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List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

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Canadian Ian Millar in a 2007 picture. At London 2012 he participated in a record 10th Olympics

Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 949 athletes[1] (648 men[2] and 301 women[3]) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024, but excluding the 1906 Intercalated Games. 229 of these have gone on to make at least a sixth Olympic appearance.

Multiple appearances

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Several athletes would have made more appearances at the Olympics if not for reasons out of their control, such as World War I and World War II (no Olympics were held in 1916, 1940 or 1944), politically motivated boycotts, financial difficulties, or ill-timed injuries.

Canadian equestrian athlete Ian Millar and Georgian sports shooter Nino Salukvadze (representing Soviet Union in 1988 and Unified Team in 1992) have competed at ten Olympic games.[4] Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl and Latvian shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins (representing Soviet Union until 1988) have each made nine Olympic appearances.

Half of all six-time Olympians belong to the shooting, equestrian, sailing and table tennis 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.

Number of athletes who have appeared at multiple Olympics from 1896 to 2024 inclusive
Exact number of Olympic appearances Minimum number of Olympic appearances
5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10
Men 491 115 28 11 2 1 648 157 42 14 3 1
Women 229 50 16 5 0 1 301 72 22 6 1 1
Total 720 165 44 16 2 2 949 229 64 20 4 2

This table shows the number of athletes who have appeared at exactly (or at least) n Olympic Games between 1896 and 2024, as n varies from 5 to 10. For example, 28 men have appeared at exactly seven Olympics while 42 men have appeared in 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. Italian 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.[5] 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. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Georgian sports shooter Nino Salukvadze competed in her 10th consecutive Olympic Games at age 55, becoming the first female athlete in history to do so.[6]

Four six-time Olympians here have participated in Olympic Games over a period of 40 years: Bahamian 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. Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina has competed at every Olympics from 1992-2020. She continues to compete at the elite level in her late 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 (7 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.

27 five-time Olympians have won at least eight medals: American swimmer Michael Phelps (28), Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen (15), German equestrian Isabell Werth (14), Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen (13), Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti (13), Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst (13), German kayaker Birgit Fischer (12), American swimmer Dara Torres (12), American track and field athlete Allyson Felix (11), Italian short track speed skater Arianna Fontana (11), Hungarian fencer Aladár Gerevich (10), Italian cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo (10), Finnish gymnast Heikki Savolainen (9), Jamaican-Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey (9), German speed skater Claudia Pechstein (9), Italian fencer Valentina Vezzali (9), Dutch equestrian Anky van Grunsven (9), German biathlete Uschi Disl (9), Romanian rower Elisabeta Oleniuc (8), German equestrian Reiner Klimke (8), Italian fencer Giovanna Trillini (8), French fencer Philippe Cattiau (8), Jamaican track and field athlete Veronica Campbell-Brown (8), Jamaican track and field athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (8), Russian diver Dmitri Sautin (8), Norwegian alpine skier Kjetil André Aamodt (8) and German biathlete Ricco Groß (8).

57 athletes who have competed in at least five Olympics participated in two sports: 23 of them competing at both the Winter and Summer Olympics, 21 competing at the Summer Olympics and 13 competing at the Winter Olympics. The most common cross-over sports are athletics/bobsleigh (8 competitors) and cycling/speed skating (3 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 Valbusa-Fulvio Valbusa and Manuela Di Centa-Giorgio Di Centa (sister-brother), Brazilian equestrians Nelson and Rodrigo Pessoa (father-son), Austrian lugers Markus and Tobias Schiegl (cousins), Latvian skeleton racers Martins Dukurs and Tomass Dukurs (brothers). 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

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So far, there have been 229 athletes who have appeared at Olympic Games at least six times. 67 of them have never won an Olympic medal. 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, Games of last appearance, date of birth.

