Olympedia – Lists
Manual Lists
Aquatics
- Current Olympic Record Holders in Swimming (36)
- Current World Record Holders in Swimming (45)
- Olympians Who Set a European Record in Long Course Swimming (691)
- Olympians Who Set a European Record in Short Course Swimming (302)
- Olympians Who Set a World Record in Long Course Swimming (808)
- Olympians Who Set a World Record in Short Course Swimming (357)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the African Swimming Championships (64)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Aquatics Championships (1902)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Diving Championships (66)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Swimming Championships (25 m) (672)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Water Polo Championships (657)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (534)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships (2070)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Open Water Swimming Championships (27)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships (25 m) (812)
- Olympic Divers - Individual Double Champions, Different Years (5)
- Olympic Divers - Individual Double Champions, Same Year (9)
- Olympic Swimmers - Doubles Champions, Same Year (49)
Archery
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Archery Championships (204)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Archery Indoor Championships (117)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Archery Championships (257)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Indoor Archery Championships (131)
Athletics
- Current Olympic Record Holders in Athletics (59)
- Current World Record Holders in Athletics (54)
- Olympians Who Set a World Record in Athletics (18)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Championships (2127)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1412)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Championships (1522)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships (967)
Baseball & Softball
- Olympians Who Played Major League Baseball But Did Not Play Baseball as a Medal Sport at the Olympics (2)
- Olympians Who Played on a World Series Champion (36)
- Olympians Who Won an Olympic Baseball Gold Medal and a World Series Title (5)
Basketball & 3x3 Basketball
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Basketball World Cup (523)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket) (770)
- Olympians Who Won Olympic, NCAA and NBA Basketball Titles (8)
- Olympians Who Won Olympic, Women's NCAA and WNBA Basketball Titles (16)
- Olympians Who Won Women's Grand Slam of Basketball Titles (12)
Biathlon
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Biathlon Championships (247)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Biathlon World Championships (169)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Biathlon Championships (414)
Boxing
- Olympic Boxers Who Won a Professional World Championship (187)
- Olympic Boxing Champions and Professional World Champions (39)
- Winners of the Val Barker Trophy (20)
Canoe/Kayak
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Marathon European Championships (19)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Marathon World Championship (62)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Slalom World Championships (302)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint European Championships (614)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint World Championships (1058)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Canoe Slalom Championships (176)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Wildwater Canoeing European Championships (18)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships (66)
Cinema
- Olympians Involved in James Bond movies (11)
- Olympians Who Acted in Movies (262)
- Olympians Who Played in Tarzan Movies (6)
- Olympians Who Won Academy Awards (Oscars) (2)
Death
- Athletes Who Died During the Olympics (23)
- Olympians Killed in the Katyn Massacre (7)
- Olympians Who Committed Suicide (197)
- Olympians Who Competed Posthumously (24)
- Olympians Who Died After Contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) (101)
- Olympians Who Died in Aviation Crashes (146)
- Olympians Who Died in Competition or Training (82)
- Olympians Who Died in Drowning Accidents (10)
- Olympians Who Died in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Boat/Car/Motorcycle/Train) (496)
- Olympians Who Died in Mountaineering Accidents (35)
- Olympians Who Died in Nazi Concentration Camps (64)
- Olympians Who Died in the Spanish Flu Pandemic (13)
- Olympians Who Received a State Funeral (11)
- Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War (722)
- Olympians Who Were Murdered (119)
Doping
Equestrian
- Olympians Who Participated in the Grand National Steeplechase as a Jockey, Trainer or Horse Owner (6)
- Olympic Equestrian Riders - Winning Individual Medals in Two Disciplines (2)
- Olympic Equestrian Riders - Winning Medals in Dressage and 3-Day Event (2)
- Olympic Equestrian Riders - Winning Medals in Dressage and Jumping (3)
- Olympic Equestrian Riders - Winning Medals in Jumping and 3-Day Event (13)
Fencing
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Fencing Championships (1131)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Épée/Sabre (6)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Épée/Sabre, Individual (1)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Foil/Épée (11)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Foil/Épée, Individual (2)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Foil/Épée/Sabre (2)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Foil/Sabre (4)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Foil/Sabre, Individual (1)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Three Disciplines, Same Year (2)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Two Disciplines, Individual, Same Year (4)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Gold Medals, Two Disciplines, Same Year (15)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Medals, Épée/Sabre, Individual (5)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Medals, Foil/Épée, Individual (7)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Medals, Foil/Épée/Sabre, Individual (2)
