List of Famous Sportspersons

Maurizio Jacobacci is a Swiss football manager and former player. He is currently manager of FC Lugano.

Stoycho Zahariev Stoev is a Bulgarian former footballer and manager.

José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena, nicknamed El Chopo, is a Spanish retired football goalkeeper and manager.

Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Hassoun Camara is a French former professional footballer.

Cameron Watson is a Scottish Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a defensive midfielder for National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 side Moreland Zebras FC.

Franco Davín is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina.

Jerry Ray Lucas is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Tommie C. Smith is an American former track & field athlete and former wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans in the United States caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement.

Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli was a Soviet and Georgian football player manager.