- Miguel Indurain
Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He is best known for having won the Tour de France from 1991 to 1995, becoming one of the five persons to win the event five times, and the first to win five in a row. Indurain's ability and physical size-1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) and 80 kg (176 lbs)-earned him the nickname "Miguelón".
- Sergio Llopis
Sergio Llopis Solís (born August 18, 1978 in Xàtiva, Valencia) is a male badminton player from Spain.
- Fernando Echavarri
Fernando Echavarri was born in Pontevedra (Spain) on august 13th, 1971. He is a professional yachtsman in the olympic class Tornado. With Antón Paz Blanco as a crew, he was spanish, european and world champion in the Tornado class. He was ISAF World Sailor of the Year in 2005. He came out of the Optimist fleet of the Real Club Náutico de Sangenjo.
- Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish cyclist. At age 27, he is thought to be one of the most talented cyclists of his generation. Valverde is an exciting prospect since he is unusual in the way in which he combines all the areas of cycling: Valverde is an excellent climber and more than respectable time trial rider, thus making him a threat for the general classification for the Grand Tours (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España).
- Manuel Estiarte
Manuel Estiarte Duocastella (born October 26, 1961 in Manresa, Barcelona) is a former water polo player from Spain, considered by many the best of all time. Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spanish team. With the national squad he won Olympic medals at Barcelona 1992 (silver) and Atlanta 1996 (gold). He won the World Championship at Perth 1998 after finishing in second place at Perth 1991 and Rome 1994.
- Maria Quintanal
María Quintanal Zubizarreta is a sport shooter from Gran Canaria, Spain. The 2003 world champion in Double Trap, she competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in Trap. She also competed in the Double Trap event, but placed 13th.
- Almudena Cid Tostado
Almudena Cid Tostado (born June 15, 1980 in Vitoria, Spain) is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the oldest currently competing elite rhythmic gymnast. Almudena lives in Barcelona. Almudena holds a modelling contract with Nike and she has modelled for an underwear store, Love Store. She speaks Spanish, Basque and English. Almudena is one of the only Western European gymnasts able to seriously compete against gymnasts from Eastern Europe.
- Sergi Pedrerol
Sergi Pedrerol Cavallé is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Pedrerol competed in four Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. With the Spanish National Team he also won the world title twice, in Perth 1998 and Fukuoka 2001.
- Patricia Moreno
Patricia Moreno (born January 7 1988 in Madrid) is a Spanish artistic gymnast. Moreno began gymnastics in 1995 and admires Romanian Simona Amanar. She took Spanish Women's Artistic Gymnastics first ever Olympic medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where she was third on floor with score of 9.487. During the Olympics, Moreno also debuted a 3 and a 1/2 twist on floor, a move which is now named after her. Moreno has also performaed a quadruple twist.
- Isaac Gálvez
Isaac Gálvez López was a Spanish track and road racing cyclist who rode for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in the UCI ProTour. He died during the Six Days of Ghent cycling event in Belgium after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and crashing against the railing. After the second stage of the 2007 edition of the Vuelta a Murcia was cancelled due to strong winds, the organisers dedicated the day's prizes to Gálvez in his memory.
- Rafael Lozano
Rafael Lozano Muñoz is a former boxer from Spain, who twice won a medal in the men's light flyweight (48 kg) division at the Summer Olympics: bronze in Atlanta, Georgia (1996) and silver in Sydney, Australia (2000). He made his Olympic debut in 1992, when Barcelona hosted the Games, and also won bronze at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark.
- Felipe Vivancos
Felipe Vivancos (born 16 June 1980 on Ibiza) is a Spanish hurdler. He finished fifth at the 2002 IAAF World Cup and won the silver medal in 60 metres hurdles at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. His personal best time is 13.41 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Zaragoza.
- Aschwin Wildeboer
Aschwin Wildeboer is a backstroke swimmer of Dutch origin. His parents, both born and raised in Holland, moved to Spain in 1978, and settled in Sabadell, where his father Paulus Wildeboer became the head coach of the local swimming club, called "Club Natación Sabadell". There he and his older brother Olaf, a freestyle swimmer, were raised. They both represented Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, …
- Juan Carlos Navarro
Juan Carlos Navarro (born June 13, 1980 in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona), nicknamed "La Bomba" (The Bomb), is a Spanish basketball player. The 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) and 79 kg (169 lb) shooting guard/point guard currently plays for FC Barcelona of the Spanish ACB. He is widely considered one of the best guards in Europe. Navarro has played for FC Barcelona since he was a teen, making his ACB debut in November 23, 1997 at age 17. While on the Spanish roster, …
- Mercedes Coghen
Mercedes Coghen Alberdingk-Thijm (born August 2, 1962 in Madrid) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team that surprisingly won the golden medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona). She has a Dutch mother, and was a member of the Madrid-committee biding for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- Sandra Azon
Sandra Azon (born November 12, 1973 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sailor, who won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Natalia Via Dufresne. Azon finished 6th at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships. She became world champion in the Yngling class in 2002.
