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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kjetil André Aamodt
Skier
2-Sep-1971   Alpine skier, 8 Olympic medals
Tenley Albright
Figure Skating
18-Jul-1935   Olympic figure skater, Gold Medal in 1956
Evelyn Ashford
Track and Field
15-Apr-1957   Olympic sprinter, 4 Gold Medals
Filbert Bayi
Track and Field
23-Jun-1953   1500m record holder, 1974-79
Bruce Bennett
Actor
19-May-1906 24-Feb-2007 Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials
Matt Biondi
Swimmer
8-Oct-1965   Competitive swimmer, 10 Olympic medals
Ralph Boston
Track and Field
9-May-1939   First long jumper to exceed 27 feet
Riddick Bowe
Boxing
10-Aug-1967   Twice World Heavyweight Champion
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Track and Field
6-Jul-1960   Olympic runner, 3 Gold Medals in 1984
Sergi Bruguera
Tennis
16-Jan-1971   Winner, 1993 and 1994 French Open
Milt Campbell
Track and Field
9-Dec-1933   Olympic decathlete
Chris Chelios
Hockey
25-Jan-1962   Detroit Red Wings
Sebastian Coe
Track and Field
29-Sep-1956   Won 4 Olympic running medals
Doug Collins
Basketball
28-Jul-1951   Head Coach, Philadelphia 76ers
Nadia Comaneci
Gymnastics
12-Nov-1961   Olympic gymnast
Ann Curtis
Swimmer
6-Mar-1926 26-Jun-2012 Olympic swimmer
Bjørn Daehlie
Skier
19-Jun-1967   Cross country skier, 12 Olympic Medals
Klaus Dibiasi
Diver
6-Oct-1947   Platform diver, 3 Olympic Gold Medals
Kornelia Ender
Swimmer
25-Oct-1958   Four Olympic Gold Medals in 1976
Stein Eriksen
Skier
11-Dec-1927   Norwegian Alpine skier
Janet Evans
Swimmer
28-Aug-1971   Olympic distance swimmer
Sergei Fedorov
Hockey
13-Dec-1969   Columbus Blue Jackets
Dawn Fraser
Swimmer
4-Sep-1937   Olympic gold medal swimmer
Cathy Freeman
Track and Field
16-Feb-1973   Olympic 400m gold medalist
Shane Gould
Swimmer
23-Nov-1956   Swimmer, 5 Olympic Medals in 1972
Steffi Graf
Tennis
14-Jun-1969   Winner of 22 Grand Slam titles
Maurice Greene
Track and Field
23-Jul-1974   Olympic sprinter, four medals
Grant Hackett
Swimmer
9-May-1980   Australian distance swimmer
Mia Hamm
Soccer
17-Mar-1972   Top US women's soccer player
Carol Heiss
Figure Skating
20-Jan-1940   Figure skater, Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics
Ingemar Johansson
Boxing
22-Sep-1932 30-Jan-2009 World Heavyweight Champion, 1959-60
Thomas Johansson
Tennis
24-Mar-1975   Winner, 2002 Australian Open
Shawn Johnson
Gymnastics
19-Jan-1992   Four Olympic gold medals in 2008
Florence Griffith Joyner
Track and Field
21-Dec-1959 21-Sep-1998 Olympic sprinter
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track and Field
3-Mar-1962   Track and Field medalist
Paul Kariya
Hockey
16-Oct-1974   St. Louis Blues
Nancy Kerrigan
Victim
13-Oct-1969   Figure skater hit by baton
Tommy Kono
Sports Figure
27-Jun-1930   Weightlifter
Olga Korbut
Gymnastics
16-May-1955   Olympic gymnast
Johann Olav Koss
Speed Skating
29-Oct-1968   Norwegian speed skater
Michelle Kwan
Figure Skating
7-Jul-1980   Olympic figure skater
Larissa Latynina
Gymnastics
27-Dec-1934   Soviet gymnast, 18 Olympic medals
Brian Leetch
Hockey
3-Mar-1968   Two-Time Norris Trophy winner
Carl Lewis
Track and Field
1-Jul-1961   Olympian
Lennox Lewis
Boxing
2-Sep-1965   Retired heavyweight champ
Nancy Lieberman
Basketball
1-Jul-1958   WNBA Hall of Famer
Nastia Liukin
Gymnastics
30-Oct-1989   Five medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics
Ryan Lochte
Swimmer
3-Aug-1984   Olympic swimmer
Jeannie Longo
Cyclist
31-Oct-1958   Preeminent French cyclist
Greg Louganis
Diver
29-Jan-1960   Olympic diver, four gold medals
Phil Mahre
Skier
10-May-1957   American Alpine skier
Hermann Maier
Skier
7-Dec-1972   Alpine skier, four-time medalist
Laure Manaudou
Swimmer
9-Oct-1986   French freestyle swimmer
Ollie Matson
Football
1-May-1930 19-Feb-2011 NFL Hall of Famer
Roland Matthes
Swimmer
17-Nov-1950   East German swimmer
Amelie Mauresmo
Tennis
5-Jul-1979   Franco-lesbian tennis player
Mark McGwire
Baseball
1-Oct-1963   583 home runs
Ann Meyers
Basketball
26-Mar-1955   General Manager, Phoenix Mercury
Bode Miller
Skier
12-Oct-1977   Four-time world ski champion
Shannon Miller
Gymnastics
10-Mar-1977   Olympic gymnast
John Naber
Swimmer
20-Jan-1956   Four Olympic Gold Medals in 1976
Philip Noel-Baker
Politician
1-Nov-1889 8-Oct-1982 Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN
Matti Nykänen
Skier
17-Jul-1963   Olympic ski jumper
Parry O'Brien
Track and Field
28-Jan-1932 21-Apr-2007 Revolutionized the shot put
Apolo Anton Ohno
Speed Skating
22-May-1982   Olympic skater, Dancing with the Stars
Nat Pendleton
Actor
9-Aug-1895 12-Oct-1967 At the Circus
Michael Phelps
Swimmer
30-Jun-1985   Swimmer, won 8 gold medals at Beijing
Cathy Rigby
Gymnastics
12-Dec-1952   Gymnast, Olympics silver medalist
Jim Ryun
Politician
29-Apr-1947   Congressman, Kansas 2nd
Gabriela Sabatini
Tennis
16-May-1970   Winner of 1990 US Open
Summer Sanders
TV Personality
13-Oct-1972   NBA Inside Stuff
Frank Shorter
Track and Field
31-Oct-1947   Marathon runner
Mark Spitz
Swimmer
10-Feb-1950   Olympic swimmer
Picabo Street
Skier
3-Apr-1971   Alpine skier
Ian Thorpe
Swimmer
13-Oct-1982   Exceptional Australian swimmer
Alberto Tomba
Skier
19-Dec-1966   Italian Alpine skier, 3 gold medals
Dara Torres
Swimmer
15-Apr-1967   Swimmer, won medals in 5 Olympics
Wyomia Tyus
Track and Field
29-Aug-1945   Olympic sprinter
Babe Zaharias
Golf
26-Jun-1914 27-Sep-1956 Best female athlete of all time


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