Oath takers at the Olympic Games

The list Oath takers at the Olympic Games includes Eric Heiden, Surya Bonaly, Carol Heiss, Rechelle Hawkes and Edwin Moses. The list consists of 76 members.

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Olympic Games

Major international sport event

1.

Eric Heiden

American speed skater and racing cyclist

Overview: Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) is an American physician and a former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. He won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four ...

Date of birth: 14 June 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Skating

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Madison West High School alumni 34T

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists 77T

World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists 220T
2.

Surya Bonaly

French figure skater

Overview: Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly (born 15 December 1973) is a French-born retired competitive figure skater. She is a three-time World silver medalist (1993–1995), a five-time European champion (1991–1995) ...

Date of birth: 15 December 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: French

Occupation: Figure Skater

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games 320T

Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games 355T

Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships 87T
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Kasumi Ishikawa

Japanese table tennis player

Overview: Kasumi Ishikawa (石川佳純, Ishikawa Kasumi) (born 23 February 1993) is a female Japanese table tennis player. A regular member of the Japanese national team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

Date of birth: 23 February 1993

Age: 32

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Table Tennis

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 172T

Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 2,176T

Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa players 7T
4.

Rechelle Hawkes

Australian field hockey player

Overview: Rechelle Margaret Hawkes AM, (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) was the captain of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, for eight years and became the second ...

Date of birth: 30 May 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Field Hockey

Gender: Female

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Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey 411T

Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1,437T

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1,851T
5.

Edwin Moses

American track and field athlete

Overview: Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 con ...

Date of birth: 31 August 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games 302T

World Athletics Championships winners 712T

Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners 75T
6.

Hayley Wickenheiser

Ice Hockey player

Overview: Hayley Wickenheiser OC OLY (born August 12, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, and the current Assistant Director of Player Development for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to ...

Date of birth: 12 August 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Ice Hockey

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Canadian women's ice hockey centres 10T

Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland 278T

Calgary Inferno players 37T
7.

Carol Heiss

United States figure skater

Overview: Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20, 1940) is an American former figure skater and actress. Competing in ladies' singles, she became the 1960 Olympic champion, the 1956 Olympic silver medalist ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Skating

Gender: Female

Partner: Hayes Alan Jenkins (Married)

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People from Ozone Park, Queens 28T

Olympic silver medalists for the United States in figure skating 20T

Olympic gold medalists for the United States in figure skating 15T
8.

Mo Tae-Bum

South Korean speed skater

Overview: Mo Tae-bum (Korean: 모태범, Hanja: 牟太釩; born 15 February 1989) is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2010 Olympic Champion and the 2012 and 2013 World Champion in 500 m. He started speedskating while ...

Date of birth: 15 February 1989

Age: 36

Nationality: South Korean

Occupation: Skating

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea 132T

Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 196T

Universiade gold medalists for South Korea 187T
9.

Suzanne Morrow

Figure skater

Overview: Suzanne Morrow Francis or Dr. Suzanne Morrow Francis (December 14, 1930 – June 11, 2006) was a Canadian figure skater and a Veterinarian. She competed in Ladies' Singles in the 1948 and 1952 Winter Ol ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1930

Date of death: 11 June 2006

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Skating

Gender: Female

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Figure skaters from Toronto 68T

Women veterinarians 37T

Canadian female ice dancers 65T
10.

Teresa Edwards

American professional women's basketball player

Overview: Teresa Edwards (born July 19, 1964) is an American former women's basketball player and four time Olympic gold medalist.

Date of birth: 19 July 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Basketball

Gender: Female

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Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 535T

Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 570T

Minnesota Lynx draft picks 71T
11.

Bojan Križaj

Slovenian alpine skier

Overview: Bojan Križaj (listen ) (born 3 January 1957) is a Slovenian, back then Yugoslavian, former alpine skier. During his international career he competed for the then-existing Yugoslavia. He competed at three ...

Date of birth: 3 January 1957

Age: 68

Nationality: Slovenian

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Sportspeople from Kranj 144T

Yugoslav male alpine skiers 11T

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions 156T
12.

John Landy

Australian athlete and Governor of Victoria (1930–2022)

Overview: John Michael Landy AC CVO MBE FTSE, OLY (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the ...

Date of birth: 12 April 1930

Date of death: 24 February 2022

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

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Athletes from Melbourne 89T

Australian male middle-distance runners 72T

Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 949T
13.

Ruslan Zakharov

Russian speed skater

Overview: Ruslan Albertovich Zakharov (Russian: Руслан Альбертович Захаров; born 24 March 1987) is a Russian short track and long track speed skater (since 2017).

Date of birth: 24 March 1987

Age: 38

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Skating

Gender: Male

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Russian male short track speed skaters 15T

Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 196T

Universiade bronze medalists for Russia 263T
14.

Sarah Stevenson

Taekwondo practitioner

Overview: Sarah Diana Stevenson, MBE (born 30 March 1983) is a British taekwondo athlete.

Date of birth: 30 March 1983

Age: 42

Nationality: British

Occupation: Sports Figure

Gender: Female

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European Taekwondo Championships medalists 198T

World Taekwondo Championships medalists 396T

The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year winners 22T
15.

Robert Scheidt

Sailor

Overview: Robert Scheidt (born April 15, 1973) is a Brazilian sailor, who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of the most s ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1973

Age: 52

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Sports Star

Gender: Male

Partner: Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (Married)

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Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 621T

Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 719T

Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 906T
16.

Kosei Inoue

Judoka

Overview: Kosei Inoue (井上康生, Inoue Kōsei, born May 15, 1978 in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki) is a Judo practitioner from Japan. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well ...

Date of birth: 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Judo

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Japanese male judoka 230T

Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 1,183T

Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 1,353T
17.

Zhang Yining

Chinese table tennis player

Overview: Zhang Yining (simplified Chinese: 张怡宁; traditional Chinese: 張怡寧; pinyin: Zhāng Yíníng; born October 5, 1981 in Beijing) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She is considered one of the ...

Date of birth: 5 October 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Table Tennis

Gender: Female

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Universiade gold medalists for China 225T

World Table Tennis Championships medalists 334T

Table tennis players from Beijing 27T
18.

Nikolai Andrianov

Russian gymnast

Overview: Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov (Russian: Никола́й Ефи́мович Андриа́нов; 14 October 1952 – 21 March 2011) was a Soviet/Russian gymnast.

Date of birth: 14 October 1952

Date of death: 21 March 2011

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Gymnastics

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Sportspeople from Vladimir, Russia 38T

Neurological disease deaths in Russia 21T

Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2,022T
19.

Alexander Medved

Olympic wrestler

Overview: Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved (16 September 1937 – 2 September 2024) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian freestyle wrestler of Russian ethnicity who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of ...

Date of birth: 16 September 1937

Date of death: 2 September 2024

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: Belarusian

Occupation: Wrestling

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Sportspeople from Bila Tserkva 25T

Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour 407T

European Wrestling Champions 209T
20.

Zoi Dimoschaki

Swimmer

Overview: Zoi Dimoschaki (Ζωή Δημοσχάκη, born February 16, 1985) is a Greek freestyle swimmer. Dimoschaki administered the Olympic Oath at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Date of birth: 16 February 1985

Age: 40

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Swimming

Gender: Female

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Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games 62T

Greek female freestyle swimmers 10T

Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 75T