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General

  • One of either List of teams that have overcome 2–0 series deficits in a best-of-seven series or List of teams that have overcome 2–0 series deficits (see here for some example entries) (and many more other sources)
  • Sports Info Solutions , , and . A company that was part of the growth of analytics in baseball in the early 2000s and now provides data to MLB, NFL, and NBA teams. They run The Fielding Bible Awards, which has been given out to the best defensive players in baseball annually since 2006. The stat Defensive Runs Saved has been used to evaluate players for 20+ years and a similar stat, Total Points is part of the football analytics vernacular.
  • Rodolphe Khalil – Lebanese extreme cold-water athlete and ice swimming champion. Founder of the "Icemen in Action" team; extensively featured across prime-time Lebanese national news reports and premium programs (including LBCI news reports, MTV Lebanon news reports, MTV's "Bi Raghm Min Koul Chi" and "Talk of the Town", Al Jadeed, OTV, RED TV, Mariam TV, and the Beirut 24 podcast). Sources: Sputnik Press and National News Agency NNA.

American football

Archery

Association football (soccer)

Women's football (soccer)

Athletics

  • Cologne Athletics - athletics club in Cologne, Germany. Home club of some German national champions, see wp:de:Cologne Athletics - sources Leichtathletik: Cologne Athletics verstärken sich mit Meistern, Rekordhaltern und Olympiastartern,
  • Girls Athletic Association - Sourced (University of Michigan School of Education. The University of Michigan School of Education Bulletin, Volumes 7-8. UM Libraries, 1936.) and (Steiner, Andy. Girl Power on the Playing Field: A Book about Girls, Their Goals, and Their Struggles. Lerner Publications, 2000.). This is encyclopaedic because the Girls Athletic Association (GAA) is worthy of notice (passes notability test) since it was formed to meet a need for team sports for female athletes and for providing opportunities not allowed or limited prior to recognition by Title IX. (American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; Division for Girls and Women's Sports. Girls athletic association manual. 1966.), , Sports - Newfield Historical Society » Newfield, NY 14867, .
  • Carlie Weiser -sources and and . She holds the national record for Shot Put and is a six time gold medalist - a perfect high school record. Heading to Texas A&M after high school.
  • Cheap Marathon, an annual road running event held in Derry, New Hampshire and and . This race is encyclopaedic because it is USATF certified and ranked as one of the best Boston Qualifiers available.
  • Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon, an annual road running event held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and . One of the largest road running events held in Vietnam.

Athletes who represented a country

  • Colby Eddowes I am writing to disclose a conflict of interest, as I am Colby Eddowes. I am currently ranked 4th all-time in Australian history in the 110m hurdles and 5th all-time for the 60m hurdles and 2nd for the indoor heptathlon. I am also a 2-time NCAA All-American in the decathlon & heptathlon for Arkansas State Athletics, where I set multiple school and conference records and became one of the most decorated and dominant athletes in ASTATE track history. I have represented Australia at the 2019 Oceania Championships, selected for the 2021 Australian World U20 Championship team (wasn't sent due to COVID), the 2021 World University Games (held in 2023), and the 2025 World University Games, where in the most recent edition, I became the fastest and highest-placed men's sprint hurdler in the games’ history for Australia. I am also one of the only athletes in the Australian top 10 without a dedicated biographical article, and due to my conflict of interest, I can not create the page myself. However, if an independent editor is looking for a notable sports project, my career has been covered by many reliable sources. including: (World Athletics Profile, TFRRS Profile, Track Athletes AU Profile, Personal Instagram, ASTATE Athletics Profile)

Australian rules football

Auto racing

See § Motor sports

Badminton

Bandy

Competitions and seasons

People

  • Sam Peebles , , and . This is encyclopaedic because Sam Peebles is emerging as a top contributor for MLB. He has already created the Braves Dugout podcast that has ranked as the #1 sports podcast on Goodpods, as well as a finalist for the Best of Bay award. He also has had hundreds of thousands of reads on his writing for SportsTalkATL and Tomahawk Take in just his first half year contributing for them. He is also a member of the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA), and makes regular appearances on ESPN Northwest Florida.
  • Natalie Armatage (rugby)-sources and and

Baseball

Baseball5

Basketball

Bodybuilding

  • Sergey Danilov (bodybuilder) - Russian professional bodybuilder.

Boxing

See § Martial arts and boxing

Canoe and kayak

Canoe manufacturers

Kayak manufacturers

Canoeists and Kayakers

Dragon Boat Racing

Chess

Climbing

Climbers

  • Sven DeRoch – Detroit Native, International Mountain Climber and Trekker. Is 1 in 8 people to complete the famous Hayduke trail, Is the Founder and Leader of the International trekking Group Intensity Trekker. Is attempting to be the first person to lead an expedition threw the whole 4500 km of the Great Himalayan Trail.Also on a record breaking Triple crown hiking trip in the States. ,
  • Ricky Munday-sourced and .
  • Andrew Khaw (Australian Rock Climber)
  • Felipe Proaño , [1][2]
  • Jim Madsen (1947-1968) - , , [3]
  • Jimmy Ray Forester (died 2006) , ,
  • George Gardner (died 2008) , ,
  • Akihira Tawara (died 2011)
  • Brad Parker (died 2014) , , ,
  • Andrew Barnes (died 2015) , ,
  • Angus Moloney (died 2015) , , ,

