Nero. The Roman emperor was also passionate about sports
The passion for sport is perhaps one of the lesser known aspects of Nero's bizarre personality, who, on the other hand, was one of the Roman emperors most attracted to playful art.
Not only to allow the development of "his" Neroniadi in 65 A.D. caused the planned Olympics to be postponed to 67 AD, but he even ventured into creating competitions which met with great success.
Nero was in fact the inventor of the chariot race with 10 horses, in addition to being the creator of literary challenges such as that between tragedians and one for lyre players , stemming from his many passions certainly more known, those for theater and music.