larsen	Denmark	Athletics	1910	2011
199	André le Fèvre	Netherlands	Football	1898	1977
200	Lee Deok-Bun	South Korea	Gymnastics	1945
201	Lee Yeon-Sun	South Korea	Volleyball	1973
202	Enrique Leite	Uruguay	Canoeing	1963
203	Petar Lesov	Bulgaria	Boxing	1960
204	Nicoleta Lia	Romania	Athletics	1963
205	Jon Lockwood	Canada	Baseball	1981
206	Ray Lockwood	Great Britain	Figure Skating	1928	2009
207	Guadaloupe Loma	Mexico	Athletics	1967
208	Gabriele Löwe	East Germany	Athletics	1958
209	Heidi Løke	Norway	Handball	1982
210	Dean Macey	Great Britain	Athletics	1977
211	Josphat Machuka	Kenya	Athletics	1973
212	Jules Mackowiak	France	Canoeing	1916
213	Alejandro Madorno	Argentina	Equestrianism	1971
214	Gianluca Maglia	Italy	Swimming	1988
215	Kazanga Makok	Congo (Kinshasa)	Athletics	1966
216	Dilshod Mansurov	Uzbekistan	Wrestling	1983
217	George Mara	Canada	Ice Hockey	1921	2006
218	Pascal Margerit	France	Ice Hockey	1971
219	Tomoyuki Matsuda	Japan	Shooting	1975
220	Klara Maučec	Slovenia	Sailing	1977
221	Fiona May	Great Britain, Italy	Athletics	1969
222	Rachel Mayer	United States	Figure Skating	1973
223	Pasi Mbenza	Congo (Kinshasa)	Cycling	1966
224	Brad McCuaig	Canada	Athletics	1970
225	Justin McDonald	Australia	Bobsleigh	1969
226	Paul Medhurst	Great Britain	Cycling	1953	2009
227	Ayele Mekonnen	Ethiopia	Cycling	1957
228	Päivi Meriluoto-Aaltonen	Finland	Archery	1952
229	Rowel Merto	Philippines	Archery	1961
230	Darren Mew	Great Britain	Swimming	1979
231	Christian Meyer	Germany	Cycling	1969
232	Albert Miller	Fiji	Athletics	1957
233	Éric Millot	France	Figure Skating	1968
234	Slobodan Mišković	Yugoslavia	Handball	1944
235	Steve Missillier	France	Alpine Skiing	1984
236	Shadrack Mogotsi	South Africa	Athletics	1962
237	Michael Möllenbeck	Germany	Athletics	1969
238	Craig Moore	Australia	Football	1975
239	George Moore	Great Britain	Fencing	1906	1977
240	Lucia Morico	Italy	Judo	1975
241	Muyegbe Mubala	Congo (Kinshasa)	Athletics	1970
242	Arihito Muramatsu	Japan	Baseball	1972
243	Henry Murphy	Great Britain	Hockey	1882	1942
244	Virge Naeris	Estonia	Athletics	1969
245	Yasuo Nagatomo	Japan	Wrestling	1951
246	Andrea Nannini	Italy	Volleyball	1944
247	John Napier	United States	Bobsleigh	1986
248	Philip Neame	Great Britain	Shooting	1888	1978
249	Torger Nergård	Norway	Curling	1974
250	Gary Newton	United States	Hockey	1957
251	Keld Nielsen	Denmark	Handball	1957
252	Herbert Niemann	Germany	Judo	1935	1991
253	Åke Nilsson	Sweden	Canoeing	1937	2005
254	Yasser Núñez	Nicaragua	Swimming	1983
255	O Tae-Geun	South Korea	Wrestling	1927
256	Thomas O'Donahue	Great Britain	Athletics	1887
257	Kieren O'Grady	New Zealand	Hockey	1963
258	Hans-Sigfrid Oberer	Switzerland	Cross Country Skiing	1933
259	Crispine Odera	Kenya	Boxing	1963	2012
260	John Eliud Okoth	Kenya	Hockey	1958
261	Valto Olenius	Finland	Athletics	1920	1983
262	Otto Olsen	Denmark	Modern Pentathlon	1894	1989
263	Kennedy Ondiek	Kenya	Athletics	1966	2011
264	Rogelio Onofre	Philippines	Athletics	1939
265	Johanna Ordóñez	Ecuador	Athletics	1987
266	Anita Otto	East Germany	Athletics	1942
267	Cristina Pabst	Italy	Luge	1947
268	Zdenka Padevětová	Czechoslovakia	Archery	1958
269	András Pályi	Hungary	Rowing	1943
270	Donald Pandiangan	Indonesia	Archery	1945	2008
271	Denise Parker	United States	Archery	1973
272	John Parkinson	United States	Art Competitions	1861	1935
273	Yelena Pavlova	Kazakhstan	Volleyball	1978
274	Nuran Pelikyan	Bulgaria	Wrestling	1967
275	Andrey Perlov	Unified Team	Athletics	1961
276	Luděk Pernica	Czechoslovakia	Athletics	1949
277	Jeret Peterson	United States	Freestyle Skiing	1981	2011
278	Marc Aurel Pickel	Germany	Sailing	1971
279	Louis Piochelle	France	Boxing	1888	1939
280	Jorge Portelli	Argentina	Judo	1950
281	Erin Porter	United States	Short Track Speed Skating	1978
282	María Potassa	Argentina	Football	1988
283	Zdravko Radulović	Yugoslavia	Basketball	1967
284	Beattie Ramsay	Canada	Ice Hockey	1895	1952
285	Greg Randolph	United States	Cycling	1972
286	Bodil Steen Rasmussen	Denmark	Rowing	1957
287	Giovanni Leone Reggio	Italy	Sailing	1888	1972
