Olympic Games

Athletes and their Olympic achievements.

People in Olympic Games

31 profiles

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Serena Williams

Winning 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

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Usain Bolt

Running 100 metres in 9.58 seconds.

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Michael Jordan

Leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships.

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Muhammad Ali

Becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion.

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LeBron James

Becoming the NBA’s career scoring leader and winning championships with three franchises.

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Kobe Bryant

Winning five NBA championships during a twenty-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Rafael Nadal

Winning fourteen French Open singles titles and twenty-two major titles overall.

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Novak Djokovic

Winning twenty-four major singles titles by 2023 and Olympic singles gold in 2024.

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Simone Biles

Winning Olympic and world gymnastics titles with exceptionally difficult routines.

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Michael Phelps

Winning 28 Olympic swimming medals, including eight golds at Beijing 2008.

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Hicham El Guerrouj

Winning the Olympic 1500m and 5000m double in Athens.

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Jim Thorpe

Excelling in Olympic combined events and professional team sports.

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Duke Kahanamoku

Winning Olympic swimming gold and spreading surfing internationally.

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Yuzuru Hanyu

Winning consecutive Olympic men’s figure-skating titles.

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Abby Wambach

Scoring 184 international goals and winning a World Cup and two Olympic gold medals with the United States.

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Christine Sinclair

Scoring 190 international goals and captaining Canada to Olympic football gold.

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Michelle Akers

Scoring ten goals at the first Women’s World Cup and helping the United States win again in 1999.

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Homare Sawa

Captaining Japan to the 2011 Women’s World Cup while winning its Golden Ball and Golden Boot.

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Formiga

Playing in seven Women’s World Cups and seven Olympic football tournaments.

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Martina Hingis

Becoming a teenage world number one before building a second championship career in doubles.

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Andre Agassi

Completing the career Grand Slam and winning Olympic singles gold.

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Tadahiro Nomura

Winning three consecutive Olympic judo titles in the 60 kg division.

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Ryoko Tani

Winning judo medals at five consecutive Olympics, including two golds.

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Teddy Riner

Winning three individual Olympic judo gold medals and a record series of world titles.

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Clarisse Agbegnenou

The French judoka who combined repeated world titles with Olympic individual and team gold.

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Steve Redgrave

Winning rowing gold at five consecutive Olympic Games.

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Elisabeta Lipă

Winning five Olympic rowing gold medals across a twenty-year span.

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Edoardo Mangiarotti

Winning thirteen Olympic fencing medals across épée and foil.

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Birgit Fischer

Winning eight Olympic canoe sprint gold medals across six Games.

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Jin Jong-oh

Winning four Olympic shooting gold medals, including three consecutive 50-metre pistol titles.

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Heather Moyse

Two Olympic bobsleigh gold medals