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Adam Peaty
British swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals and set world records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke.
Below are athletes that contain the letter D anywhere in the name. Each of the 26 athletes below opens to a full profile.
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List of Athletes That Contain D
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Andre Agassi
American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles titles and a career Grand Slam, plus Olympic gold in 1996.
3
Andrea Pirlo
Italian deep-lying midfielder who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup and two UEFA Champions League titles with AC Milan.
4
Andres Iniesta
Spanish midfielder who scored the winning goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and won four Champions League titles with Barcelona.
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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Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese football forward and five-time Ballon d'Or winner known for prolific goalscoring across top European leagues and international football.
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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.
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Diego Maradona
Argentine attacking midfielder who captained his country to the 1986 FIFA World Cup and is considered one of the greatest footballers ever.
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Eliud Kipchoge
Kenyan long-distance runner who won two Olympic marathon gold medals and was the first to run the marathon distance under two hours.
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Erling Haaland
Norwegian striker known for prolific goalscoring in the Bundesliga and Premier League, including a record-breaking Premier League debut season.
11
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
American boxer who finished his career undefeated at 50–0 across five weight classes.
12
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American basketball center who won six NBA championships and held the league's all-time scoring record for nearly four decades.
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Katie Ledecky
American swimmer who has won nine Olympic gold medals and holds world records in the 800m, 1500m, and other distance freestyle events.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov
Russian mixed martial artist who retired undefeated at 29–0 as UFC lightweight champion.
15
Larry Bird
American basketball forward who won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1980s.
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Michael Jordan
American basketball guard who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player ever.
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Muhammad Ali
American boxer and three-time heavyweight world champion widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history.
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Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis player who holds the men's record for Grand Slam singles titles with 24 and most weeks at world No. 1.
19
Paolo Maldini
Italian defender who spent his entire 25-year senior career at AC Milan and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders in football history.
20
Rafael Nadal
Spanish tennis player who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 14 French Open championships.
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Roger Federer
Swiss tennis player who won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, including eight Wimbledon championships.
22
Ronaldinho
Brazilian attacking midfielder and forward who won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the Ballon d'Or in 2005 during his Barcelona peak.
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Ronaldo Nazario
Brazilian striker, two-time World Cup winner, and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year, often called "O Fenomeno."
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Tim Duncan
American basketball power forward who won five NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs across nearly two decades.
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Wilma Rudolph
American sprinter who became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics at the 1960 Rome Games.
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Zinedine Zidane
French attacking midfielder who won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the Ballon d'Or in 1998, and later coached Real Madrid to three Champions League titles.
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