Olympic Athletes Born on February 28

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359 Athletes

Rk	Athlete	Country	Sport	Born	Died
1	Mohammed Abbas	Iraq	Swimming	1978
2	Dzhamolidin Abduzhaparov	Soviet Union, Uzbekistan	Cycling	1964
3	Eusebio Acea	Cuba	Rowing	1969
4	Marcus Adam	Great Britain	Athletics, Bobsleigh	1968
5	Arthur Ahnger	Finland	Sailing	1886	1940
6	Geard Ajetović	Serbia and Montenegro	Boxing	1981
7	Bruce Akers	Australia	Wrestling	1953
8	Kamil Al-Abbasi	Saudi Arabia	Athletics	1950
9	Naser Al-Otaibi	Kuwait	Handball	1972
10	Amelita Alanes	Philippines	Athletics	1952
11	Alberto Leguelé	Brazil	Football	1953
12	Katie Allen	Australia	Hockey	1974
13	Anthony Amado	United States	Wrestling	1963
14	Amaral	Brazil	Football	1973
15	Savina Aglaia Anastasiou	Greece	Synchronized Swimming	1986
16	Valentina Aracil	Argentina	Swimming	1966
17	Zeeshan Ashraf	Pakistan	Hockey	1977
18	Sanaa Atabrour	Morocco	Taekwondo	1989
19	Eduardo Aznar	Spain	Sailing	1920	1981
20	Timothy Bach	Canada	Swimming	1953
21	Gertrud Bacher	Italy	Athletics	1971
22	Jaime Baeza	Chile	Football	1962
23	Angela Bailey	Canada	Athletics	1962
24	Olivia Baker	New Zealand	Weightlifting	1979
25	Spyros Balomenos	Greece	Handball	1979
26	Chauncey Bangs	Canada	Figure Skating	1901	1942
27	Mansour Barzegar	Iran	Wrestling	1947
28	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	Athletics	1987
29	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	Morocco	Athletics	1929	2000
30	Ernesto Beren	Philippines	Gymnastics	1950
31	Larysa Berezhna	Unified Team	Athletics	1961
32	John Biby	United States	Sailing	1912	2002
33	Edvīns Bietags	Latvia	Wrestling	1908	1983
34	Victor Boin	Belgium	Water Polo, Fencing, Swimming	1886	1974
35	Giovanni Bonati	Italy	Gymnastics	1889	1962
36	Pedro Bonilla	Colombia	Cycling	1967
37	Sarah Boudens	Canada	Canoeing	1983
38	Rómulo Bouzas	Mexico	Rowing	1978
39	Christina Brehmer-Lathan	East Germany	Athletics	1958
40	Norman Brinkworth	Pakistan	Athletics	1944
41	Gareth Brooks	New Zealand	Hockey	1978
42	Ion Bucsa	Moldova	Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing	1968
43	Tihomir Buinjac	Croatia	Athletics	1974
44	Michel Bury	France	Shooting	1952
45	Guillermo Cabrera	Dominican Republic	Swimming	1982
46	Jaime Camps	Spain	Athletics	1896	1921
47	Antonio Candreva	Italy	Football	1987
48	Valerio Cassani	Italy	Football	1922	1995
49	Julie Chase	Canada	Luge	1956
50	Chen Hong	China	Softball	1970
51	Chen Zihe	China	Table Tennis	1968
52	Cheon Ju-Hyeon	South Korea	Speed Skating	1977
53	Choi Eun-Sook	South Korea	Fencing	1986
54	Chou Yen-Sheng	Chinese Taipei	Shooting	1931
55	Bree Cole	Australia	Diving	1983
56	Alva Colquhoun	Australia	Swimming	1942
57	Johnny Condon	Great Britain	Boxing	1889	1919
58	Craig Cooper	New Zealand	Badminton	1981
59	Dean Crawford	Canada	Rowing	1958
60	Agnieszka Cyl	Poland	Biathlon	1984
61	Rune Dahl	Norway	Rowing	1955
62	Adrian Dantley	United States	Basketball	1955
63	Spalding de Garmendia	United States	Tennis	1860	1932
64	Fikru Deguefu	Ethiopia	Athletics	1937
65	Jacques Deschouwer	France	Diving	1946
66	Serge Despres	Canada	Bobsleigh	1978
67	Diego	Brazil	Football	1985
68	Éric Dubus	France	Athletics	1966
69	Colin Dunlop	Fiji	Sailing	1936
70	Philippe Dupont	Belgium	Shooting	1964
71	Walter Paul Dürst	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1927
72	Mirza Džomba	Croatia	Handball	1977