App. Athlete Representing Birth/Death Games Period
(age of first/last)
Sport Tot.
10 Ian Millar  Canada 1947 1972–1976, 1984–2012 40 years (25/65) Equestrian 0 1 0 1
Nino Salukvadze  Soviet Union (1),  Unified Team (1) and  Georgia (8) 1969 1988–2024 36 years (19/55) Shooting 1 1 1 3
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 1 0 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) 1917–2018 1948–1972, 1988 40 years (31/71) Sailing 1 0 1 2
Paul Elvstrøm  Denmark 1928–2016 1948–1960, 1968–1972, 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
Noriaki Kasai / Japan 1972 1992–2018 26 years (19/45) Ski jumping 0 2 1 3
Andrew Hoy  Australia 1959 1984–2004, 2012, 2020 37 years (25/62) Equestrian 3 2 1 6
Jesús Ángel García Bragado  Spain 1969 1992–2020 29 years (22/51) Athletics 0 0 0 0
Oksana Chusovitina  Unified Team (1),  Uzbekistan (5) and  Germany (2) 1975 1992–2020 29 years (17/46) Gymnastics 1 1 0 2
Claudia Pechstein  Germany 1972 1992–2006, 2014–2022 30 years (19/49) Speed skating 5 2 2 9
Jaqueline Mourão  Brazil 1975 2004–2008, 2020 (S) + 2006–2022 (W)[7] 18 years (28/46) Biathlon (1), cross-country skiing (5) and cycling mountain bike (3) 0 0 0 0
Giovanni Pellielo  Italy 1972 1992–2016, 2024 32 years (22/54) Shooting 0 3 1 4
Rodrigo Pessoa  Brazil 1972 1992–2012, 2020-2024 32 years (19/52) Equestrian 1 0 2 3
7 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 1888–1965 1908–1912, 1920–1932, 1948 40 years (20/60) Fencing 0 1 0 1
François Lafortune, Jr  Belgium 1932–2020 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  United States 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)[7] 12 years (20/32) Speed skating (4) and track 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) Road cycling (1) and track cycling (7) 1 2 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 Demchenko  Unified Team (1) and  Russia (6) 1971 1992–2014 22 years (19/41) Luge 0 3 0 3
Mark Todd  New Zealand 1956 1984–1992, 2000, 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
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
Sergei Dolidovich // Belarus 1973 1994–2018 24 years (20/44) Cross-country skiing 0 0 0 0
Janne Ahonen  Finland 1977 1994–2018 24 years (16/40) Ski jumping 0 2 0 2
Santiago Lange  Argentina 1961 1988, 1996–2008, 2016–2020 33 years (27/59) Sailing 1 0 2 3
Abdullah Al-Rashidi  Kuwait (6) and  Independent Olympic Participants (1) 1963 1996–2020 25 years (33/58) Shooting 0 0 2 2
Phillip Dutton  Australia (3) and  United States (4) 1963 1996–2020 25 years (32/57) Equestrian 2 0 1 3
Mariya Grozdeva  Bulgaria 1972 1992–2012, 2020 29 years (20/49) Shooting 2 0 3 5
Isabell Werth  Germany 1969 1992–2000, 2008, 2016-2024 32 years (23/55) Equestrian 8 6 0 14
Carl Hester  United Kingdom 1967 1992, 2000–2004, 2012–2024 32 years (25/57) Equestrian 1 1 2 4
Robert Scheidt  Brazil 1973 1996–2020 25 years (23/48) Sailing 2 2 1 5
Olufunke Oshonaike  Nigeria 1975 1996–2020 25 years (21/46) Table tennis 0 0 0 0
Aida Mohamed  Hungary 1976 1996–2020 25 years (20/45) Fencing 0 0 0 0
Olaf Tufte  Norway 1976 1996–2020 25 years (20/45) Rowing 2 1 1 4
Formiga  Brazil 1978 1996–2020 25 years (18/43) Football 0 2 0 2
Otryadyn Gündegmaa  Mongolia 1978 1996–2020 25 years (18/43) Shooting 0 1 0 1
Taizo Sugitani / Japan 1976 1996–2016, 2024 28 years (20/48) Equestrian 0 0 0 0
Karin Donckers  Belgium 1971 1992, 2000–2016, 2024 32 years (21/53) Equestrian 0 0 0 0
Simon Ammann  Switzerland 1981 1998–2022 24 years (16/40) Ski jumping 4 0 0 4
Timo Boll  Germany 1981 2000–2024 24 years (19/43) Table tennis 0 2 2 4
Teresa Portela  Spain 1982 2000–2024 24 years (18/42) Canoeing 0 1 0 1
Mélina Robert-Michon  France 1979 2000–2024 24 years (21/45) Athletics 0 1 0 1
Leuris Pupo  Cuba 1977 2000–2024 24 years (23/47) Shooting 1 1 0 2
6 Edgar Seligman  United Kingdom 1867–1958 1908–1912, 1920–1932 20 years (23/43) Art competitions (2) and fencing (4) 0 2 0 2
Magnus Konow  Norway 1887–1972 1908–1912, 1920, 1928, 1936–1948 40 years (21/61) Sailing 2 1 0 3
Norman Armitage / United States 1907–1972 1928–1956 28 years (21/49) Fencing 0 0 1 1
Aladár Gerevich  Kingdom of Hungary (2),  Hungarian Republic (1) and  Hungarian People's Republic (3) 1910–1991 1932–1960 28 years (22/50) Fencing 7 1 2 10
Janice York Romary // United States 1927–2007 1948–1968 20 years (19/39) Fencing 0 0 0 0
Lia Manoliu  Socialist Republic of 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  United Team of Germany (3) and  West Germany (3) 1926–2018 1956–1976 20 years (20/40) Equestrian 5 1 1 7
William McMillan / United States 1929–2000 1952, 1960–1976 20 years (27/47) Shooting 1 0 0 1
Adam Smelczyński  Poland 1930–2021 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  United States 1932–2016 1956–1976 20 years (24/44) Equestrian 0 2 0 2
Carl-Erik Eriksson  Sweden 1930-2023 1964–1984 20 years (34/54) Bobsleigh 0 0 0 0
Jim Elder / Canada 1934 1956–1960, 1968–1976, 1984 28 years (22/50) Equestrian 1 0 1 2
Hans Fogh  Denmark (4) and  Canada (2) 1938–2014 1960–1976, 1984 24 years (22/46) Sailing 0 1 1 2
Reiner Klimke  United Team of 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, 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/ Spain/ 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 (1976) /  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) + 1988 (W)[7] 20 years (34/54) Bobsleigh (1) and sailing (5) 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, 1996–2000 28 years (25/53) Equestrian 1 3 1 5
Nonka Matova / Bulgaria 1954 1976–1980, 1988–2000 24 years (22/46) Shooting 0 1 0 1
Jochen Schümann  East Germany (3) and  Germany (3) 1954 1976–1980, 1988–2000 24 years (22/46) Sailing 3 1 0 4
Juan Giha, Jr.  Peru 1955 1980–2000 20 years (25/45) Shooting 0 1 0 1
Philippe Boccara  France (4) and  United States (2) 1959 1980–2000 20 years (21/41) Canoeing 0 0 1 1
Manuel Estiarte  Spain/ Spain 1961 1980–2000 20 years (18/38) Water polo 1 1 0 2
Angelo Mazzoni  Italy 1961 1980–2000 20 years (19/39) Fencing 2 0 1 3
Terry McHugh  Ireland 1963 1988–2000 (S) + 1992, 1998 (W)[7] 12 years (25/37) Athletics (4) and bobsleigh (2) 0 0 0 0
Michael Dixon  Great Britain 1962 1984–2002 18 years (22/40) Biathlon (5) and cross-country skiing (1) 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 3
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  United States 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  Socialist Republic of Romania (2) and  Romania (4) 1963 1984–2004 20 years (20/40) Shooting 1 0 1 2
Elisabeta Oleniuc Lipă  Socialist Republic of Romania (2) and  Romania (4) 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
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) Biathlon (5) and cross-country skiing (1) 2 3 1 6
Gerda Weissensteiner  Italy 1969 1988–2006 18 years (19/37) Bobsleigh (2) and luge (4) 1 0 1 2[8]
Wilfried Huber  Italy 1970 1988–2006 18 years (17/35) Luge 1 0 0 1
Kateřina Neumannová  Czechoslovakia (1) and  Czech Republic (5) 1973 1992–2006 (W) + 1996 (S)[7] 14 years (18/32) Cross-country skiing (5) and cycling mountain bike (1) 1 4 1 6
