Olympic Athletes Born on December 17

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289 Athletes

Rk	Athlete	Country	Sport	Born	Died
1	Jernej Abramič	Slovenia	Canoeing	1964
2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	Athletics	1990
3	Arthure Agathine	Seychelles	Athletics	1960
4	Christian Ahlmann	Germany	Equestrianism	1974
5	Ahmed Al-Saie	Bahrain	Sailing	1952
6	Mario Alesini	Italy	Basketball	1931	2001
7	Jen Allred	Guam	Athletics	1961
8	Silvio Alverà	Italy	Alpine Skiing	1921	1986
9	Joe Amlong	United States	Rowing	1936
10	Juraj Amšel	Yugoslavia	Water Polo	1924
11	Phara Anacharsis	France	Athletics	1983
12	Gunilla Andersson	Sweden	Swimming	1955
13	Oleksandr Apaichev	Soviet Union	Athletics	1961
14	Gaspar Araújo	Portugal	Athletics	1981
15	Yuko Arimori	Japan	Athletics	1966
16	Marina Arzamasova	Belarus	Athletics	1987
17	Gilbert Auvergne	France	Athletics	1905	1976
18	Elena Avram	Romania	Rowing	1954
19	N'Kosie Barnes	Antigua and Barbuda	Athletics	1974
20	Beth Barr	United States	Swimming	1971
21	James Barrett	Great Britain	Athletics	1879
22	Suzy Batkovic	Australia	Basketball	1980
23	Nick Baumgartner	United States	Snowboarding	1981
24	Éric Bédard	Canada	Short Track Speed Skating	1976
25	Ferenc Bene	Hungary	Football	1944	2006
26	Michele Benedetti	Italy	Diving	1984
27	Humberto Bernasconi	Uruguay	Basketball	1912
28	Jens Berthelsen	Denmark	Fencing	1890	1961
29	Eugeniusz Biskupski	Poland	Athletics	1947	2010
30	Janusz Bobik	Poland	Equestrianism	1955
31	Walter Bodneck	Russia	Shooting	1885
32	Wolfgang Böhme	East Germany	Handball	1949
33	Ricardo Boneo	Argentina	Sailing, Rowing	1930
34	Bjørn Boom	Netherlands	Water Polo	1975
35	John Bouchier-Hayes	Ireland	Fencing	1944
36	Jay Bowerman	United States	Biathlon	1942
37	Vivian Brown	United States	Athletics	1941	1998
38	Yngvar Bryn	Norway	Athletics, Figure Skating	1881	1947
39	Ashley Brzozowicz	Canada	Rowing	1982
40	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland	Athletics	1983
41	Nicholas Burfitt	Great Britain	Rowing	1966
42	Esteban Bustos	Chile	Modern Pentathlon	1992
43	Daniele Caimmi	Italy	Athletics	1972
44	Luís Caldas	Portugal	Wrestling	1926	2012
45	Dan Carroll	United States	Speed Skating	1949
46	Eligio Cervantes	Mexico	Triathlon	1974
47	Nelly Chávez	Bolivia	Athletics	1945
48	Antony Chemut	Kenya	Athletics	1992
49	Issam Chernoubi	Morocco	Taekwondo	1987
50	Bonny Chesson	Canada	Equestrianism	1950
51	Georgy Chevychalov	Soviet Union	Athletics	1935
52	Wendy Clarke	Great Britain	Athletics	1957
53	Arnaud Clément	France	Tennis	1977
54	Rosaria Console	Italy	Athletics	1979
55	Humberto Costas	Spain	Sailing	1949
56	Joseph Crovetto	Monaco	Gymnastics	1889	1964
57	José Leonardo Cruz	Colombia	Boxing	1975
58	József Csatári	Hungary	Wrestling	1943
59	Krisztina Czakó	Hungary	Figure Skating	1978
60	Frances Dafoe	Canada	Figure Skating	1929
61	Damdinsürengiin Orgodol	Mongolia	Cycling	1956
62	Marc Davis	United States	Athletics	1969
63	Jacques Delprat	Netherlands	Bobsleigh	1882	1956
64	Charles Denroche	Ireland	Athletics	1921
65	Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille	France	Fencing	1941
66	Maren Derlien	Germany	Rowing	1975
67	Elio Díaz	Venezuela	Boxing	1962
68	Mick Dowling	Ireland	Boxing	1946
69	Rachael Downs	Australia	Equestrianism	1972
70	Harry Droog	Netherlands	Rowing	1944
71	Masashi Eriguchi	Japan	Athletics	1988
72	Dezső Fábián	Hungary	Water Polo	1918	1973
73	Nick Farrell	Canada	Boxing	1975
