Olympic cauldron lighters

Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "the Greatest", he is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978, and was the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC.

French football player, manager and executive (born 1955)

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA for 25 weeks starting in January 2019, the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka has won seven career singles titles, including four majors: two each at the Australian Open and the US Open. She is the first Japanese player to win a major singles title.

Wayne Douglas Gretzky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One", he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL based on surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading career point scorer and assist producer in NHL history and has more assists than any other player has total career points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, Gretzky scored more than 100 points in 15 professional seasons. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and six All-Star records.

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, is the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne. He is the only son and second child of King Harald V and Queen Sonja.

Canadian basketball player and coach

Australian short-distance runner

South Korean figure skater

Russian politician and figure skater

Soviet ice hockey player

Norwegian princess

French track and field sprinter

Chinese artistic gymnast and entrepreneur (born 1963)

Soviet professional basketball player (1944-2013)

American athlete and actor (1934–2020)

French judoka

Italian alpine ski racer

Finnish long-distance runner

Italian alpine skier

Argentinian judoka and physician

athletics competitor

Chinese diver

Italian cross-country skier

Italian alpine skier

Austrian skier and Olympic champion

Canadian alpine skier and politician

Australian long-distance runner (1937-2015)

Canadian speed skater

Japanese figure skater

Austrian alpine skier (1939–2019)

Greek windsurfer

Austrian alpine skier

French figure skater, surgeon, and politician

Argentine sailor

US speed skater (1929–2009)

Mexican athlete (1948–2019)

British sprinter

Austrian luger (1939-2019)

Torch relay last runner, Games of the XVIII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan

Chinese cross-country skier

German athlete (1906-2005)

Croatian figure skater

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Austrian alpine skier

Austrian Nordic combined skier

Spanish paralympic archer and athlete

British athlete

Chinese male Nordic skier

Norwegian human rights activist (1931-2017)

Italian speed skater (1927–2021)

Italian athlete

British athlete (1925–1991)