- sportsperson
- ▶ noun SPORTSMAN, SPORTSWOMAN, player, contestant, competitor, participant. See list.SportspeopleAaron, Hank (American baseball player)Abrahams, Harold (English athlete)Agassi, Andre (American tennis player)Agostini, Giacomo (Italian racing motorcyclist)Alekhine, Alexander (French chess player)Alexeev, Vasiliy (Russian weightlifter)Ali, Muhammad (Cassius Clay; American boxer)Andretti, Mario (American motor-racing driver, b. in Italy)Aouita, Saïd (Moroccan runner)Ashe, Arthur (American tennis player)Atherton, Michael (English cricketer)Baggio, Roberto (Italian footballer)Bailey, Donovan (Canadian athlete, b. in Jamaica)Ballesteros, Severiano (Spanish golfer)Banks, Gordon (English footballer)Bannister, Roger (English runner)Barrington, Jonah (English squash player)Batistuta, Gabriel (Argentinian footballer)Beckenbauer, Franz (German footballer and manager)Becker, Boris (German tennis player)Beckham, David (English footballer)Belmonte y García, Juan (Spanish matador)Berra, Yogi (American baseball player)Best, George (Northern Irish footballer)Blanco, Serge (French rugby union player)Bonington, Chris (English mountaineer)Border, Allan (Australian cricketer)Borg, Björn (Swedish tennis player)Botham, Ian (English cricketer)Boycott, Geoffrey (English cricketer)Brabham, Jack (Australian motor-racing driver)Bradman, Don (Australian cricketer)Bristow, Eric (English darts player)Broome, David (English showjumper)Brough, Louise (American tennis player)Bruno, Frank (English boxer)Bryant, David (English bowls player)Bubka, Sergei (Ukrainian pole-vaulter)Budge, Don (American tennis player)Bueno, Maria (Brazilian tennis player)Burrell, Leroy (American runner)Busby, Matt (Scottish-born footballer and manager)Campese, David (Australian rugby union player)Cantona, Eric (French footballer)Carling, Will (English rugby union player)Carson, Willie (Scottish jockey)Cawley, Evonne (Evonne Goolagong; Australian tennis player)Chappell, Greg (Australian cricketer)Chappell, Ian (Australian cricketer)Charlton, Bobby (English footballer)Charlton, Jack (English footballer and manager)Christie, Linford (British sprinter, b. in Jamaica)Cobb, Ty (American baseball player)Coe, Sebastian (English runner)Comaneci, Nadia (American gymnast, b. in Romania)Compton, Denis (English cricketer and footballer)Connolly, Maureen (‘Little Mo’; American tennis player)Connors, Jimmy (American tennis player)Constantine, Learie (West Indian cricketer)Cooper, Henry (English boxer)Cordobés, El (Manuel Benitez Pérez; Spanish matador)Couples, Fred (American golfer)Cowdrey, Colin (English cricketer)Cram, Steve (English runner)Cruyff, Johann (Dutch footballer and manager)Culbertson, Ely (American bridge player)Curry, John (English ice skater)Dalglish, Kenny (Scottish footballer and manager)Daly, John (American golfer)Davies, Jonathan (Welsh rugby union player)Davies, Laura (English golfer)Davis, Fred (English billiards and snooker player)Davis, Joe (English billiards and snooker player)Davis, Steve (English snooker player)Dean, Christopher (English ice skater)Dempsey, Jack (American boxer)Dettori, Frankie (Italian jockey)DiMaggio, Joe (American baseball player)Duke, Geoffrey E. (British racing motorcyclist)Duval, David (American golfer)Edberg, Stefan (Swedish tennis player)Eddery, Pat (Irish jockey)Edwards, Gareth (Welsh rugby union player)Edwards, Jonathan (English athlete)el-Guerrouj, Hicham (Moroccan athlete)Els, Ernie (South African golfer)Eusebio (Ferreira da Silva) (Portuguese footballer, b. in Mozambique)Evert, Chris (American tennis player)Faldo, Nick (English golfer)Fangio, Juan Manuel (Argentinian motor-racing driver)Finney, Tom (English footballer)Fischer, Bobby (American chess player)Fittipaldi, Emerson (Brazilian motor-racing driver)Foreman, George (American