288	Nate Reinking	Great Britain	Basketball	1973
289	Sam Retrosi	United States	Luge	1985
290	János Reznák	Hungary	Wrestling	1930	1988
291	Kalai Riadh	Tunisia	Boxing	1968
292	Cathy Rigby	United States	Gymnastics	1952
293	Winfried Ringwald	West Germany	Rowing	1950
294	Ricardo Roberty	Venezuela	Wrestling	1982
295	Jane Robinson	Australia	Rowing	1969
296	Rubén Roca	Cuba	Swimming	1940
297	Roland Roche	France	Alpine Skiing	1952
298	Elmārs Rubīns	Soviet Union	Rowing	1944
299	Vincent Ruguga	Uganda	Athletics	1959
300	Ivo Rüthemann	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1976
301	Jovan Ružić	Yugoslavia	Football	1898	1973
302	Simo Saloranta	Finland	Athletics	1934
303	Luis Sánchez	Spain	Alpine Skiing	1940
304	Roqui Sanchez	France	Athletics	1952
305	Adam Saytiyev	Russia	Wrestling	1977
306	Dirk Scalongne	Netherlands	Fencing	1879	1973
307	Otto Scheff	Austria	Swimming, Water Polo	1889	1956
308	Kurt Schein	Austria	Cycling	1930
309	Eddy Schepers	Belgium	Cycling	1955
310	Matthias Schmid	Austria	Sailing	1980
311	Eckhardt Schultz	West Germany	Rowing	1964
312	Arve Seland	Norway	Football	1963
313	Courtney Shealy	United States	Swimming	1977
314	Dave Sheppard	United States	Weightlifting	1931	2000
315	Yohanes Shiferaw Yohanes	Ethiopia	Boxing	1973
316	Ajmer Singh	India	Basketball	1953
317	Mukhbain Singh	India	Hockey	1944
318	Allan Sobocinski	Brazil	Shooting	1931
319	Ivan Šola	Croatia	Bobsleigh	1961
320	Son Jeong-Im	South Korea	Hockey	1968
321	Alaeddin Soueidan	Syria	Diving	1970
322	Mary Spencer	Canada	Boxing	1984
323	Mark Spooner	New Zealand	Weightlifting	1984
324	Ingrid Steen	Norway	Handball	1967
325	Gerd Strantzen	Germany	Hockey	1897	1958
326	Christa Stubnick	Germany	Athletics	1933
327	Kento Sugiyama	Japan	Baseball	1968
328	Massimo Sulli	Italy	Judo	1963
329	Richard Sunee	Mauritius	Boxing	1966
330	Khassaraporn Suta	Thailand	Weightlifting	1971
331	Renelda Swan	Bermuda	Athletics	1957
332	Miya Tachibana	Japan	Synchronized Swimming	1974
333	Elena Tagliabue	Italy	Alpine Skiing	1977
334	Suzue Takayama	Japan	Volleyball	1946
335	Tao Hua	China	Softball	1972
336	Elmurat Tasmuradov	Uzbekistan	Wrestling	1991
337	Wilfrid Tatham	Great Britain	Athletics	1898	1978
338	Laura Tavares	United States	Biathlon	1965
339	Gerardo Tazzer	Mexico	Equestrianism	1951
340	Egīls Tēbelis	Latvia	Athletics	1972
341	Toshimitsu Teshima	Japan	Cycling	1942
342	Bounmy Thephavong	Laos	Boxing	1965
343	Gayle Thompson	United States	Rowing	1938
344	Shankarrao Thorat	India	Wrestling	1909
345	John Thurley	Great Britain	Swimming	1947
346	Noël Tijou	France	Athletics	1941
347	Ernesto Torres	Puerto Rico	Athletics	1959
348	Grete Treier	Estonia	Cycling	1977
349	Dmitry Tursunov	Russia	Tennis	1982
350	Wojciech Tyszyński	Poland	Canoeing	1984
351	Kyohei Ushio	Japan	Athletics	1934	2010
352	Joenny Valdez	Dominican Republic	Table Tennis	1986
353	Anita Valen	Norway	Cycling	1968
354	Arie van der Velden	Netherlands	Sailing	1881	1967
355	Harry, Ridder van Rappard	Netherlands	Athletics	1897	1982
356	Atle Vårvik	Norway	Speed Skating	1965
357	Stratos Vasileiou	Greece	Athletics	1948
358	Ingus Veips	Latvia	Cycling	1969
359	Edgaras Venckaitis	Lithuania	Wrestling	1985
360	Tjipke Visser	Netherlands	Art Competitions	1876	1955
361	Ingo von Bredow	Germany	Sailing	1939
362	Teresa Weatherspoon	United States	Basketball	1965
363	Alexander Webster	South Africa	Boxing	1933	1994
364	Angie Widjaja	Indonesia	Tennis	1984
365	Elis Wiklund	Sweden	Cross Country Skiing	1909	1982
366	Frank Williams	Sierra Leone	Cycling	1964
367	Mary Pat Wilson	Puerto Rico	Alpine Skiing	1963
368	Ramón Wiltz	Cuba	Basketball	1926
369	Kris Wirtz	Canada	Figure Skating	1969
370	Guadalupe Worbis	Mexico	Football	1983
371	Xu Yanhua	China	Shooting	1970
372	Yaichit Wang	Myanmar	Boxing	1937
373	Mikhail Yakimovich	Unified Team	Handball	1967
374	Aleksandr Yermilov	Soviet Union	Volleyball	1954
375	Doug Young	Great Britain	Boxing	1961
376	Isabel Zedlacher	Austria	Snowboarding	1977
377	Marijke Zeekant	Netherlands	Rowing	1956
378	Zhang Enjian	China	Swimming	1987

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