Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a Burmese Indian Chin boxer, who is remembered as the first Indian to win a bronze medal at the

Was a Burmese Indian Chin boxer, who is remembered as the first Indian to win a bronze medal at the 6th Boxing World Cup in Mumbai (then Bombay), 1990. [2]Zoramthanga was born Run Nawn to a Chin family in Selawn village near the town of Falam in Chin State, Myanmar. His family moved to Tithim village near Tahan-Kalaymyo. He joined the Myanmar Army there, where he first took up boxing.In a bid to further his career, Zoramthanga moved to Mizoram in India, changing his name and jumpstarting his boxing career in 1985. He won a gold medal at the Mizoram-Myanmar Champhai Border Championships in his weight category the same year.

Was an American swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was an American swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 11 Tests and 16 ODIs from 1993 to 1994. Chosen as the wicket

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 11 Tests and 16 ODIs from 1993 to 1994. Chosen as the wicket keeper for the 1993 home Test series against South Africa he made his debut in the first match without making much of an impression, keeping solidly behin

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who plays for

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who plays for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. He was born in Colombo. Chandrasekara, who made four appearances for Tamil Union Under-23s during the 2003 season, m

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

An Indian Badminton player.He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 defeating Che

An Indian Badminton player.He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 defeating Chen Hong of China in the finals by 15-12,15-6. He became the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone, who won it in 1980. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2000-2001. But later on, his game was affected due to injuries and his ranking dropped to 126 in the year 2003. In the year 2002, he refused to endorse a soft drink major as it meant that he would be encouraging people to consume a product which he himself thought was unsafe. In 2005, he was awarded the Padma Shri.

Is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexico

Is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexico City based professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Puma King frequently teams with his brother, luchador Tiger Kid. Puma Ki

S a former male badminton star of Malaysia and one of the finest combination doubles and singles pla

S a former male badminton star of Malaysia and one of the finest combination doubles and singles players that the country has ever produced.

A Thai footballer. He is currently the captain of Thai Premier League side Bangkok United and has le

A Thai footballer. He is currently the captain of Thai Premier League side Bangkok United and has lead the team won the league title in 2006.

A Thai footballer. He currently plays for Thailand Premier League side Bangkok University FC and won

A Thai footballer. He currently plays for Thailand Premier League side Bangkok University FC and won the league title in 2006.Punnarat made his senior debut for the national team in a World Cup qualifiying match home to Yemen, played at the Supachalasai Stadium. He has currently played two games for the national side.

He was born on 1964 in Bayan-Ovoo sum of Bayankhongor aimag, Mongolia. At the 1990 FILA Wrestling Wo

He was born on 1964 in Bayan-Ovoo sum of Bayankhongor aimag, Mongolia. At the 1990 FILA Wrestling World Championships he won the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle 82 kg weight category.

Is a former One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and b

Is a former One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm medium pace. She has played five ODIs for India and scored twenty runs, and took six wickets including a five wicket haul.

An Indian ex-cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket (5 matches between 1993 and 1995) and ODI cr

An Indian ex-cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket (5 matches between 1993 and 1995) and ODI cricket for India (33 matches between 1993 and 2000). She captained Air India Women's cricket team in Indian domestic women's cricket. She captained the Indian team in 3 Test matches and 8 ODI matches.An all-rounder, she played most of her ODI innings in the middle order and bowled right arm offspin. Currently, She is a coach associated with development of youth and women's cricketers in Hyderabad.

A Surinamese footballer who currently plays for De Graafschap. Fränkel is a defender who was born i

A Surinamese footballer who currently plays for De Graafschap. Fränkel is a defender who was born in Paramaribo and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Telstar squad in the 1994-95 season. He also played for De Graafschap before joining Vitesse.In 2003 he scored an own goal against FC Twente when the match was just 19 seconds old. This was an all time record in the Eredivisie, but it was broken three years later by Arnold Kruiswijk of FC Groningen, who, in a match against Heracles Almelo, managed to pass his own goalkeeper after 9 seconds.

Is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of

Is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA. On November 17, 1984 in game against New Jersey, Short scored a career high 59 points. At the time, only 9 other players had scored more points in one game (Wilt Chamberlain doing it several times). After leaving The NBA in 1990, Short took a year off Basketball. In early 1991 he returned to play, this time in Israel For Hapoel Tel Aviv. Short led the team to a successful season that ended in a 3-2 loss to arch rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Playoff Final series. He retired after the end of the season, in 1992.

Is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won th

Is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at 2004 Hockey Asia Cup.

A Thai footballer. He plays for Thailand Premier League clubside Samut Songkhram FC.

A Thai footballer. He plays for Thailand Premier League clubside Samut Songkhram FC.

A Russian footballer, currently playing for FC Moscow since 2006. He is a key player for FC Moscow.

A Russian footballer, currently playing for FC Moscow since 2006. He is a key player for FC Moscow. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye (2002-2005), FC Dinamo Moskva (2001) and Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod (1997-2001). He grew up in St Petersburg with his mother, a ballet dancer. Though his father, a law professor, never married Elena, they bothe carry his surname. In 2007, Pyotr Bystrov passed his law exams and wished to pursue a career as a sports lawyer working for the IOC.

Is a Russian-Swedish footballer. Currently he plays for Mjällby AIF. He is the son of Aleksandr Git

Is a Russian-Swedish footballer. Currently he plays for Mjällby AIF. He is the son of Aleksandr Gitselov, also a former footballer.

Is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Spartak Shchyolkovo.

Is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Spartak Shchyolkovo.

A Russian footballer currently playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast.

A Russian footballer currently playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Academia Dimitrovgrad.

Is a former boxer, who won the silver medal for the USSR in the Heavyweight division (+81 kg) at th

Is a former boxer, who won the silver medal for the USSR in the Heavyweight division (+81 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was defeated by titleholder Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba. Zayev trained at the Dynamo sports society until 19

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Sportakademklub Moscow.

Is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was

Is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal in the 1956 tournament. He played all seven matches and scored two goals.