boxer)Fosbury, Richard (American athlete)Francome, John (English jockey)Frazier, Joe (American boxer)Gascoigne, Paul (English footballer)Gavaskar, Sunil (Indian cricketer)Gebrselassie, Haile (Ethiopian athlete)Gehrig, Lou (American baseball player)Gibson, Althea (American tennis player)Giggs, Ryan (Welsh footballer)Gooch, Graham (English cricketer)Gower, David (English cricketer)Grace, W. G. (English cricketer)Graf, Steffi (German tennis player)Greaves, Jimmy (English footballer)Greene, Maurice (American athlete)Gretzky, Wayne (Canadian ice-hockey player)Griffith Joyner, Florence (American runner)Gullit, Ruud (Dutch footballer and manager)Gunnell, Sally (English hurdler)Hadlee, Richard (New Zealand cricketer)Hailwood, Mike (English racing motorcyclist)Hanley, Ellery (English Rubgy League player)Hendry, Stephen (Scottish snooker player)Henman, Tim (English tennis player)Heyhoe-Flint, Rachael (English cricketer)Higgins, Alex (Northern Irish snooker player)Hill, Damon (English motor-racing driver)Hill, Graham (English motor-racing driver)Hinault, Bernard (French racing cyclist)Hingis, Martina (Czech tennis player)Hoad, Lewis (Australian tennis player)Hobbs, Jack (English cricketer)Hogan, Ben (American golfer)Howe, Gordie (Canadian ice-hockey player)Hunt, James (English motor-racing driver)Hussain, Nasser (British cricketer, b. in India)Hutton, Len (English cricketer)Häkkinen, Mika (Finnish motor-racing driver)Illingworth, Ray (English cricketer)Indurain, Miguel (Spanish racing cyclist)Ivanisevich, Goran (Croatian tennis player)Jacklin, Tony (English golfer)Jackson, Colin (Welsh hurdler)John, Barry (Welsh rugby union player)Johnson, Ben (Canadian sprinter)Johnson, Earvin ‘Magic’ (American basketball player)Johnson, Jack (American boxer)Johnson, Michael (American athlete)Jones, Bobby (American golfer)Jordan, Michael (American basketball player)Joselito (José Gómez; Spanish matador)Kafelnikov, Yevgeni (Russian tennis player)Kapil Dev (Indian cricketer)Karpov, Anatoly (Russian chess player)Kasparov, Gary (Azerbaijani chess player)Keegan, Kevin (English footballer and manager)Khan, Hashim (Pakistani squash player)Khan, Imran (Pakistani cricketer)Khan, Jahangir (Pakistani squash player)Killy, Jean-Claude (French skiier)King, Billie Jean (American tennis player)Klammer, Franz (Austrian skier)Klinsmann, Jurgen (German footballer)Korbut, Olga (Soviet gymnast, b. in Belarus)Korchnoi, Victor (Russian chess player)Krajicek, Richard (Dutch tennis player)Kristiansen, Ingrid (Norwegian runner)Lara, Brian (West Indian cricketer)Larwood, Harold (English cricketer)Lasker, Emanuel (German chess player)Latynina, Larisa (Ukrainian gymnast)Lauda, Niki (Austrian motor-racing driver)Laver, Rod (Australian tennis player)Law, Denis (Scottish footballer)Lawton, Tommy (English footballer)Lendl, Ivan (American tennis player, b. in Czechoslovakia)Lenglen, Suzanne (French tennis player)Leonard, Sugar Ray (American boxer)Lewis, Carl (American athlete)Lewis, Lennox (English boxer)Liddell, Eric (British athlete, b. in China)Lillee, Dennis (Australian cricketer)Lindwall, Raymond (Australian cricketer)Lineker, Gary (English footballer)Liston, Sonny (American boxer)Llewellyn, Harry (Welsh showjumper)Lloyd, Clive (West Indian cricketer)Lombardi, Vince (US American football coach)Lomu, Jonah (New Zealand rugby union player)Lopez, Nancy (American golfer)Louis, Joe (Joseph Barrow; American boxer)Lyle, Sandy (Scottish golfer)Mansell, Nigel (English motor-racing driver)Mantle, Mickey (American baseball player)Maradona, Diego (Argentinian footballer)Marciano, Rocky (American boxer)Matthews, Stanley (English footballer)May, Peter (English cricketer)Mays, Willie (American baseball player)McBride, Willie John (Irish rugby union player)McEnroe, John (American tennis player)McGuire, Mark (American