The first '
was given to the racing car driver Juan Manuel Fangio on 3 December 1954 at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires, and the first woman to receive the award was the tennis player Norma Baylon in 1962. Other women to win the ' individually were the tennis player
Gabriela Sabatini in 1987 and 1988, and Andrea Noemí González in 1998, 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. The
women's national field hockey team, known in Argentina as '''', won the award collectively in 2000, becoming the only team so honored to date.
Lionel Messi is the only person to receive 4.
Lionel Messi and the boxer
Santos Laciarto receive 3 consecutive '
, in 1982, 1983 and 1984, due to his conquering and retaining of the world flyweight title. Six others have received 2 ': the
golfer
Roberto De Vicenzo in 1967 and 1970, and separately in 2002 The only '''' (Platinum Olimpia) was awarded at the end of the 20th century to Maradona as "the best sportsperson of the century". ==
Olimpia de Plata categories==