Wikitree Olympics Project

Olympics - Team Luxembourg

Background

Luxembourg is usually considered to have first competed at the 1912 Olympic Games, the same year in which it formed its National Olympic Committee. However, in the 1980s, French athletics historian Alain Bouillé discovered that Michel Théato, the winner of the 1900 marathon, was a Luxembourg national, although his participation is attributed to France. Luxembourg has competed in a total of 25 celebrations of the Olympiad since 1912, missing only the 1932 Los Angeles Games.

Luxembourg has also sporadically competed at the Olympic Winter Games, attending in 1928, 1936, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018, and 2022. In 1928 and 1936 they competed in bobsleigh, with a five-man team in 1928 and two two-man teams in 1936 (with one of the bob sliders, Willy Heldenstein, carrying the Luxembourgeois flag at the 1928 St. Moritz Opening Ceremony).

In sports events, Luxembourg has won four Olympic medals, with one gold by Josy Barthel in the 1952 1,500 metre athletics. This includes two medals won at the Winter Olympics by Marc Girardelli.

Luxembourg also won three Olympic medals in the now ceased Art Competitions, with two Olympic art titles in 1924 and 1928 by the illustrator Jean Jacoby.^[1]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented Luxembourg are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing Luxembourg on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing Luxembourg shows all Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing Luxembourg]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing Luxembourg]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented Luxemboourg. e.g. "[[Category: 1912 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Luxembourg in Athletics in the Stockholm Olympics of 1912.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to the Global Tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

... represented Luxembourg in Athletics in the Stockholm Olympics of 1912.

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Luxembourg in Athletics in the Stockholm Olympics of 1912.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.