List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
A small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction ever competes in multiple Games. 515 athletes (127 women, 388 men) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Rio 2016, but excluding the 1906 Intercalated Games. Just over a hundred of these have gone on to make at least a sixth Olympic appearance.
Multiple appearances
Several athletes would have made more appearances at the Olympics but for reasons out of their control, such as World Wars (no Olympics were held in 1916, 1940 or 1944), politically motivated boycotts, financial difficulties, or ill-timed injuries.
Canadian equestrian athlete Ian Millar has competed at ten Olympic games.[1] Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl and Latvian shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins (representing Soviet Union until 1988) have each made nine Olympic appearances.
Well over half of six-time Olympians belong to the shooting, equestrian, sailing and fencing disciplines, which are known for allowing athletes more longevity at the elite level. Athletics and cross-country skiing also provide a large number of athletes who have competed at five Olympics.
Exact number of Olympic appearances | Minimum number of Olympic appearances | ||||||||||||
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
Men | 293 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 388 | 95 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
Women | 91 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 384 | 100 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 515 | 131 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
This table shows the number of athletes who have appeared at exactly (or at least) n Olympic Games between 1896 and 2016, as n varies from 5 to 10. For example, 13 men have appeared at exactly seven Olympics while 21 men have appeared at at least seven Olympics. Appearances at the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. Winter and Summer Olympics are counted as 'different' Olympics even if they occurred in the same year. While these numbers are believed to be correct, it is possible that one or two athletes have been missed, particularly with five-time Olympians. |
Approximately a quarter of long-competing athletes are female. Canoeist Josefa Idem became the first woman to take part in eight Olympics, eventually reaching the final of the K1-500m event at the age of 48.[2] Before her, the closest a female athlete had come to competing at eight Olympics was 0.028 seconds, which was the time by which Jamaican-Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey had failed to meet the qualification time required for appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at age 48.
Four six-time Olympians here have participated in Olympic Games over a period of 40 years: Bahaman sailor Durward Knowles (8 Olympics), Danish sailor Paul Elvstrøm (8), Danish fencer Ivan Osiier (7), and Norwegian sailor Magnus Konow (6). Note should also be made of Japanese equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu, whose first and third Olympic appearances in 1964 and 2012 were 48 years apart. Seven-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina competed in artistic gymnastics at every Olympics from 1992-2016. She continues to compete in her early 40s in a sport where few competitors continue past their mid-20s or compete at two or three Olympics.
Two five-time Olympians competed under four different flags at the Olympics, one of whom never actually changed nationality. Both shooter Jasna Šekarić (6 Olympics) and table tennis player Ilija Lupulesku (5) competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Olympics. In 1992, since Yugoslavia was under UN sanctions, they (and fifty other Serbians, Montenegrins and Macedonians) competed as Independent Olympic Participants before competing at the next Olympics under the flag of Serbia and Montenegro. Lupulesku became an American citizen and competed for the USA in 2004, while Šekarić finally competed for Serbia in 2008.
Thirteen five-time Olympians have won at least eight medals: American swimmer Michael Phelps (28), Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen (13), Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti (13), German kayaker Birgit Fischer (12), American swimmer Dara Torres (12), Hungarian fencer Aladár Gerevich (10), Finnish gymnast Heikki Savolainen (9), Jamaican-Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey (9), German speed skater Claudia Pechstein (9), Romanian rower Elisabeta Oleniuc (8), German equestrian Reiner Klimke (8), Italian fencer Giovanna Trillini (8), Dutch equestrian Anky van Grunsven (8), and Russian diver Dmitri Sautin (8).
About thirty athletes who have competed in at least five Olympics participated in two sports, with nearly half of them competing at both the Winter and Summer Olympics. The most common cross-over sports are biathlon/cross-country skiing (six athletes competed in both), athletics/bobsleigh (five competitors), and cycling/speed skating (five competitors).
