| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Herminio Ahumada |
 MEX |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924 |
Member of the Mexican Revolution Party from 1943–46 |
| Palmira de Almeida |
 ANG |
HBL |
Olympics / Other |
1996 |
Member of the Angolan Parliament (MPLA) |
| David Anderson |
 CAN |
ROW |
Olympics |
1960 |
Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1968 through 1972 and again from 1993 through 2006 (Liberal) |
| Wendell Anderson |
 USA |
IHO |
Olympics |
1956 |
Member of US Senate, Minnesota 1976-78 (Democrat) |
| Luigi Antognini |
 SUI |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1920 |
Grand Council of Ticino |
| Nancy Arendt-Kemp |
 LUX |
SWM/TRI |
Olympics |
1988—2000 |
Member of Luxembourgish D'Chamber from 23 January 1996 through 8 June 1999 and 3 June 2003 through 5 June 2004 and since 3 August 2004 (CSV) |
| Taro Aso |
 JPN |
SHO |
Olympics |
1976 |
Shugiin (House of Representatives) 1979-1983, since 1986 Liberal Democratic Party |
| John Jacob Astor |
 GBR |
RQT |
Olympics |
1908 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1922-1945. Member of the UK House of Lords 1956-1971 (Conservative) |
| Mehmet Ali Aybar |
 TUR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1928 |
Member of Turkish Meclis from 1965 through 1973 (TİP) |
| Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene |
 MGL |
JUD |
Olympics / Other |
1988—2000 |
Member of Mongolian Ulsyn Ikh Khural since 2004 (MAN) |
| Jansugh Bagrationi |
 GEO |
|
Other / Administrator |
1996—2004 |
Member of the Georgian Parliament from 1999–2004. |
| Philip Baker |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1912—1920 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1929-1931 and 1936-1970 (Labour) |
| Paolo Barelli |
 ITA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Member of Italian Parliament from 2001 to 2013 and 2018-2020 (ongoing) |
| Richard Barnett |
GBR |
SHO |
Olympics |
1908 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1916-1929 (Conservative) |
| Yayuk Basuki |
 INA |
TEN |
Olympics |
1988—2000 |
Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from 2014 and 2019 (National Mandate Party) |
| Zhan Beleniuk |
 UKR |
WRE |
Olympics |
2016—2020 |
Elected to Ukrainian Parliament in 2019. First Black to serve in that legislative body. |
| Oleg Blokhin |
 URS
UKR |
FBL |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Member of Ukrainian Rada from 12 May 1998 through 2006 (Hromada, KPU) |
| John Pius Boland |
GBR
 IRL |
TEN |
Olympics |
1896 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1900-1918 (Irish Parliamentary Party) |
| Valery Borzov |
URS
UKR |
ATH |
Olympics / Administrator |
1972—1998 |
Member of Ukrainian Rada from 1998 through 2006 (Rukh, SDPU(o)) |
| Bob Bourne |
GBR |
ROW |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1908—1912 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1924-1938 (Conservative) |
| James Bowman |
CAN |
CUR |
Non-Medal |
1932 |
Member of Canadian House of Commons 1930 through 1935 (Conservative) |
| Svetlana Boyarkina-Zhurova |
 RUS |
SSK |
Olympics |
1994—2006 |
Member of Russian Duma since 2007 (Edinaya Rossiya) |
| József Bozsik |
 HUN |
FBL |
Olympics |
1952 |
Member of Hungarian Országgyűlés from 1950 through 1953 (MDP) |
| Lord Brabazon of Tara |
GBR |
SKN |
Non-starter / Administrator |
1928—1948 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1918-1942 (Conservative) |
