Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Bengal. He was born in Calcutt

Was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Bengal. He was born in Calcutta and died in India. Mondal made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1955-96 Ranji Trophy competition, against Bihar.

Was a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Gold winning Indian team in three Olympic Game

Was a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Gold winning Indian team in three Olympic Games (1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan[citation needed], India's third highest civilian honour, in 1956. He got the title Chand or Moon from his first coach, Pankaj Gupta, who had predicted that he would one day shine like a Chand or Moon. Even today Dhyan Chand is the only Indian sports person who can lay claim to be the unchallenged master of a sport[neutrality disputed].

Is a Chinese football Midfielder, who plays for Jiangsu Sainty in the China Super League. Di You sta

Is a Chinese football Midfielder, who plays for Jiangsu Sainty in the China Super League. Di You started his professional career with Bayi Football Team, a football team under the sport branch of the Chinese Army. Jiangsu Sainty's manager Pei Encai, his former head coach in Wuhan, signed him at season 2010.

Is a South African right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper who plays for Gauteng in South African dome

Is a South African right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper who plays for Gauteng in South African domestic cricket.

Is a Cuban judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's Half Heavywei

Is a Cuban judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's Half Heavyweight (66–72 kg) category, together with Ylenia Scapin.

Is a French-Mauritanian footballer. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Troyes AC. G

Is a French-Mauritanian footballer. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Troyes AC. Guidileye began his career playing for AS Poissy, in the western suburbs of Paris, before moving to Troyes AC on a youth contract. After impressing during training sessions, the player was called up to the first team and made his professional debut, at the age of 17, on 30 November 2007 in a Ligue 2 match against Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Known just as Diamantino in his playing days, is a former Portuguese footballer who most notably pla

Known just as Diamantino in his playing days, is a former Portuguese footballer who most notably played for SL Benfica, as a midfielder. He is currently a coach.Diamantino had 22 caps with 5 goals for the Portugal national football team, from 18 November

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Beroe Stara Zagora. Genchev is a s

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Beroe Stara Zagora. Genchev is a strong playmaker who can play well both as an attacking central midfielder.

Is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays for Kaliakra Kavarna as a midfielder.

Is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays for Kaliakra Kavarna as a midfielder.

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad.

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad.

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s.

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s.

Is a former professional female bodybuilder from the United States. She began competing in local con

Is a former professional female bodybuilder from the United States. She began competing in local contests in 1981. Her earliest success was in mixed pairs competition, with partner Kevin Lawrence. They won several titles, including the 1985 IFBB World Ama

Is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 S

Is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed with The Black Sticks at the 1998 and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Is a professional Romanian tennis player. On November 1, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles r

Is a professional Romanian tennis player. On November 1, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 378 whilst her best doubles ranking was 359 on October 11, 2010. She is coached by Remus-Doru Enache.

A former Indian women's Test cricketer. Born in Mumbai (Bombay) she was drawn to sports at an early

A former Indian women's Test cricketer. Born in Mumbai (Bombay) she was drawn to sports at an early age. She then went on to play basketball and table tennis at the junior national level, before migrating to cricket. At a cricket camp hosted by former Test cricketer Lala Amarnath she honed her skills.Edulji then went on to play for the Railways and then the Indian national cricket team where she was a successful slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

An Italian curler.Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip an

An Italian curler.Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip and is right handed.[1]

Was an American disabled ski racer. After losing a leg to cancer at age 12, she went on to win 10 wo

Was an American disabled ski racer. After losing a leg to cancer at age 12, she went on to win 10 world and 19 United States championships between 1986 and 1990 as a three-tracker, or one-legged skier. Golden also won an Olympic gold medal in giant slalom

Is a former Romanian swimmer. She won gold medals in the 100 meter backstroke and the 200 meter back

Is a former Romanian swimmer. She won gold medals in the 100 meter backstroke and the 200 meter backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in November 2000,

Is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in November 2000, aged 14. ITF tournament in Jakarta. In doubles, she has won one tournament, an ITF event at Jakarta in 2003. She was part of Indonesia's Fed Cup team in 20

Is a Mexican female wrestler living in Monterrey Nuevo León. She usually performs in Mexico and wor

Is a Mexican female wrestler living in Monterrey Nuevo León. She usually performs in Mexico and worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) for a number of years but is currently working on the Mexican independent circuit as well as occasionally wres

A Filipino American actress, stuntwoman, martial artist and film director, sometimes credited as D.

A Filipino American actress, stuntwoman, martial artist and film director, sometimes credited as D. Lee Inosanto.[1]

Is a professional golfer from Italy.After winless years in 2005-2008, Luna won 2 events back-to-back

Is a professional golfer from Italy.After winless years in 2005-2008, Luna won 2 events back-to-back in the summer of 2009 for her second and third wins. Those two wins gave Luna a spot on the 2009 Solheim Cup European team.

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He skies with the Skogn IL club, in Nord-Tr

Is a female backstroke swimmer from the United States. As a member of the USA National team she comp

Is a female backstroke swimmer from the United States. As a member of the USA National team she competed at the 2001 Goodwill Games held in Brisbane, Australia where she won two silver medals. At the 2002 World Cup held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, she won

A former female boxer from Vancouver, Canada. Dutra is a former world Jr. Welterweight champion.Dutr

A former female boxer from Vancouver, Canada. Dutra is a former world Jr. Welterweight champion.Dutra became a professional boxer at the relatively old age of 31, an age in which many other boxers are either retired or thinking about retirement.In a somewhat unlikely circumstance, Dutra became the IWBF's world Jr. Welterweight champion in her very first fight, held on October 20, 1995, in Denmark. Dutra beat defending world champion Helga Risoy that night by a decision in ten rounds to win the world title. Dutra never defended her title, but she kept fighting as a Jr. Welterweight until her retirement.