Married couples among five-time Olympians include biathletes Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norway) and Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen (Italy/Belgium), Lithuanian pairs figure skaters Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas, Finnish cross-country skiers Harri Kirvesniemi and Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, lugers Susi Erdmann (Germany) and Gerhard Plankensteiner (Italy).
Familial relationships among five-time Olympians include Belgian shooters François Lafortune Sr and Jr (father-son; with their brothers/uncles, they have seventeen Olympic appearances between them), Italian equestrians Piero and Raimondo d'Inzeo (brothers), British canoeists Andrew and Stephen Train (brothers), Greek shooters Alexandros and Ioannis Theofilakis (brothers), Italian cross-country skiers Sabina and Fulvio Valbusa (sister-brother), Brazilian equestrians Nelson and Rodrigo Pessoa (father-son), Austrian lugers Markus and Tobias Schiegl (cousins). A more tenuous relationship is that of Argentine sailors Jorge Salas Chávez and Roberto Sieburger; Chávez's cousin Jorge del Río Salas (4 Olympics) married Sieburger's cousin Marylin Sieburger. (The extended Sieburger-Salas clan includes seven Argentinian sailors with twenty Olympic appearances.)
List of athletes with at least six Olympic appearances
Athletes in bold are believed to be still active i.e. have yet to announce their retirement. Female athletes are displayed with a pink background. Sorting is by number of appearances, date of last appearance, date of birth.
App. | Athlete | Nation | Born/Death | Games | Period (age of first/last) |
Sport | Tot. | |||
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10 | Ian Millar | Canada | 1947 | 1972/1976, 1984/2012 | 40 years (25/65) | Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Hubert Raudaschl | Austria | 1942 | 1964/1996 | 32 years (22/54) | Sailing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Afanasijs Kuzmins | Soviet Union (3) and Latvia (6) | 1947 | 1976/1980, 1988/2012 | 36 years (29/65) | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | Piero d'Inzeo | Italy | 1923/2014 | 1948/1976 | 28 years (25/53) | Equestrian | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Raimondo d'Inzeo | Italy | 1925/2013 | 1948/1976 | 28 years (23/51) | Equestrian | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Durward Knowles | Great Britain (1) and Bahamas (7) | 1917 | 1948/1972, 1988 | 40 years (31/71) | Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Paul Elvstrøm | Denmark | 1928 | 1948/1960, 1968/1972 and 1984/1988 | 40 years (20/60) | Sailing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Rajmond Debevec | Yugoslavia (2) and Slovenia (6) | 1963 | 1984/2012 | 28 years (21/49) | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Josefa Idem Guerrini | West Germany (2) and Italy (6) | 1964 | 1984/2012 | 28 years (20/48) | Canoeing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Lesley Thompson | Canada | 1959 | 1984/2000, 2008/2016 | 32 years (24/56) | Rowing | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Francisco Boza | Peru | 1964 | 1980/2004, 2016 | 36 years (15/51) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Nino Salukvadze | Soviet Union (1), Unified Team (1) and Georgia (6) | 1969 | 1988/2016 | 28 years (19/47) | Shooting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | Ivan Osiier | Denmark | 1888/1965 | 1908/1912, 1920/1932 and 1948 | 40 years (20/60) | Fencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
François Lafortune, Jr | Belgium | 1932 | 1952/1976 | 24 years (20/44) | Shooting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kerstin Palm | Sweden | 1946 | 1964/1988 | 24 years (18/42) | Fencing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Michael Plumb | USA | 1940 | 1964/1976, 1984/1992 | 28 years (24/52) | Equestrian | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
Ragnar Skanåker | Sweden | 1934 | 1972/1996 | 24 years (38/62) | Shooting | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 1964 | 1984/1994 (W), 1988/1996 (S)[3] | 12 years (20/32) | Speed skating (4) and cycling (3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Merlene Ottey | Jamaica (6) and Slovenia (1) | 1960 | 1980/2004 | 24 years (20/44) | Athletics | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Jeannie Longo | France | 1958 | 1984/2008 | 24 years (26/50) | Cycling | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Andrew Hoy | Australia | 1959 | 1984/2004, 2012 | 28 years (25/53) | Equestrian | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Jos Lansink | Netherlands (4) and Belgium (3) | 1961 | 1988/2012 | 24 years (27/51) | Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ralf Schumann | East Germany (1) and Germany (6) | 1962 | 1988/2012 | 24 years (26/50) | Shooting | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Jasna Šekarić | Yugoslavia (1), Independent Olympic Participants (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3) and Serbia (2) | 1965 | 1988/2012 | 24 years (22/46) | Shooting | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Jörgen Persson | Sweden | 1966 | 1988/2012 | 24 years (22/46) | Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anky van Grunsven | Netherlands | 1968 | 1988/2012 | 24 years (20/44) | Equestrian | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
