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  1. 1Avery BrundageAvery BrundageBorn 28 Sept 1887Olympic movement, United States. Brundage competed in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics, then led the US Olympic Committee, where he opposed a boycott of the 1936 Berlin Games, and was IOC president from 1952 to 1972. He enforced strict amateurism for decades and, after the killing…0i
  2. 2David Cecil, 6th Marquess of ExeterDavid Cecil, 6th Marquess of ExeterBorn 9 Feb 1905Athletics, Britain. As Lord Burghley he won the 400 metres hurdles at the 1928 Olympics. He then chaired the organising committee of the 1948 London Olympics, the "Austerity Games" staged with existing venues after the Second World War, and was president of the IAAF, athletics' world body, for 30…0i
  3. 3Arthur AsheArthur AsheBorn 10 Jul 1943Tennis, United States. Ashe, winner of three Grand Slam singles titles, backed the founding of the players' union, the Association of Tennis Professionals, in 1972 and became its elected president in 1974. As a board member he voted for the 1973 Wimbledon boycott over the suspension of Niki Pilić,…0i
  4. 4Billie Jean KingBillie Jean KingTennis, United States. King won 39 Grand Slam titles and, while still playing, founded the Women's Tennis Association in 1973, the year her threat of a boycott helped make the US Open the first major to pay men and women equally. She also founded the Women's Sports Foundation and World TeamTennis,…0i
  5. 5Ali BacherAli BacherBorn 24 May 1942Cricket, South Africa. Bacher captained South Africa to a 4-0 series win over Australia in 1970, just before the country's isolation. In the 1980s he organised the controversial "rebel" tours that defied the international boycott, then led the move to a single non-racial board in 1991, which…0
  6. 6Anita DeFrantzAnita DeFrantzBorn 4 Oct 1952Rowing and the Olympic movement, United States. DeFrantz won bronze in the women's eight at the 1976 Olympics and in 1980 led an unsuccessful lawsuit by athletes against the US Olympic Committee over the Moscow boycott. She joined the IOC in 1986 and in 1997 became its first female vice-president,…0i
  7. 7PeléPeléBorn 23 Oct 1940Football and government, Brazil. Pelé, a three-time World Cup winner, served as Brazil's Extraordinary Minister for Sport from 1995 to 1998. His main legacy there is the 1998 "Pelé Law", which ended clubs' ownership of players' registrations after their contracts expired, giving Brazilian…0i
  8. 8Nawal El MoutawakelNawal El MoutawakelBorn 15 Apr 1962Athletics and the Olympic movement, Morocco. El Moutawakel won the 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Olympics, becoming the first woman from an African or majority-Muslim country to win Olympic gold. She later served as Morocco's sports minister and, as an IOC member and vice-president, chaired the…0i
  9. 9Kipchoge KeinoKipchoge KeinoBorn 17 Jan 1940Athletics and the Olympic movement, Kenya. Keino won Olympic 1,500 metres gold in 1968 and steeplechase gold in 1972, opening the way for Kenya's distance-running tradition. He chaired the Kenyan Olympic Committee for nearly two decades until 2017 and sat on the IOC, though his time in charge ended…0i
  10. 10Dick PoundDick PoundBorn 22 Mar 1942Swimming and anti-doping, Canada. Pound swam for Canada at the 1960 Olympics, then became a lawyer, an IOC member and its chief negotiator of television and sponsorship deals. He was the founding president of the World Anti-Doping Agency from 1999 to 2007 and in 2015 chaired the independent…0i