The Golden 25 is our year-end compilation of the personalities who will have the greatest influence over the business of the Olympics in the coming year. While other end-of-year rankings look back, the Golden 25 looks ahead. The listing is the product of a matrix assembled by ATR that includes names, events and issues. 2011 marks the 15th annual Golden 25.




The Golden 25 is now in its 15th year, and we celebrate:

15 Years of # 1
  • 1997 - Juan Antonio Samaranch
  • 1998 - Dick Ebersol
  • 1999 - Richard Pound
  • 2000 - The People of New South Wales
  • 2001 - Costas Simitis
  • 2002 - Jacques Rogge
  • 2003 - Jacques Rogge
  • 2004 - The People of Greece
  • 2005 - Silvio Berlusconi
  • 2006 - Turin Olympics
  • 2007 - Hein Verbruggen
  • 2008 - Liu Qi
  • 2009 - Sebastian Coe
  • 2010 - Sepp Blatter
  • 2011 - Jacques Rogge & Richard Carrion


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