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Allyson Felix
American sprinter who won 11 Olympic medals, the most by any track and field athlete in Olympic history.
Below are athletes that contain the letter S anywhere in the name. Each of the 33 athletes below opens to a full profile.
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List of Athletes That Contain S
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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.
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Andres Iniesta
Spanish midfielder who scored the winning goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and won four Champions League titles with Barcelona.
4
Bill Russell
American basketball center who won 11 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, the most of any player in league history.
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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Carl Lewis
American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals across four Games in sprints and the long jump.
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Chris Evert
American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and reached at least the semifinals of 52 consecutive majors.
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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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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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George Best
Northern Irish forward and 1968 Ballon d'Or winner regarded as one of the greatest dribblers in football history.
12
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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Jesse Owens
American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in sprints and the long jump.
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Joe Louis
American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, the longest unbroken reign in the division's history.
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LeBron James
American basketball forward, four-time NBA champion, and the league's all-time leading scorer.
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Lennox Lewis
British boxer who became undisputed heavyweight world champion in 1999, the last undisputed champion before the four-belt era.
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Lionel Messi
Argentine football forward widely considered one of the greatest players in the sport's history, with eight Ballon d'Or awards.
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Magic Johnson
American basketball point guard who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and led the Showtime era of the 1980s.
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Mark Spitz
American swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a record that stood until 2008.
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Michael Johnson
American sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and set world records in the 200m and 400m.
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Michael Phelps
American swimmer who won 23 Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympic athlete in history.
22
Mike Tyson
American boxer who became the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion in history at age 20 in 1986.
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Pete Sampras
American tennis player who won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, including seven Wimbledon championships.
24
Roy Jones Jr.
American boxer who won world titles in four weight classes from middleweight to heavyweight.
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Sebastian Coe
British middle-distance runner who won two Olympic 1500m gold medals and set world records across 800m to the mile.
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Serena Williams
American tennis player who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
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Sergey Bubka
Ukrainian pole vaulter who won six consecutive World Championships and set 35 world records.
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Shaquille O'Neal
American basketball center who won four NBA championships and was one of the most dominant low-post players in league history.
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Steffi Graf
German tennis player who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and the only Golden Slam (all four majors plus Olympic gold) in a single calendar year.
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Stephen Curry
American basketball point guard who has won four NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors and is the league's all-time three-point leader.
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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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Venus Williams
American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Serena.
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