October 5 Birthdays

1924
Olga Gyarmati, Hungary, long jump. Jumping 5.695m, Gyarmati won the women's long jump at the 1948 (London) Olympic Games. It was the first time that women had competed in that event at the Olympics. Gyarmati also competed for Hungary at the Olympics in 1952 and 1956.

1940
Rein Aun, Soviet Union, decathlete. Estonian athlete Rein Aun won the silver medal in the men's decathlon at the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games, scoring 7,842 points.

1962
Mike Conley, Sr., United States, triple jumper/long jumper. As a collegian at the University of Arkansas, Conley won 16 NCAA titles in the triple jump and the long jump. In world athletics, he first distinguished himself in the long jump, winning a bronze medal at the 1983 (Helsinki) World Championships. His other medal-winning performances have been in the triple jump: silver at the 1984 (Los Angeles) Olympic Games, silver at the 1987 (Rome) World Championships, bronze at the 1991 (Tokyo) World Championships, gold at the 1992 (Barcelona) Olympic Games, and gold at the 1993 (Stuttgart) World Championships.

1966
Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long jumper/triple jumper. Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets has two different Olympic medals won at two different Olympic Games for two different teams in two different events. Her first was a silver medal in the women's long jump which she won in 1992 (Barcelona) while competing for the Unified Team (formerly the USSR). The second was a gold medal in the women's triple jump which she won in 1996 (Atlanta) while competing for Ukraine. Unfortunately, she has also been banned twice for using two different performance-enhancing substances: a three-month ban in 1993 for stimulants and a two-year ban in 2000 for steroids.

1970
Denis Kapustin, Russia, triple jumper. Kasputin was the bronze medalist in the men's triple jump at the 2000 (Sydney) Olympic Games, leaping 17.46m. He also finished in the top ten in the triple jump at three World Championships (1993, 1997, 1999).

1975
Carlos Calado, Portugal, long jumper. Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado leaped 8.21m to win a bronze medal in the men's long jump at the 2001 (Edmonton) World Championships.

September 1 Birthdays

1970
Sirivanh Ketavong, Laos, long-distance runner. Competing for Laos, Ketavong finished next to last in the 1996 (Atlanta) Olympic Games women's marathon (3:25:16) and last in the 2000 (Sydney) Olympic Games women's marathon (3:34:27).

1987
Leonel Suárez, Cuba, decathlete. Leonel Suárez was the bronze medalist in the men's decathlon in the 2008 (Beijing) Olympic Games and the silver medalist in the decathlon at the 2009 (Berlin) World Championships.