Zoran Primorac | Yugoslavia (1) and Croatia (6) | 1969 | 1988/2012 | 24 years (19/43) | Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Jean-Michel Saive | Belgium | 1969 | 1988/2012 | 24 years (18/42) | Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Albert Demtschenko | Unified Team (1) and Russia (6) | 1971 | 1992/2014 | 22 years (19/41) | Luge | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Noriaki Kasai | Japan | 1972 | 1992/2014 | 22 years (19/41) | Ski jumping | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Mark Todd | New Zealand | 1956 | 1984/1992, 2000 and 2008/2016 | 32 years (28/60) | Equestrian | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Nick Skelton | United Kingdom | 1957 | 1988/1996, 2004/2016 | 28 years (30/58) | Equestrian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Ludger Beerbaum | West Germany (1) and Germany (6) | 1963 | 1988/2008, 2016 | 28 years (25/52) | Equestrian | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén | Sweden | 1967 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (25/49) | Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jesús Ángel García Bragado | Spain | 1969 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (22/46) | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Giovanni Pellielo | Italy | 1970 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (22/46) | Shooting | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
João Rodrigues | Portugal | 1971 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (20/44) | Sailing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ekaterina Karsten | Unified Team (1) and Belarus (6) | 1972 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (20/44) | Rowing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Leander Paes | India | 1973 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (19/43) | Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Segun Toriola | Nigeria | 1974 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (17/41) | Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oksana Chusovitina | Unified Team (1), Uzbekistan (4), and Germany (2) | 1975 | 1992/2016 | 24 years (17/41) | Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Magnus Konow | Norway | 1887/1972 | 1908/1912, 1920, 1928, 1936 and 1948 | 40 years (21/61) | Sailing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Norman Armitage | USA | 1907/1972 | 1928/1936, 1948/1956 | 28 years (21/49) | Fencing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Aladár Gerevich | Hungary | 1910/1991 | 1932/1936, 1948/1960 | 28 years (22/50) | Fencing | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Janice York Romary | USA | 1927/2007 | 1948/1968 | 20 years (19/39) | Fencing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lia Manoliu | Romania | 1932/1998 | 1952/1972 | 20 years (20/40) | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Jerzy Pawłowski | Poland | 1932/2005 | 1952/1972 | 20 years (20/40) | Fencing | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Hans Günter Winkler | Germany (3) and West Germany (3) | 1926 | 1956/1976 | 20 years (20/40) | Equestrian | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
William McMillan | USA | 1929/2000 | 1956/1976 | 20 years (27/47) | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Adam Smelczyński | Poland | 1930 | 1956/1976 | 20 years (26/45) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Bill Hoskyns | Great Britain | 1931/2013 | 1956/1976 | 20 years (25/45) | Fencing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Frank Chapot | USA | 1932/2016 | 1956/1976 | 20 years (24/44) | Equestrian | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Carl-Erik Eriksson | Sweden | 1930 | 1964/1984 | 20 years (34/54) | Bobsleigh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Elder | Canada | 1934 | 1956/1960, 1968, 1972/1976 and 1984 | 28 years (22/50) | Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Hans Fogh | Denmark (4) and Canada (2) | 1938/2014 | 1960/1976, 1984 | 24 years (22/46) | Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Reiner Klimke | Germany (2) and West Germany (4) | 1936/1999 | 1960/1976, 1984/1988 | 28 years (24/52) | Equestrian | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Colin Coates | Australia | 1946 | 1968/1988 | 20 years (18/38) | Speed skating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Primrose | Canada | 1942 | 1968/1976, 1984/1992 | 24 years (26/50) | Shooting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jiří Pták | Czechoslovakia | 1946 | 1968/1980, 1988/1992 | 24 years (22/46) | Rowing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Christilot Hanson-Boylen | Canada | 1947 | 1964/1976, 1984 and 1992 | 28 years (17/45) | Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alfred Eder | Austria | 1953 | 1976/1994 | 18 years (23/41) | Biathlon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen | Finland | 1955 | 1976/1994 | 18 years (21/39) | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
