Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

A Romanian footballer. He currently plays for Politehnica Iasi as a defender.Târlea's professional

A Romanian footballer. He currently plays for Politehnica Iasi as a defender.Târlea's professional career started during the late 1990s at CSS Bihorul, a team from his home town of Oradea.He later had a short stay at Portul Constanta, but then was picked up by Farul Constanta. He had an unsuccessful stay, playing only one game. After that, he switched to Midia Navodari in the second-highest Romanian league, where he played for 2 seasons and appeared in 39 matches, scoring two goals.

An Iraqi footballer and Olympic athlete.[2] Farhan has played for several professional clubs, includ

An Iraqi footballer and Olympic athlete.[2] Farhan has played for several professional clubs, including Qatar Sports Club and Al-Faisaly (Amman). and was part of the Olympic team in the 2004 Olympic Games, and scored the only goal in a losing semifinal match against Paraguay[3][4]. Razzaq Farhan has more than 60 caps and scored 24 goals.

Was an American professional heavyweight boxer. He was born in the rural community of Noonday, Texas

Was an American professional heavyweight boxer. He was born in the rural community of Noonday, Texas. In his two years as an amateur in Texas, Turman accrued 20 wins five loses, and one draw, and he set a record for the quickest knockout in National AAU h

Is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for AmaZulu in the Premier Soccer League and South A

Is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for AmaZulu in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.

Is a Nauruan weightlifter. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold

Is a Nauruan weightlifter. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, and remains one of the only three Nauruans ever to have won a Commonwealth Games gold, the others being Marcus Stephen and Yukio Peter.

Is a female English professional snooker player. She is currently (2010) dominating the Ladies' snoo

Is a female English professional snooker player. She is currently (2010) dominating the Ladies' snooker scene and is plays in the Professional Qualifier events. She is the reigning WLBSA World Champion. She was awarded a wild card on the professional main

Was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He represented Great Britain in Fencing at the 1920 and 1924

Was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He represented Great Britain in Fencing at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] He was the first Australian born Admiral in the Royal Navy and he was the Rear Admiral Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron be

Was a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.Gusmão won the women's 50 and 100 freestyle events at the 2007

Was a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.Gusmão won the women's 50 and 100 freestyle events at the 2007 Pan Ams; however, all her results (times and placings) from those Games were later nullified due to a positive doping-control test. Her medals were also revoked.

Is an American sabre fencer. She won the gold medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships af

Is an American sabre fencer. She won the gold medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Mariel Zagunis 15-11 in the final, and took bronze in both individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Is a retired Canadian cross-country skiing athlete and as of February 23, 2006, an International Oly

Is a retired Canadian cross-country skiing athlete and as of February 23, 2006, an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu. On March 29, 2005, Scott agreed to join the World A

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Everton Ladies as a right-back., having previously p

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Everton Ladies as a right-back., having previously played as a central midfielder, particularly for England at full international level.

Is a British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and

Is a British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final. Adlington is Britain's first Olympic swimming champion since 1988, the first

A British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800

A British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m. She broke the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m. Adlington is Britain's only Olympic champion in swimming since 1988 and the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals since 1908 and is Great Britain's most successful Olympic swimmer in 100 years.[1].Adlington represented Great Britain in the 2008 Summer Olympics competing in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle swimming events. She was also scheduled to swim in the 4×200 m freestyle relay but was rested in the heat and the team failed to qualify for the final. In the heats of the 400 m freestyle,

Is an American soccer forward currently playing for Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Socce

Is an American soccer forward currently playing for Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Soccer.

Is an American artistic gymnast. She won the all-around and three events at the junior national cham

Is an American artistic gymnast. She won the all-around and three events at the junior national championships in 2007. At the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil, Bross won a team gold, individual all-around second, and the first place in floor exercise. She was a member of the U.S. Women's Team in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London.

Is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer. Brown gained national exposure in March 1994 when, at 1

Is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer. Brown gained national exposure in March 1994 when, at 16 years of age, she broke Anita Nall's 200 metre breaststroke world record by 0.59 seconds in Brisbane. In the aftermath of that swim, she was feted as Aus

Is a former British freestyle swimmer. She retired from international competition in April 2008 afte

Is a former British freestyle swimmer. She retired from international competition in April 2008 after failing to make the British team for the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Is a female basketball player for New Zealand. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for

Is a female basketball player for New Zealand. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she was part of the silver medal winning Tall Ferns side.

Is an American cross-country skier who was born and raised in Gunnison, Colorado. She is married wit

Is an American cross-country skier who was born and raised in Gunnison, Colorado. She is married with two children. She participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics and was featured on EWTN's Life on the Rock Catholic TV Show for her zeal of her faith and her

Is an American soccer player from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. She is a midfielder for the United Stat

Is an American soccer player from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. She is a midfielder for the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.Edwards played collegiately for the Florida State University women's soccer team. Among her teammates at FSU were Australian international Selin Kuralay and Japanese international Mami Yamaguchi.

Is a United States slalom canoer.Giddens resides in Kernville, California, where she owns a brewpub

Is a United States slalom canoer.Giddens resides in Kernville, California, where she owns a brewpub with her husband, Eric and brewer Kyle Smith. Her husband finished 20th in the men's K-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Is a German pair skater. She previously competed with Daniel Wende. They were the 2005-2006 German n

Is a German pair skater. She previously competed with Daniel Wende. They were the 2005-2006 German national silver medalists.

Is a female equestrian who qualified for the Eventing competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Bei

Is a female equestrian who qualified for the Eventing competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing from Mendota Heights, Minnesota, competing for the United States for her first ever time. She has been riding the 12-year-old, Courageous Comet, a gra

A cricketer and association football player who represented New Zealand in both sports.Rolls played

A cricketer and association football player who represented New Zealand in both sports.Rolls played in the victorious Women's Cricket World Cup at Lincoln in 2000 and she also plays for the Auckland Hearts in the State League. She was born in Napier.

Is an English sportsperson, a former World Champion and Olympic Games medallist at rowing, and a rei

Is an English sportsperson, a former World Champion and Olympic Games medallist at rowing, and a reigning World and Olympic champion track cyclist.