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)

• Steve Prefontaine via concept surface "middle-distance runner"
• Ashton Eaton
• Vladimir Kuts via concept surface "long-distance runner"
• Boris Shakhlin via concept surface "Olympic gymnast"
• Lord Burghley via concept surface "hurdler"
• Fanny Blankers-Koen via concept surface "sprinter"
• Emil Zátopek via concept surface "long-distance runner"
• Karoly Takacs
  surface form: Károly Takács
• Spyridon Louis via concept surface "long-distance runner"
• James Connolly via concept surface "athlete"
• Edwin Flack via concept surface "middle-distance runner"
• Bonnie Blair via concept surface "speed skater"
• Viktor Petrenko via concept surface "Olympic champion"
• Oksana Baiul via concept surface "Olympic champion"
• Caitlyn Jenner via concept surface "Olympic competitor"
• Ioannis Georgiadis via concept surface "Olympic champion"
• Jessica Ennis-Hill via concept surface "Olympic champion"
• Li Ning
• Usain Bolt via concept surface "sprinter"
• The Cannibal
  surface form: Eddy Merckx
• Michael Phelps
• Bob Mathias
• Johann Olav Koss via concept surface "speed skater"
• Patrick Chan
• Paul Masson via concept surface "Olympic cyclist"
• Christine Sinclair
• Sandra Henderson via concept surface "athlete"
• Chris Bosh
• Oscar Robertson via concept surface "Olympic gold medalist"
• Peja Stojaković via concept surface "Olympian"
• Alexandra Patricia Morgan via concept surface "Olympic gold medalist"
• Sergei Makarov
• Ryan Getzlaf via concept surface "Olympic gold medalist"
• Jiří Holík via concept surface "Olympic ice hockey player"
• Václav Nedomanský
• Brian Jegan via concept surface "athlete"
• Bill Russell
• Joseph Henry White
  surface form: Jo Jo White