74	Sari Fisk	Finland	Ice Hockey	1971
75	Pat Flynn	United States	Athletics	1894	1969
76	Axel Frank	Sweden	Wrestling	1882	1966
77	Gerhard Füssmann	Germany	Rowing	1928
78	Amy Gamble	United States	Handball	1964
79	Gerda Gantz	Romania	Fencing	1915
80	Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak	Poland	Alpine Skiing, Ski Jumping	1922	2009
81	Kostas Gatsioudis	Greece	Athletics	1973
82	Roza Georgieva	Bulgaria	Canoeing	1956
83	Charmaine Gilgeous	Antigua and Barbuda	Athletics	1971
84	Uberto Gillarduzzi	Italy	Bobsleigh	1909	1994
85	Alfred Gilles	Belgium	Wrestling	1908
86	Maxime Gingras	Canada	Freestyle Skiing	1984
87	Guglielmo Giovannini	Italy	Football	1925	1990
88	Olga Golovkina	Russia	Athletics	1986
89	Américo González	Uruguay	Modern Pentathlon	1925
90	Santos González	Spain	Cycling	1973
91	Gordon Goodwin	Great Britain	Athletics	1895	1984
92	Jeff Grayer	United States	Basketball	1965
93	Miloje Grujić	Yugoslavia	Athletics	1933
94	Jean Gysel	Switzerland	Water Polo	1910
95	Jeremy Harris	Great Britain	Sailing	1942
96	Sebastian Haupt	Germany	Skeleton	1985
97	Regina Häusl	Germany	Alpine Skiing	1973
98	He Yi	China	Rowing	1982
99	André Heller	Brazil	Volleyball	1975
100	Jaco Henn	South Africa	Shooting	1974
101	Heo Chang-Beom	South Korea	Weightlifting	1940
102	Arthur Highland	United States	Swimming	1911	1995
103	Aatos Hirvisalo	Finland	Sailing	1915	1992
104	Caroline Holmyard	Great Britain	Synchronized Swimming	1961
105	Jaromír Holub	Czechoslovakia	Fencing	1954
106	Dora Honnywill	Great Britain	Archery	1870	1959
107	Shunsuke Horiuchi	Japan	Rowing	1959
108	Walter Howell	Australia	Rowing	1929
109	Rövşən Hüseynov	Azerbaijan	Boxing	1975
110	Mara Ibañez	Mexico	Athletics	1974
111	Christof Innerhofer	Italy	Alpine Skiing	1984
112	Paulo Jamur	Brazil	Cycling	1964
113	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Sri Lanka	Athletics	1975
114	Jeong Seon-Hye	South Korea	Volleyball	1975
115	Lazaro Jiménez	Cuba	Handball	1959
116	Jin Seon-Yu	South Korea	Short Track Speed Skating	1988
117	Vidar Johansen	Norway	Ice Hockey	1951
118	Sergėjus Jovaiša	Soviet Union, Lithuania	Basketball	1954
119	Mathias Jung	East Germany	Biathlon	1958
120	Khristo Kachev	Bulgaria	Equestrianism	1953
121	Maureen Kaila	El Salvador	Cycling	1964
122	Tatsugo Kawaishi	Japan	Swimming	1911	1945
123	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	Athletics	1951
124	Keesha Keane	Palau	Swimming	1995
125	Nic Kettel	Luxembourg	Football	1925	1960
126	Kim Eun-Mi	South Korea	Handball	1975
127	Kim Gye-Ryeong	South Korea	Basketball	1979
128	Kim Sang-Sik	South Korea	Football	1976
129	Kim Song-Nam	North Korea	Table Tennis	1992
130	Peter Kirby	Canada	Bobsleigh	1931
131	Gauthier Klauss	France	Canoeing	1987
132	Aleksandra Klejnowska	Poland	Weightlifting	1982
133	Jeff Klepacki	United States	Rowing	1968
134	Fumi Kojima	Japan	Athletics	1916
135	Levteris Konsolas	Greece	Rowing	1988
136	Jorma Kortelainen	Finland	Cross Country Skiing, Rowing	1932	2012
137	Irina Kotikhina	Russia	Table Tennis	1980
138	Viktoriya Kovyreva	Kazakhstan	Athletics	1975
139	Dieter Krause	Germany	Hockey	1937
140	Günther Krauss	West Germany	Hockey	1940
141	Stipe Krnčević	Yugoslavia	Rowing	1911
142	Anne Kuhm	France	Gymnastics	1996
143	Arvo Kyllönen	Finland	Wrestling	1932
144	Emma Laaksonen	Finland	Ice Hockey	1981
145	Harry Larsson	Sweden	Wrestling	1888	1976
146	Inna Lasovskaya	Russia	Athletics	1969
