Olympic Athletes Born on August 17

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300 Athletes

Rk	Athlete	Country	Sport	Born	Died
1	María Laura Abalo	Argentina	Rowing	1981
2	José Eugenio Acosta	Argentina	Equestrianism	1942
3	Nidal Al-Asmar	Lebanon	Shooting	1969
4	Dadallah Al-Bulushi	Oman	Shooting	1958
5	Tony Ali-Ally	Great Britain	Diving	1973
6	Aline	Brazil	Handball	1981
7	Olesya Aliyeva	Russia	Alpine Skiing	1977
8	Yekaterina Andryushina	Russia	Handball	1985
9	Nikolay Antonov	Bulgaria	Athletics	1968
10	Jaime Aparicio	Colombia	Athletics	1929
11	Khalil Arbaji	Syria	Shooting	1947
12	Mariana Arnal	Argentina	Hockey	1973
13	Gaston Aspa	France	Boxing	1880
14	Jean-Noël Augert	France	Alpine Skiing	1949
15	Sema Aydemir-Apak	Turkey	Athletics	1985
16	Mehdi Baala	France	Athletics	1978
17	Jorge Bada	Mexico	Hockey	1944
18	Tibor Badari	Hungary	Boxing	1948
19	José Luis Ballester	Spain	Sailing	1968
20	Sara Baraka	Egypt	Rowing	1991
21	Hakon Barfod	Norway	Sailing	1926
22	Gudrun Beckmann	West Germany	Swimming	1955
23	John Beers	Canada	Athletics	1952
24	Nathalie Bernard	New Zealand	Swimming	1985
25	Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	Swimming	1963
26	Carlos Alberto Berrios	Nicaragua	Baseball	1967
27	Vida Beselienė	Soviet Union	Basketball	1956
28	Vasudevan Bhaskaran	India	Hockey	1950
29	Iveta Bieliková	Czechoslovakia	Basketball	1966
30	Acee Blue Eagle	United States	Art Competitions	1907	1959
31	Khara Bouda	Greece	Athletics	1980
32	Karsten Brannasch	Germany	Bobsleigh	1966
33	Duilio Brignetti	Italy	Modern Pentathlon	1926	1993
34	Gérard Brunel	France	Athletics	1957
35	Toni Bürgler	Switzerland	Alpine Skiing	1957
36	Nataliya Bykova	Soviet Union	Hockey	1958
37	George Cameron	United States	Cycling	1881	1968
38	Gene Campbell	United States	Ice Hockey	1932	2013
39	Chan Yung-Jan	Chinese Taipei	Tennis	1989
40	Erik Charpentier	Sweden	Gymnastics	1897	1978
41	Helen Chow	Malaysia	Swimming	1965
42	Igor Cigolla	Italy	Alpine Skiing	1963
43	Martin Cikl	Czech Republic	Ski Jumping	1987
44	Nicholas Clack	Great Britain	Rowing	1930
45	José Antonio Colon	Puerto Rico	Boxing	1948
46	Phil Conley	United States	Athletics	1934
47	Giulia Conti	Italy	Sailing	1987
48	Bernadette Coston	South Africa	Hockey	1989
49	Jim Courier	United States	Tennis	1970
50	Tom Courtney	United States	Athletics	1933
51	Robin Cousins	Great Britain	Figure Skating	1957
52	Brendon Crooks	New Zealand	Judo	1971
53	Nara Bahadur Dahal	Nepal	Athletics	1960
54	Ernest Dalton	Canada	Fencing	1896
55	Suzanne Daneau	Belgium	Art Competitions	1901	1971
56	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	Brazil	Equestrianism	1953
57	Carmen de Oliveira	Brazil	Athletics	1965
58	Nathan Deakes	Australia	Athletics	1977
59	Marco Del Prete	Italy	Swimming	1965
60	Oksana Domnina	Russia	Figure Skating	1984
61	István Drubina	Hungary	Athletics	1884
62	Paul Dufauret	France	Athletics	1900	1973
63	Franck Durbesson	France	Shooting	1964
64	Freddie Elizalde	Philippines	Swimming	1940
65	Hans Edgar Endres	Germany	Bobsleigh	1894
66	Jesús Esperanza	Spain	Fencing	1960
67	Fernando Esquivel	Costa Rica	Weightlifting	1939
68	Bettina Evers	Germany	Ice Hockey	1981
69	Olegario Farrés	Paraguay	Shooting	1934
70	Steffen Fetzner	West Germany, Germany	Table Tennis	1968
71	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz	West Germany, Germany	Fencing	1968
72	Richard Fishlock	Great Britain	Rowing	1936
73	Bruce Flick	Australia	Basketball	1933
74	Ann Marie Flynn	United States	Athletics	1938
