Athletes

Alain Marie Pascal Prost (French: Alain Marie Pascal Prost, born February 24, 1955), a French racing driver, four-time Formula One world driver champion, known as the "Professor". After retiring, he formed his own private team, Prost Grand Prix, to compete in F1 in 1997, but the team declared bankruptcy in 2001. From 2017 to 2021, he served as a special advisor at Renault/Alpine Racing.

Artur Aleksanyan (October 21, 1991 -) is an Armenian wrestler.

Anita Wachter (German: Anita Wachter, born February 12, 1967) is an Austrian female alpine skier. She represented Austria in alpine skiing at the 1988, 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, winning one gold medal and two silver medals.

Adhemar da Silva (Portuguese: Adhemar da Silva, September 29, 1927 - January 12, 2001) was a Brazilian male track and field athlete, focusing on the triple jump. He represented Brazil in track and field competitions at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.

Guilherme Antonio Arana Lopes (Portuguese: Guilherme Antonio Arana Lopes; April 14, 1997 -) is a Brazilian male professional football player who serves as a left back and currently plays for the Brazilian club Fuminnis.

Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis (Swedish: Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis, November 10, 1999 -) is a male track and field athlete who was born in the United States and represents Sweden in international competitions. His specialty is pole vault. He is considered to be the best pole vaulter in history. Duplantis is the outdoor and indoor world holder in the pole vault (6.30 meters and 6.22 meters respectively), a 2-time Olympic champion and a 3-time World Track and Field Championship champion. As of September 2025, Duplantis has jumped 6 meters the most times in history, breaking the world record 14 times. After French player Renaud Lavillenie jumped 6.16 meters, the world records from 6.17 meters to 6.30 meters were all set by Duplantis. Duplantis won the 2015 World Junior Athletics Championships as a 15-year-old and finished third at the World U20 Championships the following year. In 2017, he won the European U20 Championship and the World U20 Championship the following year. Duplantis is one of the few athletes in history to win world championships in junior, youth and adult track and field events. Duplantis is a three-time European champion, in 2018 (when he set the current U20 world record), 2022 and 2024. He was named European and World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year in 2018 and World Male Athlete of the Year two years later. He is the gold medalist at the 2021 European Indoor Championships and won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the 2022 season, Duplantis broke the world record three times and became the world outdoor and indoor champion, European champion and Diamond League champion. He also jumped 6 meters 22 times in the competition, so he was named European and World Men's Athlete of the Year. Duplantis won four Diamond League championships from 2021 to 2024.

Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach (English: Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach, June 2, 1980 -) is a former American women's professional soccer player and coach who was a member of the U.S. women's national soccer team. She is a one-time Women's World Cup champion, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and won the FIFA World Miss Football honor in 2012. Wambach has won the Miss Soccer United States award six times since 2003.

Alexia Putellas i Segura (Catalan: Alèxia Putellas i Segura, pronounced: [əˈlɛksiə puˈteʎə səˈɣuɾə]; February 4, 1994 -) is a Spanish professional women's football player who plays as a midfielder and currently plays for London City Lionesses.

Assane Diao (French: Assane Diao, September 7, 2005 -) is a Spanish professional football player of Senegalese origin. He serves as a winger and plays for the Italian Football League team Como and the Senegalese national team.

Arnold Daniel Palmer (English: Arnold Daniel Palmer, September 10, 1929 - September 25, 2016), American professional golfer. Since 1955, he has won dozens of PGA Tour and Champions Tour championships. Since the popularity of television sports programs in the 1950s, Palmer was the first widely known sports star in the United States. His superb skills and charming demeanor attracted a large number of fans and earned him the nickname "The King." At the same time, during the promotion of golf, he, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player were known as the "Big Three" of golf. As early as 1974, Palmer was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame and won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.

Adolf Schmal (German: Adolf Schmal, September 18, 1872 - August 28, 1919) was an Austrian male cyclist and fencer. He represented Austria in the 1896 Summer Olympics and won one gold medal and two bronze medals.

