Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a Italian volleyball player, who earned a total number of 85 caps for the Men's National Team. He

Is a Italian volleyball player, who earned a total number of 85 caps for the Men's National Team. He was on the side that won the title at the 1994 World Championships in Greece.

A former Italian football defender, who played his entire professional career, from 1955 to 1969 for

A former Italian football defender, who played his entire professional career, from 1955 to 1969 for AS Roma.Though he was not native of Rome, during the 15 seasons he played in the capitoline city, he was nicknamed "Core de Roma" (Romanesco for Heart of Rome). In total he made 450 appearances with the giallorossi, a record which last for 38 years, until 31 January 2007, day in which Francesco Totti played his 451st match with AS Roma.[1]

Was an Italian football (soccer) player. Giacomo Mari is one of five Italian players (the others are

Was an Italian football (soccer) player. Giacomo Mari is one of five Italian players (the others are Giampiero Boniperti, Gino Cappello, Ermes Muccinelli and Egisto Pandolfini) that played in both the 1950 and 1954 World Cups. Tireless, Giacomo Mari was a classic halfback waiting in the folds of midfield ready to halt the attack of the opposing forwards and wings. After three years of breaking in at Atalanta in his early career, he played four seasons with Juventus winning two championships next to the great Carlo Parola. Before the 1954 World Cup he went to Sampdoria and then concluded playing in Serie A with Padova

An Italian football manager and former midfielder. He is the current manager of Serie C2 team Celano

An Italian football manager and former midfielder. He is the current manager of Serie C2 team Celano.After a playing career spent with several Serie B and Serie C1 teams, most notably Palermo and Padova, he moved into coaching, working as Zdenek Zeman's assistant for six years (even following him at Fenerbahçe) before becoming a head coach himself.[1] In 2004 he worked for Serie D team Cosenza with little fortune; he then worked for Serie

Was an Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 34th in the 18 km event at

Was an Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 34th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Catania of Italy's Serie A..His brot

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Catania of Italy's Serie A..His brother, Giovanni Tedesco, plays for U.S. Città di Palermo, also in Serie A, and the Sicilian rivals. He also played with Giovanni during 1997-98 season at Salernitana.

Is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle event

Is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle event at the 2004 European Championships. He represented his native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team L.P.R. Brakes-Ba

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team L.P.R. Brakes-Ballan.

Was an Italian chess player. Lolli was one of the most important chess theoreticians of his time. He

Was an Italian chess player. Lolli was one of the most important chess theoreticians of his time. He is most famous for his book Osservazioni teorico-pratiche sopra il giuoco degli scacchi (English: Theoretical-practical views on the game of chess), published 1763 in Bologna.[1] It contains analyses of chess openings, in particular the Giuoco Piano.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld.

Italian Thai Boxer. With more than 130 matches all over the World, 19 years of competition, is one o

Italian Thai Boxer. With more than 130 matches all over the World, 19 years of competition, is one of the most export and known Italian athletes on the Italian scene. Giampaolo gained two World Professional Championships (WMTA, 1999 and WFC, 2008), and the European Professional Championship EMTA (2000). In 1995 he won the Bronze Medal in Bangkok World Championship and in 1994 he won the European Championship IAMTF.

A retired Italian footballer.During his club career he played for A.S. Roma, S.S. Sambenedettese Cal

A retired Italian footballer.During his club career he played for A.S. Roma, S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio, Juventus F.C., Brescia Calcio and Cagliari Calcio. He earned 9 caps and scored 1 goal for the Italy national football team from 1962 to 1964, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

An Italian footballer, who currently plays for Fiorentina, having been transferred there from Atalan

An Italian footballer, who currently plays for Fiorentina, having been transferred there from Atalanta in January 2005, with Valeri Bojinov from U.S. Lecce. As a powerful centre-forward, he was considered a natural replacement for former Fiorentina player Luca Toni by coach Cesare Prandelli.

Is a retired Italian hammer thrower. He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but wa

Is a retired Italian hammer thrower. He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use .

An Italian former football player who played his entire career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961. He

An Italian former football player who played his entire career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961. He also played for the Italian national football team. After retirement from professional football, Boniperti has been a president of Juventus and a deputy to the European Parliament.With 182 goals in all-competitions, he was the highest goalscorer in Juventus' history for more than 40 years, he currently remains second on the list. Notably, he is the ninth-highest goalscorer of all-time in Serie A and was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

An Italian former footballer in midfielder role.Nicknamed Malik by fans, in Serie A was played 256 m

An Italian former footballer in midfielder role.Nicknamed Malik by fans, in Serie A was played 256 matches and scored 10 goals in teams Fanfulla, Varese, Reggina, Triestina and Internazionale Milano, won one title ("Scudetto") in season 1979/80 and two Coppa Italia in 1978 and 1982. With Italy he became a 1982 World Champion.

An Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chievo on loan from Udinese.With Under

An Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chievo on loan from Udinese.With Under 21 Italian team he won 2004 UEFA Football Championship and bronze medal at 2004 Summer Olympics. He made his international debut in 2005.

An Italian football manager.After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced

An Italian football manager.After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced to retire from active football at the age of 25 because of a serious back injury. He therefore opted to become a coach in the blucerchiati 's youth system, then becoming an assistant coach in 1979; he then left Sampdoria in 1981 to pursue a head coaching career, starting from several amateur teams from Liguria. In 1985 he achieved his first promotion to a professional league with Entella.

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for Lucerne.

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for Lucerne.

Is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1964 Summer

Is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

An Italian football coach and former player.Gasperini entered the Juventus youth system at the age o

An Italian football coach and former player.Gasperini entered the Juventus youth system at the age of 9; during his stay at the youth system, he won an Allievi Nazionali championship and was in the Primavera squad, which included Paolo Rossi and Sergio Brio, that placed runner-up in 1976 behind Lazio.[1] After having played a handful of Coppa Italia matches with the first team, he was loaned to Reggiana and then sold to Serie B club Palermo in 1978. He stayed five seasons at Palermo, all in Serie B, but reached a Coppa Italia final in 1979, then lost to Juventus.

Is a Swiss snowboarder. In Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Simmen won Gold in Men's Halfpi

Is a Swiss snowboarder. In Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Simmen won Gold in Men's Halfpipe. He attended the 1998, 2002, and the 2006 Olympics Winter games.

Is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974-1989). He obtained a total of 94 victor

Is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974-1989). He obtained a total of 94 victories.Baronchelli was born in Ceresara, in the Province of Mantua. He was overall second at the Giro d'Italia in 1974 and 1978, and third in 1977. His other