Athletes who have competed at every Summer Olympics of the 21st Century

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As the title suggests, I thought it would be interesting to make a list of athletes per nation and per sport who have competed at every Olympics this century (Sydney 2000 - Rio 2016).

I always have a soft spot for athletes who show grit and determination to compete at the top level across a long period of time and those athletes who have such longevity are deserving of our admiration.

 

The primary focus of this thread is so that we can track those athletes who are still on course to compete at a sixth consecutive Olympics in this century and who have a chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020.

 

I would greatly appreciate as much help as possible from all users in this project as I am not enough familiar with some Olympic sports.

 

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 Archery 

 

 

 

 

 Athletics

 

 

Jesús Ángel García Bragado (1992-2016)

Events: Men's 50km Walk

Achievements: 4th place in Beijing 2008

Current Status: Active

 

 

Jo Pavey (2000-2016)

Events: Women's 1500m / Women's 5000m / Women's 1000m

Achievements: 5th place Women's 5000m (2004); 7th place Women's 10000m (2012)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Bernard Lagat (Kenya 2000-2004; United States 2008-2016)

Events: 1500m / 5000m

Achievements: Silver Men's 1500m (2004); Bronze Men's 1500m (2000); 4th Place Men's 5000m (2012)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Robert Heffernan (2000-2016)

Events: Men's 20km Walk (2000-2012) / Men's 50km Walk (2012-2016)

Achievements: Bronze Men's 50km Walk (2012); 8th Place Men's 20km walk (2008)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Olivera Jevtić (Yugoslavia 2000; Serbia & Montenegro 2004; Serbia 2008-2016)

Events: Women's 5000m / Women's 10000m / Women's Marathon

Achievements: 6th Place Women's Marathon (2004); 11th Place Women's 10000m (2000)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Badminton

 

 

 

 

Basketball

 

 

 

 

Beach Volleyball

 

 

 

 

Boxing

 

 

 

 

 Canoe Slalom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Canoe Sprint

 

Erik Vlček (2000-2016)

Events: Men's K-4 1000m / Men's K-2 1000m

Achievements: Silver Men's K-4 1000m (2008, 2016); Bronze Men's K-4 1000m (2004)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Natasa Douchev-Janic (Yugoslavia 2000; Hungary 2004-2016) 

Events: Women's K-1 500m (2000-2004)/ Women's K-1 200m (2012, 2016) / Women's K-2 500m (2004, 2008, 2012) / Women's K-4 500m (2008)

Achievements: Gold Women's K-1 500m (2004); Gold Women's K-2 500m (2004, 2008); Silver Women's K-2 500m (2012); Silver Women's K-4 500m (2008); Bronze Women's K-1 200m (2012)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 Cycling Mountain Bike

 

 

 

 

 Cycling Road

 

Murilo Fischer (2000-2016)

Events: Men's Road Race

Achievements: 19th Place Men's Road Race (2008)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

 Cycling Track

 

 

 

 

Diving

 

 

 

 

Equestrian

 

Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén (1992-2016)

Events: Individual / Team Dressage

Achievements: 4th place in team dressage 1992 & 2008; 8th place in individual dressage 2016

Current Status: Active

 

 

Karin Donckers (1992; 2000-2016)

Events: Individual / Team Eventing

Achievements: 4th place in team eventing 1992; 8th place in Individual Eventing Barcelona 1992

Current Status: Active

 

 

Taizo Sugitani (1996-2016)

Events: Individual Jumping (1996-2016); Team Jumping (1996-2004, 2016)

Achievements: 15th place Individual Jumping (2004); 11th Place Team Jumping (2000)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Phillip Dutton (Australia 1996-2004; United States 2008-2016)

Events: Individual / Team Eventing

Achievements: Gold Team Eventing (1996, 2000); Bronze Individual Eventing (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Ingrid Klimke (2000-2016)

Events: Individual / Team Eventing

Achievements: Gold Team Eventing (2008, 2012); Silver Team Eventing (2016); 4th Place Individual Eventing (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

Fencing

 

 

Aida Mohamed (1996-2016)

