Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a South African cricketer who plays for the Eagles and Free State. He is a left-hand batsman and

Is a South African cricketer who plays for the Eagles and Free State. He is a left-hand batsman and a right arm off-spin bowler. Rossouw made his first-class debut in November 2007 for Free State against Easterns, batting at number three he topscored in t

Is an Australian professional rugby league player who is currently contracted with the Sydney Rooste

Is an Australian professional rugby league player who is currently contracted with the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL). He primarily plays at hooker.

Is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for SV Wilhelmshaven. His position is striker. His r

Is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for SV Wilhelmshaven. His position is striker. His rights are also held by Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. Captain of soccer team at Timberline Secondary School. Led team to 2001 to Provincial AAA title and was named tournament MVP. Named British Columbia’s “Soccer Boy”, the province’s top youth honor, in 1997. O'Neill was a member of the 2005 Canadian Men's U-20 team that went to the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands. On 23 January 2007 he was on trial at FC St. Pauli.

Is a volleyball player from the United States. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in League C

Is a volleyball player from the United States. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, and played two years of varsity volleyball at Pierce College from 1994-96 before joining the Men's National Team in May 2001 as an outside hitt

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Baxter enjoyed most of his tennis suc

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Baxter enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up at 2 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 69 in 1987.

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 Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa.

Is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national bask

Is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays primarily at the shooting guard position, but he can also play point guard if needed. His height is 194 cm (6 ft 4 ½ in). He is curre

Was a Lithuanian international football striker. He has played in is home country, in Belgium, in se

Was a Lithuanian international football striker. He has played in is home country, in Belgium, in several clubs in Russia and even in Khazakstan.

An Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for Perpignan in the Top 14 in France. He has

An Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for Perpignan in the Top 14 in France. He has represented Argentina, and was part of the Argentinian squad at the 2003 and 2007 World Cups. His usual position is at lock.Álvarez made his international debut in October 1998, as a replacement, in a match against Paraguay. He made his first start in his next match, against Chile. He played one other match for Argentina that year, against Uruguay.He next played international rugby in May 2001, against Uruguay and Canada, and was capped another three times at the end of the season, in matches against Wales, Scotland and the All Blacks.

Is a former basketball player for the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams, current head co

Is a former basketball player for the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams, current head coach for Slask Wroclaw. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All Star Three Point Contest in 1989. He is 1

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name Jaguar

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name Jaguar Yokota . She is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the be

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 Dagdizel Kaspiysk.

Was a speed skater.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allrou

Was a speed skater.Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was one of the Soviet wo

Is an English-born association football player who has represented the national team of Grenada. A y

Is an English-born association football player who has represented the national team of Grenada. A youth team player with Gillingham of England's Football League One, he made his debut for Grenada's senior national team in a warm-up match before the 2009

A Japanese professional Go player.Rin Kono grew up as one of Koichi Kobayashi's students. He became

A Japanese professional Go player.Rin Kono grew up as one of Koichi Kobayashi's students. He became a professional when he was 15 in 1996. He was promoted to 8 dan after beating Keigo Yamashita to win the Tengen in 2005. He was promoted to 9 dan after defending his Tengen title, once more against Yamashita.

Is a German ice dancer. With former partner Sascha Rabe, she placed 12th at the 2005 World Junior Fi

Is a German ice dancer. With former partner Sascha Rabe, she placed 12th at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and won the silver medal at the 2005 SBC Trophy.

Is an Italian endurance racing driver.Dindo started his racing career in 1976, driving go-karts, but

Is an Italian endurance racing driver.Dindo started his racing career in 1976, driving go-karts, but didn't move into single-seaters until 1983, starting in Formula Fiat Abarth. 1990 saw Dindo's first major championship victory, winning the Italian Supert

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth in the flywe

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth in the flyweight class. He lost in the semi-finals to the upcoming gold medalist Fidel LaBarba and was not able to compete in the bronze medal bout with Raymond Fee.

Was an Argentine football striker who played for both the Argentina and the Italy national football

Was an Argentine football striker who played for both the Argentina and the Italy national football teams[1].Martino was signed by San Lorenzo de Almagro in 1941 at the age of 19 from Belgrano de Rosario. He made his debut in 1941 against Newell's Old Boys[2] and in 1942 he became the top scorer in the Argentine Primera netting 25 goals in 30 games. In 1946 the team won the Primera División championship.

Is a Brazilian football player, specialising as a Central Defender. He currently plays for Paraná.

Is a Brazilian football player, specialising as a Central Defender. He currently plays for Paraná. Nem started his career at São Paulo playing alongside Rogerio Ceni, Edmilson, and Cafu in 1994, he played for the club until the 1999 season after a fallout

Is a retired Brazilian footballer. He was a striker.He was a top scorer of Campeonato Gaúcho in 199

Is a retired Brazilian footballer. He was a striker.He was a top scorer of Campeonato Gaúcho in 1998 when he played for Esporte Clube Internacional.

Played third base for four games in Major League Baseball in 1914, for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the

Played third base for four games in Major League Baseball in 1914, for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League.

Is an Italian racing cyclist with UCI ProTour team Ag2r-La Mondiale.In the 2009 Tour de France, his

Is an Italian racing cyclist with UCI ProTour team Ag2r-La Mondiale.In the 2009 Tour de France, his first participation in the race, he became leader in the General Classification after participating in a stage-long breakaway on stage 7 to take the yellow

Is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Fortaleza.

Is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Fortaleza.

Is a footballer. He plays for FS Metta-Latvijas Universitate Riga.

Is a footballer. He plays for FS Metta-Latvijas Universitate Riga.