Olympic Athletes Born on December 25

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311 Athletes

Rk	Athlete	Country	Sport	Born	Died
1	Tarek Abou Al Dahab	Lebanon	Cycling	1939
2	Ali Abuzamia	Jordan	Fencing	1968
3	Dele Adeleye	Nigeria	Football	1988
4	Bill Agee	United States	Athletics	1905	1954
5	Emanoul Aghasi	Iran	Boxing	1930
6	Maqsood Ahmad	Pakistan	Athletics	1976
7	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	Athletics	1971
8	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	Athletics	1987
9	Armenak Alachachyan	Soviet Union	Basketball	1930
10	Darija Alauf	Individual Olympic Athletes	Swimming	1968
11	Lucas Alubaha	Kenya	Hockey	1958
12	Felizardo Ambrósio	Angola	Basketball	1987
13	Sammy Lee Amekudji	Ghana	Boxing	1939
14	John Ametepey	Ghana	Athletics	1938
15	Emmanuel Amunike	Nigeria	Football	1970
16	Herluf Andersen	Denmark	Archery	1931
17	Imtiaz Anees	India	Equestrianism	1970
18	Justina Anyiam	Nigeria	Handball	1972
19	Yenima Arencibia	Cuba	Athletics	1984
20	Hussain Arif	Pakistan	Athletics	1968
21	Isao Asai	Japan	Ice Hockey	1942
22	Orlando Baccino	Argentina	Judo	1970
23	Manuel Bacigalupo	Peru	Cycling	1916	1965
24	Mohammed Abduh Bakhet	Qatar	Athletics	1987
25	Gordon Balfour	Canada	Rowing	1882
26	Leigh Barczewski	United States	Cycling	1955
27	Reto Barrington	Canada	Alpine Skiing	1952
28	Noël Bas	France	Gymnastics	1877	1960
29	Ironbar Bassey	Nigeria	Weightlifting	1965
30	Maryna Bazanova	Soviet Union, Unified Team	Handball	1962
31	Allal Bel Caid	Morocco	Basketball	1939
32	Jacques Bellenger	France	Cycling	1927
33	Abderrahman Ben Azzedine	Tunisia	Football	1933
34	Sam Berger	United States	Boxing	1884	1925
35	Natália Bernardo	Angola	Handball	1986
36	Louis Bès	France	Cycling	1891	1961
37	César Bettex	Switzerland	Shooting	1863
38	Luis Biera	Argentina	Cycling	1958
39	Fernand Bourgaux	Belgium	Athletics	1919
40	Nathalie Brugger	Switzerland	Sailing	1985
41	Ricardo Camacho	Spain	Diving	1955
42	Brad Camp	Australia	Athletics	1964
43	Rubén Carballo	Argentina	Boxing	1962
44	Chris Carter	Great Britain	Athletics	1942
45	Cristina Chiuso	Italy	Swimming	1973
46	Choi Seong-Yong	South Korea	Football	1975
47	Mary Ellen Clark	United States	Diving	1962
48	Lionel Cornish	Great Britain	Athletics	1879	1939
49	Rosa Costa	Spain	Synchronized Swimming	1964
50	Vasile Crişan	Romania	Shooting	1905
51	Ezio Damolin	Italy	Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping	1944
52	James Davey	Great Britain	Rugby	1880	1951
53	Constantin David	Romania	Boxing	1912
54	Eva Davies	Great Britain	Fencing	1924
55	Raoul, Count de Boigne	France	Shooting	1862	1949
56	Aad de Koning	Netherlands	Speed Skating	1928
57	Roberto De Piero	Italy	Ice Hockey	1954
58	Noël Delberghe	France	Water Polo	1897	1965
59	Patrick Deneen	United States	Freestyle Skiing	1987
60	Serafín Dengra	Argentina	Athletics	1902	1966
