Athletes

Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho Jr. (Portuguese: Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, born December 23, 1976), commonly known as Giba (Portuguese: Giba), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who was the main attacker on the court. Around the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. He has played for teams in professional leagues such as Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates. People are most impressed by his brilliant record in the Brazilian men's volleyball team. During his tenure as captain of the national team, he won 8 South American Volleyball Championships, 3 America's Cups, 8 World Volleyball League Championships, 3 World Grand Champions Cup Volleyball Championships, and 3 World Men's Volleyball Championships. runner-up (three consecutive championships: 2002, 2006, 2010), 1-time Olympic volleyball champion (2004 Athens Olympics), and 2-time Olympic volleyball runner-up (2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics). Giba announced his retirement in the summer of 2014 at the age of 37.

Lu Xiaojun (July 27, 1984 -), a native of Qianjiang, Hubei Province, is a Chinese male weightlifter and a member of the Chinese National Weightlifting Team.

Wu Qingyuan (Japanese: Kure Kiyomoto/Go Seigen, Romanized: Go Seigen; June 12, 1914 - November 30, 2014), Mingquan, courtesy name Qingyuan, yixing, male, a native of Fuzhou, Fujian, a modern Go master, a former Japanese professional chess player, also known as the "Showa Go Sage". He started learning chess at the age of seven. A few years later, he had few opponents in China and was known as the "genius prodigy". Later, he was appreciated by Japanese chess player Kohei Inoue for his fifth dan in China and was recommended to Japanese Go elder Ken Segoshi for his seventh dan. At the age of fourteen, he went to Japan to study and was classified as a third-dan student by Japan. In 1933, he published a "new layout" with Minoru Kitani, and used Hoshi, Sansan, and Tengen to start the game against Hideya, which shocked the chess world. In 1940, he began to dominate the Japanese chess world for twenty years. He defeated all the top Japanese chess players at that time in ten games. He was praised by the chess world as the "first player of modern Go". Japan called him the "Showa Go Sage" and was awarded the title of "Great Player" by the government of the Republic of China.

Wu Minxia (November 10, 1985 -), native of Shanghai, is a former Chinese female diver and holder of multiple international diving awards. In her career, she has won four consecutive Olympic medals, two gold medals (2012, 2016), one silver medal (2004), and one bronze medal (2008). She has won seven World Swimming Championships (2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015), and six-time Diving World Cup champion (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). She is the double Grand Slam winner in the women's diving single three-meter springboard and synchronized three-meter springboard. She has won a total of 22 world championships in her career; 16 of them are pairs championships, ranking first in the world. At the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won the synchronized three-meter springboard championship with Guo Jingjing. In the 2012 London Olympics, her partner He Zi won the synchronized three-meter springboard championship and won the single three-meter springboard championship. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, she and Shi Tingmao defended the synchronized three-meter springboard event. On December 15, 2016, Wu Minxia officially announced her retirement. Wu Minxia is the athlete who has won the most Olympic gold medals in the history of world diving. She is the first athlete in Olympic history to win four consecutive championships in diving. Together with Zou Kai and Chen Ruolin, she is tied with 5 gold medals as the Chinese athlete with the second most Olympic gold medals, second only to Ma Long, who has won 6 gold medals. Together with Huang Xuechen, she is tied with 7 medals as the Chinese athlete with the most Olympic medals. She is also one of the most successful female athletes in the history of world diving. Following Gao Min, Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing, she is China's fourth generation "Queen of Diving".

