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Andres Iniesta
Spanish midfielder who scored the winning goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and won four Champions League titles with Barcelona.
Looking for 13-letter athletes? Here are 19 athletes that fit — each linked to a full profile.
Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
List of 13-letter Athletes
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Bobby Charlton
English midfielder and 1966 World Cup winner regarded as one of England's greatest footballers and a Manchester United icon.
3
Caeleb Dressel
American swimmer who won seven Olympic gold medals and holds world records in the 100m butterfly and 100m individual medley.
4
Conor McGregor
Irish mixed martial artist who became the first UFC fighter to hold championship belts in two weight divisions simultaneously.
5
Diego Maradona
Argentine attacking midfielder who captained his country to the 1986 FIFA World Cup and is considered one of the greatest footballers ever.
6
Eliud Kipchoge
Kenyan long-distance runner who won two Olympic marathon gold medals and was the first to run the marathon distance under two hours.
7
Erling Haaland
Norwegian striker known for prolific goalscoring in the Bundesliga and Premier League, including a record-breaking Premier League debut season.
8
Keshav Maharaj
South African left-arm spin bowler and Test team specialist, the first bowler to take a Test hat-trick for South Africa.
9
Manny Pacquiao
Filipino boxer who won world titles across eight weight classes, more than any other fighter in boxing history.
10
Michael Jordan
American basketball guard who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player ever.
11
Michael Phelps
American swimmer who won 23 Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympic athlete in history.
12
Michel Platini
French attacking midfielder and three-time Ballon d'Or winner who led France to the 1984 European Championship.
13
Nadia Comaneci
Romanian gymnast who scored the first perfect 10.0 in Olympic gymnastics history at the 1976 Montreal Games.
14
Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis player who holds the men's record for Grand Slam singles titles with 24 and most weeks at world No. 1.
15
Quinton de Kock
South African wicket-keeper batter known for explosive top-order white-ball batting and over 6000 ODI runs across his career.
16
Sebastien Loeb
French rally driver and nine-time World Rally Championship winner, the most successful driver in WRC history.
17
Sergei Fedorov
Russian ice hockey center and three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Detroit Red Wings, the first Russian to win the NHL Most Valuable Player award.
18
Ulrich Salchow
Swedish figure skater, the first Olympic figure skating champion in 1908 and ten-time World champion who invented the jump that bears his name.
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Venus Williams
American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Serena.
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