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Caitlyn Jenner Caitlyn Jenner Athletes · United States

Caitlyn Jenner (English: Caitlyn Jenner, October 28, 1949 -), born Bruce Jenner (English: Bruce Jenner), is an American flag television personality and former track and field athlete who won the men's decathlon championship at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Kailyn Osmond Kailyn Osmond Athletes · Canada

Kaetlyn Osmond (December 5, 1995 -) is a Canadian female figure skater. She won the silver medal in the figure skating team competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the gold medal in the figure skating team competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the bronze medal in the women's single skating event. She was also the 2018 World Championship champion and the 2017 World Championship runner-up.

Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman Athletes · Australia

Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman OAM (English: Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, February 16, 1973 -), Australian Aboriginal track and field athlete. Freeman won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and then won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Her personal best time, ranked eighth in history, was 48.63 seconds at the 1996 Olympics.

Kelly McKeon Kelly McKeon Athletes · Australia

Kaylee Rochelle McKeown (English: Kaylee Rochelle McKeown, born on July 12, 2001 in Redcliffe, Queensland) is an Australian female swimmer who specializes in backstroke. Her sister, Taylor McKeown, is also a competitive swimmer. Kelly suffered from asthma when she was a child. In order to cure her disease, and because there happened to be a swimming pool at home, she began to practice swimming. In 2021, she represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in the women's 100m backstroke, women's 200m backstroke and women's 4×100m medley relay.

Carey Price Carey Price Athletes · Canada

Carey Price (English: Carey Price, August 16, 1987 -), Canadian men's ice hockey player, the field position is goalkeeper. He represented the Canadian national team in the 2014 Winter Olympics ice hockey competition and won a gold medal.

Kelly Humphries Kelly Humphries Athletes · Canada

Kaillie Humphries, OLY (English: Kaillie Humphries, September 4, 1985 -), Canadian and American female bobsleigh athlete. She represented Canada in the bobsleigh competition at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals and a bronze medal. Winning the women's single bobsleigh gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is the first gold medal for this event in the history of the Winter Olympics.

Liu Guoliang Liu Guoliang Athletes · People's Republic of China

Liu Guoliang (January 10, 1976 -), a native of Xinxiang, Henan, is a Chinese men's table tennis player and coach. He was selected into the ITTF Hall of Fame in 2005. He once served as the head coach of the Chinese National Table Tennis Team, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and chairman of the board of directors of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT). He is currently the first vice-president of the ITTF and chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Table Tennis Professional League. Liu Guoliang is a right-hand pen-hand fast-break player who is close to the table. He is China's first men's singles "Grand Slam" winner at the World Table Tennis Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games. He has won multiple singles championships and won the doubles championship with Kong Linghui. Liu Guoliang is the first table tennis player to adopt pen-holding and horizontal hitting techniques in official competitions and achieve success. Liu Guoliang's club is the table tennis team of the Bayi Engineering Brigade. During his service, he was awarded the rank of senior colonel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

L Liu Xuan Athletes · People's Republic of China

Liu Xuan (August 12, 1979 -), native of Changsha, Hunan, winner of the 2000 Sydney Olympics balance beam gold medal and gymnastics individual all-around bronze medal, is a member of the Communist Party of China (joined the party in 1999). Previously, in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Team All-Around Competition, she made a mistake and fell to the ground soon after starting the uneven bars movement and scored 0 points. The entire team members scored more than 8.9 points in each event. In the end, the Chinese team scored 385, 4 points short of winning the gold medal, and only finished 4th. This mistake made her familiar to the Chinese, and she was not angry until 2000. She has the title of "Xuan Beauty". After retiring, he graduated from the Department of Journalism of Peking University and worked as a sports reporter, program host, and TV drama actor. Because she is the senior sister of many national athletes, with her good connections, she is often sent to interview athletes. In the 2008 Olympic Games, he was hired by Hong Kong TVB as an on-site reporter. Since then, he has stayed in Hong Kong for development and passed the Hong Kong Talents Program.

Liu Meixian Liu Meixian Athletes · United States

Alysa Liu (English: Alysa Liu, August 8, 2005 -), an American figure skater, is also the first and currently the only women's singles skater in the history of the United States to have won a gold medal Grand Slam. She is the youngest women's singles champion in the history of the U.S. Championships. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she won two gold medals in the women's single figure skating competition and the figure skating team competition. She also won gold medals at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2025 International Skating Federation Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals.

Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Athletes · U.K.

Sir Louis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE HonFREng, a British racing driver who currently drives for Ferrari, is one of the most successful drivers in the history of Formula One and the first and currently only black driver in the history of Formula One.

Gabriel Heinze Gabriel Heinze Athletes · Argentina

Gabriel Iván Heinze (Spanish: Gabriel Iván Heinze, pronounced: [ɡaˈβɾjel ˈxejnse]; April 19, 1978 -) is an Argentinian former football player who served as a defender and was born in Newell's. He played for Valladolid and Real Madrid in La Liga, Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille in Ligue 1, Manchester United in the Premier League and Roma in Serie A. He played in more than 400 games in various top leagues.

Gabriel Barbosa Almeida Gabriel Barbosa Almeida Athletes · Brazil

Gabriel Barbosa Almeida (Portuguese: Gabriel Barbosa Almeida; August 30, 1996 -) is a Brazilian professional football player who serves as a forward and currently plays for the Brazilian team Santos.

Gabriel Jesus Gabriel Jesus Athletes · Brazil

Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Portuguese: Gabriel Fernando de Jesus, born April 3, 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who serves as a forward. He currently plays for La Liga club Barcelona and has played international matches for the Brazilian national team.