Zhou Guanyu (May 30, 1999 -) is a Chinese racing driver. He has served as the reserve driver of the Cadillac F1 team in Formula One since 2026. He played for the Sauber team in Formula One from 2022 to 2024. He is also the only Chinese driver to have participated in a Formula One race so far, and the first Chinese driver to score points in his debut in Formula One. Zhou Guanyu competed in the Italian Formula 4 Championship and the All-German Automobile Club Formula 4 for Prema Racing in 2015, and then competed in the FIA ​​European Formula 3 Championship for Motorsport Park Racing and Prema Racing in 2016 and 2017 respectively. , and from 2019 to 2021, he raced in Formula 2 for the UNI-Masters Team, and won the annual third place in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship. He served as a training driver at the Ferrari Driver Academy from 2014 to 2018, until joining the Renault Sport Academy in 2019 and serving as a development driver for the DS TECHEETAH Formula E team. In the 2020 and 2021 seasons, he served as a test driver for the Renault F1 Team and its successor team Alpine Team.

Javier Pedro Saviola (December 11, 1981 -), born in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is a football player who serves as a forward. Nicknamed "Pampas Rabbit". He is the youngest player on the FIFA100 list.

Javier Alejandro Mascherano (Spanish: Javier Alejandro Mascherano, June 8, 1984 -) is a former Argentine football player who now coaches Inter Miami. He plays as a defensive midfielder and backbone, and once played for La Liga club Barcelona. Mascherano's ancestors were Italian immigrants, so he has an Italian passport.

Jordyn Pamela Huitema (English: Jordyn Pamela Huitema, May 8, 2001 -) is a Canadian football player who currently plays for the Chicago Stars of the National Women's Soccer League and was selected for the Canadian women's football team for the first time in 2017.

Joshua John Cavallo (English: Joshua John Cavallo, November 13, 1999 -) is an Australian men's professional football player who plays as a left back and midfielder. He currently plays for the Australian Professional Football League club Adelaide United.

Santiago Tomás Giménez Zolotarchuk (Spanish: Santiago Tomás Giménez Zolotarchuk, Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo toˈmas xiˈmenes], April 18, 2001 -) is a Mexican male professional football player who serves as a forward and currently plays for AC Milan of the Italian Football League.

Ellen Preis (German: Ellen Preis, May 6, 1912 - November 18, 2007), Austrian female fencer. She represented Austria in fencing at the 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, winning one gold medal and two bronze medals.

Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi (Spanish: Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi, pronounced: [eseˈkjel iˈβan laˈβesi]; May 3, 1985 -) is an Argentine football player who serves as a forward. In April 2007, Lavezzi, who was not yet 22 years old, represented the Argentina national team. In July of the same year, Lavezzi joined Naples, which had just been promoted back to Serie A. The transfer fee was approximately 6 million euros. In July 2012, the official website of French Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain announced that they had signed a contract with Lavezzi until the summer of 2016. In February 2016, the newly promoted Hebei China Fortune Football Club officially announced that they would sign a two-year contract with Lavezzi. Lavezzi's salary during the contract period is expected to reach 23.5 million pounds.

Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest marathon runners of all time. Kipchoge claimed his first individual world championship title in 2003 by winning the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships and setting a world junior record for the 5000 m. At the age of eighteen, he became the senior 5000 m world champion at the 2003 World Championships with a championship record, then followed by an Olympic bronze for Kenya in 2004 and a

Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González (Spanish: Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González, pronunciation: [eseˈkjel ɣaˈɾaj]; October 10, 1986 -) is an Argentine football player who plays as a backbone and occasionally plays as a right goalkeeper. He proved himself to be a free-kick shooter while playing for Santander, often scoring goals from free kicks.

Ethel Catherwood (English: Ethel Catherwood, April 28, 1908 - September 26, 1987) was a Canadian female track and field athlete, specializing in high jump and javelin throw. She represented Canada in the track and field competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics and won the women's high jump gold medal.

Ethel Smith (English: Ethel Smith, July 5, 1907 - December 31, 1979), Canadian women's track and field athlete. She represented Canada in track and field at the 1928 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal and a bronze medal.

