Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a professional New Zealand basketball player.Tait has played in the New Zealand NBL since 2000, w

Is a professional New Zealand basketball player.Tait has played in the New Zealand NBL since 2000, winning three NBL titles with the Auckland Stars. In 2008 he played for the Wellington Saints.

A lower-order right-handed batsman and a fast-medium right-arm bowler who specialised in in-swingers

A lower-order right-handed batsman and a fast-medium right-arm bowler who specialised in in-swingers, he took regular wickets for one of the weaker provincial sides for the next 20 years, but had a much shorter career in Tests.

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 15th in the C-2 event at t

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 15th in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he tea

Is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Tony Hurt, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the Gold medal in the

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for Ken

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for Kent and Derbyshire. Having played with the Kent Second XI team between 1979 and 1986, a seven-year tenure which ended after two showings in the 1986 County C

Is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He is a backup point guard for the Detroit

Is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He is a backup point guard for the Detroit Pistons.

Is an American professional basketball player.On full scholarship at Stanford University, Lindsey le

Is an American professional basketball player.On full scholarship at Stanford University, Lindsey led the team to the Pac-10 regular season championship in her senior season, 2001-2002. Lindsey's Stanford women's basketball teams made the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournaments every year, but never won more than 2 games. Lindsey's 4-year statistics at Stanford were 13.9 points per game, 44.3% field goal percentage, 38.9% 3-point field goal percentage.During the 2002 WNBA Draft, 6'1" Lindsey was the 13th pick in the 2nd round (29th overall) to the now-defunct Miami Sol, averaging 3.5 points per game in 15 games in 2002[3

is a champion alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. She has won three consecutive overall World

is a champion alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. She has won three consecutive overall World Cup and downhill championships (2008, 2009, 2010), the first American woman and second woman ever to accomplish this.

Is a field hockey player from South Africa, who twice represented her native country at the Summer O

Is a field hockey player from South Africa, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. The defender comes from Johannesburg, and is nicknamed Linds. She plays for a provincial team called Southern Gauteng.

Is an American snowboarder from Stratton, Vermont. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Jacobellis won the s

Is an American snowboarder from Stratton, Vermont. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Jacobellis won the silver medal in Women's Snowboard Cross's Olympics debut. Jacobellis failed to progress to the medal round of Snowboard Cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics in

Is a volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer

Is a volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She made her second straight Olympic appearance in Beijing, helping Team USA to a silver medal.

She was raised in the Twin Cities area (in Burnsville, Minnesota) and was on skis at age 2 before mo

She was raised in the Twin Cities area (in Burnsville, Minnesota) and was on skis at age 2 before moving into Erich Sailer's renowned development program at Buck Hill. She commuted to Colorado to train for a couple of years before her family moved to Vail in the late 1990s. She married fellow 2002 Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team athlete Thomas Vonn on September 29, 2007. She speaks German and is good friends with German colleague Maria Riesch.After climbing through the ranks of the U.S. Ski Team, she made her Alpine Skiing World Cup debut on November 18, 2000 in Park City. Two years later, she made her first U.S. Olympic Team and competed at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

Is an American athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.

Is an American athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish nat

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Is a French pair skater who has also competed for Israel. She competed for France with Sylvain Privé and with him won the French Figure Skating Championships in 1992 at the age of 13. They placed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where Haddad was the youngest

Was a professional snowboarder from Haugsbygda near Hønefoss, Norway. She specialized in Snowboard

Was a professional snowboarder from Haugsbygda near Hønefoss, Norway. She specialized in Snowboard Cross (downhill obstacle) events. In 2001, she was ranked the number one World Female Boardercross Athlete as well as ESPN Winter X Games Boardercross Champ

Is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for Brøndby and the Danish national team.

Is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for Brøndby and the Danish national team.

Is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast.

Is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast.

Is a female badminton player from Hong Kong.Ling played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losin

Is a female badminton player from Hong Kong.Ling played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Cheng Shao-Chieh of Chinese Taipei in the round of 32.

A former professional tennis player who won the 1976 US Open women's doubles title with her partner

A former professional tennis player who won the 1976 US Open women's doubles title with her partner Ilana Kloss.[2] She retired in 1978 and is now married with three children,[3] although she has continued to play the game at a recreational level.[4]

Is a former Olympic swimmer from Australia, who has completed a prominent swimming career for her na

Is a former Olympic swimmer from Australia, who has completed a prominent swimming career for her native country, including a gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1991 FINA World Championships in Perth as well as a silver in the 200 m breaststroke

A Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played in the Norwa

A Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played in the Norway team that won a silver medal at the main world championships.A stalwart of the team representing Norway in world junior championships since 1997, Linn wa

Is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim, Norway. She has been riding a snowboard for most of her l

Is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim, Norway. She has been riding a snowboard for most of her life, but she only started competing at the age of 15. When she is not on her snowboard, she likes to spend time with her friends and family, and often upda

Is a Norwegian handballer playing for Larvik HK. She also participates in the handball and beach han

Is a Norwegian handballer playing for Larvik HK. She also participates in the handball and beach handball national teams. Until July 2009 she played for Stabæk IF.

Is a Norwegian football midfielder. She currently plays for Trondheims-Ørn.

Is a Norwegian football midfielder. She currently plays for Trondheims-Ørn.