Sport
Famous figures in Sport: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Yuriy Brovchenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian footballer, midfielder
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Spain
SpainSpanish professional tennis player, former world number one
Sultan Ibragimov
Armenia
ArmeniaGoalkeeper of Dynamo Moscow and the Armenian national team.
Ko Van der Vlis
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer who played as a striker.
Markus Winkelhock
Germany
GermanyGerman racing driver
Giampiero Combi
Italy
ItalyFootball player
Luis Ezequiel Ibanez
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine footballer, defender
Ferenc Puskas
Hungary
HungaryHungarian footballer, rightfully considered one of the best football players in the history of world sports.
Ivan Kurnaye
Canada
CanadaFormer Canadian ice hockey player
Julie Ertel
USA
USAAmerican triathlete, 2008 Olympic participant
Juan Velasco Damas
Spain
SpainSpanish footballer, defender.
Alexander Kozlov
Chess composer and figure in the Soviet chess movement.
Bret Hart
Canada
CanadaFamous wrestler, Canadian by birth, the most famous representative of the famous Hart wrestling dynasty.
Romelu Likaku
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian footballer, forward for the English club Chelsea
Djibril Sidibe
France
FranceFrench footballer of Malian origin, defender
Zab Judah
USA
USAAmerican professional boxer
Christine Magnuson
USA
USAAmerican swimmer, participant in the 2008 Olympics
Baltazar Maria De Morais Junior
Brazil
BrazilFormer Brazilian footballer, striker
Johnny Bench
USA
USABaseball player for the Cincinnati Reds.
Simon Gagne
Canada
CanadaProfessional Canadian ice hockey player
Mayritsio Marketto
Italy
ItalyTrainer
Kelly Hurley
USA
USAAmerican fencer, Olympic participant 2008
Alexander Dedov
Moldova
MoldovaMoldovan footballer, striker
Jagger Eaton
USA
USAAmerican professional skateboarder
Nick Cunningham
USA
USAAmerican bobsledder
Harry Hilman
USA
USAAmerican track and field athlete
Dawn Fraser
Australia
AustraliaAustralian swimmer and politician.
Lauren Wenger
USA
USAAmerican water polo player, participant of the 2008 Olympics
Agustin Velotti
Argentina
ArgentinaProfessional Argentine tennis player
Mike Piazza
USA
USAAmerican baseball player
Charles Bozon
France
FranceFrench alpine skier
James Aitken
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish chess player
Stephen Bennett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish football referee
Fred Agabashian
USA
USAAn American racing driver of Armenian descent who competed in various midget racing championships in the United States. He was the 1937 NCRA Champion, three-time BCRA Champion (1946–1948), and participated in the Indianapolis 500 eleven times, starting three times.
Sergey Panov
Russia
RussiaBasketball player
Silvia Soler-Espinosa
Spain
SpainSpanish tennis player.
James Ganley
New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand racing driver
Adrian Menendez Maceiras
Spain
SpainSpanish tennis player
Andreas Haider-Maurer
Austria
AustriaAustrian professional tennis player.
Tom Anderson
Australia
AustraliaAustralian yachtsman
Hilde Pedersen
Norway
NorwayNorwegian skier
Potito Starace
Italy
ItalyItalian tennis player
Oualid El Hajjam
Morocco
MoroccoMoroccan footballer, defender
Jennifer Jones
Canada
CanadaCanadian athlete, curler, gold medalist at the Sochi Olympics.
Jamie Carragher
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish footballer
Mijain Lopez Nunez
Cuba
CubaCuban Greco-Roman wrestler
Gary Nevill
Great Britain
Great BritainFootball player
Bianca Andreescu
Canada
CanadaTennis player
Namiq Yadulla Abdullayev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani freestyle wrestler, police lieutenant colonel, honored master of sports, champion of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the weight category up to 54 kg.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Spain
SpainProfessional Spanish tennis player