Here are some more interesting Olympic names I’ve discovered:
- Disney Rodriguez – wrestler from Cuba
- Ludwing Manuel Ortiz Flores – judoka from Venezuela
- Olimpio Cipriano – basketball player from Angola (and the only Olympian with an Olympus-related name!)
And here are some themed pairings:
- Monday Merotohun & Monday James – Nigerian table tennis player & Nigerian soccer player
- Filip Filipovic & Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev – Serbian water polo player & Azerbaijani wrestler
- Crhistian Lopez & Jhonny Senen Bilbao Bande – Guatemalan weightlifter & Venezuelan sailor
Another thing I noticed is that over a quarter of the Cuban athletes have Y-names (e.g. Yunior, Yaima, Yanet, Yordanis, Yuliesky and Yipsi). This isn’t too surprising, though, since most of them are members of Cuba’s Generación Y.
Source: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games