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Justine Gail Robbeson is a South African athlete who specialised in the javelin throw. She previously competed in the heptathlon, achieving a personal best of 5868 in 2004. Justine…
Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
Teófilo Antonio "Teo" Gutiérrez Roncancio is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Junior. He was a Colombian international and captained the coun…
Teófilo Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer
Derek Bruce Hough is an American professional Latin and ballroom dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, and television personality. From 2007 to 2016, Hough was a professional dance…
Derek Hough, American actor, singer, and dancer
Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian retired long track speed skater who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouv…
Christine Nesbitt, Canadian speed skater
Todd Richard Redmond is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2004 MLB draft and traded to the Atlanta Braves four year…
Todd Redmond, American baseball player
Matthew Thomas Ryan is an American professional football executive and former player who is the president of football for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).…
Matt Ryan, American football player
Henrique Sereno Fonseca, known as Sereno, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
Anja Mittag is a German football coach and a former player who played as a striker. She is currently an Individual Development Coach for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's S…
Anja Mittag, German footballer
Rodrigo Peters Marques, known as Café, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
Corey Perry is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played the first 14 years of his career…
Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
Tom Büdgen is a Dutch professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in WWE as Aleister Black, and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as Malakai Black.
Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler
Christopher Clive Froome is a British professional road racing cyclist who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Israel-Premier Tech. He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of th…
Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist
Brendon James Goddard is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the St Kilda …
Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer
Sir Mark Simon Cavendish is a Manx retired professional cyclist. As a track cyclist he specialised in the madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he was…
Mark Cavendish, Manx cyclist
Alexander Dale Oen was a Norwegian competitive swimmer. He was an Olympic silver medallist, World Championships gold medallist, World Championships (25m) bronze medallist, two-time…
Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (died 2012)
Isa Tara Guha is an English former England cricketer and now a sports television commentator and radio broadcaster. She played in the 2005 South Africa World Cup and the 2009 Austr…
Isa Guha, English cricketer and sportscaster
Lucie Hradecká is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles rank…
Lucie Hradecká, Czech tennis player
Kane Brett Robinson, known by the stage name Kano, is a British rapper, songwriter and actor from East Ham, London. His fifth album, Made in the Manor was shortlisted for the 2016 …
Kano, English rapper, producer, and actor
Dušan Kuciak is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Polish club Stoczniowiec Gdańsk. He is the younger brother of Martin Kuciak, who also played as a goa…
Dušan Kuciak, Slovak footballer
Heath L'Estrange, also known by the nickname of "Stranger", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Sydney Roosters, Manly Warringah Sea Eag…
Heath L'Estrange, Australian rugby league player
Andrew Mark Miller is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore …
Andrew Miller, American baseball player
Tranquillo Barnetta is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
Mauro Boselli is an Argentine former professional footballer who played in the position striker.
Mauro Boselli, Argentine footballer me