73	Leslie Egnot	New Zealand	Sailing	1963
74	Tommy Eliasson	Sweden	Freestyle Skiing	1980
75	Georgia Ellinaki	Greece	Water Polo	1974
76	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1979
77	Davor Erjavec	Germany	Water Polo	1970
78	Jacques Ewalds	Netherlands	Volleyball	1940
79	Jeff Farrell	United States	Swimming	1937
80	Joe Feeney	Ireland	Wrestling	1937
81	Yudelkis Fernández	Cuba	Athletics	1985
82	Angelo Ferrario	Italy	Athletics	1908	1997
83	Mario Iván Flores	Mexico	Athletics	1979
84	Cathy Foster	Great Britain	Sailing	1956
85	Frank Frederick	United States	Rowing	1907	1968
86	Gunnar Fredriksen	Norway	Athletics	1907	1994
87	Makoto Fukui	Japan	Swimming	1940
88	Fransie Fyfer	Zimbabwe	Judo	1955
89	Marie-Pierre Gagné	Canada	Synchronized Swimming	1983
90	Gable Garenamotse	Botswana	Athletics	1977
91	Galina Gayda	Soviet Union	Athletics	1936
92	Deyan Georgiev	Bulgaria	Canoeing	1984
93	Esteban Gerard	Mexico	Sailing	1953
94	Lothar Gericke	East Germany	Swimming	1950
95	Gábor Gerő	Hungary	Athletics	1909	1977
96	José Miguel Gil	Spain	Diving	1971
97	Silvio Giobellina	Switzerland	Bobsleigh	1954
98	Marshall Godschalk	Netherlands	Rowing	1984
99	Daniel Gómez	Mexico	Water Polo	1948
100	Jacqueline Goormachtigh	Netherlands	Athletics	1970
101	David Green	Australia	Equestrianism	1960
102	Duncan Gregg	United States	Rowing	1910	1989
103	Mariya Gromova	Russia	Swimming	1988
104	Robert Grondelaers	Belgium	Cycling	1933	1989
105	Audun Grønvold	Norway	Freestyle Skiing	1976
106	Asención Guerra	Spain	Archery	1955
107	Muriel Guggolz	United States	Fencing	1904	1995
108	Guo Daen	China	Canoeing	1971
109	Eddy Gutiérrez	Cuba	Athletics	1952
110	Hannu Haapalainen	Finland	Ice Hockey	1951	2011
111	Audrey Hancock	Great Britain	Swimming	1919
112	Simone Hankin	Australia	Water Polo	1973
113	Zygmunt Hanusik	Poland	Cycling	1945
114	Cedric Harris	Dominica	Athletics	1967
115	John Hartigan	United States	Rowing	1940
116	Robbie Heffernan	Ireland	Athletics	1978
117	Willi Heidel	Romania	Handball	1916	2008
118	Herman Helgesen	Norway	Gymnastics	1889	1963
119	Robin Hennessy	Ireland	Sailing	1948
120	Rafael Hernández	Mexico	Swimming	1946
121	Donna Hilton	New Zealand	Judo	1968
122	Ernst Hinterseer	Austria	Alpine Skiing	1932
123	Guy Holdaway	Great Britain	Athletics	1886	1973
124	Hong Seong-Heun	South Korea	Baseball	1977
125	Yuriy Hunko	Ukraine	Ice Hockey	1972
126	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	Athletics	1938
127	Faith Ikidi	Nigeria	Football	1987
128	Galina Inzhuvatova	Soviet Union	Hockey	1952
129	Vladimir Isakov	Russia	Shooting	1970
130	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	Athletics	1948
131	Koos Issard	Netherlands	Water Polo	1971
132	Yordanka Ivanova	Bulgaria	Athletics	1950
133	Trent Jackson	United States	Athletics	1942	2007
134	Jang Myeong-Hui	South Korea	Rowing	1969
135	Jelena Janković	Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia	Tennis	1985
136	Sandy Jeannin	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1976
137	George Jefferson	United States	Athletics	1910	1996
138	Olivier Jenot	Monaco	Alpine Skiing	1988
139	Jeon Jong-Ha	South Korea	Hockey	1973
140	Jeon Sang-Gyun	South Korea	Weightlifting	1981
141	Jeong Ui-Gyeong	South Korea	Handball	1985
142	Jiang Tianyi	Hong Kong	Table Tennis	1988
143	Jo Jae-Hak	South Korea	Volleyball	1949
144	Ron Jourdan	United States	Athletics	1947
