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An Olympic athlete is a person who has competed in any of the Olympic sports, including demonstration sports, at an Olympic Games.
Note: In this type definition, the term Olympic is used for those events organized and endorsed by the International Olympic Committee.
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Those persons who were part of the Olympics either as individual competitor or as part of a team.
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Individual competitors (e.g. Michael Phelps, Yael Arad, Yu-Na Kim)
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Athletes who competed as part of a team (e.g. Manu Ginobili, Andrea Barzagli, Yelena Berezhnaya)
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Athletes who were on a national Olympic team but did not compete (e.g. Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, died a day before the 2010 Winter Olympics competition)
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Animals that were part of any Olympic competition (e.g. Big Ben, In Style)
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Use organism type for these.
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Coaches who have coached Olympic competitors but have not competed in the Olympic games themselves (e.g. Mick Haley, Vittorio Pozzo, Bela Karolyi)
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College athletes who have not competed in the any of the Olympic games. (e.g. Kyle Singler, Vincent Brown)
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Use appropriate sport type, such as basketball player or football player.
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Athletes in Olympic style competitions such as Paralympics, Special Olympics, Deaflympics, etc. (e.g. David Weir, Sarnya Parker, Oscar Pistorius)
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Use tournament event competitor type for these.
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Athletes who have not competed in the any of the Olympic games. (e.g. Emilio Butragueno, Adrian Peterson)
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Olympic teams (e.g. United States National Basketball Team, Brazil Olympic Football Team)