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General

• Beat LA chant - a ton of information on this sports-wide chant that warrants its own page (https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2017/10/08/beat-la-beat-la-origins-chant-unites-us/744250001/ / https://www.nba.com/kings/blog/origins-beat-la-chant / https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/beat-la-giants-dodgers-20759233.php)

• 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) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] (and many more other sources)

• Sports Info Solutions [6], [7],[8] and [9] . 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.

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, [10]
• Girls Athletic Association - Sourced [11] (University of Michigan School of Education. The University of Michigan School of Education Bulletin, Volumes 7-8. UM Libraries, 1936.) and [12] (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. [13] (American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; Division for Girls and Women's Sports. Girls athletic association manual. 1966.), [14], Sports - Newfield Historical Society » Newfield, NY 14867, [15].

• Carlie Weiser -sources [16] and [17] and [18]. 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 [19] and [20] and [21]. 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 [22] and [23]. One of the largest road running events held in Vietnam.

Athletes who represented a country

• Maren Freisen - German hepathlon athlete who won Gold in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships and silver in the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics in 100m hurdles (World Athletics profile and History of Track & Field in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (German)

Auto racing

See § Motor sports

Bandy

Competitions and seasons

• 1989–90 Soviet Union Bandy Championship – ru:Чемпионат СССР по хоккею с мячом 1989/1990 – fi:Jääpallon Neuvostoliiton mestaruussarja 1989–1990
• 1990–91 Soviet Union Bandy Championship – ru:Чемпионат СССР по хоккею с мячом 1990/1991 – fi:Jääpallon Neuvostoliiton mestaruussarja 1990–1991
• 1991–92 Commonwealth of Independent States Bandy Championship – ru:Чемпионат СНГ по хоккею с мячом 1991/1992 – fi:Jääpallon IVY:n mestaruussarja 1991–1992

People

• Sam Peebles [24], [25], and [26] . 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 [27] and [28] and [29]

Bodybuilding

• Sergey Danilov (bodybuilder) - Russian professional bodybuilder. [30] [31] [32] [33]

Boxing

See § Martial arts and boxing

Climbing

• Etrier
• Boat Rock, Georgia

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. [34], [35] [36]
• Ricky Munday-sourced [37] and [38].
• Andrew Khaw (Australian Rock Climber) [39]
• Felipe Proaño [40] [41],
• Jim Madsen (1947-1968) - [42], [43],
• Jimmy Ray Forester (died 2006) [44], [45], [46]
• George Gardner (died 2008) [47], [48], [49]
• Akihira Tawara (died 2011) [50]
• Brad Parker (died 2014) [51], [52], [53], [54]
• Andrew Barnes (died 2015) [55], [56], [57]
• Angus Moloney (died 2015) [58], [59], [60], [61]

Cricket

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 [62])

Venues

• Beaverton Cricket Badshahs (American Cricket Team) [63][64][65]
• Cricket Prediction Matrix Method - [66] and [67].
• Llandudno Cricket Club - The most successful cricket club in Wales, playing in the North Wales Premier league and Gwalia Welsh Cup. ([68] and [69])

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 [70] and finished the 2024 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championship with 2-4 record [71], 2018 Newfoundland Labrador Men's Champion [72]. 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 [73]
• 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.) [74]([75][76][77][78][79]
• Prairie State Cycling Series (10-day criterium race series in Chicagoland. Known as the Intelligentsia Cup through sponsorship naming rights.) [80] (Part of the 2022 USA Cycling National Criterium Series) [81]

Cycling teams

• Spirit Tifosi BSS Rotor (UK Domestic Cycling Team) [82] [83] [84]

Male cyclists

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

Female cyclists

• Meghan Grant (Canadian track cyclist, 2017 Pan American track champion - Team Pursuit) [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97]

Lucie Fityus (cycling) – sources [98] and [99] and [100] and [101] and [102] and [103]. This is encyclopaedic because she is a professional cyclist.

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

• Mark Juncaj

Miscellaneous

• Bike fitting Bike fitting is process of adjusting a bike for a cyclist to optimize their comfort, performance and efficiency
• 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>
• Stolen Ride Stolen bike community in London, UK.
• VTXL Dirt bike trail that runs the length of Vermont

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) [104] [105] [106]

Futsal

• 2015 South American Women's Futsal Championship source: http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=11475
• Daniel Berdejo-del-Fresno [107] [108] [109]

Golf

Golfers

If you have removed a golfer from this list, please add that name to the appropriate Lists of golfers, if not already present.

Golf clubs and courses

When a golf course has been added, remember to place it in the appropriate golf course and club category and to add three (3) reliable sources.