Events: Women's Individual Foil / Women's Team Foil

Achievements: 4th Place Women's Individual Foil 2004; 4th Place Women's Team Foil 1996, 2008

Current Status: Active

 

 

Tatiana Logunova (2000-2016)

Events: Women's Individual Epee / Women's Team Epee

Achievements: Gold Women's Team Epee (2000, 2004); Bronze Women's Team Epee (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Field Hockey

 

 

 

 

Football

 

 

Formiga (1996-2016)

Events: Women's Team

Achievements: Silver Athens 2004; Silver Beijing 2008

Current Status: Retired

 

 

 

 

Gymnastics Artistic

 

Oksana Chusovitina (Unified Team 1992; Germany 2008-2012; Uzbekistan 1996-2004, 2016)

Events: Individual All-Around / Team All-Around / Individual Apparatus

Achievements: Gold Team All-Around Barcelona 1992; Silver Women's Vault Beijing 2008

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Gymnastics Rhythmic

 

 

 

 

Gymnastics Trampoline

 

 

 

 

Handball

 

 

 

 

Judo

 

 

 

 

Modern Pentathlon

 

 

 

 

Rowing

 

Ekaterina Karsten (Unified Team 1992; Belarus 1996-2016)

Events: Quadruple Sculls 1992; Single Sculls 1996-2016)

Achievements: Gold Single Sculls 1996, 2000; Silver Single Sculls 2004; Bronze Single Sculls 2008; Bronze Quadruple Sculls 1992

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Sailing

 

João Rodrigues (1992-2016)

Events: Men's RS:X Windsurfer

Achievements: 6th place Athens 2004

Current Status: Active

 

 

Robert Scheidt (1996-2016)

Events: Men's Laser (1996-2004; 2016) / Men's Star (2008-2012)

Achievements: Gold Men's Laser 1996, 2004; Silver Men's Laser 2000; Silver Men's Star 2008; Bronze Men's Star 2012

Current Status: Active

 

 

Áron Gádorfalvi (1996-2016)

Events: Men's RS:X Windsurfer

Achievements: 19th place at Beijing 2008

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Shooting

 

Nino Salukvadze (USSR 1988; Unified Team 1992; Georgia 1996-2016)

Events: 25m Pistol / 10m Air Pistol

Achievements: Gold 25m Pistol 1988; Silver 10m Air Pistol 1988; Bronze 10m Air Pistol 2008

Current Status: Active

 

 

Giovanni Pellielo (1992-2016)

Events: Men's Trap (Mixed Trap in 1992)

Achievements: Silver 2004, 2008, 2016; Bronze 2000)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Péter Sidi (2000-2016)

Events: Men's 10m Air Rifle / Men's 50m Rifle Prone / Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

Achievements: 5th Place Men's 10m Air Rifle (2016); 6th Place Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (2012); 10th Place Men's 50m Rifle Prone (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Lalita Yauhleuskaya (Belarus 1996-2000; Australia 2004-2016)

Events: Women's 10m Air Pistol / Women's 25m Pistol

Achievements: Bronze Women's 25m Pistol Sydney 2000; 8th place 10m air Pistol Atlanta 1996

Current Status: Active

 

 

Kim Rhode (1996-2016)

Events: Women's Double Trap (1996-2004) / Women's Skeet (2000-2016)

Achievements: Gold Women's Double Trap (1996, 2004); Bronze Women's Trap (2000); Gold Women's Skeet (2012); Silver Women's Skeet (2008); Bronze Women's Skeet (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Swimming

 

 

Therese Alshammar (1996-2016)

Events: Women's 100m Backstroke; 50m Free; 100m Free Women's 4x100m Medley; Women's 4x100m Free

Achievements: Silver 50m Free (2000); Silver 100m Free (2000); Bronze Women's 4x100m Free (2000)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Kirsty Coventry (2000-2016)

Events: Women's 50m Free (2000); Women's 100m Free (2000); Women's 100m Backstroke (2000-2016); Women's 200m Backstroke (2004-2016); Women's 200m Individual Medley (2000-2012); Women's 400m Individual Medley (2008)