Erling Braut Haaland (Norwegian: Erling Braut Håland, pronounced: [ˈhòːlɑn]; Anglicized: Erling Braut Haaland; July 21, 2000 -) is a Norwegian professional football player who serves as a forward and currently plays for the Premier League club Manchester City and the Norwegian national football team. Haaland is known for his physical fitness, speed, positioning and shooting efficiency. He is regarded by the media and professionals as one of the top forwards of the era. He has won awards such as UEFA Player of the Year and the European Golden Boot Award. Haaland is the holder of multiple scoring records, such as the Premier League single-season scoring record (36 goals) and the fastest record to reach the 100-goal milestone in Premier League history (111 games). In European competitions, he has twice won the UEFA Champions League Golden Boot Award, and won the "Triple Crown" honors including the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League with Manchester City, and won the Premier League championship many times. As of 2026, he has shown extremely high scoring efficiency in professional leagues and national team competitions at all levels, and is one of the main shooters in contemporary football. Haaland was born in Leeds, England, and started his career in Norway with Brune Football Club before moving to Molde where he got a chance to play under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. In 2019, he switched to the Austrian Football Super League club Red Bull Salzburg and attracted attention due to his performance in the Champions League. In 2020, Haaland joined the Bundesliga club Dortmund. Not only did he win the German Cup with the team, he was also elected as the Bundesliga Player of the Year. In 2022, Haaland moved to Manchester City and broke the Premier League single-season scoring record in his first season, helping Manchester City win the Premier League championship and the first UEFA Champions League trophy in the club's history. Since then, he won the Premier League Golden Boot Award in 2024 and 2025, and reached the 100-goal milestone in the Premier League in 2026, setting the fastest record in the event in just 111 games. At the national team level, Haaland made his debut for the Norwegian national team in 2019. In 2024, he surpassed Jurgen Juve and became the top scorer in the history of the Norwegian national team. Not only was the team promoted to the UEFA Nations League A in 2024, it also qualified for the 2026 World Cup. Haaland is considered one of the most influential athletes in today's football and is also recognized as one of the most accomplished athletes in Norwegian sports history. In 2025, Harland and

Emmanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili Maccari (Spanish: Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili Maccari, born July 28, 1977), is a retired Argentine professional basketball player. He played for the San Antonio Spurs in his NBA career. He is nicknamed "Ghost Cut", "Demon Knife" and "Argentine Assassin". His jersey number is No. 20 and he serves as a shooting guard. He is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 93 kilograms. The left-handed player is good at snake-like breakthroughs and long-range shots, and has a unique European step. Together with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, he formed the "GDP Big Three" and helped the Spurs win the NBA championship in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. On August 28, 2018, Ginobili officially announced his retirement, ending his 16-year NBA career with the Spurs. His No. 20 jersey for the Spurs was also hung during the Spurs' home game against the Cavaliers on March 28, 2019.

Éver Maximiliano David Banega (Spanish: Éver Maximiliano David Banega; June 29, 1988 -) is an Argentine male football player who plays as a midfielder and currently plays for Newell's Old Boys of the Argentine Football League.

Emma McKeon (English: Emma McKeon, May 25, 1994 -), born in Wollongong, New South Wales, is an Australian female swimmer whose main events are 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter freestyle. Her brother is David McKeon and her father is Ron McKeon, both of whom are also swimmers.

Emilio Audero Mulyadi (January 18, 1997 -) is an Indonesian professional football player who serves as a goalkeeper. Currently plays for Serie A club Cremona (on loan from Como) and plays for the Indonesian national football team.

Eddy Merckx, whose real name is Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (June 17, 1945 -), is a Belgian professional cyclist who has won five Tour de France championships and is known as the "Ogre". Eddy Mocks was born in Woluwe-Saint-Peter. In 1964, he participated in the cycling race at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo and finished 12th. Became a professional player in 1965. In 1968, he joined the Italian Faema team.

Eric Lindros (Swedish: Eric Lindros, February 28, 1973 -), Canadian men's ice hockey player. He represented the Canadian national team in ice hockey at the 1992, 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, winning one gold medal and one silver medal.

Kily González (Spanish: Kily González, August 4, 1974-) is an Argentine male football player who serves as a winger. He represented the Argentina Olympic team in the 2004 Summer Olympics football competition and won a gold medal.