n. 25B6; noun SPORTSMAN, SPORTSWOMAN, player, contestant, competitor, participant. See list.
Sportspeople
Aaron, Hank (American baseball player) Kafelnikov, Yevgeni (Russian tennis player)
Abrahams, Harold (English athlete) Kapil Dev (Indian cricketer)
Agassi, Andre (American tennis player) Karpov, Anatoly (Russian chess player)
Agostini, Giacomo (Italian racing motorcyclist) Kasparov, Gary (Azerbaijani chess player)
Alekhine, Alexander (French chess player) Keegan, Kevin (English footballer and manager)
Alexeev, Vasiliy (Russian weightlifter) Khan, Hashim (Pakistani squash player)
Ali, Muhammad (Cassius Clay; American boxer) Khan, Imran (Pakistani cricketer)
Andretti, Mario (American motor-racing driver, b. in Italy) Khan, Jahangir (Pakistani squash player)
Aouita, Saïd (Moroccan runner) Killy, Jean-Claude (French skiier)
Ashe, Arthur (American tennis player) King, Billie Jean (American tennis player)
Atherton, Michael (English cricketer) Klammer, Franz (Austrian skier)
Baggio, Roberto (Italian footballer) Klinsmann, Jurgen (German footballer)
Bailey, Donovan (Canadian athlete, b. in Jamaica) Korbut, Olga (Soviet gymnast, b. in Belarus)
Ballesteros, Severiano (Spanish golfer) Korchnoi, Victor (Russian chess player)
Banks, Gordon (English footballer) Krajicek, Richard (Dutch tennis player)
Bannister, Roger (English runner) Kristiansen, Ingrid (Norwegian runner)
Barrington, Jonah (English squash player) Lara, Brian (West Indian cricketer)
Batistuta, Gabriel (Argentinian footballer) Larwood, Harold (English cricketer)
Beckenbauer, Franz (German footballer and manager) Lasker, Emanuel (German chess player)
Becker, Boris (German tennis player) Latynina, Larisa (Ukrainian gymnast)
Beckham, David (English footballer) Lauda, Niki (Austrian motor-racing driver)
Belmonte y García, Juan (Spanish matador) Laver, Rod (Australian tennis player)
Berra, Yogi (American baseball player) Law, Denis (Scottish footballer)
Best, George (Northern Irish footballer) Lawton, Tommy (English footballer)
Blanco, Serge (French rugby union player) Lendl, Ivan (American tennis player, b. in Czechoslovakia)
Bonington, Chris (English mountaineer) Lenglen, Suzanne (French tennis player)
Border, Allan (Australian cricketer) Leonard, Sugar Ray (American boxer)
Borg, Björn (Swedish tennis player) Lewis, Carl (American athlete)
Botham, Ian (English cricketer) Lewis, Lennox (English boxer)
Boycott, Geoffrey (English cricketer) Liddell, Eric (British athlete, b. in China)
Brabham, Jack (Australian motor-racing driver) Lillee, Dennis (Australian cricketer)
Bradman, Don (Australian cricketer) Lindwall, Raymond (Australian cricketer)
Bristow, Eric (English darts player) Lineker, Gary (English footballer)
Broome, David (English showjumper) Liston, Sonny (American boxer)
Brough, Louise (American tennis player) Llewellyn, Harry (Welsh showjumper)
Bruno, Frank (English boxer) Lloyd, Clive (West Indian cricketer)
Bryant, David (English bowls player) Lombardi, Vince (US American football coach)
Bubka, Sergei (Ukrainian pole-vaulter) Lomu, Jonah (New Zealand rugby union player)
Budge, Don (American tennis player) Lopez, Nancy (American golfer)
Bueno, Maria (Brazilian tennis player) Louis, Joe (Joseph Barrow; American boxer)
Burrell, Leroy (American runner) Lyle, Sandy (Scottish golfer)
Busby, Matt (Scottish-born footballer and manager) McBride, Willie John (Irish rugby union player)
Campese, David (Australian rugby union player) McEnroe, John (American tennis player)
Cantona, Eric (French footballer) McGuire, Mark (American baseball player)
Carling, Will (English rugby union player) Mansell, Nigel (English motor-racing driver)
Carson, Willie (Scottish jockey) Mantle, Mickey (American baseball player)
Cawley, Evonne (Evonne Goolagong; Australian tennis player) Maradona, Diego (Argentinian footballer)
Chappell, Greg (Australian cricketer) Marciano, Rocky (American boxer)