Miscellaneous

• National Collegiate Club Golf Association (NCCGA); organization which acts as the governing body for non-varsity college club golf in the United States. [110] [111] [112]
• FlingGolf (https://flinggolf.com - An alternative sport for golf courses) (https://golfbusinessnews.com/news/growing-the-game/flinggolf-to-be-exhibited-at-pga-merchandise-show/) (https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/fling-golf-richmond-march-11-2024)

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

• Afleet Express - sources [113], [114], and [115]. Winner of the G1 Travers Stakes and the G3 Pegasus Stakes. Sire of Diva Express, winner of the 2016 G3 Winning Colors Stakes. Stallion in USA and Korea.
• More Than Ready – Leading sire of Breeders' Cup winners to date with seven and accounted for multiple Breeders' Cup winners on two separate occasions. Sired 971 winners in the U.S. and Canada and 905 in Australia and New Zealand. His progeny earnings are in excess of $219 million. Record-Setting International Sire More Than Ready Dies August 26, 2022

• Mumtaz Begum (horse) -sourced [116] , [117] 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[118][119][120], but I don't feel qualified to write a horse article. Sire of Hourless, the 1917 Belmont winner and other champions.

• Saint Boy - Meme horse that refuses to jump and faced controversy [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129]. (Draft)
• Seeking the Pearl (ja:シーキングザパール) - 1998 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner
• Yoshida (horse) - Japanese bred, American raced horse. Winner of the 2018 Turf Classic. [130] [131]

Rodeo

• 29 Cochise [132] [133] [134]

Riders/jockeys

• Jack Thompson (jockey) – Famous Australian Jockey, inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame 2005 [135]
• Jocelyn Hawe – Very accomplished eventer, has ridden same level/height and difficulty as Olympics. [136] [137] [138] [139]
• Lacey Jamieson-Social media Equestrian Star
• 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 [140]
• Yutaka Yoshida - Mejiro Dober and Panthalassa's jockey
• Hayato Yoshida - 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. [141]
• Steve Morguelan-sourced [142] and [143] and [144] and [145] and [146]. Horse trainer in North America with over 250 wins over his near 30 year career.
• Clémence Faivre [147]
• Double Dan Horsemanship-sourced [148] and [149] and [150] . 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 [151]
• Hisao Nibun (二分久男) - trainer of 1997 Kikuka-shō winner Matikanefukukitaru [152]
• 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

• Teruya Yoshida (ja:吉田照哉) - Son of Zenya Yoshida.
• Zenya Yoshida (ja:吉田善哉) - Founder of the Shadai group (ja:社台グループ), responsible for importing Northern Taste and Sunday Silence to Japan

Training Facilities

• Miho Training Center (ja:美浦トレーニングセンター)
• Ritto Training Center (ja:栗東トレーニングセンター)
• San Luis Rey Downs

Owners

• Qatar Racing Limited - Owner of multiple Grade 1 winners, including 2020 2000 Guineas winner Kameko [153] and 2020 Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil [154]
• 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 [155]
• 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 [

]

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 [156]
• Lead pony (ja:誘導馬)

Ice hockey

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

General

• 3HL TOUR [157] [158] [159] [160]
• West Coast Walleye (Senior hockey team) ([161] [162])

Teams

• Manchester Metros Metros on the BUIHA Website Manchester Ice Hockey website Ice Hockey Fandom website Academic.com EliteProspects website Manchester/Leeds Varsity
• Dinamo-Molodechno - Dinamo is the only team in the Belarusian Extraleague to not have a page created. They play out of the city of Maladzyechna. Their personal website is [163], while the league's website is [164].

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 ) ([165], [166], [167], [168], [169], [170], [171], [172], [173])
• Brad Rubachuk [174], fr:Brad Rubachuk
• Larry Bader (1972 U.S. Olympic medalist)
• Gary Haden (Professional Canadian Ice Hockey Player) [175] [176]
• Brady Arneson (American Ice Hockey Forward) [177], [178], [179], [180], [181], [182], [183], [184]
• Erik Huusko
• Anders Huusko
• Tyson Hinds player on the Anaheim Ducks

Other

• Garrett Rank
• Kyle Gustafson - Associate Head Coach of the WHL's Portland Winterhawks [185] and [186] and [187]. This is encyclopaedic because he is the Associate Coach of the WHL's Portland Winterhawks.