Susan Nattrass  Canada 1950 1976, 1988–1992, 2000–2008 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) Track 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  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
Marco Büchel  Liechtenstein 1971 1992–2010 18 years (20/38) Alpine skiing 0 0 0 0
Andrus Veerpalu  Estonia 1971 1992–2010 18 years (21/39) Cross-country skiing 2 1 0 3
Anna Orlova  Latvia 1972 1992–2010 18 years (19/37) Luge 0 0 0 0
Evgeniya Radanova  Bulgaria 1977 1994–2010 (W) + 2004 (S)[7] 16 years (16/32) Speed skating (5) and track cycling (1) 0 2 1 3
Guillermo Alfredo Torres  Cuba 1959 1980, 1992–2004, 2012 32 years (21/53) Shooting 0 0 0 0
Mary Thomson-King  United Kingdom 1961 1992–2012 20 years (31/51) Equestrian 0 2 1 3
Andrew Nicholson  New Zealand 1961 1984, 1992–1996, 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
Thomas Farnik  Austria 1967 1992–2012 20 years (25/45) Shooting 0 0 0 0
Sergey Martynov  Soviet Union (1) and / Belarus (5) 1968 1988, 1996–2012 24 years (20/42) Shooting 1 0 2 3
Štěpánka Hilgertová  Czechoslovakia (1) and  Czech Republic (5) 1968 1992–2012 20 years (24/44) Canoeing 2 0 0 2
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
Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu  Romania 1971 1992–2012 20 years (20/40) Athletics 0 0 0 0
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
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
Iztok Čop  Slovenia 1972 1992–2012 20 years (20/40) Rowing 1 1 2 4
Clara Hughes  Canada 1972 1996–2000, 2012 (S) + 2002–2010 (W)[7] 16 years (22/38) Road cycling (3) and speed skating (3) 1 1 4 6
Stuart O'Grady  Australia 1973 1992–2012 20 years (19/39) Road cycling (4) and track cycling (4) 1 1 2 4
Franck Dumoulin  France 1973 1992–2012 20 years (19/39) Shooting 1 0 0 1
Yordan Yovchev  Bulgaria 1973 1992–2012 20 years (19/39) Gymnastics 0 1 3 4
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
Kanstantsin Lukashyk  Unified Team (1) and / Belarus (5) 1975 1992–2012 20 years (16/36) Shooting 1 0 0 1
Derya Büyükuncu  Turkey 1976 1992–2012 20 years (16/36) Swimming 0 0 0 0
Hubertus Von Hohenlohe  Mexico 1959 1984–1994, 2010–2014 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
Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway 1974 1994–2014 20 years (20/40) Biathlon (6) and cross-country skiing (1) 8 4 1 13
Armin Zöggeler  Italy 1974 1994–2014 20 years (20/40) Luge 2 1 3 6
Todd Lodwick  United States 1976 1994–2014 20 years (17/37) Nordic combined 0 1 0 1
Mario Stecher  Austria 1977 1994–2014 20 years (16/36) Nordic combined 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)[7] 16 years (19/35) Ice hockey (5) and softball (1) 4 1 0 5
John Whitaker  United Kingdom 1955 1984, 1992–2000, 2008, 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
Fehaid Al-Deehani  Kuwait 1966 1992–2004, 2012–2016 24 years (25/59) Shooting 1 0 2 3
Emil Milev  Bulgaria (4) and  United States (2) 1968 1992–2004, 2012–2016 24 years (24/48) Shooting 0 1 0 1
Nasser Al-Attiyah  Qatar 1970 1996–2016 20 years (25/45) Shooting 0 0 1 1
Stevan Pletikosić  Independent Olympic Participants (1),  Serbia and Montenegro (3) and  Serbia (2) 1972 1992–2008, 2016 24 years (20/44) Shooting 0 0 1 1
Daniel Nestor  Canada 1972 1996–2016 20 years (23/43) Tennis 1 0 0 1
Sergey Tetyukhin  Russia 1975 1996–2016 20 years (20/40) Volleyball 1 1 2 4
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
Maksym Oberemko  Ukraine (5) and  Russia (1) 1978 1996–2016 20 years (18/38) Sailing 0 0 0 0
Kim Rhode  United States 1979 1996–2016 20 years (17/37) Shooting 3 1 2 6
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  Sweden 1962 1996, 2004-2016, 2024 28 years (34/62) Equestrian 0 2 0 2
Ramzy Al-Duhami  Saudi Arabia 1972 1996-2012, 2024 28 years (24/52) Equestrian 0 0 1 1
Steffen Peters  United States 1964 1996–2024 28 years (31/59) Equestrian 0 1 2 3
Jasey-Jay Anderson  Canada 1975 1998–2018 20 years (23/43) Snowboarding 1 0 0 1
Hannu Manninen  Finland 1978 1994–2010, 2018 24 years (15/39) Cross-country skiing (1) and nordic combined (6) 1 1 1 3
Éva Tófalvi  Romania 1978 1998–2018 20 years (20/40) Biathlon 0 0 0 0
Alla Tsuper  Ukraine (1) and / Belarus (5) 1979 1998–2018 20 years (18/38) Freestyle skiing 1 0 0 1
Shiva Keshavan  India (5) and  Independent Olympic Participants (1) 1981 1998–2018 20 years (16/36) Luge 0 0 0 0
Choi Heung-chul / South Korea 1981 1998–2018 20 years (16/36) Ski jumping 0 0 0 0
Choi Seou / South Korea 1982 1998–2018 20 years (15/35) Ski jumping 0 0 0 0
Kim Hyun-ki / South Korea 1983 1998–2018 20 years (14/34) Ski jumping 0 0 0 0
Mary Hanna  Australia 1954 1996–2004, 2012–2020 25 years (42/67) Equestrian 0 0 0 0
Jian Fang Lay  Australia 1973 2000–2020 21 years (27/48) Table tennis 0 0 0 0
Evangelia Psarra  Greece 1974 2000–2020 21 years (26/47) Archery 0 0 0 0
David Kostelecký  Czech Republic 1975 1996–2000, 2008–2020 25 years (21/46) Shooting 1 1 0 2
Aleksey Alipov  Russia (5) and ROC (1) 1975 2000–2020 21 years (25/46) Shooting 1 0 1 2
Marco de Nicolo  Italy 1976 2000–2020 21 years (23/44) Shooting 0 0 0 0
Tatiana Drozdovskaya / Belarus 1978 2000–2020 21 years (21/42) Sailing 0 0 0 0
Ken Terauchi / Japan 1980 1996–2008, 2016–2020 25 years (15/40) Diving 0 0 0 0
Fernanda Oliveira  Brazil 1980 2000–2020 21 years (19/40) Sailing 0 0 1 1
Viktoria Chaika / Belarus 1980 2000–2020 21 years (19/40) Shooting 0 0 0 0
Ronald Rauhe  Germany 1981 2000–2020 21 years (19/40) Canoeing 2 1 2 5
Erik Vlček  Slovakia 1981 2000–2020 21 years (18/39) Canoeing 0 2 2 4
Liu Jia  Austria 1982 2000–2020 21 years (18/39) Table tennis 0 0 0 0
Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1984 2000–2020 21 years (16/37) Marathon swimming (2) and swimming (5) 2 0 1 3
Ni Xialian  Luxembourg 1963 2000, 2008–2024 24 years (37/61) Table tennis 0 0 0 0
Sarah Schleper  United States (4) and  Mexico (2) 1979 1998–2010, 2018–2022 24 years (19/43) Alpine skiing 0 0 0 0
Roland Fischnaller  Italy 1980 2002–2022 20 years (22/42) Snowboarding 0 0 0 0
Lee Chae-won / South Korea 1981 2002–2022 20 years (21/41) Cross-country skiing 0 0 0 0
Tomoka Takeuchi  Japan 1983 2002–2022 20 years (19/39) Snowboarding 0 1 0 1
Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od  Mongolia 1981 2004–2024 20 years (22/42) Athletics 0 0 0 0
Chuang Chih-yuan  Chinese Taipei 1981 2004–2024 20 years (23/43) Table tennis 0 0 0 0
Tõnu Endrekson  Estonia 1979 2004–2024 20 years (25/45) Table tennis 0 1 1 2
Rudy Fernández  Spain 1985 2004–2024 20 years (19/39) Basketball 0 2 1 3
Panagiotis Gionis  Greece 1980 2004–2024 20 years (24/44) Table tennis 0 0 0 0
Steve Guerdat  Switzerland 1982 2004–2024 20 years (22/42) Equestrian 1 1 1 3
Pablo Herrera Allepuz  Spain 1982 2004–2024 20 years (22/42) Beach volleyball 0 0 0 0
Nikola Karabatić  France 1984 2004–2024 20 years (20/40) Handball 3 1 0 4
Kristel Köbrich  Chile 1985 2004–2024 20 years (18/38) Swimming 0 0 0 0
Olena Kostevych  Ukraine 1985 2004–2024 20 years (19/39) Shooting 1 0 3 4
Mijaín López Núñez  Cuba 1982 2004–2024 20 years (21/41) Wrestling 5 0 0 5
Marta  Brazil 1986 2004–2024 20 years (18/38) Football 0 3 0 3
Takaharu Furukawa  Japan 1984 2004–2024 20 years (20/39) Archery 0 1 2 3
Diana Taurasi  United States 1982 2004–2024 20 years (22/42) Basketball 6 0 0 6

