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Antônio Silva (fighter)
Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva (born 1979), Brazilian heavyweight MMA fighter; beat Fedor Emelianenko and Alistair Overeem, lost two UFC title fights to Cain Velasquez, famous 2013 draw with Mark Hunt.
Antonio Spallino
Antonio Spallino (1925-2017), Italian foil and epee fencer: Olympic team gold Melbourne 1956, silver Helsinki 1952, bronze individual 1956; later mayor of Como 1970-1985 and Panathlon International president.
Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver, born Antonio Deon Tarver in 1968, is an American former boxer who won Olympic bronze and knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in 2004.
Anvar Ibragimov
Anvar Ibragimov (Анвар Камилевич Ибрагимов), Soviet and Russian foil fencer, 1988 Seoul Olympic team foil champion; fifth at Barcelona 1992; later Russian national coach; died 2023.
Aonishiki Arata
Aonishiki Arata (安青錦 新大), born Danylo Yavhusishyn, is a Ukrainian ozeki at Ajigawa stable; first Ukrainian makuuchi champion and Emperor's Cup winner (November 2025), promoted to ozeki in 14 tournaments.
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is the fictional heavyweight boxing champion of the Rocky film franchise, played by Carl Weathers in the first four films, inspired by Muhammad Ali, killed by Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, and father of Adonis Creed of the Creed spin-offs.
Apollo Crews
Apollo Crews, born Sesugh Uhaa in 1987, is an American professional wrestler who wrestled in Japan as Uhaa Nation before joining WWE in 2015, winning United States and Intercontinental Championships.
AR Fox
AR Fox (Thomas James Ballester, born 1987, Ansonia, Connecticut) is an American high-flying professional wrestler; inaugural Evolve Champion (2013), Dante Fox in Lucha Underground, now in AEW and Ring of Honor.
Archie Moore
Archie Moore, born Archibald Lee Wright, was an American boxer who held the light heavyweight title from 1952 to 1962, with the most knockouts in boxing history.
Arian Salimi
Arian Salimi (آرین سلیمی), Iranian taekwondo heavyweight born 2003 in Kermanshah; Olympic gold in men's +80 kg at Paris 2024, beating Caden Cunningham 2-1, plus 2023 world bronze and Asian Games titles.
Arianna Errigo
Arianna Errigo, Italian left-handed foil fencer born 1988 in Monza; Olympic team gold London 2012, flag bearer Paris 2024, multiple world and European foil champion, nicknamed TsunAri.
Arianna Grace
Arianna Grace (born Bianca Sophia Carelli, 1997) is a Canadian professional wrestler signed to WWE, performing on NXT and in TNA, where she is a former Knockouts World Champion.
Ariel Hernandez
Ariel Hernández (Ariel Hernández Azcuy), Cuban amateur boxer born 1973, two-time Olympic middleweight (75 kg) champion, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, and world champion 1993 and 1995.
Ariya Daivari
Ariya Daivari, 'The Persian Lion', Iranian-American wrestler born 1989; WWE 205 Live and Cruiserweight Classic 2016, now leads The Premier Athletes with Tony Nese in AEW and Ring of Honor.
Arjan Bhullar
Arjan Singh Bhullar (born 1986) is a Canadian heavyweight MMA fighter and 2012 Olympic freestyle wrestler; 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, former UFC fighter, and first Indian-origin ONE Championship Heavyweight World Champion.
Arkadiusz Godel
Arkadiusz Godel (born 1952, Lublin) is a Polish lawyer and retired foil fencer, Olympic team foil gold medalist at Munich 1972 and world team champion at Hamburg 1978; later a Warsaw and New York attorney, not currently practicing.
Arlen Lopez
Arlen Lopez (Arlen López Cardona, "Maravilla"), Cuban boxer born 1993 in Guantánamo; double Olympic champion (Rio 2016 middleweight, Tokyo 2020 light heavyweight), 2024 bronze, 2015 world champion, unbeaten WBA Continental pro.
Arm wrestling
Arm wrestling (armwrestling, armsport): a strength sport where two competitors pin each other's hand to a table pad. Organized since the 1950s-60s (WAF founded 1967, Scranton), contested in 80+ countries, with weight classes, supermatches, and distinctive upper-limb injury risks.
Armageddon (2000)
Armageddon 2000, WWF pay-per-view, December 10, 2000, Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center, Alabama; first Six-Man Hell in a Cell for the WWF Championship, Kurt Angle retaining against Rock, Austin, Triple H, Undertaker, and Rikishi.
Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan, nicknamed Akhalkalakets (The Batman), is an Armenian professional mixed martial artist, submission grappler, and freestyle wrestler born in Akhalkalaki, Georgia, in 1996, competing in the UFC lightweight division.
Armand Massard
Armand Émile Nicolas Massard (1884–1971), French épée fencer and Olympic administrator; 1920 Antwerp individual épée gold medalist, later French NOC president 1933–1967 and IOC Vice-President. Not the contemporary Swiss foil fencer Armand Spichiger.
Armando Martinez
Armando Martinez, born in 1961 in Majagua, Cuba, is a Cuban boxer who won light-middleweight gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and silver at the 1982 World Championships.
Armando Reséndiz
Armando Reséndiz (José Armando Reséndiz García, "Toro"), Mexican super middleweight boxer born 1999 in Guayabitos, Nayarit. Record 16-3 (11 KOs); beat Plant and Hurd, WBA champion January-May 2026, lost title to Munguía.
Armen Nazaryan
Armen Nazaryan (Արմեն Նազարյան, born 1974, Masis) is an Armenian-born Greco-Roman wrestler, two-time Olympic champion (1996 for Armenia, 2000 for Bulgaria), 2004 bronze medalist, three-time world champion, and later Bulgarian national coach.
Armen Petrosyan (Արմեն Պետրոսյան) (fighter)
Armen "Superman" Petrosyan (Արմեն Պետրոսյան), born 1990, is an Armenian-Russian middleweight MMA fighter and former Muay Thai champion who went 3-4 in the UFC (2022-2025) after a DWCS knockout win; not related to the kickboxing Petrosyan brothers.
Armlock
Armlock: grappling submission attacking an arm joint, covering the armbar (juji-gatame), kimura, americana, omoplata, and wrist locks; legal at all adult BJJ belts and about 20% of elite submission finishes.
Arn Anderson
Arn Anderson (Martin Lunde), "The Enforcer," American retired pro wrestler, founding member of the Four Horsemen in NWA/WCW, famed for his spinebuster, WWE Hall of Famer 2012, later WWE producer and AEW manager 2019-2024.
Arnd Schmitt
Arnd Rüdiger Schmitt (born 1965, Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German épée fencer, Olympic individual champion Seoul 1988 and team champion Barcelona 1992, world champion 1999, three-time World Cup winner, dentist in Bergisch Gladbach.
Arnis
Arnis, also called Eskrima or Kali, is the indigenous Filipino stick-fighting martial art declared the national martial art and sport of the Philippines by Republic Act No. 9850 in 2009, taught in schools and governed internationally by WEKAF.
Arnold Allen
Arnold "Almighty" Allen, English UFC featherweight from Ipswich, 21-4 record, 12-3 in UFC, ranked #7, ten-fight UFC win streak, never finished, southpaw decision fighter.