Gabriel Martinelli Gabriel Martinelli Athletes · Brazil

Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva (Portuguese: Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva, Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡabɾiˈɛw maɾˈtʃĩnɛli]; June 18, 2001 -) is a Brazilian male professional footballer who currently plays for the Saudi Professional Football League team Al-Hilal and the Brazilian national football team as a forward. Martinelli was born in Guarulhos, Brazil, and initially played for the Futsal team of Corrientes before starting his career with Ituno in 2015. After playing in the league and the Brazilian Sao Paulo State League for a period of time, he moved to the English Premier League team Arsenal in 2019 for 6 million pounds.

Garry Kimovich Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov Athletes · Soviet Union

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Гарри Кимович Каспаров, Romanized: Garry Kimovich Kasparov; April 13, 1963 -), Russian chess player, chess grandmaster, and former world chess champion. In July 1999, he reached 2851 FIDE international rating points. He was ranked No. 1 in the world 23 times between 1985 and 2006. Won the Chess Oscar 11 times. After retiring from chess, he actively participated in politics and became the leader of the Russian opposition.

G Gary Herbert Athletes · U.K.

Garry Herbert (English: Garry Herbert, October 3, 1969 -), British male rower. He represented Great Britain in rowing at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics.

Noudiner Moseli Noudiner Moseli Athletes · Algeria

Noureddine Morceli (Arabic: نور الدين مرسلي, February 28, 1970 -) is an Algerian male track and field athlete who specializes in the 1,500-meter run. He represented Algeria in track and field competitions at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal. He also won gold medals at the World Athletics Championships three times. He broke world records seven times during his track and field career.

L Lautaro Acosta Athletes · Argentina

Lautaro Acosta (Spanish: Lautaro Acosta, May 14, 1988 -), an Argentine male football player who serves as a midfielder or forward. In 2008, he won the Beijing Olympic men's football championship. In the same year, he left Argentina and joined the Spanish team Sevilla. Currently playing for Argentine Football League team Lanus.

Bronte Campbell Bronte Campbell Athletes · Australia

Bronte Campbell (English: Bronte Campbell, May 14, 1994 -) is an Australian female swimmer, the 2016 Olympic 4×100 meter freestyle relay gold medalist, world championship champion, and world record holder. Her sister Kate Campbell is the world record holder in the 100m freestyle. The two sisters are the first pair of Australian sisters to participate in the same Olympic national swimming team since the 1972 Olympic Games. They are also the first pair of Australian sisters in history to participate in the same Olympic swimming event. She won a silver medal in the 4×100m freestyle at the 2013 World Swimming Championships, three gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 4×100m freestyle relay at the 2015 World Swimming Championships, as well as a bronze medal in the 4×100m medley relay. Won the women's 4×100 freestyle relay gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

LeBron James LeBron James Athletes · United States

LeBron James Sr. is an American professional basketball player who has played in the NBA for 23 seasons. He currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA and is nicknamed "King James." He is regarded as one of the best players in NBA history, and his historical status is often compared with Michael Jordan in the world of ball commentators. He has a total of four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Players, four Finals Most Valuable Players and three Olympic gold medals. He has been selected to the NBA First Team of the Year 13 times, the NBA Defensive First Team of the Year five times and the All-Star Game 22 times. He has led his team to the NBA Finals ten times. He is currently the NBA's historical scoring champion and the world's scoring champion.

Nancy Green Nancy Green Athletes · Canada

Nancy Greene Raine (English: Nancy Greene Raine, May 11, 1943 -), Canadian female alpine skier. She represented Canada in alpine skiing at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, winning one gold and one silver medal.

Minamishoryu Minamishoryu Athletes · empire of japan

Nam Seung-yong (Korean: Seungryong Nam, November 23, 1912 - February 20, 2001) was a South Korean male track and field athlete. He represented Japan in track and field competitions at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1936 Olympics.

Kaka Kaka Athletes · Brazil

Kaka (Portuguese: Kaká), full name Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (Portuguese: Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, April 22, 1982 -), is a retired Brazilian male professional football player and one of the Brazilian superstars in world football. Mainly an offensive midfielder, he played for Orlando City in the Major Leagues before retiring and was also the captain of the team. Kaká was the starting attacking midfielder of the Brazilian team in the 2006 World Cup and 2010 World Cup. He reached the peak of his career at Italian Serie A club AC Milan and helped AC Milan win the 2007 UEFA Champions League. In the same year, he won the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year. Kaká is known for his gentleness and kindness, and has only been sent off three times. In the 2010 World Cup, he was wrongly given a red card due to a diving incident by Cote d'Ivoire player Kader Keita. The international media accused him of being wronged. In addition, although he has endorsed many model advertisements, he has never been involved in any scandals. He is also a well-known Christian in the football world, so his public image is excellent, and he is the ambassador of the United Nations World Food Program. In 2008, he was selected as one of the 100 most influential celebrities by Time Magazine. In the summer of 2009, Kaka was transferred to La Liga giants Real Madrid for a sky-high transfer fee of 68.5 million euros. This was the second most expensive player in football history at the time, second only to Zidane's 78 million euros, which was transferred to Real Madrid. But during his four years at Real Madrid, Kaká only made limited contributions to Real Madrid due to injuries and the outstanding performance of another main player Ozil. In 2013, Kaka returned to AC Milan again. In 2014, Kaká moved to MLS club Orlando City, where he briefly played for his parent club Sao Paulo until his retirement in December 2017.

Katarina Linsberg Katarina Linsberg Athletes · Austria

Katharina Liensberger (German: Katharina Liensberger, April 1, 1997 -) was born in Feldkirch County, Vorarlberg, and is an Austrian female alpine skier. She started skiing at the age of three, when her mother introduced her to the sport, and at the age of six she joined the Rankweil club and began competing in ski competitions. In January 2016, she made her World Cup debut.