Cricket

Teams

Events

  • Cricket in Cote D'Ivore - Cricket in Cote D'Ivore is rapidly growing, and they already have 6 domestic sides, in which every single player is local Ivorian, plus a rapidly expanding grassroots structure. (See )

People

Venues

  • Beaverton Cricket Badshahs (American Cricket Team)
  • Cricket Prediction Matrix Method - and .
  • Llandudno Cricket Club - The most successful cricket club in Wales, playing in the North Wales Premier league and Gwalia Welsh Cup. ( and )

Cue sports

See also: WP:CUEBIOS, WP:CUEEVENTS, WP:CUEGAMES, WP:CUEORGS, WP:CUEMISC, and WP:SNOOKERBIOS

Curling

  • Matthew Hunt (curler), 2023 Northern Ontario Men's Club Champion and finished the 2024 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championship with 2-4 record , 2018 Newfoundland Labrador Men's Champion . Originally from Massey Drive, NL but now living in Sault Ste Marie, ON. Graduated from Corner Brook Regional High School in 2009, before attending Memorial University of Newfoundland before graduating with a M.Sc. Physics in 2017.

Cycling

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Missing articles

Events

  • 6-12-24 Hour World Time Trial Championship
  • Bike Star-ride de:Fahrradsternfahrt
  • Tour of Kansas City (The Tour of Kansas City is the longest running, 54 years, bike race west of the Mississippi.) (
  • Prairie State Cycling Series (10-day criterium race series in Chicagoland. Known as the Intelligentsia Cup through sponsorship naming rights.) (Part of the 2022 USA Cycling National Criterium Series)

Cycling teams

  • Spirit Tifosi BSS Rotor (UK Domestic Cycling Team)

Male cyclists

  • Roger Godeau [de] (1920–2000) - French professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961

Female cyclists

  • Meghan Grant (Canadian track cyclist, 2017 Pan American track champion - Team Pursuit)

Lucie Fityus (cycling) – sources and and and and and . This is encyclopaedic because she is a professional cyclist.

Coaches, trainers, organizers, administrators, painters, builders, mechanics

Miscellaneous

  • Bike fitting Bike fitting is process of adjusting a bike for a cyclist to optimize their comfort, performance and efficiency[7][8]
  • Mavic Special Service Course (or Mavic neutral support), these yellow car you always see at the Tour de Franceref>"Neutral assistance". Retrieved 15 July 2016.</ref>[9][10][11]
  • Stolen Ride Stolen bike community in London, UK. [12][13][14][15]
  • VTXL Dirt bike trail that runs the length of Vermont [16]

Diving

Dog racing

Esports

Fencing

Field hockey

  • Blair Ruby (Blair Ruby, formerly Blair Kline was a 4 year player at the Univeristy of Richmond Spiders Field Hockey team a Division 1 NCAA team, Blair is the wife of Professional football player Jacob Ruby who is a member of the CFL's Montreal Alouettes)

Fishing

Futsal

Golf

Golfers

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Golf clubs and courses

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Miscellaneous

Gymnastics

Handball

Beach handball

Hockey

For specific hockey sports, see § Field hockey, § Ice hockey, and § Inline hockey.
Please don't add requests here unless it's for general articles about more than one hockey sport.

Horse riding and racing

Racehorses

  • Mumtaz Begum (horse) -sourced , and ISBN 9780929346809, Designing Speed in the Racehorse, By Ken McLean. 43 references to Mumtaz Begum (horse) in this specific work. Also ISBN 9781581501308 Bold Ruler Issue 24 of Thoroughbred legends Author Edward L. Bowen - 3 references in this work. Mumtaz Begum being the dam, is the link between Mumtaz Mahal and Nasrullah, the sire of Bold Ruler who in turn sired Secretariat.
  • Negofol (horse) - lots of material, but I don't feel qualified to write a horse article. Sire of Hourless, the 1917 Belmont winner and other champions.

Rodeo

  • 29 Cochise

Barrel racing

Riders/jockeys

  • Jack Thompson (jockey) – Famous Australian Jockey, inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame 2005
  • Jocelyn Hawe – Very accomplished eventer, has ridden same level/height and difficulty as Olympics.
  • Lacey Jamieson-Social media Equestrian Star [17]
  • Rico Walcott - very accomplished at the age of 26 born in Barbados 1989 rides mostly in Edmonton Canada won the leading rider championship 2011,2012,2013,2014 also won the Canadian derby 2010,2013 & 2014 won the british Columbia derby 2013 & 2014
  • Dean Holland (jockey) - Famous jockey who sadly died a few days ago due to a race fall
  • Jesse Davidson - 1969 American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing winner
  • Yutaka Yoshida [ja] - Mejiro Dober and Panthalassa's jockey
  • Hayato Yoshida [ja] - Sodashi's jockey and brother to Yutaka (above)
  • Takayuki Yasuda (ja:安田隆行) - Tokai Teio's jockey and later Lord Kanaloa's trainer
  • Seiki Tabara (ja:田原成貴) - Former jockey and trainer, now a tipster for Tokyo Sports
  • Yoichi Fukunaga (ja:福永洋一) - Former jockey; father of Yuichi
  • Alec Russell (jockey) (Jockey famous for going through the card. A feat that has only been achieved very few times in British horse racing history. Achieved at Bogside race course in 1957) (https://sites.google.com/view/jockeys-r/alec-russell) (citation for story originally published in Middlesbrough Evening Gazette 1958. In 4 episodes dated 3rd,10th,17th and 24th May, each time featured on page 5) (Additional information and citations can be found on the Ancestry website. Look for Alexander John Russell)

