4-syllable Athletes that contain O

List of 4-syllable Athletes that contain O

1

Andrea Pirlo

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

2

Bobby Charlton

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

3

Dan Marino

American football quarterback who set numerous NFL passing records in the 1980s and 1990s during 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins.

4

Dick Fosbury

American high jumper who won the 1968 Olympic gold and pioneered the back-first jumping technique now used by virtually all elite jumpers.

5

Eusebio

Mozambican-born Portuguese forward who won the 1965 Ballon d'Or and finished as top scorer at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

6

George Best

Northern Irish forward and 1968 Ballon d'Or winner regarded as one of the greatest dribblers in football history.

7

Hugo Sanchez

Mexican football striker and Real Madrid club legend who won five consecutive Pichichi awards as La Liga's top scorer in the late 1980s.

8

Ian Thorpe

Australian swimmer who won five Olympic gold medals and set world records in freestyle events from 200m to 800m.

9

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in sprints and the long jump.

10

Jonah Lomu

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

11

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.

12

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.

13

Kostya Tszyu

Russian-Australian boxer and former undisputed light welterweight world champion known for accurate, heavy punching across a 14-year professional career.

14

Lennox Lewis

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

15

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.

16

Magic Johnson

American basketball point guard who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and led the Showtime era of the 1980s.

17

Michael Johnson

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

18

Michael Jordan

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

19

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.

20

Quincy Promes

Dutch football winger and attacking forward known for his time at Ajax, Sevilla, and Spartak Moscow, and over 50 caps for the Netherlands.

21

Quinton de Kock

South African wicket-keeper batter known for explosive top-order white-ball batting and over 6000 ODI runs across his career.

22

Quinton Jackson

American mixed martial artist known as "Rampage," former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Pride Fighting Championships fixture.

23

Ronaldinho

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

24

Sebastian Coe

British middle-distance runner who won two Olympic 1500m gold medals and set world records across 800m to the mile.

25

Sebastien Loeb

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

26

Shaquille O'Neal

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

27

Tony Romo

American football quarterback who set Dallas Cowboys franchise records for passing yards and touchdowns during a 14-season NFL career.

28

Ugo Humbert

French tennis player who reached the world top 15 in singles and won multiple ATP titles in the early 2020s.

29

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.

30

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.

31

Wilma Rudolph

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