145	Alexandre Kalache	Brazil	Volleyball	1952
146	Nataliya Karimova	Russia	Cycling	1974
147	Ivo Karlović	Croatia	Tennis	1979
148	Angela Kennedy	Australia	Swimming	1976
149	Davit Khakhaleishvili	Unified Team	Judo	1972
150	Yury Kidyayev	Soviet Union	Handball	1955
151	Becky Kim	United States	Synchronized Swimming	1985
152	Kim Cheol-Gyun	South Korea	Athletics	1969
153	Kim Dong-Su	South Korea	Canoeing	1969
154	Kim Gwi-Hwan	South Korea	Volleyball	1948
155	Bernard Knitter	Poland	Wrestling	1938
156	Herbert Kolly	Switzerland	Freestyle Skiing	1969
157	Leo von König	Germany	Art Competitions	1871	1944
158	Sergey Konov	Soviet Union	Swimming	1948
159	Josi Koornhof	South Africa	Hockey	1979
160	Csaba Körmöczi	Hungary	Fencing	1944	1992
161	Poul Korup	Denmark	Rowing	1926	2003
162	Valentyna Kovpan	Soviet Union	Archery	1950
163	Anke Kühn	Germany	Hockey	1981
164	Keijo Kuntola	Finland	Biathlon	1954
165	Karlo Kuret	Croatia	Sailing	1970
166	Harry Kurschat	Germany	Boxing	1933
167	Kyaw Aye	Myanmar	Shooting	1939
168	Janne Lahtela	Finland	Freestyle Skiing	1974
169	Jennifer Lamy	Australia	Athletics	1949
170	Raúl Rodrigo Lara	Mexico	Football	1973
171	Éric Le Chanony	France	Bobsleigh	1968
172	Lee Eon-Ju	South Korea	Basketball	1977
173	Lee Gang-Seok	South Korea	Speed Skating	1985
174	Robert Lee	Australia	Canoeing	1956
175	Allan Leibel	Canada	Sailing	1945
176	Tatyana Levina	Russia	Athletics	1977
177	Chunli Li	New Zealand	Table Tennis	1962
178	Li Yang	China	Rowing	1978
179	Bertil Linde	Sweden	Ice Hockey	1907	1990
180	Eric Lindros	Canada	Ice Hockey	1973
181	Yevgeny Lipeyev	Soviet Union	Modern Pentathlon	1958
182	Esther Lofgren	United States	Rowing	1985
183	Esteban López	Colombia	Cycling	1974
184	Néstor Lorenzo	Argentina	Football	1966
185	Valery Losev	Soviet Union	Volleyball	1956
186	Franz Lovato	Austria	Hockey	1923
187	David Lowe	Great Britain	Swimming	1960
188	Włodzimierz Lubański	Poland	Football	1947
189	Mikko Mäkelä	Finland	Ice Hockey	1965
190	Seppo Mäkinen	Finland	Shooting	1941
191	Albert Mangan	United States	Athletics	1915	1993
192	Kim Martin	Sweden	Ice Hockey	1986
193	Daniela Masseroni	Italy	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1985
194	Heinz Maurer	Switzerland	Sailing	1936
195	Leon Mazurek	Poland	Wrestling	1906	1940
196	Mārtiņš Mazūrs	Latvia	Cycling	1908	1995
197	Johnson Mbangiwa	Botswana	Athletics	1956
198	Shawn McEachern	United States	Ice Hockey	1969
199	Barry McGuigan	Ireland	Boxing	1961
200	Mitiku Megersa	Ethiopia	Athletics	1973
201	Jemal Megrelishvili	Soviet Union	Wrestling	1950
202	Haikel Meguennem	Tunisia	Handball	1977
203	Willi Mehlberg	Germany	Canoeing	1937
204	Ak'ak'i Meipariani	Soviet Union	Fencing	1918	1995
205	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	Athletics	1970
206	Renzo Morigi	Italy	Shooting	1895	1962
207	Ryuichi Moriya	Japan	Archery	1985
208	Melisa Moses	United States	Diving	1972
209	Taki Mrabet	Tunisia	Swimming	1989
210	César Muciño	Mexico	Cycling	1972	2003
211	Julio Müller	Mexico	Polo	1905	1984
212	Roman Muzyk	Poland	Athletics	1938	2003
213	Peter Møller	Denmark	Gymnastics	1897	1984
214	Rəşid Məmmədbəyov	Soviet Union	Wrestling	1927	1970
215	Daniel Nadeau	Canada	Shooting	1954
216	Ron Naslund	United States	Ice Hockey	1943
217	Dragoş Neagu	Romania	Rowing	1967
218	Fabio Nebuloni	Italy	Modern Pentathlon	1969
219	William Neufeld	United States	Athletics	1901	1992
