- Juan Antonio Samaranch
Don Juan Antonio Samaranch i Torelló, Marquis of Samaranch is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. He was a close friend of Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco.
- Ekaterini Thanou
Ekaterini Thanou ; born February 1, 1975) is a Greek sprinter. Thanou won the silver medal in the women's 100 m at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. In 2002 she won the gold medal at the European Championships in Munich.
- Jana Rawlinson
Jana Pittman-Rawlinson (born November 9, 1982 in Sydney as Jana Pittman) is an Australian athlete who specialises in the 200 m and 400 m hurdles events. She won gold in the 400m hurdles in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games and in the 2003 World Championships. She was also a member of Australia's gold medal-winning 4x400 m relay team at Manchester in 2002 with Tamsyn Lewis, Cathy Freeman and Lauren Hewitt.
- Wolfgang Perner
Wolfgang Perner (born 17th September 1967 in Schladming) is an Austrian biathlete. He has been a part of the Austrian national biathlon team since 1992. He failed to qualify for the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, but his career improved afterwards, firstly with a third place in Holmenkollen, and afterwards with his first World Cup in Novosibirsk. Perner has competed in four Olympic Games, and won his only medal in the sprint at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, …
- Wolfgang Rottmann
Wolfgang Rottmann (born May 15, 1973 in Altenmarkt im Pongau) is a retired Austrian biathlete. IOC has banned Rottmann for life from competing in the Olympics.
- Demetrius Vikelas
Demetrius Vikelas, also known as Bikelas (February 15, 1835 - July 20, 1908) was a Greek businessman and the first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1894 to 1896. Born in Ermoupoli, on the island of Syros in Greece, he was often sick as a child. Because of his bad health, he had a spotty education. He left home at 17 to work for his uncle in London, first as a bookkeeper, and then as a partner.
- Johannes Eder
Johannes Eder (born October 19, 1979) is an Austrian cross country skier who has been competing since 1998. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 4th in the 15 km event at Sapporo in 2007. Eder has five individual career victories up to 30 km (four in Continential Cup, one in an FIS race) from 2001 to 2004. In 2006, he was disqualified for doping violations in the last two races he entered for the 2005-06 racing season, …
- Christian Hoffmann
Christian Hoffmann was an Austrian cross country skier who competed since 1994. He won the bronze medal in the 50km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Four years later at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Hoffmann finished 2nd in the 30 km freestyle mass start event to Spain's Johann Mühlegg, but was awarded the gold medal in 2004 upon Mühlegg's blood-doping disqualification of darbepoetin.
- Pedro Delgado
Pedro Delgado Robledo, also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He was the winner of the 1988 Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989. He became an impetus for change in cycling's doping regulations after testing positive for probenecid, a masking agent, during the 1988 Tour de France. Though other sports governing bodies, such as the IOC, recognized probenecid as a doping agent, the UCI, …
- Charlie Francis
Charles Francis (born on October 13, 1948 in Toronto, Ontario) is a sprint coach most noteworthy for being the trainer of sprinter Ben Johnson, the first competitor to be stripped of an Olympic gold medal for using banned drugs. Francis was banned by Athletics Canada following his admissions at the 1989 Dubin inquiry that he had introduced Johnson to steroids. As an athlete, Francis was Canadian 100 metres sprint champion is 1970, 1971, and 1973.
- Mark Tewksbury
Mark Tewksbury (born February 7, 1968) is a former Canadian swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Raised in Calgary, Alberta, Tewksbury trained at the University of Calgary. He attended the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a silver medal as part of Canada's relay team. For some years he ranked as one of the top backstrokers in the world; never a strong below-the-water swimmer, …
- James E. Sullivan
James Edward Sullivan (November 18, 1862 in New York City - September 16, 1914) was an American sports official. He was one of the founders of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), and served as its president from 1906 to 1908. He also was one of the most influential people in the early Olympic movement, although his relationship with IOC president Pierre de Coubertin was tense. Sullivan was also an organizer of the Outdoor Recreation League and served as its second president.
- Derek Redmond
Derek Redmond (born September 3, 1965 in Bletchley) is a retired English athlete. He currently works as a motivational speaker. As a 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres runner he won gold medals at European, Commonwealth and World Championships. His career highlights include a fifth place over 400 m at the 1987 World Championships and a 1991 World Championships 4x400 m gold medal. However, disappointment came at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 400m race.
