Obituaries DBE, *12 July 1918 in London; +15 Throughout This She Remained at the November 201A in London

Obituaries DBE, *12 July 1918 in London; +15 Throughout This She Remained at the November 201A in London

Mary Alison Glen-H aig (nee James), Christian Hospital in Windsor. Obituaries DBE, *12 July 1918 in London; +15 Throughout this she remained at the November 201A in London. Mary heart of her sport and in 1974 was Glen-Haig's life in Olympic sport elected President of the Amateur Rudolf Schmid (AUT), *21 March extended far beyond her career as a Fencing Association, one of the first 1951 in Liezen; +20 October 201A in sportswoman. She forged a pathway women to take on such a post with Oberwart. Rudolf was the younger in sports administration and was in a national Association and two years brother of Manfred Schmid and also the vanguard of women elected as later chaired a trailblazing confer­ became a top luger. They competed IOC Members in 1982. ence on "Women in Sport" held in together in two Olympics, but did Her father was First World War London. A patron of the Women's not slide together in doubles. After veteran Captain William James, a Sport Foundation, she was a staunch winning medals at the European fencing enthusiast who established supporter of the British Associa­ Junior Championships in singles as the sport at the Polytechnic in tion for Disability Sport. She also well as in doubles, Rudolf Schmid London's Regent Street. She had served for six years as Chairman won his first senior international begun to enjoy success in junior of the Central Council for Physical medal at the 1970 European competitions before the outbreak of Recreation and Sport (CCPR) Championships. This came in the the Second World War. Only the third woman elected doubles with longtime partner Her Olympic debut was thus to the IOC, she took the oath at the Franz Schachner he took silver. They delayed until London 19^8. At Session in Delhi and her background also won bronze at the 197A and those Games the accommodation saw her become part of the Medical 1975 World Championships before for women was in Central London Commission. She held a similar winning the Olympic bronze medal and she later recalled "The British position with the British Olympic in 1976 on home ice in Innsbruck. competitors had to take their rations medical commission. Her lOC tenure Schmid also won two bronze medals and rations books with them. In lasted until 1993 when she became in single luge at the 1973 and 1974 the house next door the French an Honorary Member. At the 199A World Championships. Schmid were eating steak and chips and the Session in Paris, held to celebrate was also a qualified electrician, wonderful smell assailed our nostrils the centenary of the IOC, and by but worked in insurance after his reminding us that we were hungry. now Dame Mary, she was presented competitive career. He retired in 2007 The smell was too much for us so with the Olympic Order by President and began growing grapes for wine. without comment we slipped into Samaranch. In 1996 he was awarded a Decoration their dining room and joined the A long standing member of of Merit in Gold for Services to the queue." ISOH, she also supported Olympic Republic of Austria. (OM) By now fencing for the Lansdowne Education through the International Club and coached by Alfred Parkins, Olympic Academy and spoke at the Rinnat Safin (URS), *29 July 19^+0 in she finished eighth in the foil, her National Olympic Academy held at Bolshiye Yaki, Tatarstan; 1 22 October best Olympic finish though she Wembley in 1998. She was still active 2014 near Kirishi, St. Petersburg. competed in three more Olympic as a fencer into her seventies. She Made his international debut in Games. She twice won gold at supported London's bid for the 2012 the biathlon at the 1967 World the British Empire Games (now Games and lived to see them staged Championships, where he won silver Commonwealth Games) and in her home city for the second time as a member of the Soviet relay team narrowly missed a medal at the 1950 in her lifetime. (PB) and was fourth in the 20 km. He was World Championships in Monaco. not selected for the 1968 Olympics, "To a casual observer, power and Jeno Buzanszky (HUN), *t+ May 1925 but did compete at the 1969 World determination would appear to be in Ujdombovar; tn January 2015 Championships, where he won a the keynote of Mary Glen-Haig's in Esztergom. After the death of silver at 20 km and a world title in Game" wrote her contemporary goalkeeper Gyula Grosics last year, the relay. He went on to w in three Charles De Beaumont after her first (JOH No. 2/2014, p. 69) Buzanszky had more world titles in the relay in 1970, big international success in 1950. been the only surviving member 1971 and 1973, but his best individual By profession a