Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was a Latvian footballer, one of the most notable footballers in Liepaja of the 1940s.Heiblihs was t

Was a Latvian footballer, one of the most notable footballers in Liepaja of the 1940s.Heiblihs was the record holder with SM as in a match against Daugava Cesis he scored 6 goals, but against Dinamo Ventspils - three goals in four minutes. With FK Dinamo Riga Heiblihs played in the Soviet football league. With Liepaja clubs Heiblihs won the Latvian league 5 times, in addition he was a 3 time winner of the Latvian Cup.

Is a Latvian ice hockey forward, currently playing for Dinamo Riga. In 2009 he made his debute in La

Is a Latvian ice hockey forward, currently playing for Dinamo Riga. In 2009 he made his debute in Latvian national team and is included in roster for 2009 world championships.

Was a Latvian footballer and football manager, a three-time champion of Latvia.When ASK Riga as a fo

Was a Latvian footballer and football manager, a three-time champion of Latvia.When ASK Riga as a former Latvian army sports club was disbanded in 1940, Pakalns joined the newly founded RDKA Riga. During World War II he also played with Spartaks Riga and Spars Riga. After the war Pakalns played with FK Dinamo Riga first in the Latvian higher league, then - in the Soviet league, in 1948 he played with Daugava Riga.

Is an alpine skier from Latvia. He competed for Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best finish

Is an alpine skier from Latvia. He competed for Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best finish was a 58th place in the downhill.

Is a retired Latvian professional basketball player, who played at the Point guard position. Štelma

Is a retired Latvian professional basketball player, who played at the Point guard position. Štelmahers was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2005 participating in four EuroBasket final tournaments in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005.

Is a former Dutch middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 800m at the 1983 World Champi

Is a former Dutch middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 800m at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. He set a Dutch 800 m record of 1:43.56 in Cologne in 1985, and a 1000m record of 2:15.23 in his home town Utrecht in the same year.

Is a Dutch racing cyclist.Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. H

Is a Dutch racing cyclist.Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he participated at the 4 km team pursuit alongside Jarich Bakker, Richard Rozendaal a

Is a professional, former world number one in singles and doubles, wheelchair tennis player from the

Is a professional, former world number one in singles and doubles, wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. Ammerlaan is also champion of many grand slam titles since 2000. The right-handed player's favorite surface is carpet, and he is coached by G

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He was eliminated in the repechages of th

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played four first-class matches for the Northern Districts Knights a

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played four first-class matches for the Northern Districts Knights and he also played for Poverty Bay in the Hawke Cup.

Was a cricketer for Hampshire and England.

Was a cricketer for Hampshire and England.

is a retired middle-distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two

is a retired middle-distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.

Is an American former swimmer who won the bronze medal for 200 meter butterfly at the 1972 Summer Ol

Is an American former swimmer who won the bronze medal for 200 meter butterfly at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships he won two gold medals and a bronze medal. He also worked as a coach at Konawaena High School.

Is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing

Is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-1 event at Beijing in 2008.

Is a German professional basketball player. He currently plays for Ratiopharm Ulm in the Basketball

Is a German professional basketball player. He currently plays for Ratiopharm Ulm in the Basketball Bundesliga and is a member of the German national basketball team. Benzing participated in the EuroBasket 2009 and the 2010 FIBA World Championship playing

Is a retired Norwegian footballer.Berntsen played for Norwegian club Tromsø IL and played 146 games

Is a retired Norwegian footballer.Berntsen played for Norwegian club Tromsø IL and played 146 games for them in the Norwegian Premier League. Berntsen had played for Tromsø in his youthyears and came back in 1991 after living at Svalbard for one year. He

Is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 4 in the ATP rankings. Söderling is best known for reaching successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010. In both tournaments, he defeated the defending champion en route to the

Is a British swimmer. He swam in the men's 200 metres individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Is a British swimmer. He swam in the men's 200 metres individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he came fourth.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for twelve seasons for the P

Is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for twelve seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in 1984

Is a former swimmer from Canada who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montr

Is a former swimmer from Canada who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Corsiglia attended the University of Southern California.

Is a British retired competitive figure skater. He is the 1980 Olympic Champion. He was coached by C

Is a British retired competitive figure skater. He is the 1980 Olympic Champion. He was coached by Carlo Fassi

Is an American former professional basketball player. He spent two seasons in the NBA, signing as a

Is an American former professional basketball player. He spent two seasons in the NBA, signing as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1976. There he came off the bench, playing in 63 games, to help the team to their first ever league title in 1977. The following season he moved to the Houston Rockets where he played only 12 games. Jones then spent 5 years playing in Europe before returning to the United States where he worked in marketing for Anheuser-Busch. In 1995 he suffered a stroke and retired from Anheuser-Busch the next year as Illinois director of marketing.[1]

Is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played seven ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1983 to 1987.On 28 August 2

Is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played seven ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1983 to 1987.On 28 August 2007 Brown was announced as the coach of Zimbabwe taking over from Kevin Curran. He had previously acted as assistant coach with the team during the 2007 Wo

Is a former English cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1974 to 1983. He was a seam bow

Is a former English cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1974 to 1983. He was a seam bowler and useful tail-end batsman. During a first-class career lasting from 1966 to 1982, he took 1402 wickets. He was a member of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in 1971, and also played for Western Province in South Africa in 1971-72, and for Rhodesia between 1972-73 and 1979-80.