Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan n

Is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

Is an American racing cyclist who rides for the Rock Racing team. He specializes in criterium racing

Is an American racing cyclist who rides for the Rock Racing team. He specializes in criterium racing and track cycling. In 2000 he won the amateur USCF National Criterium Championships and in 2008 he won the elite USPRO National Criterium Championships.

An Indian sportsman who competes in archery. He is son of Ashok Banerjee and Kalpana Banerjee.Banerj

An Indian sportsman who competes in archery. He is son of Ashok Banerjee and Kalpana Banerjee.Banerjee started archery at the age of thirteen.[1] His sister Dola Banerjee is also an archer. His first international appearance was in Youth World Championship in 2004. He won several gold medals at the World Cup archery in 2008 and 2009.

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Vidarbha. Chikhalkar made his cricketing debut for Vidarbha's Under-22s team during the 2003-04 season, though, following these appearances, he was not to

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who plays for

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who plays for Haryana. He was born in Delhi. Dewan began his career playing for the Delhi Under-19s in the 2004-05 season before moving up to the under-22s, for whom he

Is an Indian football player who plays as a Defender for I-League team Pune FC. Punjab lad, Rahul Ku

Is an Indian football player who plays as a Defender for I-League team Pune FC. Punjab lad, Rahul Kumar is one of those players who has been around since PFC was formed three years ago.

Was an Indian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played fo

Was an Indian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Jharkhand. Having made his cricketing debut for Uttar Pradesh Under-19s back in the 1998-99 season, Prasad made just a single first-class appearance, for

Is an Indian cricketer, specialising in left arm orthodox spin. He played one Test Match, which was

Is an Indian cricketer, specialising in left arm orthodox spin. He played one Test Match, which was the First Test between Australia and India in 2001, but was dropped after Australia claimed a 10 wicket victory. He played in 10 One Day Internationals. He

Is an Indian cricketer, and a former captain of the Indian national cricket team, of which he has be

Is an Indian cricketer, and a former captain of the Indian national cricket team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. Dravid is the third Indian batsman, after Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, to have scored 10,000 runs in test cricket. [1] On February 14, 2007, he became the sixth player in history and the third Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.[2] In September 2007, he resigned as captain of India team.[3] He is the captain as well as the Icon Player in the Bangalore Royal Challengers team in the Indian Premier League.

Is a Hong Kong cricketer, who has captained Hong Kong in representative cricket. In the Ranji Trophy

Is a Hong Kong cricketer, who has captained Hong Kong in representative cricket. In the Ranji Trophy, he played one match, for Delhi.

Is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays in different positions. He was named Most Valuable Playe

Is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays in different positions. He was named Most Valuable Player at the 2005 NORCECA Championship in Winnipeg, Canada, where Cuba ended up in second place.

Is considered one of the greatest sumo wrestlers in history, although he was never formally promoted

Is considered one of the greatest sumo wrestlers in history, although he was never formally promoted to Yokozuna. When Raiden was 17, the Urakaze-beya stablemaster noticed him when he came through the area while on jungyo with his wrestlers. He was especi

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Kalutar

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Kalutara Town Club. He was born in Colombo. Nilanjana made seven appearances for the team during the 1996-97 Saravanamuttu Trophy campaign, Kalutara's only season

Is a retired East German biathlete who won two World Championships medals. He represented the sports

Is a retired East German biathlete who won two World Championships medals. He represented the sports club SG Dynamo Zinnwald/Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.[1] [2] [3]

Is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a defender for FK Baku.

Is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a defender for FK Baku.

Is a footballer (defender) from Azerbaijan playing currently for PFC Neftchi.He is also a member of

Is a footballer (defender) from Azerbaijan playing currently for PFC Neftchi.He is also a member of Azerbaijan national football team.

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1968 Wor

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1968 World Orienteering Championships in Linköping, together with Pirjo Seppä and Tuula Hovi.[1]

Is one of highest titled boxers of Russia, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) category. Malakhbekovs origins take root in Badakhshan of Tajikistan, which is also known as Pamir. He graduated from the Tajik Institute of Physical C

A retired Dutch soccer player. He played college soccer with Wake Forest before moving onto professi

A retired Dutch soccer player. He played college soccer with Wake Forest before moving onto professional soccer with the Raleigh Flyers. He played one season in Major League Soccer with Colorado.

A Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He is often called "Raipe" or "Maestro" by his fans

A Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He is often called "Raipe" or "Maestro" by his fans. He is the world record holder for most international games played.Helminen started his career in his native town, playing for one of oldest teams in the country, Ilves. After two gold medals in junior leagues, Helminen got to play for Ilves in the SM-liiga (Finland's top ice hockey league) in 1982. His first international success came in 1984 when Finland won silver in the U20 World Championship tournament in Sweden. Helminen broke the record for most points scored in an Under-20 tournament and was selected for the All-Star team. This attracted the attention of people scouting new talent for the professional teams in the National Hockey League in North America. That spring Helminen also took part in his first Olympic games in Sarajevo.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, RU-38 P

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, RU-38 Pori, and Ässät.

Is a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill

Is a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 20th in the individual large hill at those same championships.

A German footballer. His nickname is Balu (Germanized version of Baloo the bear in the Jungle Book).

A German footballer. His nickname is Balu (Germanized version of Baloo the bear in the Jungle Book).He was a goalkeeper in the Bundesliga between 1982 and 1994. The first two years he was only reserve keeper of Bayern Munich (first choice was Jean-Marie Pfaff). In 1984 he became number 1 for the first time until his injury in November 1985. When Jean-Marie Pfaff left Bayern Munich in 1988, Raimond Aumann finally became number 1. He was considered one of the best German goalkeepers at that time.

A professional road bicycle racer since 1996, who came out of nowhere to rank third in the standings

A professional road bicycle racer since 1996, who came out of nowhere to rank third in the standings of the 2002 Tour de France.

Is a Lithuanian former basketball player, one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the Nort

Is a Lithuanian former basketball player, one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association (NBA). Marciulionis started his basketball career with Statyba Vilnius in the USSR league. In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, together with Arvydas Sabonis, he led the USSR to a gold medal in basketball.