Achievements: Gold Women's 200m Backstroke (2004, 2008); Silver Women's 100m Backstroke (2004, 2008); Silver Women's 200m Individual Medley (2008); Silver Women's 400m Individual medley (2008); Bronze Women's 200m Individual Medley (2004)

Current Status: Retired

 

 

Michael Phelps (2000-2016)

Events: Men's 200m Free; Men's 100m Butterfly; Men's 200m Buttefly; Men's 200m IM; Men's 400m IM; Men's 4x100m Free; Men's 4x200m Free; Men's 4x100m Medley

Achievements: Gold Men's 200m Free (2008); Gold Men's 100m Butterfly (2004-2012); Gold Men's 200m Butterfly (2004, 2008, 2016); Gold Men's 200m IM (2004-2016); Gold Men's 400m IM (2004, 2008); Gold Men's 4x100m Free (2008, 2016); Gold Men's 4x200m Free (2004-2016); Gold Men's 4x100m Medley (2004-2016); Silver Men's 100m Butterfly (2016); Silver Men's 200m Butterfly (2012); Silver Men's 4x100m Free (2012); Bronze Men's 200m Free (2004); Bronze Men's 4x100m Free (2004)

Current Status: Retired

 

 

Spyridon Gianniotis (2000-2016)

Events: Men's 400m Freestyle (2000-2008); Men's 1500m Freestyle (2000-2008); Men's Marathon 10km Open Water (2008-2016)

Achievements: Silver Men's Marathon 10km Open Water (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

Synchronised Swimming

 

 

 

 

Table Tennis

 

Segun Toriola (1992-2016)

Events: Men's Singles (1996-2016) / Men's Doubles (1992-2004) / Men's Team (2008, 2016)

Achievements: Third Round (Round of 32) Men's Singles Beijing 2008

Current Status: Active

 

 

Vladimir Samsonov (1996-2016)

Events: Men's Singles (1996-2016) / Men's Doubles (1996-2000) / Men's Team (2008)

Achievements: Quarter-Finals Men's Singles 1996, 2000

Current Status: Active

 

 

Olufunke Oshonaike (1996-2016)

Events: Women's Singles (1996-2016) / Women's Doubles (1996-2004) / Women's Team (2008)

Achievements: Second Round Women's Singles (2004)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Timo Boll (2000-2016)

Events: Men's Singles (2000-2016) / Men's Doubles (2000-2004) / Men's Team (2008-2016)

Achievements: Silver Men's Team (2008); Bronze Men's Team (2012, 2016); Quarter-Finals Men's Singles (2004)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Adrian Crisan (2000-2016)

Events: Men's Singles

Achievements: Quarter-Finals Men's Singles (2012)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Nanthana Komwong (2000-2016)

Events: Women's Singles

Achievements: Third Round Women's Singles (2004, 2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Jian Fang Lay (2000-2016

Events: Women's Singles (2004-2016) / Women's Doubles (2000-2004) / Women's Team (2008-2016)

Achievements: Third Round Women's Singles (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Liu Jia (2000-2016)

Events: Women's Singles (2000-2016) / Women's Doubles (2000) / Women's Team (2008-2016)

Achievements: Fourth Round Women's Singles (2016) / Quarter-Finals Women's Team (2016)

Current Status: Active

 

 

Viktoria Pavlovich (2000-2016)

Events: Women's Singles / Women's Doubles

Achievements: Fourth Round Women's Singles (2000, 2004, 2012)

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Taekwondo

 

 

 

 

Tennis

 

Leander Paes (1992-2016)

Events: Men's Singles / Men's Doubles / Mixed Doubles

Achievements: Bronze Men's Singles 1996; 4th Place Men's Doubles 2004; Quarter-Finals Mixed Doubles 2012

Current Status: Active

 

 

Daniel Nestor (1996-2016)

Events: Men's Doubles

Achievements: Gold Men's Doubles Sydney 2000

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Triathlon

 

 

 

 

Volleyball

 

Sergey Tetyukhin (1996-2016)

Events: Men's Team

Achievements: Gold 2012; Silver 2000; Bronze 2004, 2008

Current Status: Active

 

 

 

 

Water Polo

 

 

 

 

Weightlifting

 

 

 

 

Wrestling

 

 

Edited July 15, 2017 by OlympicIRL

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Erik Vlček (Sprint Canoeing) for Slovakia.  Competing in 2000, 2004 (Bronze in K4-1000), 2008 (Silver in K4-1000), 2012 and 2016 (Silver in K4-1000) and still aiming Tokyo.

