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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.
Below are athletes that contain the letter W anywhere in the name. Each of the 23 athletes below opens to a full profile.
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List of Athletes That Contain W
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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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Floyd Mayweather Jr.
American boxer who finished his career undefeated at 50-0 across five weight classes.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Serena Williams
American tennis player who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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