Athletes with at least five Olympic appearances

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949 athletes have competed in at least five Olympic Games (958 if the 1906 Games are counted) between 1896 and 2024 inclusive. They are listed here, grouped by discipline. The columns labelled 'N+' denote the number of athletes who have competed in at least N Olympics. The number of male and female athletes who have competed in 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.

Discipline 5+ M F 6+ 7+ Athletes
Shooting 132 108 24 47 13 10: Nino Salukvadze, 9: Afanasijs Kuzmins, 8: Francisco Boza, Rajmond Debevec, Giovanni Pellielo, 7: Mariya Grozdeva, François Lafortune, Jr, Otryadyn Gündegmaa, Leuris Pupo, Abdullah Al-Rashidi, Ralf Schumann, Jasna Šekarić, Ragnar Skanåker, 6: Aleksey Alipov, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Sorin Babii, Andrea Benelli, Viktoria Chaika, Marco de Nicolo, Fehaid Al-Deehani, Michael Diamond, Fabienne Diato-Pasetti, Mönkhbayar Dorjsurengiin, Franck Dumoulin, Thomas Farnik, Juan Giha, Jr., Juha Hirvi, Agathi Kassoumi, Tanyu Kiryakov, David Kostelecký, Olena Kostevych, Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Russell Mark, Sergey Martynov, Nonka Matova, William McMillan, Emil Milev, Susan Nattrass, Stevan Pletikošić, John Primrose, Kim Rhode, Adam Smelczyński, Harald Stenvaag, Eric Swinkels, Guillermo Torres, Wang Yifu, Lalita Yauhleuskaya, 5: Hans Aasnæs, Georgios Achilleos, Alister Allan, Jean-Pierre Amat, Danka Barteková, Abhinav Bindra, Gilmour Boa, Gabriele Bühlmann, Derek Burnett, Chiara Cainero, Danilo Caro, João Costa, Eglis Yaima Cruz, Svetlana Demina, Dencho Denev, Yusuf Dikeç, Hennie Dompeling, Maik Eckhardt, Glenn Eller, Ennio Falco, Richard Faulds, Nedžad Fazlija, María del Pilar Fernández Julián, Martin Gison, Jozef Gönci, Jorge González, Torben Grimmel, Durval Guimarães, Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, Vincent Hancock, Mostafa Hamdy, Andrei Inešin, Vladimir Isakov, Harald Jensen, Jin Jong-oh, Artyom Khadjibekov, Mohamed Khorshed, Boris Kokorev, Sergei Kovalenko, Szilárd Kun, Jacques Lafortune, Lee Eun-chul, Lin Yi-chun, Pentti Linnosvuo, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Goran Maksimović, Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Anton Manolov, Michael Maskell, John McNally, Damir Mikec, Nemanja Mirosavljev, Saeed Al-Mutairi, Yukie Nakayama, Sonja Pfeilschifter, Warren Potent, Tanyaporn Prucksakorn, Iulian Raicea, João Rebelo, Christian Reitz, Daniel Repacholi, Firmo Roberti, Ralph Rodríguez, Francisco Romero Arribas, Galliano Rossini, Nicolae Rotaru, Peter Rull, Sr., Ricardo Rusticucci, Juan Seguí, Péter Sidi, Karni Singh, Randhir Singh, Attila Solti, Tan Zongliang, Alexandros Theophilakis, Ioannis Theofilakis, Joan Tomàs, Torsten Ullman, Eladio Vallduvi, Paul Van Asbroeck, Wolfram Waibel, Sr., Axel Wegner, Tao-Yan Wu, Vilho Ylönen, Józef Zapędzki
Athletics 100 49 51 11 3 8: Jesús Ángel García Bragado, 7: Merlene Ottey, Mélina Robert-Michon, 6: Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od, Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu, Lia Manoliu, Terry McHugh, Maria Mutola, João N'Tyamba, Tessa Sanderson, Dragutin Topić, 5: Abdihakem Abdirahman, Amy Acuff, Valerie Kasanita Adams, Virgilijus Alekna, Christine Amertil, Eşref Apak, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Toni Bernadó, Tim Berrett, Gilbert Bessi, Sabine Braun, Chris Brown, Ana Cabecinha, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Frank Casañas, Kim Collins, Willie Davenport, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Giovanni De Benedictis, Gail Devers-Roberts, Fabrizio Donato, Jackie Edwards, Laverne Eve, Susana Feitor, Allyson Felix, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Olga Fikotová, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sébastien Gattuso, Glenroy Gilbert, Vladimir Golubnichy, Gong Lijiao, András Haklits, Rob Heffernan, Liu Hong, Max Houben, Olivera Jevtić, Helalia Johannes, Eliud Kipchoge, Bernard Lagat, Ivet Lalova-Collio, Li Ling, John Ljunggren, Chris Maddocks, Zalina Marghieva, Paul Martin, Churandy Martina, Fiona May, Fionnuala McCormack, Pietro Mennea, Mathias Ntawulikura, Alex Oakley, Érika Olivera, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Abdon Pamich, Alexandros Papadimitriou, Jo Pavey, Jefferson Pérez, Fernanda Ribeiro, Sandie Richards, Carlos Sala, Martin Schützenauer, Natalia Semenova, Janusz Sidło, Lidia Șimon, Trine Solberg-Hattestad, Ivana Španović, Barbora Špotáková, Chandra Sturrup, Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein, Aleksander Tammert, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Donald Thomas, Dragana Tomašević, Matej Tóth, Ivan Tsikhan, María Vasco, João Vieira, Urs von Wartburg, Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová, Letitia Vriesde, Nick Willis, Willye White, Anita Włodarczyk, Irina Yatchenko, Jan Železný, Szymon Ziółkowski, Branko Zorko, Ellina Zvereva
Equestrian 76 58 18 35 17 10: Ian Millar, 8: Piero d'Inzeo, Raimondo d'Inzeo, Andrew Hoy, Rodrigo Pessoa, 7: Ludger Beerbaum, Karin Donckers, Phillip Dutton, Anky van Grunsven, Carl Hester, Jos Lansink, Michael Plumb, Nick Skelton, Taizo Sugitani, Mark Todd, Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén, Isabell Werth, 6: Luis Álvarez, Frank Chapot, Robert Dover, Ramzy Al-Duhami, Jim Elder, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, Steve Guerdat, Mary Hanna, Christilot Hanson-Boylen, Reiner Klimke, Kyra Kyrklund, Andrew Nicholson, Steffen Peters, Hugo Simon, Christine Stückelberger, Mary Thomson-King, John Whitaker, Hans Günter Winkler, 5: Linda Algotsson, Alessandro Argenton, Kamal Bahamdan, David Bárcena Ríos, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, David Broome, Henrique Callado, Henri Chammartin, Carlos D'Elia, Dominique d'Esmé, Bruce Davidson, Peter Eriksson, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Gustav Fischer, William Fox-Pitt, Peder Fredricson, Markus Fuchs, Bruce Goodin, Nils Haagensen, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, André Jousseaumé, Ivan Kalita, Ingrid Klimke, José Maria Larocca, Bengt Ljungquist, Ben Maher, Graziano Mancinelli, Victoria Max-Theurer, Álvaro de Miranda Neto, Karen O'Connor, Nelson Pessoa, Bill Roycroft, Henri Saint Cyr, Ian Stark, Bill Steinkraus, Edwina Tops-Alexander, Manuel Torres, Anne van Olst, Yoshiaki Oiwa, McLain Ward, Michael Whitaker
Sailing 65 60 5 19 6 9: Hubert Raudaschl, 8: Paul Elvstrøm, Durward Knowles, 7: Santiago Lange, João Rodrigues, Robert Scheidt, 6: Colin Beashel, Anastasios Bountouris, Tatiana Drozdovskaya, Hans Fogh, John Foster, Sr, Áron Gádorfalvi, Torben Grael, Magnus Konow, Fredrik Lööf, Maksim Oberemko, Fernanda Oliveira, Jochen Schümann, Alessandra Sensini, 5: Ben Ainslie, Duarte Manuel Bello, Jean-Baptiste Bernaz, William Berntsen, Andreas Cariolou, Reinaldo Conrad, Anton Dahlberg, Nick Dempsey, José Doreste, Carlos Espínola, Šime Fantela, Enrique Figueroa, Juan de la Fuente, Roland Gäbler, Mike Gebhardt, Nikola Girke, Tore Holm, Allan Julie, Nikos Kaklamanakis, Barbara Kendall, Pavlos Kontides, Andreas Kosmatopoulos, Willi Kuhweide, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Jacques Baptiste Lebrun, Gustavo Lima, Ross MacDonald, Juan Ignacio Maegli, Michal Maier, Stuart McNay, Konstantin Melgunov, David Mier, Mark Neeleman, Aimilios Papathanasiou, Tony Philp, Timir Pinegin, Xavier Rohart, Jorge Alberto Salas Chávez, Ricardo Santos, Fyodor Shutkov, Roberto Sieburger, Hans Spitzauer, Agostino Straulino, Peter Tallberg, David Wilkins, Vasilij Zbogar
Fencing 50 35 15 10 3 7: Aida Mohamed, Ivan Osiier, Kerstin Palm, 6: Norman Armitage, Aladár Gerevich, Bill Hoskyns, Angelo Mazzoni, Jerzy Pawłowski, Janice Romary, Edgar Seligman, 5: Albie Axelrod, Andrea Cassarà, Philippe Cattiau, Arie de Jong, Laura Flessel-Colovic, Antonio García, Martin Holt, Géza Imre, Allan Jay, Peter Joppich, Jenő Kamuti, Olga Kharlan, Pavel Kolobkov, Iván Kovács, Pál Kovács, Jacques Lefèvre, Bengt Ljungquist, Tatiana Logunova, Peter Macken, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Gerek Meinhardt, Aldo Montano, Robert Montgomerie, Ellen Müller-Preis, Olga Orban-Szabo, Erwann Le Péchoux, Ana Maria Popescu, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Ildikó Rejtő, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Áron Szilágyi, Luigi Tarantino, Léon Tom, Giovanna Trillini, Valentina Vezzali, Joachim Wendt, Peter Westbrook, Ye Chong, Mariel Zagunis, Margherita Zalaffi
Cross-country skiing 48 29 19 12 2 8: Jaqueline Mourao, 7: Sergei Dolidovich, 6: Jochen Behle, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Michael Dixon, Harri Kirvesniemi, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, Lee Chae-won, Hannu Manninen, Kateřina Neumannová, Sergei Tchepikov, Andrus Veerpalu, 5: Martin Bajčičák, Ivan Bátory, Lukáš Bauer, Stefania Belmondo, Marit Bjørgen, Oddvar Brå, Maurilio De Zolt, Giorgio Di Centa, Manuela Di Centa, Aleksander Grajf, Juan Jesús Gutiérrez, Markus Hasler, Arturo Kinch, Jaak Mae, Jiří Magál, Oļegs Maļuhins, Masako Ishida, Torgny Mogren, Kateřina Nash, Gabriella Paruzzi, Gianfranco Polvara, Alena Procházková, Alexey Prokurorov, Kikkan Randall, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Valentyna Shevchenko, Raisa Smetanina, Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Alois Stadlober, Indrek Tobreluts, Athanassios Tsakiris, Fulvio Valbusa, Sabina Valbusa, Giorgio Vanzetta, Yelena Volodina-Antonova, Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová
Rowing 41 29 12 10 3 8: Lesley Thompson, 7: Ekaterina Khodatovich-Karsten, Olaf Tufte, 6: Václav Chalupa, Iztok Čop, Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson, Elisabeta Oleniuc Lipă, Jiří Pták, James Tomkins, 5: Jack Beresford, Kathrin Boron, Mikołaj Burda, Daisaku Takeda, Rumyana Dzhadzharova-Neykova, Eskild Ebbesen, Anthony Edwards, Rossano Galtarossa, Elena Georgescu-Nedelcu, Katherine Grainger, Marcel Hacker, Frances Houghton, Doina Ignat, Pertti Karppinen, Marek Kolbowicz, Adam Korol, Raffaello Leonardo, Yuriy Lorentsson, Aleksandr Lukyanov, Oleh Lykov, Mike McKay, Constanţa Pipotă-Burcică, Allar Raja, Steve Redgrave, Nico Rienks, Alessio Sartori, Diederik Simon, Luka Špik, Viorica Susanu, Emma Twigg, Simone Venier