147	Allaoua Latef	Algeria	Alpine Skiing	1971
148	Claude le Chatellier	France	Cycling	1946
149	Michel Leblanc	France	Ice Hockey	1959
150	Tony Ledgard	Peru	Cycling	1971
151	Lee Yong-Gwan	South Korea	Volleyball	1950
152	Li Xiayan	China	Swimming	1989
153	Inge Limberg	Sweden	Cross Country Skiing	1922	1989
154	Mikaela Lindh	Finland	Equestrianism	1969
155	Elof Lindström	Sweden	Athletics	1897	1988
156	Tony Lomo	Solomon Islands	Judo	1983
157	Anastasios Lordos	Cyprus	Shooting	1949
158	Zsuzsanna Lovász-Pavlik	Hungary	Handball	1976
159	Paul Maasland	Netherlands	Rowing	1903	1983
160	Roseli Machado	Brazil	Athletics	1968
161	Gian Luigi Macina	San Marino	Athletics	1963
162	Joaquín Madrigal	Mexico	Equestrianism	1934
163	Emily Maguire	Great Britain	Hockey	1987
164	Galina Malchugina	Soviet Union, Unified Team, Russia	Athletics	1962
165	Jayme Mata	Aruba	Judo	1982
166	Pauline Maurice	Canada	Softball	1967
167	John McCafferty	Ireland	Boxing	1944
168	Nikki McCray	United States	Basketball	1971
169	Linda McGill	Australia	Swimming	1945
170	Sonya McGinn	Ireland	Badminton	1973
171	Hamish McGlashan	Australia	Rowing	1963
172	Karl-Heinz Menz	East Germany	Biathlon	1949
173	Dick Mize	United States	Biathlon	1935
174	Péter Módos	Hungary	Wrestling	1987
175	Henri Mollin	Belgium	Alpine Skiing	1958
176	Gisela Morales	Guatemala	Swimming	1987
177	Fabio Morandini	Italy	Nordic Combined	1945
178	Nikolay Morozov	Belarus	Figure Skating	1975
179	Duško Mrduljaš	Yugoslavia	Rowing	1951
180	Ata Mubarak	Saudi Arabia	Athletics	1981
181	Loren Murchison	United States	Athletics	1898	1979
182	Elvin Məmişzadə	Azerbaijan	Boxing	1991
183	Peter Nagy	Slovakia	Canoeing	1964
184	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	Athletics	1976
185	Alan Nolet	Canada	Gymnastics	1967
186	Tor Norberg	Sweden	Gymnastics	1888	1972
187	Pasi Nurminen	Finland	Ice Hockey	1975
188	Colleen O'Connor	United States	Figure Skating	1951
189	Lawrence Ogwang	Uganda	Athletics	1932
190	Ralph Olinger	Switzerland	Alpine Skiing	1924	2006
191	John Oravainen	Australia	Swimming	1943
192	Gustav Östling	Sweden	Athletics	1914	1989
193	Juan Carlos Oxoby	Argentina	Shooting	1931
194	Pavel Padrnos	Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic	Cycling	1970
195	Samuel Påhlsson	Sweden	Ice Hockey	1977
196	Elisabet Paisieva	Bulgaria	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1986
197	Dmytro Palamarchuk	Ukraine	Figure Skating	1979
198	Michal Pančík	Slovakia	Football	1971
199	Alexandra Papageorgiou	Greece	Athletics	1980
200	Francisc Papp	Romania	Rowing	1946
201	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	Athletics	1982
202	Sven Paris	Italy	Boxing	1980
203	Giuseppe Parodi	Italy	Football	1892	1984
204	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	Athletics	1972
205	Patricia Pérez	Mexico	Football	1978
206	Stefanos Petrakis	Greece	Athletics	1924
207	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	Athletics	1956
208	Thomas Pleisch	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1913
209	Roman Polom	Czech Republic	Weightlifting	1966
210	Lyudmila Popovskaya	Soviet Union	Athletics	1950
211	Antoine Porcel	France	Boxing	1937
212	Nicolai Portelli	Malta	Athletics	1981
213	Ray Puckett	New Zealand	Athletics	1935
214	Natalia Pulido	Spain	Swimming	1969
215	Mihaela Purdea	Romania	Biathlon	1982
216	María Quintanal	Spain	Shooting	1969
217	Marianna Racz	Austria	Handball	1959
218	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	Athletics	1973
