Sportspeople

Sportspeople

Sportsperson is a person who is trained to compete in a sport involving tests of strength, speed or endurance.

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Sportspeople

American track-and-field athlete, who set a world record in the running broad jump (also called long jump) that stood for 25 years and who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. ...

Arnold Palmer

People; Sportspeople

Professional American golfer, the first to win the Masters Tournament (Augusta, Ga.) four times and the first to earn $1 million in tournament prize money. During his professional career (1954–75) he ...

Pelé

People; Sportspeople

Football (soccer) player, in his time probably the most famous and possibly the best-paid athlete in the world. He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World Cup championships ...

Steven Geoffrey Redgrave

People; Sportspeople

Steve Redgrave is widely regarded as one of the greatest rowers of all time as well one of the most decorated British Olympians.In Atlanta, Ga., on July 27, 1996, he joined an exclusive club; he had ...

Jackie Robinson

People; Sportspeople

The first black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the decades-old colour bar of Major League Baseball when he appeared ...

Sugar Ray Robinson

People; Sportspeople

American professional boxer, six times a world champion: once as a welterweight (147 pounds), from 1946 to 1951, and five times as a middleweight (160 pounds), between 1951 and 1960. He is considered ...

Adolph Rupp

People; Sportspeople

American collegiate basketball coach at the University of Kentucky (1930–72). He retired as the most successful coach in collegiate basketball, with 876 wins (surpassed in 1997 by Dean Smith). Rupp's ...