| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Regilio Tuur |
 NED |
BOX |
Olympics |
1988 |
In 2003, he was sentenced to 20 months in jail for various violence offences, including the beating of his wife and the assault of a police officer. |
| Masato Uchishiba |
 JPN |
JUD |
Olympics |
2004—2008 |
In February 2013 sentenced to five years in prison for raping a student he had been coaching. |
| Iñaki Urdangarín |
 ESP |
HBL |
Olympics |
1992—2000 |
Sentenced to 6 years and three months for his part in a political scandal, embezzlement and money laundering in 2017. He stayed out of prison on appeal, and in June 2018 his sentence was reduced to five years and 10 months. However, he had to start the sentence within five days of the ruling by a judge in Palma de Mallorca. |
| Steven van de Velde |
NED |
VBV |
Olympics |
2024 |
In 2016 van de Velde was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in England. He served one year of his four-year sentence before resuming his volleyball career. |
| Félix Verdejo |
 PUR |
BOX |
Olympics |
2012 |
Received two life sentences for kidnapping, drugging, and murdering his pregnant girlfriend. |
| Roberto Verdesia |
 CRC |
|
Administrator |
2008 |
Final sentence to 15 years in prison in 2021 for tax fraud. |
| Jean Verhaert |
 BEL |
ATH |
Olympics |
1936 |
Sentenced to twenty years for his role in collaborating with the Nazis during World War II, with this later being reduced. |
| Alexis Vila |
 CUB |
WRE |
Olympics |
1996 |
Served 3 years in prison (2004-07) for alleged attempted terrorism at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Sentence to 15 years in prison in 2020 after being found guilty as an accessory to second-degree murder. |
| José Vilchis |
 MEX |
GAR |
Olympics |
1968 |
Glasgow announced in February 2023 former gymnastics coach Jose Vilchis sentenced to 96 yrs for Criminal Sexual Assault of Female Gymnast |
| Peter Wakefield |
 AUS |
BOX |
Olympics |
2004 |
In 2017 he was sentenced to 4½ years in prison for drug trafficking. |
| Ryan Wedding |
 CAN |
SBD |
Olympics |
2002 |
Convicted of drug charges in 2010 and sentenced to four years in prison. |
| René Weller |
 FRG |
BOX |
Olympics |
1976 |
In 1999 he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment due to cocaine dealing, dealing in stolen goods and forgery, but was released in 2003. |
| Ricardo Williams, Jr. |
 USA |
BOX |
Olympics |
2000 |
In 2005 he was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and was sentenced to three years in jail. After serving 31 months, he was released. |
| Jesse Williamson |
USA |
ROW |
Non-Medal |
1904 |
Served eight years in prison for embezzlement. |
| Ben Wynn |
AUS |
FRS/MIX |
YOG |
2020 |
Sentenced to two years for sexual assualt |
| Daniele Zappaterra |
 ITA |
BOX |
Olympics |
1976 |
Imprisoned for some months in 1982-83 for terrorist gang activities and sentenced to four years in prison (2008-12) for possession and trafficking in illegal drugs. |
