Olympic athletes
Elite international competitors
Olympic athletes are competitors who participate in the Olympic Games, the world's premier international athletic competition held every four years.
The term carries connotations of elite physical ability and dedication: She trains like an Olympic athlete.
Someone described as an Olympic athlete has typically qualified through national trials and meets international standards of excellence in their sport.
- cyclistsPeople who ride bicycles
- gymnastsAthletes performing acrobatic feats
- swimmersThose propelling through water
- medalistsCompetition's top finishers
- wrestlersCombat sport competitors
archers · skiers · coaches · world records · personal best · world stage · Mark Spitz · sprinters · physiotherapists · nutritionists · athletic scholarships · opening ceremonies · rowers · training camps · snowboarders · silver · weightlifters · gold
- Notable KoreansKorean artists, Nobel laureates
- OlympicsIOC, Paralympics, Paralympic, Paralympic Games, Winter Games
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- East GermansAngela Merkel, party officials, border guards, dissidents, defectors
- NorwegiansRoald Amundsen, Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Grieg, Edvard Munch
- Russian Womenrevolutionary women, Anna Pavlova, Catherine the Great, empresses, tsarinas
Olympic athletesamateurs
Nonprofessional participants
weekend warriors · hobbyists · gym-goers · novices · beginners