| Bill Bradley |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1964 |
Member of US Senate, New Jersey, 1979-97 (Democrat) |
| Adam Brodecki |
 POL |
FSK |
Olympics |
1972 |
Member of Polish Sejm from 1989 through 1991 (PZPR) |
| Sergey Bubka |
URS
UKR
 EUN |
ATH |
Olympics / Non-starter / Other / Administrator |
1988—2022 |
Member of Ukrainian Rada from 2002 through 2006 (PR) |
| Perica Bukić |
 CRO
 YUG |
WPO |
Olympics / Other |
1984—1996 |
Member of Croatian Sabor from 22 December 2003 through 11 January 2008 (HDZ) |
| David, Lord Burghley |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics / Other / Administrator |
1924—1981 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1931–1943. Member of the UK House of Lords 1956-1981 (Conservative) |
| William Burns |
CAN |
CUR |
Non-Medal |
1932 |
Member of Canadian House of Commons 1930 through 1935 (Conservative) |
| David Butler |
 RHO
 ZIM |
SAL |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
Member of Rhodesian Legislative Assembly from 1962 through 11 November 1965 (UFP and RP) |
| Alain Calmat |
 FRA |
FSK |
Olympics / Referee / Other |
1956—1984 |
Member of French Assemblée nationale 1986 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002 (Socialiste) |
| Pablo Campana |
 ECU |
TEN |
Olympics |
1996 |
Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment from 23 August 2018 through 19 June 2019 |
| Ben Campbell |
USA |
JUD |
Olympics |
1964 |
Member of US Senate, Colorado, 1993-2005 (Democrat/Republican) |
| Menzies Campbell |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1964 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1983- (Liberal 1983-1988, Liberal Democrat 1988- ) |
| Marc-Kanyan Case |
FRA |
FBL |
Olympics |
1968 |
Vice-President of the Congress of New Caledonia and member of the Rally for Caledonia in the Republic party |
| Chris Chataway |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1952—1956 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1959-1966 and 1969-1974 (Conservative) |
| Chi Cheng |
 TPE |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1960—1972 |
Member of Taiwanese Yuan from 6 December 1980 through 2 December 1989 (Kuomintang) |
| Seb Coe |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics / Other / Administrator |
1980—2020 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1992-1997, Member of the UK House of Lords 2000- (Conservative) |
| Eamonn Coghlan |
IRL |
ATH |
Olympics |
1976—1988 |
Member of the Irish Senate since 2011 (Fine Gael) |
| Juliet Cuthbert |
 JAM |
ATH |
Olympics / Non-starter / Other |
1980—1996 |
Elected to Parliament for the St. Andrew West Rural constituency in 2016. |
| Amedeo D'Albora |
ITA |
ART |
Olympics |
1936 |
Member of Italian Senato from 25 May 1958 through 15 May 1963 (Gruppo Misto, MSI, PDI) |
| Béla Dánér |
HUN |
ATH/GAR |
1906 / Non-starter |
1906—1908 |
He was Member of the Hungarian Parliament |
| William, Lord Desborough |
GBR |
FEN |
1906 / Other / Administrator |
1905—1913 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1880-1882, 1885-1886, 1892-1893 and 1900-1905 (Liberal 1880-1893 Conservative 1900-1905). Member of the UK House of Lords 1905-1945. |
| Robin Dixon |
GBR |
BOB |
Olympics / Other |
1964—1968 |
Member of House of Lords as 3rd Baron Glentoran |
| Václav Dobiáš |
 TCH |
ART |
Olympics |
1948 |
Member of the Czechoslovakian National Assembly since 1960 |
