Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a former football (soccer) defender. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in We

Is a former football (soccer) defender. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany. However, he never made an international appearance for Australia.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 2000.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 2000.

Is a professional ice hockey winger. His career started with SC Rheintal and later he was transferre

Is a professional ice hockey winger. His career started with SC Rheintal and later he was transferred to HC Davos, where he played his first NLA seasons. Since season 1999/2000 he plays for SC Bern.

Is a retired Croatian international football player. He started his professional career playing in t

Is a retired Croatian international football player. He started his professional career playing in the Yugoslav First League, today a Croatian giants Hajduk Split. In January 1982, he moved to a lower league NK Solin, before returning to the First League in 1984, when he played half season in Serbian club Spartak Subotica. He played one match for the Croatia national football team in 1991.

Is a Croatian football defender, currently playing for NK Istra 1961.

Is a Croatian football defender, currently playing for NK Istra 1961.

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Snijders started rowing in 1995 and made his international senior de

Is a rower from the Netherlands.Snijders started rowing in 1995 and made his international senior debut in the lightweight fours at the 2000 World Championships in Zagreb. Together with Gerard van der Linden, Dylan van der Linde and Coen Eggenkamp he fini

Was a Croatian water polo player who represented Croatia and Yugoslavia nationally and was a long-ti

Was a Croatian water polo player who represented Croatia and Yugoslavia nationally and was a long-time player for VK Jug Dubrovnik.Štakula played with the Yugoslavian national team from 1946 to 1956. He participated in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics. He

Is a Bulgarian footballer who plays for Septemvri Sim

Is a Bulgarian footballer who plays for Septemvri Sim

Is a former Croatian water polo player and Olympic medallist. He later went on to manage. Ivo Trumbi

Is a former Croatian water polo player and Olympic medallist. He later went on to manage. Ivo Trumbic coached the Netherlands to a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Is a Bulgarian footballer currently plays for FC Sportist Svoge as a defender.

Is a Bulgarian footballer currently plays for FC Sportist Svoge as a defender.

Is an Olympic medal-winning rower from Bulgaria. He competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Is an Olympic medal-winning rower from Bulgaria. He competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Is a Serbian female basketball player. She plays for Migrosspor in Turkey, under loan contract from

Is a Serbian female basketball player. She plays for Migrosspor in Turkey, under loan contract from Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is 200 cms and plays center position..

An Italian former football player. De Franceschi played as a midfielder and enjoyed a number of spel

An Italian former football player. De Franceschi played as a midfielder and enjoyed a number of spells playing for his hometown club. He also played for clubs such as ChievoVerona, Venezia, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Bari and Padova.

Is a retired German runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She finished eighth at the 2001 World

Is a retired German runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She finished eighth at the 2001 World Championships and seventh at the 2002 European Championships.

He was primarily a left-arm fast bowler, but his most famous moment came in Georgetown, Guyana in 19

He was primarily a left-arm fast bowler, but his most famous moment came in Georgetown, Guyana in 1967/8 when, batting at No 11, he played out the entire last over of the match bowled by Lance Gibbs, to ensure that England escaped from the match with a draw and to secure a 1-0 series win. This was to be his last test and his first class career also finished in 1968 after an elbow injury ended his career prematurely at the age of 26.

Was a Welsh footballer.During his professional career he played for Swansea Town, Newcastle United a

Was a Welsh footballer.During his professional career he played for Swansea Town, Newcastle United and Cardiff City, where he amassed 691 games scoring 249 goals. His record of 68 caps stood until 1986, when it was exceeded by Joey Jones total of 72 caps. Ivor also held the record amount of goals scored for Wales, 23, which was eventually broken by Ian Rush scoring 28. His talents were only recognised on a global scale after his superb performances for Wales during the 1958 World Cup, in which he helped them to reach the quarter finals.He is known as 'The Golden Boy' of Welsh football.

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who played fo

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Cambridgeshire. Parker, who played club cricket for Hilton, Papworth, Huntington & District, and Ramsey Cricket Club, made his cricketing debut for Cambr

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) du

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s and also a first-class cricketer for Tasmania. Clay kicked 13 goals in his debut season at Fitzroy, in 1941, after making his debut in their round five game against Richmond. He was a semi regular in the team again the following year but from 1943 to 1946 his appearances were sporadic. As a result he missed out on a place in Fitzroy's drought breaking 1944 premiership team, which his twin brother Bert played in.

Was a Welsh footballer who gained fourteen Welsh caps and later became a manager.He was inducted to

Was a Welsh footballer who gained fourteen Welsh caps and later became a manager.He was inducted to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 alongside snooker player Terry Griffiths and cricketer Tony Lewis. He also entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest working football coach on his 90th birthday after 55 years as a coach.

Is a former sumo wrestler. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2000 and reache

Is a former sumo wrestler. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2000 and reached the top division at the end of 2002. The highest rank he reached was komusubi. He was a runner-up in one tournament and earned two special prizes in his

A former Japanese professional boxer who was sentenced to death for the June 10, 1966 mass murder. S

A former Japanese professional boxer who was sentenced to death for the June 10, 1966 mass murder. Supreme court upheld his death sentence on November 19, 1980. However, he was suspected for being falsely charged. The physical evidence was changed from pajamas to clothes[1] and the clothes did not fit him.[2] Although he remains on death row, he has not been executed until now (Japan sometimes hasn't executed suspected innocent prisoners such as Sadamichi Hirasawa). As of 2008[update], he has been in prison for 42 years, the longest imprisonment in current Japanese condemned prisoners.

Is a Polish chess International Master and Woman Grandmaster, multiple winner of woman chess master

Is a Polish chess International Master and Woman Grandmaster, multiple winner of woman chess master title in Poland. She is also a member of the Rybka team. She married Vasik Rajlich on August 19, 2006. As of October 2008, she is the 63th ranked female ch

Is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rug

Is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.

A Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish second-tier side Znicz Pruszków.

Is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summ

Is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.At 1996 Summer Olympics she placed 57th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 599. In the first round of elimination, she faced 8th-ranked Kim Kyung-Wook of Korea and lost 157-164 in the 18-arrow match to the future Olympic gold medalist. Dzieciol finished 33rd in women's individual archery. In team competition, together with Joanna Nowicka and Katarzyna Klata, she defeated Russia 233-229. Then in the quarterfinals, her team defeated Ukraine 242-235. In the semifinals, her Polish team lost to Korea 237-245. In the third place match, Marcinkiewicz's team defeated Turkey 244-139, winning a bronze medal.