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A former Romanian football right back, who played for FC Baia Mare, Steaua Bucharest and Universitat

A former Romanian football right back, who played for FC Baia Mare, Steaua Bucharest and Universitatea Craiova. He won the European Cup with Steaua in 1986 and played the Intercontinental Cup final in the same year.

Is a West German former luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the bronze

Is a West German former luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Winkler also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver (singles: 1978) and two bronzes (singles: 1977, doubles: 1979). Additionally, he won a gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1977 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany. Winkler was the first men's singles Luge World Cup overall champion in 1977-78.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Dnepr Mahilyow.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Dnepr Mahilyow.

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 Rusichi Oryol.

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 Avangard Podolsk.

Is a Russian professional football player. he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Ryazan.

Is a Russian professional football player. he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Ryazan.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Pskov-747 Pskov.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Pskov-747 Pskov.

Was an Austrian weightlifter who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was an Austrian weightlifter who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. He won an Olympic silver medal at the 199

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. He won an Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event with Marcel Glavan.

Is an Italian racing cyclist and two times olympic champion in track cycling.Bellutti won the silver

Is an Italian racing cyclist and two times olympic champion in track cycling.Bellutti won the silver medal in the Pursuit at the 1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bogota, Colombia. The following year she won a bronze medal in the same event.

Is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 x

Is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Her best individual finish was 16th in the 15 km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She also c

Is an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.

Is an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.

Is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On January 30, 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her ca

Is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On January 30, 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 60.

An Italian football (soccer) coach and former player.During his playing career he played for Brescia

An Italian football (soccer) coach and former player.During his playing career he played for Brescia (1968-69), Juventus (1969-81, winning six Serie A titles), and Fiorentina (1981-83). He earned 13 caps for the Italy national football team, and played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup (where he won 5 caps, including the match against Argentina won 1-0 and the 3rd place final against Brazil lost 1-2).

Is an Italian retired basketball player. Nicknamed "Nembo Kid", he started playing basketball in 197

Is an Italian retired basketball player. Nicknamed "Nembo Kid", he started playing basketball in 1977-78.Riva played almost his entire career with Pallacanestro Cantù (1977-1989), with whom he won the European Champions Cup twice, in seasons 1982-1983. He

Was a Polish boxing champion, one of the Polish legends of this sport.[1] Czortek was a 1939 silver

Was a Polish boxing champion, one of the Polish legends of this sport.[1] Czortek was a 1939 silver medalist of Amateur Championships of Europe, multiple champion of Poland and participant of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He is also remembered due to his heroic struggle for life in the Auschwitz concentration camp.His name was known to all boxing fans in Poland in the 1930s and late 1940s, as he participated in 23 official international boxing matches, out of which he won eighteen fights, lost four and tied one. In 1936 he took part in the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, in the bantamweight class. In the first round he beat French boxer Bonnet, but in the second round he lost to South African fighter Hannan.

Was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Polish

Was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Polish field hockey team, which competed in the Olympic tournament. He played as halfback in the only match for Poland in the main tournament as well as in one ma

Was a Polish footballer (striker) and a member of the Poland national football team for the 1938 FIF

Was a Polish footballer (striker) and a member of the Poland national football team for the 1938 FIFA World Cup. However, he didn't actually travel to Strasbourg for the tournament. His club at that time was Wisla Kraków. He capped twice for Poland, with both games against Latvia[1]. Arrested by Gestapo on the streets of Krakow, was taken to Auschwitz, where the Germans shot him in June 1941.

Was a Polish football player and a member of the Poland national team.He was one of the most famous

Was a Polish football player and a member of the Poland national team.He was one of the most famous football players in the history of Tarnów sport. He played the position of right full back. As the first player of Tarnovia Tarnów, he joined the Polish National Team, when after the series of positive reviews for first league elimination games he was selected by coach Waclaw Kuchar and team captain Henryk Reyman to play in a game against Romanian National Team on 19 July 1947. In the team he quite unexpectedly replaced the famous Wladyslaw Szczepaniak.

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1930s.He finished 11h in the K-2 10000 m event at the

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1930s.He finished 11h in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1936 Summer

Was a Polish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Polish soccer player and defender who represented LKS Lódz. He also played on the Polish Nati

Was a Polish soccer player and defender who represented LKS Lódz. He also played on the Polish National Team during the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Poland's 1938 FIFA World Cup lone match against Brazil.Galecki joined the LKS Lódz team in 1922, becoming its key defender four years later. Represented this team until 1939, participating in more than 400 games. In many of them, he was the team captain.

Is a former Polish ski jumper who competed in the 1960s. He won a silver medal in the individual nor

Is a former Polish ski jumper who competed in the 1960s. He won a silver medal in the individual normal hill at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.Laciak's best non-world championships finish was 8th in the normal hill event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1963.

A Polish footballer (defender) playing currently for U.D. Leiria on loan from Elche CF. His former c

A Polish footballer (defender) playing currently for U.D. Leiria on loan from Elche CF. His former club was Polonia Warszawa. Lukasiewicz was a captain of U-21 Poland national football team.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.