Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Is a professional basketball player from Puerto Rico. He played in the 1994 World Basketball Champio

Is a professional basketball player from Puerto Rico. He played in the 1994 World Basketball Championship in Canada and may best remembered for fiercely competing in a Puerto Rico vs. USA contest, most notably arguing with USA players Derrick Coleman, Sha

Is a former professional basketball player in the NBA.Woolridge played collegiate basketball at the

Is a former professional basketball player in the NBA.Woolridge played collegiate basketball at the University of Notre Dame. He played in the Final Four in 1978 as a freshman with teammate Bill Laimbeer. The two would reunite as teammates of the Detroit Pistons during the 1990s. Woolridge helped guide the team to NCAA appearances in 1980 and 1981. As a senior in 1981, Woolridge made a last-second fall-away jumper to end #1 Virginia's 28-game winning streak and also earned second team All-American status.

American boxer who held the WBA cruiserweight title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches

American boxer who held the WBA cruiserweight title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980's and 1990's. He is the lesser known brother of retired former champion Terry Norris.

Is a Bulgarian football striker who plays for CSKA Sofia. Orlinov started his professional career at

Is a Bulgarian football striker who plays for CSKA Sofia. Orlinov started his professional career at Litex Lovech, for which made his debut in A PFG in season 2005/06 at the age of 17. After a few poor performances along with the impressive form of Zdravk

Is a Honduran football player, who currently plays for Vida.

Is a Honduran football player, who currently plays for Vida.

Is a football defender/midfielder from Bulgaria currently playing for Chernomorets Burgas. He plays

Is a football defender/midfielder from Bulgaria currently playing for Chernomorets Burgas. He plays normally as a left wingback. Starokin's first club was CSKA Sofia. Starokin began his footballing career with CSKA Sofia youth team.

Is a right-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban Nat

Is a right-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series.

Is an alpine skier born in Germany to a Peruvian mother who has competed on behalf of Peru since 201

Is an alpine skier born in Germany to a Peruvian mother who has competed on behalf of Peru since 2010. Her first competition event was in the 2006 German national race, where she disqualified in the Slalom and did not finish the Giant Slalom. She has comp

Is a Nigerian football player currently playing for CS Sfax.Akarandut began his career with Akwa Uni

Is a Nigerian football player currently playing for CS Sfax.Akarandut began his career with Akwa United F.C. who was in January 2007 promoted to the Nigerian Premier League team. He was in the 2008/2009 season the Top Goalscorer of the Nigerian Premier League with 17 hits and this scoring is a record since the introduction of the professional league 1990th

Is a football (soccer) player born in Barrouallie, St Vincent. He has made a number of appearances o

Is a football (soccer) player born in Barrouallie, St Vincent. He has made a number of appearances on Saint Vincent's national team including the 1996 Gold Cup. Currently Ash was the assistant coach for the men's soccer team at North Carolina State Univer

Is a cricketer who has played six One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International for Bermuda.

Is a cricketer who has played six One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International for Bermuda.

A professional Thai Super featherweight kickboxer fighting out of Wor Petchpun Gym in Nakhon Ratchas

A professional Thai Super featherweight kickboxer fighting out of Wor Petchpun Gym in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. He is former Lumpinee Stadium champion and two time champion of Thailand. He is the current It's Showtime 65MAX World champion.[1]Orono started out Muay thai at the age of 15, a fairly late age to start fighting in Thailand. A year later he had his first fight in Bangkok. In 2001 he won the WMC World Muaythai (122lb) title against Petchek Sor Suwannapakdee.

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Football League side Floriana, where he p

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Football League side Floriana, where he plays as a striker.

A former Dutch footballer.During his career he played for Oldham Athletic A.F.C., SV Huizen, FC Den

A former Dutch footballer.During his career he played for Oldham Athletic A.F.C., SV Huizen, FC Den Bosch, and Real Murcia.

