Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter L

An Algerian football player who is currently playing as a defender for USM Alger in the Algerian Cha

An Algerian football player who is currently playing as a defender for USM Alger in the Algerian Championnat National.[1]He received his first cap for Algeria in a 2-1 friendly win against Libya on February 7, 2007. Since then, he made 2 more appearances for the team, first as a substitute in a friendly against Argentina (3-4), then as a starter in another friendly against Brazil (0-2).

Is a Tunisian football player who, as of 2009 is playing for Ittihad Tripoli.

Is a Tunisian football player who, as of 2009 is playing for Ittihad Tripoli.

Is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Asistencia

Is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Laredo Kid is part of a técnico (Spanish for Face or "good guy") group known as Real Fuerza Aérea and has worked for AAA s

Is an American former National Basketball Association player. Ketner played college basketball at th

Is an American former National Basketball Association player. Ketner played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 49th overall pick (2nd round) of the 1999 NBA Draft.

Is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouv

Is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 33rd in the 30 km mixed pursuit and 43rd in the 50 km event.Lehtonen's best World Cup finish was 18th in a 15 km event at Estonia in 2010.

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m e

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Is a Russian long distance swimmer. Winner of 8 World Championships and 2008 Olympics at age 19. She

Is a Russian long distance swimmer. Winner of 8 World Championships and 2008 Olympics at age 19. She has won both 5 km and 10 km events at all subsequent World Championships. The leading American magazine Swimming World named her open water swimmer of the

Is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. Her peak was in the 1950s and 1960s. She was three times Sovie

Is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. Her peak was in the 1950s and 1960s. She was three times Soviet women's chess champion (1954, 1958, and 1959).

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Moldovan rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a

Is a Moldovan rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event.

Is a retired heptathlete who represents Estonia, having changed nationality from her birth country U

Is a retired heptathlete who represents Estonia, having changed nationality from her birth country Ukraine.

Is an former Ukrainian butterfly swimmer who competed for the former Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer

Is an former Ukrainian butterfly swimmer who competed for the former Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics, competing in the 200 metre and 100 metre events. Polivoda represent?d USSR at the 1979 Tokyo World Cup, and in international meets with USA, UK,

Is a former Ukrainian-born tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles

Is a former Ukrainian-born tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.

Is a Canadian alpine skier, specializing in downhill and super-G. On January 13, 2007, Larisa made h

Is a Canadian alpine skier, specializing in downhill and super-G. On January 13, 2007, Larisa made her debut on the FIS World Cup at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria in a downhill event. From 2008 to 2009, she reached the top 30 seven times. In 2009, she ac

Is a Russian-born Israeli sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. She won th

Is a Russian-born Israeli sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. She won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1995 (K-2 200 m for Russia under her maiden name of Kosorukova), 1998 (K-4 2

Was a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds. She still holds the

Was a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds. She still holds the record for being awarded the most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). Born Larisa Dirij, she first practiced ballet, but turned to gymnastics after her choreographer moved out of town. She graduated from high school in 1953 and moved to Kiev to attend the Lenin Polytechnic Institute and continue training.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.He was a British Army lance c

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.He was a British Army lance corporal who was killed in action during World War I in 1914.

Known by his ringname The Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the

Known by his ringname The Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions, becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout

Is an American retired professional wrestler. He is the father of the late "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig

Is an American retired professional wrestler. He is the father of the late "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, the grandfather of Joe Hennig, and is best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance and World Wide Wrestling

Is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for

Is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Alaska Aces. He was drafted 14th overall by the Red Bull Barako in the 2005 PBA Draft.

Is a professional heavyweight boxer, who competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Is a professional heavyweight boxer, who competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Larry "The Legend" Donald turned pro on January 3, 1993, earning a technical knockout against Craig Brinson. In 1994 he beat fellow un

Is a former American college and professional football player. An offensive tackle, he played colleg

Is a former American college and professional football player. An offensive tackle, he played college football at Bowling Green State, and played professionally in the American Football League for the New York Titans in 1960.

Was an America boxer. His father had been an unsuccessful journeyman fighter. As a young boy he was

Was an America boxer. His father had been an unsuccessful journeyman fighter. As a young boy he was enthralled about learning as much as he could about his father’s career. For his ninth birthday he asked for and received a pair of boxing gloves, and had

Was a professional wrestler best known as Larry Latham, Iss Spot and Moondog Spot. Booker became a W

Was a professional wrestler best known as Larry Latham, Iss Spot and Moondog Spot. Booker became a WWWF World Tag Team Champion as a replacement for Moondog King in May 1981. Booker held the title along with Moondog Rex until they were defeated by Rick Ma

Is an American former professional basketball player, and the former head coach of the NBA's Milwauk

Is an American former professional basketball player, and the former head coach of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. His nicknames include Krysko and Special K.[1]