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Ellen Åkesson

Ellen B. Åkesson (Ellen Viking), born 1999, Swedish arm wrestler, powerlifter, strongwoman and streetlifter; 2025 IFA world arm wrestling champion (both hands, 70 kg); signed by WWE in March 2026 and released that September without an official match.

Ellen Muller Preis

Ellen Muller Preis (Ellen Preis, Ellen Sigurd Hildegard Müller-Preis, 1912-2007), Austrian foil fencer; 1932 Olympic gold, 1936 and 1948 bronze, five Games, three world titles.

Ellen Osiier

Ellen Osiier (Ellen Ottilia Osiier, née Thomsen, 1890–1962), Danish foil fencer; first female Olympic fencing champion, winning all 16 bouts for gold at Paris 1924; wife of Ivan Osiier; Denmark's only Olympic fencing gold medalist.

Elmar Borrmann

Elmar Borrmann (born 1957, Stuttgart) is a German épée fencer, twin brother of Igor Borrmann, with Olympic team gold 1984 and 1992, silver 1988, and individual world title 1983.

Elnur Məmmədli

Elnur Məmmədli (Elnur Çingiz oğlu Məmmədli), Azerbaijani judoka born 1988 in Baku; 2008 Beijing Olympic lightweight (-73 kg) champion, Azerbaijan's first judo gold, 2007 world silver, double European champion.

Emam Ali Habibi

Emam Ali Habibi (امامعلی حبیبی گودرزی), the "Tiger of Mazandaran," was an Iranian freestyle wrestler (1931-2025) who won Iran's first Olympic gold at 1956 Melbourne and three world titles (1959, 1961, 1962).

Eman Bacosa Pacquiao

Eman Bacosa Pacquiao (Emmanuel Joseph Bacosa, born 2004, Tagum) is a Filipino lightweight boxer, son of Manny Pacquiao; pro since 2023, record 8-2-1 with 5 KOs, Thrilla in Manila 2 winner, 2026 PBF title loss to Rodelyn Perez.

Emanuel Augustus

Emanuel Augustus (Emanuel Ya'kov Burton, "The Drunken Master", "The Outlaw"), American boxer 1994-2011, record 38-34-6 (20 KOs); Ring 2001 Fight of the Year vs Micky Ward; Mayweather's toughest opponent.

Emanuel Navarrete

Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete (Emanuel Navarrete Martínez), Mexican boxer, 40-2-1 with 33 KOs; three-division WBO champion (122, 126, 130 lbs), unified WBO-IBF super featherweight champion in 2026, facing O'Shaquie Foster October 24, 2026.

Emanuel Steward

Emanuel Steward (1944-2012), American Hall of Fame boxing trainer and HBO commentator, ran Detroit's Kronk Gym and trained 41 world champions including Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis, and Wladimir Klitschko.

Emese Szasz Kovacs

Emese Szasz Kovacs (Szász-Kovács Emese, born 1982, Budapest) is a Hungarian left-handed épée fencer, 2016 Rio Olympic champion in women's individual épée, and a distinct person from swimmer Emese Kovács.

Emile Griffith

Emile Griffith (1938-2013), Virgin Islands-born American boxer, five-time world welterweight and middleweight champion; his 1962 bout with Benny Paret ended in Paret's death; IBHOF 1990.

Emiliano Vargas

Emiliano Vargas, El General, undefeated American super lightweight boxer (18-0, 15 KOs), youngest son of Fernando Vargas, Top Rank prospect, The Ring 2025 Prospect of the Year, fastest KO in Madison Square Garden history (42 seconds).

Emilie Andeol

Émilie Andéol (Émilie Gladwys Andéol), French judoka born 1987 in Bordeaux, +78 kg heavyweight, Red Star Champigny; Olympic gold Rio 2016 beating Idalys Ortíz, European champion 2014, retired 2018.