75	Tim Forsyth	Australia	Athletics	1973
76	Bob Foxcroft	Canada	Fencing	1934	2009
77	Charles Francis	Canada	Swimming	1988
78	Poul Frandsen	Denmark	Boxing	1953
79	Antón Garrote	Spain	Sailing	1972
80	Hans Gehrig	Canada	Bobsleigh	1929
81	Oliver St. John Gogarty	Ireland	Art Competitions	1878	1957
82	Saša Golob	Slovenia	Gymnastics	1991
83	Aleksandr Gramovich	Unified Team	Canoeing	1969
84	Leonid Grigoryev	Soviet Union	Athletics	1926
85	Marina Gritsenko	Kazakhstan	Water Polo	1980
86	Sissel Grottenberg	Norway	Athletics	1956
87	Vera Grushkina	Soviet Union	Athletics	1947
88	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	Sweden	Athletics	1938
89	John Halvorsen	Norway	Athletics	1966
90	Romana Hamzová	Czech Republic	Basketball	1970
91	Bernhoff Hansen	Norway	Wrestling	1877	1950
92	Chris Hastings	United States	Ski Jumping	1964
93	Stephan Hauck	East Germany, Germany	Handball	1961
94	Liam Heath	Great Britain	Canoeing	1984
95	Bill Heikkila	Canada	Athletics	1944
96	Diego Henao	Venezuela	Swimming	1971
97	Michael Hepburn	Australia	Cycling	1991
98	Jouko Hietalahti	Finland	Shooting	1944
99	Elena Hight	United States	Snowboarding	1989
100	Ludwig von Hofmann	Germany	Art Competitions	1861	1945
101	Barry Holmes	Australia	Diving	1935
102	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	Athletics	1993
103	Jan Huijgen	Netherlands	Athletics	1888
104	Josef Humplik	Austria	Art Competitions	1888	1958
105	Tiombe Hurd	United States	Athletics	1973
106	Nataliya Ignatyeva	Kazakhstan	Water Polo	1978
107	Évelyne Imbert	France	Rowing	1958
108	Les Ingman	Great Britain	Cycling	1927	1990
109	Franz Isser	Austria	Bobsleigh	1932
110	Gilbert Itzicsohn	France	Ice Hockey	1944
111	Daníel Jakobsson	Iceland	Cross Country Skiing	1973
112	Grant James	United States	Rowing	1987
113	Ross James	United States	Rowing	1987
114	Jang Song-Man	North Korea	Table Tennis	1985
115	Edward Jans	Canada	Shooting	1946
116	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	Swimming	1956
117	Emad Jassim	Iraq	Football	1960
118	Cécile Jeanson	France	Swimming	1972
119	Jeong Gye-Seok	South Korea	Hockey	1966
120	Zdravko Ježić	Yugoslavia	Water Polo	1931	2005
121	Jorginho	Brazil	Football	1964
122	Zygfryd Józefiak	Poland	Hockey	1954
123	Imade Kadro	Syria	Weightlifting	1958
124	Jaroslav Kantůrek	Czechoslovakia	Basketball	1953
125	Alex Karapetyan	Armenia, Australia	Weightlifting	1970
126	Yukio Kasaya	Japan	Ski Jumping	1943
127	Endalkachew Kebede	Ethiopia	Boxing	1980
128	Patrick Kenny	Ireland	Boxing	1934
129	James Kerr	United States Virgin Islands	Fencing	1940
130	Elena Khatzisavva	Cyprus	Rhythmic Gymnastics	1977
131	Habib Kheder	Tunisia	Handball	1954
132	Oleksiy Khlopotnov	Soviet Union	Athletics	1946
133	Dragan Kićanović	Yugoslavia	Basketball	1954
134	Abraham Kiprotich	France	Athletics	1985
135	Andreas Kirchner	East Germany	Bobsleigh	1953	2010
136	Vlastibor Klimeš	Czechoslovakia	Basketball	1953
137	Simon Kolkman	Netherlands	Rowing	1977
138	Haruhiko Kon	Japan	Hockey	1910
139	Yukari Kondo	Japan	Curling	1967
140	Denis Kornilov	Russia	Ski Jumping	1986
141	Gerrit Korteweg	Netherlands	Swimming	1937
142	John Kosmina	Australia	Football	1956
143	Gustaf Alfons Koutonen	Finland	Athletics	1910	1977
144	István Kovács	Hungary	Boxing	1970
145	Jerzy Krasówka	Poland	Football	1924	2001
146	Bernd Kuhn	West Germany	Ice Hockey	1944
147	Paweł Kurczewski	Poland	Wrestling	1950	2009
148	Christian Laettner	United States	Basketball	1969
149	Tinus Lambillion	Netherlands	Boxing	1912	1994
