Olympic Athletes Born on April 18

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312 Athletes

Rk	Athlete	Country	Sport	Born	Died
1	Abdul Latif Abbas	Kuwait	Athletics	1953
2	Ilona Ács	Hungary	Swimming	1920	1976
3	Luboš Adamec	Czechoslovakia	Shooting	1959
4	Khaled Al-Sada	Bahrain	Sailing	1967
5	Kalervo Alanenpää	Sweden	Boxing	1956
6	Veniamin Aleksandrov	Soviet Union	Ice Hockey	1937	1991
7	Lev Alekseyev	Soviet Union	Sailing	1926
8	Alejandro Alvizuri	Peru	Swimming	1968
9	Musa Amer	Qatar	Athletics	1985
10	Matt Anderson	United States	Volleyball	1987
11	Nelson Andrade	Brazil	Boxing	1933
12	Éva Angyal	Hungary	Handball	1955
13	Vladimir Antipin	Kazakhstan	Ice Hockey	1970
14	Veikko Asikainen	Finland	Football	1918	2002
15	Luis Astolfi	Spain	Equestrianism	1959
16	Walter Außendorfer	Italy	Luge	1939
17	Ledys Balceiro	Cuba	Canoeing	1975
18	Halina Balon	Poland	Fencing	1948
19	Dean Barker	New Zealand	Sailing	1973
20	Manuel Basté	Spain	Water Polo	1899	1977
21	Carlos Bea	Cuba	Basketball	1934
22	Ingrid Berntsen	Norway	Freestyle Skiing	1978
23	Agustín Bertomeu	Spain	Basketball	1939
24	Imtiaz Bhatti	Pakistan	Cycling	1933
25	Vincenzo Biava	Italy	Shooting	1916
26	Fredi Bieler	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	1923	2013
27	Sakio Bika Mbah	Cameroon	Boxing	1979
28	Hedvig Bjelkevik	Norway	Speed Skating	1981
29	Perfecto Bobadilla	Paraguay	Boxing	1956
30	Catherine Bohan	Ireland	Swimming	1964
31	Piet Bon	Netherlands	Rowing	1946
32	Richard Bordewick	Canada	Rowing	1939	2007
33	Marcos Bossy	Switzerland	Basketball	1920
34	Joe Bottom	United States	Swimming	1955
35	Alex Bourgeois	Belgium	Fencing	1914
36	Gábor Bujka	Hungary	Water Polo	1961
37	Ian Campbell	Australia	Athletics	1957
38	Nicole Carroll	United States	Athletics	1968
39	Agustin Castillo	Dominican Republic	Boxing	1970
40	Joslyn Chavarria	Belize	Cycling	1959
41	Chen Dongjie	China	Shooting	1970
42	Chen Shen-Yuan	Chinese Taipei	Weightlifting	1964
43	Gérard Christaud-Pipola	France	Bobsleigh	1947
44	Lars Christiansen	Denmark	Handball	1972
45	Villy Christiansen	Denmark	Canoeing	1935
46	Philippe Coenjaerts	Belgium	Athletics	1903
47	Robert Collins	Great Britain	Rowing	1924
48	Carin Cone	United States	Swimming	1940
49	Joyce Cooper	Great Britain	Swimming	1909	2002
50	Dirk Crois	Belgium	Rowing	1961
51	Leon Daelemans	Belgium	Cycling	1949
52	Angel de Jesús	Venezuela	Football	1957
53	Vito Dellino	Italy	Weightlifting	1982
54	Lorne DePape	New Zealand	Curling	1955
55	Charles des Jammonières	France	Shooting	1902	1970
56	Vesna Despotović	Yugoslavia	Basketball	1961
57	Edgardo Díaz	Puerto Rico	Fencing	1961
58	Edgardo Díaz	Puerto Rico	Athletics	1968
59	Emilio Díaz	Spain	Swimming	1940
60	Roza Dimova	Bulgaria	Cross Country Skiing	1936
61	Norman Dlomo	South Africa	Athletics	1975
62	Luca Dotto	Italy	Swimming	1990
63	Mamadou Drame	Senegal	Boxing	1954
64	René Dupont	France	Weightlifting	1896
