Famous Athletes
- from Sparta
- Cynisca of Sparta (owner of a four-horse chariot) (first woman to be listed as an Olympic victor)
- from Rhodes:
- Diagoras of Rhodes (boxing 79th Olympiad, 464 BC) and his sons Akusilaos and Damagetos (boxing and pankration)
- Leonidas of Rhodes (running: stadion, diaulos and hoplitodromos)
- from Croton:
- Astylos of Croton (running: stadion, diaulos and hoplitodromos)
- Milo of Croton (wrestling)
- Stanliobos of Croton (stadion)
- Timasitheos of Croton (wrestling)
- from other cities:
- Koroibos of Elis (stadion, the very first Olympic champion)
- Orsippus of Megara (running: diaulos)
- Theagenes of Thasos (boxer, pankratiast and runner)
- non-Greek:
- Tiberius (steerer of a four-horse chariot)
- Nero (steerer of a ten-horse chariot)
- Varastades, Prince and future King of Armenia, last known Ancient Olympic victor (boxing) during the 291st Olympic Games in the 4th century
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