baseball player)Meads, Colin (New Zealand rugby union player)Merckx, Eddy (Belgian cyclist)Milo of Croton (Greek wrestler)Montana, Joe (US American footballer)Montgomerie, Colin (Scottish golfer)Moore, Bobby (English footballer)Morphy, Paul (American chess player)Moses, Ed (American athlete)Moss, Stirling (English motor-racing driver)Navratilova, Martina (American tennis player, b. in Czechoslovakia)Newcombe, John (Australian tennis player)Nicklaus, Jack (American golfer)Norman, Greg (Australian golfer)Novotna, Jana (Czech tennis player)Nurmi, Paavo (Finnish runner)O'Meara, Mark (American golfer)Oerter, Al (American athlete)Offiah, Martin (English rugby league player)Ovett, Steve (English runner)Owen, Michael (English footballer)Owens, Jesse (John Cleveland Owens; American athlete)Palmer, Arnold (American golfer)Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento; Brazilian footballer)Perry, Fred (American tennis player, b. in Britain)Pienaar, François (South African rugby union player)Pierce, Mary (French tennis player, b. in Canada)Piggott, Lester (English jockey)Platini, Michel (French footballer and manager)Player, Gary (South African golfer)Prost, Alain (French motor-racing driver)Puskas, Ferenc (Hungarian footballer)Rafter, Patrick (Australian tennis player)Ramsey, Alf (English footballer and manager)Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Kumar Shri, Maharajah (Indian cricketer)Reardon, Ray (Welsh snooker player)Redgrave, Steven (English rower)Rhodes, Jonty (South African cricketer)Rhodes, Wilfred (English cricketer)Richards, Gordon (English jockey)Richards, Viv (West Indian cricketer)Robinson, Sugar Ray (Walker Smith; American boxer)Robson, Bryan (English footballer and manager)Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima) (Brazilian footballer)Rusedski, Greg (British tennis player, b. in Canada)Ruth, Babe (American baseball player)Sampras, Pete (American tennis player)Schmeichel, Peter (Danish footballer)Schumacher, Michael (German motor-racing driver)Scudamore, Peter (English jockey)Seles, Monica (American tennis player, b. in Yugoslavia)Senna, Ayrton (Brazilian motor-racing driver)Shearer, Alan (English footballer)Sheene, Barry (English racing motorcyclist)Shilton, Peter (English footballer)Simpson, O. J. (US American football player)Smith, Harvey (English showjumper)Sobers, Gary (West Indian cricketer)Spassky, Boris (Russian chess player)Spitz, Mark (American swimmer)Stewart, Alec (Scottish cricketer)Stewart, Jackie (Scottish motor-racing driver)Stewart, Payne (American golfer)Suker, Davor (Croatian footballer)Sullivan, John Lawrence (American boxer)Surtees, John (English motor-racing driver)Szewinska, Irena (Polish athlete)Sánchez-Vicario, Arantxa (Spanish tennis player)Tendulkar, Sachin (Indian cricketer)Thompson, Daley (English decathlete)Thorpe, Jim (American athlete, baseball player, and American footballer)Todd, Mark (New Zealand equestrian)Torvill, Jayne (English ice skater)Trevino, Lee (American golfer)Trueman, Fred (English cricketer)Turishcheva, Ludmilla (Soviet gymnast)Tyson, Mike (American boxer)Viren, Lasse (Finnish runner)Wade, Virginia (English tennis player)Walsh, Courtney (Jamaican cricketer)Warne, Shane (Australian cricketer)Watson, Tom (American golfer)Waugh, Mark (Australian cricketer)Waugh, Steve (Australian cricketer)Weismuller, Johnny (American swimmer)Williams, J. P. R. (Welsh rugby union player)Williams, Serena (American tennis player)Williams, Venus (American tennis player)Winkler, Hans (German showjumper)Witt, Katerina (German ice skater)Woods, Tiger (American golfer)Worrell, Frank (West Indian cricketer)Zidane, Zinedine (French footballer)Zola, Gianfranco (Italian footballer and manager)Zátopek, Emil (Czech runner)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
