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Adam Peaty
British swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals and set world records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke.
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List of Athletes That Contain A
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Allyson Felix
American sprinter who won 11 Olympic medals, the most by any track and field athlete in Olympic history.
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Andre Agassi
American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles titles and a career Grand Slam, plus Olympic gold in 1996.
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Andrea Pirlo
Italian deep-lying midfielder who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup and two UEFA Champions League titles with AC Milan.
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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.
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Billie Jean King
American tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and led advocacy for equal prize money in women's tennis.
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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.
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Caeleb Dressel
American swimmer who won seven Olympic gold medals and holds world records in the 100m butterfly and 100m individual medley.
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Cafu
Brazilian football fullback and only player to appear in three FIFA World Cup finals, captaining Brazil to the 2002 title.
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Carl Lewis
American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals across four Games in sprints and the long jump.
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese football forward and five-time Ballon d'Or winner known for prolific goalscoring across top European leagues and international football.
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Dan Marino
American football quarterback who set numerous NFL passing records in the 1980s and 1990s during 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins.
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David Beckham
English football midfielder known for accurate long passing and free kicks, with league titles in four different countries.
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Didier Drogba
Ivorian football striker and Chelsea club legend, known for powerful hold-up play and big-match goals including the decisive 2012 Champions League header.
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Diego Maradona
Argentine attacking midfielder who captained his country to the 1986 FIFA World Cup and is considered one of the greatest footballers ever.
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Dwight Howard
American basketball center and three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 2020 NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Erling Haaland
Norwegian striker known for prolific goalscoring in the Bundesliga and Premier League, including a record-breaking Premier League debut season.
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Evander Holyfield
American boxer and four-time world heavyweight champion, the only boxer to win the undisputed heavyweight title four times.
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Felix Sanchez
Dominican-American track athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 400m hurdles, the first Dominican Republic Olympic gold medalist.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.
American boxer who finished his career undefeated at 50-0 across five weight classes.
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Franz Beckenbauer
German defender who won the 1974 FIFA World Cup as captain and the 1990 edition as manager, pioneering the modern attacking sweeper role.
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Gareth Bale
Welsh football winger known for powerful left-footed strikes and five UEFA Champions League titles with Real Madrid.
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Garrincha
Brazilian winger who won two FIFA World Cups and was known for dribbling skill despite a leg deformity from birth.
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Gianluigi Buffon
Italian goalkeeper and 2006 FIFA World Cup winner widely regarded among the greatest in football history, with a record number of Serie A appearances.
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Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopian long-distance runner who won two Olympic gold medals in the 10,000m and set 27 world records.
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Hakeem Olajuwon
Nigerian-American basketball center widely regarded as one of the greatest centers in NBA history, known for his footwork and back-to-back championships with the Houston Rockets.
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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.
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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.
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Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer who won five Olympic gold medals and set world records in freestyle events from 200m to 800m.
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Iker Casillas
Spanish goalkeeper and Real Madrid captain who lifted the 2010 FIFA World Cup as part of Spain's golden generation.
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Imran Khan
Pakistani fast bowler and all-rounder who captained Pakistan to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1992.
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Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistani cricket batter and former captain, the country's all-time leading run-scorer in Test cricket at over 8800 runs.
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Johan Cruyff
Dutch forward and manager who won three Ballon d'Or awards and shaped the philosophy known as Total Football at Ajax and Barcelona.
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Jonah Lomu
New Zealand rugby winger whose breakthrough at the 1995 Rugby World Cup transformed the international profile of rugby union.
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Kaka
Brazilian attacking midfielder who won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2007 Ballon d'Or during his AC Milan years.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American basketball center who won six NBA championships and held the league's all-time scoring record for nearly four decades.
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Karrie Webb
Australian professional golfer and seven-time major champion who completed the LPGA Career Grand Slam at the youngest age in tour history.
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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.
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Katie Ledecky
American swimmer who has won nine Olympic gold medals and holds world records in the 800m, 1500m, and other distance freestyle events.
