Sport
Famous figures in Sport: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Wayne Ferreira
South Africa
South AfricaSouth African tennis player
Ricardo Infante
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine footballer, striker
Ricky Van Wolfswinkel
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer, striker
Davit Imedashvili
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian footballer, defender
Nahuel Guzman
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine footballer, goalkeeper
Andreas Gorlitz
Germany
GermanyGerman football player, played as a right back.
Chiro Ferrara
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer and manager.
Lamecha Girma
Ethiopia
EthiopiaEthiopian track and field athlete
Ricky Berens
USA
USAAmerican swimmer, 2008 Olympic participant
Mirsad Turkan
Turkey
TurkeyBasketball player
Piermario Morosini
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, midfielder.
Steffen Kretschmann
Germany
GermanyGerman professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight category
Papa Alioune Ndiaye
Senegal
SenegalSenegalese footballer, midfielder
Kieran Trippier
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish footballer, defender
Marcos Ambrose
Australia
AustraliaAustralian racing driver
Alexander Goldin
USA
USAAmerican chess player, grandmaster.
Viktor Goglidze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian chess player.
Shaak Swart
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer
Bazar Bazarguruev
Kyrgyzstan
KyrgyzstanTalented wrestler, participant of the 2008 Olympics
Vujadin Boskov
Yugoslav footballer and coach, played as a right winger
Frank Riberi
France
FranceFrench football midfielder.
Otto Herschmann
Austria
AustriaAustrian swimmer, fencer and lawyer of Jewish descent
Maria Mutola
Mozambique
MozambiqueWorld champion in athletics.
Emir Bajrami
Sweden
SwedenSwedish footballer
Carien Kleibeuker
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch athlete, speed skater; specializes in long distances - primarily at a distance of 5000 meters.
Teimur Radzhabov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanChess player
Nadia Comaneci
Romania
RomaniaRomanian gymnast, Olympic champion
Chauncey Billups
USA
USAAmerican professional basketball player
Nicolas Lombaerts
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian footballer, defender.
Kazimierz Kmiecik
Poland
PolandPolish, footballer, striker and coach
Diego Chavez Collins
Mexico
MexicoMexican footballer, midfielder
Samvel Aslanyan
Russia
RussiaRussian handball player, participant of the 2008 Olympics
Luis Tejada
Panama
PanamaPanamanian footballer, striker
Jordi Bertomeu
Spain
SpainExecutive Director of the Professional European Basketball League (Euroleague)
Patrick Eaves
USA
USAAmerican hockey player
Walter Casagrande
Brazil
BrazilFormer Brazilian footballer, striker
Ulrich Salchow
Sweden
SwedenSwedish figure skater
Ryan Gauld
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish footballer
Jewell Loyd
American professional basketball player
Manny Ayulo
USA
USAAmerican Formula 1 racing driver
Josip Juranovic
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian footballer
Altafini
Italy
ItalyFootball player
Galen Rupp
USA
USATrack and field athlete, Olympic participant 2008
Sami Lepisto
Finland
FinlandFinnish ice hockey player, defender.
Frank Borghi
USA
USAAmerican football player, goalkeeper
Rudy Gobert
France
FranceFrench professional basketball player
Sonia Lafuente
Spain
SpainSpanish figure skater
Sergey Kalinichev
Germany
GermanySoviet, Russian and German chess player
Samuel Sanchez
Spain
SpainSpanish professional road bicycle racer.
Anderson Polga
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer, central defender