65	Svetlana Dyomina	Soviet Union, Russia	Shooting	1961
66	Émile Écuyer	France	Athletics	1881
67	Mo Edu	United States	Football	1986
68	Gareth Evans	Great Britain	Weightlifting	1986
69	Bernt Evensen	Norway	Speed Skating	1905	1979
70	John Fairgrieve	Great Britain	Athletics	1926
71	Fouad Fajari	Morocco	Wrestling	1989
72	Ilie Fătu	Romania	Weightlifting	1974
73	Adam Faul	Canada	Boxing	1929
74	Pedro Febles	Venezuela	Football	1958	2011
75	Marloes Fellinger	Netherlands	Softball	1982
76	Camila Ferezin	Brazil	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1977
77	Nils Olav Fjeldheim	Norway	Canoeing	1977
78	Galdino Flores	Mexico	Athletics	1942
79	Nikolaos Fokianos	Greece	Swimming	1965
80	Sigurd Forchhammer	Denmark	Art Competitions	1906	1981
81	Ric Fortaleza	Philippines	Boxing	1951
82	Salvador Franch	Spain	Water Polo	1949
83	Heike Friedrich	East Germany	Swimming	1970
84	Ryoko Fujimoto	Japan	Judo	1966
85	Trevor Gadd	Great Britain	Cycling	1952
86	Raffaello Gambino	Italy	Water Polo	1928	1989
87	Zahra Gamir	Algeria	Fencing	1966
88	Giovanni Garaventa	Italy	Athletics	1900	1986
89	Fernando García	Philippines	Wrestling, Judo	1935
90	Anna Gałecka	Poland	Sailing	1974
91	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	Athletics	1973
92	Howard Gereo	Papua New Guinea	Boxing	1978
93	Ali Gharbi	Tunisia	Swimming	1955
94	Peter Giles	Canada	Canoeing	1970
95	Vittorio Gliubich	Italy	Rowing	1902	1984
96	Ina Gliznuţa	Moldova	Athletics	1973
97	Stan Glover	Canada	Athletics	1908	1964
98	Jakov Gojun	Croatia	Handball	1986
99	Elemér Gombos	Hungary	Swimming	1915
100	Paul Gonzales, Jr.	United States	Boxing	1964
101	Nataliya Gorelova	Russia	Athletics	1973
102	Betty-Anne Gowans	Canada	Canoeing	1947
103	Carl Graff-Wang	Norway	Handball	1943	2007
104	Dimitrios Gravalos	Greece	Athletics	1984
105	Aleksandr Gutor	Belarus	Football	1989
106	Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe	Sweden	Athletics	1894	1954
107	Lenka Háječková	Czech Republic	Beach Volleyball	1978
108	Arezou Hakimi Moghaddam	Iran	Canoeing	1995
109	Ian Hamer	Great Britain	Athletics	1965
110	Frederick Hamlin	Great Britain	Cycling	1881	1951
111	Han Seong-Cheol	South Korea	Judo	1948
112	Svein Norman Hansen	Norway	Ice Hockey	1943	2012
113	Per Erik Hedlund	Sweden	Cross Country Skiing	1897	1975
114	Frank Hekma	United States	Sailing	1911	1992
115	Andreas Hellmann	West Germany	Swimming	1952
116	Susanne Hilger	East Germany	Swimming	1958
117	Gordon Hoare	Great Britain	Football	1884	1973
118	Valentyn Hrekov	Ukraine	Judo	1976
119	Gustav Hrubý	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics	1916
120	Yoshiko Ichikawa	Japan	Athletics	1976
121	Maksim Iglinsky	Kazakhstan	Cycling	1981
122	Andrew Ilie	Australia	Tennis	1976
123	Peter Immesberger	West Germany	Weightlifting	1960
124	Masayuki Ishii	Japan	Sailing	1929
125	Mikhail Ivanov	Soviet Union	Water Polo	1958
126	Nestori Järvelä	Finland	Athletics	1893	1951