Riding trainers

  • Janet E. Elliot First and to date only female trainer ever inducted into the American Racing Hall of Fame; ranked as a top three steeplechase trainer 11 times; trained three Eclipse Award champions; ranked fourth on all-time steeplechase earnings; widley considered to be one of the greatest steeplechase trainers of all time. Official entry in the Hall of Fame website. She Hero biography. News article commemorating her induction ceremony.
  • Etienne Pollet (racehorse trainer) Obituary:ETIENNE POLLET was one of the greatest trainers of racehorses of the 20th century.
  • Steve Morguelan-sourced and and and and . Horse trainer in North America with over 250 wins over his near 30 year career.
  • Clémence Faivre
  • Double Dan Horsemanship-sourced and and . Dan James & Dan Steers are world-renowned horse trainers who specialize in liberty training. The duo makes up Double Dan Horsemanship with Dan James based in USA and Dan Steers based in Australia. They have performed at equine expos across the world, have a social media following of over 300,000 people and have had horses featured in photoshoots for Vogue, Versace, and the TV show Heartland.
  • Katsumi Minai (南井克巳) - former Japanese jockey who is also a horse trainer
  • Hisao Nibun (二分久男) - trainer of 1997 Kikuka-shō winner Matikanefukukitaru
  • Tokichi Ogata (ja:尾形藤吉) - Former jockey and trainer; Inducted in to the JRA Hall of Fame in 2004
  • Takayoshi Yasuda (ja:保田隆芳) - Trainer of Tosho Boy; JRA Hall of Fame inductee
  • Yuji Nohira (ja:野平祐二) - Jockey of Speed Symboli and later trainer of Symboli Rudolf

Horse breeders

Training Facilities

Owners

  • Qatar Racing Limited - Owner of multiple Grade 1 winners, including 2020 2000 Guineas winner Kameko and 2020 Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil
  • Eric Fein- Owner of 2008 Tampa Bay Derby Winner Big Truck & 2009 Tampa Bay Derby and Illinois Derby winner Musket Man
  • West Point Thoroughbreds - Gold standard in horse racing partnerships, enabling you to own a racehorse and compete at the highest levels of the sport.
  • Martin H Benson - Owner of Windsor Lad 1935
  • Masuo Hosokawa (細川益男) - Owner of 1997 Kikuka-shō winner Matikanefukukitaru
  • Keith Myrick (horse racing, basketball)-owner of multiple Grade 1 winners including 2008 Breeder’s cup juvenile fillies Dream Empress and 2009 Breeder’s cup juvenile and 2010 Kentucky Derby Noble’s Promise. Professional basketball player 1992-1994 Eurobasket -sources [[18]

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Miscellaneous

  • Dubai Racing Club Dubai Racing Club
  • Jockey Syndrome - term coined by Rhoden describing changes in the rules of sport to diminish success of Black athletes
  • Lead pony (ja:誘導馬)
  • Gran Copa De Manila, horse race in the Philippines
  • Hopeful Stakes (Philippines) Three-leg stakes series in the Philippines open only for 3 year olds Thoroughbreds

Ice hockey

A list of request ice hockey related articles can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Requested articles

General

  • 3HL TOUR
  • West Coast Walleye (Senior hockey team) ( )

Teams

Rivalries

Women's teams

  • Beltway Bandits (ice hockey) – Northern Virginia, DC, see website

Ice hockey players

  • Over 99% of all NHL players are listed at List of NHL players. To create an article for a player, click on a red link there.
  • Jeff Jubinville (Professional Ice Hockey Player ) (, , , , , , , , )
  • Brad Rubachuk , fr:Brad Rubachuk
  • Larry Bader (1972 U.S. Olympic medalist)
  • Gary Haden (Professional Canadian Ice Hockey Player)
  • Brady Arneson (American Ice Hockey Forward) , , , , , , ,
  • Erik Huusko [sv]
  • Anders Huusko [sv]
  • Tyson Hinds player on the Anaheim Ducks

Ice hockey by country

Other

  • Garrett Rank[25]
  • Kyle Gustafson - Associate Head Coach of the WHL's Portland Winterhawks and and . This is encyclopaedic because he is the Associate Coach of the WHL's Portland Winterhawks.