Lacrosse

• Mark Cockerton (Professional lacrosse player and Team Canada men's national team player) [188] [189] [190] [191]

Martial arts and boxing

Organizations

• BYB Extreme, as of late 2024 it is the largest BKB organization in the world [192] [193] [194]
• Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA, World's first Bareknuckle MMA promotion [195] [196] [197] [198]
• Oceanian Amateur Boxing Championships [199] [200]
• 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.” [201] [202]
• Team Bodyshop MMA-sources [203] and [204]. This is encyclopaedic because the gym is home to world champions A.J. McKee, Rampage Jackson and Chuck Lidell
• Warriors Way [205]
• World Association of Kickboxing Organizations - PRO (WAKO PRO) [206]
• World Judo Federation
• World Karate and Kickboxing Commission (WKKC) - [207]
• World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) - [208]
• World Kickboxing Organization (WKO) - [209]
• World Kickboxing Union (WKU) - [210]
• World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) - international governing body for amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA); one of two major bodies [211], merged with IMMAF [212] in 2018
  • United World Muay Thai Association (since 1993) Muay Thai [213]

Styles

• Mugendo (martial art) [214] [215] [216]

People

• Jonathan Gavin[217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226][227][228][229]
• Anne Gavin[230][231][232][233][234]
• 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.) [235] [236] [237] [238] [239] [240]
• Juan Malvarez Argentine professional boxer [241] [242]
• Anzor Shakhmurzaev - Former russian professional MMA fighter with 6 fights in Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA). [243] [244] [245] [246]
• Gulim Bibalayeva
• Paulo Sergio Santos -[247] [248] [249]
• Robert Brutus Beal - Illinois Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee. Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee [250]
• Nebi Vural (Turkish Aikido Master, Founder and technical director of Eurasia Aikido Organization) [251]
• 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. [252]
• 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. [253] [254] [255] [256]
• Nenad Bakaj - Multiple Former Yugoslavia kickboxing (full-contact, semi-contact and light-contact) champion and WAKO European medalist. Lives in Australia.
• Sinead Beasley - [257] and [258]. This is encyclopaedic because she is a world champion in kickboxing.
• Behudin Bašović [259]
• Nermin Bašović - gold medal winner at World kickboxing championship 2003 in france (-81kg), athlete of the year in BiH in 2003 [260] won gold medal at world cup 2005 in budapest, won bronze medal in thai boxing in Morocco in 2006 [261]
• Chris Clodfelter - Professional Muay Thai and Mixed Marital Arts fighter, United States Muay Thai Associations Lightweight Champion [262], The Ultimate Fighters Season 12 Alternate [263]. Professional Muay Thai Record 7-3-1/ Professional MMA Record 9-7 [264]. First Muay Thai fighter to compete professional at Madison Square Garden, NYC [265]
• Chance Farrar - [266] and [267]
• Gordon Franks [268]
• Masio Fullen - Mexican professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC and an appearance on The Ultimate Fighter [269]
• Marc Goddard (born 1974) - English-American former MMA fighter and current UFC referee and referee instructor.
• Grandmaster Jung-Oh Hwang [270] [271]
• Sonie Lasker sonieshine.com [272] [273] [274]
• Jun Lee ([275] [276])
• Helen Locura - Mixed Martial Arts Matchmaker in Pennsylvania [277]
• 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 - [278]
• 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 [279] and [280].
• 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 [281]
• Elvis Mutapcic - American professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC [282]
• Grandmaster Sayed Najem Taekwondo Olympic Silver Medalist and World Champion. Taekwondo Hall of Fame. [283] [284]
• Roy Baker - [285] and [286]
• 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. [287] [288]
• Daniel Pope (karate) - [289] [290] 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 [291] [292]
• Mike Shipman British MMA fighter and current BAMMA Middleweight world champion with x2 fights in Bellator (third likely december 15th at bellator 190) [293] and [294].
• Grandmaster Sken [295]
• Dominic Waters American Professional MMA fighter with three fights in the UFC and an appearance on The Ultimate Fighter. [296]
• Fernando Yamasaki (6th Degree Black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Brother of Mario Yamasaki [297]and co-owner/head instructor of the International Yamasaki Academy) - [298] [299] [300] [301]
• Caradh O’Donovan - [302] and [303] and [304]. 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 - [305] and [306]. 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 [307] 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. [308]
• Marty Marshall - Former pro boxer. Faced world champions Sonny Liston and Harold Johnson and contenders Bob Satterfield, Willi Besmanoff and Bob Baker.[309] Held a top ten ranking so he meets WP:NBOX.[310] [311]
• Antonio McKee - sources [312] and [313]. 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

Multi-sport events

• Argentina Games (es:Juegos Argentinos de Alto Rendimiento)

Netball

• Capital Darters is an Australian netball club that represents the Australian Capital Territory in the Australian Netball League. https://act.netball.com.au/capital-darters#:~:text=The%20Capital%20Darters%20will%20return,highest%20level%20of%20the%20game.
• Gaby Hochbaum (Former Singapore National Captain for Netball 1997-2003, honorary secretary of Netball Singapore and International Netball Federation director) [314], [315],[316] and [317]
• Hub Netball Club established in 1979 is a South Australian netball club based in the south of Adelaide [318] playing in the Southern United Netball Association[319],[320].

