Olympic athlete

An Olympic athlete is a highly trained and elite sportsperson who qualifies to represent their country in the Olympic Games, competing at the highest international level under strict rules and standards.

Observed surface forms (31)

• Olympic champion ×13
• athlete ×13
• Olympic gold medalist ×10
• sprinter ×10
• long-distance runner ×8
• Olympian ×7
• Olympic gymnast ×6
• hurdler ×5
• Olympic swimmer ×4
• long jumper ×4

• middle-distance runner ×4
• track and field athlete ×4
• Olympic medalist ×3
• Soviet athlete ×3
• speed skater ×3
• Olympic basketball player ×2
• Olympic competitor ×2
• Olympic cyclist ×2
• Olympic gold medallist ×2
• Olympic ice hockey player ×2
• freestyle swimmer ×2
• Belarusian sportsperson ×1
• East German athlete ×1
• Norwegian sportsperson ×1
• Olympic handball player ×1
• Olympic pole vaulter ×1
• Olympic sailor ×1
• Olympic silver medalist ×1
• Olympic-level archer ×1
• biathlete ×1
• marathon runner ×1

Instances (138)

• Sebastian Coe via concept surface "middle-distance runner"
• Carl Lewis via concept surface "sprinter"
• Nadia Comăneci
• Daley Thompson
• Vonetta Flowers
• Matthew Pinsent via concept surface "Olympic champion"
• Edwin Moses via concept surface "athlete"
• Sidney Crosby
• Evgeni Malkin
• James Cracknell
• Jonny Moseley
• Rafer Johnson
• Betty Cuthbert via concept surface "sprinter"
• Murray Rose via concept surface "freestyle swimmer"
• Larisa Latynina via concept surface "Olympic gymnast"
• Dawn Fraser via concept surface "freestyle swimmer"
• Mark Spitz via concept surface "Olympic swimmer"
• Olga Korbut popularized women’s artistic gymnastics worldwide via concept surface "Olympic gymnast"
  surface form: Olga Korbut
• Olga Korbut via concept surface "Olympic gymnast"
• Paul Robeson via concept surface "athlete"
• Jesse Owens via concept surface "sprinter"
• Luz Long via concept surface "athlete"
• Alain Mimoun via concept surface "long-distance runner"
• Lasse Virén via concept surface "long-distance runner"
• Kia Nurse via concept surface "Olympic basketball player"
• Mack Robinson via concept surface "sprinter"
• Peter Bondra
• Tamika Catchings
• Muhammad Ali
• Tinus Osendarp via concept surface "sprinter"
• Kristin Otto via concept surface "Olympic swimmer"
• Colleen Sostorics via concept surface "Olympic gold medallist"
• George Foreman
• Toni Merkens via concept surface "Olympic cyclist"
• Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein
• Olie Kolzig via concept surface "Olympic ice hockey player"
• Ilya Kovalchuk
• Jacques Rogge via concept surface "Olympic sailor"
• Vladislav Tretiak
• Valeri Kharlamov via concept surface "Soviet athlete"
• Jari Kurri
• Viacheslav Fetisov
• Syl Apps via concept surface "Olympic pole vaulter"
• Teemu Selänne
• Joe Sakic
• Mats Sundin via concept surface "Olympic gold medalist"
• Pavel Bure
• Lewis Clive via concept surface "Olympic gold medalist"
• Dirk Nowitzki
• Geena Davis via concept surface "Olympic-level archer"