Jump rope

Lacrosse

  • Mark Cockerton (Professional lacrosse player and Team Canada men's national team player)

Lawn bowls

Martial arts and boxing

Organizations

  • BYB Extreme, as of late 2024 it is the largest BKB organization in the world
  • Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA, World's first Bareknuckle MMA promotion
  • Oceanian Amateur Boxing Championships
  • Police Gazette Boxing Corporation, successor to the bare knuckle boxing sanctioning organization founded in 1881 doing business as “National Police Gazette,” “Police Gazette,” or “Richard K. Fox.”
  • Team Bodyshop MMA-sources and . This is encyclopaedic because the gym is home to world champions A.J. McKee, Rampage Jackson and Chuck Lidell
  • Warriors Way
  • World Association of Kickboxing Organizations - PRO (WAKO PRO)
  • World Judo Federation
  • World Karate and Kickboxing Commission (WKKC) -
  • World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) -
  • World Kickboxing Organization (WKO) -
  • World Kickboxing Union (WKU) -
  • World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) - international governing body for amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA); one of two major bodies , merged with IMMAF in 2018
    • United World Muay Thai Association (since 1993) Muay Thai

Styles

  • Mugendo (martial art)

People

  • Hannah Rapp (Hannah Rapp was a professional boxer who was recently intentionally killed by a driver while she was riding her bike with her boyfriend. She was a serious contender in boxing and should be immortalized on Wikipedia, especially given her tragic death)
  • Jonathan Gavin
  • Anne Gavin
  • Russ Anber (Russ Anber is a respected figure in boxing as a trainer of multiple world champions, hand-wrapper, cornerman, and cutman. He is also the founder of Rival Boxing Gear and Ring 83. In June, 2026, he was the first Canadian Trainer officially inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.)
  • Juan Malvarez Argentine professional boxer
  • Anzor Shakhmurzaev - Former russian professional MMA fighter with 6 fights in Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA).
  • Gulim Bibalayeva
  • Paulo Sergio Santos -
  • Robert Brutus Beal - Illinois Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee. Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Nebi Vural (Turkish Aikido Master, Founder and technical director of Eurasia Aikido Organization)
  • Urban Aldeklint - Swedish Aikido Shihan (6. dan Aikikai. The article exists in Swedish and needs translation. sv:Urban Aldenklint
  • Márcio Alexandre Jr. - Brazilian professional MMA fighter with three UFC fights and an appearance on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender's Series.
  • Farid Alizade (azwiki) (trwiki) is Sr. Honorary President of World Alpagut Federation (azwiki) (trwiki) - Turan Martial Art. He is the 1st Azerbaijani who became a President of Sports Federation in the world in 2014. He is very famous social person in Turkic world and famous businessman in Azerbaijan. It is needed to create the page in English language. Sources:WAF Official Website Personal Website
  • Christian Bajada and Roderick Bajada (Bajada Brothers) Jujutsu exponents (Jiushin Ryu) renowned for their exquisite throwing and combination techniques both with and without safety mats. They are decorated in Japan and world wide.
  • Nenad Bakaj - Multiple Former Yugoslavia kickboxing (full-contact, semi-contact and light-contact) champion and WAKO European medalist. Lives in Australia.
  • Sinead Beasley - and . This is encyclopaedic because she is a world champion in kickboxing.
  • Behudin Bašović
  • Nermin Bašović - gold medal winner at World kickboxing championship 2003 in france (-81kg), athlete of the year in BiH in 2003 won gold medal at world cup 2005 in budapest, won bronze medal in thai boxing in Morocco in 2006
  • Chris Clodfelter - Professional Muay Thai and Mixed Marital Arts fighter, United States Muay Thai Associations Lightweight Champion , The Ultimate Fighters Season 12 Alternate . Professional Muay Thai Record 7-3-1/ Professional MMA Record 9-7 . First Muay Thai fighter to compete professional at Madison Square Garden, NYC
  • Chance Farrar - and
  • Gordon Franks
  • Masio Fullen - Mexican professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC and an appearance on The Ultimate Fighter
  • Marc Goddard (born 1974) - English-American former MMA fighter and current UFC referee and referee instructor.[26]
  • Grandmaster Jung-Oh Hwang
  • Sonie Lasker sonieshine.com
  • Jun Lee ( )
  • Helen Locura - Mixed Martial Arts Matchmaker in Pennsylvania
  • Leandro Lorenco - BJJ 1st degree black belt under Gold Team and Wand Fight Team BJJ Coach. USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Judo National Champion -
  • Duško Malović - Former Yugoslavia super heavy weight kickboxing champion and world championships medalist. Killed in Belgrade, Serbia in 1994.
  • Krasimir Mladenov - Bulgarian professional MMA fighter, based in Las Vegas, currently signed to World Series of Fighting and .
  • Erick Montano - Mexican professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC, a stint on The Ultimate Fighter TV show, and several other fights against other fighters from top organizations
  • Elvis Mutapcic - American professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC
  • Grandmaster Sayed Najem Taekwondo Olympic Silver Medalist and World Champion. Taekwondo Hall of Fame.
  • Roy Baker - and
  • Stanley Nandex - Professional kickboxer from Papua New Guinea known as Headunter. Multiple Kickboxing championships with a record of 48 fights, 41 victories with 30 victories coming by way of KO. Won seven world championships.
  • Daniel Pope (karate) - author of "The Adventures of Dayne Traveler", World Karate Master Instructor of the Daniel Pope Institute, World Karate Champion
  • Vitaliy Shemetov (Dear editors, please add an article about a notable MMA and K-1 fighter Vitaliy SHEMETOV. Own websites are here
  • Mike Shipman British MMA fighter and current BAMMA Middleweight world champion with x2 fights in Bellator (third likely december 15th at bellator 190) and .
  • Grandmaster Sken
  • Dominic Waters American Professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC and an appearance on The Ultimate Fighter.
  • Fernando Yamasaki (6th Degree Black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Brother of Mario Yamasaki and co-owner/head instructor of the International Yamasaki Academy) -
  • Caradh O’Donovan - and and . This is encyclopaedic because she is a well known Irish kickboxer (WAKO) and karateka (WKF). She is a multiple kickboxing medallist at World and European level for twenty years and is now a broadcaster in radio. She is a founding member of Global Athlete.
  • Kiefer Crosbie - and . Kiefer Crosbie is an Irish professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter who fights in Bellator MMA. His career professional MMA record is (6-0).
  • Andrew Murphy (boxing) - Rising Ring Star: Yakima's Andrew Murphy has lofty goals and Selah's Andrew Murphy set to begin professional boxing career. This 1-0 professional boxer ranked seven in the world and second in the United States as a middleweight by BoxRec.
  • Valmir Lazaro - Brazilian professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC.
  • Marty Marshall - Former pro boxer. Faced world champions Sonny Liston and Harold Johnson and contenders Bob Satterfield, Willi Besmanoff and Bob Baker. Held a top ten ranking so he meets WP:NBOX.
  • Antonio McKee - sources and . This is encyclopaedic because Antonio was world champion martial artist and has now become an elite coach to the likes of A.J. McKee, Rampage Jackson and Chuck Lidell
  • Assylzhan Yessengeldi – Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler, 2025 World Championship bronze medalist. UWW Profile, 2025 World Wrestling Championships.
  • Seth Gross – American freestyle wrestler, 2018 NCAA Champion and 5th at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships. References: USA Wrestling Profile, 2022 World Championships Brackets.