Powerlifting

• JayCee Cooper (powerlifter)
• Samson Fletcher (2 Time USA Powerlifting champion. Co-Owner of Iron Addicts Gym which is also owned by his father the legendary CT Fletcher. Featured in numerous popular podcasts.) (https://www.openpowerlifting.org/u/sampsonfletcher) (https://generationiron.com/samson-son-ct-fletcher-beast/) (http://amrapmentality.libsyn.com/ct-and-samson-fletcher-lifting-with-gratitude-and-an-iron-addiction)
• Tom Martin (powerlifter) (world record holding powerlifter, IPF deadlift 83kg class. Multiple british champion) (http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/championships/records.html) (http://www.gbpf.org.uk/docs/competition-results/2014/2014BritishClassicMens.pdf)
• Henry Holtgrewe (strongman) (http://handeaux.tumblr.com/post/155067774496/100-years-ago-cincinnati-lost-henry-holtgrewe)
• Leonidas Arkona - German fitnes influencer, powerlifter and arm wrestler [321] [322] [323]
• Andrey Smaev - Russian strength athlete and viral fitness phenomenon known as the "Russian Hulk" or "340lb Russian Hulk". [324] [325] [326] [327] [328] [329]

Rowing

• Atlantic Tempest-sourced [330] and [331] and [332] 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 [333]. He also represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as a heavyweight Para Weightlifter [334]. – requested by Kerrymg on 4 December 2018

Sailing

• Giovanni Soldini (Italian sailor) - One of the most famous Italian ocean sailors of this time. He raced all across the world both single-handed and in crew. sources Giovanni Soldini, the long history of the symbol of Italian ocean sailing and Giovanni Soldini, Italy's most famous sailor and Giovanni Soldini, the Italian sailor that flies over the oceans.

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) ([335], [336])

• Carnegie Sword and Pistol Club [337]

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) [338] [339]

Freestyle skating

• Simone Nai Oleari World Ranking n 1 for 23 consecutive months and total 25 (until now) actual world ranking number 1 report of competition of South korea (where Simone won, year 2013) Paris Competition 2013 (where Simone won, year 2013)report of european championship 2013 (where simone won) report of Shanghai competition (where Simone won, year 2014) Moscow competition 2012 (where Simone won, year 2012) World slalom series report year 2013 interview 2 interview 3 interview 4 cooperation with Fila interview ita World slalom series report 2011 page of italian wikipedia

Figure skating

• Irina Galiyanova (Canadian National Ice Dancer, International competitor competing for Canada, Canadian National Medalist)[340]
• Avidan Brown - [341] [342] 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 [343] [344]
• 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 [345] and [346] and [347] and [348] and [349] and [350] and [351]
• 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. [352] [353] [354]

• Michelle Edgina Axille [355][356]

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 [357][358][359]

Softball

• Congressional Women's Softball Game Annual softball game played since 2009 that benefits the Young Survival Coalition [360]

Surfing

• Surf Life Saving GB, please see www.slsgb.org.uk
• Ron Drummond (Surfer), Born: 1907 - Died: 1996, legendary body & canoe surfer from California

Swimming

• 2025 Australia versus the world swimming, "Australia vs The World" is a high-energy, made-for-TV swimming showcase designed to break the mold of traditional meets with a faster, entertainment-focused format. Held at Brisbane's Valley Pool, the event pits the Australian Dolphins—featuring Olympic stars like Mollie O'Callaghan and Cameron McEvoy—against an elite International All-Star team comprising top swimmers from Europe, the US, and beyond. Instead of standard heats and finals, the competition utilizes unique race types such as "skins" (knockout sprints), mystery medleys, and mixed relays, creating a rapid-fire atmosphere where strategy and speed are paramount. https://swimswam.com/2025-australia-vs-the-world-live-recap/
• International Long Distance Swimming Federation (ILDSF), had its own world championship http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/06/inside-international-long-distance.html
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation (WPMSF), had its own world championship https://www.britannica.com/sports/swimming-sport#ref7040 http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/06/inside-international-long-distance.html
• Fédération Internationale de Natation Longue Distance - was 1st organization for marathon swimming, founded in 1954. In 1963 it divided into ILDSF and WPMSF which existed until 1970s https://www.britannica.com/sports/swimming-sport#ref7040 http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/06/inside-international-long-distance.html
• World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA) (https://www.worldopenwaterswimmingassociation.com) (http://www.openwaterswimming.com/about-wowsa/)
• Marathon Swimmers Federation (MSF) https://marathonswimmers.org
• FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix has been renamed the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series as of 2018. (http://www.fina.org/event/fina-open-water-swimming-grand-prix-2015/results) (https://swimswam.com/fina-rebrands-open-water-world-cup-announces-initial-stops/)
• Japanese swimming stroke (ja:日本泳法)
• Myrtha Pools ([361])
• South Korea at the World Aquatics Championships

