Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A Norwegian right-handed curler.At major championships, she won bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2

A Norwegian right-handed curler.At major championships, she won bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and silver in 1997 and 2004. She has so far, however, failed in her quest to win an Olympic medal for Norway, finishing fifth in the Nagano O

Is a Canadian water polo player.Illing is a graduate of Carleton University. She was a member of the

Is a Canadian water polo player.Illing is a graduate of Carleton University. She was a member of the Canadian women's Olympic water polo team in Athens, 2004. She was part of the 4th place women's water polo team at the 2003 world championships in Barcelo

Is an Austrian alpine skier and world champion.

Is an Austrian alpine skier and world champion.

Is a retired Norwegian alpine skier.

Is a retired Norwegian alpine skier.

Is a South African swimmer.He is the former joint owner of the 4x100 freestyle relay world record an

Is a South African swimmer.He is the former joint owner of the 4x100 freestyle relay world record and holds several South African records. He also is the first South African to compete four successive Olympic Games.

Is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 a

Is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was also Canada's flagbearer at the 1998 Commonwealth Game

Is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for Brøndby.

Is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for Brøndby.

Is an American road racing cyclist. She won the first Tour de France for women in 1984 (now called t

Is an American road racing cyclist. She won the first Tour de France for women in 1984 (now called the Grande Boucle), covering the 616-mile course in 29 hours, 39 minutes, and 2 seconds. The race was held in July, had 18 stages. The women's tour ran the

Is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive S

Is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988.Her twin sister and three-time Olympian Mildred was on the same silver winning team.

Is a Norwegian football defender. She currently plays for Trondheims-Ørn. She retired from football

Is a Norwegian football defender. She currently plays for Trondheims-Ørn. She retired from football at the end of 2007.

Is a Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen a

Is a Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches. For the Norwegian national team, she debuted in 1994, scorin

Is a Norwegian team handball player and World champion from 1999.

Is a Norwegian team handball player and World champion from 1999.

Is a Finnish Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Ol

Is a Finnish Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour.

Is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour.

Is a Canadian short track speed skater.

Is a Canadian short track speed skater.

Is a female volleyball player from Brazil,[2] who plays as a wing-spiker.[3] She represented her nat

Is a female volleyball player from Brazil,[2] who plays as a wing-spiker.[3] She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she helped her country win the gold medal.

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1960s. Competing two Summer Olympics, sh

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1960s. Competing two Summer Olympics, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m events at both games (1960: fourth place, 1964: fifth place).

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100m Backstroke, clocking 1:09.11 (16th place).

Is a former professional tennis player.She is also known as Marianne Witmeyer, to the name of her hu

Is a former professional tennis player.She is also known as Marianne Witmeyer, to the name of her husband. She retired with a 182-203 singles record.

Is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly

Is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Heemskerk broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly on 12 June 1960 in Leipzig, East Germany.

Is a retired boxer from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Se

Is a retired boxer from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the flyweight division.

Mariano Acevedo is a Honduran footballer. He plays for CD Marathón, and is a midfielder. Acevedo ha

Mariano Acevedo is a Honduran footballer. He plays for CD Marathón, and is a midfielder. Acevedo has recently become a player used consistently by the Honduras national football team.

A Uruguayan football midfielder. He currently plays for S.S.C. Napoli.Bogliacino begun his career as

A Uruguayan football midfielder. He currently plays for S.S.C. Napoli.Bogliacino begun his career as a football player in his hometown team, Plaza Colonia. He showed great technical potentialities in Uruguayan Premiership, playing as offensive midfielder, left wing, or even second top. After a short Spanish experience in Las Palmas (liga 2), Bogliacino landed to Italy, where he played for Sambenedettese FC (Serie C1) for two years. He was a skilled half-top and happened to score twice against Naples, which had just been retroceeded to the third cathegory because of the company's failure. Naples' sportive manager

An Argentine polo player and one of the few players with a 10-goal handicap. At the moment, he is ra

An Argentine polo player and one of the few players with a 10-goal handicap. At the moment, he is ranked number six [1].Like Adolfo Cambiaso, Mariano was trained by Gonzalo Pieres (Sen) and played for the Ellerstina Polo Team, with which he won the “Triple Crown” (Argentine Open, Hurlingham Open and Copa Anchorena (Tortugas)) in 1994. But his international career as a professional player started even earlier, when he won the USPA Gold Cup with the White Birch Team in 1987. Seven more USPA Gold Cups followed, other important wins include the Sotogrande Gold Cup and the Whitney Cup.

A race car driver born in Lobería, Argentina. He started his formula career in 1999 in Argentinian

A race car driver born in Lobería, Argentina. He started his formula career in 1999 in Argentinian Formula Renault, moving on to South American Supertouring Cars and Formula Three Sudamericana in 2000. In 2001 he drove in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, and now he is taking part of TRV6 series.