127	Jabou Jawo	Gambia	Athletics	1962
128	Bernt Johansson	Sweden	Cycling	1953
129	Viljam Johansson	Finland	Athletics	1887	1931
130	Elio Juárez	Uruguay	Cycling	1942
131	Ramón Jufresa	Spain	Hockey	1970
132	Arvydas Juozaitis	Soviet Union	Swimming	1956
133	Dmitry Kaltenberger	Kazakhstan	Canoeing	1976
134	Valery Kamensky	Soviet Union, Russia	Ice Hockey	1966
135	Vladimir Kaminsky	Soviet Union	Cycling	1950
136	René Karlen	Switzerland	Basketball	1907
137	Elfrīda Karlsone	Latvia	Athletics	1904	1983
138	Ida-Theres Karlsson-Nerell	Sweden	Wrestling	1983
139	Benamar Kechkouche	Algeria	Athletics	1951
140	David Keita	Mali	Swimming	1980
141	Mark Kenneally	Ireland	Athletics	1981
142	Mohamed Keshk	Egypt	Handball	1980
143	Vladimer Khinchegashvili	Georgia	Wrestling	1991
144	Adem Kılıççı	Turkey	Boxing	1986
145	Kim Gyeong-Uk	South Korea	Archery	1970
146	Wolfgang Kindl	Austria	Luge	1988
147	Nina Kleijweg	Netherlands	Fencing	1938
148	Jan Kleyn	Netherlands	Athletics	1925	2009
149	Lennart Klingström	Sweden	Canoeing	1916	1994
150	Vladimir Kolev	Bulgaria	Boxing	1954
151	Miroslav Koníček	Czechoslovakia	Rowing	1936
152	Stanislav Konopásek	Czechoslovakia	Ice Hockey	1923	2008
153	Edyta Korotkin	Poland	Archery	1972
154	Jamie Koven	United States	Rowing	1973
155	Wojciech Kowalczyk	Poland	Football	1972
156	Oliver Kraas	South Africa	Cross Country Skiing	1975
157	Bogdan Kramer	Poland	Sailing	1944
158	Anton Krenn	Austria	Football	1911
159	Børge Krogh	Denmark	Boxing	1942
160	Rudolf Krupitzer	United States	Gymnastics	1879	1972
161	Jey Kugeler	Luxembourg	Gymnastics	1910	1983
162	Elmar Kunauer	Austria	Athletics	1940
163	Yuliya Kutsko	Kazakhstan	Volleyball	1980
164	Yelizaveta Kuzmenko	Belarus	Alpine Skiing	1987
165	Kwok Matthew	Hong Kong	Swimming	1979
166	Robert Lang	Australia	Rowing	1955
167	Henri le Marié	France	Shooting	1878	1953
168	Józefa Ledwig	Poland	Volleyball	1935
169	Lee Jeong-Seok	South Korea	Water Polo	1967
170	Walter Leinweber	Germany	Ice Hockey	1907	1997
171	Sven Leonhardt	Germany	Nordic Combined	1968
172	Axel Lesser	East Germany	Cross Country Skiing	1946
173	Klas Lestander	Sweden	Biathlon	1931
174	Thure Lindgren	Sweden	Ski Jumping	1921	2005
175	Urban Lindgren	Sweden	Cross Country Skiing	1973
176	Robert Lindsay	Great Britain	Athletics	1890	1958
177	Oswald Lints	Belgium	Equestrianism	1894
178	Jaak Lipso	Soviet Union	Basketball	1940
179	Joris Loefs	Netherlands	Rowing	1973
180	Carlos López	Mexico	Football	1970
181	René Lotz	Netherlands	Cycling	1938
182	Zina Lunina	Belarus	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1989
183	Oldřich Machač	Czechoslovakia	Ice Hockey	1946	2011
184	Alain Macle	France	Ski Jumping	1944
185	Tomáš Máder	Czech Republic	Canoeing	1974
186	Luis Mantilla	Peru	Shooting	1911	1987
187	Alphonse Martin	Belgium	Water Polo	1930
188	Sergey Maslennikov	Russia	Nordic Combined	1982
189	Viktor Mazin	Soviet Union	Weightlifting	1954
190	Mariya Mazina	Russia	Fencing	1964