Table tennis 38 23 15 13 6 7: Timo Boll, Olufunke Oshonaike, Jörgen Persson, Zoran Primorac, Jean-Michel Saive, Segun Toriola, 6: Chuang Chih-yuan, Panagiotis Gionis, Hugo Hoyama, Jian Fang Lay, Liu Jia, Ni Xialian, Vladimir Samsonov, 5: Tiago Apolónia, Csilla Bátorfi, Patrick Chila, Adrian Crișan, Offiong Edem, Marcos Freitas, Andrej Gaćina, Bose Kaffo, Sharath Kamal, Aleksandar Karakašević, Nanthana Komwong, Petr Korbel, Kalinikos Kreanga, Ilija Lupulesku, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Viktoria Pavlovich, Georgina Póta, Fabiola Ramos, Jörg Roßkopf, Elizabeta Samara, Elke Schall, Werner Schlager, Krisztina Tóth, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mo Zhang
Canoeing 38 25 13 7 1 8: Josefa Idem-Guerrini, 7: Teresa Portela, 6: Philippe Boccara, Birgit Fischer, Štěpánka Hilgertová, Ronald Rauhe, Erik Vlček, 5: Agneta Andersson, Beniamino Bonomi, Grayson Bourne, Caroline Brunet, Maialen Chourraut, Saúl Craviotto, Natasa Dusev-Janics, Ian Ferguson, David Ford, Cristina Giai Pron, Dennis Green, Luuka Jones, Zoltán Kammerer, Peter Kauzer, Aneta Konieczna, Martin Marinov, Michal Martikán, Helmut Oblinger, Anna Olsson, Markus Oscarsson, Inna Osypenko-Radomska, Ivan Patzaichin, Adrian Powell, Teresa Portela, Clint Robinson, Antonio Rossi, Emanuel Silva, Michał Śliwiński, Takuya Haneda, Andrew Train, Stephen Train
Swimming 32 14 18 5 0 6: Therese Alshammar, Derya Büyükuncu,[9] Lars Frölander,[9] Kristel Köbrich, Oussama Mellouli, 5: Alia Atkinson, Cecilia Biagioli, George Bovell, Kirsty Coventry, László Cseh, João Gonçalves Filho, Mark Foster, Spyros Gianniotis,[10] Katinka Hosszú, Mette Jacobsen, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Paweł Korzeniowski, Peter Mankoč, Martina Moravcová, Jeanette Ottesen, María Peláez, Federica Pellegrini,[11] Michael Phelps, Carl Probert, Paul Radmilovic, Rogério Romero, Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Alison Sheppard, Sarah Sjöström, Dara Torres, Evelyn Verrasztó, Nina Zhivanevskaya
Bobsleigh 26 24 2 4 0 6: Carl-Erik Eriksson, John Foster, Sr, Terry McHugh, Gerda Weissensteiner, 5: Gilbert Bessi, Edson Bindilatti, Jorge Bonnet, Lascelles Brown, Willie Davenport, Susi Erdmann, Sébastien Gattuso, Glenroy Gilbert, Prince Albert II of Monaco, András Haklits, Max Houben, Jan Kobián, Dawid Kupczyk, Kevin Kuske, Pierre Lueders, Bruno Mingeon, Bogdan Musioł, Martin Schützenauer, Brian Shimer, Hiroshi Suzuki, Léon Tom, Alexandr Zubkov
Luge 25 19 6 8 1 7: Albert Demchenko, 6: Georg Hackl, Wilfried Huber, Shiva Keshavan, Anna Orlova, Markus Prock, Gerda Weissensteiner, Armin Zöggeler, 5: Anne Abernathy, Sergey Danilin, Susi Erdmann, Mark Grimmette, Oswald Haselrieder, Paul Hildgartner, Mária Jasenčáková, Jozef Ninis, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Hansjörg Raffl, Mārtiņš Rubenis, Markus Schiegl, Tobias Schiegl, Andris Šics, Juris Šics, Natalya Yakuchenko, Alexandr Zubkov
Biathlon 24 17 7 7 1 8: Jaqueline Mourao, 6: Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Ilmārs Bricis, Michael Dixon, Alfred Eder, Sergei Tchepikov, Éva Tófalvi, 5: Andriy Deryzemlya, Uschi Disl, Aleksander Grajf, Ludwig Gredler, Ricco Groß, Halvard Hanevold, Martina Jašicová-Halinárová, Roland Lessing, Oļegs Maļuhins, Janez Ožbolt, Wilfried Pallhuber, Diana Rasimovičiūtė, Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen, Valentyna Semerenko, Tomasz Sikora, Indrek Tobreluts,[12] Athanassios Tsakiris
Speed skating 22 9 13 6 2 8: Claudia Pechstein, 7: Seiko Hashimoto, 6: Colin Coates, Clara Hughes, Emese Hunyady, Lee Kyou-hyuk, 5: Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Jan Bos, Edel Therese Høiseth, Bob de Jong, Sven Kramer, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Tomomi Okazaki, Monika Pflug, Rintje Ritsma, Martina Sáblíková, Örjan Sandler, Roberto Sighel, Maki Tabata, Bart Veldkamp, Chris Witty, Ireen Wüst
Track cycling 22 13 9 5 2 7: Seiko Hashimoto, Jeannie Longo, 6: Juan Curuchet, Stuart O'Grady, Evgenia Radanova, 5: Judith Arndt, Azizulhasni Awang, Jan Bos, Greg Henderson, Shane Kelly, Roger Kluge, Simona Krupeckaitė, Daniela Larreal, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Alexei Markov, Walter Pérez, Bruno Risi, Franz Stocher, Marianne Vos, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Witty, Wong Kam-po
Water polo 21 21 0 1 0 6: Manuel Estiarte, 5: Georgios Afroudakis, Tony Azevedo, Tibor Benedek, Gianni De Magistris, Pietro Figlioli, Xavier García, Salvador Gómez, João Gonçalves Filho, Dezső Gyarmati, Igor Hinić, Maro Joković, Tamás Kásás, George Mavrotas, Felipe Perrone, Paul Radmilovic, Jesús Rollán, Jordi Sans, Jesse Smith, Stefano Tempesti, Dénes Varga
Alpine skiing 19 15 4 3 0 6: Marco Büchel, Hubertus von Hohenlohe, Sarah Schleper, 5: Kjetil André Aamodt, Paul Accola, Graham Bell, Martina Ertl-Renz, Kristian Ghedina, Hur Seung-Wook, Kjetil Jansrud, Patrik Järbyn, Aleksandr Khoroshilov, Arturo Kinch, Lasse Kjus, Bode Miller, Fredrik Nyberg, Tanja Poutiainen, Casey Puckett, María José Rienda
Ice hockey 18 13 5 3 0 6: Raimo Helminen, Teemu Selänne, Hayley Wickenheiser, 5: Daniel Alfredsson, Andres Ambühl, Nicole Bullo, Pavel Datsyuk, Jayna Hefford, Dieter Hegen, Jaromír Jágr, Udo Kiessling, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jere Lehtinen, Denis Perez, Karoliina Rantamäki, Emma Terho, Petter Thoresen, Kimmo Timonen
Archery 14 9 5 5 0 6: Ilario Di Buò, Evangelia Psarra, Takaharu Furukawa, Natalia Valeeva, Alison Williamson, 5: Brady Ellison, Simon Fairweather, Giancarlo Ferrari, Naomi Folkard, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Butch Johnson, Khatuna Lorig, Mauro Nespoli, Tomi Poikolainen
Basketball 14 9 5 2 0 6: Rudy Fernández, Diana Taurasi, 5: Sue Bird, Teófilo Cruz, Teresa Edwards, Pau Gasol, Andrew Gaze, Joe Ingles, Lauren Jackson, Patty Mills, Juan Carlos Navarro, Adriana Moisés Pinto, Oscar Schmidt, Luis Scola
Tennis 14 9 5 2 1 7: Leander Paes, 6: Daniel Nestor, 5: Mahesh Bhupathi, Novak Djokovic, Sara Errani, Mark Knowles, Lu Yen-hsun, Max Mirnyi, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Samantha Stosur, Elena Vesnina, Venus Williams
Road cycling 13 7 6 3 1 7: Jeannie Longo, 6: Clara Hughes, Stuart O'Grady, 5: Judith Arndt, Roberta Bonanomi, Murilo Fischer, Greg Henderson, George Hincapie, Alejandro Valverde, Marianne Vos, Bradley Wiggins, Wong Kam-po, Trixi Worrack
Volleyball 13 6 7 2 0 6: Yevgeniya Artamonova, Sergey Tetyukhin, 5: Fofão, Andrea Giani, Maurício Lima, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Reinder Nummerdor, Maja Ognjenović, Bruno Rezende, Richard Schuil, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Lyubov Sokolova, Kerri Walsh Jennings
Handball 11 5 6 1 0 6: Nikola Karabatić, 5: Natália Bernardo, Azenaide Carlos, Michaël Guigou, Mikkel Hansen, Andrey Lavrov, Katrine Lunde, Oh Seong-Ok, Oh Yong-ran, Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez, Yoon Kyung-shin
Freestyle skiing 10 6 4 1 0 6: Alla Tsuper, 5: Oleksandr Abramenko, Dmitri Dashinski, Aleksei Grishin, Janne Lahtela, Lydia Lassila, Casey Puckett, Dmitriy Reiherd, Tae Satoya, Aiko Uemura
Wrestling 10 9 1 1 0 6: Mijaín López Núñez, 5: Cris Brown, Wilfried Dietrich, Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh, Rıza Kayaalp, Czesław Kwieciński, George MacKenzie, Mariya Stadnik, Mario Tovar González, Ryszard Wolny
Diving 10 5 5 1 0 6: Ken Terauchi, 5: Franco Cagnotto, Tania Cagnotto, Tom Daley, Leong Mun Yee, Anna Lindberg, Dmitry Sautin, Niki Stajković, Juliana Veloso, Melissa Wu
Judo 9 3 6 0 0 5: Mayra Aguiar, Jorge Bonnet, Driulys González, Telma Monteiro, Idalys Ortiz, Mária Pekli, Teddy Riner, Ryoko Tamura-Tani, Robert Van de Walle
Nordic combined 8 8 0 3 0 6: Todd Lodwick, Hannu Manninen, Mario Stecher, 5: Christoph Bieler, Bill Demong, Felix Gottwald, Alessandro Pittin, Akito Watabe
Snowboarding 8 4 4 3 0 6: Jasey-Jay Anderson, Roland Fischnaller, Tomoka Takeuchi, 5: Queralt Castellet, Kelly Clark, Lindsey Jacobellis, Andreas Prommegger, Shaun White
Ski jumping 8 8 0 6 3 8: Noriaki Kasai, 7: Janne Ahonen, Simon Ammann, 6: Choi Heung-chul, Choi Seou, Kim Hyun-ki, 5: Masahiko Harada, Kamil Stoch
Cycling mountain bike 8 3 5 2 1 8: Jaqueline Mourao, 6: Kateřina Neumannová, 5: Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå, Manuel Fumic, José Antonio Hermida, Kateřina Nash, Nino Schurter, Sabine Spitz
Gymnastics 7 4 3 2 1 8: Oksana Chusovitina, 6: Yordan Yovchev, 5: Marian Drăgulescu, Daniele Hypólito, Ekaterina Khilko, Heikki Savolainen, Josy Stoffel
Beach volleyball 7 4 3 1 0 6: Pablo Herrera Allepuz, 5: Natalie Cook, Laura Ludwig, Reinder Nummerdor, Emanuel Rego, Richard Schuil, Kerri Walsh Jennings
Weightlifting 7 4 3 0 0 5: Alexandra Escobar, Imre Földi, Eko Yuli Irawan, Hiromi Miyake, Ingo Steinhöfel, Dika Toua, Ronny Weller
Short track speed skating 4 2 2 1 0 6: Evgenia Radanova, 5: Yuri Confortola, Arianna Fontana, Charles Hamelin
Figure skating 4 2 2 0 0 5: Margarita Drobiazko, Aljona Savchenko, Povilas Vanagas, Zhang Hao
Field hockey 4 3 1 0 0 5: David Alegre, Pol Amat, Natascha Keller, Teun de Nooijer
Marathon swimming 4 2 2 2 0 6: Kristel Köbrich, Oussama Mellouli, 5: Cecilia Biagioli, Spyros Gianniotis
Badminton 4 4 0 0 0 5: Pablo Abián, Kevin Cordón, Robert Mateusiak, Boonsak Ponsana
Skeleton 3 2 1 0 0 5: Martins Dukurs, Tomass Dukurs, Katie Uhlaender
Art competitions 3 3 0 1 0 6: Edgar Seligman, 5: Paul Martin, R. Tait McKenzie
Modern pentathlon 3 2 1 0 0 5: Laura Asadauskaitė, David Bárcena Ríos, Peter Macken
Football 2 0 2 2 1 7: Formiga, 6: Marta
Curling 2 2 0 0 0 5: Torger Nergård, John Shuster
Triathlon 2 0 2 0 0 5: Flora Duffy, Nicola Spirig
Taekwondo 1 1 0 0 0 5: Steven López
Synchronized swimming 1 0 1 0 0 5: Soňa Bernardová
Softball 1 0 1 1 0 6: Hayley Wickenheiser
Military patrol 1 1 0 0 0 5: Vilho Ylönen