Swimmers

• Kiran Jasinghe - Sri Lankan Swimmer and National Record Holder, [362][363][364][365][366]
• Eric Donnelly – US National Team member 1998–2004, Goodwill/Pan American/Short Course World Championships medalist Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games United States at the 2003 Pan American Games [367]
• Kgosietsile Molefinyane Botswana National Swimmer - sources laboratuvar malzemeleripirinç korkuluk[368] and [369].
• Charlotte Crush - American swimmer [370] [371] [372] [373] [374] [375] [376]
• Audrey Derivaux American swimmer [377] [378], [379] [380] [381] [382] [383] [384]

Table Tennis

Table Tennis teams

• Korean air women table tennis team (ko)

Tennis

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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) [385][386][387][388][389][390][391][392] 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[393][394][395][396]
• Lauren Marker [397] and [398] (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

• Djokovic-Wawrinka rivalry - a modern-day rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka, 2 multiple Grand Slam champions that answer all 3 requirements at the page list of tennis rivalries. This is an active rivalry that includes 27 matches as of now, including 2 Grand Slam finals and at least 1 match in all 4 Grand Slam tournaments. By: Ryanco88

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

• Itamar Fayler (איתמר פיילר) - Israeli track and field athlete. Current Maccabiah Games record holder in the 110m hurdles (14.25s, set in 2017). Competed internationally for Israel at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships and the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF). He is a multi-time Israeli national champion and top-ranked hurdler, holding leading national times across the Cadet (U-18), Junior (U-20), and Senior divisions for the 110m hurdles. He also competed and won national-level events in the 100m dash and relays. Also a Yale University alumnus and former NCAA Division I track athlete. Sources: Maccabiah Records, 2016 World U20 Results, Yale Athletics, Ynet News: 2013 EYOF Qualification & 100m win, Israeli Athletics Association: U-20 Records, Israeli Athletics Association: Senior Records.
• Theresa Biana Agola, Nee Dismas (Athlete from Tanzania and won a silver medal in Javelin, the country's first ever medal in international athletics competitions in 1965 at the 1st All Africa Games in Congo, Brazzaville. Theresa is celebrated as a champion for women's sport in Tanzania and paving the way for the men to win medals in later competitions) (http://todor66.com/Africa_Games/1965/Athletics.html), (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1965_All-Africa_Games), (http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Sports/TZ-runners-set-sights-on-the-2020-Olympics/1840572-4198148-aqcdkv/index.html)
• Hal Croft – Coach of Reading Memorial High School Track Team, which held the record for the longest winning streak in North American sports at 30 years.[399]
• Danie Malan, (born 1950) 1970s South Africa middle distance athlete,ranked world no. 2, 800 m 1971, World Record 1000 m 1973, defeated 1976 Olympic 1500 m silver medallist, Ivo Van Damm in 1976 but could not compete internationallly due to international sports boycott of South Africa[400]
• Brian Herron - (An American Track and Field athlete who competes in the 400 meters and the 200 meters [401] , world junior record holder in the 4x400 meter relay [402] , indoor world junior record holder in the 300 meters) [403]
• Harold Lambe - 1870s runner, first U.S. National Champion in the 800-meter run (Template:Footer US NC 800m Men), first U.S. National Champion in the 1,500 meter run (Template:Footer US NC 1500m Men), also second head coach of the Toronto Argonauts (1875) (Template:Toronto Argonauts coach navbox)
• James Milholen - American 400m Runner (An American Track and Field athlete who competes in the 400 meters and the 200 meters James is a 4x All American and a 3x All SEC sprinter. He competes for the University of Arkansas. In 2021 he ran a personal best of 45.98 in the open 400m outdoors, and a split of 45.13 indoors. In high school James was the 2018 Arkansas high school state champion and record holder. He was also an All American his senior year of high school. https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/james-milholen/, https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/jun/16/track-and-field-hard-work-perseverance-pays-off/?sports, https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/james-milholen-14846405, https://ar.milesplit.com/athletes/6668195-james-milholen/stats
• Lakeisha Warner, British Virgin Islander sprinter and Youth Olympics medal winner

Other

• 4 Mile of Groningen - see Eliud Kipchoge
• Maine Black Bears track and field – The University of Maine men's and women's NCAA Division I track and field program. Competes within the America East Conference. http://www.goblackbears.com/sports/m-track/index
• RUN NYC – Nike's New York City based running club.

