Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is 199 cm tall.Lorbek competed for the senior Slov

Is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is 199 cm tall.Lorbek competed for the senior Slovenian national basketball team at the 2007 FIBA European Championship and Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Is an Italian-Australian former heavyweight boxer, who once was a serious contender for the Australi

Is an Italian-Australian former heavyweight boxer, who once was a serious contender for the Australian Heavyweight title.Gatto is a professional mediator within the building industry in Melbourne. Gatto runs a chain of companies, Arbitrations and Mediatio

Is a former boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two consequentive Summer Olymp

Is a former boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.

Was a Canadian professional soccer player.Mobilio was a long-time member of the Vancouver 86ers turn

Was a Canadian professional soccer player.Mobilio was a long-time member of the Vancouver 86ers turned Vancouver Whitecaps. He played 14 seasons beginning with the team in the Canadian Soccer League, later joining the American Professional Soccer League, before finishing up a Whitecap. He retired from the professional outdoor game in 2001.

An Italian football (soccer) coach, and former player.Di Carlo started his playing career in his nat

An Italian football (soccer) coach, and former player.Di Carlo started his playing career in his native city, playing for the local Serie C2 team Real Cassino. After a number of seasons played for Treviso, Ternana, Como (where he never appeared in the first team lineup) and Palermo, where he helped the team to obtain a promotion to Serie C1, Di Carlo signed for Serie C1 team Vicenza in 1990. He quickly became one of the key players for the team, with whom he played 9 seasons,

Fencing master, was born in Leghorn, Italy, as Angelo Domenico Malevolti Tremamondo. According to th

Fencing master, was born in Leghorn, Italy, as Angelo Domenico Malevolti Tremamondo. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Angelo was the first to emphasize fencing as a means of developing health, poise, and grace. As a result of his insight and in

Was an Italian American heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "Two Ton" for his reasoning to his manager for

Was an Italian American heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "Two Ton" for his reasoning to his manager for being nearly late to one of his fights: "I had two tons of ice to deliver on my way here". Galento was one of the most colorful fighters in the history of

Was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first

Was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Jean Ces.

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he finished fourth in the light

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he finished fourth in the lightweight class after losing the bronze medal bout to Nathan Bor..

An Italian footballer. He plays for Paganese in Serie C1.He played in Serie B between 2000 until 200

An Italian footballer. He plays for Paganese in Serie C1.He played in Serie B between 2000 until 2005. In his last season, he compete with Marco Ambrosio and Alex Brunner.He also played for Foggina, but in Serie C1 and Serie C2.

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, h

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event.

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the first

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the first round of the light heavyweight class after losing his fight to Don McCorkindale.

An Italian football central defender.Criscito started his professional career at Genoa C.F.C., for w

An Italian football central defender.Criscito started his professional career at Genoa C.F.C., for which made his debut in Serie B in June 2003 at the age of 16. In the summer of 2004 Genoa sold 50% of the rights to Juventus for €150.000. He played for the youth team of Juventus in the following two seasons, winning the Italian youth championship in 2006 and scoring the opening goal in the final match against Fiorentina. In 2006-2007 he went to play for Genoa,

He started to race in swimming pool at the age of nine, and one years later started to train everyda

He started to race in swimming pool at the age of nine, and one years later started to train everyday, spurred by the elder brother Massimiliano who was already a swimmer.In 1995 he took part at his first European Championship. In 1999 he was European champion in the 100 m breaststroke.In 2000 Fioravanti became the first Italian swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning both 100 m and 200 m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke. In 2001 he was silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke and bronze medal in the 50 breaststroke at the World Championship.

An Italian football striker, on loan to Serie C1 side Foggia.Germinale made his Serie A debut in the

An Italian football striker, on loan to Serie C1 side Foggia.Germinale made his Serie A debut in the last match of 2005/2006 season, against Cagliari CalcioSince summer 2006, Germinale loaned to various Serie C1 clubs, most recently Cittadella. Germinale joined Foggia on summer 2008, after being released for free by Inter.

An Italian footballer. He plays for Cavese at Serie C1.He then joined Juventus youth team. After age

An Italian footballer. He plays for Cavese at Serie C1.He then joined Juventus youth team. After age of 20, he was loaned to Spezia at Serie C1, Bari at Serie A and Verona at Serie B. In October 1993, he joined Palermo at Serie B, but in the next season he joined Serie B rival Pescara, where he played another 3 Serie B season, including 1996–97 season which scored 16 goals. In summer 1997, Genoa which failed to return to Serie A in the previous season, signed Giampaolo.

Was an 18th-century Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician. He is be

Was an 18th-century Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing.Ponziani was friends with fellow Modenese chess players and writers Ercole del Rio and Giambattista Lolli, and collect

An Italian professional football (soccer) player. He plays in the position of attacking midfielder o

An Italian professional football (soccer) player. He plays in the position of attacking midfielder or striker , and he who currently plays for Parma F.C. in the Italian Serie A championship. He came to prominence at Atalanta B.C. before moving to Fiorentina for 15 million euros before playing short spells at many Italian top clubs, including AC Milan and Internazionale. Despite being one of the most talented players ever to come out of Italy in recent years and having great technique, passing and dribbling, he never played to his full potential on the big stage. He has never been capped by the Azzurri.

Is an Italian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is an Italian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s.

Is a boxer from Italy.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the quart

Is a boxer from Italy.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Kazakhstan's eventual bronze medalist Serik Yeleuov.

Was a Portuguese footballer who played for SL Benfica. He played first as an extreme-forward, later

Was a Portuguese footballer who played for SL Benfica. He played first as an extreme-forward, later as a midfielder and a right-defender. Not as skilled as teammates Mário Coluna, José Augusto and Eusébio, he was, nevertheless, one the great Portuguese pl

A Dutch football player who currently plays for FC Zwolle. He formerly played for FC Eindhoven and E

A Dutch football player who currently plays for FC Zwolle. He formerly played for FC Eindhoven and Excelsior Rotterdam.

A former Argentine football striker. He played most of his career for Boca Juniors where he was Club

A former Argentine football striker. He played most of his career for Boca Juniors where he was Club topscorer on 5 occasions and Argentine Primera league topscorer on 4 occasions (1922, 1923, 1924 and 1927).Tarasconi won 10 titles with Boca Juniors and 3 Copa América with Argentina. Tarasconi played 24 games for Argentina netting 18 goals, he is still the 13th highest scoring player in the history of the Argentina national football team.

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for CD Numancia of the Spanish first division, usually as a

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for CD Numancia of the Spanish first division, usually as a left back, on loan from UD Almería.