150	Magali le Floc'h	France	Cycling	1975
151	Monique le Roux	France	Fencing	1938
152	Lee Gi-Ho	South Korea	Speed Skating	1984
153	Lee Jeong-Sik	South Korea	Gymnastics	1963
154	Marina Leonidova	Soviet Union	Figure Skating	1958
155	Gaby Lesch	West Germany	Athletics	1964
156	István Lichteneckert	Hungary	Fencing	1892	1929
157	Lin Chao-Huang	Chinese Taipei	Baseball	1969
158	Lin Sang	China	Archery	1977
159	James Lincoln	United States	Athletics	1889
160	Jukka Loikas	Finland	Wrestling	1966
161	Marisabel Lomba	Belgium	Judo	1974
162	Matthias Looß	Germany	Nordic Combined	1975
163	Rudie Lubbers	Netherlands	Boxing	1945
164	Bernard Lucas	Great Britain	Athletics	1907	1994
165	Maurice Lusien	France	Swimming	1926
166	Maurice Lysen	Belgium	Polo	1881
167	Rick Mantell	Great Britain	Hockey	1981
168	Tullio Marchiori	Italy	Hockey	1942
169	Márk Marsi	Hungary	Fencing	1973
170	Maritza Martén	Cuba	Athletics	1963
171	Luigi Mastrangelo	Italy	Volleyball	1975
172	Ernest Mathias	United States Virgin Islands	Bobsleigh	1963
173	Seiji Matsunaga	Japan	Wrestling	1954
174	Hilda Mazúrová	Czechoslovakia	Volleyball	1943
175	Rusheen McDonald	Jamaica	Athletics	1992
176	Ralph McKittrick	United States	Golf, Tennis	1877	1923
177	Roslyn McLeod	Canada	Rowing	1976
178	Risto Meronen	Finland	Boxing	1945
179	David Merwin	United States	Canoeing	1936
180	Israel Militosyan	Soviet Union, Unified Team, Armenia	Weightlifting	1968
181	Branko Miljuš	Yugoslavia	Football	1960
182	Alan Minter	Great Britain	Boxing	1951
183	Ahmed Mohamed	Iraq	Football	1960
184	Olena Movchan	Ukraine	Trampolining	1976
185	Nina Muradyan	Soviet Union	Volleyball	1954
186	Lars Myhre	Norway	Alpine Skiing	1984
187	Shunji Nakadome	Japan	Wrestling	1964
188	Matti Närhi	Finland	Athletics	1975
189	Elia Nasrallah	Lebanon	Shooting	1942
190	Henry Nwosu	Nigeria	Football	1961
191	Phil Oberlander	Canada	Wrestling	1939
192	Clement Obojememe	Nigeria	Football	1945
193	Bryndís Ólafsdóttir	Iceland	Swimming	1969
194	Wally Olds	United States	Ice Hockey	1949	2009
195	Algis Oleknavicius	West Germany	Cycling	1947
196	Barb Olmsted	Canada	Canoeing	1959
197	Sergey Orin	Tajikistan	Diving	1978
198	Ou Shaoyan	China	Rowing	1973
199	Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska	Ukraine	Athletics	1976
200	Alessandro Paparoni	Italy	Volleyball	1981
201	Carl Paul	United States	Sailing	1917	1983
202	Rinus Paul	Netherlands	Cycling	1941
203	Rajan Pavlovic	Australia	Handball	1976
204	Lila Pérez-Rul	Mexico	Rowing	1977
205	Roger Petit	Belgium	Fencing	1922
206	Rosy Piacentini	France	Swimming	1938
207	Ryszard Piec	Poland	Football	1913	1979
208	Angela Piggford	Great Britain	Athletics	1963
209	Eszter Poljak	Yugoslavia, Individual Olympic Athletes	Shooting	1952
210	Iveta Poloková	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics	1970
211	Ştefan Pongratz	Romania	Rowing	1930
212	André Porthault	France	Shooting	1941
213	Ansuya Prasad	India	Diving	1936
214	Pavel Přindiš	Czechoslovakia	Canoeing	1961
215	Gastone Puccioni	Italy	Hockey	1926
216	Andrey Quintero	Colombia	Sailing	1985
217	Dako Radošević	Yugoslavia	Athletics	1934
218	Sidney Rand	Great Britain	Rowing	1934	2008
219	Carmen Ranigler	Italy	Snowboarding	1976
220	Anuruddha Ratnayake	Sri Lanka	Boxing	1975
221	Jamie Rauch	United States	Swimming	1979
222	Judy Reeder	United States	Swimming	1948
223	Michele Regolo	Italy	Sailing	1978
224	Patrick Reiter	Austria	Judo	1972
225	Danilson Ricciuli	Guinea Bissau	Athletics	1982
226	Wolfgang Richter	Brazil	Sailing	1926
