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Sportspeople
Sportsperson is a person who is trained to compete in a sport involving tests of strength, speed or endurance.
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Helen Hull Jacobs
People; Sportspeople
American tennis player and writer who, in the 1920s and '30s, became known for her persistence and her on-court rivalry with Helen Wills (Moody).
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
People; Sportspeople
Russian chess master who dominated world competition from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
Billie Jean King
People; Sportspeople
American tennis player whose influence and playing style elevated the status of women's professional tennis beginning in the late 1960s. In her career she won 39 major titles, competing in both ...
Viktor Korchnoi
People; Sportspeople
World chess champion contender who was one of the fiercest competitors in the history of chess. During his prime years, he was known as “Viktor the Terrible.”
Carl Lewis
People; Sportspeople
American track-and-field athlete, who won nine Olympic gold medals during the 1980s and '90s.
Vince Lombardi
People; Sportspeople
Coach in American professional gridiron football who became a national symbol of single-minded determination to win. In nine seasons (1959–67) as head coach of the previously moribund Green Bay ...
Joe Louis
People; Sportspeople
American boxer who was world heavyweight champion from June 22, 1937, when he knocked out James J. Braddock in eight rounds in Chicago, until March 1, 1949, when he briefly retired. During his reign, ...