Athletes with at least 5 uncertain Olympic appearances

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These 25 athletes[13] are listed here, grouped by discipline. The columns labelled 'N+' denote the number of athletes who have competed in at least N Olympics. The number of male and female athletes who have competed in at least five Olympics are also listed, in the columns labelled 'M' and 'F'. These athletes have at least one DNS in the Olympic and Olympedia websites or an appearance in a non-Olympic event.

Athletes who have competed in more than one sport are counted once per sport.

Discipline 5+ M F 6+ 7+ Athletes
Athletics 12 7 5 2 0 6: Kim Collins, João Vieira, 5: Yamilé Aldama, Géo André, Juliet Cuthbert, Svetla Dimitrova, Cydonie Mothersill, Théophile Nkounkou, Raoul Paoli,[14] Voula Patoulidou, Don Quarrie, Gaston Roelants
Equestrian 3 2 1 2 1 7: Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, 6: Victoria Max-Theurer, 5: Stefano Brecciaroli
Short track speed skating[15] 3 0 3 0 0 5: Sylvie Daigle, Amy Peterson, Nobuko Yamada
Football 2 0 2 0 0 5: Hedvig Lindahl, Tânia Maranhão
Curling 2 1 1 1 0 6: Torger Nergård, 5: Dordi Nordby[16]
Luge 1 0 1 1 0 6: Anne Abernathy
Fencing 1 0 1 0 0 5: Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu
Rowing 1 1 0 0 0 5: Raoul Paoli
Sailing 1 0 1 0 0 5: Jessica Crisp[17]
Wrestling 1 1 0 0 0 5: Raoul Paoli

Intercalated Games

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The 1906 Intercalated Games are not considered 'official' Olympics, but medals were awarded.

The following athletes have appeared in at least 8 Olympics if 1906 Intercalated Games are included.

Athlete Nation Born/Death Games Period
(age of 1st/last)
Sport Tot.
Edgar Seligman  United Kingdom 1867/1958 1896, 1906-1912, 1920-1932 36 years (29/65) Fencing (6)[18] and art competitions (2) 0 3[19] 0 2

The following athletes have appeared in at least 6 Olympics if 1906 Intercalated Games are included.

Athlete Nation Born/Death Games Period
(age of 1st/last)
Sport Tot.
Alexandros Theofilakis  Greece 1877/? 1896, 1906-1912, 1920-1924 28 years (19/47) Shooting 0 2[20] 0 2
Ioannis Theofilakis  Greece 1879/1968 1896, 1906-1912, 1920-1924 28 years (17/45) Shooting 0 1 0 1
Adrianus de Jong  Netherlands 1882/1966 1906-1912, 1920-1928 22 years (23/45) Fencing 0 0 5 5
Paul Radmilovic  Great Britain 1886/1968 1906-1912, 1920-1928 22 years (20/42) Water polo (5) and swimming (3) 4 0 0 4

The following athletes have appeared in at least 5 Olympics if 1906 Intercalated Games are included.

Athlete Nation Born/Death Games Period
(age of 1st/last)
Sport Tot.
Ladislav Žemla Bohemia (3) and  Czechoslovakia (2) 1887/1955 1906-1912, 1920-1924 18 years (19/37) Tennis 0 0 1 1
Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh  Netherlands 1881/1936 1906-1912, 1920-1924 18 years (25/43) Fencing 0 0 3 3
Jetze Doorman  Netherlands 1881/1931 1906-1912, 1920-1924 18 years (25/43) Fencing (5) and modern pentathlon (1) 0 0 4 4
Fernand de Montigny  Belgium 1885/1974 1906-1912, 1920-1924 18 years (21/39) Fencing (5) and field hockey (1) 0 2 3[21] 5
Alfréd Hajós[22]  Kingdom of Hungary 1878/1955 1896, 1906, 1924-1932 36 years (18/54) Swimming (2)[23] and art competitions (3) 2 1 0 3
Max Decugis[24]  France 1882/1978 1900, 1906-1912, 1920 20 years (18/40) Tennis (5)[25] 4 1 1 6[26]
Paul Vasseur[27]  France 1884/1971 1900, 1906-1912, 1920 20 years (16/36) Swimming (3)[28] and water polo (3) 0 0 1 1
Paul Anspach[29]  Belgium 1882/1981 1906-1912, 1920-1924 18 years (24/42) Fencing (5)[30] 2 2 1 5
Federico Cesarano[31]  Italy 1886/1969 1906-1912, 1920-1924 18 years (20/38) Fencing (4)[32] and Shooting (1) 0 0 1 1

Dual sport and multi-sport Olympians

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Many Olympians have competed in two or more sports. These athletes are listed below, with the number of times they competed in each sport. Sometimes an individual has competed in two disciplines at the same Games; such instances are noted.

Summer and Winter Olympians

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For all the athletes see: List of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games

187 athletes competed in both Summer and Winter Olympics.

The most common combinations of disciplines are athletics/bobsleigh (51 competitors; summer and winter sports respectively), ice hockey (18 athletes: in the 1920 Summer Olympics there was exceptionally ice hockey, a typical winter sport) and speed skating/track cycling (12 athletes; winter and summer sports respectively).

