Sport
Famous figures in Sport: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Sergey Alekseev
Moldovan footballer, striker
Fredi Bobic
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer, sporting director of the club "Stuttgart"
Jonathan De Guzman
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer, midfielder
Pierino Prati
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, striker
Irina Baraksanova
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanGymnast, international master of sports
Franjo Vladic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and HerzegovinaFormer Yugoslav footballer, midfielder.
Gilles Simon
France
FranceProfessional French tennis player
Nijat Rahimov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakhstan weightlifter
Andor Lilienthal
Hungary
HungaryOutstanding Hungarian-Soviet chess player, coach, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1948).
Rovshan Bayramov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani wrestler
Shauna Rohbock
USA
USASled pilot in bobsleigh races
Maxim Tretyak
Hockey player, grandson of Vladislav Tretyak
Kristjan Ilves
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian biathlete
Stefano Sturaro
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, midfielder
Ina Menzer
Germany
GermanyProfessional German female boxer
Elliot Hovey
USA
USAAmerican rower, 2008 Olympic participant
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian footballer, midfielder
Bajrang Punia
India
IndiaIndian freestyle wrestler
Martin Fourcade
France
FranceFrench biathlete.
Julia Mancuso
USA
USAAmerican alpine skier, member of the US national team
Mario Basler
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer who played as a winger, coach
Alex De Angelis
Italy
ItalyMotorcycle racer from San Marino.
Lash LeRoux
USA
USAAmerican wrestler
Aja Evans
USA
USAAmerican athlete, bobsledder, former track and field athlete.
Milda Lauberte
Latvia
LatviaLatvian, formerly Soviet, chess player. Doctor.
Gregoriy Malinko
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet wrestler of classical and freestyle styles, sambo wrestler, boxer
Christian Klien
Austria
AustriaAustrian racer
Sergey Valyaev
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian football player, midfielder
Alan Shearer
Great Britain
Great BritainEuropean Footballer of the Year 1996
Hasheem Thabeet
USA
USATanzanian basketball player
Pavel Kirilchik
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian footballer, defender and midfielder for the Isloch club.
Petr Grigoriev
Footballer. Died during the Leningrad blockade
Michael Herck
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian-Romanian racing driver
Kaha Kaladze
Georgia
GeorgiaFootball player of the Milan club
Azeglio Vicini
Italy
ItalyItalian, former footballer, defender
Dainis Kula
Latvia
LatviaJavelin thrower
Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan footballer, defender
Vaughn Chipeur
Canada
CanadaCanadian figure skater competing in men's singles skating
Johan Weckman
Finland
FinlandFinnish Greco-Roman wrestler
Nicole Schott
Germany
GermanyGerman singles skater
Birkir Bjarnason
Iceland
IcelandIcelandic footballer, midfielder
Bernard Tomic
Austria
AustriaAustralian professional tennis player
Robert Allen
USA
USAAmerican professional boxer
Robert Jarni
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian footballer
Raoul De Boigne
France
FranceFrench nobleman, marksman
Igor Bondarevsky
Soviet chess player, grandmaster
Uwe Bein
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer
Maciej Iwanski
Poland
PolandPolish footballer, midfielder
Igor Gamula
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian footballer, midfielder, coach
Tim Cahill
Australia
AustraliaAustralian footballer, midfielder and forward