Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a male Chinese water polo player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a male Chinese water polo player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese GM chess player. He is currently the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou

Is a Chinese GM chess player. He is currently the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua.

Is a Chinese ice dancer. She competes with Wang Chen. They are the 2006 Chinese national champions.

Is a Chinese ice dancer. She competes with Wang Chen. They are the 2006 Chinese national champions.

Is a retired Chinese discus thrower.

Is a retired Chinese discus thrower.

Is a Chinese male tennis player. He competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's sing

Is a Chinese male tennis player. He competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's singles and in men's doubles with partner Zeng Shao-Xuan.

Is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.77 metres, achieved at the 1998 Asian

Is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.77 metres, achieved at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.

Is a male Chinese weightlifter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a male Chinese weightlifter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Chinese football player who competed for the national team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Chinese football player who competed for the national team in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her position is that of defender.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a defender for Shenzhen Ruby in the Chinese Supe

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a defender for Shenzhen Ruby in the Chinese Super League. Yuan Lin started his career at Guangzhou Apollo youth team at the age of 12, however he was unable to graduate into the senior team at the end of the 1996 league season.

Is a professional tennis player from the People's Republic of China.

Is a professional tennis player from the People's Republic of China.

Is an athlete from the Republic of China. She competes in archery.Yuan represented the Republic of C

Is an athlete from the Republic of China. She competes in archery.Yuan represented the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 6th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 658. In the first round of elimination, she faced 59th-ranked Kateryna Palekha of Ukraine. Yuan defeated Palekha 162-158 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 27th-ranked Polish archer Malgorzata Sobieraj, defeating her 158-149. Yuan then defeated 43rd-ranked Reena Kumari of India 166-148, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Is a Chinese football defender, who plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. He was al

Is a Chinese football defender, who plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. He was also part of the squad that played for the Chinese Under-23 football team that took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He started his professional career in 2003 playing as understudy to Wang Chao for the left-back position making numerous appearances off the bench as his replacement. He made his senior debut for the national team in a friendly against the Jordan national football team in 2007, which China won 2-0.

Is a Chinese short track speed skater.

Is a Chinese short track speed skater.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Oita Trinita.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Oita Trinita.

Is a Cuban Light-Welterweight Boxer best known for winning Olympic Silver 2004. Some sources write t

Is a Cuban Light-Welterweight Boxer best known for winning Olympic Silver 2004. Some sources write the family name Jhonson.

Is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning Olympic Light-Welterweight

Is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur. Some sources write the family name Jhonson.

Is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal

Is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, partnering Iris Santos.

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #3 jersey.

Is a Dominican Republican female weightlifter.

Is a Dominican Republican female weightlifter.

Is a Japanese professional golfer.Igarashi was born in Saitama Prefecture. He currently plays on the

Is a Japanese professional golfer.Igarashi was born in Saitama Prefecture. He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won once in 2009 at the UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai.

A former Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.

A former Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.

Is a South Korean former 2-time WBA light flyweight boxing champion. He, together with Jung-Koo Chan

Is a South Korean former 2-time WBA light flyweight boxing champion. He, together with Jung-Koo Chang, were considered as the best boxers South Korea has ever produced. Yuh made 17 successful title defenses during his first reign, the record for the 108-p