Motor sports

Multi-sport events

Netball

Powerlifting

  • Colton Engelbrecht – South African powerlifter. In July 2026 he set the all-time raw powerlifting total record of 1,225 kg and the all-time raw deadlift record of 492.5 kg at the Nikolai Kagansky Memorial Cup. He previously set an all-time raw total record of 1,200 kg in 2025. Independent coverage:BarBend,Fitness Volt,Generation Iron. Competition results are also documented by OpenPowerlifting.

Rowing

  • Atlantic Tempest-sourced and and and

Rowers

  • Sean Gaffney (indoor rowing P3 British Champion & World Record holder) - Current Royal Navy Petty Officer who lost his lower left leg while training for the final Field gun competition. A double gold medalist at the 2016 Invictus Games, he currently holds nine out a possible 13 World Adaptive Indoor Rowing Records . He also represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as a heavyweight Para Weightlifter . – requested by Kerrymg on 4 December 2018

Rowing teams

Rugby league

Rugby union

Sailing

Sepak takraw

Shooting

  • Olympic shooting finalists without articles
    •  An Byung-kyun (KOR) (1988 AR60)
    •  Oleg Tkachov (UKR) (2004 RFP)
  • Golden Bullseye Award (Annual award from American Rifleman for the most innovative products in shooting) (, )
  • Carnegie Sword and Pistol Club

Skating

Inline Speed Skating

Roller derby

  • Diamond Valley Roller Derby Club - A mixed gender roller derby club based in Eltham, Victoria, Australia. The clubs team, Rough Cut Rollers, competed in the 2016 Great Southern Slam held from 11-13 July. The tournament had 45 teams again playing in two divisions, of which the Rough Cut Rollers took the Division 2 Grand final title. The final score was Devil State 66 vs. 234 Diamond Valley. (www.dvrdc.org.au)

Freestyle skating

Figure competitors

Figure skating

  • Irina Galiyanova (Canadian National Ice Dancer, International competitor competing for Canada, Canadian National Medalist)
  • Avidan Brown - Avidan Brown is an international and world competitor, competing for Azerbaijan with Anastasia Galyeta. Together they have competed all over the world and placed 31st at the 2016/17 World Championships. Australian Champion (Novice Men)
  • Tyler Myles
  • Julian Lagus
  • 2014 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Scandal- On home soil Sotnikova handed over-inflated points and gold medal on platter, Kim robbed. 2002 Salt Lake Olympics scandal repeat. Over 1,000,000 sign "change.org" petition for ISU for open-investigation on corrupt judging and and and and and and and
  • Rajkumar Tiwari- Tiwari made headlines when he won gold at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, in the singles competition. It was India’s first international gold in a sport few know about in the country. He also won a silver with Kirti Kalra in pairs.
  • Michelle Di Cicco Argentinian Competitive Figure Skater. 2022 Argentine National Champion. Former United States Figure Skater.
  • Michelle Edgina Axille

Ice sledge speed skating

  • Peter Axelson - Paralympic athlete from the United States of America who competed in the 1980 games.

Skiing

Alpine and Cross-country skiing

  • Amélie Wenger-Reymond, Swiss telemark skier, most World Cup wins in International Ski Federation history

NASTAR National Championships

Paralympic athletes from the United States of America

Softball

Surfing


Swimming

Swimmers

Clubs and teams

Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized swimmer

Table Tennis

Table Tennis teams

  • Korean air women table tennis team (ko)

Table Tennis players

Tennis

At least date, if not sign, your request, and add three links.