A track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand.[1]Klomdee represented Th

A track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand.[1]Klomdee represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Sangwan Jaksunin, Jutamass Thavoncharoen and Nongnuch Sanrat. In their first round heat they placed fifth in a time of 44.38 seconds was the eleventh time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they failed to qualify for the final.[1]

Is a Hungarian fencer who has represented her country at two Summer Olympic Games.

Is a Hungarian fencer who has represented her country at two Summer Olympic Games.

Is a Hungarian handball player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finis

Is a Hungarian handball player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished 4th with the Hungarian team, after losing 20-22 to Russia in the semifinal, and losing 28-33 to South Korea in the bronze medal match.

Is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for PFC Levski Sofia on loan. However, he is a prope

Is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for PFC Levski Sofia on loan. However, he is a property of Slavia Sofia. Ortega plays as a winger or as a striker. His first club was Apapa-Lagos from Nigerian town Apapa. He developed his skills there in the period between 1996 and 2003. After that he spent a year in Idah United.

Is a defender player that has been elected through the Academies of Nea Salamina. In June 2009 he si

Is a defender player that has been elected through the Academies of Nea Salamina. In June 2009 he signed a 3 year contract with AEK Larnaca.

Is an Indonesian footballer. Ortizan was born in a respectable family in his homeland, Papua. His un

Is an Indonesian footballer. Ortizan was born in a respectable family in his homeland, Papua. His uncle, Jaap Solossa is former Governor of Papua Province. His brother, Boaz, is also a footballer. He played for PSM Makassar in the 2004 AFC Champions Leagu

Is an East German luger who competed in the 1960s. She was born in Werdau. She won the gold medal in

Is an East German luger who competed in the 1960s. She was born in Werdau. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the following Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she initially finished first after the competition was halted to three runs due to bad weather, but was disqualified with her East German teammates Anna-Maria Müller and Angela Knösel (who was fourth) when it was discovered that they had illegally heated their runners (which are used to guide the luge on the ice as it maneuvers down the track). Enderlein and Müller, who was second at the time, were stripped of their respective medals as a result.

Born "Sarapuu" in Estonia, he won the Estonian Junior Championship. After World War II, he played wi

Born "Sarapuu" in Estonia, he won the Estonian Junior Championship. After World War II, he played with some success in European tournaments, and beat former world chess championship candidate Efim Bogolyubov with a sharp turnaround from a bad position.

Was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served HFC Haarlem. He died at the age of 21,

Was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served HFC Haarlem. He died at the age of 21, when on June 7, 1989 the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed in Paramaribo. He died three days later due to his injuries suffered in the crash. He went to the same high school as Steve van Dorpel who also died in the crash.He started his football career at amateur side JOS Watergraafsmeer where he would play until his 16th. His next step up to a professional career was joining the youth squads of HFC Haarlem. His dream came true after he was promoted into the first team squad and he made his professional debut.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft. Mayberry played high school basketball at Will Rogers High School, where he led them to a state championship in 1988. His jersey hangs in a trophy case in the main hall. Mayberry played 7 years in the NBA from 1992-1999 for the Bucks and Vancouver Grizzlies averaging 5.1 ppg. For the first four years of his career, he never missed a regular season game and played in 328 consecutive games. He played collegiately at the University of Arkansas. Mayberry was a teammate of Todd Day and Oliver Miller, who also had lengthy NBA careers, and helped lead Arkansas to the 1990 Final Four in Denver, where they lost in the national semifinals to Duke University.

Was a Swedish football defender and manager, as well as bandy player.He played 167 matches for Öreb

Was a Swedish football defender and manager, as well as bandy player.He played 167 matches for Örebro SK in Allsvenskan, and also played for A.S. Roma. He was part of the national team that lost the final in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and he was awarded prize as the best right back of the tournament, and he was also awarded the Guldbollen that year. He was the national team manager from 1966 to 1970.