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Kelly Pavlik
American boxer and former WBC and WBO middleweight world champion, with a fight record built on aggressive pressure boxing.
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Keshav Maharaj
South African left-arm spin bowler and Test team specialist, the first bowler to take a Test hat-trick for South Africa.
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Kevin Trapp
German football goalkeeper with European trophy success at Eintracht Frankfurt and Paris Saint-Germain.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov
Russian mixed martial artist who retired undefeated at 29-0 as UFC lightweight champion.
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Kobe Bryant
American basketball guard who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers across two decades.
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Kostya Tszyu
Russian-Australian boxer and former undisputed light welterweight world champion known for accurate, heavy punching across a 14-year professional career.
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Krzysztof Piatek
Polish football striker known for prolific Serie A goalscoring with Genoa and AC Milan and a 2018 FIFA World Cup appearance with Poland.
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Kylian Mbappe
French forward who won the 2018 FIFA World Cup at age 19 and has been among the world's top scorers across Ligue 1 and La Liga.
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Larry Bird
American basketball forward who won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1980s.
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LeBron James
American basketball forward, four-time NBA champion, and the league's all-time leading scorer.
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Luis Suarez
Uruguayan football striker and three-time league top scorer in three different countries, with international honours including Copa America 2011.
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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.
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Luke Shaw
English football left back known for his Manchester United career and the opening goal of the UEFA Euro 2020 final for England.
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Magic Johnson
American basketball point guard who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and led the Showtime era of the 1980s.
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Manny Pacquiao
Filipino boxer who won world titles across eight weight classes, more than any other fighter in boxing history.
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Mark Cox
English tennis player who reached the top 25 in the world in the late 1960s and reached the semi-finals of three Grand Slam events.
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Mark Spitz
American swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a record that stood until 2008.
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Marta
Brazilian forward and six-time FIFA World Player of the Year, widely regarded as one of the greatest women's footballers in history.
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Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and a record 31 Grand Slam doubles titles.
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Megan Rapinoe
American forward and two-time FIFA World Cup winner who captained the United States women's team in the 2010s.
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Mia Hamm
American forward and two-time FIFA World Cup winner who helped popularize women's football in the United States.
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Michael Johnson
American sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and set world records in the 200m and 400m.
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Michael Jordan
American basketball guard who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player ever.
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Michael Phelps
American swimmer who won 23 Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympic athlete in history.
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Michel Platini
French attacking midfielder and three-time Ballon d'Or winner who led France to the 1984 European Championship.
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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.
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Mithali Raj
Indian cricket batter and former captain, the all-time leading run-scorer in Women's One Day International cricket.
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Muhammad Ali
American boxer and three-time heavyweight world champion widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history.
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Nadia Comaneci
Romanian gymnast who scored the first perfect 10.0 in Olympic gymnastics history at the 1976 Montreal Games.
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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.
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Naomi Osaka
Japanese tennis player and four-time Grand Slam singles champion, the first Asian player to reach world number one in singles.
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Neymar
Brazilian forward and Olympic gold medallist known for dribbling skill and goalscoring across Santos, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, and Al-Hilal.
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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.
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Nikola Jokic
Serbian basketball center, three-time NBA Most Valuable Player and 2023 NBA champion with the Denver Nuggets.
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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.
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Odell Beckham Jr.
American football wide receiver and Pro Bowl selection, remembered for a one-handed catch that became one of the most-replayed moments in NFL history.
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Oksana Baiul
Ukrainian figure skater who won Olympic gold in Lillehammer in 1994 at age 16, the first Olympic champion from independent Ukraine.
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Oksana Chusovitina
Uzbek gymnast and eight-time Olympian, the only gymnast to compete at eight Olympic Games across more than three decades.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Norwegian football striker remembered for his late winner in Manchester United's 1999 Champions League final to complete the historic treble.
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Oscar Robertson
American basketball guard who recorded the first NBA season triple-double average in 1961-62 and won the 1971 NBA championship with Milwaukee.
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Paolo Maldini
Italian defender who spent his entire 25-year senior career at AC Milan and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders in football history.