Ariarne Titmus (English: Ariarne Titmus, September 7, 2000 -), born in Launceston, Tasmania, is an Australian female swimmer who specializes in middle and long distance freestyle. Titmas' mother is a former sprinter and his father is a cricketer. She has loved swimming since she was a child, and there happened to be a swimming pool near her childhood home, which made it convenient for her to practice swimming. In 2015, her parents moved the family from their hometown to Brisbane, Queensland, so that she could better realize her dream. She also attended the local high school.

Armen Nazaryan (Armenian: Նամեն Նազայան, March 9, 1974 -) is an Armenian and Bulgarian male wrestler. He represented Armenia and Bulgaria in wrestling at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze medal.

Patrick Chan (English: Patrick Chan, December 31, 1990 -) was born in Ottawa, a Chinese-Canadian figure skater. 2014 Olympic Silver Medal, three-time World Champion, two-time Grand Prix Finals Champion, and 10-time Canadian Champion. Now lives in Toronto. Chen Weiqun can speak fluent English, French and Cantonese, and he is also learning Mandarin Chinese. In April 2011, he ranked first in the International Skating Union. On the 28th of the same month, he broke the world record in the freestyle event and won the world championship in Moscow.

Nathan Wei Chen (English: Nathan Wei Chen, May 5, 1999 -), American men's singles figure skater. Gold medalist at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, three-time world champion (continuously held the 2018, 2019 and 2021 World Championships), three-time Grand Prix Finals champion (continuously held from 2017 to 2019, current), 2017 Four Continents Championship champion, six-time U.S. champion (continuously, current from 2017-2022). The gold medal in the team competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Chen Wei is the current world record holder for short program, free skate and total points. He is the youngest world champion after Plushenko. In 2019, following Yagudin, he became the first person in the 21st century to defend the world championship before the age of 20. Top 100 People of the 2022 Era. Known as the "King of Quad Jumps", Chen Wei is the first and currently the only skater to successfully complete five quadruple jumps (4Lz hook, 4F back inside, 4Lo back outside, 4S back inside, and 4T back outside) in an official international competition recognized by the International Figure Skating Federation. He is also the first skater to complete five quadruple jumps in the long program at many official International Figure Skating Federation competitions. He is called the "May 4th Youth" by Chinese ice fans. In 2018, he set an Olympic record in Pyeongchang and became the first athlete to challenge six difficult quadruple jumps in a single program, rewriting the record for the highest technical score in history. The first athlete to successfully complete 7 clean quadruple jumps (2 short program, 5 free skate) in one competition (2019 Grand Prix Finals, 2022 Winter Olympics). Chen Wei, who is famous for his jumping ability, has also been praised by experts for his artistic performance. Honda Takeshi Review "His still pictures are all beautiful poses, which represent graceful movements. His technique and expression are excellent, and every pose is meaningful. Even better are jumping and gliding. Being able to jump out of a variety of high-quality quadruple jumps is one of his characteristics, and his stability is outstanding. Also because of He has received ballet training for many years, and his meticulous posture and aesthetics from fingertips to toes are also excellent. "Chen Wei has excellent jumping stability. According to Japanese TV statistics, during the first week of practice at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, he succeeded in 104 out of 110 quadruple jumps, with a success rate of over 94%. Chen Wei returned to Yale University to continue his studies after the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Chen Ruolin (December 12, 1992 -), native of Nantong, Jiangsu, is a former female diving athlete of the People's Republic of China, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and coach Ren Shaofen. In 2006, she participated in the Diving World Cup at the age of 14, and immediately won the women's synchronized 10-meter high platform gold medal with Jia Tong, becoming the world champion for the first time. Two years later at the Beijing Olympics, she successfully won two gold medals in the 10-meter high platform single and double events. In the single event final, she calmly completed the last jump, 5253B (backward somersault two and a half weeks and one and a half pike) under tremendous pressure. ) action, four judges gave her a full score of 10.0 points; three judges gave her 9.5 points; after scoring the highest score of 100.30 points in the game, she also overtook Canadian Emily Emans with a total score of 447.70 points and won the gold medal.