219	Trina Radke	United States	Swimming	1970
220	Arnstein Raunehaug	Norway	Cycling	1960
221	Kylie Reed	Australia	Bobsleigh	1974
222	Ri Han-Soon	North Korea	Cross Country Skiing	1945
223	Antoine Rigaudeau	France	Basketball	1971
224	Lázaro Rivero	Cuba	Rowing	1946
225	Horacio Rognoni	Argentina	Hockey	1942
226	Hanna Rostova	Soviet Union	Volleyball	1950
227	Kim Rowe	Jamaica	Athletics	1952
228	David Rudisha	Kenya	Athletics	1988
229	Nathael Sagard	Canada	Cycling	1967
230	Kyle Salyards	United States	Swimming	1980
231	Derek Sankey	Canada	Basketball	1948
232	Ernesto Sastre	Colombia	Fencing	1926
233	Martin Sauer	Germany	Rowing	1982
234	Geurt Schoonman	Netherlands	Shooting	1896	1971
235	Ollie Schriver	United States	Shooting	1879	1947
236	Evelyn Schuler	Brazil	Alpine Skiing	1974
237	Mathias Seger	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1977
238	Jasna Šekarić	Yugoslavia, Individual Olympic Athletes, Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia	Shooting	1965
239	Seo Jeong-Won	South Korea	Football	1970
240	Viktoriya Shaimardanova	Ukraine	Weightlifting	1973
241	Josef Šilhavý	Czechoslovakia	Athletics	1946
242	Fernando Silva	Portugal	Badminton	1972
243	Andrew Simpson	Great Britain	Sailing	1976	2013
244	Sin Yeong-Seok	South Korea	Handball	1964
245	Fantaye Sirak	Ethiopia	Athletics	1963
246	Alejandro Siri	Argentina	Hockey	1963
247	Axel Sjöblom	Sweden	Gymnastics	1882	1951
248	Mykola Skriabin	Ukraine	Alpine Skiing	1978
249	Eva Sládeková	Slovakia	Badminton	1981
250	Jan Sluyters	Netherlands	Art Competitions	1881	1957
251	Teddy Smouha	Great Britain	Athletics	1909	1992
252	Peter Snell	New Zealand	Athletics	1938
253	Colleen Sostorics	Canada	Ice Hockey	1979
254	Marina Staden	West Germany	Volleyball	1955
255	Konrad Stäheli	Switzerland	Shooting	1866	1931
256	Blair Stockwell	New Zealand	Cycling	1949
257	Michael Stolle	Germany	Athletics	1974
258	Inge Strell	Austria	Figure Skating	1947
259	Claudio Suárez	Mexico	Football	1968
260	Cevdet Sümer	Turkey	Equestrianism	1922
261	Zoltán Szigeti	Hungary	Canoeing	1932
262	PJ Thum	Singapore	Swimming	1979
263	Lyubomir Toskov	Bulgaria	Cross Country Skiing	1945
264	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	Athletics	1958
265	Nigel Trance	Philippines	Weightlifting	1950
266	Boubacar Traoré	Senegal	Basketball	1946
267	Jo Tudor	Canada	Equestrianism	1959
268	Chris van Eeden	West Germany	Canoeing	1956
269	Miek van Geenhuizen	Netherlands	Hockey	1981
270	Vangelis-Giorgos Voglis	Greece	Handball	1977
271	József von Platthy	Hungary	Equestrianism	1900	1990
272	William Wadsworth	Canada	Rowing	1875	1971
273	Tini Wagner	Netherlands	Swimming	1919	2004
274	Steve Walsh	New Zealand	Athletics	1960
275	Michaëla Ward-Meehan	Denmark	Sailing	1970
276	Hugo Weczerek	Austria	Fencing	1909
277	Rémi Weil	France	Diving, Swimming	1899	1943
278	Gustav Weinkötz	Germany	Athletics	1912	1986
279	Luigi Weiss	Italy	Biathlon	1951
280	Hendricus Wessel	Netherlands	Athletics	1887	1977
281	Roger Westling	Sweden	Biathlon	1961
282	Pierre William	France	Athletics	1928
283	Harald Winkler	Austria	Bobsleigh	1962
284	Harry Wittmann	United States	Cycling	1885	1968
285	Xu Li	China	Wrestling	1989
286	Zaine	Brazil	Basketball	1977
287	Jean-André Zembsch	Belgium	Hockey	1949
288	Béla Zsitnik, Sr.	Hungary	Rowing	1924
289	Siniša Žugić	Serbia and Montenegro	Diving	1969

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