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

• Jennifer Hopkins (paratriathlete) – paratriathlete, multiple TRI-3 titles. http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/50772/jennifer_hopkins
• Andre Kajlich – 2012 Men's HC Ironman World Champion. 2nd TRI-1 ITU sprint paratriathlon 2011, 2012. [404]
• Iain Dawson – paratriathlete, TRI-6 Paratriathlon World Champion 2010, 2012. http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/40957/iain_dawson
• Steven Judge – paratriathlete, TRI-3 Paratriathlon World Champion 2011, 2012. http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/40955/steven_judge
• Ken Glah – ironman triathlete, 30 straight finishes of Ironman World Championship. http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/ken_glah, http://www.endurancesportstravel.com/

Volleyball

• Sofya Kuznetsova-sourced [405]. Professional volleyball player for the Russian national team and Leningradka volleyball team in the Russian's Super League.
• Guatemala men's national volleyball team. High ranked men's national volleyball team competed in FIVB competitions.
• 2019–20 Turkish Women's Volleyball League High ranked women's volleyball league in Europe.
• Keenan Whitehurst (Former American college volleyball player and 1997 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament all-tournament selection; son of former American politician Dan Whitehurst) [406] [407]
• Fred Sturm (volleyball), Bronze medalist coach for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics[408]
• The following are the only three NCAA Division I women's programs that have won the national championship but do not yet have pages:
  • Long Beach State women's volleyball (champions in 1989, 1993, and 1998)
  • Pacific Tigers women's volleyball (champions in 1985 and 1986) — currently a redirect to the main Pacific athletics page
• Antti Ronkainen (volleyball player) - Finnish international volleyball player who's competed at two Men's European Volleyball Championship (2019 and 2021) and the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.

Beach Volleyball

• CEV Queen & King of the Court [409]
• CEV EuroBeachVolley or EuroBeachVolley
• 2023 European Beach Volleyball Championships

Water polo

• EU Nations Waterpolo Cup [410], 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. He was part of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. He competed in several international tournaments. He played waterpolo at CN Marseille during the seasons 2017-2018 competeting in the top French league. He is the son of the water polo player Andy Hoepelman. His brother Ruben Hoepelman is also playing waterpolo.

• 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. [411]
• 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; [412]

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

• American Collar-and-Elbow Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/collar-elbow.html
• American Light Heavyweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/american-lh.html
• American Middleweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/american-m.html
• Canadian Heavyweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/can-h.html
• Far East Heavyweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/korea/fe-h.html
• French Heavyweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/france/fr-h.html
• Midget Women's World Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-mg-wm.html
• Midget Women's World Tag Team Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-mg-wt.html
• Midgets' World Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-mg.html
• Midgets' World Tag Team Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-mg-t.html
• Negro Women's World Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-negro-wm.html
• Occidente Tag Team Championship - see El Hijo de Cien Caras
• Southern Heavyweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/south-h.html
• TNA Sports Entertainment Xtreme Australian Heavyweight Championship it was Unsanctioned like the TNA World Beer Drinking Championship
• World Bantamweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-b.html
• World Featherweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-f.html
• World Heavy-Middleweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-hm.html
• World Heavyweight Championship (European version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/eu-world-h.html
• World Heavyweight Championship (Maryland version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/md/md-world-h.html
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-j.html
• World Junior Welterweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-jwl.html
• World Light Heavyweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-lh.html
• World Lightweight Championship (European version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/eu-world-l.html
• World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-jlh.html
• World Junior Middleweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-jm.html
• World Lightweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-l.html
• World Mid-Heavyweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-mh.html
• World Middleweight Championship (European version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/eu-world-m.html
• World Middleweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-m.html
• World Negro Heavyweight Championship http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-negro-h.html
• World Tag Team Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-t.html
• World Welterweight Championship (European version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/eu-world-wl.html
• World Welterweight Championship (Original version) http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-wl.html

Referees

• Marty Elias
• Chad Patton
• Todd Sinclair

People

• Amir Jordan - WWE Wrestler competed in United Kingdom Tournament 2018 [413] his bio [414], 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.[415]
• Danny Daniels (wrestler) – former ECW referee, independent wrestler, booker of AAW out of Chicago
• Harold Williams (writer)- sourced [416] [417] [418] [419] [420]
• 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 [421] and [422]. 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 [423] and [424]. 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) ([425])
• 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)

Promotions

• WrestleStat - primary location for fans, media, coaches, and athletes to find statistical information about college wrestlers and schools [426] [427] [428] [429]
• Paradigm Pro Wrestling )
• Grapplemax Pro Wrestling Studios
• Setup Thailand Pro Wrestling
• All Caribbean Wrestling
• Scottish Championship Wrestling (A Scottish promotion active from 2002 until 2004) (SCW on Wrestlingdata.com The failed attempt to relaunch in 2011 as a Fans Community promotion A review of Golden Harvest II A show preview from 2004)
• IWA Deep-South - [430] [431] [432] [433]