61	Hans Dersch	United States	Swimming	1967
62	Jörg Dresel	Germany	Water Polo	1968
63	Noel Duckworth	Great Britain	Rowing	1912	1980
64	Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold	Mongolia	Wrestling	1957	2002
65	Richard Duncan	Canada	Athletics	1973
66	Sam Dunlop	Netherlands	Bobsleigh	1908	1977
67	Soma Dutta	India	Shooting	1967
68	Dolores Dwyer	United States	Athletics	1934	2011
69	Sten Ekberg	Sweden	Athletics	1964
70	Naji El-Mekki	Morocco	Modern Pentathlon, Shooting	1934
71	Hachemi El-Ouachi	Tunisia	Football	1960
72	Koko Elleingand	Cote d'Ivoire	Handball	1971
73	Arvid Emanuelsson	Sweden	Football	1913	1980
74	Paul Emordi	Nigeria	Athletics	1965
75	Ernst Endl	Austria	Water Polo	1929
76	Gus Fager	United States	Athletics	1891	1967
77	Adama Fall	Senegal	Athletics	1950
78	Gilbert Faure	France	Cross Country Skiing	1943
79	Manuel Fiestas	Peru	Basketball	1909
80	Tom Fitzpatrick	Ireland	Sailing	1974
81	Yuri Floriani	Italy	Athletics	1981
82	Luis Fonseca	Costa Rica	Weightlifting	1949
83	Javier Frana	Argentina	Tennis	1966
84	Marko Frank	East Germany	Nordic Combined	1968
85	Nuno Frazão	Portugal	Fencing	1971
86	Motoko Fujimoto	Japan	Softball	1980
87	Ivor Ganahl	Switzerland	Sailing	1942
88	Raúl García	Cuba	Hockey	1959
89	Raúl García	Mexico	Wrestling	1943
90	Delfin Gómez	Cuba	Shooting	1928
91	Reto Götschi	Switzerland	Bobsleigh	1965
92	Noel Graham	Ireland	Rowing	1944
93	Oleg Grigoryev	Soviet Union	Boxing	1937
94	Ron Grinstead	Great Britain	Wrestling	1942
95	Dumas Guette	Colombia	Football	1952
96	Badr-Eddine Haddioui	Morocco	Boxing	1988
97	Niilo Halonen	Finland	Ski Jumping	1940
98	Franz Happernagel	Germany	Athletics	1929
99	Rudolf Harmstorf	West Germany	Sailing	1922
100	Devon Harris	Jamaica	Bobsleigh	1964
101	Olina Hátlová-Tylová	Czechoslovakia	Luge	1943
102	Basil Heatley	Great Britain	Athletics	1933
103	Klaus Heinroth	East Germany	Canoeing	1944
104	Lloyd Hildebrand	Great Britain	Cycling	1870	1924
105	Gunnar Hjeltnes	Norway	Alpine Skiing	1922
106	Herbert Hobein	Germany	Hockey	1906
107	Ole Holm	Norway	Shooting	1870	1956
108	Camilla Holth	Norway	Curling	1978
109	Conrad Homfeld	United States	Equestrianism	1951
110	Naho Hoshiyama	Japan	Gymnastics	1980
111	Christopher Howarth	Great Britain	Figure Skating	1960
112	Huo Li	China	Cross Country Skiing	1980
113	Hwang Ho-Dong	South Korea	Weightlifting	1936
114	Toshio Imamura	Japan	Weightlifting	1979
115	Spyros Ioannidis	Greece	Boxing	1981
116	Percy Isenia	Netherlands	Baseball	1976
117	Antonina Ivanova	Soviet Union	Athletics	1932	2006
118	Morten Johansen	Norway	Ice Hockey	1952
119	Sigvart Johansen	Norway	Shooting	1881	1964
120	Jong Yeu-Jeng	Chinese Taipei	Baseball	1973
121	Arnold Jonke	Austria	Rowing	1962
122	Khaled Ibrahim Jouma	Bahrain	Athletics	1962
123	Hans Jørgensen	Denmark	Rowing	1889	1955