Tennis players

  • Lucia de Santa Ana (tennis) (Lucia de Santa Ana, Uruguayan tennis player and former University of Minnesota athlete, who achieved a high ranking of #3 in South America in Juniors, competed for Uruguay in several Federation Cups, and played in the WTA tour, UTR Pro Tour and ITF tour until she had a career ending injury on her elbow. However, still remained one of the best tennis players in the history of Uruguayan tennis) This is encyclopedic because there are very few if any female tennis players from Uruguay, and it's worth pointing out those who pursued a professional career and were able to be part of major tournaments.
  • Elena Jirnova (Ukraine) Former Champion Of Ukraine, FED CUP Player( UKR), Beach Tennis USA Runner up. NCAA DIV 1 payer(OU)
  • Lendale Johnson
  • Lauren Marker and (United States of America, professional tennis player, WTA ranking 966, former University of Arizona tennis player)
  • Patsy Zellmer good friend and tennis partner to Maureen Connolly
  • Ayline Samardzic Swiss Professional Tennis Player. Born in Locarno, Switzerland November 10,2002.

Tennis rivalries

Requested on 30 July 2023.

  • Federer-Murray rivalry - a modern-day rivalry between Roger Federer and Andy Murray, 2 multiple Grand Slam champions and 2 former world no. 1 players. This rivalry includes 25 matches, including 3 Grand Slam finals in 3 different Grand Slam tournaments. Currently a redirect to the page Big Three. By: Ryanco88

Requested on 30 July 2023.

Track and field

Biographies
Other

Triathlon

  • 5150 Triathlon Series
  • HITS Triathlon Series
  • International Ultra Triathlon Association (IUTA)
    • Deca Ultra Triathlon
  • Modern Triathlon
  • Hong Kong Triathlon Association
  • The Trinidad and Tobago Triathlon Association
Athletes

Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

  • CEV Queen & King of the Court
  • CEV EuroBeachVolley or EuroBeachVolley
  • 2023 European Beach Volleyball Championships

Water polo

  • EU Nations Waterpolo Cup , official LEN competition successor to European B championship
  • Alpe Waterpolo League, regional waterpolo league
  • Nordic Waterpolo League, regional waterpolo league
  • Benjamin Hoepelman (born 26 May 1995) is a Dutch male water polo player, playing at the driver position, playing for UZSC Utrecht. [44] He was part of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. He competed in several international tournaments. [45] [46] [47] He played waterpolo at CN Marseille during the seasons 2017-2018 competeting in the top French league. [48] [49] He is the son of the water polo player Andy Hoepelman. His brother Ruben Hoepelman is also playing waterpolo. [48]
  • Robert Fedack is an American water polo player who plays at the national level. He plays on the United States junior national team, and has competed against top teams such as Croatia and Hungary. In the 2021 tournament, his team came last. He has a twin, William Fedack, who's also an athlete. The two grew up together in Sandy Springs, GA and played sports all their lives. Robert hopes to qualify for the next Olympics in 2024.

Wrestling

Amateur and collegiate wrestling

  • UWW European Cup of Nations or sometimes European Nations' Cup - invitational wrestling competition. First 5 ranked teams in each of the disciplines (greco-roman, freestyle, men/women) at the previous European Wrestling Championship and host coutry are eligible.
  • WAR Zone Live pairing system that uses an Elo-like (WAR, or Weight-adjusted rating) rating system in order to best pair wrestlers during tournaments;

Professional wrestling

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling
  • Plane Ride From Hell - An series of incidents from WWE performers and staff while on a return trip from their 2002 European tour which was recently covered by Sports Illustrated. It is currently WP:SALTed in 2012 due to lack of reliable sources and the WP:BLP nature of the event.

Championships

Referees

  • Marty Elias
  • Chad Patton
  • Todd Sinclair

People

  • Amir Jordan - WWE Wrestler competed in United Kingdom Tournament 2018 his bio , need more resources to be added for what I posted request for article creation.
  • Brent & Brandon Tate "The Boys" tag team. Current ROH 6-Man Champions with Dalton Caste.
  • Clara Mortenson (wrestler) An American Womens Wrestler In The 1920s-1950s Former World Womens Champions.
  • Danny Daniels (wrestler) – former ECW referee, independent wrestler, booker of AAW out of Chicago
  • Harold Williams (writer)- sourced
  • Johnny Lind - part of the tag team Extremely Lethal
  • Knull (wrestler) – American professional wrestler John Davidson, goes by his ring name Knull. He wrestled on AEW Dark on June 28, 2022 (vs. Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto): He competes for Pro Wrestling NOAH as part of TEAM 2000X: https://www.noah.co.jp/profile/544/. Davidson was profiled by The Charlotte Post: https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2022/09/17/sports/for-emerging-wrestler-john-davidson-no-holds-barred-on-the-future/, which highlighted his mentorship under Humpy Wheeler, George South, and Dustin Rhodes as part of his development in the sport.
  • Lainey Reid - One time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion and a member of the Fatal Influence stable. Her name is used as redirect.
  • Little Bruiser-sourced and . Born Murray Downs. This is encyclopaedic because he was one of the most popular midget wrestlers. Well known for being in a six man match against Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza.
  • Mike Parrow - LGBT wrestler who has wrestled in AJPW, NWA, TNA, MLW, GCW, Evolve, and others. Has had interviews on Good Morning Britain and numerous other media outlets after coming out.
  • Mike Sholars-sourced and . You may also find many media references here [www.mikesholars.com/media.com] This is encyclopedic because coach Mike Sholars meets the Wikipedia criteria of Notability, and the four American football national championships in four different countries is a masterful accomplishment
  • Mystery Man (wrestler) – Wrestler who lasted for a short time in the WWF
  • Nightmare (wrestler) – Professional Wrestler (Curtis Stone) WCW,ECW,SWCW,FCW (Curtis Stone – Founder of "Warriors 4 Christ Wrestling ((San Antonio))
  • Rasche Brown - part of the tag team The Skullkrushers
  • Rayman (wrestler) - see El Hijo de Cien Caras
  • Richie Lind - part of the tag team Extremely Lethal
  • Ricky Cruzz - see El Hijo de Cien Caras
  • Rayna Von Tosh – First SHIMMER Women Athletes Academy Graduated. She has been wrestling for WSU and SHIMMER.
  • Mojtaba Yousefali Asghari Osmavandani (Iranian Freestyle Wrestler) ()
  • Ricky Noble – Independent wrestler in late 90's, early 2000's, Wrestled for NWA, APW (World Champion 3X, US Champion), Funkin Conservatory (TV Champion), ECCW (World Champion), UPW (World Champion) with long running feud with the Barbarian. Wrestled Adam Windsor at WWE show in Lakeland, FL. Ranked PWA Top 500 3 years. Wrestled for NWA World Tag Team Titles against Bad Attitude in Nashville as part of Boyz next Door. Former Kicker at UNC – Chapel Hill.
  • Sean Hanson – ref known as "The Whole Reffin' Show" Sean Hanson
  • Sonny Elliot Australian wrestler in Florida Championship Wrestling
  • Turcan Celik (tag team) [50][51]

