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Aron Szilagyi
Aron Szilagyi (Áron Szilágyi, born 1990) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, the first male fencer with three consecutive individual Olympic golds (2012, 2016, 2020), plus 2024 team silver and 2022 world title.
Arpad Barany
Árpád Bárány (Bárány Árpád, born 24 June 1931, Budapest) is a Hungarian épée fencer, Olympic team gold medalist at Tokyo 1964 and 1959 world team champion, later a coach in Iran and Hungary and fencing referee.
Arsen Fadzayev
Arsen Fadzayev (Арсен Сулейманович Фадзаев, born 1962), Soviet and Unified Team freestyle wrestler, two-time Olympic lightweight champion 1988 and 1992, six-time world champion, later Russian Duma member.
Arsen Galstyan
Arsen Galstyan (Арсен Жораевич Галстян), Russian judoka born 1989 in Armenia; Olympic gold, men's −60 kg, London 2012, Russia's first gold there and first Russian judo gold in 32 years; later head coach of Russia's men's team.
Art Davie
Art Davie, Brooklyn-born former advertising executive and Marine, co-founded the UFC with Rorion Gracie as "War of the Worlds", produced UFC 1 in Denver in 1993, sold his stake in 1995, and entered the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.
Artem Lobov (Артём Лобов)
Artem Lobov (Артём Лобов, born 1986, Nizhny Novgorod), the Russian Hammer, is a Russian-born Irish retired featherweight MMA fighter and bare-knuckle boxer; TUF 22 finalist, 2-5 in the UFC, BKFC wins over Jason Knight and Paulie Malignaggi, retired 2021.
Artem Suslenkov
Artem Suslenkov (Артём Сергеевич Сусленков), Russian heavyweight boxer born 1995 in Volgograd; undefeated at 15-0 with 10 KOs, WBA Continental champion, and winner by eleventh-round TKO over Joe Joyce in Moscow, July 2026.
Artem Vakhitov (Артём Олегович Вахитов)
Artem Vakhitov (Артём Олегович Вахитов) is a Russian kickboxer born in 1991, a two-time GLORY light heavyweight champion known as the last man to beat Alex Pereira in kickboxing.
Arthur Abraham (Ավետիկ Աբրահամյան)
Arthur Abraham (Ավետիկ Աբրահամյան), Armenian-German boxer born 1980 in Yerevan; IBF middleweight champion 2005-2009 with 10 defenses, two-time WBO super middleweight champion, Super Six tournament participant.
Artur Akhmatkhuzin
Artur Akhmatkhuzin (Артур Камилевич Ахматхузин, born 1988) is a Russian foil fencer, 2016 Olympic team champion who won Rio gold with a titanium hip prosthesis after 2014 surgery, world silver 2013, retired 2019.
Artur Aleksanyan
Artur Aleksanyan (Արթուր Ալեքսանյան) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler and "White Bear." He won Olympic gold in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, along with seven European titles.
Artur Beterbiev (Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев)
Artur Beterbiev (Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев), Chechen-Canadian light heavyweight boxer born 1985 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan; two-time Olympian, 2009 amateur world champion, unified IBF/WBC/WBO/WBA champion and undisputed 2024, lost rematch to Bivol 2025.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol: Russian-born light heavyweights' undisputed 175-lb rivalry. Beterbiev won by majority decision in Riyadh, October 2024; Bivol avenged it by majority decision in the February 2025 rematch, then vacated the WBC belt seeking a trilogy.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II (Feb 22, 2025, Riyadh): the undisputed light heavyweight rematch in which Dmitry Bivol won a majority decision (114-114, 116-112, 115-113), avenging his October 2024 loss and handing Beterbiev his first defeat.
Artur Szpilka
Artur Szpilka, "The Pin" (Szpila), Polish heavyweight boxer born 1989 in Wieliczka; challenged Deontay Wilder for the WBC title in 2016, later became a KSW MMA fighter with a 5-1 record.