220	Ni Hong	China	Fencing	1986
221	Mandy Nichols-Nicholson	Great Britain	Hockey	1968
222	Jørgen Boye Nielsen	Denmark	Hockey	1925	2000
223	Mette Nørskov Nielsen	Denmark	Swimming	1975
224	Pantelis Nikolaidis	Greece	Athletics	1942
225	Ulf Nilsson	Sweden	Sailing	1948
226	August Nogara	United States	Cycling	1896	1984
227	Hans Nogler	Austria	Alpine Skiing	1919	2011
228	Sara Nordenstam	Norway	Swimming	1983
229	Vladimír Novák	Czechoslovakia	Cross Country Skiing	1904	1986
230	Albert Nuss	Luxembourg	Boxing	1907
231	Evert Nyberg	Sweden	Athletics	1925	2000
232	Peter O'Donnell	Australia	Sailing	1939	2008
233	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan	Mongolia	Wrestling	1952
234	Trent Oeltjen	Australia	Baseball	1983
235	Kazushige Oguri	Japan	Weightlifting	1965
236	Stephen Okumu	Kenya	Boxing	1959
237	Willy Olsen	Norway	Speed Skating	1950
238	Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev	Kazakhstan	Wrestling	1985
239	Mirna Ortíz	Guatemala	Athletics	1987
240	Hans Ott	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1930
241	Jovan Pajković	Yugoslavia	Boxing	1946
242	Avelino Palma	Brazil	Shooting	1948
243	Kyriaki Papanikolaou	Greece	Gymnastics	1980
244	Sandrine Paquier	Switzerland	Swimming	1977
245	Mark Pavelich	United States	Ice Hockey	1958
246	Kiko Pellicano	Brazil	Sailing	1974
247	Xenia Peni	Papua New Guinea	Swimming	1983
248	Vira Perederiy	Ukraine	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1990
249	Jacques Perrier	France	Cross Country Skiing	1929
250	Primož Peterka	Slovenia	Ski Jumping	1979
251	Jamie Peterkin	Saint Lucia	Swimming	1982
252	Borut Petrič	Yugoslavia	Swimming	1961
253	Biljana Petrović	Yugoslavia	Athletics	1961
254	Sigurd Pettersen	Norway	Ski Jumping	1980
255	Jeff Pfaendtner	United States	Rowing	1967
256	Suchat Pichi	Thailand	Diving	1979
257	Kostiantyn Piliyev	Ukraine	Weightlifting	1983
258	Adam Pine	Australia	Swimming	1976
259	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	Athletics	1949
260	Dino Porrini	Italy	Cycling	1953
261	Gaetano Preti	Italy	Gymnastics	1891
262	Tayshaun Prince	United States	Basketball	1980
263	Raymundo Quitoriano	Philippines	Shooting	1933
264	Benjamin Raich	Austria	Alpine Skiing	1978
265	Pilar Ramírez	Mexico	Synchronized Swimming	1964
266	Victor Razafindrakoto	Madagascar	Athletics	1972
267	Bill Reilly	United States	Athletics	1943
268	Heidi Renoth	Germany	Snowboarding	1978
269	Ko Rentmeester	Netherlands	Rowing	1936
270	Renato Rezende	Brazil	Cycling	1991
271	Michèle Ricaud	France	Swimming	1961
272	Frank Righeimer	United States	Fencing	1909	1998
273	Antonello Riva	Italy	Basketball	1962
274	Bernice Robinson	United States	Athletics	1927
275	Fred Roethlisberger	United States	Gymnastics	1943
276	Victor Rogut	Moldova	Swimming	1979
277	Andrés Roldán	Cuba	Football	1950
278	Alexandru Rotaru	Romania	Rowing	1929
279	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	Hungary	Athletics	1901	1975
280	Albert Ruimschotel	Netherlands	Water Polo	1922	1987
281	Pat Ryan	New Zealand	Boxing	1952
282	Eino Saarnikko	Finland	Shooting	1908	1971
283	Nataliya Safronnikova	Belarus	Athletics	1973
284	Kauko Salomaa	Finland	Speed Skating	1928
285	Ritva Salonen	Finland	Gymnastics	1936	1996
286	Irina Samoylova	Unified Team	Canoeing	1966
287	Nicky Samuels	New Zealand	Triathlon	1983
288	César Sánchez	Mexico	Swimming	1962