| Laurent Dona Fologo |
 CIV |
|
Other |
1983 |
Member of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PCDI) |
| Heike Drechsler |
 GDR
 GER |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1988—2000 |
Member of East-German Volkskammer from 1986 through 1990 (FDJ) |
| Guy Drut |
FRA |
ATH |
Olympics / Other / Administrator |
1972—1996 |
Member of French Assemblée nationale, Seine-et-Marne, 16 March 1986 through 25 June 2007 (RPR, UMP) |
| Şekip Engineri |
TUR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924 |
Member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey. |
| Arsen Fadzayev |
RUS
URS
EUN
 UZB |
WRE |
Olympics |
1988—1996 |
Member of Russian Duma from 2003 through 2011 (SPS, Edinaya Rossiya) |
| Pedro Figari |
 URU |
ART |
Olympics |
1932 |
Member of Uruguayan Cámara de Representantes from 1897 through 1905 (?) (Partido Colorado) |
| Álvaro, Conde de Figueroa |
 ESP |
POL |
Olympics |
1920—1924 |
Member of Spanish Cortes from 24 April 1916 through 15 September 1923 for Bajadoz and 24 February 1936 through 2 February 1939 for Guadalajara |
| Anatoly Firsov |
RUS
URS |
IHO |
Olympics |
1964—1972 |
Member of USSR Syezd narodnykh deputatov SSSR from 1989 through 1991 |
| Luis Flores |
 GUA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1972 |
Vice-President of Guatemala 1996-2000 |
| Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze |
FRA |
POL |
Olympics |
1900 |
Member of French Assemblée nationale, Oise, from 24 April 1910 through 31 May 1914 (Républicain Progressiste), 16 November 1919 through 31 May 1932 (ERD/URD) |
| Ruth Fuchs |
GDR |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1972—1980 |
Member of East-German Volkskammer from 18 March 1990 through 2 October 1990 (PDS). Member of German Bundestag from 3 October 1990 through 20 December 1990 and from 11 March 1992 through 2002 (PDS) |
| Hassan Ghafourifard |
 IRI |
|
Administrator |
1984—1986 |
Member of the Iranian Parliament and served as the Minister of Energy from 1981 through 1985 |
| Eberhard Gienger |
 FRG |
GAR |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Member of German Bundestag since 22 September 2002 (CDU) |
| Oliver St. John Gogarty |
IRL |
ART |
Olympics |
1924 |
Member of Irish Seanad Éireann from 1922 through 1936 (Cumann na nGaedheal) |
| Nancy Greene |
CAN |
ALP |
Olympics / Other |
1960—1968 |
Member of Canadian Senate, British Columbia, from 2 January 2009 to 11 May 2018 (Conservative) |
| John Gretton, Jr. |
GBR |
SAL |
Olympics |
1900 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1895-1906, 1907-1943. Member of the UK House of Lords 1944-1947 (Conservative) |
| Kelpo Gröndahl |
 FIN |
WRE |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
Member of Finnish Eduskunta from 20 February 1962 through 22 March 1970 (SKDL) |
| Gunnar Gundersen |
 NOR |
SWM |
Olympics |
1976 |
Member of Norwegian Storting since 2005 (Høyre) |
| Dezső Gyarmati |
HUN |
WPO |
Olympics / Coach |
1948—1980 |
Member of Hungarian Országgyűlés from 1990 through 1994 (MDF) |
| Emam Ali Habibi |
IRI |
WRE |
Olympics |
1956—1960 |
Elected to the Iranian parliament in 1963 |
| Han Pil-Hwa |
 PRK |
SSK |
Olympics |
1964—1972 |
Member of North-Korean Choego Inmin Hoe-ui from 1998 through ? |
| John Harun |
 KEN |
SHO |
Olympics |
1968—1972 |
Member of Kenyan National Assembly, Kilome, from 2007 through 4 March 2013 (PICK) |
| Hiroshi Hase |
JPN |
WRE |
Olympics |
1984 |
