Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former Beninese football player who works now as Head Coach by FC Schönberg 95. Adigo played f

Is a former Beninese football player who works now as Head Coach by FC Schönberg 95. Adigo played for Kickers Offenbach, including a DFB Pokal first round match against Hertha Berlin in 1994. He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who

He was a leg-spin bowler who, though a competent batsman, appeared to have one too many confrontatio

He was a leg-spin bowler who, though a competent batsman, appeared to have one too many confrontations which eventually forced him to retire at 28. Especially significant was a disagreement with Carl Hooper. He was a leg-spinner with a Test bowling averag

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First Lea

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1987 for FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev.

Is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar ethnicity. She was born in Moscow, Russia. She is t

Is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar ethnicity. She was born in Moscow, Russia. She is the younger sister of former world number one men's player, Marat Safin. She was coached by Glen Schaap, former trainer of Nadia Petrova. Her new coach is Željko Krajan. Her mother, Rauza Islanova used to be her trainer when she was younger and still gives advice to Dinara. Dinara Safina's father is director of the Spartak tennis club in Moscow.

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler who played for Colt

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler who played for Colts Cricket Club. He was born in Colombo. De Zoysa made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1997-98 season, against Bloomfield Cricket a

An Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight. He is c

An Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight. He is coached by Jagdish Singh.He didn't compete in the 2007 World Championships. At the first Olympic qualifier the hard-punching southpaw lost to Zhang Xiaoping 7:25, at the second he KOd two fighters to qualify even though he lost the final to Mehdi Ghorbani. In Beijing he lost his first bout against Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla.

Is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavywei

Is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight. He is coached by Jagdish Singh. He didn't compete in the 2007 World Championships. At the first Olympic qualifier the hard-punching southpaw lost to Z

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Police Sports Club. He was born in Kebithigollewa. Kumara, who made his cricketing debut for Police Sports Club Under-23s during the 2008 season, made

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who playe

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Panadura Sports Club. He was born in Nagoda. Lalinda made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 2003-04 season, against Sebastiani

Is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic

Is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic cricket with just under 6850 runs at an average of just under 50 and his highest score being an unbeaten 308. He made his ODI debut in 2001 against Austral

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Salunkhe made six appea

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Salunkhe made six appearances for the victorious Rajasthan Royals team in the 2008 Indian Premier League competition. To date all his professional appearances have been in Twenty

Is an international cricketer who has made 4 One Day International and 3 Twenty20 International appe

Is an international cricketer who has made 4 One Day International and 3 Twenty20 International appearances for South Africa national women's cricket team in 2008.

Is a Chinese slalom canoer who competed in the 2000s. He was eliminated in the qualifying round of t

Is a Chinese slalom canoer who competed in the 2000s. He was eliminated in the qualifying round of the k-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Is a Chinese snooker player, born in Yixing, Jiangsu (near Shanghai), and is now a resident of Engla

Is a Chinese snooker player, born in Yixing, Jiangsu (near Shanghai), and is now a resident of England during the snooker season. Although naturally gifted, he is known for his fragile temperament and inconsistency.

Is a female Chinese weightlifter. She started weight-training at age 12, and joined the provincial t

Is a female Chinese weightlifter. She started weight-training at age 12, and joined the provincial team.

Is a famous Chinese table tennis player due to his eccentric "modern defensive" style. He is best kn

Is a famous Chinese table tennis player due to his eccentric "modern defensive" style. He is best known for defeating Peter Karlsson in the men's team final of the 1995 World Table Tennis Championship, securing China's final victory. He also made it to the men's single semifinals beforing losing to teammate Kong Linghui, who is skilled in defeating defensive players.

A professional Go player.In 1992, Ding became a professional. He advanced a rank every year until 20

A professional Go player.In 1992, Ding became a professional. He advanced a rank every year until 2001, where he reached his current rank, 8 dan. In 1997, he won his first title, the National Go Individual. His second and latest title came in 2000, when he won the CCTV Cup.

Is a Chinese pair skater. She competes with Ren Zhongfei. They are the 2005 Chinese national champio

Is a Chinese pair skater. She competes with Ren Zhongfei. They are the 2005 Chinese national champions.

Is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight (168lb) division. "Rose of Soweto" The Dingaan Tho

Is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight (168lb) division. "Rose of Soweto" The Dingaan Thobela story (Penguin books), the intimate biography written by Internationally renowned Deon Potgieter is available for order through all leading on-line st

Is an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games. He hails from Manipur.

Is an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games. He hails from Manipur.

Is a Russian football (soccer) midfielder of Tatar ethnicity. He currently plays for FC Lokomotiv Mo

Is a Russian football (soccer) midfielder of Tatar ethnicity. He currently plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow and Russia national football team. Bilyaletdinov started his career at Lokomotiv Moscow. After making his debut in 2004, Bilyaletdinov became a first team regular. He soon earned a call up to the Russia national football team and now starts in an attacking midfield spot because of Yegor Titov and Dmitry Loskov's international retirement.

Was an Indian cricketer, who played in first class cricket matches during 1911 – 1948. He was an a

Was an Indian cricketer, who played in first class cricket matches during 1911 – 1948. He was an aggressive right-hand batsman and also a bowler known for his legbreaks. He captained the Maharashtra team in Ranji Trophy regional matches during 1939 – '41.

Is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category a

Is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He carried the Australian flag during the closing ceremony of the 1984 games, and remains Australia's only Olympic gold medalis

Is a male medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin. He competed for Austria at t

Is a male medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin. He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event. He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukic.

Is a Croatian slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. Competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in

Is a Croatian slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. Competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the K-1 event, he finished twenty-second in the qualification round, failing to progress to the semifinals.