124	Davit K'vach'adze	Soviet Union	Boxing	1951
125	Johannes Kardiono	Indonesia	Athletics	1963
126	Ronnie Kauffman	United States	Figure Skating	1946
127	Anil Kaul	Canada	Badminton	1964
128	Genai Kerr	United States	Water Polo	1976
129	Khoo Cai Lin	Malaysia	Swimming	1988
130	Masaichi Kinoshita	Japan	Biathlon	1954
131	Shoichi Kinoshita	Japan	Biathlon	1954
132	Fikret Kırcan	Turkey	Football	1919
133	Kajsa Kling	Sweden	Alpine Skiing	1988
134	Willem Klooster	Netherlands	Ice Hockey	1957
135	Ko Dong-Sik	South Korea	Hockey	1973
136	Kamel Kohil	Algeria	Athletics	1971
137	Hans Kohler	Switzerland	Weightlifting	1929	2011
138	Tolossa Kotu	Ethiopia	Athletics	1952
139	Jonathan Kpakpo	Ghana	Football	1942
140	Karl-Heinz Krüger	East Germany	Boxing	1953
141	Gennady Krysin	Soviet Union	Gymnastics	1957
142	Paul Kunze	Netherlands	Fencing	1904	1983
143	Eirik Kvalfoss	Norway	Biathlon	1959
144	Ketty La Torre	Italy	Short Track Speed Skating	1972
145	Josh Laban	United States Virgin Islands	Swimming	1982
146	Blaženko Lacković	Croatia	Handball	1980
147	Ernst Laeisz	Germany	Sailing	1888	1958
148	Jean-Baptist Laporte	France	Rowing	1880
149	Johannes Lauridsen	Denmark	Athletics	1930	2006
150	Bruno le Stum	France	Athletics	1959
151	Lee Bo-Eun	South Korea	Swimming	1976
152	Lee Du-Haeng	South Korea	Athletics	1981
153	Lee Eun-Sil	South Korea	Table Tennis	1976
154	André Lesauvage	France	Sailing	1890	1971
155	Li Yun-Lin	Chinese Taipei	Swimming	1981
156	Slavenko Likić	Yugoslavia	Speed Skating	1974
157	Bo Lilja	Denmark	Shooting	1950
158	Antero Lindman	Finland	Athletics	1964
159	Juana López	Mexico	Football	1978
160	Cesare Lovati	Italy	Football	1891	1961
161	Hans Lubinus	Germany	Sailing	1893	1973
162	Fred Børre Lundberg	Norway	Nordic Combined	1969
163	Christian Luschnig	Germany	Wrestling	1938
164	Kaarlo Maaninka	Finland	Athletics	1953
165	Albertina Machado	Portugal	Athletics	1961
166	Irina Maharani	Malaysia	Shooting	1961
167	Kevin Martin	Ireland	Boxing	1925
168	Roy Martin	United States	Athletics	1966
169	Iwao Masuda	Japan	Athletics	1914
170	Martin Mathathi	Kenya	Athletics	1985
171	Kozo Matsubara	Japan	Handball	1949
172	Lars Matton	Sweden	Sailing	1924	2004
173	Dmitry Matveyev	Russia	Nordic Combined	1984
174	Paul Mehlitz	Germany	Hockey	1906
175	Khristos Meletoglou	Greece	Athletics	1971
176	Nina Menkova	Soviet Union	Equestrianism	1945
177	Brobbey Mensah	Ghana	Athletics	1934
178	Petar Metličić	Croatia	Handball	1976
179	Ivan Mikhaylov	Bulgaria	Boxing	1944
180	Dmitry Mironov	Unified Team, Russia	Ice Hockey	1965
181	Daisuke Miura	Japan	Baseball	1973
182	John Elson Mkangala	Malawi	Boxing	1962
183	Fabiana Mollica	Italy	Bobsleigh	1983
184	Miguel Montes	Cuba	Handball	1972
185	Vincenzo Mori	Italy	Gymnastics	1946
186	Iván Moro	Spain	Water Polo	1974
187	Lesley Morton	New Zealand	Athletics	1963
