Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He competed for a France in the 1932 S

Was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He competed for a France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, in the discus throw where he won the bronze medal.

Is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer

Is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a former professional footballer. Paul started his serious playing career at Yorksire Amateurs b

Was a former professional footballer. Paul started his serious playing career at Yorksire Amateurs before playing for the Leeds United youth team. As well as starring at his schools of Gledhow County Primary school and Allerton Grange high school Paul played for both Leeds City Boys and Yorkshire County Boys from Under 11 through to Under 16's, with the Yorkshire County side winning the Northern Counties Shield in 1976 and Paul being voted the Man of the Match on the day.

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olymp

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Is a Ghanaian football (soccer) player currently playing at the position of Defender for Løv-Ham Fo

Is a Ghanaian football (soccer) player currently playing at the position of Defender for Løv-Ham Fotball. Addo began his career with Fair Pointand signed on 11 June 2008 for Bechem Chelsea. He joined in February 2009 for an trial to the Norwegian club Løv

Was a professional footballer and most recently the manager of Valletta in the Maltese Premier Leagu

Was a professional footballer and most recently the manager of Valletta in the Maltese Premier League. During his career he played as a striker.He played from 1990 to 2003, for four different teams. At the end of 2003 he retired as a player and became coa

Was a German football player who participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He played club football wi

Was a German football player who participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He played club football with SV Union Hamborn, LSV Markersdorf and Rapid Kassel.

Is a former Major League Baseball player and minor league baseball manager. Primarily a shortstop an

Is a former Major League Baseball player and minor league baseball manager. Primarily a shortstop and second baseman, he stood 6'0" tall, weighed 178 pounds, and batted and threw righty.Following his graduation from Samuel Ayer High School in Milpitas, California, Zuvella matriculated at Stanford University. The Milwaukee Brewers selected him in the eleventh round of the June 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, but he elected not to sign and returned to school for his senior year. After which, the Atlanta Braves selected him in the fifteenth round of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft.

A professional Tongan Super Heavyweight kickboxer and boxer fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam,

A professional Tongan Super Heavyweight kickboxer and boxer fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He's fighting in K-1 and was a K-1 Fighting Network Romania finalist in 2007 .[1]

Was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber. In 1935 Wiesinger was invited to view th

Was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber. In 1935 Wiesinger was invited to view the Trofeo Mezzalama, a competition that was only intended for male ski mountaineers. Due to an injury leave of Giusto Gervasutti, she took his military unif

Is an Argentine judoka. At only 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) tall, she obtained a bronze medal for her weight

Is an Argentine judoka. At only 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) tall, she obtained a bronze medal for her weight category (48 kilograms (110 lb)) at the 2008 Summer Olympics[2], the first medal for Argentina in Beijing.

A cricketer. She has played one Test Match and 17 one-day international for the White Ferns, Austral

A cricketer. She has played one Test Match and 17 one-day international for the White Ferns, Australia

Is a Romanian team handball goalkeeper. From 2009 Ungureanu is playing for the Romanian club CS Oltc

Is a Romanian team handball goalkeeper. From 2009 Ungureanu is playing for the Romanian club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and became also the main goalkeeper of the Romania women's national handball team.

Nicknamed the "Pink Panther", is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based Ladies

Nicknamed the "Pink Panther", is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. In her four seasons as a professional, she has won 10 tournaments, including eight LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as No. 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, and as of November 17, 2008 is the No. 4 female golfer in the world.

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion, from 2006[1] and 2007,[

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion, from 2006[1] and 2007,[2] as member of the Finnish winning teams in the World Orienteering Championships.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Finland, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer O

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Finland, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 16th place with the 4x100 Freestyle Relay Team, and in 18th and 33rd place on her personal starts, the 200m Freestyle and the 400m Freestyle.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville.

Is a former Romanian athlete and Olympic gold winner.

Is a former Romanian athlete and Olympic gold winner.

Radcliffe's distinctive "nodding" action while running has made her instantly recognisable to Britis

Radcliffe's distinctive "nodding" action while running has made her instantly recognisable to British viewers. She is not known for her sprint finish and relies on setting a punishing pace from the start in order to pull away from her opponents and open an unassailable gap.In 2002, Radcliffe was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year and in June was awarded an MBE.Radcliffe now lives as a tax exile in Monaco and is married to her trainer, Gary Lough, a former Irish international 1500 m runner. They have a daughter named Isla born January, 2007.

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won two medals with the USA Nation

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won two medals with the USA National Women's Team at the Summer Olympics: 1984 (silver) and 1992 (bronze).

Is a Polish professional tennis player who is, as of 1 March 2010, ranked No. 576. Paula was born to

Is a Polish professional tennis player who is, as of 1 March 2010, ranked No. 576. Paula was born to Pawel and Zadzislawa Kania on 6 November 1992 in Sosnowiec, Poland.She has one sister - Zuzanna. She began playing tennis aged seven. Her favourite surfac

Is a female volleyball player from Brazil. She was born in Brasília.

Is a female volleyball player from Brazil. She was born in Brasília.

Is a former American tennis player. Smith played 100 tour singles matches and 47 doubles matches bet

Is a former American tennis player. Smith played 100 tour singles matches and 47 doubles matches between 1976 and 1988. Although not winning any titles, she reached the finals of the French Open once in 1981, partnering Candy Reynolds, and again in mixed

Is a British bobsledder who has competed since 2007. Her best World Cup finish was ninth in the two-

Is a British bobsledder who has competed since 2007. Her best World Cup finish was ninth in the two-woman event at Park City, Utah in February 2009.