Hugo Simon | Austria | 1942 | 1972/1976, 1984/1996 | 24 years (30/53) | Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Luis Álvarez de Cervera | Spain | 1947 | 1972/1976, 1984/1996 | 24 years (25/49) | Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Swinkels | Netherlands | 1949 | 1972/1976, 1984/1996 | 24 years (23/47) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Anastasios Bountouris | Greece | 1955 | 1976/1996 | 20 years (21/41) | Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tessa Sanderson | Great Britain | 1956 | 1976/1996 | 20 years (20/40) | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
John Foster, Sr | United States Virgin Islands | 1938 | 1972/1976, 1984/1992 (S) and 1998 (W)[3] | 20 years (34/54) | Sailing (5) and bobsleigh (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | Finland | 1958 | 1980/1998 | 18 years (21/39) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Jochen Behle | West Germany (3) and Germany (3) | 1960 | 1980/1998 | 18 years (19/37) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Christine Stückelberger | Switzerland | 1947 | 1972/1976, 1984/1988 and 1996/2000 | 28 years (25/53) | Equestrian | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Jochen Schümann | East Germany (3) and Germany (3) | 1954 | 1976/1980, 1988/2000 | 24 years (18/46) | Sailing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Nonka Matova | Bulgaria | 1954 | 1976/1980, 1988/2000 | 24 years (18/46) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Juan Giha, Jr. | Peru | 1955 | 1980/2000 | 20 years (25/45) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Philippe Boccara | France (4) and USA (2) | 1959 | 1980/2000 | 20 years (21/41) | Canoeing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Angelo Mazzoni | Italy | 1961 | 1980/2000 | 20 years (19/39) | Fencing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Manuel Estiarte | Spain | 1961 | 1980/2000 | 20 years (19/39) | Water polo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Terry McHugh | Ireland | 1963 | 1988/2000 (S), 1992 and 1998 (W)[3] | 12 years (25/37) | Athletics (4) and bobsleigh (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Michael Dixon | Great Britain | 1962 | 1984/2002 | 18 years (22/40) | Cross-country skiing (1) and biathlon (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Raimo Helminen | Finland | 1964 | 1984/2002 | 18 years (19/37) | Ice hockey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Markus Prock | Austria | 1964 | 1984/2002 | 18 years (19/37) | Luge | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Emese Hunyady | Hungary (1) and Austria (5) | 1966 | 1984/2002 | 18 years (17/35) | Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 1953 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (31/51) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Robert Dover | USA | 1956 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (28/48) | Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Colin Beashel | Australia | 1959 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (24/44) | Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Torben Grael | Brazil | 1960 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (24/44) | Sailing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Wang Yifu | China | 1960 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (24/44) | Shooting | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Birgit Fischer | East Germany (2) and Germany (4) | 1962 | 1980, 1988/2004 | 24 years (18/42) | Canoeing | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
Sorin Babii | Romania | 1963 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (20/40) | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Elisabeta Oleniuc Lipă | Romania | 1964 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (20/40) | Rowing | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Agathi Kassoumi | Greece | 1966 | 1984/2004 | 20 years (18/38) | Shooting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anne Abernathy | United States Virgin Islands | 1953 | 1988/2006 | 18 years (34/52) | Luge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Georg Hackl | West Germany (1) and Germany (5) | 1966 | 1988/2006 | 18 years (21/39) | Luge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Sergei Tchepikov | Soviet Union (1), Unified Team (1) and Russia (4) | 1967 | 1988/2006 | 18 years (21/39) | Cross-country skiing (1) and biathlon (5) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Gerda Weissensteiner | Italy | 1969 | 1988/2006 | 18 years (19/37) | Luge (4) and bobsleigh (2) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2[4] | |
Wilfried Huber | Italy | 1970 | 1988/2006 | 18 years (17/35) | Luge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kateřina Neumannová | Czechoslovakia (1) and Czech Republic (5) | 1973 | 1996 (S), 1992/2006 (W)[3] | 14 years (18/32) | Cross-country skiing (5) and cycling (1) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
