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. 2012 marks the 16th annual Golden 25.


The Golden 25 for 2012

       1. Jubilee Line
       2. Jacques Rogge
       3. 12 for London 2012
       4. Mario Vazquez Rana
       5. Thomas Bach
       6. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
       7. Patrick Hickey
       8. Gunilla Lindberg
       9. Nawal El Moutawakel
      10. Christophe De Kepper
      11. Gilbert Felli
      12. Richard Carrion
      13. Christophe Dubi
      14. Muhtar Kent
      15. Changes at ASOIF, SportAccord
      16. Sochi 2014 Leaders
      17. Rio 2016 Chiefs
      18. Bid City Consultants
      19. Peter Bayer
      20. Ser Miang Ng
      21. Winter Sports Leaders: Rene Fasel,
            Gian-Franco Kasper, Ottavio Cinquanta
      22. Gerhard Heiberg
      23. Sam Ramsamy
      24. Larry Probst
      25. Mark Lazarus

      

Golden 25 for 2010   Golden 25 for 2011



The Golden 25 is now in its 16th year, and we celebrate:

16 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
  • 2012 - London Jubilee Line


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