Shugiin (House of Representatives) since 2000 Liberal Democratic Party |
| Seiko Hashimoto |
JPN |
CTR/SSK |
Olympics / Other / Administrator |
1984—2022 |
Member of Japanese Sangiin since 26 July 1995 (LDP) |
| Heikki Hasu |
FIN |
CCS/NCB |
Olympics / Other |
1948—1952 |
Member of Finnish Eduskunta from 20 February 1962 through 4 April 1966 and 25 April 1967 through 22 March 1970 (Suomen Keskusta) |
| Ichiro Hatta |
JPN |
WRE |
Olympics |
1932 |
Sangiin (House of Councillors) since 1965 |
| Alphonse Henríquez |
 HAI |
ART |
Olympics |
1932 |
Member of the first constituent assembly of Haiti in 1946 and senator |
| Terry Higgins |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1948—1952 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1964-1997 (Conservative) |
| Manabu Horii |
JPN |
SSK |
Olympics |
1994—2002 |
Member of Japanese Shugiin since 17 December 2012 (LDP) |
| Huang Chih-Hsiung |
TPE |
TKW |
Olympics / Other |
2000—2004 |
Member of Taiwanese Yuan from 1 February 2005 (Kuomintang) |
| Josefa Idem-Guerrini |
ITA
FRG |
CSP |
Olympics |
1984—2012 |
Member of Italian Parliament from (2013-2018) |
| Robert Jaworski |
 PHI |
BKB |
Olympics |
1968 |
Member of 11th and 12th Congress of the Philippines from 1998 through 2004 (Independent) |
| Alina Kabayeva |
RUS |
GRY |
Olympics |
2000—2004 |
Member of Russian Duma since 2007 (Edinaya Rossiya) |
| Kunishige Kamamoto |
JPN |
FBL |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
Shugiin (House of Councillors) 1995-1998 Liberal Democratic Party |
| Pantelis Karasevdas |
 GRE |
SHO |
Olympics |
1896 |
Member of Greek Vouli ton Ellinon from 1910 through ? (Komma Fileleutheron) |
| Aleksandr Karelin |
RUS
URS
EUN |
WRE |
Olympics / Other |
1988—2000 |
Member of Russian Duma since 1999 (Edinaya Rossiya) |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes |
 AUS |
ATH |
Olympics / Administrator |
1920—1957 |
Member of Australian House of Representatives, Chisholm, from 10 December 1949 through 31 July 1970 (Liberal) |
| Leri Khabelovi |
GEO
RUS
URS
EUN |
WRE |
Olympics / Administrator |
1988—2012 |
Member of Georgian Sakartvelos parlament'i since 2012 (K’art’uli ots’neba – demokratiuli Sak’art’velo) |
| Makharbek Khadartsev |
RUS
URS
EUN
UZB |
WRE |
Olympics |
1988—2000 |
Member of Russian Duma since 21 December 2011 (Edinaya Rossiya) |
| Svetlana Khorkina |
RUS |
GAR |
Olympics |
1996—2004 |
Member of Russian Duma from 2007 through 2011 (Edinaya Rossiya) |
| Serik Konakbayev |
 KAZ
URS |
BOX |
Olympics |
1980 |
Member of Kazakh Majilis from 1999 through 2012 |
| Stano Kropilák |
TCH
 SVK |
BKB |
Olympics |
1976—1980 |
Member of Slovakian Parliament until 2006. |
| Ján Krošlák |
SVK |
TEN |
Olympics |
1996 |
Member of the Slovakian Parliament since 2020. |
| Karol Kučera |
SVK |
TEN |
Olympics |
1996—2004 |
Member of the Slovakian Parliament since 2020. |
| Jerzy Kulej |
POL |
BOX |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
Member of the Polish Sejm from 2001-05, as a member of Democratic Left Alliance for electoral district of Warszawa. |
| Grigorios Lamprakis |
GRE |
ATH |
Olympics |
1936 |
Member of the Greek Vouli ton Ellinon 1961 through 27 May 1963 (EDA) |
| Victor de Laveleye |
 BEL |
HOC/TEN |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1920—1928 |
Member of Belgian Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers from 1939 through 14 December 1945 (Liberale Partij) |
| Veera Liukkonen |
FIN |
TKW |
