Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter P

A professional footballer who plays as a defender for Werder Bremen and Germany.Mertesacker, a nativ

A professional footballer who plays as a defender for Werder Bremen and Germany.Mertesacker, a native of Hannover, became a youth player at Hannover 96 and eventually made his first-team debut for this club. Mertesacker had an unlucky start for his home club, breaking his nose and scoring an own goal soon after, but established himself as one of the most promising young defenders in the Bundesliga. His type of game was unusually clean, him being rarely booked (as of July 2006, only twice in 74 games) while regularly neutralizing his opponents.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger, currently playing for Frölunda HC in Elitserien.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger, currently playing for Frölunda HC in Elitserien. He has spent time with several National Hockey League (NHL) teams as well as various minor professional teams in North America.

Is a professional skateboarder. He has the distinction of being the only person to have ever beaten

Is a professional skateboarder. He has the distinction of being the only person to have ever beaten Rodney Mullen in a contest. In the 1980s, Welinder and Mullen were competitors in freestyle skateboarding, and Welinder regularly placed 2nd to Mullen's 1s

A Swedish footballer. He plays in central defence, and his current club is 1899 Hoffenheim of the Ge

A Swedish footballer. He plays in central defence, and his current club is 1899 Hoffenheim of the German Bundesliga, which he joined 13th of July 2007. Prior to that he played in the Norwegian club Odd Grenland, which he joined before the 2005 season for approximately 3 million Norwegian kroner, becoming the clubs record purchase. He enjoyed a very good 2006 season, and ended up having the highest average rating of any tippeligaen player in newspaper Verdens Gangs season ranking.

Is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he finished fif

Is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored one goal.

Is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics,

Is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Danish na

Is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Danish national ice hockey team. He was the coach for Färjestads BK when they won the Swedish Championship in 1997. Between 1972 and 1978, he also played for Färjes

Is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in three consecutive Wi

Is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1988 in Calgary, Canada.

Is a Norwegian cross country skier. He participated at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Is a Norwegian cross country skier. He participated at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where he placed 4th in the 4x10 kilometre relay together with Håkon Brusveen, Martin Stokken and Hallgeir Brenden.

A former Swedish football probably most famous for playing for Scottish clubs Dundee United and late

A former Swedish football probably most famous for playing for Scottish clubs Dundee United and later Rangers in the 1960s. He also represented Sweden at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and the European Championship in 1964.Persson was the first of five Scandinavian imports signed by Dundee United manager Jerry Kerr who was one of the first managers in Scotland to tap into the Scandinavian market to find talented and experienced players at an affordable price. Persson moved to Tannadice from Örgryte IS in on 2 December 1964, the first overseas player to join the club. As there was no professionalism in Swedish football in the 1960s United did not have to pay a transfer fee

Is a Swedish professional golfer.Edberg failed to retain his playing privileges on the European Tour

Is a Swedish professional golfer.Edberg failed to retain his playing privileges on the European Tour in his rookie season, and after a year of limited opportunities in 2006, regained his tour card for 2007 at final qualifying school.

Is a Swedish former Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer. His achievements include a silver medal at the

Is a Swedish former Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer. His achievements include a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight class and two gold medals at the World Championships in 1970 and 1971. He won the Swedish Championships for t

Is a Norwegian team handball player and coach, and sports official.Furuseth played 62 matches for th

Is a Norwegian team handball player and coach, and sports official.Furuseth played 62 matches for the Norway national handball team during his active career, and played on club level for Refstad IL. He was head coach for Norway's national team from 1979 t

Is a retired road bicycle racer from Denmark, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1993. He com

Is a retired road bicycle racer from Denmark, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1993. He competed in four Tour de Frances (1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993). Today he runs a bicycle shop near Herning, Denmark.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in Elitserien

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in Elitserien. He has previously played for Linköpings HC and Frölunda HC. He is the younger brother of fellow hockey player Michael Holmqvist.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently a left winger for Timrå IK in the SEL.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently a left winger for Timrå IK in the SEL.He advanced to the senior team for the 2005-2006 season and spent two seasons there before signing a two-year contract with Timrå in April, 2007.

Was a Norwegian cross country skier from Alvdal who participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Was a Norwegian cross country skier from Alvdal who participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer O

Is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he was part of the Danish team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored four goals.

Is a former Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part o

Is a former Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches.

Was a Swedish figure skater in the early 20th century who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Olympic Gam

Was a Swedish figure skater in the early 20th century who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Olympic Games.

A former Swedish professional football player and manager who had a successful period with A.C. Parm

A former Swedish professional football player and manager who had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early nineties winning the 1991-92 Coppa Italia, the 1992-93 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup and the 1994-95 UEFA Cup. Brolin also played for the Swedish national team, finishing third in the 1994 World Cup and was also a beaten semi finalist at the 1992 European championship as well as having competed in the 1990 World Cup.

Is a Danish footballer, who currently plays for KB. He began his career in Denmark and in July 2004

Is a Danish footballer, who currently plays for KB. He began his career in Denmark and in July 2004 had a trial with English side Norwich City[1], before signing with Ajax in the Netherlands. He signed for Chelsea in July 2006 before his career ended in 2008 when he retired from football, because of injuries.

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played the majority of his career for Danish clubs

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played the majority of his career for Danish clubs Odense BK and Lyngby BK. Pedersen scored two goals in six games for the Danish national team between 1991 and 1997.

Is a former Norwegian speed skater. He was among the world's best long distance skaters in the 1960s

Is a former Norwegian speed skater. He was among the world's best long distance skaters in the 1960s.Guttormsen's international breakthrough was his 6th place in the 1964 World Speed Skating Championships, at age 21. That year he was just outside the Norw

Is a Danish former professional football player, who played 590 games as a goalkeeper for Boldklubbe

Is a Danish former professional football player, who played 590 games as a goalkeeper for Boldklubben Frem. He made his debut for Frem in 1973, and spent his entire 20-year long senior career with the club, before retiring in 1993. He and Finn Bøje became managers of Frem in 1993, and Wind went on to coach a number of amateur teams.