Chappell, Ian (Australian cricketer) Matthews, Stanley (English footballer)
Charlton, Bobby (English footballer) May, Peter (English cricketer)
Charlton, Jack (English footballer and manager) Mays, Willie (American baseball player)
Christie, Linford (British sprinter, b. in Jamaica) Meads, Colin (New Zealand rugby union player)
Cobb, Ty (American baseball player) Merckx, Eddy (Belgian cyclist)
Coe, Sebastian (English runner) Milo of Croton (Greek wrestler)
Comaneci, Nadia (American gymnast, b. in Romania) Montana, Joe (US American footballer)
Compton, Denis (English cricketer and footballer) Montgomerie, Colin (Scottish golfer)
Connolly, Maureen (Little Mo; American tennis player) Moore, Bobby (English footballer)
Connors, Jimmy (American tennis player) Morphy, Paul (American chess player)
Constantine, Learie (West Indian cricketer) Moses, Ed (American athlete)
Cooper, Henry (English boxer) Moss, Stirling (English motor-racing driver)
Cordobés, El (Manuel Benitez Pérez; Spanish matador) Navratilova, Martina (American tennis player, b. in Czechoslovakia)
Couples, Fred (American golfer) Newcombe, John (Australian tennis player)
Cowdrey, Colin (English cricketer) Nicklaus, Jack (American golfer)
Cram, Steve (English runner) Norman, Greg (Australian golfer)
Cruyff, Johann (Dutch footballer and manager) Novotna, Jana (Czech tennis player)
Culbertson, Ely (American bridge player) Nurmi, Paavo (Finnish runner)
Curry, John (English ice skater) Oerter, Al (American athlete)
Dalglish, Kenny (Scottish footballer and manager) Offiah, Martin (English rugby league player)
Daly, John (American golfer) O'Meara, Mark (American golfer)
Davies, Jonathan (Welsh rugby union player) Ovett, Steve (English runner)
Davies, Laura (English golfer) Owen, Michael (English footballer)
Davis, Fred (English billiards and snooker player) Owens, Jesse (John Cleveland Owens; American athlete)
Davis, Joe (English billiards and snooker player) Palmer, Arnold (American golfer)
Davis, Steve (English snooker player) Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento; Brazilian footballer)
Dean, Christopher (English ice skater) Perry, Fred (American tennis player, b. in Britain)
Dempsey, Jack (American boxer) Pienaar, François (South African rugby union player)
Dettori, Frankie (Italian jockey) Pierce, Mary (French tennis player, b. in Canada)
DiMaggio, Joe (American baseball player) Piggott, Lester (English jockey)
Duke, Geoffrey E. (British racing motorcyclist) Platini, Michel (French footballer and manager)
Duval, David (American golfer) Player, Gary (South African golfer)
Edberg, Stefan (Swedish tennis player) Prost, Alain (French motor-racing driver)
Eddery, Pat (Irish jockey) Puskas, Ferenc (Hungarian footballer)
Edwards, Gareth (Welsh rugby union player) Rafter, Patrick (Australian tennis player)
Edwards, Jonathan (English athlete) Ramsey, Alf (English footballer and manager)
el-Guerrouj, Hicham (Moroccan athlete) Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Kumar Shri, Maharajah (Indian cricketer)
Els, Ernie (South African golfer) Reardon, Ray (Welsh snooker player)
Eusebio (Ferreira da Silva) (Portuguese footballer, b. in Mozambique) Redgrave, Steven (English rower)
Evert, Chris (American tennis player) Rhodes, Jonty (South African cricketer)
Faldo, Nick (English golfer) Rhodes, Wilfred (English cricketer)
Fangio, Juan Manuel (Argentinian motor-racing driver) Richards, Gordon (English jockey)
Finney, Tom (English footballer) Richards, Viv (West Indian cricketer)
Fischer, Bobby (American chess player) Robinson, Sugar Ray (Walker Smith; American boxer)
Fittipaldi, Emerson (Brazilian motor-racing driver) Robson, Bryan (English footballer and manager)
Foreman, George (American boxer) Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima) (Brazilian footballer)
Fosbury, Richard (American athlete) Rusedski, Greg (British tennis player, b. in Canada)
Francome, John (English jockey) Ruth, Babe (American baseball player)
