Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former Alpine ski racer from Austria. She won two gold medals at the 1950 World Championships i

Is a former Alpine ski racer from Austria. She won two gold medals at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, winning both the slalom and giant slalom events. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, Rom was silver medalist in the giant slalom.

Is a former Czechoslovak cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1986. Švubová's best indiv

Is a former Czechoslovak cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1986. Švubová's best individual finish was 5th at a 1982 World Cup event in Czechoslovakia.

Is a Polish-born American sabre fencer. Wozniak was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summe

Is a Polish-born American sabre fencer. Wozniak was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's sabre competition. Wozniak immigrated with her parents to the United States from Poland when she was one year old. Wozniak began fenc

Is a Latvian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he

Is a Latvian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he finished seventh in the C-1 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event.

Is an American swimmer. Knutson is a former American record holder in 400-yard individual medley and

Is an American swimmer. Knutson is a former American record holder in 400-yard individual medley and holds several high school national records. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Knuton won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay for her con

Is a former Norwegian footballer.She retired in December 2005 while playing for Klepp. She has also

Is a former Norwegian footballer.She retired in December 2005 while playing for Klepp. She has also played for Boston Breakers, in the WUSA.

Is a Chilean footballer who plays as Right-midfielder for Huachipato in Chile's Primera División ch

Is a Chilean footballer who plays as Right-midfielder for Huachipato in Chile's Primera División chilena.It has been international with the selection of football Chile in its category Sub-20, and has participated in the 2007 South American Youth Championship and also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, played in Canada, where Chile got a creditable third place.

Is a Brazilian professional footballer nicknamed Dagoberto who currently plays as a striker for São

Is a Brazilian professional footballer nicknamed Dagoberto who currently plays as a striker for São Paulo. Born in Dois Vizinhos, he formerly played for Atlético Paranaense.

Is an Salvadoran Footballer who currently plays for C.D. FAS in El Salvador.He began his football ca

Is an Salvadoran Footballer who currently plays for C.D. FAS in El Salvador.He began his football career with the Alianza F.C. in 1999. In 2001 he transferred to C.D. Luís Ángel Firpo where it remained until 2003. That same year he was transferred to C.D. Chalatenango, with whom he played in the Clausura 2004.

Is a retired Ivorian football striker.

Is a retired Ivorian football striker.

Is an Icelandic chess player.He currently holds three International Master norms.

Is an Icelandic chess player.He currently holds three International Master norms.

Is an American professional basketball player, currently playing in the NBA D-League. Originally a s

Is an American professional basketball player, currently playing in the NBA D-League. Originally a student at Rutgers University, Jones transferred to Duke University to play with his boyhood Jersey friend Jay Williams who encouraged him to join him in Durham, North Carolina. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round (20th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft, and his rights were later traded, along with the rights to Troy Bell, to the Grizzlies for the rights to Kendrick Perkins and Marcus Banks. Jones played his first four professional seasons for the Grizzlies, averaging 3.7 points per game.

Former British, Empire & European Flyweight boxing champion, is one of the most successful Welsh box

Former British, Empire & European Flyweight boxing champion, is one of the most successful Welsh boxers of all time. Although his entire boxing career spanned only five years (60 months), 37 action packed fights justly earned Dower his place among the gre

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua. Dai Lin was included as part

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua. Dai Lin was included as part of the squad in the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament, he however did not play in any of the games.

Is a Chinese football player.He was released by Guangzhou F.C. in February,2009.

Is a Chinese football player.He was released by Guangzhou F.C. in February,2009.

Is a Brazilian women's football player. She currently plays as a defender and right winger for Brazi

Is a Brazilian women's football player. She currently plays as a defender and right winger for Brazil's Botucatu FC and the Brazilian National Team.Daiane played for Brazil at the 2002 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.

Is a former backstroke swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.In the e

Is a former backstroke swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.In the early 1980s, he was a budding high school swimmer in his native country, Suzuki, a national champion backstroker looking to further his career at the international level, learned about the submarine dolphin kick Jesse Vassallo, one of the top backstoker in the late 1970s was performing, and realized he could implement the same technique during his race.

A Japanese football player.He made his first cap for Japan national football team in a friendly matc

A Japanese football player.He made his first cap for Japan national football team in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago on 9 August 2006.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata in the J. League Division 1.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata in the J. League Division 1.

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Rera Kamuy Hokkaido of the JBL Super

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Rera Kamuy Hokkaido of the JBL Super League. Yamada also is a long-time member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIB

A Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and the 2001 World Champion in the 250cc class.In spite

A Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and the 2001 World Champion in the 250cc class.In spite of these successes, Kato didn't ride his first full Grand Prix season until 2000, when he started in the 250cc, riding a Honda. He won four races that season (of which two in Japan), and placed third in the championship. In 2001, he dominated the 250cc championship. He won no less than 11 races - a record - and easily won the title.The following season, Kato moved up to the MotoGP class (formerly 500cc) racing for Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) in the Fortuna Fausto Gresini team. Some strong performances on the Honda NSR500 two-stroke bike in the first half of the season including second place at the French GP at Le Mans

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama F. Marinos. He has been capped 1 time fo

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama F. Marinos. He has been capped 1 time for the Japanese national team.

Is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaido, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki, but he held the rank for

Is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaido, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki, but he held the rank for only five tournaments, fewer than any ozeki in the modern era. He won eleven sansho or special prizes during his top division career which lasted from 197

Is a former sumo wrestler from Niitsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in

Is a former sumo wrestler from Niitsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1975, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1980. He was ranked in makuuchi for 64 tournaments, winning four special prizes, and seven gold stars for defea

A Japanese ski jumper who has competed since 2002. He won two bronze medals in the team large hill e

A Japanese ski jumper who has competed since 2002. He won two bronze medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (2007, 2009).Ito competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Pragelato, finishing 18th in the individual normal hill, 42nd in the individual large hill, and sixth in the team large hill event. At the 2004 FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships, he finished 20th in the individual event and 5th in the team event.