Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter N

A javelin thrower who represented USSR and later Belarus. She won an Olympic silver medal and a Worl

A javelin thrower who represented USSR and later Belarus. She won an Olympic silver medal and a World Championship gold.Her sister Tatyana Shikolenko is also a successful javelin thrower, first representing Belarus but switching to Russia in 1996.

Is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time is 54.50 s

Is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time is 54.50 seconds, achieved in May 2000 in Vila Real de Santo António.

Is a sprint athlete. She was born in Moscow. Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a f

Is a sprint athlete. She was born in Moscow. Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th. She did get

Is a Equatoguinean football player who can play as a striker.

Is a Equatoguinean football player who can play as a striker.

A Hungarian sprint canoer with a Serbian background, who won two Olympic gold medals in the sprint c

A Hungarian sprint canoer with a Serbian background, who won two Olympic gold medals in the sprint canoe events at the 2004 Summer Olympics and another gold and silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also won twelve gold medals at the ICF Canoe

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

Is a German field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Su

Is a German field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is an English female football striker. She currently plays her club football for Everton. She has re

Is an English female football striker. She currently plays her club football for Everton. She has represented England at Under-20 level and has been a squad member of the senior side. Dowie has a Level 2 FA Football coaching qualification and has worked as a coach with Watford and the Middlesex Centre of Excellence.

Is an American soccer forward currently playing for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and i

Is an American soccer forward currently playing for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.On 16 September 2008 the initial WPS player allocation was conducted; Kai was allocated to Sky Blue FC with fellow US Women's National Team players Heather O'Reilly and Christie Rampone.

Is an American gymnast. Currently residing in Texas, she trains at Stars Gymnastics but has announce

Is an American gymnast. Currently residing in Texas, she trains at Stars Gymnastics but has announced she will no longer compete as an elite athlete, but rather will plan to compete in collegiate competition soon.

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in thre

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of seventh in the K-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976.

Is a Belarusian cross country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vanc

Is a Belarusian cross country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 42nd in the individual sprint, 45th in the 30 km, and 54th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit. At the FI

Was a professional lacrosse player with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse.Bauers earn

Was a professional lacrosse player with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse.Bauers earned a spot on the 2007 Washington Bayhawks roster after participating in the team’s preseason tryouts.

Is an American collegiate and international level freestyle wrestler. He grew up in a family of 16 c

Is an American collegiate and international level freestyle wrestler. He grew up in a family of 16 children. Five of these, including Nate, would become All-American wrestlers (an NCAA record) and two, again including Nate, would compete in the Olympic Ga

Is an American snowboarder. He competed for USA at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he finis

Is an American snowboarder. He competed for USA at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he finished fourteenth, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he finished fourth.

Is a British professional basketball player. He is a 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall point guard-shooting gu

Is a British professional basketball player. He is a 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall point guard-shooting guard. He is currently playing with Dexia Mons-Hainaut in Belgium. Reinking is also a member of the Great Britain national basketball team. He played at the

Is an American professional basketball player. He played briefly in the NBA for the Utah Jazz and th

Is an American professional basketball player. He played briefly in the NBA for the Utah Jazz and the Portland Trail Blazers during the 1989-90 season. Johnston, a 6'8" forward, played collegiately at the University of Tampa from 1984–1988. Johnson was one of the first players drafted by the Miami Heat when they selected him in the third round (59th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft, prior to their inaugural season.

Was a professional boxer in the Cruiserweight (190lb) division.

Was a professional boxer in the Cruiserweight (190lb) division.

Is an American professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the SG Pontebba.He has played for

Is an American professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the SG Pontebba.He has played for the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL) an affiliate of Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL signed on 7 July 2009 an contract with SG Pont

An American football safety for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was origin

An American football safety for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Panthers in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Heplayed college football at Ohio State.

Is a 7' 1" American basketball player who played most of his career outside of the United States wit

Is a 7' 1" American basketball player who played most of his career outside of the United States with Maccabi Tel Aviv.Huffman played for Lakeview High School and then for Lansing Community College (where in '94-'95 he averaged 29.8 points, 14.5 rebounds, and 6 blocks per game while shooting 66.8% from the field, and was named to the JUCO All America team). He then played for Central Michigan University from 1995 until 1997 (where in '96-97 he averaged 17.2 points, 11 rebounds (leading the Mid-America Conference in rebounding), and 1.8 blocks per game, and was named to the MAC Conference 1st team).[1] Huffman averaged 15.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 2.0 blocked shots in his two seasons at CMU. He holds the CMU career record for field goal percentage (.581), ranks 4th in career blocked shots (92), and 7th in career rebounding average (9.4).[2]

A Famous Thai football player and former Thailand national team captain. He has played for national

A Famous Thai football player and former Thailand national team captain. He has played for national team since 1986-2000.

Is a retired female judoka from France. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Heavyweight (+ 7

Is a retired female judoka from France. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Heavyweight (+ 72 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Is a retired French alpine skier. She won a controversial World Cup victory in 1989, in Giant Slalom

Is a retired French alpine skier. She won a controversial World Cup victory in 1989, in Giant Slalom.

Is a French professional tennis player. She is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the

Is a French professional tennis player. She is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 U.S. Open ladies` title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 U.S. Open ladies` title with Dinara Safina, whom Dechy beat in the 2006 final with Vera Zvonareva. Her biggest singles achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open, where she was just two points away from the final, before eventually losing to Lindsay Davenport. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced World No.1 and reigning French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic.