Sport

Famous figures in Sport: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.

Roman Rees
Roman Rees
Germany
Biathlete of the German national team
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
Czech
Czech tennis player.
Tsiklop Benkovskiy
Tsiklop Benkovskiy
Poland
Athlete
Dayv Harold
Dayv Harold
Great Britain
English professional snooker player.
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
USA
Professional American football player
Jill Bakken
Jill Bakken
USA
An American bobsledder who competed for the United States national bobsled team in the second half of the 1990s and first half of the 2000s.
Haroldo Pereira Domingues
Haroldo Pereira Domingues
Brazil
Brazilian footballer, striker.
Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott
USA
Professional golfer.
Johan Djourou
Johan Djourou
Swiss footballer of Ivorian descent
Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper
Great Britain
English heavyweight boxer
Tobias Hegewald
Tobias Hegewald
Germany
German racing driver.
Hans Gerschwiler
Hans Gerschwiler
Switzerland
Swiss figure skater
Bernardo Wexler
Bernardo Wexler
Argentina
Argentine chess player.
Bobo Brazil
Bobo Brazil
USA
Wrestler
Anastasia Kuzmina
Anastasia Kuzmina
Slovakia
Slovak biathlete
Marco Bode
Marco Bode
Germany
German footballer, midfielder
Wei Jizhong
Wei Jizhong
China
Chinese volleyball official
Georgina Harland
Georgina Harland
Great Britain
British athlete (pentathlon discipline)
Ignaz Kolisch
Ignaz Kolisch
Austria
Austro-Hungarian chess player
Andreas Haek
Andreas Haek
Germany
Rowing
James Kirkland
James Kirkland
USA
American professional boxer
Kamil Zayatte
Kamil Zayatte
Guinea
Guinean footballer, defender for the Guinea national team.
Luca Antonini
Luca Antonini
Italy
Italian footballer, defender
Alexander Isakov
Alexander Isakov
Latvia
Former Latvian footballer, defender
Mayk Weir
Mayk Weir
Canada
Canadian golfer
Sebastien Lareau
Sebastien Lareau
Canada
Former Canadian professional tennis player
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Qatar
Qatari racing driver
Yagi Meitoku
Yagi Meitoku
Japan
Karateka
Mirai Aileen Nagasu
Mirai Aileen Nagasu
USA
American figure skater
Molly Seidel
Molly Seidel
USA
American track and field athlete
Jackson Irvine
Jackson Irvine
Australia
Australian footballer, defensive midfielder
Marcelo Melo
Marcelo Melo
Brazil
Brazilian professional tennis player.
Henry Bulke
Henry Bulke
Belgium
Ice hockey official, president of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation (1912-1920), president of the IIHF (1912-1914, 1914-1920).
John Hansen
John Hansen
Denmark
Danish footballer, forward.
Jan Hoffmann
Jan Hoffmann
Germany
Outstanding East German figure skater.
Vitaliy Kvartsyanuy
Vitaliy Kvartsyanuy
Ukraine
Former Soviet footballer
Jaka Lakovic
Jaka Lakovic
Slovenia
Slovenian professional basketball player.
Ken Jurkowski
Ken Jurkowski
USA
American rower, 2008 Olympic participant
Jamie Greubel
Jamie Greubel
USA
American bobsledder
Vito Duma
Vito Duma
France
The Lone Sailor
Tracy Brooks
Tracy Brooks
Canada
Canadian professional wrestler (diva)
Carlo Fassy
Carlo Fassy
Italy
Italian figure skater
Michael Trout
Michael Trout
USA
American professional baseball player
Fumie Suguri
Fumie Suguri
Japan
Japanese singles figure skater.
Julio Sergio Bertagnoli
Julio Sergio Bertagnoli
Brazil
Brazilian footballer, goalkeeper
Marketa Davidova
Marketa Davidova
Czech
Czech biathlete
Victor Postol
Victor Postol
Ukraine
Ukrainian professional boxer
Roberto Heras
Roberto Heras
Spain
Former Spanish professional cyclist
Eleftherios Petrounias
Eleftherios Petrounias
Greece
Greek gymnast
Jamie Addison
Jamie Addison
Great Britain
11-year-old English schoolboy doing amazing tricks on a scooter