Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for LdB FC and the Danish national team.

Is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for LdB FC and the Danish national team.

Was a former professional female tennis player from Australia. O'Neil is best-remembered for her vic

Was a former professional female tennis player from Australia. O'Neil is best-remembered for her victory at the 1978 Australian Open, the last Australian female to do so. She also became the first unseeded woman to win the Australian title in the open era

Was a Canadian figure skater.Hough and Ladret appeared as skaters in the movie The Cutting Edge. Hou

Was a Canadian figure skater.Hough and Ladret appeared as skaters in the movie The Cutting Edge. Hough is married to former Boston Bruins hockey player Don Sweeney. She currently works as a coach at the Skating Club of Boston.

Is a German pole vaulter. She won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and a bro

Is a German pole vaulter. She won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best is 4.42 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Weissach. This ranks her ninth among German pole vaulters, behind Annika Becker, Yvonne Buschbaum, Carolin Hingst, Anastasija Reiberger, Silke Spiegelburg, Julia Hütter, Nicole Humbert and Martina Strutz. However, with 4.66 metres Adams has a better personal best indoor.[1]

Is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres.

Is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres.

Is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She has run the fourth fa

Is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She has run the fourth fastest time for the 100 metres in history, and holds the European record of 10.73 seconds. She arrived in Metropolitan France in 1990 and first trained with Fernand Urtebise, who also coached 1997 world 400 m hurdles champion Stephane Diagana. She had a hip injury which kept her out of the 2001 World Championships. She was named 1998 European Women's Athlete of the Year, after winning the 100m at the European Athletics Championships, breaking the European record in the process.

Played field hockey for New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s. Arthur was a member of the team that fin

Played field hockey for New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s. Arthur was a member of the team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and eight years later competed with The Black Sticks at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Bar

Is a former French alpine skier. Christine is the older sister of fellow champion skier of the time,

Is a former French alpine skier. Christine is the older sister of fellow champion skier of the time, Marielle Goitschel and the aunt of former speed skier Philippe Goitschel. After great success in the 1964 Winter Olympics, she and her sister Marielle were considered the world's best female skiers.[1] However, Christine fractured an ankle in 1966, and retired from her sporting career after the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Is a Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.

Is a Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.

Is a French judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. She received a bronze medal in the heavywei

Is a French judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. She received a bronze medal in the heavyweight (+72 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] She became world champion in Paris 1997.

Is a Norwegian football goalkeeper. She currently plays for Lyon. She is also a member of the Norway

Is a Norwegian football goalkeeper. She currently plays for Lyon. She is also a member of the Norway women's national football team.

Is a retired field hockey defender from England. She represented Hightown on club level, and compete

Is a retired field hockey defender from England. She represented Hightown on club level, and competed for Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth place.

Is a former Australian alpine skier who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics. In 1956, she

Is a former Australian alpine skier who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics. In 1956, she came 39th, 33rd and 37th in the downhill, giant slalom and slalom respectively, out of 39, 33 and 37 entrants. In 1960, she came 27th, 32nd and 29th in the

Is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 19

Is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in eleventh place in the women's 10,000 metres event. She is a one-time national champion in the

Is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronz

Is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist.

Is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the si

Is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988 for West Germ

Is a Canadian weightlifter from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. She competes in the 63 kg division.

Is a Canadian weightlifter from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. She competes in the 63 kg division.

Was an Australian alpine skier. She has been described as a "long-haired blonde with an 'all-Austral

Was an Australian alpine skier. She has been described as a "long-haired blonde with an 'all-Australian girl next door' image." At the 1964 Winter Olympics, Smith came 27th out of 43 in the downhill. She also came 28th and last in the slalom and was disq

Is a former cricketer who played 13 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1968/6

Is a former cricketer who played 13 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1968/69 and 1984/85. Predominantly a batsman she scored 397 runs at an average of 18.04. She also played 28 ODI matches, scoring 593 runs at 29.65. She was a mem

A Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Sh

A Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink at the 2006 Winter Olympics.Keshen joined the team in 2005, and helped them win the Canada Cup of Curling in 2005 and the 2005 Olympic Tria

Is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.

Is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.

Is a Canadian soccer forward currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer an

Is a Canadian soccer forward currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the Canadian Women's National Team.Latham played eight years with the Calgary Celtics, a youth team coached by her father, Brian. She was recruited by, and eventually chose to attend, the University of Nebraska. While at the university, she played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's soccer team from 1999 to 2002.

Is an American swimmer. Magnuson went to high school at Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park,

Is an American swimmer. Magnuson went to high school at Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, IL and competed in college for the University of Tennessee.

Evert's career win-loss record in singles matches of 1,309-146 (.900) is the best of any professiona

Evert's career win-loss record in singles matches of 1,309-146 (.900) is the best of any professional player in tennis history. In tennis writer Steve Flink's book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, he named Evert as the third best female player of the 20th century, after Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Evert never lost in the first round of a Grand Slam singles tournament, her earliest exits being in the third round.

Is an American bodybuilder, model and former professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure

Is an American bodybuilder, model and former professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Asya. In March 1999, Wolf began appearing as a head nurse to tend to Ric Flair when he was, in storyli