Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

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 Mordovia Saransk.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is currently an assistant manager w

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is currently an assistant manager with FC Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany.

Is a Russian footballer of Tatar origin currently playing for FC Kuban Krasnodar.

Is a Russian footballer of Tatar origin currently playing for FC Kuban Krasnodar.

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 Gubkin.

Was a Russian professional footballer. Bulatov made his professional debut in the Soviet Second Leag

Was a Russian professional footballer. Bulatov made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1991 for FC Rubin Kazan. He worked as Head Coach of Torpedo S.D.Y.U.S.S.H.O.R. Kaluga between his Death.

Is a former Indian first class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and made his first class deb

Is a former Indian first class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and made his first class debut in the 1941/42 Bombay Pentangular Tournament, playing for the Parsees cricket team. Later in the season he represented Bombay in the Ranji Trophy. Coope

Modi started his first class career with a century on debut at the age of 17 in a Bombay Pentangular

Modi started his first class career with a century on debut at the age of 17 in a Bombay Pentangular match. In Ranji Trophy between 1943/44 and 1944/45, he scored five hundreds in successive innings for Bombay, seven in successive matches. The sequence read 168 v Maharashtra, 128 v Western India both in 1943/44, 160 v Sind, 210 v Western India, 245* & 31 v Baroda, 113 v Northern India and 98 & 151 v Holkar all in 1944/45. His aggregate of 1008 in only five Ranji matches in 1944/45 was a record which stood for over forty years. He made 1375 runs in all first class matches. Modi was only 20 at the time.

Is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. He was born on May 14, 1964, in Kenmore, New York; and grew up

Is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. He was born on May 14, 1964, in Kenmore, New York; and grew up in Georgia and Boulder, Colorado. He is now living in Phoenix, Arizona. Rusty started bodybuilding at 12 and competed as early as at the age of 14. He won

Is a Canadian lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League with the Buffalo Bandits.

Is a Canadian lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League with the Buffalo Bandits.

Is an American multi-sport athlete who played basketball, baseball, and football at Wake Forest Univ

Is an American multi-sport athlete who played basketball, baseball, and football at Wake Forest University. He later played for the Chicago Bulls team that won the 1998 National Basketball Association Championship. He stands 6’3” and weighs 185 pounds.

Is a short track speed skater from the United States who won bronze in the 500m at the 2002 Winter O

Is a short track speed skater from the United States who won bronze in the 500m at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and another bronze in the 5000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second Le

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola.

Is a Lithuanian figure skater. She is coached by Povilas Vanagas's mother.

Is a Lithuanian figure skater. She is coached by Povilas Vanagas's mother.

A Swedish football player, Falkenberg. He started his career in local club IF Böljan. He joined All

A Swedish football player, Falkenberg. He started his career in local club IF Böljan. He joined Allsvenskan club Halmstads BK in 1972, with whom he played until 1981. Backe played 207 matches in the top league, scoring 77 goals. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer with 21 goals, when the club won its first ever Swedish championship in 1976. Backe played 8 matches with the national team, scoring two goals. He trained Falkenbergs FF in the 1990s.

Is a Dutch athlete competing in shot put and discus throw, the first athlete to win medals at World

Is a Dutch athlete competing in shot put and discus throw, the first athlete to win medals at World Championships in both events. At the 2000 World Junior Championships he won medals in both events, and he competed in both events at the 2004 Olympics.

Is a Dutch sailor.[1]Van Schaardenburg sails in the laser class and took part in the Breitling Regat

Is a Dutch sailor.[1]Van Schaardenburg sails in the laser class and took part in the Breitling Regatta of 2007 in Medemblik where he finished in 9th position. At the 2008 World Championship in Terrigal he reached the 33rd place.[1] Later that year at the European Championship in Nieuwpoort he finished in 8th position and because there were three British competitors in front of him he finished at the 6th position in the cleaned up rankings. Due to this result he qualified himself for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1]

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for NEC Nijmegen. Worm is a forward who was born in Nijmegen

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for NEC Nijmegen. Worm is a forward who was born in Nijmegen and made his debut in professional football, being part of the NEC Nijmegen squad in the 2004-05 season.He was sent off in his club's opening game of the 2008-09 season. He was already booked for a dive, and received his second yellow card when he took his shirt off after scoring a goal.

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide Unit

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide United.

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She finshed fifth in the K-4 500 m ev

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She finshed fifth in the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Was a competitor in the gymnastics competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Was a competitor in the gymnastics competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired female volleyball player from Germany, who competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer

Is a retired female volleyball player from Germany, who competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. There she ended up in sixth place with the national squad after a loss (0-3) in the last classification match (5th

Is a Norwegian weightlifter competing in the Women's 58 kg and 63 kg categories. In the 58 kg catego

Is a Norwegian weightlifter competing in the Women's 58 kg and 63 kg categories. In the 58 kg category, she competed at the 2005, 2006, and 2007 World Weightlifting Championships, ranking 12th, 14th, and 8th, lifting a total of 185 kg, 191 kg, and 209 kg.

Is a Canadian freestyle and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 she

Is a Canadian freestyle and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 she was a member of the Canadian relay team which finished fourth in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event. She also participated in the 400 metre freestyle

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.