Promotions

Tag teams and stables

Tournaments and events

Other sports

Adventure racing

  • HQrecon – sourced , and . A new strategic adventure experience where the smart can outrun the fast. Full list of coverage can be found here:

Arm wrestling

  • World’s Wristwrestling Championship, Inc. [65]
  • Carling O’Keefe World Armwrestling Championship- Fred Salvador first organized in 1971 after Petaluma Worlds Wristwrestling Championships; later referred to as the birth of organized armwrestling in Canada. also known as Timmins Worlds
  • Engin Terzi (tr) - World Armwrestling Championship and armwrestling event organizer and former owner of East vs West. He considered as one of the greatest armwrestlers of all time. Terzi is the only person to win the Arm Wrestling World Championships in 5 different weight classes. He has also wikipedia article in Turkish.
  • some of the top open weight pullers since 1950

Base Jumping

Bee hunting

  • Bee hunting or Bee hunt - been around for thousands of years.

Bodyboarding

  • Paipo board (pronounced pipe-oh) - Either made of wood or fiberglass. Fiberglass boards usually had fins on the bottom.[66] Tom Morey hybridized this form of riding waves on one's belly on a paipo to his craft of shaping stand-up surfboards.

Bowling

  • International Candlepin Bowling Association (ICBA) https://www.candlepin.org
  • International Bowling Association (IBA) predecessor to World Bowling https://www.britannica.com/sports/bowling#ref403551
  • World Ninepin Bowling Association - Section Classic (WNBA-NBC) http://www.fiqwnba-nbc.de http://www.wnba-nbc.de Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  • World Ninepin Bowling Association - Section Bohle (WNBA-NBB) http://fiqwnba-nbbk.eu/? it seems that it is also called Section National (NBN (Ninepin Bowling National)) and Section Breitensport (NBBK)
  • World Ninepin Bowling Association - Section Schere (WNBA-NBS) http://www.wnba-nbs.de
  • WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Championships, sections (variations/types): Breitensport/Bohle (NBBK/NBB), Classic (NBC), Schere (NBS)
    • WNBA NBC World Championships or WNBA Section Classic World Championships
    • WNBA NBB World Championships or WNBA Section Bohle World Championships
    • WNBA NBS World Championships or WNBA Section Schere World Championships

Bullfighting

  • José Tomás Román Martín (José Tomás Román Martín, Spanish Bullfighter)

Darts

Federations
Competitions
  • IDF World Dart Championships ; one of two major tournaments in electronic darts nowadays
  • DARTSLIVE’s Soft Darts World Championships - otherwise known as "The World" or Soft Darts World Championship - The World, organized by WSDA; The World is an annual tournament that comprises various stages played in different countries over the course of a year. http://darts-theworld.com/ ; one of two major tournaments in electronic darts nowadays
    • The World Grand Final
  • SDWF Electronic Dart World Championships (Compumatic) or Electronic Dart World Championships (Compumatic) or SDWF Electronic Dart World Championships - possibly also known as Compumatic World Championship, organized by SDWF , Compumatic is a brand of electronic darts machines
  • Soft Tip Bullshooter World Championships, https://www.bullshooter.com Bullshooter is a brand of electronic darts machines
  • Speed Darts World Championships, unknown organiser or if the name is correct; one edition was held in 2000 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany; there are a few speed darts disciplines
  • Soft Darts World Cup, possibly by WSDA, for teams
  • IDF Darts World Cup, for singles, pairs and teams
  • Super Darts - since 2007.; one of the strongest soft-tip darts tournaments, as for most editions qualifying criteria is win at one of the top soft-tip darts tournaments; sometimes steel-tip darts players also participate http://www.dartslive.com/superdarts/en/history/#sd2013
  • MODUS Super Series, steel darts, 10+ seasons, 150+ tournaments, 5k$ for tournament winner, 20k$ for Finals winner, 12 players per tournament

