Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Norwegian handball player.He played for Kolbotn I.L. for several years, including the 1982/1983

Is a Norwegian handball player.He played for Kolbotn I.L. for several years, including the 1982/1983 season and the 1983/1984 season when Kolbotn won the National league.

Is a Norwegian football midfielder. He plays for Bodø/Glimt, and has previously played for Rosenbor

Is a Norwegian football midfielder. He plays for Bodø/Glimt, and has previously played for Rosenborg, Tromsø, Lyn and Venezia.Berg made his debut for Norway in a January 1994 friendly match against the United States, coming on as a late substitute for Kje

Is a Norwegian footballer who has played for Tromsø, Aalesund and Alta. While at Tromsø he spent a

Is a Norwegian footballer who has played for Tromsø, Aalesund and Alta. While at Tromsø he spent a period on loan with Bristol Rovers in England in late 2000. This was his best season as he scored 8 goals in 14 Norwegian Premier League appearances.

Was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki

Was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he finished eighth in the C-2 10000 m event while being eliminated in the heats of the C-2 1000 m event.

Is a former Norwegian footballer, who played as a sweeper.During the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Bratseth w

Is a former Norwegian footballer, who played as a sweeper.During the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Bratseth was captain of the Norwegian squad. As the nation exited in the group stage (albeit with four points), their third and last game against Republic of Ireland

Is a Norwegian chess player, and the fourth Norwegian International Grandmaster. Djurhuus plays for

Is a Norwegian chess player, and the fourth Norwegian International Grandmaster. Djurhuus plays for the "Akademisk" chess club, which is tied to the University of Oslo. Djurhuus is also the chess columnist for Aftenposten and Adresseavisen.

Was a Swedish football defender born in Gothenburg. He was nicknamed Killing (meaning kid, young goa

Was a Swedish football defender born in Gothenburg. He was nicknamed Killing (meaning kid, young goat).He debuted for IFK Göteborg in 1942 and played for the club until 1955 when he retired. He died in 1994.

Is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Molde. He joined from Steinkjer, and is contracted to Molde

Is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Molde. He joined from Steinkjer, and is contracted to Molde until the end of the 2009 season.

Was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he was part of the

Was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he was part of the Swedish team which finished fifth in the water polo tournament. He played six matches.

Is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in the Leucadia district of Encinitas, Californ

Is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in the Leucadia district of Encinitas, California. Glifberg began skating at age 11 after a friend brought a board over to his house. In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a vert skater and made the trek across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.

Was a Swedish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics. In 1948 he finished ninth in th

Was a Swedish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics. In 1948 he finished ninth in the 10000 metres competition and 16th in the 5000 metres event.

Is a former Norwegian mountain biker. He has claimed eleven world cup victories, and has become seco

Is a former Norwegian mountain biker. He has claimed eleven world cup victories, and has become second three times in the overall World Cup. He is the only mountain biker with World Cup victories in both downhill and cross country.

Is a Dutch professional badminton player. He can either play in single or in doubles matches.

Is a Dutch professional badminton player. He can either play in single or in doubles matches.

Also known as The Viking Biker, is a Norwegian cyclist who is cycling the world on a 27-speed Gekko

Also known as The Viking Biker, is a Norwegian cyclist who is cycling the world on a 27-speed Gekko mountain bike. Born in Tønsberg, Norway, Rune went to Bolivia in 2004 to work with homeless children for a year. After returning to Norway, he decided he w

Is a Danish professional footballer He plays as goalkeeper for Odense Boldklub. He has played 17 mat

Is a Danish professional footballer He plays as goalkeeper for Odense Boldklub. He has played 17 matches for various Danish youth national teams. Rune Pedersen started his career off at clubs in his hometown. He played youth football with Hvidovre IF, before moving to Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship.

Is a Norwegian speed skater.He won the 1500 m at the 2005 World Single Distance Championships. This

Is a Norwegian speed skater.He won the 1500 m at the 2005 World Single Distance Championships. This is his only international championship medal. He has competed for Norway in World Cup races since the 2001 season and has several Norwegian Championship me

A professional footballer from Thailand. He currently playes for Bangkok Glass in the Thailand Premi

A professional footballer from Thailand. He currently playes for Bangkok Glass in the Thailand Premier League.

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand bats

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm off breaks. She has played one Test and 12 ODIs for India.

Is a Sri Lankan "T20" cricketer. Gihan is Sri Lanka's 30th Twenty20 International Cap [Sri Lanka Vs

Is a Sri Lankan "T20" cricketer. Gihan is Sri Lanka's 30th Twenty20 International Cap [Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand at Colombo RPS 2009]. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo.

Is an English first class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket

Is an English first class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club and HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. His highest score of 97 came when playing for Middlesex in the match against Essex County Cricket Club. He also scored 97 when playing for Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University Cricket Club. His best bowling of 5/39 came when playing for Middlesex in the match against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, a friendly for Worcestershire agains

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, a friendly for Worcestershire against Warwickshire in 1919.

Is a former British skier of Basque descent, notable for competing in the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics

Is a former British skier of Basque descent, notable for competing in the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics games, in the Giant Slalom. He is also notable for being the first British Citizen to win the Skiing Kandahar Cup, and for being the captain of the British

Was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province and is one of nine

Was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province and is one of nine first-class cricketers to pass 100 years of age. de Smidt played four matches for Western Province during the 1912/13 season. A leg break bowler he took 1

Is a former Australian Rugby Union player for the Australian Wallabies.Rosenblum played 3 test match

Is a former Australian Rugby Union player for the Australian Wallabies.Rosenblum played 3 test matches in 1969-1970; at that point in time, he and Myer Rosenblum were the first father and son to have represented Australia in Rugby union.

Is a former cricket player. He played first-class and List A cricket for Guyana up to 1980-81. But t

Is a former cricket player. He played first-class and List A cricket for Guyana up to 1980-81. But then five years later he played for the Netherlands in the ICC Trophy tournaments of 1986 and 1990. In the latter tournament he scored 169 not out against I