Tournaments and events

• Glory By Honor VIIGlory By Honor VII
• Glory By Honor XGlory By Honor X
• List of Combat Zone Wrestling tournaments
• List of National Wrestling Alliance tournaments
• NWA Legends Fanfest
• PWG Crazy 8
• SummerSlam Axxess

Other sports

• Drone Soccer description1,description2,description3,possibly the first official organization for the sport,more info,FAI World Drone Soccer Championships - FAI as in World Air Sports Federation,FIDA World Cup 1,FIDA World Cup 2,history and International Drone Football Festival - an international scale-competition with more than 400 players from 20 countries around the world
• Combat wrestling
• Targetball - created by Indian man Dr. Sonu Sharma in 2012 ([434]); there is also Target Ball created by Michael Spengos from Greece in May 2022 [435]
• Tuj lub - Hmong sport ([436])
• World Crossbow Shooting Association (WCSA) - One of the two major crossbow federations. World Championship disciplines: Target, Target match play, Forest, Forest match play, 3D, Bench & prone target and Indoor target.
• Ultimate ping(fr:Ultimate ping,nl:Ultimate tafeltennis)

Adventure racing

• HQrecon – sourced [437], [438] and [439]. A new strategic adventure experience where the smart can outrun the fast. Full list of coverage can be found here: [440]

• Victor Delamarre (Victor Delamarre, French-Canadian strongman) (http://legendarystrength.com/victor-delamarre/ http://www.strengthfighter.com/2011/10/strongest-men-ever.html)

Arm wrestling

• World’s Wristwrestling Championship, Inc.
• 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. [441][442] [443] [444] [445] He has also wikipedia article in Turkish.
• some of the top open weight pullers since 1950
  • Aleksandr Beziazykov / RUS - better known as Schoolboy. [446]
  • Alizhan Muratov (ru) / KAZ - 2 times World Armwrestling Championship and current the best left-hand arm wrestler.
  • David Dadikyan / ARM - 6 times World Armwrestling Championship and 8 times european champion. [447] [448] [449]
  • Dmitry Trubin (ru) / RUS - 3 times World Armwrestling Championship, he has a wikipedia article in Russian.
  • Farid Usmanov / TUR - Also known as Ferit Osmanli is a Uzbek-born turkish arm wrestler won World Armwrestling Championship. [450]
  • Georgi Tsvetkov / BUL - Multiple World Armwrestling Championship.
  • Ivan Matyushenko (ru) / RUS - Please make a article of Ivan. One of the best russian arm wrestler in the world, 5 times World Armwrestling Championship, 15 times champion of Russia and honored Master of Sports in arm wrestling. He has a wikipedia article in Russian.
  • Jerry Cadorette / USA - [451] [452] [453]
  • Travis Bagent / USA - [454]
  • Vitaly Laletin (ru) / RUS - A world-class armwrestler known for having one of the strongest recorded hand grips, reaching a 167 kg (approx. 368 lbs) crush grip on a GM-150 dynamometer in 2024. [455] [456] [457] [458] [459]
  • Yoshinobu Kanai (jp)[460] [461]
  • Zaur Paizulaev (ru) / RUS - Silver medalist in World Armwrestling Championship in 2021 (110 kg) and multiple champion of Russia. [462] [463]

Base Jumping

• Australian BASE Association (ABA) - mentioned on the page of Dwain Weston

Bee hunting

• Bee hunting or Bee hunt - been around for thousands of years. [464] [465]

Bodyboarding

• Paipo board (pronounced pipe-oh) - Either made of wood or fiberglass. Fiberglass boards usually had fins on the bottom. 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

• International Darts Federation (IDF), world federation for soft darts http://www.idfdarts.org
• World Soft Darts Association (WSDA), world federation for soft darts http://www.darts-theworld.com/en/rules-wsda.html
• Soft Darts World Federation (SDWF) (aka (maybe previous name) World Federation of Electronic Darts (http://pl-co.bg/?wpcproduct=дартс-minidart&lang=en)), organized world championships on Compumatic machines (website https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/89201219?q&versionId=102529266 is about "The organizing of the Eighth Electronic Darts World Championship by Barcelona's Compumatic Research SL and Soft Darts World Federation (SDWF)")
• Bullshooter Darts Federation organizes world championships on Bullshooter machines https://www.throwdarts.at/bullshooter/ (of notable players Mensur Suljović won one of their Ch's )
• Federation European Compact Sports (FECS) european federation for soft darts, among others http://www.fecs.org (of notable players Mensur Suljović won one of their Ch's )
• European Dart Union (EDU), european federation for soft darts http://www.edu-dart.eu (of notable players Mensur Suljović won one of their Ch's )

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 [466]

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 [467], [468], [469]

Fantasy sports

• Trophy Manager – football management game.[470]
• Football Identity – turn-based football game where one can be a footballer, a manager or a journalist. [471]

Footgolf

• Jansen Cup [472] [www.footgolf.us]

Freediving

• FREE (Freediving Regulations and Education Entity)

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...

