Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

[79.]

The first ones who come to my mind are Lasse
VIREN, Edwin MOSES and Mac WILKINS.
Can you find ten more?...

[pv22']

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

mj, but i think she shaved right before competing.

[Whitman]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Komar,Wolfermann,Korjus,Dannenberg..

[dj]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Kozak, with penalty points for scraggliness.

[79.]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

André PHILLIPS in Séoul 1988?

[black bear]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Gelindo Bordin?

[twittering debutante]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

The Press sisters--not bearded but heavy five o'clock shadow.

[lasse10k]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Dave Bedford when he ran the steeplechase in 8:28.6 in 1970(?). Photo is on page 31 of RW's 1971 pictorial booklet.

Sorry, not an olympic champ...great photo though.

[gh]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

I remember the great quote from Italian hurdler Eddy Ottoz, who always had that Don Johnson look and explained it (perhaps after winning bronze in Mexico City?): "Italian men and Russian women never shave before a big meet."

[Rufus Cookie]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Lasse Viren
Edwin Moses
Mac Wilkins
Arsi Harju
Rolf Dannenburg
Darren Campbell
Kenny Harrison
Roger Kingdom
Ivan Pedroso

[gh]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

hmmm.... not a definitive statement, but I don't ever remember Roger Kingdom w/ a beard. Stache yes, but no beard.

[Powell]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Valerie Brisco-Hooks

[Rufus Cookie]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

>hmmm.... not a definitive statement, but I don't ever remember Roger Kingdom w/
>a beard. Stache yes, but no beard.

84 olympics didnt he have a goatee?

[Powell]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Apparently he did:

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletic ... eroID=2036

[79.]

Re: Bearded track and field Olympic champions trivia...

Arnie ROBINSON was bearded in 1976!!!