And there was never a "professional athlete" from a communist country, either. In spite of the fact that they were being paid by their government to be an athlete.
The whole conceit of "amateur" athletes was always a very Victorian-era class-driven phenomenon, allowing "gentlemen of means" to compete against each other without having to deal with the riff-raff who might be better, but whose "integrity" as athletes had been compromised because they weren't rich and had to make a living.