Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. She won a bronze medal at th

Is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. She won a bronze medal at the 4 x 5 km in the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had her best finish of 6th in the 15 km event at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a bronze in the 4 x 5 km relay

Is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a bronze in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.Roponen also won two team sprint medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2007 (with Virpi Kuitunen) and a silver in 2005 (with Pirjo Manninen). Roponen also earned tow more gold medals in the 4 x 5 km relay, earning them in 2007 and 2009.

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as goalkeeper for FC Luzern II.

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as goalkeeper for FC Luzern II.

Is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranki

Is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006. De Voest qualified for the 2007 Wimbledon men's singles event, where he lost to Marat Safin in the first round. De Voest qualified for the U.S. Open later on in 2007, where he defeated Thierry Ascione 6–2, 3–0 before Ascione retired. De Voest went on to lose to John Isner in the following round. De Voest is 12–5 in Davis Cup matches; being 8–5 for singles and 4–0 for doubles.

Is a Dutch-American retired professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indi

Is a Dutch-American retired professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers

In 1996, Verbrugghe turned pro and has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2

In 1996, Verbrugghe turned pro and has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, won a stage at the Tour de France, three stages at the Giro d'Italia, and the one-day Ardennes classicsùLa FlFche Wallonne, and the overall and two stages of the CritTrium International. In 2006, he rides for the Cofidis.

Is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her best-ever ranking is, singles No.84 (August 2005), dou

Is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her best-ever ranking is, singles No.84 (August 2005), doubles No.13 (November 2002). She turned pro in 1999 and currently resides in Kanagawa, Japan.

Is a former professional female tennis player from Japan.She has won 1 Grand Slam mixed doubles titl

Is a former professional female tennis player from Japan.She has won 1 Grand Slam mixed doubles title, the 1997 French Open (with Mahesh Bhupathi). By winning she became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title (and second Japanese tennis player regardless of gender, after Tatsuyoshi Miki, who won a Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1934), and Bhupathi the first Indian.

Is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while play

Is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No.

Is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman. In 2004, Franzén returned to Sweden with Djurgård

Is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman. In 2004, Franzén returned to Sweden with Djurgårdens IF before retiring.

Is a football (soccer) defender who represented New Zealand internationally, and Auckland City FC in

Is a football (soccer) defender who represented New Zealand internationally, and Auckland City FC in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. Van Steeden made his full All Whites debut in a 1-0 win over Fiji on 7 June, 1997 and he ended his international playing ca

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a female badminton player from Denmark.Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

Is a female badminton player from Denmark.Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second. In the quarterfinals, Olsen and Jørgensen lost to Huang Sui and Gao Ling of China 15-6, 15-7.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish athlete. She is a part of Sparta Athletics team. She started doing athletics when she wa

Is a Danish athlete. She is a part of Sparta Athletics team. She started doing athletics when she was 12 years old. Back then she participated in events from 60 metres to heptathlon and shot put. When she ran her first 400 metres hurdles she was less than a second from qualifying for the European Junior Championships. She represents Sparta.

Is a professional footballer, who most recently played for Conference North side Tamworth, where he

Is a professional footballer, who most recently played for Conference North side Tamworth, where he played as a defender.Rikki began his career as a Trainee with Coventry City where he had been since he was 11 years of age, but at the end of the 2005/06 season Bains was released by Coventry City after failing to make the first team squad.

Clarke quickly established himself in the first team the following season. He made an unbeaten 107 i

Clarke quickly established himself in the first team the following season. He made an unbeaten 107 in his debut first-class innings, against Cambridge UCCE and also scored 153 not out against Somerset, ending the season 711 runs at an average of over 50. He was awarded the Cricket Writers' Club's Young Cricketer of the Year award and the NBC Denis Compton Award for his achievements in 2002.

Is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played for most of his career at Hamilton Academic

Is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played for most of his career at Hamilton Academical. He also had short spells at Greenock Morton, Partick Thistle and then Queen of the South in the era of the likes of George Cloy.

Is a Japanese golfer. She graduated from the University of Florida in the United States with a Bache

Is a Japanese golfer. She graduated from the University of Florida in the United States with a Bachelors degree in Psychology before turning pro on 1998.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti and Finland national under-19 football t

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti and Finland national under-19 football team.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Norfolk Admirals of the

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League.

A Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for Frölunda HC in Elitserien. He is an alternate ca

A Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for Frölunda HC in Elitserien. He is an alternate captain for the team.Before coming to North America, Hahl played for his hometown team, HPK, in the Finnish SM-liiga, and was known for his defensive skills as a forward. In the autumn of 2000, Hahl left for Colorado, where he impressed the Avalanche coaches at training camp and was rewarded with 43 games in the NHL in the following season, including 21 playoff games. In his NHL career, Hahl played a total of 92 regular season games scoring five goals for a total of thirteen points. He also played 34 playoff games, recording two goals and four assists.

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents Turun Palloseura of Veikkausliiga. He plays as a midfielder.

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents Turun Palloseura of Veikkausliiga. He plays as a midfielder. He is a member of Finland national under-21 football team.

Is a Dutch female darts player. She uses the nickname Pebbles for her matches.Erades made her World

Is a Dutch female darts player. She uses the nickname Pebbles for her matches.Erades made her World Championship debut in 2008, losing in the quarter finals to Karin Krappen. She had earlier reached the semi finals of the 2007 World Masters, beating Irina Armstrong and Lisa Ashton before losing to Karen Lawman.

Was a former Brazilian footballer, one of the all-time best defender lateral for Santos F.C. with Da

Was a former Brazilian footballer, one of the all-time best defender lateral for Santos F.C. with Dalmo and Geraldino.One of the last players of Santos Golden Era, with Pelé, Pepe, Coutinho, Clodoaldo and many others, in career (1959–1977) played with Íbis, Sport Recife, Botafogo, and closed among with Pelé at New York Cosmos in US.