The first Olimpia de Oro was given to the racing car driver Juan Manuel Fangio on 3 December 1954 at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires,[5] and the first woman to receive the award was the tennis player Norma Baylon in 1962.

[6] Other women to win the Olimpia de Oro individually were the tennis player Gabriela Sabatini in 1987 and 1988,[6] the roller skaters Nora Vega in 1995[7] and Andrea Noemí González in 1998,[8] the field hockey players Cecilia Rognoni in 2002 and Luciana Aymar in 2010, the judoka Paula Pareto in 2015 and the swimmer Delfina Pignatiello in 2017.

Lionel Messi and the boxer Santos Laciarto receive 3 consecutive Olimpias de Oro, in 1982, 1983 and 1984, due to his conquering and retaining of the world flyweight title.

The only other people with consecutive Olimpias de Oro are Gabriela Sabatini[6] and the basketball player Manu Ginóbili, who won the award by himself in 2003 and shared it in 2004.

[11][12] Six others have received 2 Olimpias de Oro: the golfer Roberto De Vicenzo in 1967 and 1970,[6] the rower Alberto Demiddi in 1969 and 1971,[6] Diego Maradona in 1979 and 1986,[6] Cecilia Rognoni and Luciana Aymar as a member of Las Leonas in 2000[13] and separately in 2002[9] and 2010 and the tennis player Juan Martín del Potro in 2009 and 2016.