191	Michel Medinger, Jr.	Luxembourg	Athletics	1941
192	Carina Meidele	Germany	Curling	1965
193	Viktor Melin	Sweden	Wrestling	1891	1973
194	Porfirio Méndez	Paraguay	Athletics	1966
195	Giovanna Micol	Italy	Sailing	1982
196	Carlo Montemurro	Italy	Ice Hockey	1934
197	José Montes	Mexico	Weightlifting	1989
198	Anke Mühlbauer	West Germany	Diving	1968
199	Hermann Müller	Germany	Athletics	1885	1947
200	Martina Müller	Germany	Football	1980
201	Aleksan Nalbandyan	Armenia	Boxing	1971
202	Emmanuel Nartey	Ghana	Judo	1983
203	Erkki Niemi	Finland	Athletics	1962
204	Pyotr Nikolayev	Soviet Union	Shooting	1924
205	Jackson Niyomugabo	Rwanda	Swimming	1988
206	Derrick Obasohan	Nigeria	Basketball	1981
207	Yelena Oblova	Russia	Sailing	1988
208	Borislav Ochushki	Bulgaria	Cross Country Skiing	1934
209	Ruth Ogbeifo	Nigeria	Weightlifting	1972
210	Kent Öhman	Sweden	Athletics	1950
211	Arnie Oss, Jr.	United States	Ice Hockey	1928
212	Luciano Pagliarini	Brazil	Cycling	1978
213	Óscar Palomino	Spain	Boxing	1972
214	Dumitru Paraschivescu	Romania	Athletics	1923
215	Park Dong-Hyeok	South Korea	Football	1979
216	Jesper Parker	Great Britain	Handball	1984
217	Erik Pausin	Austria	Figure Skating	1920	1997
218	Louis Pauteix	France	Athletics	1883
219	Joel Pavón	Honduras	Weightlifting	1993
220	Doug Peden	Canada	Basketball	1916	2005
221	Cliff Pennington	Canada	Ice Hockey	1940
222	Kenia Pérez	Cuba	Synchronized Swimming	1979
223	Georges Perrin	France	Cycling	1892	1969
224	Ralph Pfersich	Germany	Athletics	1966
225	Walter Pilling	Great Britain	Wrestling	1935	1999
226	Maxim Podoprigora	Austria	Swimming	1978
227	Ernie Pomfret	Great Britain	Athletics	1941	2001
228	André Poplimont	Belgium	Fencing, Ice Hockey	1893
229	Nataliya Popova	Soviet Union	Swimming	1958
230	Pürevdorjin Serdamba	Mongolia	Boxing	1985
231	Milan Puzrla	Czechoslovakia	Cycling	1946
232	Qin Qiang	China	Athletics	1983
233	Nader Rahmati	Iran	Wrestling	1966
234	Leyla Rajabi	Iran	Athletics	1983
235	Harro Ran	Netherlands	Water Polo	1937	1990
236	Ernst Reckeweg	United States	Gymnastics	1873
237	Gerhard Redl	Austria	Bobsleigh	1962
238	Hans-Joachim Reich	Germany	Swimming	1930
239	Christian Rijavec	Austria	Freestyle Skiing	1972
240	Sarina Roberti	Belgium	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1963
241	Jorge Rodríguez	Cuba	Gymnastics	1948
242	Olga Romasko	Russia	Biathlon	1968
243	Hans Rothkirch	West Germany	Ice Hockey	1951
244	Jack Rusher, IV	United States	Rowing	1967
245	Ryu Ok-Hyon	North Korea	Athletics	1965
246	Gopal Saini	India	Athletics	1954
247	Emanuela Salopek	Croatia	Basketball	1987
248	Juan Sánchez	Spain	Canoeing	1965
249	Edvaldo Santos	Brazil	Weightlifting	1966
250	Sergey Savelyev	Russia	Speed Skating	1972
251	Andreas Schaad	Switzerland	Nordic Combined	1965
252	Anne Schellekens	Netherlands	Rowing	1986
253	Lilly Scholz	Austria	Figure Skating	1903
254	Diana Schröder	Germany	Gymnastics	1975