Frazier, Joe (American boxer) Sampras, Pete (American tennis player)
Fry, C. B. (English cricketer, footballer, and athlete) Sánchez-Vicario, Arantxa (Spanish tennis player)
Gascoigne, Paul (English footballer) Schmeichel, Peter (Danish footballer)
Gavaskar, Sunil (Indian cricketer) Schumacher, Michael (German motor-racing driver)
Gebrselassie, Haile (Ethiopian athlete) Scudamore, Peter (English jockey)
Gehrig, Lou (American baseball player) Seles, Monica (American tennis player, b. in Yugoslavia)
Gibson, Althea (American tennis player) Senna, Ayrton (Brazilian motor-racing driver)
Giggs, Ryan (Welsh footballer) Shearer, Alan (English footballer)
Gooch, Graham (English cricketer) Sheene, Barry (English racing motorcyclist)
Gower, David (English cricketer) Shilton, Peter (English footballer)
Grace, W. G. (English cricketer) Simpson, O. J. (US American football player)
Graf, Steffi (German tennis player) Smith, Harvey (English showjumper)
Greaves, Jimmy (English footballer) Sobers, Gary (West Indian cricketer)
Greene, Maurice (American athlete) Spassky, Boris (Russian chess player)
Gretzky, Wayne (Canadian ice-hockey player) Spitz, Mark (American swimmer)
Griffith Joyner, Florence (American runner) Stewart, Alec (Scottish cricketer)
Gullit, Ruud (Dutch footballer and manager) Stewart, Jackie (Scottish motor-racing driver)
Gunnell, Sally (English hurdler) Stewart, Payne (American golfer)
Hadlee, Richard (New Zealand cricketer) Suker, Davor (Croatian footballer)
Hailwood, Mike (English racing motorcyclist) Sullivan, John Lawrence (American boxer)
Häkkinen, Mika (Finnish motor-racing driver) Surtees, John (English motor-racing driver)
Hanley, Ellery (English Rubgy League player) Szewinska, Irena (Polish athlete)
Hendry, Stephen (Scottish snooker player) Tendulkar, Sachin (Indian cricketer)
Henman, Tim (English tennis player) Thompson, Daley (English decathlete)
Heyhoe-Flint, Rachael (English cricketer) Thorpe, Jim (American athlete, baseball player, and American footballer)
Higgins, Alex (Northern Irish snooker player) Todd, Mark (New Zealand equestrian)
Hill, Damon (English motor-racing driver) Torvill, Jayne (English ice skater)
Hill, Graham (English motor-racing driver) Trevino, Lee (American golfer)
Hinault, Bernard (French racing cyclist) Trueman, Fred (English cricketer)
Hingis, Martina (Czech tennis player) Turishcheva, Ludmilla (Soviet gymnast)
Hoad, Lewis (Australian tennis player) Tyson, Mike (American boxer)
Hobbs, Jack (English cricketer) Viren, Lasse (Finnish runner)
Hogan, Ben (American golfer) Wade, Virginia (English tennis player)
Howe, Gordie (Canadian ice-hockey player) Walsh, Courtney (Jamaican cricketer)
Hunt, James (English motor-racing driver) Warne, Shane (Australian cricketer)
Hussain, Nasser (British cricketer, b. in India) Watson, Tom (American golfer)
Hutton, Len (English cricketer) Waugh, Mark (Australian cricketer)
Illingworth, Ray (English cricketer) Waugh, Steve (Australian cricketer)
Indurain, Miguel (Spanish racing cyclist) Weismuller, Johnny (American swimmer)
Ivanisevich, Goran (Croatian tennis player) Williams, J. P. R. (Welsh rugby union player)
Jacklin, Tony (English golfer) Williams, Serena (American tennis player)
Jackson, Colin (Welsh hurdler) Williams, Venus (American tennis player)
John, Barry (Welsh rugby union player) Wills (Moody), Helen (American tennis player)
Johnson, Ben (Canadian sprinter) Winkler, Hans (German showjumper)
Johnson, Earvin Magic (American basketball player) Witt, Katerina (German ice skater)
Johnson, Jack (American boxer) Woods, Tiger (American golfer)
Johnson, Michael (American athlete) Worrell, Frank (West Indian cricketer)
Jones, Bobby (American golfer) Zátopek, Emil (Czech runner)
Jordan, Michael (American basketball player) Zidane, Zinedine (French footballer)
Joselito (José Gómez; Spanish matador) Zola, Gianfranco (Italian footballer and manager)