- Juan Carlos Higuero
Juan Carlos Higuero (born 3 August 1978) is a Spanish middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. At the 2006 European Championships in Athletics he won two bronze medals, over 1500 and 5000 metres. It was his international major event debut in the 5000 metres. He already had two silver medals from the European Indoor Championships.
- Natalia Via Dufresne
Natalia Via Dufresne was born in Barcelona Spain on 10 June 1973. She was originally an Optimist Sailor, but switched to 470’s at the age of 15. Natalia won a 2 bronze medals in the World Championships, 2 Olympic silver medals (one in 1992 and one in 2004), with crew member, Sandra Azon. Her new crew is Laia Tutzó.
- Rafael Pascual
Rafael Pascual Cortés is a Spanish volleyball player, who is nicknamed "El Toro", "El Macho" and/or "El León". A two-time Olympian (1992 and 2000), he was named the most valuable player of the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship in Japan.
- Carolina Pascual
Carolina Pascual Gracia was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Pascual was doing ballet when at age seven her ballet teacher told her mother that her daughter had excellent qualities for Rhythmic Gymnastics. There wasn't a club in her town so, her mother drove for around an hour to get Pascual to and from training sessions at the Escuela de Competición in Murcia. Pascual later went to the Atlético Montemar in Alicante.
- David Alarza
David Alarza (born 7 January 1977) is a Spanish judoka.
- Cayetano Cornet
Cayetano Cornet (born August 22, 1963 in Reus) is a retired 400 metres runner from Spain. He won the European Indoor Championships in 1986 as well as two World Indoor Championships silver medals.
- Carles Sans
Carles Sans López is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Sandra Myers
Sandra Myers (born 9 January 1961 in Little River, Kansas) is a retired 400 metres sprinter who represented Spain after switching from the United States. She became US champion in 400 metres in 1981, but received Spanish nationality in 1987 and competed for Spain since. In 1991 she won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the World Championships.
- Kenji Uematsu
Kenji Uematsu (born 28 October 1976) is a Spanish judoka.
- Javier Bosma
Francisco Javier Bosma Mínguez is a Spanish volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Pablo Herrera. Bosma also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th.
- Carlos Sala
Carlos Sala (born 20 March 1960 in Barcelona) is a retired Spanish hurdler. His personal best time was 13.44 seconds, achieved in August 1987 in Barcelona.
- Johann Mühlegg
Johann Mühlegg is a German-born top level cross-country skier who has competed in international competitions first representing Germany and then Spain, after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City due to doping. Mühlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, though he began having trouble with the country's ski federation in 1993.
- Salvador Gómez
Salvador E. Gómez Agüera is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he was on the squad that captured the silver medal. Gómez, nicknamed "Chava", competed in five Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He made his debut for the national side at the 1987 European Championships in Strasbourg.
- Raúl López
Raúl López Molist is a Spanish basketball player who played for the Akasvayu Girona in the ACB during the 2005-2006 season, lately transferred to Real Madrid (July 2006). He has previously played for the NBA's Utah Jazz. López is a native of Vic, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. At 6'0" (1.83 m) tall, he plays point guard. In 1998, at 18 years old, he began his professional career with Joventut Badalona in the ACB league.
- Pablo Herrera
Pablo Herrera Allepuz is a Spanish volleyball player, who won a silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Javier Bosma.
- Martín Fiz
Martín Fiz Martín is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg. The same year he captured the title in the Rotterdam Marathon. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Fiz came fourth in the marathon. A year later he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, …
- Jorge Pérez
Jorge Pérez Salinas is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from Spain, who competed for his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia).
- José Ortega
José Ortega Chumilla is a former boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he was eliminated in the second round of the heavyweight division (– 91 kg) by New Zealand's David Tua.
- Diego García
Diego García Corrales is a former long-distance athlete from Spain, who finished in 9th position (2:14.56) in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Four years later, when Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Games, he ended up in 53rd place, clocking 2:22:11.
- Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol Sáez (born July 6 1980, in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain) is a 7'0" (2.13 m) Spanish basketball player. Gasol played in the Spanish ACB League for FC Barcelona, where he had an average of 11.3 points per game. He now plays in the National Basketball Association for the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. Selected third overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, …
- Isaac Viciosa
Isaac Viciosa (born 26 December 1969 in Cervatos de la Cueza) is a former middle distance runner from Spain.
- Nina Zhivanevskaya
Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya is a backstroke swimmer from Russia, who swims for Spain since 1999 after she married a Spaniard. She won a bronze medal for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 4x100m Medley Relay. After the Atlanta Games in 1996 she was banned from competition after the detected use of a banned substance (bromantan).
- Pablo Amat
Pablo ("Pol") Amat Escudé is a field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The striker won his first major title with the Spaniards at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore. He played for the Dutch club Amsterdam in the 2005/2006 saison. In the spring of 2006 he returned home, playing for Real Club de Polo in Barcelona.
- Yago Lamela
Yago Lamela Tobía is a Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. His greatest year was 1999, when he jumped 8.56 during the indoor season to win the silver medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. Later that year he set a new outdoors personal best with 8.56, and won another silver medal at the World Championships.