Susan Nattrass | Canada | 1950 | 1976, 1988/1992 and 200/2008 | 32 years (25/57) | Shooting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kyra Kyrklund | Finland | 1951 | 1980/1996, 2008 | 28 years (29/57) | Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ilario Di Buò | Italy | 1956 | 1984/1992, 2000/2008 | 24 years (27/51) | Archery | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Juha Hirvi | Finland | 1960 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (28/48) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Andrea Benelli | Italy | 1960 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (28/48) | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Tanyu Kiryakov | Bulgaria | 1963 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (25/45) | Shooting | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Juan Esteban Curuchet | Argentina | 1965 | 1984/1988, 1996/2008 | 24 years (19/43) | Cycling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
James Tomkins | Australia | 1965 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (23/42) | Rowing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Fabienne Diato-Pasetti | Monaco | 1965 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (22/42) | Shooting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jüri Jaanson | Soviet Union (1) and Estonia (5) | 1965 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (22/42) | Rowing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Václav Chalupa, Jr. | Czechoslovakia (2) and Czech Republic (4) | 1967 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (20/40) | Rowing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
João N'Tyamba | Angola | 1968 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (20/40) | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1972 | 1988/2008 | 20 years (15/35) | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | 1970 | 1992/2010 | 18 years (21/39) | Biathlon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andrus Veerpalu | Estonia | 1971 | 1992/2010 | 18 years (21/39) | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Marco Büchel | Liechtenstein | 1971 | 1992/2010 | 18 years (20/38) | Alpine skiing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anna Orlova | Latvia | 1972 | 1992/2010 | 18 years (19/37) | Luge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 1977 | 1994/2010 (W), 2004 (S)[3] | 16 years (16/32) | Speed skating (5) and cycling (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Andrew Nicholson | New Zealand | 1961 | 1984, 1992/1996 and 2004/2012 | 28 years (23/51) | Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Russell Mark | Australia | 1964 | 1988/2000, 2008/2012 | 24 years (24/48) | Shooting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Štěpánka Hilgertová | Czechoslovakia (1) and Czech Republic (5) | 1968 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (24/44) | Canoeing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Sergey Martynov | Soviet Union (1) and Belarus (5) | 1968 | 1988, 1996/2012 | 24 years (20/42) | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Hugo Hoyama | Brazil | 1969 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (23/43) | Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mönkhbayar Dorjsurengiin | Mongolia (3) and Germany (3) | 1969 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (23/43) | Shooting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Natalia Valeeva | Unified Team (1), Moldova (1) and Italy (4) | 1969 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (22/42) | Archery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Fredrik Lööf | Sweden | 1969 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (22/42) | Sailing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Alessandra Sensini | Italy | 1970 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (22/42) | Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Dragutin Topić | Independent Olympic Participants (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3) and Serbia (2) | 1971 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (21/41) | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu | Romania | 1971 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (20/40) | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alison Williamson | United Kingdom | 1971 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (20/40) | Archery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Michael Diamond | Australia | 1972 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (20/40) | Shooting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Mariya Grozdeva | Bulgaria | 1972 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (20/40) | Shooting | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
