Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a Chinese male weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Men's 52 kg

Is a Chinese male weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Men's 52 kg weightclass.

Is an archer from the People's Republic of China.Lin represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is an archer from the People's Republic of China.Lin represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 11th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 647. In the first round of elimination, she faced 54th-ranked Tshering Chhoden of Bhutan. In a major upset, Lin lost 159-156 in the 18-arrow match, placing only 36th overall in women's individual archery.

Is a Chinese International Master chess player.He was a member of the Chinese national chess team. H

Is a Chinese International Master chess player.He was a member of the Chinese national chess team. He was part of the national team at the Chess Olympiad four times in 1984-1990. He played a total of 28 games scoring 13 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses.[3]

Is a Chinese IM-titled chess player. He was National Chess Champion three times in 1991, 1992 and 19

Is a Chinese IM-titled chess player. He was National Chess Champion three times in 1991, 1992 and 1997.He competed for the China national chess team twice at the Chess Olympiads (1992-1994) with an overall record of 14 games played (+6, =5, -3);[3] one World Men's Team Chess Championship (1993) with an overall record of 9 games played (+0, =5, -4);[4] and two Men's Asian Team Chess Championships (1993-1995) with an overall record of 9 games played (+4, =1, -4).[5]

Is a female Chinese weightlifter. She began with wushu in 1991, and switched to weightlifting in 199

Is a female Chinese weightlifter. She began with wushu in 1991, and switched to weightlifting in 1992. She joined the provincial weightlifting team four years later.

Is a Malaysian badminton player who is ranked 24th in the world in doubles badminton. His regular do

Is a Malaysian badminton player who is ranked 24th in the world in doubles badminton. His regular doubles' partner is Gan Teik Chai.

Is a Chinese female badminton player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese female badminton player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional B

Is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Is a Swedish figure skater. She is the first Swedish skater to qualify for and to medal at the Juni

Is a Swedish figure skater. She is the first Swedish skater to qualify for and to medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final. She had many injuries during her career and retired from competitive skating in 2007.

Is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststr

Is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a Swedish handball player who played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK, and later obtained Norwegi

Is a Swedish handball player who played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK, and later obtained Norwegian citizenship and played for the Norway women's national handball team.

German runner. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women.

German runner. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women.

Is a Lithuanian professional tennis player, who achieved her highest ranking 197 on September 28, 2

Is a Lithuanian professional tennis player, who achieved her highest ranking 197 on September 28, 2009 .

A former Junior World Number 1 (1999) tennis star. In addition to gaining the coveted top spot, Lina

A former Junior World Number 1 (1999) tennis star. In addition to gaining the coveted top spot, Lina won the US Open Junior title. She has however had a career blighted by injury to date.After a hugely successful year in 2001, when she reached the quarter finals at Roland Garros (seventh youngest player ever to do so) and the Wimbledon last 16, as the world number 34 she was badly injured at the 2002 Australian Open. She was not effectively back until February 2003 when she climbed back up the rankings (reached 25) after wins over players of the calibre of Monica Seles, Elena Bovina, Nadia Petrova and then world number 1 Kim Clijsters.

Is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets.Kleiza, a 6'8", 245

Is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets.Kleiza, a 6'8", 245 lb (2.03 m, 111 kg) small forward-power forward, graduated from Montrose Christian School, in Rockville, Maryland, U.S., in 2003.[1] He played two seasons under coach Stu Vetter and was named the Gatorade High School Player of the Year for the state of Maryland in 2003. After his senior season, he was chosen to play in the prestigious "Jordan Capital Classic", where he was a teammate of Cleveland Cavalier star LeBron James. Although a native of Lithuania, Kleiza's parents reside in New York City and work as artists.

Is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Klimavicius signed a four

Is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Klimavicius signed a four-year contract with Dnipro in January 2008 after half a season with FK Suduva, his second club in Lithuania following FK Ekranas.

Is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for Gyori ETO FC.Pilibaitis joined Kaunas

Is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for Gyori ETO FC.Pilibaitis joined Kaunas aged 17 in 2002, gradually working his way into the first team as he developed in the following years. This process was aided by a loan spell at Klaipeda s

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington in the State Championship in the 1990s. He is t

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington in the State Championship in the 1990s. He is the coach of the Central Districts Hinds in the State League and in 2005-06 he coached them through to victory in the State League final at Queen Elizabeth

Wrestled for Philip High School in Philip, SD where he won 5 state titles is a former American wrest

Wrestled for Philip High School in Philip, SD where he won 5 state titles is a former American wrestler who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, for the United States. McIlravy wrestled in college for the University of Iowa. He was a three-time NCAA Divi

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played 1 Test for West Indies and 51 first class games for Tri

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played 1 Test for West Indies and 51 first class games for Trinidad and Tobago. Roberts made his first class debut in 1996 after impressive one day form. It took until 1999 for him to score his maiden first class cent

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand who was born in Dunedin. He won two silver medals at the 1954 B

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand who was born in Dunedin. He won two silver medals at the 1954 British Empire Games - one in the men's 110 yards backstroke and another in the men's 330 yards medley relay. He represented his native country at two conse

Is a Dutch Olympic swimmer.[1]Bank mainly focuses on the freestyle distances and is part of the Dutc

Is a Dutch Olympic swimmer.[1]Bank mainly focuses on the freestyle distances and is part of the Dutch national team that swims races at the larger international tournaments.[1] In 2007 she took part at the World Championships in Melbourne where she was eliminated in the heats at the 200m freestyle. However in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay she and her team mates reached the final in which they ended in 8th position

Is a German football midfielder. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national t

Is a German football midfielder. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national team.

Is a Canadian figure skater.

Is a Canadian figure skater.

Is a female field hockey forward and midfielder from Scotland. She plays club hockey for Bonagrass G

Is a female field hockey forward and midfielder from Scotland. She plays club hockey for Bonagrass Grove, and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 1999. A resident of Edinburgh Clement represented Scotland in the U17 schoolgirls athletics team