Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a French footballer, who is the goalkeeper for Metz, on loan from Juventus.Bonnefoi was signed by

Is a French footballer, who is the goalkeeper for Metz, on loan from Juventus.Bonnefoi was signed by Juventus from AS Cannes in 2001. Bonnefoi then spent two seasons playing for the Juventus youth team.

Is a retired ice hockey player. Born in Tulsa as the son of former NHL player Lowell MacDonald, Lane

Is a retired ice hockey player. Born in Tulsa as the son of former NHL player Lowell MacDonald, Lane was a prep star at the University School of Milwaukee, and grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. Drafted by the Calgary Flames, MacDonald chose to attend Harvard Uni

Is a retired American professional wrestler who is better known as Stevie Ray. He is best known as b

Is a retired American professional wrestler who is better known as Stevie Ray. He is best known as being part of the tag team Harlem Heat with his younger brother Booker Huffman (better known as Booker T). Among other accolades, Huffman is a one-time WCW

Is an American windsurfer. She competed at four Olympics from 1992 to 2004. Her best position was fo

Is an American windsurfer. She competed at four Olympics from 1992 to 2004. Her best position was fourth in 2000.

Is an Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfr

Is an Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy.Dettori's father bought him a palamino pony when he was 12 and he used to practise on it for an hour every night. When he was 13 Dettori left school to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey.

An Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranc

An Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy.In 1990 Dettori became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in one season. His first w

Is a Chinese volleyball player. She has been the head coach of the U.S. women's national volleyball

Is a Chinese volleyball player. She has been the head coach of the U.S. women's national volleyball team since February 7, 2005. Her nickname is "Iron Hammer" (simplified Chinese: ???).

Is a female Chinese middle distance runner.On 18 October 1997 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in

Is a female Chinese middle distance runner.On 18 October 1997 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:51.34 minutes. This ranks her third in the world of all time, only behind Qu Yunxia and Jiang Bo.[1] This is also the world record for junior athletes.[2]

Is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing for Beijing Guoan. Lang Zheng began his footb

Is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing for Beijing Guoan. Lang Zheng began his football career with Hebei in 2005 yet he quickly caught the attention of Chinese Super League teams Beijing Guoan and Tianjin Teda.

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. He was also

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. He was also an accomplished cricketer, playing first class cricket for Otago from 1935 to 1957.

Is an American professional wrestler. Poffo was born in Calgary, Canada, to Angelo Poffo, an Italian

Is an American professional wrestler. Poffo was born in Calgary, Canada, to Angelo Poffo, an Italian American Catholic, and Judy, a Jewish American. He is also the brother of wrestling legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Poffo grew up in Downers Grove, Illin

Was an American professional wrestler. He competed under several ring names, including Moondog Cujo

Was an American professional wrestler. He competed under several ring names, including Moondog Cujo and Cousin Junior. He died of a heart attack on January 13, 2009. In 1983, Kean made his professional wrestling debut in Kentucky, where he competed as "Lu

Is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who is a midfielder and currently plays for Mighty Blac

Is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who is a midfielder and currently plays for Mighty Blackpool, one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. He is a member of the Sierra Leone national football team. He started his football

Is a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She played at Grand Slam events between 1968 and

Is a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She played at Grand Slam events between 1968 and 1975, in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. In women's doubles, she and partner Lita Liem Sugiarto reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals: t

Is a retired male Chinese long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.40 metres, achieved in May 1997 in

Is a retired male Chinese long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.40 metres, achieved in May 1997 in Zhaoqing. This is the current Chinese record.[1]

Is a female diver from the People's Republic of China.

Is a female diver from the People's Republic of China.

Is a retired American basketball player. He was an outstanding high school basketball player at East

Is a retired American basketball player. He was an outstanding high school basketball player at East St. Louis Lincoln High School, where he led the Tigers to two straight Illinois Class AA boys' championships in 1987 and 1988. Ellis ended up attending the University of Notre Dame. Ellis' Notre Dame squad only qualified for the NCAA tournament his freshman year. He played professionally in the NBA from 1992 until 2003.

Is an Australian swimmer living in Perth, Australia. She attended Leeming Senior High School in the

Is an Australian swimmer living in Perth, Australia. She attended Leeming Senior High School in the Suburb of Leeming.

Is a World Cup alpine ski racer, competing in all five disciplines and specializing in downhill and

Is a World Cup alpine ski racer, competing in all five disciplines and specializing in downhill and super-G.

Is a member of USA Swimming's national team. She is a former American record holder in the 50 m fre

Is a member of USA Swimming's national team. She is a former American record holder in the 50 m freestyle, set at 2008 Olympic Trials, where she later narrowly missed a place on the Olympic team. After Jessica Hardy tested positive for clenbuterol and was

Is a retired Italian alpine skier.

Is a retired Italian alpine skier.

Is a Croatian chess player who has achieved the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title.In 2002 Stock won the W

Is a Croatian chess player who has achieved the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title.In 2002 Stock won the World U10 Championship and in 2004 the European U12 Championship. She earned her third and final Woman Grandmaster norm in Trieste on 8 September 2007.

Was a Moroccan football player. He was the first player to bear the nickname of Black Pearl. The fir

Was a Moroccan football player. He was the first player to bear the nickname of Black Pearl. The first African star and the first to bear the nickname of "Black Pearl", Ben Barek blazed a trail to the European, and particularly French and Spanish, leagues. He arrived at Marseille, France at the age of 20, and became an instant favourite with the fans for his skills and technical abilities. Pele took the name of the "Black Pearl" after he made a famous statement about Larbi: "If I am the King of Soccer, then Larbi Ben Barek is the God of it".

Was a Moroccan football player. He was the first player to bear the nickname of Black Pearl.The firs

Was a Moroccan football player. He was the first player to bear the nickname of Black Pearl.The first African star and the first to bear the nickname of "Black Pearl", Ben Barek blazed a trail to the European, and particularly French and Spanish, leagues.

Is a judoka from France, who won the silver medal in the half lightweight (– 66 kg) division at th

Is a judoka from France, who won the silver medal in the half lightweight (– 66 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Turkey's Huseyin Ozkan.