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Allyson Felix
American sprinter who won 11 Olympic medals, the most by any track and field athlete in Olympic history.
Below are athletes that contain the letter O anywhere in the name. Each of the 89 athletes below opens to a full profile.
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List of Athletes That Contain O
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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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Bjorn Borg
Swedish tennis player who won 11 Grand Slam singles titles before retiring at age 26 in 1983.
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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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Conor McGregor
Irish mixed martial artist who became the first UFC fighter to hold championship belts in two weight divisions simultaneously.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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Eusebio
Mozambican-born Portuguese forward who won the 1965 Ballon d'Or and finished as top scorer at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
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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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Florence Griffith Joyner
American sprinter who set world records in the 100m and 200m that have stood since the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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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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George Best
Northern Irish forward and 1968 Ballon d'Or winner regarded as one of the greatest dribblers in football history.
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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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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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Ichiro Suzuki
Japanese outfielder who set the MLB single-season hits record in 2004 and amassed over 4000 professional hits across Japan and the United States.
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Jesse Owens
American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in sprints and the long jump.
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Jimmie Foxx
American baseball first baseman who won the 1933 American League Triple Crown and three consecutive MVP awards in the 1930s.
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Joe Louis
American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, the longest unbroken reign in the division's history.
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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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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.
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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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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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LeBron James
American basketball forward, four-time NBA champion, and the league's all-time leading scorer.
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Lennox Lewis
British boxer who became undisputed heavyweight world champion in 1999, the last undisputed champion before the four-belt era.
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Lionel Messi
Argentine football forward widely considered one of the greatest players in the sport's history, with eight Ballon d'Or awards.
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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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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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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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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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Mike Tyson
American boxer who became the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion in history at age 20 in 1986.
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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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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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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.
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Quinton de Kock
South African wicket-keeper batter known for explosive top-order white-ball batting and over 6000 ODI runs across his career.
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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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Rick Fox
Bahamian-Canadian basketball wing who won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in the early 2000s.
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Roger Federer
Swiss tennis player who won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, including eight Wimbledon 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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Roy Jones Jr.
American boxer who won world titles in four weight classes from middleweight to heavyweight.
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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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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.
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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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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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Tiger Woods
American golfer with 15 major championships, second on the all-time list, and a record-tying 82 PGA Tour victories.
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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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Tony Romo
American football quarterback who set Dallas Cowboys franchise records for passing yards and touchdowns during a 14-season NFL career.
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Toto Wolff
Austrian Formula 1 executive and former driver who led Mercedes to eight consecutive Constructors' Championships from 2014 to 2021.
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Ty Cobb
American baseball outfielder who held the all-time MLB career batting average record above .366 and led the American League in batting average a record 12 times.
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Ugo Humbert
French tennis player who reached the world top 15 in singles and won multiple ATP titles in the early 2020s.
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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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Vinicius Junior
Brazilian football winger and Real Madrid forward, known for his pace and dribbling on the left flank and decisive Champions League goals.
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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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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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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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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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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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Zico
Brazilian football attacking midfielder of the 1980s, sometimes called the "White Pele" for his playmaking and free-kick technique at Flamengo.
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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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