World federations

• IGSF (International Girya Sport Federation) http://igsf.biz/dir/en/ http://www.girevik-online.com/international-kettlebell-organizations/igsf
• IKMF (International Kettlebell Marathon Federation) https://www.ikmf-world.com http://kettlebellmarathon.com/wp20150806/about-3/history/
• WAKSC (World Assocation of Kettlebell Sport Clubs) http://waksc.com
• (WKSF) World Kettlebell Sport Federation http://www.wksf.site/copia-sport
• (IKLF) International Kettlebell Lifting Federation http://www.iklf.co
• (IKFF) International Kettlebell and Fitness Federation
• (IKSFA) International Kettlebell Sport & Fitness Academy
• (GSU) Girevoy Sport Union
• World Kettlebell

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

• Ben Johns (Pickleball) (Ben Johns is the top-ranked Men's Picklball player in the world. Most recently, at the 2018 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships, he was the Men’s Doubles Open Champion with his partner Kyle Yates. At the 2019 US Open, Ben captured gold in Men’s Doubles Open, while earning a silver medal in Men’s Singles. He also won the Triple Crown at the 2019 Tournament of Champions.) (Washington Post article about Ben Johns' Pickleball accomplishments, The Official USA Pickleball player highlight of Ben Johns)

• Tyler Loong (Pickleball) (Tyler Loong is one of the top-ranking Men’s Pickleball players with top-three finishes in many major US Pro Tournaments including the 2020 California Open, the 2019 Mountain Regional, and 2018 Pickleball National Championships.) (Tyler Loong as "well-known pro(s) to watch" for the National Championship, Players to Watch on the Official USA Pickleball website, ABC Utah Article

Skateboarding

• Kilian Martin-Spanish male skateboarder [473] and [474].
• Adrian Dearden Canadian male skateboarder [475]

Slap fighting

• Layne Viernes - American slap fighter and former Super Heavyweight Championship. [476] [477] [478]
• 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. [479] [480] [481]
• Damien Dibbell - American slap fighter. [482] [483] [484]
• Dawid Zalewski - Undefeated in slap fights. [485][486] [487]

Squash

• Gordon John Watson Australian Squash Champion 1939-1949, Hall of Fame inductee and Legend of Squash (Vic). [488]

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 [489] 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

• Ōsumo (ja:大相撲)
• Yumitorishiki(Bow dance ceremony)(ja:弓取式)
• Template:Sumo(ja:Template:相撲)

Surfing

• Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy [490], [491], [492]
• Zoltan "The Magician" Torkos – First surfer to ever do a kickflip on a surfboard. www.zoltantorkos.com
• Lyndon Wake

• Ian Gentil – Professional surfer from Paia, Maui, Hawaii. He was the 2023 WSL Men's Rookie of the Year and continues to compete actively on the World Surf League circuit. Notable highlights include standout performances at major events.
  • Sources**: [World Surf League profile](https://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/2618/ian-gentil), [2023 Rookie of the Year](https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/522665/caitlin-simmers-and-ian-gentil-honored-as-2023-rookies-of-the-year)

Underwater diving

• George Irvine III
• Ocean Reef (company) [493]
• Big Blue Tech [494]
• Cydive [495]

Diving equipment

• Diving Tools
• Neptune II NIRA [496]
• Neptune Space [497]
• GSM DC [498]
• GSM, Global Submarine Messenger [499]
• M101A, reciever unit [500]
• M-105 DIGITAL [501]
• M-105 DIGITAL DC [502]
• M-105 D MARINER [503]
• M101AR [504]
• Alpha Pro [505]
• Gamma 105 [506]
• GSM TV2
• Shield Display (for Neptune masks)
• NECS [507]
• Gamma 105 Camera [508]

Wakeboarding

• Phillip Soven - sourced [509] and [510] 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], [511], [512], [513], and [514].
• Sava Vasiljevski Performance results [515][516]
• Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships [517], [518], [519]
• Charu Pesi weightlifter (latest reference -[520])

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.
• James T. Morris Arena – Venue at Indiana University Indianapolis set to open in 2026 as the new home of the basketball teams.