Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a retired Lithuanian football defender, who last played for Auda Riga in Latvia during his profes

Is a retired Lithuanian football defender, who last played for Auda Riga in Latvia during his professional career. He obtained a total number of 44 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring no goals. Vainoras also played as a professional in

Is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for FK Kruoja Pakruojis.

Is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for FK Kruoja Pakruojis.

Is a former Lithuanian footballer and currently works as an assistant manager.

Is a former Lithuanian footballer and currently works as an assistant manager.

Is a Swiss football goalkeeper, who currently plays for FC Concordia Basel.

Is a Swiss football goalkeeper, who currently plays for FC Concordia Basel.

Is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia. Bergmanis ha

Is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia. Bergmanis has reached the finals in the World's Strongest Man contest several times, finishing 3rd in 2002, and 4th in 2003 and 2004. Raimonds also competed in the 200

Is a former Latvian footballer and football manager.With Metalurgs Dambis won the Latvian league and

Is a former Latvian footballer and football manager.With Metalurgs Dambis won the Latvian league and the Latvian Cup in 1953 and 1954. While in Dobele and Kuldiga Dambis was known as a brilliant goalscorer, with Metalurgs he showed himself as a good passer for Miervaldis Draznieks and Gustavs Zviedris. He was one of the very few footballers who were not from Liepaja in the Metalurgs squad in the fifties. In 1955 Dambis played with the top Latvian club - Daugava Riga and scored two goals in the first Soviet league. An injury made him retire from active football in 1955, so Dambis switched to coaching.

Is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s.

Is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s.

Is a retired Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at 1.88 m, he was a point guard with e

Is a retired Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at 1.88 m, he was a point guard with excellent court vision, which allowed him to lead the 2001 Euroleague in assists with 7 per game. He has played in the Euroleague for Slask Wroclaw and CSKA

Is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s.Bethge was forced to retire from bobslei

Is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s.Bethge was forced to retire from bobsleigh in 1979 following a bus accident. He became a trainer for the bobsleigh federation in East Germany, then for unified Germany after East and West Germany

Is an Austrian football goalkeeper for SK Rapid Wien.

Is an Austrian football goalkeeper for SK Rapid Wien.

Is a retired German rower who won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]

Is a retired German rower who won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]

A Dutch footballer who plays for ADO Den Haag. He is a defender who plays as a fullback on the right

A Dutch footballer who plays for ADO Den Haag. He is a defender who plays as a fullback on the right side of the pitch.Riedewald's career began when he signed a professional contract with ADO Den Haag, making his first first-team appearance in 2006, at the age of 19.

Is a Lithuanian sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.

Is a Lithuanian sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Lithuania.He competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1992 Summ

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Lithuania.He competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, finishing second in the B Final in a time of 50.13 seconds.

Is a former football goalkeeper. He was a very skilled player, known for his agility and security wh

Is a former football goalkeeper. He was a very skilled player, known for his agility and security which helped him achieve the record of not conceding a goal in 1000 minutes twice during his career.

Is a Brazilian soccer player, currently playing for Miami FC in the USL First Division.He retired in

Is a Brazilian soccer player, currently playing for Miami FC in the USL First Division.He retired in the end of 2005, but in December 2006 he signed a professional contract with América from Rio de Janeiro to defend the club in Rio State Championship in t

Is a Brazilian football centre back. He retired in the end of 2005, but in December 2006 he signed a

Is a Brazilian football centre back. He retired in the end of 2005, but in December 2006 he signed a professional contract with América from Rio de Janeiro to defend the club in Rio State Championship in the beginning of 2007. Baiano signed a contract with Brasiliense to play Série B Brazilian League in 2007.

An Argentine chess master.At the beginning of his career, he took 7th at Santa Fe 1956 (Miguel Najdo

An Argentine chess master.At the beginning of his career, he took 7th at Santa Fe 1956 (Miguel Najdorf won). Then he tied for 10-11th in Argentine Chess Championship (Herman Pilnik won) in 1958, tied for 6-7th at Quilmes 1959 (Alberto Foguelman won), and tied for 3rd-5th at Buenos Aires 1961 (ARG-ch, Hector Rossetto won).

Is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Bahia. His previous clubs include Fortaleza, Go

Is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Bahia. His previous clubs include Fortaleza, Goiás, FC Seoul, Daegu FC, Ituano, Iraty and Tuna Luso.

Is a Brazilian football striker. He last played for Consadole Sapporo. Nonato previously played for

Is a Brazilian football striker. He last played for Consadole Sapporo. Nonato previously played for Bahia and Goiás in the Campeonato Brasileiro.

Was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Athletic Bilbao.Athletic's yo

Was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Athletic Bilbao.Athletic's youth system's facilities have been named after him.Lezama arrived in England, as a refugee, at the age of 14. He entered at the port of Southampton on board the Habana on May 23, 1937. Lezama and his brother, Luis, were among 3,889 Basque children fleeing the Spanish Civil War. While in Southampton he played for his school, Nazareth House (less than half a mile from The Dell), where he was spotted by Southampton F.C.. He made his debut for the club on June 1, 1940, in a game against Arsenal F.C., in a 5-0 loss.

Is a former Venezuelan boxer.He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barce

Is a former Venezuelan boxer.He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) by Algeria's Mohamed Benguesmia (11:15).

Was a Chilean professional football player, best known for his years with Universidad Católica. He

Was a Chilean professional football player, best known for his years with Universidad Católica. He was a left back.He made his debut in the first team in 1985 against with Cobresal in the city of El Salvador. In 1987 he was called up to the Chilean under

Commonly known as Raimundo Wilson, is a Brazilian football goalkeeper who plays for Inter Baku in th

Commonly known as Raimundo Wilson, is a Brazilian football goalkeeper who plays for Inter Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Wilson made 16 appearances (15 as a starter) for Naval in the Portuguese Liga in the 2007-8 season.

Is a former female boxer who currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.Mako's career in boxing spanned

Is a former female boxer who currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.Mako's career in boxing spanned over the 2 years of 2000 to 2001,but in that time she provided female boxing with pazzazz and glamour with her amazonian physique and film star looks - a