Adventurer/explorer Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Is a Greek sailor and Olympic Champion. As Helmsman he finished 8th at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

Is a Greek sailor and Olympic Champion. As Helmsman he finished 8th at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Was a Norwegian bandy player, footballer, sailor, sports administrator and businessperson. He was a

Was a Norwegian bandy player, footballer, sailor, sports administrator and businessperson. He was a board member of the Norwegian Tennis Federation from 1918 to 1919 and of the Football Association of Norway for four years, chaired IF Ready from 1923 to 1

Was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

Is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

Was a Soviet cosmonaut. Makarov was born in Udomlya, Tver Oblast, USSR. He graduated from Bauman Mos

Was a Soviet cosmonaut. Makarov was born in Udomlya, Tver Oblast, USSR. He graduated from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School in 1957 and started working at the Special Design Bureau Number One (which is now RSC Energia) as an engineer, working on the V

Is a Ukrainian diver who won the bronze medal in the 3 m spring synchro along with Illya Kvasha in t

Is a Ukrainian diver who won the bronze medal in the 3 m spring synchro along with Illya Kvasha in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The duo won gold at the same event during the 2010 European Aquatics Championships.

Is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchr

Is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olym

Was a German diver who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932

Was a German diver who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 she finished fourth in the 3 metre springboard event.

Is a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from the major events. The next major sporting event she

Is a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from the major events. The next major sporting event she took part in was the 2004 Athens Olympics where she finished second. The winner was the home hero Athanasia Tsoumeleka, who deeply moved the ecstatic Greek crowd by getting her country's first ever medal in the event (time 1:29:12). Ivanova finished four seconds later and could not hide her disappointment. She did, however, win the gold for the 20 km walk in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, beating the world record.

Was an American climber who moved to Dresden in 1902 to attend a technical university. He became wel

Was an American climber who moved to Dresden in 1902 to attend a technical university. He became well-known in the Sächsische Schweiz for the first ascents of major peaks such as

Is a French sailor and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a French sailor and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a French sailor and sailing champion. From 1992 onwards, he spent his time working towards the Ju

Is a French sailor and sailing champion. From 1992 onwards, he spent his time working towards the Jules Verne Trophy, the round the world crew record. Wearing the livery of Lyonnaise des Eaux - Dumez, in 1994, he raced around the world against Peter Blake

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was a daredevil stunt flyer during and immediately after World War I.Locklear became fascinated by f

Was a daredevil stunt flyer during and immediately after World War I.Locklear became fascinated by flying, trying to build his own glider, so when World War I involved the US in 1917, he joined the U.S. Army Air Service. He trained in Austin, at Camp Dick

Was an English rock-climber and mountaineer. He was one of the few people who readily climbed with A

Was an English rock-climber and mountaineer. He was one of the few people who readily climbed with Aleister Crowley, with whom he made an early expedition to K2. Crowley, in his Confessions, praises Eckenstein in several passages, mentioning his gymnastic

Is a Canadian world class sailor from Toronto. He competed in Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

Is a Canadian world class sailor from Toronto. He competed in Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and finished in 15th place. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he finished 4th in the Tornado Class with partner Kevin Stittle.

Was a Finnish diver who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 190

Was a Finnish diver who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 3 metre springboard event after finishing sixth in his heat. In the 10 metre platform competition he was elim

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a German diver who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he finished fifth in the platfo

Was a German diver who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he finished fifth in the platform competition.

Was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer. Sverdrup joined Fridtjof Nansen's expedition of 1888 acr

Was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer. Sverdrup joined Fridtjof Nansen's expedition of 1888 across Greenland. In 1892 he was an advisor to Fridtjof Nansen when the ship Fram was built. In 1893 Sverdrup was given command of the ship, and in 1895 he wa

Was a Baltic German navigator in Russian service. The second son of August von Kotzebue, he was born

Was a Baltic German navigator in Russian service. The second son of August von Kotzebue, he was born at Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia), then part of the Russian Empire.

Was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1940 Churchill designed and pate

Was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1940 Churchill designed and patented the swim fin improving it from the earlier version made by Louis de Corlieu in 1935. With skin-diving's low popularity in America, he sold under a tho