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Geo Buchard
Géo Buchard (Georges Eugène William Buchard, 1893–1987), French épée fencer; Olympic team gold 1924 and 1932, three silvers, one bronze, and three individual world titles (1927, 1931, 1933).
Geoff Neal
Geoff "Handz of Steel" Neal, American UFC welterweight from Austin, Texas, training at Fortis MMA; 16-8 record, Contender Series graduate, KO wins over Luque and Dos Anjos, knockout losses to Prates and Medić.
George Chuvalo
George Chuvalo (1937-2026), Canadian heavyweight boxing champion, five-time national titleholder, fought Muhammad Ali twice and Joe Frazier and George Foreman, never knocked down in 93-97 pro fights.
George de Relwyskow
George de Relwyskow (George Frederick William de Relwyskow) was a British freestyle wrestler who won lightweight gold and middleweight silver at the 1908 London Olympics, the youngest Olympic wrestling champion until 1976.
George Dixon
George Dixon, called Little Chocolate (1870–1908), was a Canadian boxer from Halifax, Nova Scotia, the first Black world boxing champion, winning the 1890 bantamweight title and three featherweight reigns; distinct from the 1924 Olympic rugby gold medalist and the Negro leagues catcher of the same name.
George Dole
George Stuart Dole (1885-1928) was an American wrestler and Yale athlete who won gold in men's freestyle featherweight at the 1908 London Olympics, pinning Britain's James Slim in the final, and later became an economics professor.
George Finnegan
George V. Finnegan (1881-1913), American boxer of the Olympic Club of San Francisco, won 1904 St. Louis Olympic flyweight gold over Miles Burke and bantamweight silver behind Oliver Kirk on 22 September 1904.
George Foreman
George Foreman (1949–2025), American heavyweight boxing champion and entrepreneur. Olympic gold 1968; beat Frazier 1973; lost to Ali in the Rumble in the Jungle 1974; oldest heavyweight champion at 45 in 1994; George Foreman Grill pitchman.
George Groves (boxer)
George Groves is a retired English super-middleweight boxer from London who won the WBA world title in 2017 and is known for his two fights with Carl Froch.
George Hackenschmidt
George Hackenschmidt (Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt, 1877–1968), the "Russian Lion", was an Estonian-born strongman and the first undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, twice defeated by Frank Gotch (1908, 1911) and author of The Way to Live.
George Harris
George Harris, full name George Lee Harris, was an American heavyweight judoka who competed at judo's Olympic debut in Tokyo in 1964 and later reached ninth-degree black belt.
George Hunter
George Hunter (1927–2004), South African light-heavyweight boxer, won gold at the 1948 London Olympics by beating Don Scott and took the Val Barker Trophy; later a professional and steel company owner.
George Kambosos Jr (Γιώργος Καμπόσος)
George Kambosos Jr (Γιώργος Καμπόσος), 'Ferocious', Greek-Australian boxer born 1993 in Sydney; unified lightweight champion by upsetting Teófimo López in 2021, lost to Haney twice in 2022, later fought at 140 lbs, stopped by Hitchins in 2025.
George Liddard
George Liddard (born 2002), Billericay middleweight boxer, unbeaten at 15-0 (9 KOs); holds British, Commonwealth, and European middleweight titles; Matchroom fighter trained by Tony Sims.
George Mehnert
George Nicholas Mehnert (1881-1948), Newark, New Jersey freestyle wrestler; first American to win two Olympic wrestling golds (1904 flyweight, 1908 bantamweight) and six AAU titles 1902-1908.
George Steele
George "The Animal" Steele, real name William James Myers (1937-2017), American WWE Hall of Fame wrestler famed for green tongue, turnbuckle-eating, and "Mine"; also Tor Johnson in Ed Wood.
Georges St-Pierre
Georges "Rush" St. Pierre is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist from Quebec who twice held the UFC welterweight title and won the middleweight crown at UFC 217 in 2017.
Georges Tainturier
Georges Tainturier (1890–1943), French épée fencer, Olympic team gold at Paris 1924 and Los Angeles 1932, 1926 world champion; later Resistance leader executed in Cologne.
Georgi Kostadinov
Georgi Kostadinov (Георги Костадинов) names two Bulgarian athletes: the boxer born 1950 in Burgas, first Bulgarian Olympic boxing champion (flyweight gold, Munich 1972), and the footballer born 1990 in Tsarevo, a Bulgaria midfielder and Levski Sofia sporting director.
Georgi Markov (olympedia 57437)
Georgi Nikolov Markov (Георги Мърков), born 1946, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic featherweight champion at Munich 1972, world champion Sofia 1971, European champion Katowice 1972; grandfather of 2026 U17 European champion Georgi Petrov Markov.
Georgi Raykov
Georgi Raykov (Георги Райков), Bulgarian Greco-Roman heavyweight wrestler (1953-2006); 1980 Moscow Olympic champion at 100 kg, world silver 1978-79, European champion 1975 and 1980.
Georgio Poullas (Γεώργιος Πούλλας)
Georgio Poullas (Γεώργιος Πούλλας), born 1998 in Canfield, Ohio, is an American freestyle wrestler and influencer behind the $1,000 'Take Me Down' challenge, a Cleveland State D-I wrestler who lost twice on points to Arman Tsarukyan at RAF 6 and RAF 7.
Georgy Pogosov
Georgy Pogosov (Георгий Вадимович Погосов, Heorhiy Pohosov), born 1960 in Kyiv, Ukrainian sabre fencer; 1992 Olympic team gold for Unified Team, 1988 silver for USSR, six world team titles, later Stanford co-head coach.
Gerald Brisco
Gerald Brisco (Floyd Gerald Brisco, born 1946, Seminole, Oklahoma), also Jerry Brisco, is a retired pro wrestler and WWE scout; Brisco Brothers tag team with Jack, 1984 GCW-WTBS sale to McMahon, Stooges era, 2008 WWE Hall of Fame.
Gerald Dreyer
Gerald Dreyer (1929–1985), South African boxer, 1948 London Olympic lightweight gold medalist who beat Jos Vissers in the final; later British Empire welterweight champion, retired 1955.
Gerald McClellan
Gerald McClellan, "The G-Man", American middleweight world champion (WBO 1991, WBC 1993), 31-3 with 20 first-round KOs, permanently blinded and disabled by brain injury in his 1995 loss to Nigel Benn.
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald "GM3" Meerschaert III (born 1987, Racine, Wisconsin) is a retired American UFC middleweight, pro record 37-23, holding the UFC middleweight record of 11 submission wins; retired October 2026 after 60 pro fights.
Gerald Washington (boxer)
Gerald "El Gallo Negro" Washington, American heavyweight boxer born 1982 in San Jose; Navy veteran and USC football player who turned pro at 30, went 18-0-1, and lost a 2017 WBC title fight to Deontay Wilder by fifth-round TKO.
Gerard Gordeau
Gerard Gordeau, Dutch savate and karate champion from The Hague, won the first UFC bout by knocking out Teila Tuli at UFC 1 (Nov 12, 1993), then lost the final to Royce Gracie; pro MMA record 2-2.
Germaine de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie, "The Iron Lady" (born 1984, Utrecht), Dutch MMA fighter and undefeated kickboxer (46-0, 30 KOs); first UFC women's featherweight champion (beat Holm, UFC 208, 2017), twice beaten by Amanda Nunes, UFC record 10-5.