Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a retired German football player. He spent 8 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchenglad

Is a retired German football player. He spent 8 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach and Arminia Bielefeld. He scored 2 goals for Arminia from penalty kicks.

Is a former German football player. he son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus

Is a former German football player. he son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus (* 03. December 1926 · † 1993) appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich and scored 47 goals. Mostly he was used in the

Is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the Men's National Team in the 1990s and the ear

Is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the Men's National Team in the 1990s and the early 2000s. He earned a total number of 203 caps for the national squad.

Is a German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Parten

Is a German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he was listed in the four-man event, but did not compete.

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored eleven goals.

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s.

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s.

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany. Wolfgang Maennig is professor at the d

Is a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany. Wolfgang Maennig is professor at the department of economics of Hamburg University. Beforehand he was professor at E.A.P. Paris-Oxford-Berlin-Madrid. He was a visiting professor at the American University in Dubai as well as the Federal University of Rio, at the Universities Stellenbosch and Istanbul, and at the University of Economics Bratislava. He was also visiting scholar at International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. and at Deutsche Bundesbank.

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer O

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he and his partner Siegfried Brietzke won the gold medal in the coxless pairs event.

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Austria Kärnten in the Austrian Bund

Is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Austria Kärnten in the Austrian Bundesliga.He made his debut for Austria in a February 2005 friendly match against Latvia. He earned 3 caps, no goal scored

Was a German football player. He spent 2 seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig.

Was a German football player. He spent 2 seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig.

A former West German football player. He represented his country three times in World Cup finals, cu

A former West German football player. He represented his country three times in World Cup finals, culminating in 1974 with victory on home soil.A playmaking midfielder, Overath started playing football at SSV Siegburg, but spent the majority of his career at 1. FC Köln, appearing 765 times between 1962 and 1977 and scoring 287 goals. He won the Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln in 1964 and the German Cup in 1968. In total he won 81 caps for the national side between 1963 and 1974, scoring 17 goals. As well as the World Cup victory in 1974, he was at the heart of the West German midfield when they reached the final in 1966 and achieved third place in 1970. Overath scored the only goal in the latter match.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired Austrian biathlete.He has been a part of the Austrian national biathlon team since 1992

Is a retired Austrian biathlete.He has been a part of the Austrian national biathlon team since 1992. He failed to qualify for the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, but his career improved afterwards, firstly with a third place in Holmenkollen, and afterwards

Was a German football player.Peters played most notably for Borussia Dortmund (1954-1963).On the nat

Was a German football player.Peters played most notably for Borussia Dortmund (1954-1963).On the national level he played for Germany national team, and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he was a crew m

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours event.

Is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while pla

Is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title and finished runner-up an additional 3 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No.

A German football manager and former player.Wolfgang Rolff played in 356 Bundesliga matches (47 goal

A German football manager and former player.Wolfgang Rolff played in 356 Bundesliga matches (47 goals) for Hamburger SV, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer 05 Uerdingen, Karlsruher SC and 1. FC Köln. He further took part in 126 2nd Bundesliga matches (23 goals) for OSC Bremerhaven and SC Fortuna Köln, having a spell in France with RC Strasbourg for whom he scored 4 goals in 30 games in Ligue 2.

Is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won

Is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played at club level for THC Mettmann.

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He advanced to the repechages of the K-4

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He advanced to the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but withdrew for reasons not given.

Is an East German former luger who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. He won the gold m

Is an East German former luger who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Scheidel also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold in the men's doubles (1965) and two bronzes in the men's singles (1969, 1970). He won a pair of silver medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1970, 1971).

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Is an Austrian football goalkeeper currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzbur

Is an Austrian football goalkeeper currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German football player.