Emilio Correa

Emilio Correa (Justo Emilio Correa Vaillant, 1953-2024), Cuban welterweight boxer; Olympic gold Munich 1972, world amateur champion 1974, Pan American and Central American and Caribbean Games gold; father of 2008 Olympic silver medallist Emilio Correa Jr.

Emmanuel Yarbrough

Emmanuel "Manny" Yarbrough (1964-2015), American amateur sumo wrestler, 1995 openweight world champion, the only American amateur sumo World Champion; also the largest UFC fighter ever, with a 1-2 MMA record.

Endre Kabos

Endre Kabos (Kabos Endre, born Endre Katz), Hungarian Jewish sabre fencer, 1906-1944: three Olympic golds (team 1932, 1936; individual 1936) and 1932 individual bronze; killed in the Arrow Cross bombing of Budapest's Margaret Bridge.

Enhō Yūya (炎鵬悠哉)

Enhō Yūya (炎鵬 友哉), real name Yuya Nakamura, born 1994, is a 167 cm, 107 kg Japanese sumo wrestler of Isegahama stable; makuuchi debut May 2019, career-high maegashira 4, and the first former makuuchi wrestler to regain sekitori rank after falling to jonokuchi.

Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu

Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu (Баатархүү Энх-оргил), "The Tormentor," Mongolian MMA fighter born 1988 in Khovd; Road to ONE: Mongolia winner who captured the ONE Bantamweight MMA World Title from Fabricio Andrade in December 2025 and lost it to Elbek Alyshov in July 2026.

Enkhbatyn Badar Uugan

Enkhbatyn Badar Uugan (Энхбатын Бадар-Ууган), born 1985 in Ulaanbaatar, is a retired Mongolian boxer who won bantamweight gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the first Olympic boxing champion from Mongolia.

Enrico Porro

Enrico Porro (Paolo Enrico Porro, 1885–1967), Italian Greco-Roman wrestler, first Italian Olympic wrestling gold, lightweight ≤66.6 kg at London 1908; also competed 1920 and 1924.

Enriko Kehl

Enriko Kehl, "The Hurricane" (born 1992), German Muay Thai and kickboxing fighter; 2014 K-1 World MAX champion who beat Buakaw, ISKA world titleholder, former ONE and GLORY competitor.

Enyu Valchev

Enyu Valchev (Еню Вълчев Димов), Bulgarian freestyle lightweight wrestler (1936–2014); full Olympic medal set: bronze Rome 1960, gold Tokyo 1964, silver Mexico 1968; 1962 world champion, FILA Hall of Fame 2005.

Enzo Amore

Enzo Amore (Eric Arndt), also known as Real1 and nZo, American retired pro wrestler and rapper; WWE NXT and Raw star teamed with Big Cass, WWE Cruiserweight Champion 2017, released by WWE January 2018.

Enzo and Cass

Enzo and Cass (Enzo Amore and Big Cass) were a WWE tag team active from 2013 to 2017. They were known for catchphrases and promo work but never won a championship.

Enzo Lefort

Enzo Lefort (Enzo-Boris Lefort), French foil fencer born 1991 in Cayenne, French Guiana. Olympic team gold Tokyo 2020, silver Rio 2016, bronze Paris 2024; individual world champion 2019 and 2022.

Enzo Maccarinelli

Enzo Maccarinelli, known as "Big Macc", is a Welsh former professional boxer, born in Swansea in 1980, who held the WBO cruiserweight world title from 2006 to 2008 and later won European, British, and Commonwealth titles.

Épée

Épée: one of the three Olympic fencing weapons (with foil and sabre), a thrusting sword under 770 g and 110 cm, whole-body target, no right-of-way, double touches allowed.

Eri Tosaka

Eri Tosaka (登坂絵莉), Japanese freestyle wrestler, 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist at women's 48 kg and three-time world champion 2013-2015; retired 2022 after injuries ended her Tokyo 2020 bid.

Eric Bischoff

Eric Bischoff, American wrestling executive and personality, WCW president who launched Monday Nitro and created the nWo, later WWE Raw General Manager, SmackDown Executive Director, and 2021 Hall of Famer.