Sport
Famous figures in Sport: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Nenad Jestrovic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian footballer
Mekubo Mogusu
Kenya
KenyaKenyan track and field athlete
Inge Bruijn
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch swimmer
Dick Vermeil
USA
USAFootball player and coach
Alexandr Abt
Russia
RussiaRussian figure skater
Paea Wolfgramm
Tongan boxer
Matthew Stevens
Great Britain
Great BritainWelsh professional snooker player.
Tamara Bukova
Russia
RussiaTrack and field athlete
Buck Baker
USA
USAAmerican racer
Gabriele Seyfert
Germany
GermanyEast German figure skater
Diego Alberto Milito
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine footballer, forward for the Italian club Internazionale
Antonio Carbajal
Mexico
MexicoFormer Mexican footballer, goalkeeper
Bethany Hamilton
USA
USAAmerican surfer
Pierre de Coubertin
France
FranceSports and public figure, founder of the modern Olympic Games, teacher
John Isner
USA
USAAmerican tennis player
Kurban Berdyev
Russia
RussiaCoach of Rubin
Yassine Bounou
Morocco
MoroccoMoroccan footballer, goalkeeper
Luis Aguiar
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan footballer, attacking midfielder
Kurt Hamrin
Sweden
SwedenSwedish footballer, striker
Ari Freyr Skulason
Iceland
IcelandIcelandic footballer, defender
Bobby Fischer
USA
USA11th world chess champion
Jack Nicklaus
USA
USAAmerican professional golfer.
Milos Zivkovic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian footballer, defender.
Al Kaufman
USA
USAAmerican boxer, heavyweight
Alissa Czisny
USA
USAAmerican figure skater competing in singles.
Claude Kogan
France
FranceFrench pioneering mountaineer
Javier Jauregui
Mexico
MexicoProfessional Mexican boxer
Jacek Bak
Poland
PolandPolish footballer, defender.
Kimmie Meissner
USA
USAAmerican figure skater
Grant Fisher
USA
USAAmerican track and field athlete
Cappie Pondexter
USA
USABasketball player, participant of the 2008 Olympics
Mark Spitz
USA
USAAmerican swimmer
Santiago Ventura
Spain
SpainSpanish professional tennis player
Ian Dobson
USA
USAAmerican track and field athlete, 2008 Olympic participant
Mariano Julio Izco
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine footballer, midfielder
Tiger Woods
USA
USAGolf star, 14-time Major winner
Sheng Lihao
China
ChinaChinese sport shooter
Cleber Guedes Lima
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer, defender.
Dorsa Derakhshani
USA
USAAmerican chess player of Iranian descent
Takahiko Kozuka
Japan
JapanJapanese figure skater
Artashes Baghdasaryan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian football player, defender.
Douglas Souza
Brazil
BrazilBasilian footballer, attacking midfielder
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Iran
IranIranian footballer, winger
Cathy Rigby
USA
USAAmerican gymnast, theater actress
Bebeto
Brazil
BrazilFootball player
Leander Dendoncker
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian footballer, defensive midfielder
Peter Forsberg
Sweden
SwedenForward of the Avalanche club
Yann Sommer
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss footballer, goalkeeper
Vukasin Aleksic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian professional basketball player
Alexander Guruli
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian footballer, midfielder