List of Formula One Olympians

Prince Bira competed in four Olympic Games between 1956 and 1972.

This is a list of Formula One drivers who have also participated in an Olympic Games, Summer or Winter.

It is typically very rare nowadays to see sportsmen and woman competing in more than one sport over their career. Typically, these were rich people with enough time and money to allow themselves attempts at multiple sports, though now the reasons are more individual. Aside from motor racing and bobsleigh, Alfonso de Portago rode at horse racing's Grand National (held at Aintree) twice.

F1's only Olympic medalist is Alex Zanardi, who has won six handcycling Paralympic medals, including four golds, in 2012 and 2016. De Portago is the best of the other drivers, scoring a fourth place in his only Olympic bobsleigh outing in 1956 (and winning a World Championship bronze in 1957).

Twice have F1 drivers directly completed against each other. Prince Bira and Roberto Mieres both took part in the Star class Sailing event in Rome 1960 (Mieres classified ahead in 17th to Bira's 19th); while Bob Said and Robin Widdows played their part in the four-man Bobsleigh event in Grenoble 1968 (Widdows was 7th, Said was 10th).

Drivers

Note: Able-bodied Olympics unless stated.

Name	Olympics	No. of Olympics Attended	Sport Class/Event	G	S	B
Bira, Prince ! Prince Bira	Summer	4 Melbourne 1956 Rome 1960 Tokyo 1964 Munich 1972	Sailing Star (1956–1960) Dragon (1964) Tempest (1972)	0	0	0
De Portago, Alfonso ! Alfonso de Portago	Winter	1 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956	Bobsleigh Two-man	0	0	0
Galica, Divina ! Divina Galica	Winter	4 Innsbruck 1964 Grenoble 1968 Sapporo 1972 Albertville 1992	Alpine Skiing (1964–1972) Downhill Speed Skiing (1992) (demonstration)	0	0	0
Mieres, Roberto ! Roberto Mieres	Summer	1 Rome 1960	Sailing Star	0	0	0
Pon, Ben ! Ben Pon	Summer	1 Munich 1972	Shooting Skeet	0	0	0
Said, Bob ! Bob Said	Winter	2 Grenoble 1968 Sapporo 1972	Bobsleigh Four-man	0	0	0
Widdows, Robin ! Robin Widdows	Winter	2 Innsbruck 1964 Grenoble 1968	Bobsleigh Four-man	0	0	0
Zanardi, Alex ! Alex Zanardi	Summer Paralympics	2 London 2012 Rio 2016	Handcycling Time trial H4/H5 Road race H4/H5 Mixed team relay H1–4/H2–5	4	2	0

See also

• List of Formula One drivers in other sports
• Olympic Games
• Motor racing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

External links

• Blog by Viva F1 on F1 Olympians