Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, ending her playing career with the Seattle S

Is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, ending her playing career with the Seattle Storm. Her primary position was forward. Palmer was originally drafted by the Utah Starzz 9th overall in the 2nd round of the 1997 Elite draft. She played f

Is a former Western Australian field hockey player.In her youth, she moved to Perth to study, and wa

Is a former Western Australian field hockey player.In her youth, she moved to Perth to study, and was selected for the state team at the age of 16: the youngest ever. Pritchard would play for her state for 13 years. Soon after she was selected for the Aus

Is a former Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1976 Summer Oly

Is a former Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Quebec. Quirk placed fifth overall in the 200-metre butterfly, sixth overall in the 100-metre butterfly, and ninth overall in the 400-me

Is a Canadian fencer from Ottawa. She was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada at the age of five. Sas

Is a Canadian fencer from Ottawa. She was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada at the age of five. Saschenbrecker began fencing at the University of Ottawa in 1995.] She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and from McGill University. She works as a ma

Is an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion.

Is an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion.

Is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers be

Is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court. She was ranked in the year-end world top 20 for ten consecutive years (1977 through 1986) and in the year-end world top 10 for eight consecutive years from 1977 to 1984. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 3 in January 1985.

Is a former American swimmer. Weinberg won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Is a former American swimmer. Weinberg won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Is a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She plays as a defen

Is a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She plays as a defender. Weng played in the U-20's China team in 2004 and 2006 World Cups, and was promoted the senior Chinese team in 2007, when she played two matches during the team's qualifying campaign for the World Cup. Despite being picked for the finals, she did not make any appearances.

Is a Surinamese football player. He is capped for Suriname's national team. Christoph has played for

Is a Surinamese football player. He is capped for Suriname's national team. Christoph has played for Suriname in qualifying matches for the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. In the 2010 qualifying campaign, he was Suriname's top goalscorer with five goals. He cur

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He played

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He played eight times for Ireland between 1920 and 1925, mostly against Scotland. All but one of those matches had first-class status. He also played a first-class m

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who played

Was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Panadura Sports Club. He was born in Panadura. Caldera made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1999-2000 season, against Bloomfi

Was a Swiss field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Swiss

Was a Swiss field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Swiss field handball team, which won the bronze medal. He played three matches.

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Tampere.

Is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 16th in the K-2 10000 m event

Is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 16th in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

Was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] The German tea

Was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.[2]

Is a German football coach and a former player. As a player, he spent 9 seasons in the Bundesliga wi

Is a German football coach and a former player. As a player, he spent 9 seasons in the Bundesliga with SV Werder Bremen, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Nuremberg and Borussia Dortmund.

Is an Austrian tennis player. In his first 12 years as a pro, he found very little success, winning

Is an Austrian tennis player. In his first 12 years as a pro, he found very little success, winning just 7 ATP-level matches and cracking the top-100 for just a few weeks in late 2003, peaking at #96. His most notable match was playing Rafael Nadal on Cen

Is a former Austrian alpine skier. Franz was born in Weissbriach and he could already be found in th

Is a former Austrian alpine skier. Franz was born in Weissbriach and he could already be found in the mountains at the age of 2, learning his first skiing techniques. He was coached by his father who was determined to make a professional skier out of his

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Ger

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as halfback.

Is a retired East German football player. He was part of the East German team for their only World C

Is a retired East German football player. He was part of the East German team for their only World Cup appearance in West Germany 1974, as a backup goalkeeper; however, he did not earn any caps for East Germany.

Was a German football player and trainer.The centre forward began his professional career in 1967 wi

Was a German football player and trainer.The centre forward began his professional career in 1967 with a professional contract at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where is older brother Fritz also played professionally. Werner Fuchs only appeared once in the first

Is a retired German football player. He spent 13 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Neunkirchen

Is a retired German football player. He spent 13 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Neunkirchen and SV Werder Bremen.

Is a former South African rugby union player. He played for Western Province in the Currie Cup and f

Is a former South African rugby union player. He played for Western Province in the Currie Cup and for the Stormers in the Super 14 until a neck injury forced him into retirement in January 2007. [1] Greeff also played 12 Tests for South Africa.Greeff was a talented utility back, but his career was blighted by a succession of injuries: a broken hand, damaged shoulder, injured knee, and, finally, a career-ending neck injury. He made his international debut in June 2002, when he came on as a substitute against Argentina, and went on to win a further 11 caps, all but one as a starter. The only time he did not start as a fullback was in his last international appearance, against Georgia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, when he played centre.

Is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss trac

Is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.