Olympics |
2000 |
Elected to Finnish Parliament in April 2015 as a member of The Finns party. |
| Karl Lukk |
 EST
RUS |
ATH |
Olympics |
1912 |
Member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly. |
| Jagna Marczułajtis |
POL |
SBD |
Olympics |
1998—2006 |
Member of the Polish Sejm since November 2011. |
| Claude Martin |
FRA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1952—1960 |
Member of French Assemblée nationale, Oise, from 30 June 1968 through 1 April 1973 (Union des démocrates pour la République) and 19 March 1978 through 22 May 1981 (Rassemblement pour la République) |
| Bob Mathias |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
Member of US House of Representatives, California, 1967-75 (Republican) |
| Marjo Matikainen |
FIN |
CCS |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
Member of Finnish Eduskunta from 19 March 2003 through 27 March 2003 and since 21 July 2004 (Kansallinen Kokoomus). Member of European Parliament from 11 November 1996 through 19 July 2004 (Kansallinen Kokoomus / ED) |
| Tom McMillen |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1972 |
Member of US House of Representatives, Maryland, 1987-93 (Democrat) |
| Pietro Mennea |
ITA |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1972—1988 |
Member of European Parliament from 1999 through 2004 (I Democratic / ELDR) |
| Daniel Mérillon |
FRA |
GAR/SHO |
Olympics / Non-Medal / Administrator |
1900—1925 |
Member of French Assemblée nationale, Gironde, from 18 October 1885 through 11 November 1889 (Union républicaine) |
| Ralph Metcalfe |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1932—1936 |
Member of US House of Representatives, Illinois, 1971-1978 (Democrat) |
| Juha Mieto |
FIN |
CCS |
Olympics / Other |
1972—1984 |
Member of Finnish Eduskunta from 21 March 2007 through 19 April 2011 (Suomen Keskusta) |
| Colin, Lord Moynihan |
GBR |
ROW |
Olympics / Administrator |
1980—2012 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1983-1992, Member of the UK House of Lords 1997- (Conservative) |
| Erki Nool |
EST |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1992—2004 |
Member of Estonian Riigikogu from 2007 (IRL) |
| Kenji Ogiwara |
JPN |
NCB |
Olympics |
1992—2002 |
Member of Japanese Sangiin from 26 July 2004 through 25 July 2010 (LDP) |
| Katsuo Okazaki |
JPN |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924 |
Shugiin (House of Representatives) 1949-1958 Liberal Democratic Party |
| Joachim Olsen |
 DEN |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
2000—2008 |
Member of Danish Folketing from 2011 (LA) |
| Kiyoko Ono |
JPN |
GAR |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
Shugiin (House of Councillors) 1986-1998, 2001-2007 Liberal Democratic Party |
| Zbigniew Pacelt |
POL |
MPN/SWM |
Olympics |
1968—1976 |
Member of the Polish Sejm from 25 September 2005 until his 2007, as a member of the Civic Platform list. |
| Rudolph, Baron van Pallandt |
 NED |
SHO |
Olympics |
1908 |
Member of Dutch Eerste Kamer from 20 September 1910 through 15 March 1913 (death) (CHU) |
| Vladimir Parfenovich |
 BLR
URS |
CSP |
Olympics |
1980 |
Member of Belarussian Palata Pradstawnikow from 2000 through ? |
| Hugó Payr |
HUN |
WRE |
Olympics |
1908 |
Member of the Hungarian Parliament (1931-1939) |
| Zbigniew Pietrzykowski |
POL |
BOX |
Olympics |
1956—1964 |
Member of Polish Sejm from 14 October 1993 through 10 October 1997 (BdP) |
| Hugh Plaxton |