Chen Yufei (English: Chen Yufei, March 1, 1998 -), a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, is a Chinese badminton player. Studied at Hangzhou Chen Jinglun Sports School. Representative of Zhejiang Province at the 14th National People's Congress. Her highest ranking is world No. 1. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, it helped the Chinese team win the Olympic gold medal in this event again after 9 years.

Ian Chan Cheuk-yin (English: Ian Chan Cheuk-yin, June 9, 1993 -) is a Hong Kong male singer and artist. He was a member of the Hong Kong Men's Volleyball Team and the South China Men's Volleyball Team. He graduated from St. Francis Charity Primary School in Shek Kip Mei and Cheung Sha Wan Catholic English Secondary School. During his high school years, he was a member of the volleyball, track and field and basketball school teams. In the 2011-2012 Hong Kong School Elite Volleyball Competition, he was hailed as the "Best Setter" and was selected into the star team. Later, he majored in Public Policy and Politics at the City University of Hong Kong. He won a singing competition in his freshman year and officially received professional singing training. Later, he signed a contract as an artist under Shangteng Productions. During this period, Chen Zhuoxian was a college student, volleyball player and contract artist. In 2018, Chen Zhuoxian officially quit the Hong Kong Volleyball Team in order to participate in the ViuTV talent show "Good Night Show" and develop his acting career. He eventually won the runner-up in the finals of the show, and then officially debuted as a member of the Hong Kong boy band MIRROR. The following year, he released his first single "Phase 2 Building" as a solo singer. In addition, the major awards that Chen Zhuoxian has won include the "Best Male Singer and Hottest Singer-Songwriter" at the "Metropolis Hot Awards", "The Best Male Singer Gold Award" at the "Chizha Music Popular Chart Award Ceremony", "Gold Award for Chizha Music Singer-Songwriter" and "The Most Powerful Record Award", and "Chill Club Annual Recommendation List" "Chill Club Bronze Award for Male Singer of the Year" and "Chill Club Silver Award for Singer-Songwriter of the Year".

Chen Qiushi (September 19, 1985 -), a native of the Daxinganling area of ​​Heilongjiang Province, was a lawyer, speaker, and former citizen journalist of the People's Republic of China. He disappeared during the new coronavirus epidemic in February 2020. After reappearing, he vigorously promoted combat sports on social media and began working as a coach. On September 30, 2021, Chen Qiushi announced on the social media Twitter that he had gained his freedom. Later, the well-known mixed martial arts athlete Xu Xiaodong also confirmed the authenticity and reliability of the news on Twitter.

Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (Dutch: Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins, June 5, 1938 - September 26, 1987) was a late Dutch footballer who played 184 games for Ajax from 1959 to 1966 and scored 60 goals. In the mid-1960s, he joined Bundesliga team Kaiserslautern and became one of the few foreign players in Germany at the time. Prince's first national team match was the Netherlands' 4-0 friendly win over Czechoslovakia in Prague on November 30, 1960. His 10th and last international match was the Netherlands' 0-0 draw with Switzerland in a World Cup qualifying match in Amsterdam on November 17, 1965. Later, Prince also appeared in the 1981 movie "The Great Escape", playing a Dutch football player who was captured by the Allied forces. In 1987, Prince died of a heart attack during a game.

Jakub Jankto (Czech: Jakub Jankto, pronounced: [ˈjakup ˈjaŋkto]; February 19, 1996 -) is a retired Czech men's professional football player who serves as a midfielder. Played for the Czech national football team.

Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (English: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, July 18, 1925 - February 11, 2004), nee Strickland, was an Australian female track and field athlete. She represented Australia in track and field at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals.

Reinier Jesus Carvalho (Portuguese: Reinier Jesus Carvalho, January 19, 2002 -) is a Brazilian men's football player who serves as an offensive midfielder. Currently playing for Brazilian side Mineiro.

Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto (Portuguese: Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto; February 8, 1988 -) is a Brazilian football player who plays as a midfielder and currently plays for the Brazilian Football League team Fuminis.