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Athletes that contain B

21 athletes containing the letter B — each with origin, classification, and notes.

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    1

    Bill Russell

    American basketball center who won 11 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, the most of any player in league history.

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    Billie Jean King

    American tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and led advocacy for equal prize money in women's tennis.

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    Bjorn Borg

    Swedish tennis player who won 11 Grand Slam singles titles before retiring at age 26 in 1983.

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    Bobby Charlton

    English midfielder and 1966 World Cup winner regarded as one of England's greatest footballers and a Manchester United icon.

    5

    Caeleb Dressel

    American swimmer who won seven Olympic gold medals and holds world records in the 100m butterfly and 100m individual medley.

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    Dick Fosbury

    American high jumper who won the 1968 Olympic gold and pioneered the back-first jumping technique now used by virtually all elite jumpers.

    7

    Eusebio

    Mozambican-born Portuguese forward who won the 1965 Ballon d'Or and finished as top scorer at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

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    Franz Beckenbauer

    German defender who won the 1974 FIFA World Cup as captain and the 1990 edition as manager, pioneering the modern attacking sweeper role.

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    George Best

    Northern Irish forward and 1968 Ballon d'Or winner regarded as one of the greatest dribblers in football history.

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    Haile Gebrselassie

    Ethiopian long-distance runner who won two Olympic gold medals in the 10,000m and set 27 world records.

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    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

    American basketball center who won six NBA championships and held the league's all-time scoring record for nearly four decades.

    12

    Khabib Nurmagomedov

    Russian mixed martial artist who retired undefeated at 29–0 as UFC lightweight champion.

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    Kobe Bryant

    American basketball guard who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers across two decades.

    14

    Kylian Mbappe

    French forward who won the 2018 FIFA World Cup at age 19 and has been among the world's top scorers across Ligue 1 and La Liga.

    15

    Larry Bird

    American basketball forward who won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1980s.

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    LeBron James

    American basketball forward, four-time NBA champion, and the league's all-time leading scorer.

    17

    Sebastian Coe

    British middle-distance runner who won two Olympic 1500m gold medals and set world records across 800m to the mile.

    18

    Sergey Bubka

    Ukrainian pole vaulter who won six consecutive World Championships and set 35 world records.

    19

    Sugar Ray Robinson

    American boxer who held the welterweight world title and five middleweight world titles, often called the greatest boxer pound-for-pound.

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    Usain Bolt

    Jamaican sprinter who set world records in the 100 metres and 200 metres and won eight Olympic gold medals.

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    Wilt Chamberlain

    American basketball center who scored 100 points in a single NBA game and held many of the league's scoring and rebounding records.

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