hospital adminis­ of the great Hungarian football place in those championships was trator, first with Kings College team, also known as the "Magical fifth in 1971. Safin also competed at Hospital, then the Royal Orthopaedic Magyars", or "Golden Team". They the 1972 Olympic Games, where he Hospital. She later became Assistant won Olympic gold in 1952 but were finished a disappointing 19th in the District Administrator of South defeated in th e 1954 World Cup Final, 20 km but won gold as a member of Hammersmith Health District in West known as the "Miracle of Berne" by the Soviet relay team. (TK) London and director of the Princess theWestGermans. JOH 1 I 2015 Adefender, hedid notplayata Buda­ from Massachusetts, he chose to last 20 years of his life there after pest dub, but for Dorogi Banyasz play his college hockey at Michigan retirement. (PT) from Dorog. He was capped t+8 times State. A leftwinger, he had spent a by Hungary and played in all five season playing for Milano HC in Italy Annemarie "Mirl" Buchner (FRG), matches d uringthei95A World Cup. and actually played in the B World *16 February 1924 in Ettal; +9 He went to that tournament as an Championships for Italy in 1953. November 2014+ in Grainau. Mirl Olympic gold medallist. One year Grazia played on the national team Buchner won a silver medal in the earlier in Novemberi953, the Hun­ at the 1959 World Championships in downhill and bronze medals in the garians had defeated England 6-3 addition to his Olympic appearance, slalom and giant slalom at thei952 in a famous encounter at Wembley. as part of the gold medal w inring Winter Olympics. Four years later in Buzanszky ended his playing career United States team in 1960. Cortina d'Ampezzo she was unable after 271+ matches and began work­ Grazia later played minor league to repeat her results and finished ing as a coach. He was elected Vice- professional hockey in Toledo for 21st in the slalom and 27th in the giant President of the Hungarian Football 10 years, playing two games in 1958 slalom and fell in the downhill. Association in 1996. The FC Dorogi with the Toledo Mercurys of the Buchner was elected German stadium is named after him. (WR) International Hockey League (IHL). "Sportswoman of the Year" in He then became a hockey, baseball, 1948. From 1944-- 49 she won five Eugene "Gene" Grazia (USA), and golf coach in West Springfield, national titles in downhill, alpine *29 July 1934+ in West Springfield, Massachusetts, where he taught combination and slalom. She later Massachusetts; +9 November 201/+ physical education for 26 years. ran a sports shop in her hometown in Florida. Although Grazia was He moved to Florida and lived the of Garmisch. (W R) Henry A. "Harry" Gordon *9 NovembeM925 in Melbourne t2i January 2014 in Gold Coast Queensland Australian ISOH member and sports journalist Harry Gordon was In both 1956 and 2000, he had the pleasure of witnessing Olympic a proud standard bearer for the Olympic achievements of those Games celebrated in his own country. At the first of those Games under the Southern Cross. in Melbourne, c 17 year old Chinese Australian boy called John Ian Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates led the Wing suggestec the team's parade together without distinction tributes to the man he called "a loyal friend who was always there of nationality a: the closing ceremony. Wing had refused to come offering his support. Very few people go through life without forward at the time but in 1986, Gordon wrote in Time Australia making an enemy or two. Harry comes from one of the toughest "Where are you John Ian Wing? It is to be hoped that John Ian Wing businesses of all, yet everywhere you go it is hard to find anyone will please stand up for history's sake." who has an unkind word to say about Harry". Such was the low er of the article that Wing was soon discovered It had been Coates who invited him to become AOC official living in England. He'd been unable to afford a ticket to see the historian. A superb book Australia and the Olympic Games, first Melbourne Games but was later invited to the Sydney 2000 closing published in 19 % , set a benchmark for others to follow. One of ceremony as a guest. All thanks to a journalist who knew his Australia's greatest champions, 1960 gold medallist Herb Elliott history. paid his own tribute: "He was a beautiful man, and a wonderful Gordon's journalistic career took him all the way to the editor's writer, journalistand a good friend." chair. In 1970 at the Melbourne News Sun Pictorial, he launched a Harry Gordon was one of the very few journalists to receive the campaign in support of seatbelts and could therefore be credited Olympic Order and was also inducted into the Australian Sports with saving thousands of lives on the road.

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