Artur Taymazov
Artur Taymazov (Артур Таймазов), Uzbek Ossetian super-heavyweight freestyle wrestler born 1979 in Nogir; silver Sydney 2000, golds 2004, 2008, 2012, the last two stripped for turinabol and stanozolol; now a Russian State Duma deputy.
Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti (1972-2009), "Thunder", Italian-born Canadian boxer, two-division world champion (IBF junior lightweight, WBC super lightweight), 40-9 with 31 KOs, famed for the Micky Ward trilogy, four Ring Fight of the Year awards, IBHOF 2013, and his contested 2009 death in Brazil.
Arturo Rodriguez
Arturo Rodriguez, full name Arturo Jaime Rodríguez Jurado and nicknamed El Mono, was an Argentine boxer and rugby union player who won heavyweight gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
Arundhati Choudhary
Arundhati Choudhary (born 2002, Kota, Rajasthan) is an Indian amateur boxer, 70kg, AIBA Youth World Champion 2021, and gold medallist in women's 70kg boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Asadxoʻja Moʻydinxoʻjayev), Uzbek southpaw boxer from Fergana, born 2001; Paris 2024 Olympic welterweight gold medalist and two-time IBA world champion (67 kg 2023, 65 kg 2025).
Asadula Imangazaliev
Asadula "The Dagestan Ninja" Imangazaliev (Асадула Имангазалиев), born 2003, is an undefeated Russian Muay Thai fighter from Buynaksk, Dagestan; ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion since June 2026 and Russia's first ONE Muay Thai titleholder.
Asahi (wrestler)
Asahi (born 2002) was a Japanese professional wrestler from Gunma Prefecture who competed for Ice Ribbon from 2017 to 2023, then Actwres girl'Z, dying in 2024 at age 21.
Asashōryū Akinori (Долгорсүрэн Дагвадорж)
Asashoryu Akinori (Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj), Mongolian-born 68th yokozuna (2003–2010), won 25 top-division titles including all six tournaments of 2005, and was forced to retire in February 2010 after an alleged nightclub assault.
Ashirma
Ashirma (Aşırma), traditional belt wrestling of Azerbaijan and Iran's Tabriz region; wrestlers hold a fixed leather-belt grip and try to throw the opponent onto his back; bouts run two 3-minute periods in five weight categories.
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Ashlee Evans-Smith (born 1987, Ukiah, California), "Rebel Girl", American MMA fighter; UFC women's bantamweight/flyweight, pro record 6-6, UFC 3-6; known for 2013 TKO of Fallon Fox.
Ashley Massaro
Ashley Massaro (1979–2019), American model and WWE wrestler, won the 2005 Raw Diva Search, posed for Playboy, competed on Survivor: China, and died by suicide at 39.
Askar Askarov
Askar "Bullet" Askarov, Russian flyweight MMA fighter from Dagestan, former ACB flyweight champion, 15-1-1 record, 3-1-1 in the UFC, Deaflympics wrestling champion, drew Brandon Moreno, lost only to Kai Kara-France.
Aslamjon Ortikov
Aslamjon "El Pantera" Ortikov, Uzbek Muay Thai flyweight from Samarkand in ONE Championship. Won first 24 pro fights, beat Kongthoranee and Estupinan, then lost a 2026 split decision to Imangazaliev for the vacant flyweight title.
Aslanbek Khushtov
Aslanbek Khushtov (Асланбек Витальевич Хуштов), born 1980, is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who won Olympic gold in the 96 kg heavyweight class at Beijing 2008 and was three-time European champion (2008-2010).
Asmita Dey
Asmita Dey (born 2003, Belonia, Tripura) is an Indian judoka in the women's 48 kg class; she became the first Indian to win Commonwealth Games judo gold, at Glasgow 2026, beating Canada's Heidi Quach in sudden death.