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Adam Peaty
British swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals and set world records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke.
Looking for 9-letter athletes? Here are 21 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 9-letter Athletes
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Bjorn Borg
Swedish tennis player who won 11 Grand Slam singles titles before retiring at age 26 in 1983.
3
Carl Lewis
American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals across four Games in sprints and the long jump.
4
Dan Marino
American football quarterback who set numerous NFL passing records in the 1980s and 1990s during 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins.
5
Garrincha
Brazilian winger who won two FIFA World Cups and was known for dribbling skill despite a leg deformity from birth.
6
Hank Aaron
American Major League Baseball outfielder who broke the all-time career home-run record in 1974 and held it for over three decades.
7
Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer who won five Olympic gold medals and set world records in freestyle events from 200m to 800m.
8
Imran Khan
Pakistani fast bowler and all-rounder who captained Pakistan to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1992.
9
Jonah Lomu
New Zealand rugby winger whose breakthrough at the 1995 Rugby World Cup transformed the international profile of rugby union.
10
Judd Trump
English professional snooker player and former world champion, known for attacking long-pot play and a 2019 World Championship victory.
11
Larry Bird
American basketball forward who won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1980s.
12
Mark Spitz
American swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a record that stood until 2008.
13
Mike Tyson
American boxer who became the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion in history at age 20 in 1986.
14
Nick Faldo
English golfer and six-time major champion, dominant in the late 1980s and early 1990s with a methodical short game and remodeled swing.
15
Shawn Kemp
American basketball power forward and six-time NBA All-Star known for athletic dunks during his time with the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1990s.
16
Tim Duncan
American basketball power forward who won five NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs across nearly two decades.
17
Toto Wolff
Austrian Formula 1 executive and former driver who led Mercedes to eight consecutive Constructors' Championships from 2014 to 2021.
18
Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter who set world records in the 100 metres and 200 metres and won eight Olympic gold medals.
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Uwe Seeler
German football striker and Hamburger SV club legend who captained West Germany at four FIFA World Cups in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Wahab Riaz
Pakistani fast bowler known for hostile left-arm pace, particularly remembered for a 2015 Cricket World Cup spell against Australia.
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Yu Darvish
Japanese-Iranian pitcher who set Nippon Professional Baseball strikeout records before joining MLB, where he became a multi-time All-Star.
About 9-letter athletes
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