- Park Si-Hun
Si-Hun Park (born December 16, 1965) is an amateur South Korean boxer, who won the Light Middleweight Gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Park won the very controversial title bout against Roy Jones Jr in a highly disputed 3-2 decision in the final. Later scoring indicates that Jones landed 86 punches to Park's 32. Allegedly, Park himself apologized to Jones afterwards. One judge shortly thereafter admitted the decision was a mistake, …
- Mikhail Botvinov
Mikhail Botvinov (born November 17, 1967 in Lidinka, Russia, shown in the picture at left) is a Russian-born Austrian cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 2007 for both Russia and Austria. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics with a silver in the men's 30 km freestyle mass start event in 2002 and a bronze in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start in 2006 (Both for Austria).
- Alice Milliat
Alice Milliat was a pioneer of women's sport in France and was the secretary general of the Federaton Francaise Sportive Feminine. She was born in Nantes in 1884 and campaigned to have Women's Athletics accepted into the Olympics by the IOC. In 1920 she assembled a football "(Soccer)" team of women from Paris that toured the UK and played the Dick, Kerr's Ladies on behalf of France in the world first internationally recognised Women's Football tournament.
- Ferdinand Bie
Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie (February 16 1888 - November 9, 1961) was a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Kristiania IF in Oslo. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal in pentathlon. On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for professionalism in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion. In 1982 Thorpe was reinstated as champion by the IOC; however, Bie was still to be considered co-champion. He also finished eleventh in the long jump, …
- Jan Železný
Jan Železný (born June 16, 1966 in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech athlete, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw. Železný won the gold at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games and Silver in the 1988 Olympics as well as three World Championship titles; in 1993, 1995 and 2001. Because of his achievements he is widely considered to be the greatest javelin thrower ever. Železný holds both the world record, at 98.48 m set in 1996, …
- Norman Pritchard
Norman Gilbert Pritchard (alias Norman Trevor) (June 23, 1875 - October 31, 1929) was an athlete from India who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway. He was of British descent and moved to England permanenly in 1905. Pritchard was born in Calcutta to George Petersen Pritchard and Helen Maynard Pritchard. Pritchard was the first Indian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games. He was also the first Indian and first Asian to win an Olympic medal.
- Eşref Apak
Eşref Apak is a Turkish hammer thrower. Apak took part at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a surprising bronze medal with 79.51 m after the gold medalist Hungarian athlete Adrian Annus was disqualified by IOC for a doping violation. In 2005 Apak participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won the gold medal with his throw of 77.88 metres.
- Ivet Lalova
Ivet Lalova (born 18 May 1984 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the sixth fastest woman in 100 metres history, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career was interrupted for two years between June, 2005 and May, 2007 due to a leg injury.
- Jari Isometsä
Jari Isometsã was a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 2006. He won three bronze medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1992, 1994, 1998). Isometsä also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers (4 x 10 km: 1995, 1997) and two bronzes (4 x 10 km: 1991, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995). He also won 18 FIS World Cup races between 10 km and 30 km during 1993-2005.
- Bob Tisdall
Robert ("Bob") Morton Newburgh Tisdall (May 16, 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon "now" Sri Lanka - July 27, 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Born to an Anglo-Irish family, Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He had run only six 400 m hurdles when he won the gold medal at the 1932 Olympic Games in a world record time of 51.7 seconds, …
- Richard Bunn
Richard Bunn is managing director of rbi network, Geneva, a consulting firm for television, sport and marketing, established in 2006. During 1978-2000 he was Head of Television Programmes and Controller of Sport at European Broadcasting Union. He was instrumental in partnership of the European Athletic Association with EBU and BBS, which have eventually led to the creation of the Eurosport.
- Zoltán Halmay
Zoltán Halmay was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics (1900 - 1908), winning the following medals: * 1900: silver (200 m, 4000 m freestyle), bronze (1000 m freestyle) * 1904: gold (50yd, 100yd freestyle) * 1906: gold (4x250 m freestyle relay), silver (100 m freestyle) (these games are now not officially recognized by the IOC) * 1908: silver (100 m freestyle; 4x200 m freestyle relay) Halmay was born and died in Budapest.
