Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a New Zealand wrestler who represented New Zealand in graeco-roman wrestling in the 63 kg class

Is a New Zealand wrestler who represented New Zealand in graeco-roman wrestling in the 63 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics; see Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

A retired Iranian football player and now manager. He is currently Head-Coach of Shahrdari Bandar Ab

A retired Iranian football player and now manager. He is currently Head-Coach of Shahrdari Bandar Abbas in the Azadegan League.

An Iranian football player, currently playing for Emirates in the United Arab Emirates. He is a memb

An Iranian football player, currently playing for Emirates in the United Arab Emirates. He is a member of the Iranian national team, playing in the forward position.He began his professional football career, playing for his hometown club, Teraktor Sazi F.C., following footsteps of his brother, Hossein Khatibi. He was able to impress, and after scoring many goals for his club, he was transferred to Pas Tehran. He continued to play well, giving himself a chance to join Hamburg in Bundesliga along with fellow Iranian internationals Mehdi Mahdavikia and Vahid Hashemian.While playing in Hamburg, he only had a couple of appearances, and was not able to make good use of his chances. He soon returned to Iran, back to his old club, Pas. He then briefly played for Esteghlal in the Asian Champions League before signing for Sepahan.

Is the current coach of the Stormers rugby franchise in South Africa. Erasmus played mainly as a fla

Is the current coach of the Stormers rugby franchise in South Africa. Erasmus played mainly as a flanker for the Springboks at international level, for the Free State Cheetahs and the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup, and for the Cats in the Super 12. He served as captain of the Cats, leading them to the 2000 Super 12 semifinals, and also captained the Springboks once.

Is a Slovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. Kužel also competed in the K-1 1000 m ev

Is a Slovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. Kužel also competed in the K-1 1000 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but was eliminated in the semifinals.

Is a Slovakian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for Severstal Cherepovets

Is a Slovakian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for Severstal Cherepovets of the Kontinental Hockey League. Stana was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, 193rd overall in the 7th round. After being dr

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Angusht Nazran.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Dagdizel Kaspiysk.

Is an Iranian wrestler who has won a Bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in th

Is an Iranian wrestler who has won a Bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is also the 1994 and 1995 world champion and the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Asian champion. He was trained by his fat

Is a professional boxer and a former WBO bantamweight champion. He is the younger brother of Ratanap

Is a professional boxer and a former WBO bantamweight champion. He is the younger brother of Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, a former IBF strawweight champion. After winning 6 consecutive matches, he fought Ruangroj Kiatkriangkrai for the Thai light flyweight cham

A professional boxer. He is the older brother of former WBO Bantamweight champion Ratanachai Sor Vor

A professional boxer. He is the older brother of former WBO Bantamweight champion Ratanachai Sor Vorapin.Sor Vorapin turned pro in 1990 and on December 10, 1992, in Bangkok, Thailand, scored a 12 round split decision victory over Manny Melchor to win the IBF Minimumweight Title. He would defend that title 20 times over the next 5 years until December 27, 1997, when he suffered a 5th round TKO loss to Zolani Pethelo of South Africa.He had two unsuccessful attempts at the IBF Light Flyweight Title, first dropping a unanimous decision to Will Grigsby on December 18, 1998. And then on December 2, 2000, he suffered a 3rd round TKO loss to Mexican legend, Ricardo "Finito" Lopez in Las Vegas.

Is a football striker from Georgia, who plays for Gyori ETO FC.His club career started in Dinamo Tbi

Is a football striker from Georgia, who plays for Gyori ETO FC.His club career started in Dinamo Tbilisi in the 1996/97 season. His goalscoring abilities helped them win the league titles in 1997, 1998, 1999 as well as the 1997 cup. During his Dinamo career Aleksidze scored 33 goals in 71 appearances, and especially the 12 goals in 14 games in the 1999/00 season attracted the interest of bigger European clubs.

Was a Serbian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 FIFA World Cu

Was a Serbian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Is a Serbian football (soccer) head coach.He signed a contract with Dalian Haichang in China Super L

Is a Serbian football (soccer) head coach.He signed a contract with Dalian Haichang in China Super League from the beginning of 2008-2009 season, but was fired after only one win in eight matches. The former coach of Dalian Shide, Milorad Kosanovic, repla

Was a Croatian footballer. He played internationally for the Croatian national team from 1940 to 194

Was a Croatian footballer. He played internationally for the Croatian national team from 1940 to 1943 and with Yugoslavia's national team in 1946.

Is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal

Is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Is Serbian basketball player currently with the ACB's ViveMenorca in Spain.He came up through KK Par

Is Serbian basketball player currently with the ACB's ViveMenorca in Spain.He came up through KK Partizan's system, before making himself eligible for 2001 NBA Draft. He ended up not getting selected but still found himself on the Detroit Pistons roster to start the 2001/02 season. Varda ended up spending 2 seasons in the NBA on the rosters of the Pistons and Washington Wizards but during that time he was only featured in a single official game (played 6 minutes and scored 5 points).

Was a Russian chess Grandmaster. He won many international tournaments in Eastern Europe during his

Was a Russian chess Grandmaster. He won many international tournaments in Eastern Europe during his career, and tied for the Soviet Championship title in 1963, but lost the playoff. Kholmov was not well known in the West, since he never competed there during his career peak, being confined to events in socialist countries.

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Is a Serbian football manager and a former player. He is currently the coach of China's Olympic foot

Is a Serbian football manager and a former player. He is currently the coach of China's Olympic football team.On November 29, 1962, NK Osijek juniors took part in the Yugoslav Republic Day tournament in Belgrade where 16-year-old Dujkovic impressed so muc

A Thai footballer currently playing for Thailand Premier League side Provincial Electricity Authorit

A Thai footballer currently playing for Thailand Premier League side Provincial Electricity Authority FC. He won the Thailand Premier League in 2008

A professional footballer from Thailand. He currently playes for Rajnavy Rayong in the Thailand Prem

A professional footballer from Thailand. He currently playes for Rajnavy Rayong in the Thailand Premier League.

Is an Azerbaijani football goalkeeper who plays for Olimpik Baku. He is also an international footba

Is an Azerbaijani football goalkeeper who plays for Olimpik Baku. He is also an international footballer who has played on 5 occasions for Azerbaijan. He reached the Azerbaijan Cup final in 2003-04 playing for FK Shamkir although they lost the match to PFC Neftchi. Since then he has played for Karabakh and FK Baku, before he joined Olimpik for the 2006-07 season.

A retired Argentine football midfielder, who also has Italian nationality. His first club was Platen

A retired Argentine football midfielder, who also has Italian nationality. His first club was Platense and has also played for Estudiantes de La Plata, Independiente and Boca Juniors.

Is a former Angolan-born Portuguese football striker and manager.Águas started his career having an

Is a former Angolan-born Portuguese football striker and manager.Águas started his career having an unsuccessful spell at S.L. Benfica, moving after three years to Académica de Coimbra; he finished his career in 1984 at 35, after stints for União de Tomar