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Is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she

Is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won three bronze medals with one in 2006 (Team sprint) and two in 2010 (30 km, 4 x 5 km).Saarinen also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with four golds (Team sprint: 2009, 10 km: 2009, 4 x 5 km: 2007, 2009) and a bronze (7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2009). She has six individual victories in FIS races since 2002, but did not win her first World Cup event until she won the 30 km classical event at the Holmenkollen ski festival on March 17, 2007.

Is a Cayman Islands cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he has played for the Cayma

Is a Cayman Islands cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since 2005. Ainsley Hall made his debut for the Cayman Islands in the repêchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Kuala

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast.

Is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000

Is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J. Foyt Enterprises. Airton has a single IRL race win which he captured for Foyt in 2002 at Kansas Speedway. He was also the 2000 IRL Rookie of the Year. Dare has five starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 8th in 2001. His best IRL points finish is 9th in 2002. He drove in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, finishing in 18th position. He is also racing stock cars in his native Brazil.

Was a Brazilian footballer in defensive role.In career (1949–1971) was played for Força e Luz, Gr

Was a Brazilian footballer in defensive role.In career (1949–1971) was played for Força e Luz, Grêmio, Santos and Cruz Alta Rio Grande do Sul. He won eleven Campeonato Gaúcho with Grêmio (from 1956 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1967).

Is a Defensive Midfielder who played for Brazilian club Flamengo and recently signed with Benfica fr

Is a Defensive Midfielder who played for Brazilian club Flamengo and recently signed with Benfica from Portugal.His first match in the first-team was in the 1–1 draw against Vasco da Gama on April 6, 2008. And his debut in the Brazilian Série A was on Mi

Was a Fijian cricketer. Tuidraki made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1948 against Wellington duri

Was a Fijian cricketer. Tuidraki made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1948 against Wellington during Fiji's 1947/48 tour of New Zealand, where he played one first-class match during the tour against Auckland. Tuidraki also represented Fiji in 6 non firs

Is a world-class Canadian artistic gymnast. Starting as a member of the Cambridge Kips gymnastics c

Is a world-class Canadian artistic gymnast. Starting as a member of the Cambridge Kips gymnastics club at the age of three, Gerber was coached by former Soviet Olympic champion Elvira Saadi and Vladimir Kondratenko. Now a member of the Oakville Gymnastics Club she is currently coached by Kelly and Sue Manjak

Is a Brazilian central defender. He currently free agent.

Is a Brazilian central defender. He currently free agent.

Is a Moroccan olympic boxer. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and in

Is a Moroccan olympic boxer. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Aitor Alcalde is a Spanish Goalkeeper, who currently plays for SD Lemona on loan from UD Almeria.

Aitor Alcalde is a Spanish Goalkeeper, who currently plays for SD Lemona on loan from UD Almeria.

A Basque former footballer who played professionally during the 1980s and 1990s. He played as a righ

A Basque former footballer who played professionally during the 1980s and 1990s. He played as a right winger/attacking midfielder for Real Sociedad, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Urawa Red Diamonds and Spain. After retiring as a player Begiristain worked for Televisió de Catalunya before becoming Director of Football at Barcelona.

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Is a former professional Spanish road bicycle racer, currently banned for two years for taking perfo

Is a former professional Spanish road bicycle racer, currently banned for two years for taking performance enhancing drugs.He turned professional in 1998 with Avianca-Telecom; his last team was the Euskaltel-Euskadi team. He won the 2002 Vuelta a España w

Is a Spanish racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Is a Spanish racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Is a Spanish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympic

Is a Spanish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

A Spanish football player who is currently unattached. He plays as a defender on the right side, and

A Spanish football player who is currently unattached. He plays as a defender on the right side, and sporadically on the other flank.López Rekarte played a decade for the Basque side of Real Sociedad, with over 400 overall appearances with the first team. After being promoted to the first team for 1997-98, he immediately became the undisputed starter, with his worse ouptut consisting of 26 appearances, during his second professional season. He also became team captain.

A Spanish football defender. He plays for Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, as a no-nonsense central defen

A Spanish football defender. He plays for Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, as a no-nonsense central defender with a powerful shot.Ocio debuted in the Spanish first division with CA Osasuna, then came to prominence with Basque side Athletic Bilbao.He would spend from 2003-07 with Sevilla FC, playing a somewhat important part on a squad that won four titles (one Spanish Cup, two UEFA Cups and one European Supercup) in two seasons. In July 2007, he returned to Bilbao.

Is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He is an older brother of Unai Osa. He was involved in the O

Is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He is an older brother of Unai Osa. He was involved in the Operación Puerto doping case.

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for Extremadura-Spiuk.

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for Extremadura-Spiuk.

A Spanish/Basque footballer currently playing for Athletic Bilbao as a striker.Ramos made his debut

A Spanish/Basque footballer currently playing for Athletic Bilbao as a striker.Ramos made his debut for Athletic on February 24, 2008 in the 1-1 home draw to FC Barcelona.[1] In 2007-08 season, however, Ramos was also a registered member of Athletic's B-team, Bilbao Athletic.

A Spanish football player who currently plays for Recreativo de Huelva of La Liga, as a left midfiel

A Spanish football player who currently plays for Recreativo de Huelva of La Liga, as a left midfielder.During his career, Aitor represented Sporting de Gijón, CD Leganés, Levante UD, Real Jaén and SD Eibar (all in second level), moving to Recreativo de Huelva in 2004-05.At Recre, he was an undisputed first-choice, being instrumental in the Andalusian side's 2006 promotion, and also a regular in the first division.

Is an Estonian footballer, who plays in the Estonian Meistriliiga for FC Flora Tallinn. He plays the

Is an Estonian footballer, who plays in the Estonian Meistriliiga for FC Flora Tallinn. He plays the position of central midfielder, and is also an Estonia national football team player. He has over 40 caps to his name.

Is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the shooting guard positio

Is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the shooting guard position. He won the Soviet Union league championship in 1991 as a member of the Tallinn Kalev basketball team. Kuusmaa mostly played in Estonia, but he also spe

Is a retired football (soccer) midfielder from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native co

Is a retired football (soccer) midfielder from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including FC Levadia Tallinn.Priidel earned his first official cap for the Estonia national football team on May 19, 1995, when Estonia played Latvia at the Baltic Cup 1995. He obtained a total number of two caps.