Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team

Is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.

Was an American gymnast and Olympic champion.

Was an American gymnast and Olympic champion.

A Turkish footballer who currently plays for Ankaragücü.

A Turkish footballer who currently plays for Ankaragücü.

A retired Turkish footballer who played as a defender, known for his fighting spirit and professiona

A retired Turkish footballer who played as a defender, known for his fighting spirit and professional approach to the game.A product of Galatasaray S.K.'s youth system, Mert is the younger brother of club legend Bülent Korkmaz (also a defender), having himself played there from 1993-1997. He went on to represent Kocaelispor, Gaziantepspor, Malatyaspor and Istanbul Büyüksehir Belediyespor, retiring in 2008.

Is a American former NFL safety. Hanks attended Lake Highlands High School, where he was a district

Is a American former NFL safety. Hanks attended Lake Highlands High School, where he was a district track and field champion. He went on to the University of Iowa, where he earned a mention as an all-Big Ten cornerback.

Is a Bosnian female tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and her highest world ranking wa

Is a Bosnian female tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and her highest world ranking was number 99, reached on June 21, 2004.

Is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 180 cm and plays as setter. She plays for Fenerbahçe Acibad

Is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 180 cm and plays as setter. She plays for Fenerbahçe Acibadem since 2009 season start and wears number 18.

Was a Turkish female swimmer in the sports club Galatasaray the latest and before that (2002-2006) i

Was a Turkish female swimmer in the sports club Galatasaray the latest and before that (2002-2006) in Fenerbahçe, both teams in leading positions nationally in Turkey. She was the holder of two national records and had obtained a third place in the Medite

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Was a member of the West Indies cricket team who took part in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in Bang

Was a member of the West Indies cricket team who took part in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004. He has played first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands.

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'3" guard from the University of Utah, Jacks

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'3" guard from the University of Utah, Jackson played in the American Basketball Association from 1968 to 1973 as a member of the Los Angeles Stars, Utah Stars, and Memphis Tams. He won a league championship with Utah in 1971 and appeared in the 1969 ABA All-Star Game. In his career, Jackson averaged 11.6 points per game.[1]

A Canadian figure skater who currently competes as a pair skater for Japan with Narumi Takahashi. Th

A Canadian figure skater who currently competes as a pair skater for Japan with Narumi Takahashi. They are the 2009 Japanese national chamnpions and the 2008 Japan Junior National Champions.Mervin Tran began skating at age four. He was originally a single skater. He placed 9th on the novice level at the 2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.He switched to pair skating when he was paired up with Japanese skater Narumi Takahashi to compete for Japan.

Is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Te

Is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[citation needed] Four years earlier, when Rome, Italy hosted the Games, he made his Olympic debut.

Is a former professional football (soccer) goalkeeper.He represented Essex Schools at all levels and

Is a former professional football (soccer) goalkeeper.He represented Essex Schools at all levels and was even picked for the England Schools squad six times, though he never got to see action.

Was an English cricketer. Burden was a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsma

Was an English cricketer. Burden was a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman. Burden played first-class cricket for 11 seasons, making his debut in 1953 against Worcestershire. Over the next ten years he made 174 appearances for the club, taking 481 wickets with his off breaks. His final first-class match for Hampshire came in the 1963 County Championship against Glamorgan. He was included in a 2005 list of Hampshire cricket cult figures.

Is a West Indian cricketer. He has played 38 in Tests and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108

Is a West Indian cricketer. He has played 38 in Tests and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108 One Day Internationals from 1997-2004. At one stage, after the bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose retired from international cricket, Dillon

A hard-hitting, lower-order batsman and a medium pace bowler, Mervyn Grell was born in Trinidad. In

A hard-hitting, lower-order batsman and a medium pace bowler, Mervyn Grell was born in Trinidad. In a career spanning the years 1930 to 1937, he played only a handful of first-class matches, ten in total. Half of these were against the visiting M.C.C. inc

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1938.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1938.

A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 2

A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 212 wickets and scoring over 1000 runs. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in 1988-89 and went on to take 8-87. In 1993 he took 31 wickets in the Ashes Series against England. He was a useful lower-order batsman, scoring two half-centuries in tests.

Is a former Australian pair skater who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics in a pairing wi

Is a former Australian pair skater who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics in a pairing with Jacqueline Mason. In 1956 they failed to take to the ice after Bower was injured. In 1960, they placed 12th out of 13 duos.

Was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers (1927-29 and 1939), Boston Red Sox (1933), St. Louis Browns (19

Was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers (1927-29 and 1939), Boston Red Sox (1933), St. Louis Browns (1933), Chicago White Sox (1934-37), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938) and Philadelphia Phillies (1944).In 11 seasons he played in 439 games and had 1,197 at bats, 105 runs, 263 hits, 39 doubles, 7 triples, 5 home runs, 115 RBI, 8 stolen bases, 189 walks, .220 batting average, .327 on-base percentage, .277 slugging percentage, 331 total bases and 13 sacrifice hits.

Was a career diplomat and a first-class cricket player. He was born at Highclere Castle, Hampshire a

Was a career diplomat and a first-class cricket player. He was born at Highclere Castle, Hampshire and he died at the British Embassy, Rome. Herbert was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played for Eton in the 1901 Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lor

Was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned profe

Was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned professional in 1959. He is renowned for coaching the likes of Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Brett Prentice, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Eleni Daniilidou, Nadi

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1947.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1947.

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who current

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for Essex. Westfield played for the first time in the County Championship in 2005.