4-syllable Athletes that contain L

List of 4-syllable Athletes that contain L

1

Andrea Pirlo

Italian deep-lying midfielder who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup and two UEFA Champions League titles with AC Milan.

2

Billie Jean King

American tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and led advocacy for equal prize money in women's tennis.

3

Bobby Charlton

English midfielder and 1966 World Cup winner regarded as one of England's greatest footballers and a Manchester United icon.

4

Caeleb Dressel

American swimmer who won seven Olympic gold medals and holds world records in the 100m butterfly and 100m individual medley.

5

Erling Haaland

Norwegian striker known for prolific goalscoring in the Bundesliga and Premier League, including a record-breaking Premier League debut season.

6

Felix Sanchez

Dominican-American track athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 400m hurdles, the first Dominican Republic Olympic gold medalist.

7

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby winger whose breakthrough at the 1995 Rugby World Cup transformed the international profile of rugby union.

8

Joseph Schooling

Singaporean swimmer who won the 100m butterfly gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, defeating Michael Phelps and earning Singapore's first Olympic gold.

9

Karsten Warholm

Norwegian 400m hurdler and Olympic gold medalist who set the men's world record at 45.94 seconds at the 2021 Tokyo Games.

10

Kelly Pavlik

American boxer and former WBC and WBO middleweight world champion, with a fight record built on aggressive pressure boxing.

11

Lennox Lewis

British boxer who became undisputed heavyweight world champion in 1999, the last undisputed champion before the four-belt era.

12

Luis Suarez

Uruguayan football striker and three-time league top scorer in three different countries, with international honours including Copa America 2011.

13

Luka Modric

Croatian football midfielder, 2018 Ballon d'Or winner, and the first non-Argentine or Portuguese to win the award in over a decade.

14

Michael Johnson

American sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and set world records in the 200m and 400m.

15

Michael Jordan

American basketball guard who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player ever.

16

Misbah-ul-Haq

Pakistani cricket batter and former Test captain who led Pakistan to the number-one Test ranking in 2016 and shared the record for the fastest Test fifty.

17

Mithali Raj

Indian cricket batter and former captain, the all-time leading run-scorer in Women's One Day International cricket.

18

Nancy Lopez

American professional golfer and three-time major champion, the LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in the same season.

19

Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 14 French Open championships.

20

Ronaldinho

Brazilian attacking midfielder and forward who won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the Ballon d'Or in 2005 during his Barcelona peak.

21

Saqlain Mushtaq

Pakistani off-spin bowler credited with developing the modern "doosra" delivery, with over 200 Test wickets in his international career.

22

Sebastien Loeb

French rally driver and nine-time World Rally Championship winner, the most successful driver in WRC history.

23

Shaquille O'Neal

American basketball center who won four NBA championships and was one of the most dominant low-post players in league history.

24

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.

25

Uwe Seeler

German football striker and Hamburger SV club legend who captained West Germany at four FIFA World Cups in the 1950s and 1960s.

26

Virat Kohli

Indian cricket batter and former captain, widely regarded as one of the leading run-scorers across all three international formats in his era.

27

Wilma Rudolph

American sprinter who became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics at the 1960 Rome Games.

28

Wilt Chamberlain

American basketball center who scored 100 points in a single NBA game and held many of the league's scoring and rebounding records.

29

Xander Schauffele

American golfer and two-time major champion, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in men's individual golf.