Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Finnish football player who currently plays for Hammarby IF. He has previously played four seas

Is a Finnish football player who currently plays for Hammarby IF. He has previously played four seasons in Landskrona BoIS and one season in BK Häcken. He is a member of the Finnish U-21 national football team.

An Afghan athlete.[1] She was one of the first two women ever to represent Afghanistan at the Olympi

An Afghan athlete.[1] She was one of the first two women ever to represent Afghanistan at the Olympic Games, by competing along with judoka Friba Razayee at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Muqimyar took part in the women's 100m sprint.[2] She finished seventh out of eight in her heat, with a time of 14.14 seconds, 0.15 seconds ahead of Somalia's Fartun Abukar Omar. The race was won by Jamaica's Veronica Campbell, with a time of 11.17 seconds.[3] Muqimyar was 17 at the time of the event.[4] She ran in "a T-shirt and long green track pants" rather than more aerodynamic competition clothing.[5]

An American football tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He was selected as the 30th o

An American football tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He was selected as the 30th overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the University of Virginia. Some consider him to be the greatest tight end in Atlantic Coast Conference history. Miller attended Honaker High School in Honaker, Virginia.In his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Heath Miller finished with 39 receptions for 459 yards and 6 touchdowns. He is also the second John Mackey Award recipient to win a Super Bowl. (The other is Daniel Graham of the New England Patriots.) During a four game stretch in his rookie season

Was a Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

Was a Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Bantamweight division.

Is an international cricketer from Bangladesh. A right-handed batsman and bowler, he is sometimes re

Is an international cricketer from Bangladesh. A right-handed batsman and bowler, he is sometimes referred to on scoresheets by his nickname Shiplu. He appeared for Khulna Division in 2005/06 and 2006/07 and took a fine 5 for 69 against Dhaka Division. He made his first Test appearance in May 2010 during Bangladesh's tour of England. Robiul was not able to take a wicket in the match, which was won by England, and he was not selected for the next Test.

Is a Brazilian football player, currently under contract with A-League expansion club, Gold Coast Un

Is a Brazilian football player, currently under contract with A-League expansion club, Gold Coast United.Robson was spotted playing for a match arranged for scouts in Rio de Janiero. He scored on his Hyundai A-League debut for Gold Coast United against Br

Is a Brazilian amateur boxer who fought at the Olympics 2008 at featherweight.At the first qualifier

Is a Brazilian amateur boxer who fought at the Olympics 2008 at featherweight.At the first qualifier he lost the all-important semi to Idel Torriente 6:18 but had it all his way at the second tournament with wins over Venezuelan Angel Rodriguez, Canadian Arash Usmanee, Abner Cotto 24:6 and Roberto Navarro in the final.

Is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played for Trabzonspor and Elazigspor in the Turk

Is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played for Trabzonspor and Elazigspor in the Turkish Super Lig.

A Brazilian footballer playing for Manchester City[3] and the Brazilian national team.In 2002, at th

A Brazilian footballer playing for Manchester City[3] and the Brazilian national team.In 2002, at the age of eighteen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos, making 24 appearances in his debut season and scoring nine goals as Santos won the 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro. He enjoyed his best attacking season in 2004. He reached the final of Libertadores Cup with Santos, but lost the final against Boca Juniors.

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Doxa Drama F.C..

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Doxa Drama F.C..

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds. Although Ponte is born in B

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds. Although Ponte is born in Brazil, he also holds Italian nationality. He is an all-around midfielder, and takes both penalty kicks and corners for the Reds.

Is a Brazilian football player, he currently plays for CS Maritimo.Robson started playing lower leag

Is a Brazilian football player, he currently plays for CS Maritimo.Robson started playing lower league football in early years. In June 2005, he signed a 6-month contract with Mogi Mirim of Série C, then joined Itabaiana of League of Sergipe state.

Is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Pro Patria. Toledo started his career at Camp

Is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Pro Patria. Toledo started his career at Campinas, São Paulo state. He was signed by Perugia, at that time in Serie A. He was farmed to Lugano of Swiss Super League. He then transferred to Rieti of S

Is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. Abedi was signed 4-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv[2], but a

Is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. Abedi was signed 4-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv[2], but after only half a season was loaned to other clubs in his native Brazil.

A former Israeli international footballer, and captain of Hapoel Haifa.Because of his terrific play

A former Israeli international footballer, and captain of Hapoel Haifa.Because of his terrific play he was promoted to the senior side where he played an entire decade and won two National Cups. Young was the first captain of the Israeli national team that came from Haifa. He also played for the only Israeli National Soccer Team to qualify for the World Cup (held in Mexico City in 1970), and he participated as a member of the Israeli soccer team in the 1968 Olympic Games.

Was an Australian tennis player. She and Margaret Court won the Australian Championships doubles in

Was an Australian tennis player. She and Margaret Court won the Australian Championships doubles in 1962 and 1963 and the U.S. Championships doubles in 1963. In the same year in the French Championships, they were defeated in the final by Renee Schuurman

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finishe

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and S

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa.

Is an American soccer player. She is a goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Profe

Is an American soccer player. She is a goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer.

A Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Suzanne Gaudet.MacPhee played both second and third

A Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Suzanne Gaudet.MacPhee played both second and third for Gaudet during their junior careers. In 2001, playing second for the team, she won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships and a gold at the World Ju

Is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Sydney Uni Flames. A three-

Is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Sydney Uni Flames. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National W

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was also a member of the squad that won the bronze meda

Is a American indoor volleyball player. She is a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2

Is a American indoor volleyball player. She is a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and also played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer who won the silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 19

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer who won the silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Is a Cuban-American R&B and pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Born in Jer

Is a Cuban-American R&B and pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Milian moved to Los Angeles when she was thirteen years old, desiring to be an actress.[2] Milian's debut album, Christina Milian, spawned the singles "AM to PM" and "When You Look at Me". Both singles peaked in the top three on the UK Singles Chart, but the album itself did not sell many copies.Milian's second studio album, It's About Time, was not a commercial success,[3][4] but received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Contemporary R&B Album" in 2005.