Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.

Was a German wrestler, Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling, Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Rom

Was a German wrestler, Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling, Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, winner of a total of five Olympic medals, World Champion in freestyle wrestling, and European Champion.

Is a French footballer currently playing for Woking. He was previously contracted to French club AS

Is a French footballer currently playing for Woking. He was previously contracted to French club AS Nancy, but only appeared for their B team. After scoring a hat-trick for Yeovil Town reserves he was handed his senior debut when he came on as a substitute at Brighton in a 2-1 win

Is a German former footballer and coach who was part of East Germany's gold medal-winning team at th

Is a German former footballer and coach who was part of East Germany's gold medal-winning team at the 1976 Olympics.

A former German football player and manager, known for achieving his career despite being visually i

A former German football player and manager, known for achieving his career despite being visually impaired after a pupil-tumor had caused him to lose his sight in his right eye as a child.At first a striker, Hannes was a defender in his professional career for Borussia Mönchengladbach, he joined the club during the Bundesliga Championship and UEFA cup winning season of 1975. He was a fans favourite and a crucial player, he went on to collect two more German Bundesliga titles in 1976 & 1977 and the UEFA Cup in 1979. In his years with the club he also helped them to European Cup runners-up in 1977,

Is a German swimmer. Born in East Berlin, East Germany, he competed for East Germany in the 1972 Sum

Is a German swimmer. Born in East Berlin, East Germany, he competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and again in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is the divorced husband of two-time silver Olympic swimmer Gabriele Wetzko, who also competed for Ea

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 München.

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 München.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Tours. He played fo

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Tours. He played for the main squad of FC Girondins de Bordeaux on December 19, 2007 in a final group stage game of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup against Panionios F.C., coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute and scoring a winning goal on the 87th minute.

Is a former Belgium road racing cyclist, known best as a sprinter. Nelissen had to stop his promisin

Is a former Belgium road racing cyclist, known best as a sprinter. Nelissen had to stop his promising career in 1998 because of a knee injury that he got in 1996 after falling down during Ghent-Wevelgem.

Is a French footballer who is playing for Bulgarian side PFC Litex Lovech as a forward.

Is a French footballer who is playing for Bulgarian side PFC Litex Lovech as a forward.

Was a German chess master, an elder brother of Louis Paulsen.He tied for 3rd-5th at Düsseldorf 1862

Was a German chess master, an elder brother of Louis Paulsen.He tied for 3rd-5th at Düsseldorf 1862 (2nd Western German Congress, Kongresse des Westdeutschen Schachbundes (WDSB), Max Lange won); took 2nd, behind Lange, at Düsseldorf 1863 (3rd WDSB–Congres

Was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. Puis was in the matc

Was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. Puis was in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers.

Is a Burkinabé footballer, currently playing for Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds, on loan from 1.

Is a Burkinabé footballer, currently playing for Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds, on loan from 1. FC Köln.

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won t

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals at London in 1952, earning them in the C-2 1000 m and C-2 10000 m events.

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montre

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he finished fifth in the C-1 500 m event and seventh in the C-1 1000 m event.

Is a Togolese international footballer who plays professionally as a defender for French side FC Gue

Is a Togolese international footballer who plays professionally as a defender for French side FC Gueugnon. Tekovi began his career by SCO Angers before moving in 2004 to join English side Peterborough United. Tekovi made his international debut in Novembe

Was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned hi

Was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.

Was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe three times, first in 1966 while at An

Was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe three times, first in 1966 while at Antwerp then in 1969 and in 1970 while at Standard Liège.

Is a German Olympic fencer. He represented the Unified Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics i

Is a German Olympic fencer. He represented the Unified Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the individual and team sabre events.

Is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won a silver in the C-2 event at

Is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won a silver in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Was an Austrian Nordic combined skier and ski jumper who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 196

Was an Austrian Nordic combined skier and ski jumper who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. Egger also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 12th in the individual large hill event at Innsbruck in 1964.

Is a former boxer. Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain.

Is a former boxer. Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain.

Was a Romanian field handball player of German origin who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Heide

Was a Romanian field handball player of German origin who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Heidel was part of the Romanian field handball team, which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all three matches.

Was a Romanian field handball player of German origin who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He wa

Was a Romanian field handball player of German origin who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Romanian field handball team, which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all three matches.

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal as member

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxless fours competition.