255	Carol Sealey	Canada	Basketball	1959
256	Fritz Seeger	Switzerland	Athletics	1912
257	Joseph Serrano	Puerto Rico	Boxing	1984
258	Tatyana Shchelkanova	Soviet Union	Athletics	1937	2011
259	Árni Sigurðsson	Iceland	Alpine Skiing	1941
260	Kévin Sireau	France	Cycling	1987
261	Hannes Sirola	Finland	Gymnastics	1890	1985
262	William Slater	Canada	Swimming	1940
263	Frank Small	United States	Cycling	1895	1971
264	Vyacheslav Sobchenko	Soviet Union	Water Polo	1949
265	Trine Solberg-Hattestad	Norway	Athletics	1966
266	Giuliana Spada	Italy	Athletics	1971
267	Eric Spence	Canada	Athletics	1961
268	Ray Stafford	United States	Shooting	1947
269	Roy Staley	United States	Athletics	1915	2001
270	Pavel Stanovský	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics	1948
271	Olof Stolpe	Finland	Football	1927	2006
272	Staffan Strand	Sweden	Athletics	1976
273	Josef Sucharda	Czechoslovakia	Shooting	1883
274	Darren Sutherland	Ireland	Boxing	1982	2009
275	Ken Swenson	United States	Athletics	1948
276	Joyce Tafatatha	Malawi	Swimming	1998
277	Atsuko Takata	Japan	Short Track Speed Skating	1977
278	Dennis Talbot	Australia	Boxing	1954
279	Ian D. Taylor	Great Britain	Hockey	1938
280	Pawina Thongsuk	Thailand	Weightlifting	1979
281	Claudia Tonn	Germany	Athletics	1981
282	Gaetano Tosto	Italy	Weightlifting	1948
283	Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina	Unified Team, Russia	Short Track Speed Skating	1969
284	Vladimir Tsyplakov	Belarus	Ice Hockey	1969
285	Urquiaga	Spain	Football	1958
286	Yevgeny Vakker	Kyrgyzstan	Cycling	1976
287	Lenka Valová	Czech Republic	Cycling	1983
288	Dolf van der Scheer	Netherlands	Speed Skating	1909	1966
289	Anna Van Marcke	Belgium	Canoeing	1924
290	Marián Vanderka	Slovakia	Athletics, Bobsleigh	1972
291	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	Athletics	1972
292	Dan Veatch	United States	Swimming	1965
293	Mátyás Vedres	Hungary	Ice Hockey	1943	2009
294	Brenda Villa	United States	Water Polo	1980
295	Ion Voinescu	Romania	Football	1929
296	Herbert von Reyl	Austria	Art Competitions	1898	1937
297	Christopher Walkden	Great Britain	Swimming	1938	2011
298	Skadi Walter	East Germany	Speed Skating	1964
299	Benno Wandolleck	Germany	Shooting	1864
300	Folke Wassén	Sweden	Sailing	1918	1969
301	William Waterhouse	United States	Sailing	1893	1973
302	Aman Wote	Ethiopia	Athletics	1984
303	Rainer Würdig	East Germany	Handball	1947
304	Yang Gam	South Korea	Swimming	1973
305	Jan Ykema	Netherlands	Speed Skating	1963
306	Yu Chunyan	China	Sailing	1985
307	Yu Jinhao	China	Badminton	1975
308	Dan Zehr	United States	Swimming	1916	2001
309	Dita Želvienė	Lithuania	Swimming	1968
310	Olena Zhupiyeva-V'iazova	Soviet Union, Unified Team	Athletics	1960
311	Róbert Zimonyi	Hungary, United States	Rowing	1918	2004
312	Robert Změlík	Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic	Athletics	1969

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