Clara Hughes | Canada | 1972 | 1996/2000, 2012 (S) and 2002/2010 (W) | 16 years (22/38) | Cycling, Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Rodrigo Pessoa | Brazil | 1972 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (19/39) | Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 1973 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (19/39) | Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Franck Dumoulin | France | 1973 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (19/39) | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Lars Frölander | Sweden | 1974 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (18/38) | Swimming | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Yevgeniya Artamonova | Unified Team (1) and Russia (5) | 1975 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (17/37) | Volleyball | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Derya Büyükuncu | Turkey | 1976 | 1992/2012 | 20 years (16/36) | Swimming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hubertus Von Hohenlohe | Mexico | 1959 | 1984/2014 | 30 years (25/55) | Alpine skiing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Teemu Selänne | Finland | 1970 | 1992, 1998/2014 | 22 years (21/43) | Ice Hockey | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 1972 | 1992/2006, 2014 | 22 years (19/41) | Speed skating | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 1973 | 1994/2014 | 20 years (20/40) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Armin Zöggeler | Italy | 1974 | 1994/2014 | 20 years (20/40) | Luge | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 1974 | 1994/2014 | 20 years (20/40) | Biathlon | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
Todd Lodwick | United States | 1976 | 1994/2014 | 20 years (17/37) | Nordic combined | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Janne Ahonen | Finland | 1977 | 1994/2014 | 20 years (16/36) | Ski jumping | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Mario Stecher | Austria | 1977 | 1994/2014 | 20 years (16/36) | Ski jumping | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Lee Kyou-hyuk | South Korea | 1978 | 1994/2014 | 20 years (15/35) | Speed skating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hayley Wickenheiser | Canada | 1978 | 1998/2014 (W), 2000 (S)[3] | 16 years (19/35) | Ice Hockey(5) and Softball (1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
John Whitaker | United Kingdom | 1955 | 1984, 1992/2000, 2008 and 2016 | 32 years (29/61) | Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lalita Yauhleuskaya | Belarus (2) and Australia (4) | 1963 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (32/52) | Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Emil Milev | Bulgaria (4) and United States (2) | 1968 | 1992/2004, 2012/2016 | 24 years (24/48) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Karin Donckers | Belgium | 1971 | 1992, 2000/2016 | 24 years (21/45) | Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Daniel Nestor | Canada | 1972 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (23/43) | Tennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Robert Scheidt | Brazil | 1973 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (23/43) | Sailing | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Sergey Tetyukhin | Russia | 1975 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (20/40) | Volleyball | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Aida Mohamed | Hungary | 1976 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (20/40) | Fencing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1976 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (20/40) | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vladimir Samsonov | Belarus | 1976 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (20/40) | Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Áron Gádorfalvi | Hungary | 1976 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (19/39) | Sailing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 1977 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (18/38) | Swimming | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Formiga | Brazil | 1978 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (18/38) | Football | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Kim Rhode | United States | 1979 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (17/37) | Shooting | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Taizo Sugitani | Japan | 1976 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (20/40) | Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phillip Dutton | Australia (3) and United States (3) | 1963 | 1996/2016 | 20 years (32/52) | Equestrian | 2 | 0 | 1 | '3 |
Athletes with at least five Olympic appearances
515 athletes have competed at at least five Olympic Games (520 if the 1906 Games are counted) between 1896 and 2016 inclusive. They are listed here, grouped by discipline. The columns labelled 'N+' denote the number of athletes who have competed at at least N Olympics. The number of male and female athletes who have competed at at least five Olympics are also listed, in the columns labelled 'M' and 'F'.
Athletes who have competed in more than one sport are counted once per sport.
Intercalated Games
The 1906 Intercalated Games are not considered 'official' Olympics, but medals were awarded.
The following athletes have appeared in at least six Olympics if 1906 is included.
