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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.
If you've been searching for athletes that start with Y, you'll find 6 detailed athletes below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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List of Athletes That Start With Y
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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.
About athletes starting with Y
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