Olympic and world champion swimmer, Princess Charlene Wittstock competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where her team placed fifth in the 4 x 100-metre medley relay. It was during this time that she met her future husband, Prince Albert II of Monaco. The competitive swimmer went on to achieve three gold medals at the World Cup in 2002.
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Taking after his grandfather, an Olympic medallist who was part of the national rowing team, Prince Albert II was a member of the country’s bobsleigh team in every Winter Olympics from 1988 to 2002.
Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan
An equestrian, Princess Haya of Jordan took part in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and had earlier competed at the Pan-Arab Equestrian Games in 1992, where she achieved a bronze medal. According to The Horse Magazine, she is the first Jordanian athlete to turn professional.
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King Harald V of Norway
A sailor, King Harald of Norway had competed in three Olympic Games before inheriting the throne. According to People, he took part in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City and the 1972 Olympics held in Munich.
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His father, King Olav, was also an Olympian who won a gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
Princess Anne, Captain Mark Phillips and Zara Tindall
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Anne, Princess Royal, is the first member of the British royal family to have competed in the Olympic Games, the Royal Household website notes, when she rode the queen’s horse, Goodwill, at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. She also competed at European Three Day Eventing meets, earning a gold medal in 1971 and two silver medals in 1975.
Princess Anne’s former husband Captain Mark Phillips is also an equestrian and an Olympic medallist, earning a gold at the 1972 games in Munich and a silver at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, after which he retired from competition.
Their daughter Zara Tindall, following in the footsteps of her parents, also became an equestrian and has won two medals: a gold in the 2006 World Championships and a silver in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Iñaki Urdangarin, Cristina Infanta and King Felipe VI of Spain
Handballer Iñaki Urdangarin played for Team Spain and won a bronze medal at both the 1996 Atlanta and the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Royal Central disclosed that he met his future wife, then Princess Cristina of Spain, at a 1996 event that commemorated the team’s Olympic win.
Cristina Infanta competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics as part of the national sailing team, where she was given the honour of carrying the Spanish flag at the opening ceremony. Formerly the Duke and Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, the sporting couple were stripped of their titles following a corruption scandal.
King Felipe VI of Spain, younger brother of Cristina Infanta, also competed in the 1992 Olympic sailing games in Barcelona, where he, too, was the country’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
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