Sport
- American basketball player Joe Bryant played in Rieti from 1984 to 1992; his son Kobe Bryant, now also an NBA player, attended school in Rieti and as a result speaks fluent Italian to this day.
- Italian athlete Andrew Howe grew up in Rieti.
- Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell ran the then world record time of 9.74 s in the 100 meters at the Rieti Athletics meeting on September 9, 2007. The record stood until Usain Bolt broke it on 31 May 2008.
- Kenyan runner David Rudisha ran a world record time of 1:41.01 in the 800 meters at the Rieti Athletics meeting on August 29, 2010. The record stood until Rudisha beat his own mark at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, running a 1:40:91 on August 9, 2012.
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