- Liz Weekes
Liz Weekes (born September 22, 1971 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics, when women's water polo was contested for the first time at the Olympic Games. She was the goalkeeper of the Australian team, which beat USA 4-3 in the final game in front of a World record attendance of 17,000 spectators. She also attended Fort Street High School. Liz made her debut in the national team in 1995.
- Darius Grigalionis
Darius Grigalionis is a backstroke swimmer from Lithuania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. A student of the Kaunas University of Technology, he had been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity Program since August 2002.
- Mary Alison Glen-Haig
Dame Mary Alison Glen-Haig, DBE (born July 12 1918, London) is an honorary member of the IOC and was an British Olympic fencer between 1948 and 1960, winning the Gold medal in foil at the 1950 British Empire Games. As an IOC representative she supervised the first edition of the Islamic Countries' Women Sport Solidarity Council's in February 1993 and ensured the smooth running of the competitions.
- René Burkhalter
René Burkhalter of Switzerland, was former member of the Central Committee and the Technical Commission of the Swiss Federation of Fencing. Founder and President during 25 years of the "Grand Prix de Bern", President of the Swiss Olympic Association from 1997 to 2001. In 2001 he was awarded the Olympic Order by the IOC.
- Károly Takács
Károly Takács (Hungarian name order Takács Károly was the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the Rapid Fire Pistol event. He was born in Budapest and after a grenade accident in 1938 he had to change to shooting with his left hand, soon mastering it and surprising the world by winning the London 1948 Summer Olympics. The story has given him a place among the "Olympic heroes" of the IOC. After his second victory in Helsinki in 1952, …
- Oleksandr Volynets
Oleksandr Volynets (born October 9, 1974 in Ternopil) is a Ukrainian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity Program since August 2002.
- Arnold Green
Arnold Green was President of the Estonian National Olympic Committee from 1989 to 1997, leader of the Estonian Olympic team for the Games in Albertville, Barcelona, Lillehammer and Atlanta and former President of the Estonian Wrestling League and the Estonian Skiing League. In 2001 he was awarded the Olympic Order by the IOC.
- Maurice Watkins
Maurice Watkins (born August 29, 1956) is a former boxer from Houston, Texas. Nicknamed "Termite", he was born into a family that was in the insect killing business, and he is a professional fumigator. He turned professional as a boxer on May 21, 1974, beating Cesar Cortez by knockout in round one at Houston. Through his career, Watkins fought some of the best fighters in the Lightweight and Jr. Welterweight divisions.
- T. E. Burridge
T. E. Burridge was a British footballer who won a gold medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of the Upton Park club side. He played centre half. His name is sometimes spelt "Barridge" and his initials given as "J. E." by some sources, but he is listed as "T. E. Burridge", both by the IOC on their website, and by other statistical sources such as RSSSF.
- Lyudmila Zhivkova
Lyudmila Zhivkova (26 July 1942 - 21 July 1981) was a Bulgarian politician from the Bulgarian Communist Party and daughter of Communist leader Todor Zhivkov, with whose nepotism she reached the rank of a Politburo member. Born in Sofia, Zhivkova studied history at Sofia University (1965) and history of art at Moscow State University (1970), as well as at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, where she researched a book on British-Turkish relations.
- Sergei Bubka
Sergei Bubka (born December 4, 1963) is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union before its dissolution in 1991. He is widely regarded as the best pole vaulter ever and one of the best athletes of modern times. Bubka won 6 consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympics gold and broke the world record for men's pole vaulting 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records).
- Anne Royal Anne Princess Royal
The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Elizabeth II. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently ninth in the line of succession to the British Throne. At the time of her birth, she was third in line, but moved to second place from when her mother became Queen, until the birth of her brother, The Prince Andrew, in 1960.
- Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Albert II, Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958), styled "His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco," is the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco.
- Willem-Alexander of Orange Willem-Alexander Prince of Orange
Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, ("Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand Prins van Oranje, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg", born April 27, 1967) is the eldest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and is the heir apparent to the Dutch throne, with the style "HRH The Prince of Orange" (in Dutch: "Z.K.H. de Prins van Oranje").
- Henri, Grand Duke Of Luxembourg
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume), the head of state of Luxembourg was born at Betzdorf Castle in Luxembourg 16 April 1955, the eldest son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte (née Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium). His maternal grandparents were King Leopold III and Queen Astrid of Belgium and Princess of Sweden.