Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who played more than 200 international matches fo

Is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who played more than 200 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team. Her current team is Laren.She made her debut on June 29, 1997 against South Korea (2-1), and was a member of the team, t

Is a retired female freestyle sprint swimmer from Finland. Salmela competed for her native country a

Is a retired female freestyle sprint swimmer from Finland. Salmela competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Her best result was a 14th place with the women's 4×100m medley relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Mia Hagman, Anu Koivisto, and Marja Pärssinen.

Is a Finnish orienter. She shared with Heli Jukkola the first place in the 2007 Long distance World

Is a Finnish orienter. She shared with Heli Jukkola the first place in the 2007 Long distance World Orienteering Championships,[1] and is three times Relay World Champion, from 2006[2],2007 and 2008, as member of the Finnish winning teams. She has a silver medal on the Sprint distance from 2007 and Relay 2004, and bronze medal on the Middle distance from 2005.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

Is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summ

Is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired Finnish high jumper.She finished twelfth at the 1983 World Championships. She became Fi

Is a retired Finnish high jumper.She finished twelfth at the 1983 World Championships. She became Finnish champion in 1980, 1981 and 1983.

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

Is a retired field hockey player from Russia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Field Hockey Team from the Soviet Union at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Is a former Costa Rican footballer.Alpízar made several appearances for the Costa Rica national foo

Is a former Costa Rican footballer.Alpízar made several appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, and was part of squads that played at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former AWA Worl

Is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara. Fujita started in Big Japan Pro Wrestling as a protegé of its top jun

Japanese pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. He is a member of the Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Clas

Japanese pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. He is a member of the Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.He was drafted by the Hanshin Tigers out of college. In his debut, Iwata allowed four runs in 3 innings of work and lost his only game in 2006. In 2007 , Iwata was 0-1 and a 5.40 ERA. In 2008 , he was third in voting for the 2008 Central League Rookie of the Year Award, trailing Tetsuya Yamaguchi and Hayato Sakamoto after going 10-10 with a 3.28 ERA and 101 strikeouts.

Was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentie

Was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentieth century in Japan.He earned the nickname "the Prodigy" after winning a knockout tournament. He defeated eight opponents from the Kiseisha in a row during 1928. He played a celebrated match with then retiring Honinbo Shusai. The Nobel Prize winning author Kawabata Yasunari used this game in his novel "The Master of Go". In 1954 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, but soon recovered. His condition came back in 1964, in which he would practically retire. He was given the Okura Prize in 1967.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Was a professional baseball player for the Osaka Tigers (later Hanshin Tigers) in Nippon Professiona

Was a professional baseball player for the Osaka Tigers (later Hanshin Tigers) in Nippon Professional Baseball. His number 11 is retired with the Tigers.

Was a Japanese figure skater. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships from 1972 to 1976[1] and

Was a Japanese figure skater. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships from 1972 to 1976[1] and represented Japan in the World Figure Skating Championships from 1973 to 1977.After winning the Bronze medal in the World Championships in 1977, he subsequently retired and became an instant national hero as it was the first time that a Japanese figure skater stood on a podium in that particular competition. No Japanese man re-achieved this feat until Takeshi Honda won the Bronze medal in the World Championships in 2002. [2]

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase,

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion and wa

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a wing-spiker for the Men's National Team du

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a wing-spiker for the Men's National Team during the 1990s. He ended up in 10th place at the 1998 World Championship.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer. Minoru Tanaka was originally a shootboxer. He st

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer. Minoru Tanaka was originally a shootboxer. He started his career as a wrestler in Fujiwara Gumi, trained by its owner, Yoshiaki Fujiwara. In late 1995 Tanaka and everyone else in the promotion abandoned

Is a volleyball coach from Japan. Currentry he serves as head coach of Denso Airybees.1992 Assistant

Is a volleyball coach from Japan. Currentry he serves as head coach of Denso Airybees.1992 Assistant coach of Women's national volleyball team in the Barcelona Olympic games.

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-handed bat

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-handed batsman and bowls left-arm orthodox. She played one Test and one ODI for India.

Is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country a

Is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Is a Malian footballer who plays for USM Annaba in the Algerian Championnat National.He was part of

Is a Malian footballer who plays for USM Annaba in the Algerian Championnat National.He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round.

Is an Nigerian football Striker who plays for Egyptian Premier League club Ittihad El-Shorta.

Is an Nigerian football Striker who plays for Egyptian Premier League club Ittihad El-Shorta.

Is a female freestyle wrestler from Japan. She won a gold medal on 2008 FILA Wrestling World Champio

Is a female freestyle wrestler from Japan. She won a gold medal on 2008 FILA Wrestling World Championships in category -63 kg.

Is a Serbian footballer who came through the FK Trepca Kosovska Mitrovica youth system. He is a prol

Is a Serbian footballer who came through the FK Trepca Kosovska Mitrovica youth system. He is a prolific Journeyman having played in over seventeen clubs - OFK (Belgrad), RCD Espanyol, Almería CF, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Hapoel Petah Tikva, FK Sartid (Smede

A Romanian former football (soccer) defender. He was nicknamed the Deer due to his elegant tackles.

A Romanian former football (soccer) defender. He was nicknamed the Deer due to his elegant tackles. He won the European Cup twice, in 1986 with Steaua Bucharest and 1991 with Red Star Belgrade, thus becoming the first player to play in two winning sides.[1]On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of România, Traian Basescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the of 1986 European Cup Final.