  Men that won medals in different sports
  Women that won medals in different sports
Athlete Country Sports First Last Tot.
Marcus Adam  United Kingdom athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1992 2002 2
Seun Adigun  Nigeria athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2012 2018 2
Sara Aerts  Belgium athletics 1, bobsleigh 2 2012 2022 3
Derek Allhusen  United Kingdom equestrian 1, winter pentathlon 1[33] 1948 1968 2
Eddy Alvarez  United States baseball 1, short track speed skating 1 2014 2020 2
Shinji Aoto  Japan athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 1988 1998 3
Wilhelm Arwe  Sweden ice hockey 2[34] 1920 1924 2
Jorun Askersrud Nygaard  Norway athletics 1, cross-country skiing 1 1952 1952 2
Bryan Barnett  Canada athletics 1, bobsleigh 2 2008 2018 3
Timothy Beck  Netherlands athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2002 2004 2
Runald Beckman  Sweden athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1976 1980 2
Antonella Bellutti  Italy bobsleigh 1, track cycling 2 1996 2002 3
Sven Bergqvist  Sweden football 1, ice hockey 1 1936 1936 2
Gilbert Bessi  Monaco athletics 1, bobsleigh 4 1988 1998 5
Vsevolod Bobrov  Soviet Union football 1, ice hockey 1 1952 1956 2
Jorge Bonnet  Puerto Rico bobsleigh 3, judo 2 1984 1998 5
Igor Boraska  Croatia bobsleigh 1, rowing 3 1996 2004 4
Jan Bos  Netherlands speed skating 4, track cycling 1 1998 2010 5
Bob Boucher  Canada speed skating 1, track cycling 1 1968 1968 2
Charles Bouvier[35]  Switzerland bobsleigh 1, football 1 1924 1936 2
Charly Bouvy  Belgium bobsleigh 1, field hockey 2 1964 1972 3
Väinö Bremer  Finland military patrol 1, modern pentathlon 1 1924 1924 2
Jean-Marie Buisset  Belgium bobsleigh 1, field hockey 3 1964 1972 4
Alexandra Burghardt  Germany athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 2020 2024 3
Erik Burman  Sweden ice hockey 2[36] 1920 1924 2
Colin Campbell  United Kingdom athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 1968 1976 3
Connie Carpenter-Phinney  United States road cycling 1, speed skating 1 1972 1984 2
Albert Castelyns  Belgium bobsleigh 2, water polo 1 1936 1956 3
Pierre Charpentier  France ice hockey 2[37] 1920 1924 2
Anton Collin  Finland cross country skiing 1, road cycling 1 1924 1924 2
Allyn Condon  United Kingdom athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2000 2010 2
Giuseppe Crivelli  Kingdom of Italy bobsleigh 1, rowing 1 1924 1928 2
Nathan Crumpton  American Samoa athletics 1, skeleton 1 2020 2022 2
István Csák  Kingdom of Hungary field hockey 1, ice hockey 1 1936 1936 2
Willie Davenport  United States athletics 4, bobsleigh 1 1964 1980 5
Vincent De Haître  Canada speed skating 2, track cycling 1 2014 2020 3
Alfred de Rauch  France ice hockey 3[38] 1920 1928 3
István Déván  Hungary (1912),  Hungary (1924) athletics 1, cross-country skiing 1, nordic combined 1 1912 1924 2
Montell Douglas  United Kingdom athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2008 2022 2
Herb Drury  United States ice hockey 2[39] 1920 1924 2
Louis Dufour  Switzerland ice hockey 2[40] 1920 1928 2
Eddie Eagan  United States bobsleigh 1, boxing 2 1920 1932 3
Claes Egnell  Sweden modern pentathlon 1, shooting 1, winter pentathlon 1[41] 1948 1952 3
Miguel Elizondo  Mexico athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1988 1992 2
Erik Elmsäter  Sweden athletics 1, cross-country skiing 2, nordic combined 2 1948 1952 3
Mátyás Farkas  Kingdom of Hungary athletics 1, ice hockey 1 1928 1936 2
John Foster, Sr  United States Virgin Islands bobsleigh 1, sailing 5 1972 1992 6
Xaver Frick / Liechtenstein athletics 1, cross-country skiing 1 1936 1948 2
Sébastien Gattuso  Monaco athletics 2, bobsleigh 3 2002 2014 5
Phylicia George  Canada athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 2012 2018 3
Glenroy Gilbert  Canada athletics 4, bobsleigh 1 1988 2000 5
David Gilman  United States canoeing 2, luge 1 1976 1984 3
Jurica Grabušić  Croatia athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 2004 2008 3
Gillis Grafström  Sweden figure skating 4[42] 1920 1932 4
William Grut  Sweden modern pentathlon 1, winter pentathlon 1[43] 1948 1948 2
Johann Baptist Gudenus Austria (1932), Austria (1936) athletics 1, bobsleigh 2 1932 1936 3
Ari Guðmundsson  Iceland ski jumping 1, swimming 1 1948 1952 2
Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen  Norway ice hockey 1, sailing 1 1952 1956 2
Lloyd Guss  Canada athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1984 1988 2
Leila Gyenesei  Hungary cross-country skiing 1, modern pentathlon 1 2006 2008 2
Miklós Gyulai  Hungary athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1994 2000 2
Bertil Haase  Sweden modern pentathlon 1, winter pentathlon 1[44] 1948 1956 2
András Haklits  Croatia athletics 4, bobsleigh 1 2000 2012 5
Harry Haraldsen  Norway speed skating 1, track cycling 1 1936 1936 2
Béla Háray  Kingdom of Hungary field hockey 1, ice hockey 1 1936 1936 2
Ingrid Haringa  Netherlands road cycling 1, speed skating 1, track cycling 2 1988 1996 3
Phil Harries  United Kingdom athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1988 2002 2
Madonna Harris  New Zealand cross-country skiing 1, road cycling 1 1988 1988 2
Pierre Harvey  Canada cross-country skiing 2, road cycling 2 1976 1988 4
Seiko Hashimoto  Japan speed skating 4, track cycling 3 1984 1996 7
John Herbert  United Kingdom athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 1984 1994 3
Georgette Herbos  Belgium figure skating 2[45] 1920 1924 2
Ayumu Hirano  Japan skateboarding 1, snowboarding 3 2014 2022 4
Sue Holloway  Canada canoeing 2, cross-country skiing 1 1976 1984 3
Max Houben  Belgium athletics 1, bobsleigh 4 1920 1948 5
Roman Hrabaň  Czechoslovakia athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1988 1992 2
Edy Hubacher  Switzerland athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1968 1972 2
Clara Hughes  Canada road cycling 3, speed skating 3 1996 2012 6
Mateus Facho Inocêncio  Brazil athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2002 2004 2
Ludowika Jakobsson  Finland figure skating 3[46] 1920 1928 3
Marius Jaccard  Switzerland ice hockey 2[47] 1920 1924 2
Walter Jakobsson  Finland figure skating 3[48] 1920 1928 3
Tommy Johansson  Sweden athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1984 1984 2
Lolo Jones  United States athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 2008 2014 3
Arvīds Jurgens  Latvia football 1, ice hockey 1 1924 1936 2
Ruedi Keller  Switzerland field hockey 1, ice hockey 1 1952 1956 2
Hermann Knoll  Austria field hockey 1, ice hockey 2 1952 1964 3
Jorma Kortelainen  Finland cross-country skiing 1, rowing 1 1956 1960 2
Slaven Krajačić  Croatia athletics 1, bobsleigh 2 2000 2010 3
Willy Kreitz  Belgium art competitions 1, ice hockey 2 1928 1936 3
Éva Kürti  Hungary athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2002 2004 2
Zsolt Kürtösi  Hungary athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 1996 2006 3
Keijo Kuusela  Finland field hockey 1, ice hockey 1 1952 1952 2
Karl Leban Austria modern pentathlon 1, speed skating 1 1936 1936 2
Percy Legard  United Kingdom modern pentathlon 2, nordic combined 1, winter pentathlon 1[49] 1932 1948 4
Bruno Leuzinger  Switzerland ice hockey 2[50] 1920 1924 2
Hans Lindner  Austria athletics 3, bobsleigh 1 1984 1992 4
Art Longsjo  United States speed skating 1, track cycling 1 1956 1956 2
Valentin Loos  Czechoslovakia ice hockey 2[51] 1920 1924 2
Marcel Lopuchovský  Slovakia athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2000 2010 2
Christa Luding-Rothenburger  East Germany (until 1988),  Germany road cycling 1, speed skating 4 1980 1992 5
Max Ludwig  Weimar Republic (1932),  Nazi Germany (1936) art competitions 1, bobsleigh 1 1932 1936 2
Jeanette Lunde  Norway alpine skiing 1, sailing 1 1994 2000 2
Arthur Mannsbarth  Austria road cycling 1, speed skating 2, track cycling 1 1952 1956 3
Tamás Margl  Hungary athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2004 2006 2
Hanna Mariën  Belgium athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2008 2014 2
Alain Masson  Canada cross-country skiing 2, road cycling 1 1984 1992 3
Pat McDonagh  Ireland bobsleigh 1, rowing 2 1980 1992 3
Terry McHugh  Ireland athletics 4, bobsleigh 2 1988 2000 6
Aleksandar Milenković IOP (1992),  Yugoslavia (1992),  Serbia and Montenegro (2006) biathlon 1, cross-country skiing 2, road cycling 1 1992 2006 3
Nils Molander  Sweden ice hockey 2[52] 1920 1924 2
Fritz Moser Austria (1928), Austria (1936) rowing 1, speed skating 1 1928 1936 2
Jaqueline Mourão  Brazil biathlon 1, cross-country skiing 5, cycling mountain bike 3 2004 2022 8
Ethel Muckelt  United Kingdom figure skating 3[53] 1920 1928 3
Pierre Musy  Switzerland bobsleigh 1, equestrian 1 1936 1948 2
Paul Narracott  Australia athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1984 1992 2
Kateřina Nash  Czech Republic cross-country skiing 2, cycling mountain bike 3 1996 2016 5
Kateřina Neumannová  Czechoslovakia (1992),  Czech Republic cross-country skiing 5, cycling mountain bike 1 1992 2006 6
Chris Nicholson  New Zealand road cycling 1, short track speed skating 2 1992 1994 3
Nathaniel Niles  United States figure skating 3[54] 1920 1928 3
Chirine Njeim  Lebanon alpine skiing 3, athletics 1 2002 2016 4
Oskar Nowak Austria (1936),  Austria (1948) field hockey 1, ice hockey 2 1936 1948 3
Luis Omedes  Spain luge 1, rowing 1 1952 1968 2
Tibor Heinrich von Omorovicza  Kingdom of Hungary ice hockey 1, sailing 2 1928 1936 3
Sayuri Osuga  Japan speed skating 2, track cycling 1 2002 2006 3
Jan Palouš  Czechoslovakia ice hockey 2[55] 1920 1924 2
Connie Paraskevin-Young  United States speed skating 1, track cycling 3 1984 1996 4
Jan Peka  Czechoslovakia ice hockey 3[56] 1920 1936 3
Roger Petit-Didier  France bobsleigh 1, field hockey 1 1928 1928 2
Jana Pittman  Australia athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 2000 2014 3
Viktor Platan  Finland modern pentathlon 1, winter pentathlon 1[57] 1948 1948 2
Roberts Plūme  Latvia cross-country skiing 1, track cycling 2 1924 1928 3
André Poplimont  Belgium fencing 1, ice hockey 1 1924 1932 2
Hannu Posti  Finland athletics 1, biathlon 1 1952 1964 2
Léonhard Quaglia  France ice hockey 3,[58] speed skating 2 1920 1928 3
Evgeniya Radanova  Bulgaria short track speed skating 5, track cycling 1 1994 2010 6
Hansjörg Reichel  Austria ice hockey 1, water polo 1 1948 1952 2
Ole Reistad  Norway athletics 1, military patrol 1[59] 1920 1928 2
Mauri Röppänen  Finland biathlon 1, shooting 2 1972 1984 3
Charles Sabouret  France figure skating 2[60] 1920 1924 2
Simone Sabouret  France figure skating 2[61] 1920 1924 2
René Savoie  Switzerland ice hockey 2[62] 1920 1924 2
Karl Schäfer Austria (1928, 1932), Austria (1936) ice hockey 3, swimming 1 1928 1936 4
Manfred Schumann  West Germany athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1972 1976 2
Martin Schützenauer  Austria athletics 1, bobsleigh 4 1992 2002 5
Natsue Seki  Japan road cycling 1, speed skating 1 1988 1988 2
Claudinei da Silva  Brazil athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 1996 2006 3
Walter von Siebenthal  Switzerland ice hockey 2[63] 1920 1924 2
Georgia Simmerling  Canada alpine skiing 1, freestyle skiing 1, track cycling 2 2010 2020 4
Oluseyi Smith  Canada athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2012 2018 2
Josef Šroubek  Czechoslovakia ice hockey 3[64] 1920 1928 3
Johan Støa  Norway athletics 1, cross-country skiing 1 1928 1928 2
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland bobsleigh 1, wrestling 1 1948 1952 2
Charles Stoffel  Switzerland bobsleigh 2, equestrian 2 1924 1928 4
Martin Stokken  Norway athletics 2, cross-country skiing 2 1948 1956 4
Olof Stolpe  Finland bandy 1, football 1 1952 1952 2
Jeroen Straathof  Netherlands speed skating 1, track cycling 1 1994 2004 2
Rolf Strittmatter  Switzerland athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1980 1984 2
Olga Stulneva  Russia athletics 1, bobsleigh 2 2004 2014 3
Frank Synott  United States ice hockey 2[65] 1920 1924 2
Ferenc Szamosi  Kingdom of Hungary field hockey 1, ice hockey 1 1936 1936 2
Béla Szepes  Kingdom of Hungary athletics 1, cross-country skiing 1, nordic combined 1 1924 1928 2
Pita Taufatofua  Tonga cross-country skiing 1, taekwondo 2 2016 2020 3
Martin Tešovič  Slovakia bobsleigh 1, weightlifting 3 1996 2012 4
Jacob Tullin Thams  Norway sailing 1, ski jumping 2 1924 1936 3
Léon Tom  Belgium bobsleigh 1, fencing 4 1912 1928 5
Arnold Uhrlass / United States speed skating 1, track cycling 1 1960 1964 2
Carlos Van den Driessche  Belgium ice hockey 2, rowing 2 1924 1936 4
Louis Van Hege  Belgium bobsleigh 1, football 2 1920 1932 3
Laurine van Riessen  Netherlands speed skating 2, track cycling 2 2010 2020 4
Martial van Schelle  Belgium bobsleigh 1, swimming 3 1920 1936 4
Philippe Van Volckxsom  Belgium ice hockey 2,[66] rowing 1, speed skating 1 1920 1928 3
Gaston Van Volxem  Belgium ice hockey 2[67] 1920 1924 2
Marián Vanderka  Slovakia athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2000 2002 2
Sophie Villeneuve  France cross-country skiing 3, cycling mountain bike 1 1992 2000 4
Otakar Vindyš  Czechoslovakia ice hockey 2[68] 1920 1924 2
Dejan Vojnović  Croatia athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 2000 2006 2
Torsten Voss  East Germany,  Germany athletics 1, bobsleigh 1 1988 1998 2
Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová  Czech Republic athletics 2, cross-country skiing 3 2006 2020 5
Georges Wagemans  Belgium figure skating 2[69] 1920 1924 2
Theresa Weld  United States figure skating 3[70] 1920 1928 3
Hayley Wickenheiser  Canada ice hockey 5, softball 1 1998 2014 6
Lauryn Williams  United States athletics 3, bobsleigh 1 2004 2014 4
Chris Witty  United States speed skating 4, track cycling 1 1994 2006 5
Robert de Wit  Netherlands athletics 2, bobsleigh 1 1988 1994 3
Vilho Ylönen  Finland military patrol 1,[71] shooting 4 1948 1964 5
Willi Zacharias  Romania alpine skiing 1, cross-country skiing 1, handball 1 1936 1936 2