- Olympic Fencers - Winning Medals, Foil/Sabre, Individual (6)
Football
- Olympians Who Have Topped the English FA Premier League Goal Scoring List (8)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 1956 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (52)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 1960 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (174)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 1964 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (85)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 1968 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (111)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2000 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (men) (72)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2004 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (men) (92)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2004 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (women) (135)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2008 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (men) (145)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2008 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (women) (191)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2012 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (men) (211)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2012 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (women) (201)
- Olympians Who Participated in the 2016 Olympic Football Qualification Campaign (women) (239)
- Olympic Champions Who Have Played in a European Cup/Champions League Final Winning Team (13)
- Olympic Footballers - Gold Medalists and World Cup Champions, Men (13)
- Olympic Footballers - Gold Medalists and World Cup Champions, Women (40)
Government
- Olympians Who Ran for President of the United States (POTUS) (4)
- Olympians Who Were Head of Government (2)
- Olympians Who Were Head of State (8)
- Olympians Who Were Members of National Legislatures (163)
Ice Hockey
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Ice Hockey Championships (821)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships (1561)
- Olympic Champions Who Have Played in a Stanley Cup Winning Team (58)
- Olympic Ice Hockey Triple Crown Winners (Olympic/World/Stanley Cup) (36)
Medallists
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games (6654)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Winter Games (736)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (4667)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games (3541)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Games (709)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Mediterranean Games (5065)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Youth Olympic Games (296)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Winter Pan American Games (13)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Winter Universiade (1353)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (114)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Shooting Championships (1451)
- Olympic team sport athletes who won a gold medal as both player and coach (11)
Miscellaneous
- Athletes Who Had to Withdraw from the Olympics as a Result of Testing Positive for COVID-19 (27)
- Olympians and IOC Members Serving as President of an International Federation (IF) (90)
- Olympians Who Participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans Races (15)
- Olympians Who Participated in Formula One Races (8)
- Olympians Who Participated in the World's Strongest Man Competition (12)
- Olympians Who Served as President of a National Olympic Committee (127)
- Olympians Who Were on the Titanic (2)
- Olympians Who Were Sent to Prison (149)
- Olympic Clerics (27)
- Olympic Events Postponed Due to Bad Weather (67)
- Olympic Games Defectors (61)
- Transgender and Intersex Olympians (22)
Miscellaneous Summer Sports
- Golfers Who Recorded Holes-in-One at the Olympic Games (5)
- Members of the International Judo Federation Hall of Fame (27)
- Olympians Who Competed in the Boat Race (196)
- Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket (54)
- Olympians Who Played in the Cricket World Cup (2)
- Olympians Who Played in the NFL (44)
- Olympians Who Played in the Rugby World Cup (25)
- Olympians Who Set a World Record in Weightlifting (136)
- Olympians Who Were on the Podium at Ironman races (66)
- Olympians Who Were on the Podium at the Ironman World Championships in Hawai'i (11)
- Olympians Who Won the Super Bowl (3)
- Olympic Champion Golfers Who Won Major Championships (4)
- Olympic Cycling and World Professional Road Champions (13)
- Olympic Cycling Medalists and Tour de France Champions (9)
- Olympic Sailors and the America's Cup (30)
- Olympic Sailors who have competed in the Volvo Ocean Race/Whitbread Race Around the World (Work in progress) (8)
Miscellaneous Winter Sports
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Bob & Skeleton Championships (339)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships (273)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Luge Championships (189)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Bob & Skeleton Championships (FIBT/IBSF) (469)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Curling Championships (320)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Luge Championships (216)