 

Not sure if you will count Martikán but he competed in Atlanta 1996 (Gold), Sydney 2000 (Silver), Athens 2004 (Silver), Beijing 2008 (Gold) and London 2012 (Bronze), but miss to qualify for Rio 2016, however he is till competing and fighting for Tokyo spot.

 

 

Also Don´t know if you count also the winter olympics, because we have few Ice Hockey players which played something like the whole 21st century at Olympics + few also more like Nagano 1998 and Miro Šatan was already the best scorer of the tournament in Lillehammer 1994 and he finished his career only 2 years back....

And I think we can find some of athletes competing at WOG since SLC 2002 and still aiming PyeongChang

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5 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Erik Vlček (Sprint Canoeing) for Slovakia.  Competing in 2000, 2004 (Bronze in K4-1000), 2008 (Silver in K4-1000), 2012 and 2016 (Silver in K4-1000) and still aiming Tokyo.

 

Not sure if you will count Martikán but he competed in Atlanta 1996 (Gold), Sydney 2000 (Silver), Athens 2004 (Silver), Beijing 2008 (Gold) and London 2012 (Bronze), but miss to qualify for Rio 2016, however he is till competing and fighting for Tokyo spot.

 

 

Also Don´t know if you count also the winter olympics, because we have few Ice Hockey players which played something like the whole 21st century at Olympics + few also more like Nagano 1998 and Miro Šatan was already the best scorer of the tournament in Lillehammer 1994 and he finished his career only 2 years back....

And I think we can find some of athletes competing at WOG since SLC 2002 and still aiming PyeongChang

 

I will probably make a separate note about those athletes like Martikán with that longevity, I know there are quite a few who still compete but maybe missed one or two in between. I will for now concentrate on those who have been at all Summer Olympics since 2000 and then look at adding the others as I would love to track them also

 

As I know nothing about Winter Sports, I won't look at creating those lists for now.... maybe after this list is completed or if someone more knowledgeable wants to take the task then feel free

 

[dcro 10,210]

No Croatian that competed in Sydney is active anymore. Except Blanka Vlašić, but she missed London 2012.

 

As for equestrian, there are several athletes.

 

Dressage - Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven

Eventing - Phillip Dutton (competed for Australia in 2000 and 2004), Ingrid Klimke, Karin Donckers

Jumping - Taizo Sugitani

 

There are few more that competed in 2000 and only missed one Olympics since. And there are few more that haven't competed at all of them, but were around way before Sydney 2000.

Edited July 2, 2017 by dcro

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4 minutes ago, dcro said:

No Croatian that competed in Sydney is active anymore. Except Blanka Vlašić, but she missed London 2012.

 

As for equestrian, there are several athletes.

 

Dressage - Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven

Eventing - Philipp Dutton (competed for Australia in 2000 and 2004), Ingrid Klimke, Karin Donckers

Jumping - Taizo Sugitani

 

There are few more that competed in 2000 and only missed one Olympics since. And there are few more that haven't competed at all of them, but were around way before Sydney 2000.

 

Thanks! I will try to make space for those interesting athletes who competed at Sydney 2000 or before who may have missed one or more editions in between but are still targeting Tokyo 2020.... first thing first though

 

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Therese Alshammar, Swimming , Sweden!

[dcro 10,210]

There seems to be a lot such cases in table tennis!

 

Timo Boll

Vladimir Samsonov

Segun Toriola

Olufunke Oshonaike

Liu Jia

Viktoria Pavlovich

Jian Fang Lay

 

It's possible that I missed someone.

Edited July 2, 2017 by dcro

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