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Pete Sampras
American tennis player who won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, including seven Wimbledon championships.
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Prithvi Shaw
Indian cricket batter who became the youngest Indian to score a Test century on debut and captained India's 2018 Under-19 World Cup-winning team.
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Qin Kai
Chinese springboard diver and four-time Olympic medalist, twice a synchronized 3m gold medalist for China.
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Quinton Jackson
American mixed martial artist known as "Rampage," former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Pride Fighting Championships fixture.
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Rafael Nadal
Spanish tennis player who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 14 French Open championships.
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Ronaldinho
Brazilian attacking midfielder and forward who won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the Ballon d'Or in 2005 during his Barcelona peak.
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Ronaldo Nazario
Brazilian striker, two-time World Cup winner, and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year, often called "O Fenomeno."
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Saqlain Mushtaq
Pakistani off-spin bowler credited with developing the modern "doosra" delivery, with over 200 Test wickets in his international career.
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Sebastian Coe
British middle-distance runner who won two Olympic 1500m gold medals and set world records across 800m to the mile.
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Sebastien Loeb
French rally driver and nine-time World Rally Championship winner, the most successful driver in WRC history.
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Serena Williams
American tennis player who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
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Sergey Bubka
Ukrainian pole vaulter who won six consecutive World Championships and set 35 world records.
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Shaquille O'Neal
American basketball center who won four NBA championships and was one of the most dominant low-post players in league history.
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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.
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Steffi Graf
German tennis player who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and the only Golden Slam (all four majors plus Olympic gold) in a single calendar year.
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Sugar Ray Robinson
American boxer who held the welterweight world title and five middleweight world titles, often called the greatest boxer pound-for-pound.
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Tim Duncan
American basketball power forward who won five NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs across nearly two decades.
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Tom Brady
American football quarterback who won seven Super Bowls, more than any player in NFL history, across stints with the Patriots and Buccaneers.
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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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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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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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Vince Carter
American basketball wing whose 22-season NBA career was the longest by a single player and who became known for spectacular dunks.
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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.
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Vlade Divac
Serbian basketball center and NBA All-Star, the first international NBA player to record over 13000 career points and 9000 rebounds.
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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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Wayne Gretzky
Canadian ice hockey center widely considered the greatest player in NHL history, holding more than 60 league records when he retired.
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Wayne Rooney
English football forward and Manchester United all-time top scorer who also held the England national team scoring record on his retirement.
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Willie Mays
American baseball center fielder, 24-time MLB All-Star and 1954 World Series winner, regarded as one of the greatest all-around players in baseball history.
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Wilma Rudolph
American sprinter who became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics at the 1960 Rome Games.
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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.
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Xander Schauffele
American golfer and two-time major champion, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in men's individual golf.
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Xavi
Spanish midfielder who won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was central to Barcelona's tiki-taka era under coach Pep Guardiola.
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Xherdan Shaqiri
Swiss football winger with Kosovan roots, known for powerful long-range shooting and a 2017 UEFA Champions League title with Liverpool.
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Yannick Noah
French tennis player who won the 1983 French Open men's singles title, the last French champion at Roland Garros in the men's draw.
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Yao Ming
Chinese basketball center who played eight NBA seasons with the Houston Rockets and helped expand the league's global audience.
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Yelena Isinbayeva
Russian pole vaulter, two-time Olympic gold medalist and the first woman to clear 5 metres in pole vault.
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Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Russian tennis player and former world number one, winner of two Grand Slam singles titles and the 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medal.
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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.
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Yulia Lipnitskaya
Russian figure skater who won team gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at age 15, the youngest Russian to win Winter Olympic gold.
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Zinedine Zidane
French attacking midfielder who won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the Ballon d'Or in 1998, and later coached Real Madrid to three Champions League titles.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Swedish football striker who won league titles in four different countries and is widely regarded as Sweden's greatest footballer.
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Zola Budd
South African long-distance runner who set a women's 5000m world record at age 17 and competed barefoot for Great Britain at the 1984 Olympics.
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