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Hans Georg Aschenbach
Hans Georg Aschenbach, born 1951, East German ski jumper; 1973 ski-flying world champion, 1974 double world champion and Four Hills winner, 1976 Olympic normal-hill champion; defected 1988 and exposed GDR state doping.
Hans Georg Beyer
Hans Georg Beyer (born 1956, Eisenhüttenstadt) is a German former handball right wing who won gold for East Germany at Moscow 1980, scoring the decisive overtime goal in the 23:22 final win over the USSR; brother of Udo and Gisela Beyer.
Hans Georg Jaunich
Hans-Georg Jaunich (born 1951, Schwaan) is a German handball player, East Germany Olympic gold medalist in men's handball at Moscow 1980, SC Empor Rostock champion 1973 and 1978, later sports teacher and coach.
Hans Georg Reimann
Hans Georg Reimann (Hans-Georg Reimann), East German race walker, SC Dynamo Berlin; two Olympic 20 km walk medals, bronze Munich 1972 and silver Montreal 1976, 1962 European silver, 20,000 m world record 1:25:19.4.
Hans Grieder
Hans Grieder (12 November 1901 – 31 October 1995) was a Swiss artistic gymnast from Basel and Arbon, Olympic team gold 1928 and bronze 1924, world team champion 1934; death once misdated 1973.
Hans Gruhne
Hans Gruhne (born 1988, Berlin) is a German rower, 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist in the men's quadruple sculls with Wende, Schoof, and Schulze; also 2015 world champion, three-time Olympian, Ruder-Club Potsdam.
Hans Haas
Hans Haas (1906–1973), Austrian Olympic weightlifter; shared 1928 Amsterdam lightweight gold with Kurt Helbig at 322.5 kg, won 1932 silver; only Austrian lifter with two Olympic medals.
Hans Jacobson
Hans Jacobson (Hans Olov Dan Jacobson, 1947–1984), Swedish fencer and modern pentathlete. Olympic gold in team épée at Montreal 1976; seven World Championship medals; competed at four Games from 1968 to 1980.
Hans Joachim Klein
Hans Joachim Klein (born 1942, Darmstadt), West German freestyle swimmer nicknamed Little; 1964 Tokyo Olympic silver in three relays, bronze 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle world record 1:58.2, later German Olympic Society president.
Hans Joachim Luck
Hans-Joachim Lück (born 1953, Stralsund) is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's coxed eight for East Germany at Montreal 1976, then World Championship gold in 1977, and later became a rowing coach in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Hans Joachim Weise
Hans Joachim Weise (Rudolf Hans-Joachim Weise, 1912-1991), German Star-class sailor, VSaW Berlin; won 1936 Berlin Olympic gold with Peter Bischoff aboard Wannsee, plus 1938 world and 1936-37 European titles.
Hans Johann Farber
Hans-Johann Färber (born 1947, Šljivoševci) is a German rower, West Germany's 1972 Munich Olympic gold medalist in the coxed four (Bullenvierer), 1976 Montreal bronze medalist, grandfather of sculler Oliver Zeidler.
Hans Jurgen Gerhardt
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt (born 1954, Altenburg) is an East German former bobsledder and hurdler; at Lake Placid 1980 he won four-man gold with Nehmer and two-man silver with Germeshausen, plus three world titles.
Hans Jurgen Riediger
Hans-Jürgen Riediger, East German forward (born 1955, Finsterwalde), BFC Dynamo 1972-84, 193 Oberliga games and 105 goals, five GDR titles 1979-83, Olympic gold 1976 Montreal, 41 East Germany caps with 6 goals.
Hans Keiter
Hans Keiter (Ferdinand Johannes Keiter, 1910-2005), German field handball captain and 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist, also double 1938 world champion, later coach of Spain and TV Krefeld-Oppum.
Hans Kristian Wear
Hans Kristian Wear (born 1980) is a Norwegian rifle shooter from Styrvoll, 2012 skytterkonge, gunsmith (Børsemaker Wear), HV-03 soldier, and holder of four individual and seven team military shooting world titles.
Hans Lenk
Hans Lenk (1935–2024), German rower and philosopher; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Rome 1960 (5:57.18), European champion 1958 and 1959, and professor of philosophy at Karlsruhe, first Olympic champion philosopher.
Hans Leutenegger
Hans (Hausi) Leutenegger, born 16 January 1940 in Bichelsee, Thurgau, is a Swiss bobsledder, entrepreneur, and actor who won four-man bobsleigh gold at Sapporo 1972 and founded Hans Leutenegger AG.
Hans Lindberg
Hans Lindberg (Hans Ottar Lindberg), Danish handball right wing born 1981 in Tåstrup. Olympic gold 2024, world champion 2019 and 2023, European champion 2008 and 2012; all-time Bundesliga top scorer with 3,114 goals; retired 2026 as HØJ Elite sports manager.
Hans Lutz
Hans Lutz, born 1949 in Stuttgart, West German track cyclist specializing in the 4,000 m pursuit; Olympic bronze 1972 individual pursuit, Olympic gold 1976 team pursuit, multiple world champion, later cycling promoter and Württemberg Cycling Association president 2012-18.
Hans Maier
Hans Maier (Johann Adolf Friedrich Maier, 1909-1943), German rower for MRV Amicitia Mannheim; Olympic silver coxless fours 1932, gold coxed fours 1936; killed at the Mareth Line, Tunisia. Distinct from the Dutch water polo player and the Bavarian politician of the same name.
Hans Nielsen
Hans Nielsen most often denotes Hans Jakob Nielsen (1899–1967), Danish amateur boxer for AK Jyden who won lightweight gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics, Denmark's only Olympic boxing champion; namesakes include a speedway world champion.
Hans Niemann
Hans Moke Niemann (born 2003) is an American chess grandmaster, FM 2016, IM 2018, GM 2021, peak rating 2742. Known for beating Magnus Carlsen at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup and the ensuing Chess.com online-cheating report and FIDE case.
Hans Nordvik
Hans Nordvik (Hans Theodor Nordvik (Torbergsen-), 1880-1960), Norwegian sport shooter with Christiania Skytterlag, Oslo; two Olympic golds in 100 m running deer team single and double shot at Antwerp 1920, after 35th in military rifle at Stockholm 1912.
Hans Peter Koppe
Hans Peter Koppe (Hans-Peter Koppe), born 1958 in Leipzig, is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eights for East Germany at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, with world silver and bronze in 1982 and 1981.
Hans Peter Pohl
Hans-Peter Pohl (born 1965, Triberg) is a retired German nordic combined skier, 1988 Calgary Olympic team gold medalist, 1987 world team champion, 1993 world team bronze medalist, and later a TV commentator.
Hans Peter Steinacher
Hans Peter Steinacher, born 1968 in Zell am See, is an Austrian sailor who won Olympic Tornado gold with Roman Hagara at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
Hans Petter Buraas
Hans Petter Buraas (Burre), born 1975 in Bærum, Norwegian alpine skier who won surprise slalom gold at Nagano 1998 in 1:49.31; one World Cup win (Sestriere 2000), ten podiums, retired 2007 after neck injury.
Hans Rinn
Hans Rinn (born 1953, Langewiesen) is an East German former luger, two-time Olympic doubles champion with Norbert Hahn (1976, 1980), 1976 singles bronze, four-time world and seven-time European champion, FIL Hall of Fame 2005.
Hans Salz
Hans Salz was a German sprinter from Krefeld who ran the anchor leg on a 4 × 100 m relay team recognized as a world record in 1928.