188	Augustus Moulton	Liberia	Athletics	1959
189	Claudette Mukasakindi	Rwanda	Athletics	1982
190	Francis Munthali	Malawi	Athletics	1972
191	Josephat Muraya	Kenya	Athletics	1957
192	Pedro Murúa	Spain	Hockey	1930
193	Souad Nechab	Algeria	Table Tennis	1979
194	Olena Nemashkalo	Soviet Union	Handball	1963
195	Andrea Nencini	Italy	Volleyball	1948
196	Emanuel Newdon	Brazil	Volleyball	1937
197	Ian Newhouse	Canada	Athletics	1956
198	Damian Nichol	South Africa	Rowing	1930
199	Poul Nielsen	Denmark	Football	1891	1962
200	Nelson Nieves	Venezuela	Fencing	1934
201	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	Athletics	1975
202	Serhiy Novikov	Soviet Union	Judo	1949
203	Christian Nsiah	Ghana	Athletics	1975
204	Carmen Belén Núñez	Spain	Diving	1957
205	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Norway	Biathlon	1961
206	Abiodun Obafemi	Nigeria	Football	1973
207	Walter Oberste	Germany	Athletics	1933
208	Hernán Oelckers	Chile	Alpine Skiing	1925
209	Mike Okot	Uganda	Athletics	1958
210	Jeff Olver	Australia	Football	1960
211	Nelson Ombito	Kenya	Judo	1963
212	Mariya Onolbayeva	Russia	Ice Hockey	1978
213	István Osztrics	Hungary	Fencing	1949
214	John Owusu	Ghana	Athletics	1925
215	Noel Oxenbury	Canada	Swimming	1918	2012
216	Michihiro Ozawa	Japan	Football	1932
217	Brooks Parker	United States	Fencing	1889	1951
218	Arnold Parsons	Great Britain	Wrestling	1926
219	Beth Peach	Great Britain	Figure Skating	1939
220	Franco Perruquet	Italy	Bobsleigh	1950
221	Johanna Persson	Sweden	Badminton	1978
222	Connie Petracek	United States	Shooting	1947
223	Bruno Petrarca	Italy	Boxing	1906
224	Roman Petrushenko	Belarus	Canoeing	1980
225	Arvo Peussa	Finland	Athletics	1900	1941
226	Aphinya Pharksupho	Thailand	Weightlifting	1976
227	Silvo Poljanšek	Yugoslavia	Ice Hockey	1951
228	Jorge Porras	Colombia	Football	1959
229	Gerrit Postma	Netherlands	Athletics	1894	1969
230	Bernard Prendergast	Great Britain	Athletics	1911
231	Serhiy Priymak	Ukraine	Sailing	1957
232	Vitaly Prokhorov	Unified Team	Ice Hockey	1966
233	Mariya Prusakova	Russia	Snowboarding	1989
234	Noel Purcell	Great Britain, Ireland	Water Polo	1899	1962
235	Qu Yunxia	China	Athletics	1972
236	Max Rainsford	Australia	Cycling	1962
237	Samson Ramadhani	Tanzania	Athletics	1982
238	Pushpamali Ramanayake	Sri Lanka	Shooting	1967
239	Ossi Reichert	Germany	Alpine Skiing	1925	2006
240	Freddy Rens	Belgium	Hockey	1936
241	Keith Reynolds	Great Britain	Cycling	1963
242	Ri Chol-Guk	North Korea	Table Tennis	1985
243	Bill Richardson	United States	Athletics	1903	1969
244	Juan Ríos	Cuba	Hockey	1947
245	Nancy Robertson	Canada	Diving	1949
246	Alain Rohr	Switzerland	Athletics	1971
247	Arturo Ruffa	Argentina	Basketball	1926	2004
248	Laura Ruhnke	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1983
249	Martin Rush	Great Britain	Athletics	1964
