Barbara Kendall

Kendall — New Zealand’s only gold medallist in Barcelona — became just the second NZ woman behind Yvette Williams (1952) to win an Olympic gold medal.

Has the full set of Olympic medals, having won silver in Atlanta and bronze in Sydney.

Became the first (and so far, only) New Zealand woman to compete in five Olympic Games when she attended the Beijing Games at the age of 40.

She was elected an IOC member in July 2011 and now sits on the IOC Athletes Commission, Women and Sport Commission and Sport and the Environment Commission.