Athlete | Nation | Born/Death | Games | Period (age of 1st/last) |
Sport | Tot. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandros Theofilakis | Greece | 1877/? | 1896, 1906/12, 1920/24 | 28 years (19/47) | Shooting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ioannis Theofilakis | Greece | 1879/? | 1896, 1906/12, 1920/24 | 28 years (17/45) | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Adrianus de Jong | Netherlands | 1882/1966 | 1906/12, 1920/28 | 22 years (23/45) | Fencing | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Paul Radmilovic | Great Britain | 1886/1968 | 1906/12, 1920/28 | 22 years (20/42) | Water polo, swimming | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
The following athletes have appeared in at least five Olympics if 1906 is included. Five athletes made five Olympic appearances including the 1906 Games.
Athlete | Nation | Born/Death | Games | Period (age of 1st/last) |
Sport | Tot. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ladislav Žemla-Rázný | Bohemia / Czechoslovakia | 1887–1955 | Tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Willem van Blijenburgh | Netherlands | 1881–1936 | Fencing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Edgar Seligman | Great Britain | 1867–1958 | Fencing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jetze Doorman | Netherlands | 1881–1931 | Fencing Pentathlon |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Fernand de Montigny | Belgium | 1885–1974 | Fencing Field hockey |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
Dual sport and multi-sport Olympians
About thirty five-or-more-time Olympians have competed in two or more sports. These athletes are listed below, with the number of times they competed in each sport. Sometimes they competed in two disciplines at the same Games; such instances are noted.
The most common combinations of disciplines are biathlon/cross-country skiing (six athletes competed in both; both sports are winter sports), athletics/bobsleigh (seven competitors; summer and winter sports respectively), and cycling/speed skating (five athletes; summer and winter sports respectively).
Summer and Winter Olympians
- Igor Boraska (rowing 3, bobsleigh 1, 4 Olympics)
- Jorge Bonnet (bobsleigh 3, judo 2, 5 Olympics),
- Jan Bos (cycling 1, speed skating 4, 5 Olympics),
- Anton Collin (cycling 2, cross country skiing 2, 2 Olympics),
- Willie Davenport (bobsleigh 1, athletics 4, 5 Olympics),
- Glenroy Gilbert (bobsleigh 1, athletics 4, 5 Olympics),
- Max Houben (bobsleigh 4, athletics 1, 5 Olympics),
- John Foster, Sr (bobsleigh 1, sailing 5, 6 Olympics),
- Clara Hughes (cycling 3, speed skating 3, 6 Olympics),
- Seiko Hashimoto (cycling 3, speed skating 4, 7 Olympics),
- Mateus Facho Inocêncio (athletics 1, bobsleigh 1, 2 Olympics),
- Lolo Jones (athletics 2, bobsleigh 1, 3 Olympics),
- Christa Luding-Rothenburger (cycling 1, speed skating 4, 5 Olympics),
- Terry McHugh (bobsleigh 2, athletics 4, 6 Olympics),
- Jaqueline Mourão (cycling 2, cross-country skiing 2, biathlon 1, 5 Olympics),
- Kateřina Neumannová (cycling 1, cross-country skiing 5, 6 Olympics),
- Jana Pittman (athletics 1, bobsleigh 1, 2 Olympics),
- Roberts Plūme (cycling 3, cross-country skiing 2, 3 Olympics),
- Evgeniya Radanova (cycling 1, speed skating 4, 5 Olympics),
- Martin Schützenauer (bobsleigh 4, athletics 1, 5 Olympics),
- Claudinei da Silva (athletics 2, bobsleigh 1, 3 Olympics),
- Chris Witty (cycling 1, speed skating 4, 5 Olympics),
- Hayley Wickenheiser (ice hockey 5, softball 1, 6 Olympics),