289	Fernand Sanz	France	Cycling	1881	1925
290	Aleksey Savrasenko	Russia	Basketball	1979
291	Doris Schwaiger	Austria	Beach Volleyball	1985
292	Arne Serck-Hanssen	Norway	Rowing	1925
293	Mamoru Shiragami	Japan	Volleyball	1944
294	George Sime	Great Britain	Hockey	1915	1990
295	Ryszard Skarbiński	Poland	Sailing	1949
296	Åke Skyttevall	Sweden	Basketball	1956
297	Yelena Slesarenko	Russia	Athletics	1982
298	Mahaman Smaila	Cameroon	Boxing	1986
299	Bede Smith	Australasia	Rugby	1886	1954
300	Willie Smith	United States	Athletics	1956
301	Terry Spinks	Great Britain	Boxing	1938	2012
302	Zeki Rıza Sporel	Turkey	Football	1898	1969
303	Gregor Stähli	Switzerland	Skeleton	1968
304	Pete Stange	United States	Water Polo	1931
305	Lester Stevens	United States	Athletics	1884	1972
306	Travis Stevens	United States	Judo	1986
307	Gordon Stevenson	United States	Art Competitions	1892	1984
308	Mantas Strolia	Lithuania	Cross Country Skiing	1986
309	Mika Strömberg	Finland	Ice Hockey	1970
310	Nurhan Süleymanoğlu	Turkey	Boxing	1971
311	Tommy Suoraniemi	Sweden	Handball	1969
312	Claire Supiot	France	Swimming	1968
313	Rio Suryana	Australia	Badminton	1977
314	Markus Svendsen	Norway	Nordic Combined	1941
315	Keijo Tahvanainen	Finland	Weightlifting	1959
316	Tan Chin Kee	Hong Kong	Judo	1952
317	Takahiro Tanaka	Japan	Nordic Combined	1962
318	Félix Taymans	Belgium	Rowing	1886
319	Reinhard Theimer	East Germany	Athletics	1948
320	Gustavo Thoeni	Italy	Alpine Skiing	1951
321	Yuki Togawa	Japan	Ice Hockey	1978
322	Peter Torrens	Great Britain	Alpine Skiing	1934	2007
323	Francis Tournefier	France	Weightlifting	1964
324	Ali Traore	France	Basketball	1985
325	Ulyana Trofimova	Uzbekistan	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1990
326	Albert Tröndle	Switzerland	Shooting	1886
327	Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul	Mongolia	Shooting	1981
328	Steven Tsujiura	Japan	Ice Hockey	1962
329	Wilhelm Uebler	Germany	Athletics	1899	1968
330	Miklós Urbanovics	Hungary	Wrestling	1942
331	Johan van Hell	Netherlands	Art Competitions	1889	1952
332	Simon Van Vossel	Belgium	Short Track Speed Skating	1979
333	János Váradi	Hungary	Boxing	1961
334	Ján Varholík	Slovakia	Ice Hockey	1970
335	Henny Vegter	Netherlands	Sailing	1958
336	Géo Verbanck	Belgium	Art Competitions	1881	1961
337	Chuck Vinci	United States	Weightlifting	1933
338	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union	Athletics	1960
339	Franz Voves	Austria	Ice Hockey	1953
340	Monika Wagner	Germany	Curling	1965
341	Wang Lina	China	Athletics	1983
342	Vivi-Anne Wassdahl	Sweden	Alpine Skiing	1932
343	Gudrun Wegner	East Germany	Swimming	1955	2005
344	Mulugeta Wendimu	Ethiopia	Athletics	1985
345	Marina Wilke	East Germany	Rowing	1958
346	Jamie Wilkinson	Ireland	Sailing	1951
347	Ewa Wojtaszek	Poland	Canoeing	1959
348	Ulli Wolf	Austria	Rowing	1949
349	Yury Yakimov	Soviet Union	Rowing	1953
350	Yang Chung-Yeol	South Korea	Shooting	1953
351	Yang Jeong-Mo	South Korea	Wrestling	1953
352	Yang Mu-Sin	South Korea	Weightlifting	1942
353	Yi Jingqian	China	Tennis	1974
354	Yun Yong-Chol	North Korea	Boxing	1968
355	Mariano Zabaleta	Argentina	Tennis	1978
356	Oldřich Zábrodský	Czechoslovakia	Ice Hockey	1926
357	Ghanem Zaid	Kuwait	Athletics	1965
358	Zhong Man	China	Fencing	1983
359	William Zorach	United States	Art Competitions	1887	1966

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