OLY

For other uses, see Oly (disambiguation).

OLY (/ˌoʊɛlˈwaɪ/ OH-el-WY)[1] is post-nominal letters granted by the World Olympians Association (WOA) to registered athletes who have participated in the Olympic Games. The initiative was launched in 2017, and in 2022, post-nominal title PLY was introduced for Paralympic participants.[2][3]

  1. ^ "What is OLY". youtube.com. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ "OLY post-nominal letters to honour Olympians". World Olympians Association. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference paralympians_eligible_to_apply_for_ply_post_nominal_title_as_first_recipients_named_2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).