Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Is a female weightlifter from North Korea.

Is a female weightlifter from North Korea.

Is a former American football coach. He coached at the high school, college and pro level.He played

Is a former American football coach. He coached at the high school, college and pro level.He played football at Lamar Junior College (now Lamar University) in Beaumont, Texas, but enlisted in the United States Marine Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II.

Is a retired Romanian gymnast.Ban first rose to prominence as one of Romania's top junior world-clas

Is a retired Romanian gymnast.Ban first rose to prominence as one of Romania's top junior world-class gymnasts. She competed in her first Romanian national championships in 1998, winning the floor exercise event in the junior division. The following year, she was invited to join the Romanian national team, and began working with coaches Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang at the elite training facility in Deva. Success in major international junior meets soon followed, including a first-place finish at the Top Gym tournament in Belgium and a bronze medal at the 2001 European Youth Olympic Days.

Is an American Welterweight boxer. On May 22, 1999 Carr lost to the Mexican American Superstar Oscar

Is an American Welterweight boxer. On May 22, 1999 Carr lost to the Mexican American Superstar Oscar De La Hoya by T.K.O. Some of his losses have been quality, coming to Ike Quartey, Felix Trinidad and Oscar De La Hoya.

Is a Zimbabwean football player who played for Highlanders FC. In February 2008, he signed a 6 month

Is a Zimbabwean football player who played for Highlanders FC. In February 2008, he signed a 6 month deal with Belgian first division team Cercle Brugge.

Is a football player from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Al-Ahli Football Club - Dubai

Is a football player from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Al-Ahli Football Club - Dubai

Is a football player from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Al-Ahli Football Club - Dubai

Is a football player from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Al-Ahli Football Club - Dubai

An Afghan footballer (striker) playing currently for German side - Hamm United[1]. He was the only A

An Afghan footballer (striker) playing currently for German side - Hamm United[1]. He was the only Afghan player who scored a goal in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)? against Syria.

Is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championship

Is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.

Was an Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguay national team that won the 1950

Was an Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup after beating Brazil in the decisive final round match popularly known as the Maracanazo. Varela, born in Paysandú, emerged as a centre half and senior player at Deportivo Juventud, club which he joined in 1936. He debuted in first division with Montevideo Wanderers in 1938. He played 45 international matches for Uruguay from 1939 to 1954, in which he scored nine goals.

Is a former Uruguayan footballer. Trasante played for Grêmio in the 1988 and 1989 Campeonato Brasil

Is a former Uruguayan footballer. Trasante played for Grêmio in the 1988 and 1989 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Trasante made five appearances for the senior Uruguay national football team from 1987 to 1988. He also played in the 1987 Copa América.

Is a Honduran football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Club Deportivo y Social Vida in the Liga

Is a Honduran football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Club Deportivo y Social Vida in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras

Is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a striker for All Blacks. Owusu formerly played

Is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a striker for All Blacks. Owusu formerly played for Okwawu United, before moving to current club All Blacks in January 2006. Owusu earned his first call-up to the Ghana national side on 12 September 2009

Is a Saudi Arabian football player.

Is a Saudi Arabian football player.

Is a former Brazilian football player at the position of goalkeeper. He played for Palmeiras from 19

Is a former Brazilian football player at the position of goalkeeper. He played for Palmeiras from 1940 to 1954.

Was a German Wehrmacht staff officer who served during World War II as an aide to Generalleutnant Ad

Was a German Wehrmacht staff officer who served during World War II as an aide to Generalleutnant Adolf Heusinger, who was the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He is notable for winning an equestrian olympic gold medal and for possibly sa

Is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Henan Construction in the Chinese Football Associat

Is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Henan Construction in the Chinese Football Association Super League. Moneke was a member of Nigerian Beach Soccer National team in 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Is a retired Nigerian professional basketball player. He played briefly for the American National Ba

Is a retired Nigerian professional basketball player. He played briefly for the American National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs during the 1994-95 NBA season. He also had a career in the Philippine Basketball Association.[1

Is a football defender from Nigeria. His name, Obinna, means "Father´s heart" in Igbo. He is descri

Is a football defender from Nigeria. His name, Obinna, means "Father´s heart" in Igbo. He is described as mobile central defender with pace, control and timing. His star has steadily continued to rise, first with top Nigerian side, Julius Berger, then with African Champions Enyimba, and now with the Super Eagles. However, he performed poorly during the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He signed with Swiss club FC Sion during the 2007 January transfer window.

Is a Nigerian professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. His name, Obinna, means "Father´

Is a Nigerian professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. His name, Obinna, means "Father´s heart".[1] A 6'9" 270 lb center, he was selected with the 37th overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies after playing with the Maryland Terrapins from 1995–1999.

Is a Cape Verdean–born Portuguese footballer, one of the great midfielders of Portugal during the

Is a Cape Verdean–born Portuguese footballer, one of the great midfielders of Portugal during the 1980s and 1990s.He started his career in Almada, before moving to CD Nacional, where he was noticed, and signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal. He was a Spor

Was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he finished 1

Was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he finished 17th in the standing high jump competition. He also participated in the long jump event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, in the discus throw eve

Is a Romanian gymnastics coach, and was head of the national team, with interruptions, between 1988

Is a Romanian gymnastics coach, and was head of the national team, with interruptions, between 1988 and 2005. He retired from this position after a notorious incident in which several gymnasts were photographed by Romanian tabloid journalists as they were sneaking out from training camp to nightclubs. Although a moderately successful gymnast in his early years, Belu's success has been in the field of coaching rather than performing, and he has spent his adult life in this profession. He also served as an adviser on the staff of President Traian Basescu.

A Romanian footballer currently playing for CS Otopeni. Chihaia debuted at Sportul Studentesc. He la

A Romanian footballer currently playing for CS Otopeni. Chihaia debuted at Sportul Studentesc. He later moved to FC National Bucuresti and Dinamo Bucuresti. During the summer of 2006 he was traded to CFR Cluj for the price of 300,000 euro. Chihaia is a striker and is the son of former football international, Romulus Chihaia. He also played 2 matches for Dinamo Bucuresti in the 2005-06 UEFA Cup. He transferred to CS Otopeni in the sumer break of 2008.

Is a historian from the Republic of Moldova and former professional boxer (multiple national champio

Is a historian from the Republic of Moldova and former professional boxer (multiple national champion). Octavian Ticu is head of the International Relations and Political Science branch of the History and International Relations Department at the Free Int