Athletes

Wang Shun (February 11, 1994 -), a native of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, is a Chinese male swimmer and the Chinese national swimming captain, specializing in medley swimming. Wang Shun officially started swimming at the age of 6. He entered the provincial team at the age of 13 and the national team at the age of 15. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Wang Shun won the bronze medal in the 200-meter men's medley, achieving a breakthrough for Chinese male athletes in the medley event. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Wang Shun broke the Asian record in the men's 200-meter medley with a time of 1 minute, 55.00 seconds and became the first Asian athlete to win the Olympic championship in this event. At the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, Wang Shun once again broke the Asian record in the men's 200-meter medley with a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds and 62 seconds and won the Asian Games championship in this event. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Wang Shun won the bronze medal again in the men's 200-meter medley, becoming the only Asian swimmer to win individual medals in three consecutive Olympic Games. At the FINA Swimming World Cup Shanghai Station in the same year, Wang Shun broke the Asian record in the short course men's 100m individual medley with a time of 51.24 seconds. At the 2025 FINA World Championships in Singapore, Wang Shun participated in the men's 4*200m freestyle relay, broke the Asian record and won the silver medal. Wang Shun graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Antai College of Economics and Management in 2019. In June 2022, he graduated with a master's degree from the China Swimming College of Beijing Sport University. In September 2023, he entered the School of Physical Education of Ningbo University and became a doctoral candidate.

Wolfgang Loitzl (German: Wolfgang Loitzl, January 13, 1980 -), Austrian male ski jumping athlete. He represented Austria in the ski jumping competition at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal.

Walter Herrmann (Spanish: Walter Herrmann, June 26, 1979-), an Argentine professional basketball player who once played for the American NBA League.

Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer who is considered one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He holds the record for the highest run-scoring in Test cricket and One-Day International cricket (ODI, One Day International cricket), and has completed 100 runs in an innings both times. He is also the only batsman in ODI history to have scored 200 runs. In 2002, the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him second only to Donald Bradman among the greatest batsmen of all time, and he was also second only to Vivian Richards in the selection of the greatest ODI batsmen of all time. In September 2007, legendary Australian pitcher Shane Warne considered DeLuca the greatest player he had ever played with. He is also the only player of his generation to be selected into the "Bradman 11-man Dream Team". He is sometimes called the "Little Master" or the "Master Blaster".

Sharif Neidgajavovich Sharifov (Russian: Шариф Наидгаджавович Шарифов, Azerbaijani: Şərif Şərifov, November 11, 1988 -) was born in Gunukh, Charoda District, Dagestan, former Soviet Union, and is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is of Avar ancestry. He started wrestling in 2000. He won the 84kg men's freestyle wrestling championship at the 2012 London Olympics and the third place at the 86kg men's freestyle wrestling at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (Spanish: Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto, March 21, 1975 -), born in Cordoba Province, Argentina, is a professional basketball player who won the men's basketball gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics with the team.

Fabio Coloccini (Spanish: Fabricio Coloccini, pronounced: [faˈβɾisjo koloˈtʃini]; January 22, 1982 -) is an Argentine retired football player who played as a defender and last played for Atlético Aldohivi in ​​the Argentine Football League.

Fara Williams (January 25, 1984 -) is an English women's football player. She plays the role of offensive midfielder in the England women's national football team and currently plays for Everton Women's Football Club. Farah played in all of England's matches at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 and scored a leading penalty in the 2–1 defeat to Denmark. She also scored 5 goals in the 2007 Women's World Cup qualifiers. Helped the team qualify for the finals in China, including a 13-0 victory over the Hungarian women's football team. On May 23, 2007, Farah was selected as the 2007 Best International Player of the Year Award.

Franz Klammer (German: Franz Klammer, born December 3, 1953), Austrian male alpine skier. He represented Austria in alpine skiing at the 1976 and 1984 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal.

Pauline Camille Peyraud-Magnin (French: Pauline Camille Peyraud-Magnin; March 17, 1992 -) is a French female professional football player who serves as a goalkeeper. She currently plays for the National Women's Football League team Denver Summit and the French Women's National Football Team. She represented France in women's football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Edrick "Tiger" Woods, an American golfer, has been ranked No. 1 in the world for the first time in 1997. He has been in the position for more than 650 weeks, which is a record in the history of golf. Because his nickname "Tiger" means "Tiger" in English, he is often called Tiger in Chinese.