Non-Sports Awards & Honours
- Olympians Who Have Won a Nobel Prize (1)
- Olympians Who Received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom (9)
- Olympians Who Were Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship (37)
- Olympians With Nobel Prizes or Related to Nobel Prize Winners (11)
Paralympics & Disabilities
Random Achievements
- Inventions by and named after Olympians (4)
- Olympians Included on the Voyager 1 and 2 Golden Record (5)
- Olympians Who Have a Town Named After Them (2)
- Olympians Who Have Climbed Mount Everest (6)
- Olympians Who Have Flown into Space (1)
- Olympians Who Reached the Age of 100 (130)
- Olympians Who Swam the English Channel (20)
- Olympians With a Net Worth > $100M (51)
- Olympians With Animals Named After Them (28)
- Olympians With Asteroids Named After Them (60)
Royalty & Nobility
- IOC Members of Royalty (40)
- IOC Members of the Nobility (81)
- Olympian Members of the Nobility (438)
- Olympians of Royal Blood (38)
Skating
- Olympians Who Led the Adelskalender (speed skating) (82)
- Olympians Who Set a World Record in Speed Skating (204)
- Olympians Who Were Awarded the Oscarstatuetten (Oscar Mathisen Award) (51)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships (398)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Short Track Speed Skating Championships (165)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Speed Skating Championships (190)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (184)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Figure Skating Championships (499)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Inline Speed Skating Championships (33)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (368)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships (207)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (212)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (128)
Skiing
- Olympians Who Were Awarded the Holmenkollmedaljen (155)
- Olympians Who Were on the Podium at the Four Hills Tournament (198)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Alpine Ski Championships (500)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Freestyle Ski Championships (242)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Nordic Ski Championships (866)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Ski Flying Championships (81)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Snowboard Championships (199)
- Olympians Who Won the Vasaloppet (28)
- Olympic Alpine Skiers - Gold Medalists and World Champions; Same Discipline - Different Event (42)
Sports Awards & Honours
- Olympians Who Received the Italian Olympic Association (CONI) Gold Medal (755)
- Olympians Who Were Awarded Egebergs Ærespris (45)
- Olympians Who Were Awarded the James E. Sullivan Award (63)
- Olympians Who Were Awarded the Mohammed Taher Trophy (15)
- Olympians Who Were Elected Belgian Athlete of the Year (31)
- Olympians Who Were Elected Dutch Athlete of the Year (78)
- Olympians Who Were Elected East German Athlete of the Year (37)
- Olympians Who Were Elected German Athlete of the Year (92)
- Olympians Who Were Elected Latvian Athlete of the Year (13)
- Olympians Who Were Named BBC World Sport Star of the Year (32)
- Olympians Who Were Named Champion des champions de L'Équipe (26)
- Olympians Who Were Named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year (57)
- Olympians Who Won a Laureus World Sports Award (20)
- Olympic Order Recipients (1393)
Survival
- Longest Surviving Competitors from Early Olympic Games (13)
- Olympians Who Competed at the Olympics After Surviving Cancer (20)
- Olympians Who Competed at the Olympics After Surviving Polio (16)
- Olympians Who Survived Nazi Concentration Camps (31)
Tennis
- Olympians Who Won a Golden Slam in Tennis (12)
- Olympic Champions Who Have Played in a Davis Cup Final Winning Team (18)
- Olympic Champions Who Have Played in a Fed Cup Final Winning Team (11)
Uncategorized
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- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (8552)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Universiade (6128)
Volleyball & Beach Volleyball
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Beach Volleyball Championships (116)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Volleyball Championships (664)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Beach Volleyball Championships (78)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Volleyball Championships (690)
Women
- First Female Competitors at the Olympics by Country (216)
- Olympians Who Competed While Pregnant (25)
- Olympians Who Were Awarded the Prix Monique Berlioux (52)
- Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Women's World Games (35)
Wrestling
- Olympians Who Competed in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Fighting (105)
- Olympians Who Fought at WrestleMania (6)
- Olympic Wrestling Champions in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman (3)
- Olympic Wrestling Champions in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman, Same Year (2)
- Olympic Wrestling Fastest Matches (13)
- Olympic Wrestling Medalists in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman (16)
- Olympic Wrestling Medalists in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman, Same Year (8)
Calculated Lists
- Alpine skiing: Winners of both runs
- Equestrianism: Competing in all events
- Fencing: Competing in all events
- Fencing: Competing in all events in a single Olympics
- General: Clean sweeps
- General: Medal sets in a single event
- General: Most medals won in a single Olympics
- General: Threepeats
- Olympians who died on their birth day
- Speed skating: Competing in all allround events at a single Olympics