by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2012
Revised 2021
Republished 2024

The following royalty or royalty-related people won medals in the Olympics. Other royal Olympic participants can be seen at Royal Olympic Participants.

• Name: Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
• Country: Germany
• Olympics: 1912 Stockholm
• Sport: Equestrian Team and Individual Jumping
• Result: Team Jumping – Bronze Medal, Individual Jumping – 18th place
• Born: April 6, 1893 in Schloss Klein-Glienicke in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, now in Germany
• Parents: Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
• Died: April 6, 1917 from injuries suffered during World War I
• Unofficial Royalty: Royalty and World War I – Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia

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• Name: Crown Prince Olav of Norway (King Olav V of Norway from 1957-1991)
• Country: Norway
• Olympics: 1928 Amsterdam
• Sport: Sailing Mixed 6 Meters
• Result: Gold Medal
• Born: July 2, 1903 at Appleton House on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, United Kingdom
• Parents: Prince Carl of Denmark (King Haakon VII of Norway) and Princess Maud of Wales, daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
• Died: January 17, 1991 at the Royal Lodge Kongsseteren in Oslo, Norway
• Unofficial Royalty: King Olav V of Norway

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• Name: Crown Prince Constantine of Greece (King Constantine II of Greece from 1964-1974, deposed)
• Country: Greece
  
• Olympics:1960 Rome
  
• Sport: Sailing Mixed Three Person Keel
  
• Result: Gold Medal
• Born: June 2, 1940 in Psychiko, Athens, Greece
• Parents: King Paul of Greece and Princess Frederika of Hanover
• Died: January 10, 2023 at Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece
• Unofficial Royalty: King Constantine II of Greece

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• Name: Mark Phillips (first husband of Princess Anne of the United Kingdom)
• Country: Great Britain
• Olympics: 1972/Munich, 1988 Seoul
• Sport: Equestrian Three-Day Event Team and Individual
• Result: Three Day Event Team – Gold Medal (1972), Three Day Event Team – Silver Medal (1988), Three Day Event Individual – 35th place (1972), Three Day Event Individual – did not finish (1988)
• Born: September 22, 1948 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
• Parents: Major Peter Phillips and Anne Tiarks
• Unofficial Royalty: Mark Phillips

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• Name: Iñaki Urdangarín (former husband of Infanta Cristina of Spain, divorced 2024)
• Country: Spain
• Olympics: 1992/Barcelona, 1996/Atlanta, 2000/Sydney
• Sport: Handball
• Result: 5th place (1992), Bronze Medal (1996), Bronze Medal (2000)
• Born: January 15, 1968 in Zumárraga, Basque Country, Spain
• Parents: Juan María Urdangarín Berriochoa and Claire Liebaert Courtain
• Unofficial Royalty: Iñaki Urdangarin

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• Name: Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum of Dubai
• Country: United Arab Emirates
• Olympics: 2000/Sydney, 2004/Athens, 2008/Bejing
• Sport: Trap Shooting, Double Trap Shooting
• Results: Trap – 18th place (2000), Double Trap – 23rd place (2000), Trap – 4th place (2004), Double Trap – Gold Medal (2004), Trap – 30th place (2008), Double Trap – 7th place (2008)
• Born: December 31, 1963 in Dubai
• Wikipedia: Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum

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• Name: Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)
• Country: Denmark
• Olympics: 2008/Bejing, 2012/London
• Sport: Equestrian Team and Individual Dressage
• Result: Team Dressage – Bronze Medal (2008), Individual Dressage – 14th place (2008), Team Dressage – 4th place (2012), Individual Dressage – 12th place (2012)
• Born: May 2, 1975, in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Parents: Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Benedikte of Denmark
• Wikipedia: Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

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• Name: Zara Phillips
• Country: Great Britain
• Olympics: 2012/London
• Sport: Equestrian Three Day Event Team and Individual
• Result: Three Day Event Team – Silver Medal, Three Day Event Individual – 8th place
• Born: May 15, 1981 in London, United Kingdom
• Parents: Anne, Princess Royal and Mark Phillips
• Unofficial Royalty: Zara Phillips

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• Name: Prince Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (grandson of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia)
• Country: Saudi Arabia
• Olympics: 2008/Beijing, 2012/London
• Sport: Equestrian Individual and Team Show Jumping
• Result: Individual Show Jumping – 60th place (2008), Team Show Jumping – 13th place (2008), Team Show Jumping – Bronze Medal (2012), Individual Show Jumping – 26th place (2012)
• Born: October 13, 1984
• Parents: Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Princess Jawahir bint Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Saud
• Wikipedia: Prince Abdullah bin Mutaib

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