Tyson Fury (English: Tyson Fury; August 12, 1988 -), British professional boxer and heavyweight world boxing champion. Fury entered professional boxing in 2008. Since then, he has won several championship titles in the British, Commonwealth, Irish, and WBO continental competitions. In 2015, Fury won the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Organization (WBO), International Boxing Organization (IBO) and "The Ring" titles in one fell swoop after defeating boxing champion Vladimir Klitschko. As a result, he won the Fighter of the Year and Upset of the Year awards from "Boxing Ring" magazine that year. However, at the end of that year, he was stripped of his gold belt by the IBF because he did not agree to fight against the Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Glazkov designated by the IBF. In 2016, he finally gave up his WBA, WBO and IBO gold belts due to failed drug tests and other reasons. In 2018, Fury returned to the ring. On December 1, 2018, Fury fought to a draw with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. As of 2021, Fury became the WBC and "The Ring" heavyweight world champion after defeating Wilder in February 2020. Fury is widely regarded as the best heavyweight boxer in the world. He lost to Usyk in the boxing championship unification match on May 19, 2024. At the end of the unification match for the WBA, WBO, IBF, and WBC championships, Usyk became the owner of four belts.

Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack (English: Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack, November 5, 1873 - January 10, 1935) was an Australian male track and field and tennis player. He was the only athlete on the Australian delegation to the 1896 Summer Olympics, winning gold medals in the men's 800m and 1500m events.

Zelim Kozoev (Russian: Зелим Коцоев, August 9, 1998 -) is a male judo athlete from Ukraine and Azerbaijan. He is the bronze medalist in the men's 100kg category at the 2022 World Judo Championships, the bronze medalist in the men's 100kg category at the 2023 World Judo Championships, and the gold medal winner in the men's 100kg category at the 2024 World Judo Championships.

Loïc Négo (French: Loïc Négo; January 15, 1991 -) is a professional football player with dual nationality of France and Hungary. He serves as a right back and plays for the French Ligue 1 club Le Havre and the Hungarian national football team.

Mao Asada (September 25, 1990 -), a famous Japanese figure skater, was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. Mao Asada is the first Asian female single skater to win three gold medals at the World Figure Skating Championships and the title of "World Champion" three times (2008, 2010, 2014). She gained attention at the 2005 World Youth Skating Championships when she became the youngest figure skater in history to complete the triple axel. In addition, he has won three Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and three International Skating Union Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals. She was also the silver medalist in women's single figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She successfully completed three perfect Axar triple axels in the event, which was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. She is the first single skater in history to win gold medals in a total of 7 events in the Grand Prix series (France, Japan, Canada, Russia, China, the United States) and the finals. She broke her personal best score of 78.66 points at the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships and set a new world record. On April 10, 2017, he announced his retirement on his blog.

Haili Gebreselahi, also translated as Kibilasha or Kibislas by some Hong Kong media, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder for marathon, 10km marathon, 20,000m race, half marathon and 1-hour timed race.

Zenzo Shimizu (Shimizu Zenzo, March 25, 1891 - April 12, 1977) was a Japanese tennis player. Zenzo Shimizu and Kazuya Kumagai were representatives of Japanese tennis after World War I. One of the nine Asian players in history to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.

Jessica Fox (English: Jessica Fox, June 11, 1994 -), Australian female kayaker, 166 cm tall. She represented Australia in canoeing at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals.

Pan Zhanle (August 4, 2004 -), a native of Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is a male swimmer of the People's Republic of China, specializing in freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle world record holder.

Inokuma Isao (Japanese: Inokuma Isao, English: Inokuma Isao, February 4, 1938 - September 28, 2001) was a Japanese judo player and the men's heavyweight judo gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Wang Junxia (January 19, 1973 -) is a Chinese middle-distance runner, nicknamed the "Oriental Sacred Deer". Born in Jiaohe, Jilin, he moved back to his ancestral home of Dalian, Liaoning when he was young. As an adult, he joined the long-distance runner Ma Junren of the Liaoning Provincial Track and Field Team (later known as the "Ma Jiajun"). In 1993, 20-year-old Wang Junxia performed well in many competitions at home and abroad, including winning the 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships and breaking the competition record. She won gold medals at the 10,000m, 3,000m and 1,500m silver medals at the National Games, setting world records three times in six days. She was selected as the first among the top ten athletes in the country that year, the Female Athlete of the Year by Track and Field News, and won the Jesse Owens International Cup of the World Amateur Athletes Association (IAAA). At the end of 1994, he led many teammates to forcibly leave the Ma Jiajun training base and broke away from Ma Junren's guidance. In 1996, he won the gold medal in the 5,000 meters and the silver medal in the 10,000 meters at the Atlanta Olympics. Retired shortly after the Olympics. After retiring, the inside story of Wang Junxia's sports career was gradually revealed, including repeated threats to her personal safety during the preparations for the Olympics, being forced to retire after the Olympics, and Ma Junren's use of rough means to control team members and forced use of banned substances, etc. The IAAF launched an investigation into Ma Jiajun's doping problem in 2016, but ultimately did not cancel the results of Wang Junxia and others. Her 10,000-meter world record remained until the 2016 Olympics, and her 3,000-meter world record remains unbroken. She was among the first athletes inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame.

Wang Chuqin (May 11, 2000 -), native of Jilin City, Jilin Province, is an active Chinese men's table tennis player and captain of the Chinese men's table tennis team.

Wang Nan (October 23, 1978 -), female, from Fushun, Liaoning, is a Chinese table tennis player.