Extreme sports

  • European University Orienteering Championships
  • Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE) - organizes World cup for some extreme sports that are part of other world associations/federations like BMX (UCI), Parkour (FIG), Wakeboarding (IWWF)...
  • Kempf Zoltan (Zozo) - Hungarian Freestyle BMX rider UCI 2019 Ranking
  • Masters of Dirt (Austrian Freestyle Show, touring around the World; Freestyle Motocross, Mountainbike, BMX, Quad, Buggy and Sled Performances; Light and Fire Show, DJ; over 50.000 spectators per years , ,

Fantasy sports

  • Trophy Manager – football management game.
  • Football Identity – turn-based football game where one can be a footballer, a manager or a journalist.

Footgolf

  • Jansen Cup [www.footgolf.us]

Freediving

  • FREE (Freediving Regulations and Education Entity)[67][68]

Inline hockey

  • 2018 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships

Kettlebell lifting

  • Jadranka Zivka Marinovic also known as Jad, in media often goes just by Jad Marinovic - Australian of Croatian roots. Australia’s 1st MSIC, PRO MSWC, Kettlebell Marathon pioneer & Kettlebell Marathon World Champion, 1st Australian Kettlebell Marathon World Champion, multiple IGSF and IKMF world records, 1st woman in the World to lift double kettlebells for 1 hour in IKMF Kettlebell Marathon... [69]
World federations

Medi Games

  • Medi Games - de:Medigames - World Medical and Health Games  : www.medigames.com/

Paintball

  • San Diego Dynasty

Parkour

  • Dylan Polin

Pickleball

Governing Organizations

  • USA Picklball (USA Pickleball, Formerly known as the USAPA (USA Pickleball Association), is the national governing body for the sport of pickleball in the US and provides players with official rules, tournaments, rankings, and promotional materials. The association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation and governed by a board of directors and professional staff who provide the guidance and infrastructure for the continued growth and development of the sport.) (USA Pickleball Association Celebrates Sport's 55th Anniversary


Players

Skateboarding

  • Kilian Martin-Spanish male skateboarder and .
  • Adrian Dearden Canadian male skateboarder

Slap fighting

  • Layne Viernes - American slap fighter and former Super Heavyweight Championship.
  • Vasily Kamotsky - Russian slap fighter and current Super Heavyweight Championship, he has the nicknamed The Dumpling. Kamotsky is considered the 'Muhammad Ali' of slap-fighting.
  • Damien Dibbell - American slap fighter.
  • Dawid Zalewski - Undefeated in slap fights.

Snowboarding


Squash

  • Gordon John Watson Australian Squash Champion 1939-1949, Hall of Fame inductee and Legend of Squash (Vic).

Strongman

  • Vincent Urbank (November 24, 1987 - ?) was an American strongman who competed All-American Strongman Challenge, and who last resided in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • Jitse Kramer
  • Richard van der Linden
  • George Leeman (strongman)

Stunt Pogo

  • Nick McClintock Competes in Pogopalooza, stars in a web series. Has Records in his sport.
  • Fred Grzybowski Also on Americas Got Talent and Nitro Circus. Competes in Pogopalooza, which is his sports highest competition. Also stars in a web series called Fred & Nick. Has records in his sport.

Sumo

Surfing

  • Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy , ,
  • Zoltan "The Magician" Torkos – First surfer to ever do a kickflip on a surfboard. www.zoltantorkos.com
  • Lyndon Wake

Underwater diving

  • George Irvine III
  • Ocean Reef (company)
  • Big Blue Tech
  • Cydive

Diving equipment

  • Diving Tools
  • Neptune II NIRA
  • Neptune Space
  • GSM DC
  • GSM, Global Submarine Messenger
  • M101A, reciever unit
  • M-105 DIGITAL
  • M-105 DIGITAL DC
  • M-105 D MARINER
  • M101AR
  • Alpha Pro
  • Gamma 105
  • GSM TV2
  • Shield Display (for Neptune masks)
  • NECS
  • Gamma 105 Camera

Wakeboarding

  • Phillip Soven - sourced and Professional wakeboarder and older brother of Bob Soven with whom he had a show on MTV called which ran for 12 episodes in 2012. He turned pro at 11-years-old and has won the world championships, the King of Wake, and the Pro Tour. In 2007, he became the first rider in the history of the sport to win the Pro Tour title, the King of Wake crown and the WWA World Series in the same year. WebPage PhilSoven.com

Weightlifting

  • Abbas Khatami IFBB Pro Bodybuilder
  • Endurance Weightlifting The current weightli [htpps://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/other26.htm], , , , and .
  • Sava Vasiljevski Performance results
  • Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships , ,
  • Charu Pesi weightlifter (latest reference -)

Windsurfing

  • International Windsurfing Association (International Windsurfing Association, is the governing body for the sport of Windsurfing in the world and provides players with official rules, tournaments, rankings, and promotional materials. http://www.internationalwindsurfing.com/

Venues

  • EECU Center – Venue at Tarleton State University that opened in 2025 as the new home of the basketball teams.[70][71]
  • James T. Morris Arena – Venue at Indiana University Indianapolis set to open in 2026 as the new home of the basketball teams.[72][73][74]

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