CAN |
IHO |
Olympics |
1928 |
Member of Canadian House of Commons 14 October 1935 through 1940 (Liberal) |
| Pavel Ploc |
 CZE
TCH |
SJP |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
Member of Czech Poslanecká sněmovna since 3 June 2006 (CSSD) |
| Payao Poontarat |
 THA |
BOX |
Olympics |
1976 |
Member of Thai from 2001 through his death (?) (Phak Prachathipat) |
| José Puig |
ESP |
ART |
Referee |
1924 |
Deputy to the Spanish Cortes in Madrid (1907-09) |
| Rolf Rämgård |
 SWE |
CCS |
Olympics |
1960 |
Member of the Swedish Riksdag 1974 through 1985 (Centerpartiet) |
| Bhichai Rattakul |
THA |
|
Other |
1999 |
Member of the Democrat Party and served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 1983 to 1990 and 1997 to 2000 |
| Jozef Regec |
TCH
SVK |
CRD |
Olympics |
1988 |
Member of Czech Senát since 23 October 2010 (CSSD, SPOZ) |
| Dan Repacholi |
AUS |
SHO |
Olympics |
2004—2020 |
Repacholi was selected as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the Division of Hunter for the 2022 Australian federal election. |
| Philip Richardson |
GBR |
SHO |
Olympics |
1908—1912 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1922–1931 (Conservative) |
| Roman Rurua |
GEO
URS |
WRE |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
Member of Georgian Sakartvelos parlament'i from 1999 though 2003 (Sportuli Sakartvelo) |
| Jim Ryun |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1964—1972 |
Member of US House of Representatives, Kansas, 1996-2007 (Republican) |
| Yasutaro Sakagami |
JPN |
WPO |
Olympics / Coach |
1932—1936 |
Shugiin (House of Representatives) 1958-1976 Socialist Party |
| Viktor Savchenko |
URS
UKR |
BOX |
Olympics |
1976—1980 |
Member of Ukrainian Rada from 7 August 1994 through 12 May 1998 (Independent) |
| Viktors Ščerbatihs |
 LAT |
WLF |
Olympics |
1996—2008 |
Member of Latvian Saeima from 7 November 2006 through 1 November 2010 (ZZS) |
| Friedel Schirmer |
GER
FRG |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1952 |
Member of German Bundestag from 28 September 1969 through 5 March 1983 (SPD) |
| Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek |
GDR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1976—1980 |
Member of East German Volkskammer from 1976 through 1986 (FDJ) |
| Gustav-Adolf Schur |
GDR
GER |
CRD |
Olympics |
1956—1960 |
Member of East German Volkskammer 1958 through 1990 (FDJ, SED, PDS). Member of German Bundestag from 1998 through 2002 (PDS). |
| James Sharpe |
 AHO |
ATH |
Olympics |
1992 |
Member of Dutch Tweede Kamer 17 June 2010 through 19 November 2010 (PVV) |
| Jyotirmoyee Sikdar |
 IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1996 |
Member of Indian Lok Sabha, Krishnanagar, from 2003 through 2009 (CPI(M)) |
| Karni Singh |
IND |
SHO |
Olympics |
1960—1980 |
Member of Indian Lok Sabha, Bikaner, from 1952 through 1977 (Independent) |
| Jiří Šlégr |
CZE
TCH |
IHO |
Olympics |
1992—1998 |
Member of Czech Poslanecká sněmovna since 29 May 2010 through 14 June 2013 (CSSD, LEV 21) |
| Peter Šťastný |
TCH
SVK |
IHO |
Olympics / Other |
1980—1994 |
Member of European Parliament since 2004 (SDKÚ-DS / EPP) |
| Zali Steggall |
AUS |
ALP |
Olympics / Other |
1992—2002 |
Elected a Member of Parliament in Australia in 2019 and re-elected in 2022. |
| Marcus Stephen |
 NRU
 SAM |
WLF |
Olympics / Other / Administrator |
1992—2009 |
Member of Parliament of Nauru since 3 May 2003 (Independent) |
