Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a footballer. He plays for FS Metta-Latvijas Universitate Riga.

Is a footballer. He plays for FS Metta-Latvijas Universitate Riga.

Is a striker currently playing for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv and the Latvia national football team.

Is a striker currently playing for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv and the Latvia national football team. Maris Verpakovskis started his career in Latvian club FK Liepajas Metalurgs, for which he played from 1995 till 2001 and scored 10 goals in 59 appearances

A retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team t

A retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea after having won the gold medal the previous year at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.

Is a Colombian golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour.Baena started playing golf at the age of

Is a Colombian golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour.Baena started playing golf at the age of six. She attended the University of Arizona in the United States and had an outstanding amateur career, the highlights of which were claiming the individu

Is a former New Zealand middle distance runner.

Is a former New Zealand middle distance runner.

Is an American former tennis player. She reached her highest singles ranking on August 12, 2002, whe

Is an American former tennis player. She reached her highest singles ranking on August 12, 2002, when she became the No. 51 in the world. Her best result at a Grand Slam was the third round of the French Open, which she achieved three straight years from

Bj°rgen initially excelled at the sprint events, and seven victories in that event was enough to gi

Bj°rgen initially excelled at the sprint events, and seven victories in that event was enough to give her second place overall in the 2003/04 World Cup season. However in the 2004/05 season, Bj°rgen became an accomplished distance skier also, and winning the World Cup.On March 19, 2006 in Sapporo, Japan Bj°rgen claimed her second FIS World Cup title. Bj°rgen led the overall World Cup by 66 points, ahead of Canada's Beckie Scott going into the final race of the season, the 2 x 7.5 km double pursuit. Scott needed to win the race and for Bj°rgen to finish no higher than eighth to claim the title. Scott did win the race but Bj°rgen came fourth,

Is a Norwegian cross country skier and triple olympic champion from Midtre Gauldal, Norway. Bjørgen

Is a Norwegian cross country skier and triple olympic champion from Midtre Gauldal, Norway. Bjørgen is the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country World Cup history, with twenty-three victories. She is ranked second with in the ladies all-time Cross-Cou

Is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norwegian women's national

Is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norwegian women's national handball team. As coach, she has lead the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handball Championship in 1999, and four Europe

Is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1985 to 1998. She represented Kjelsås I

Is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1985 to 1998. She represented Kjelsås IL in Oslo. Today she is married to former Norwegian cross-country skier Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass.

Is a Norwegian football central back. She currently plays for Røa in Norway's Toppserien league. Sh

Is a Norwegian football central back. She currently plays for Røa in Norway's Toppserien league. She was until recently a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team, having made her debut for the senior team on March 16, 2003, in a match again

Is a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1947 World Figure Skating Championships, where she

Is a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1947 World Figure Skating Championships, where she placed 11th in pairs, with partner Erling Bjerkhøl. She participated at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for Byåsen IL, where she is the team's captain.

Is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for Byåsen IL, where she is the team's captain.

Is a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the early 1980s. In 1978 she won the silver m

Is a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the early 1980s. In 1978 she won the silver medal at the Norwegian championships in 10 kilometres cross-country running, representing Meldal IL. On the same distance she won one bronze medal (1977).

Is a Norwegian civil servant and organizational leader.A cand.jur. by education, she worked as deput

Is a Norwegian civil servant and organizational leader.A cand.jur. by education, she worked as deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration from 1986 to 1990. She then worked for the Norges Postsparebank from 1990

Was a Norwegian cross-country skier of the 1940s and 1950s who participated in the 1952 Winter Olymp

Was a Norwegian cross-country skier of the 1940s and 1950s who participated in the 1952 Winter Olympics, held in Oslo. Born Marit Hemstad in Nord-Odal, a municipality in Norway's southeastern county of Hedmark, the future Olympic competitor attained the o

Is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Was a former norwegian and international swimmer that represented Norway in the late 70's and the ea

Was a former norwegian and international swimmer that represented Norway in the late 70's and the early 80's.

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.[1] She won a gold medal at the 1978 World O

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.[1] She won a gold medal at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg with the Finnish relay team. She received a silver medal in 1981 (Thun).

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She was eliminated in the repechages of t

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Is a German footballer. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg.

Is a German footballer. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg.

Is an Olympic-swimmer from the United States. When she qualified for the USA Olympic Team in 2004, s

Is an Olympic-swimmer from the United States. When she qualified for the USA Olympic Team in 2004, she became the first Puerto Rican of African descent to be on the USA Olympic Swimming Team. She also became the first Black United States swimmer to set an

Is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for the Italian Serie A club Sampdoria. He

Is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for the Italian Serie A club Sampdoria. He stands 190 cm tall and weighs 83 kg.

A Romanian professional football player.

A Romanian professional football player.

A Romanian football player, currently playing for U Cluj in Romania's Liga I.Baciu started his caree

A Romanian football player, currently playing for U Cluj in Romania's Liga I.Baciu started his career playing as a youth for Gaz Metan Medias, before joining the squad of FC Inter Sibiu as a professional player in 1992. One year later he is loaned to his former team Gaz Metan Medias, rejoining FC Inter Sibiu in 1994.