227	Carl Ridd	Canada	Basketball	1929	2003
228	Umberto Ridi	Italy	Athletics	1913	1981
229	Franziska Rochat-Moser	Switzerland	Athletics	1966	2002
230	Roger	Brazil	Football	1978
231	Jan Rolstad	Norway	Athletics	1950
232	Bojan Ropret	Yugoslavia	Cycling	1952
233	Arthur Rowe	Great Britain	Athletics	1936	2003
234	Julio Rubiano	Colombia	Cycling	1953
235	Kenneth Røpke	Denmark	Cycling	1965
236	Federico Sabriá	Spain	Water Polo	1958
237	Héctor Sanabria	Mexico	Football	1945
238	Jalmari Sauli	Finland	Athletics	1889	1957
239	Gordon Scarlett	Jamaica	Swimming	1967
240	Andreas Schlütter	Germany	Cross Country Skiing	1972
241	Reinhold Schmidt	Germany	Athletics	1902	1974
242	Uwe Schmitt	West Germany	Athletics	1961	1995
243	Andy Schoettle	United States	Sailing	1933	2010
244	Roland Schröder	East Germany	Rowing	1962
245	Christian Schulte	Germany	Hockey	1975
246	Matt Scoggin	United States	Diving	1963
247	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	Athletics	1918	1990
248	Jolanta Sekulak	Poland	Hockey	1958
249	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	Athletics	1949
250	Sin Dae-Cheol	South Korea	Cycling	1959
251	Damjan Sitar	Slovenia	Athletics	1981
252	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	Swimming	1993
253	Jenny Sjöwall	Sweden	Archery	1971
254	Eivind Skabo	Norway	Canoeing	1916	2006
255	Aleksandr Smirnov	Russia	Ice Hockey	1964
256	Igors Sokolovs	Latvia	Athletics	1974
257	Song Ah Sim	Hong Kong	Table Tennis	1981
258	Jeroen Spaans	Netherlands	Rowing	1973
259	Leon Sperling	Poland	Football	1901	1941
260	Albert Squires	Canada	Weightlifting	1958
261	Geoff Stevens	South Africa	Sailing	1942
262	Sumona Sumanatemega	Thailand	Shooting	1932
263	Olav Sunde	Norway	Athletics	1903	1985
264	Marina Suprun	Soviet Union, Unified Team	Rowing	1962
265	Stanisław Szczepaniak	Poland	Biathlon	1934
266	Katalin Szőke	Hungary	Swimming	1935
267	Kathy Talbot	Great Britain	Rowing	1961
268	Anouer Taouerghi	Tunisia	Volleyball	1983
269	Johanne Thomsen	Denmark	Rowing	1982
270	Tomaž Tomšič	Slovenia	Handball	1972
271	Agustín Torres	Argentina	Alpine Skiing	1979
272	Szilárd Tóth	Hungary	Figure Skating	1973
273	Igor Trandenkov	Unified Team, Russia	Athletics	1966
274	Hans-Helmut Trense	Germany	Athletics	1940
275	Stephanie Twell	Great Britain	Athletics	1989
276	Peter Ulbrich	East Germany	Fencing	1955
277	Nancy Uranga	Cuba	Fencing	1954	1976
278	Ramón Valle	Honduras	Swimming	1976
279	Ciro Verratti	Italy	Fencing	1907	1971
280	Vladislav Vizilter	Kyrgyzstan	Boxing	1979
281	Anna-Stina Wahlberg-Baidinger	Sweden	Diving	1931
282	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	Athletics	1958
283	Mariusz Walkowiak	Poland	Canoeing	1970
284	Wang Shihsuan	China	Basketball	1914
285	Timothy Wang	United States	Table Tennis	1991
286	Wang Xiaolong	China	Handball	1989
287	Javier Wanga	Aruba	Judo	1981
288	Silke Wehrmeister	West Germany	Hockey	1966
289	Konrad Weise	East Germany	Football	1951
290	Tommy Wilson	Great Britain	Gymnastics	1953
291	A. J. Wood	United States	Football	1973
292	Xie Zhenye	China	Athletics	1993
293	Muhammad Yaqub	Pakistan	Athletics	1926
294	Yevgeny Yarovenko	Soviet Union	Football	1962
295	Antoniya Yordanova	Bulgaria	Athletics	1976
296	Aleksandr Zaychikov	Kazakhstan	Weightlifting	1992
297	Valery Zelepukin	Russia	Ice Hockey	1968
298	Giannis Zisimidis	Cyprus	Athletics	1967
299	Roland Zöffel	Switzerland	Cycling	1938
300	Steven Zuber	Switzerland	Football	1991

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