- Lauryn Williams (athletics 3, bobsleigh 1, 4 Olympics),
Winter Olympians
- Ole Einar Bjørndalen (biathlon 6, cross-country skiing 1, 6 Olympics),
- Mike Dixon (biathlon 5, cross-country skiing 1, 6 Olympics),
- Susi Erdmann (bobsleigh 3, luge 2, 5 Olympics),
- Aleksander Grajf (biathlon 3, cross-country skiing 2, 5 Olympics),
- Menotti Jakobsson (nordic combined 1, ski jumping 1, 1 Olympics)
- Arturo Kinch (alpine skiing 3, cross-country skiing 4, 5 Olympics),
- Nils Lindh (nordic combined 1, ski jumping 1, 1 Olympics)
- Oļegs Maļuhins (biathlon 4, cross-country skiing 1, 5 Olympics),
- Hannu Manninen (cross-country skiing 1, nordic combined 5, 5 Olympics),
- Axel-Herman Nilsson (nordic combined 1, ski jumping 2, 2 Olympics)
- Casey Puckett (alpine skiing 4, freestyle skiing 1, 5 Olympics),
- Sven Selånger (nordic combined 2, ski jumping 3, 3 Olympics)
- Sergei Tchepikov (biathlon 5, cross-country skiing 1, 6 Olympics),
- Athanassios Tsakiris (biathlon 4, cross-country skiing 2, 5 Olympics),
- Gerda Weissensteiner (bobsleigh 2, luge 4, 6 Olympics),
- Anna Carin Zidek (biathlon 2, cross-country skiing 1, 3 Olympics)
Summer Olympians
- Robert Andersson (diving 2, swimming 3, water polo 3, 3 Olympics)
- David Bárcena Ríos (equestrian 3, modern pentathlon 2, 5 Olympics)
- Eric Carlberg (fencing 2, modern pentathlon 1, shooting 3, 3 Olympics)
- João Gonçalves Filho (swimming 2, water polo 3, 5 Olympics)
- Pontus Hanson (swimming 1, water polo 3, 3 Olympics)
- Carl Hårleman (athletics 1, gymnastics 1, 2 Olympics)
- Greta Johansson (diving 1, swimming 1, 1 Olympics)
- Hjalmar Johansson (diving 2, swimming 1, 1 Olympics)
- Harald Julin (swimming 2, water polo 3, 3 Olympics)
- Torsten Kumfeldt (swimming 1, water polo 3, 3 Olympics
- Georg de Laval (modern pentathlon 1, shooting 1, 1 Olympics)
- Gustaf Lewenhaupt (equestrian 1, modern pentathlon 1, 1 Olympics)
- Bengt Ljungquist (equestrian 1, fencing 4, 5 Olympics)
- Peter Macken (fencing 1, modern pentathlon 5, 5 Olympics)
- August Nilsson (athletics 1, tug of war 1, 1 Olympics)
- Daniel Norling (equestrian 1, gymnastics 2, 3 Olympics)
- Gösta Olson (fencing 1, gymnastics 1, 1 Olympics)
- Paul Radmilovic (swimming 2, water polo 5, 5 Olympics)
- Axel Runström (diving 2, water polo 1, 2 Olympics)
- Karl Staaf (athletics 1, tug of war 1, 1 Olympics)
- Gustaf Söderström (athletics 1, tug of war 1, 1 Olympics)
- Sheila Taormina (swimming 1, triathlon 2, modern pentathlon 1, 4 Olympics)
- Sven Thofelt (fencing 3, modern pentathlon 3, 4 Olympics)
- Gösta Åsbrink (gymnastics 1, modern pentathlon 1, 2 Olympics)
- Gunnar Wennerström (swimming 1, water polo 1, 1 Olympics)
- Carlota Castrejana (basketball 1, athletics 4, 4 Olympics)
See also
- List of multiple Olympic medalists
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games
References
- ↑ http://horsetalk.co.nz/2012/07/07/canadas-olympic-equestrian-team-named/
- ↑ http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/day-review-idem-makes-final-eighth-games.html
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appeared at Summer Games and Winter Games.
- ↑ Gold in luge and bronze in bobsleigh.
- 1 2 London 2012 - Swimming - Qualified Swimmers
- ↑
- Personal communication from Dr. Bill Mallon, past-President and co-founder, International Society of Olympic Historians
External links
- Olympics at Sports-Reference – Olympic athletes biographies and profiles
- (English) Records of the Olympic Games
- (English) Olympians with long careers (upload to Sydney 2000)
- Olympedia