| Mieke Sterk |
NED |
ATH |
Olympics |
1968 |
Member of Dutch Tweede Kamer 30 August 1994 through 19 May 1998 (PvdA) |
| Efstratios Stratigis |
GRE |
|
Administrator |
1998—1999 |
Member of Hellenic Parliament from 1985 through 1989 (New Democracy) |
| Joe Sullivan |
CAN |
IHO |
Olympics |
1928 |
Member of Canadian Senate, Ontario, from 12 October 1957 through 18 February 1985 (Progressive Conservative) |
| Tạ Quang Chiến |
 VIE |
|
Administrator |
1982—1993 |
Member of the Seventh National Assembly of Vietnam 1981–1987 (Communist Party) |
| Jaan Talts |
EST
URS |
WLF |
Olympics |
1968—1972 |
Member of Estonian Riigikogu from 11 March 1995 through 17 April 1995 and 6 November 1995 through 1 December 1996 (Eesti Reformierakond) |
| Jüri Tamm |
EST
URS |
ATH |
Olympics |
1980—1996 |
Member of Estonian Riigikogu 1999 through 2003 (Mõõdukad) |
| Harald Tammer |
EST |
ATH/WLF |
Olympics / Other |
1920—1924 |
Member of the Estonian Rahvuskogu from 1937 through 1940 |
| Ryoko Tamura-Tani |
JPN |
JUD |
Olympics / Other |
1992—2008 |
Shugiin (House of Councillors) since 2013 Liberal Democratic Party |
| Masami Tanabu |
JPN |
IHO |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
Shugiin (House of Representatives) 1979-1996 various parties |
| Géza, Gróf Teleki |
HUN |
HOC |
Olympics |
1936 |
Teleki was the member of the Provisional National Government in 1945 |
| Erica Terpstra |
NED |
SWM |
Olympics / Administrator |
1960—2010 |
Member of Dutch Tweede Kamer 8 June 1977 through 22 August 1994 and 19 May 1998 through 15 December 2003 (both VVD) |
| Arto Tiainen |
FIN |
CCS |
Olympics |
1956—1968 |
Member of Finnish Eduskunta from 22 January 1970 through 22 March 1970 (SDP) |
| Simeon Toribio |
PHI |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1928—1936 |
Member of the Senate of the Philippines (1941-1953) |
| Daulet Turlykhanov |
KAZ
URS
EUN |
WRE |
Olympics |
1988—1996 |
Member of Kazakh Majilis from 1995 through 2004 |
| Cenaida Uribe |
 PER |
VVO |
Olympics |
1988 |
Member of Peruvian Congreso de la República since 2006 (Partido Nacionalista Peruano) |
| Adam Van Koeverden |
CAN |
CSP |
Olympics / Other |
2004—2016 |
Elected to Canadian Parliament in 2019. |
| Valentina Vezzali |
ITA |
FEN |
Olympics / Other |
1996—2012 |
Member of Italian Parliament from (2013-2018) |
| Lasse Virén |
FIN |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
1972—1980 |
Member of Finnish Eduskunta from 24 March 1993 through 20 March 2007 and 19 October 2010 through 19 April 2011 (Kansallinen Kokoomus) |
| Ingrid Wendl |
 AUT |
FSK |
Olympics |
1956 |
Member of Austrian Nationalrat from 20 December 2002 through 29 October 2006 (ÖVP) |
| Bogdan Wenta |
GER |
HBL |
Olympics |
2000 |
Elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2014 representing Poland |
| Ulla Werbrouck |
BEL |
JUD |
Olympics / Other |
1992—2000 |
Member of Belgian Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers from 2007 through 2 July 2009 (LDD) |
| Jack, Lord Wodehouse |
GBR
IRL |
POL |
Olympics |
1908—1920 |
Member of the UK House of Commons 1906-1910. Member of the UK House of Lords 1932-41 (Liberal) |
| Janusz Wójcik |
POL |
FBL |
Coach |
1992 |
Elected to Polish Sejm as a member of the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland party on 25 September 2005 for the Białystok district. |
| Hamza Yerlikaya |
TUR |
WRE |
Olympics / Other |
1996—2004 |
Member of Turkish Meclis from 2007 through 2011 (AKP) |