Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

male, deceased (1953)
Native American, baseball, death by myocardial infarction, Associated Press, Sac and Fox, Athlete at the 1912 Summer Olympics…Pentathletes
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (May 28 1888–March 28 1953) was an American athlete. Considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sp...

Mary Peters

female, 70 years old
Halewood, From Great Britain, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, From Belfast, Order of the British Empire, Olympic competitor for Great Britain…Pentathletes
Dame Mary Peters (born July 6, 1939) is a former British pentathlete. She won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Peters was born in...

Carolina Klüft

female, 26 years old
Olympic athlete of Sweden, heptathlete, from Västergötland, women's pentathlon, Pentathletes, Carolina Evelyn Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete competing in heptathlon, long jump and pentathlon. She is the current Olympic, W...
Eero Lehtonen

Eero Lehtonen

male, deceased (1959)
Olympic gold medalist, Finnish, athlete, Athlete at the 1920 Summer Olympics, decathlon, Athlete at the 1924 Summer Olympics…Pentathletes
Eero Reino Lehtonen was a Finnish pentathlete. He won the Olympic gold at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. After pentathlon was removed from the...
Nadezhda Tkachenko

Nadezhda Tkachenko

female, 61 years old
Olympic gold medalist, Athlete at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Olympic athlete of the Soviet Union, Soviet athlete, ussr, Pentathlete…Pentathletes
Nadezhda Tkachenko (born September 19, 1948) is a former pentathlete. She won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in 1980. Tkachenko trained at VSS...

Siegrun Siegl

female, 55 years old
world record, Susen Tiedtke, Athlete at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Long jumper, long jump, SC Turbine Erfurt…Pentathletes
Siegrun Siegl, née Thon is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the pentathlon and later long jump. She finished fourth in pentathlon a...
Irina Press

Irina Press

female, deceased (2004)
gender testing, gold medal, Soviet Jew, Jewish person, tamara, Jewish sportspeople…Pentathletes
Irina Natanovna Press (Mar 10 1939, Kharkov - Feb 21 2004) was a Ukrainian athlete who won two Olympic gold medals for the USSR team, in 80 m...
Ingrid Becker

Ingrid Becker

female, 67 years old
Olympic gold medalist, Olympic competitor for West Germany, Christian Democratic Union, West German, 4 x 100 m relay, Pentathletes
Ingrid Mickler-Becker (née Ingrid Becker) is a former West German athlete and a double Olympic champion. Her name is sometimes written incorrectly a...

Hjalmer Mellander

male
Olympic gold medalist, swedish, athlete, From Sweden, Olympic competitor for Sweden, Athlete at the 1906 Summer Olympics…Pentathletes
Hjalmer Mellander (December 14, 1880 - October 3, 1919) is a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the Pentathlon. He competed for a Sweden in the...
Ferdinand Bie

Ferdinand Bie

male, deceased (1961)
norwegian, Olympic silver medalist, long jump, international olympic committee, ioc, Athlete at the 1912 Summer Olympics…Pentathletes
Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie (February 16 1888 - November 9, 1961) was a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Kristiania IF in Oslo. At the 1912 Summer...