Summer Olympians

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For all the athletes see: List of athletes who competed in more than one sport at Summer Olympic games

Below there's a list of five-time Olympians who participated in two or more Summer sports.

  Men that won medals in different sports
  Women that won medals in different sports
Athlete Country Sports First Last Tot.
Judith Arndt  Germany road cycling 5, track cycling 2 1996 2012 5
David Bárcena Ríos  Mexico equestrian 3, modern pentathlon 2 1964 1980 5
Cecilia Biagioli  Argentina marathon swimming 1, swimming 4 2000 2020 5
João Gonçalves Filho  Brazil swimming 2, water polo 3 1952 1968 5
Spyros Gianniotis  Greece marathon swimming 3, swimming 3 2000 2016 5
Greg Henderson  New Zealand road cycling 1, track cycling 4 1996 2012 5
Kristel Köbrich  Chile marathon swimming 1, swimming 5 2004 2020 5
Bengt Ljungquist  Sweden equestrian 1, fencing 4 1936 1964 5
Jeannie Longo  France road cycling 7, track cycling 1 1984 2008 7
Peter Macken  Australia fencing 1, modern pentathlon 5 1960 1976 5
Paul Martin  Switzerland art competitions 1, athletics 5 1920 1936 5
Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia marathon swimming 3, swimming 5 2000 2020 6
Reinder Nummerdor  Netherlands beach volleyball 3, volleyball 2 2000 2016 5
Stuart O'Grady  Australia road cycling 4, track cycling 4 1992 2012 6
Paul Radmilovic  United Kingdom swimming 2, water polo 5 1908 1928 5
Richard Schuil  Netherlands beach volleyball 2, volleyball 3 1996 2012 5
Edgar Seligman  United Kingdom art competitions 2, fencing 4 1908 1932 6
Marianne Vos  Netherlands road cycling 5, track cycling 1 2008 2024 5
Kerri Walsh Jennings  United States beach volleyball 4, volleyball 1 2000 2016 5
Bradley Wiggins  United Kingdom road cycling 1, track cycling 4 2000 2016 5
Wong Kam-po  Hong Kong road cycling 2, track cycling 4 1996 2012 5

Winter Olympians

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For all the athletes see: List of athletes who competed in more than one sport at Winter Olympic games

Below there's a list of five-time Olympians who participated in two or more Winter sports.

  Men that won medals in different sports
  Women that won medals in different sports
Athlete Country Sports First Last Tot.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway biathlon 6, cross-country skiing 1 1994 2014 6
Mike Dixon  United Kingdom biathlon 5, cross-country skiing 1 1984 2002 6
Susi Erdmann  Germany bobsleigh 3, luge 2 1992 2006 5
Aleksander Grajf  Yugoslavia (until 1988),  Slovenia biathlon 3, cross-country skiing 2 1984 2002 5
Arturo Kinch  Costa Rica alpine skiing 3, cross-country skiing 4 1980 2006 5
Oļegs Maļuhins  Unified Team (1992),  Latvia biathlon 4, cross-country skiing 1 1992 2006 5
Hannu Manninen  Finland cross-country skiing 1, nordic combined 6 1994 2018 6
Casey Puckett  United States alpine skiing 4, freestyle skiing 1 1992 2010 5
Sergei Tchepikov  Soviet Union (1988),  Unified Team (1992),  Russia biathlon 5, cross-country skiing 1 1988 2006 6
Indrek Tobreluts  Estonia biathlon 5, cross-country skiing 1 1998 2014 5
Athanassios Tsakiris  Greece biathlon 4, cross-country skiing 2 1988 2010 5
Gerda Weissensteiner  Italy bobsleigh 2, luge 4 1988 2006 6
Alexandr Zubkov  Russia bobsleigh 4, luge 1 1998 2014 5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 967 if the 18 five-time uncertain Olympians not put in the "normal" table were put here
  2. ^ 654 if Géo André, Stefano Brecciaroli, Théophile Nkounkou, Don Quarrie, Raoul Paoli and Gaston Roelants were considered
  3. ^ 313 if Yamilé Aldama, Jessica Crisp, Sylvie Daigle, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Svetla Dimitrova, Hedvig Lindahl, Tânia Maranhão, Cydonie Mothersill, Dordi Nordby, Voula Patoulidou, Amy Peterson and Nobuko Yamada were considered
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  6. ^ "SALUKVADZE Nino". Paris 2024 Olympics.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Appeared at Summer Games and Winter Games.
  8. ^ Gold in luge and bronze in bobsleigh.
  9. ^ a b London 2012 - Swimming - Qualified Swimmers Archived July 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "FULL PREVIEW: Greece at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games". August 5, 2016.
  11. ^ https://pledgetimes.com/like-pellegrini-none-ever-fifth-final-in-a-row-in-the-200-freestyle/ [dead link]
  12. ^ This athlete have participated at 5 Olympics but in different sports, so he hasn't participated at 5 Olympics in one sport and he is written twice in the sports he has participated
  13. ^ There are written 27 athletes but Raoul Paoli is counted 3 times
  14. ^ In other websites he has a 6th Olympic appearance in 1900 Summer Olympics with a bronze medal in rowing but it's not clear
  15. ^ Everyone with 1 non-medal Olympic appearance
  16. ^ 2 non-medal Olympic appearances
  17. ^ One non-medal Olympic appearance
  18. ^ He has a DNS in 1896 Summer Olympics and has one appearance in fencing in the 1906 Intercalated Games
  19. ^ One is referred to the 1906 Intercalated Games
  20. ^ One is referred to the 1906 Intercalated Games
  21. ^ One is referred to the 1906 Intercalated Games
  22. ^ Uncertain
  23. ^ Included the DNS at the 1906 Intercalated Games; it's unclear if this DNS is considered as an official Olympic appearance or not.
  24. ^ Uncertain
  25. ^ Included the 1906 Intercalated Games and it's unclear if the DNS in 1908 and in 1912 are considered as an official Olympic appearance or not.
  26. ^ Included 3 gold medals in the 1906 Intercalated Games.
  27. ^ Uncertain
  28. ^ He has a DNS in this sport in the 1906 Intercalated Games and in 1908 Summer Olympics.
  29. ^ Uncertain
  30. ^ He has a DNS in this sport in the 1906 Intercalated Games.
  31. ^ Uncertain
  32. ^ He has a DNS in this sport in 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.
  33. ^ Non-medal event
  34. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  35. ^ In the Olympics database he results as a competitor in football at 1924 Summer Olympics but he didn't start, so I'm not sure if insert him in this list or not
  36. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  37. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  38. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  39. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  40. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  41. ^ Non-medal event
  42. ^ 2 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  43. ^ Non-medal event
  44. ^ Non-medal event
  45. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  46. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  47. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  48. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  49. ^ Non-medal event
  50. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  51. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  52. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  53. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  54. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  55. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  56. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  57. ^ Non-medal event
  58. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  59. ^ Non-medal event
  60. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  61. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  62. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  63. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  64. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  65. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  66. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  67. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  68. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  69. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 1 in Winter Olympics
  70. ^ 1 in Summer Olympics and 2 in Winter Olympics
  71. ^ Non-medal event
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