250	Dalibor Šamšal	Croatia	Alpine Skiing	1985
251	María del Mar Sánchez	Spain	Athletics	1979
252	Pauli Sandström	Finland	Athletics	1899	1988
253	Natalina Sanguinetti	Italy	Fencing	1940
254	Marta Santos	Angola	Handball	1988
255	Ahmed Sarir	Morocco	Boxing	1962
256	Klas Särner	Sweden	Gymnastics	1891	1980
257	Deborah Scanzio	Italy	Freestyle Skiing	1986
258	Antoine Schouten	Canada	Hockey	1946
259	Jörg Schramme	East Germany	Sailing	1951
260	Sandra Schumacher	West Germany	Cycling	1966
261	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	Athletics	1985
262	Andrew Selby	Great Britain	Boxing	1988
263	Seog Eun-Mi	South Korea	Table Tennis	1976
264	Seong Jeong-A	South Korea	Basketball	1965
265	Graeme Sherman	Australia	Water Polo	1937
266	John Siryakibbe	Uganda	Boxing	1962
267	Helge Sjögren	Sweden	Weightlifting	1902	1959
268	Christina Smith	Canada	Bobsleigh	1968
269	Tony Smith	New Zealand	Short Track Speed Skating	1961
270	Kurt Sommerlatt	Germany	Football	1928
271	Volodymyr Soroka	Ukraine	Judo	1982
272	Harry Stenqvist	Sweden	Cycling	1893	1968
273	Dmitry Sukharev	Unified Team	Basketball	1960
274	Shinri Suzuki	Japan	Cycling	1974
275	Mike Sweeney	Canada	Football	1959
276	Miyuki Takahashi	Japan	Volleyball	1978
277	Shannon Taylor	United States	Hockey	1986
278	Hrvoje Telišman	Croatia	Rowing	1972
279	Bob Tinning	Australia	Rowing	1925	2001
280	Raymond Tixier	France	Hockey	1912
281	Gianni Torboli	Italy	Sailing	1949
282	Achille Tribouillet	France	Water Polo	1902
283	Svetlana Tsarukayeva	Russia	Weightlifting	1987
284	Jean Tschabold	Switzerland	Gymnastics	1925	2012
285	Mircea Tuli	Romania	Weightlifting	1957
286	Catalina Usme	Colombia	Football	1989
287	Louis Van De Goor	Belgium	Basketball	1915
288	Henk van der Grift	Netherlands	Speed Skating	1935
289	Jeanne Van Kesteren	Belgium	Athletics	1907
290	Noël Vandernotte	France	Rowing	1923
291	Vanduin Batbayar	Mongolia	Boxing	1950
292	Devin Vargas	United States	Boxing	1981
293	Francisco Vargas	Mexico	Boxing	1984
294	Hugo Viart	France	Swimming	1979
295	Wang Wei	China	Baseball	1978
296	Kazumi Watanabe	Japan	Athletics	1935
297	Thomas Webster	United States	Sailing	1909	1981
298	Martin Weis	Germany	Rowing	1970
299	Todd Wells	United States	Cycling	1975
300	William Welply	Great Britain	Sailing	1912	1970
301	Gerard Westermann	Netherlands	Art Competitions	1880	1971
302	Edward Willkie	United States	Wrestling	1896	1956
303	Christl Wöber	Austria	Swimming	1942
304	Wiebe Wolters	Singapore	Water Polo	1932	2001
305	Chris Woo	United States	Swimming	1957
306	Osamu Yamazaki	Japan	Freestyle Skiing	1964
307	Yang Wenjun	China	Canoeing	1983
308	Yang Zhizhong	China	Wrestling	1968
309	Christ Yarafa	Central African Republic	Cycling	1966
310	Yin Jian	China	Sailing	1978
311	Ayami Yukimori	Japan	Gymnastics	1969

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