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Akari Fujinami
Akari Fujinami (藤波朱理), Japanese freestyle wrestler born 2003 in Yokkaichi, Mie; Paris 2024 Olympic 53kg gold, 2021 and 2023 world champion, 155-match win streak ended by Il Sim Son at the 2026 Asian Games.
Akebono Tarō (曙太郎)
Akebono Tarō (曙太郎), born Chad Rowan, 64th yokozuna and first foreign-born sumo grand champion, promoted 1993; 11 tournament titles, retired January 2001, later K-1 and pro wrestling; died 2024.
Akhmed Tazhudinov
Akhmed Tazhudinov (Akhmed Magomedovich Tazhudinov, Ахмед Магомедович Тажудинов), Dagestan-born Bahraini freestyle wrestler at 97 kg; 2023 world champion and Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist, Bahrain's first Olympic champion outside athletics.
Akira Sone
Akira Sone (素根 輝), Japanese judoka born 2000 in Kurume, women's +78 kg. Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and mixed team silver medallist, double world champion (2019, 2023), 7th at Paris 2024.
Akira Tozawa (戸澤 陽)
Akira Tozawa (戸澤 アキラ), born 1985, is a Japanese WWE wrestler on Raw with Alpha Academy. Third Dragon Gate dojo graduate, former WWE Cruiserweight Champion, 16-time 24/7 Champion, ex-PWG and Dragon Gate standout.
Aksana (wrestler)
Aksana, ring name of Živilė Raudonienė (born 1982, Alytus, Lithuania), Lithuanian bodybuilder and WWE wrestler 2009–2014; FCW Divas Champion and Queen of FCW, NXT Goldust wedding storyline, released June 2014.
Al Haymon
Al Haymon, reclusive Harvard-educated American boxing manager and adviser to Floyd Mayweather Jr., creator of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), which returned boxing to free network TV in 2015 with Waddell & Reed backing.
Al Iaquinta
Al Iaquinta, "Raging Al" (born 1987), American UFC lightweight from Long Island; TUF 15 finalist, challenged Khabib Nurmagomedov for the vacant title at UFC 223 on 24 hours' notice, beat Kevin Lee, retired 15-7-1.
Al Snow
Al Snow is the ring name of Allen Ray Sarven, an American professional wrestler and trainer known for the Head gimmick and for owning Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Al Young
Al Young (Albert Young, 1877–1940), German-born American boxer, won welterweight gold at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics by decision over Harry Spanjer, then became a San Francisco boxing promoter.
Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich (Gerei Aladár), 1910–1991, Hungarian sabre fencer; won seven Olympic golds including six consecutive sabre team titles 1932–1960, an unmatched Olympic record, plus 10 total medals.
Alain Ngalani
Alain Ngalani ("The Panther", Pierre Alain Ngalani), Cameroonian-born Hong Kong heavyweight, four-time kickboxing/Muay Thai world champion and ONE Championship veteran (2013–2021) known for spinning-kick knockouts, including an 11-second heavyweight-record KO of Hideki Sekine; MMA record 4-6-0, 2 NC.
Alan Jouban
Alan Jouban, "Brahma" (born 1982, Lafayette, Louisiana), retired American UFC welterweight, 17-7 pro record, 11 KO wins; UFC 2014-2020, 8-5 in the Octagon; also a fashion model, commentator, and MMA H.E.A.T. podcast co-host.
Alan Khugayev
Alan Khugayev (Алан Анатольевич Хугаев) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler, born 1989 in Vladikavkaz, who won the light-heavyweight (84 kg) gold medal for Russia at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Albert Batyrgaziyev
Albert Batyrgaziyev (Batyrgaziev, Альберт Ханбулатович Батыргазиев), Russian southpaw boxer born 1998 in Dagestan; 2020 Tokyo Olympic featherweight gold medalist, the first professional boxer to win Olympic gold; later WBA interim super featherweight champion, first beaten by James Dickens in 2025.
Albert Bell (boxer)
Albert Bell (Albert Laron Bell, "Prince"), Toledo, Ohio lightweight; 2012 National Golden Gloves champion; 28-0 (9 KOs) contender who lost his first fight, a WBO title challenge against Abdullah Mason, by 12th-round TKO on July 4, 2026.
Albert Oldman
Albert Leonard Oldman (1883-1961), British heavyweight boxer and City of London policeman; won 1908 London Olympic heavyweight gold by two KOs, fought under one round total, later joined Ceylon police.
Alberta Santuccio
Alberta Santuccio (born 1994, Catania) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer, Fiamme Oro. Olympic team gold Paris 2024 (30-29 over France on her sudden-death touch), team bronze Tokyo 2020, world silver Milan 2023, Youth Olympic champion 2010.
Alberto Del Rio
Alberto Del Rio (José Alberto Rodríguez, El Patrón, Dos Caras Jr.), Mexican wrestler, first Mexican-born WWE Champion, 2011 Royal Rumble and Money in the Bank winner, nine world titles, later legal cases.
Alberto Lovell
Alberto Lovell, nicknamed "El Negro", was an Argentine heavyweight boxer who won the Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Los Angeles Games and later held the South American heavyweight title.
Alberto Pellegrino
Alberto Pellegrino (1930–1996), Italian épée and foil fencer, won Olympic team épée gold at Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960 plus two team silvers, and three world épée team titles (1955, 1957, 1958).
Alberto Puello
Alberto "La Avispa" Puello, Dominican southpaw boxer born 1994, former WBA and WBC super lightweight (140 lb) champion, first Dominican 140-pound world titlist, 25-1 with 11 KOs, facing Dalton Smith for the WBC belt in October 2026.
Aldo Montano
Aldo Montano, born 1978 in Livorno, is an Italian sabre fencer who won individual gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and five Olympic medals overall.
Aldo Nadi
Aldo Nadi (1899-1965), Italian fencer, younger brother of Nedo Nadi; won three team golds and individual sabre silver at Antwerp 1920, then a dominant professional, Hollywood coach, and author of On Fencing.
Alec Price
Alec Price is the ring name of Alec Parnell, an American high-flying professional wrestler from Boston, Massachusetts, who wrestles for AEW and Ring of Honor.
Alejandro Puerto
Alejandro Puerto (Alejandro Puerto Díaz), Cuban freestyle wrestler born 1964 in Pinar del Río; Olympic bantamweight (57 kg) gold at Barcelona 1992 and world champion in 1990 and 1994, not the Spanish or Mexican namesakes.
Aleksandar Rakić (Александар Ракић)
Aleksandar Rakić (Александар Ракић), nicknamed Rocket, Austrian UFC light heavyweight and later heavyweight fighter born 1992 in Vienna to a Serbian family; 15-6 record, kickboxing-based power striker, ACL injury in 2022 Blachowicz loss.
Aleksandr Beketov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Beketov (Александр Владимирович Бекетов), born 1970, Russian épée fencer; 1996 Atlanta Olympic champion in individual épée (15–14 over Iván Trevejo) and team silver medalist; later senior coach of Russia's men's épée team.
Aleksandr Dokturishvili
Aleksandr Dokturishvili (Alexander Dokturashvili, ალექსანდრე დოხტურიშვილი), Georgian-Uzbekistani Greco-Roman wrestler born 1980; 2001 European champion for Georgia, 2004 Asian champion, and 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist at 74 kg for Uzbekistan.
Aleksandr Ivanitsky
Aleksandr Ivanitsky (Александр Иваницкий) was a Soviet freestyle wrestler who won the 1964 Tokyo Olympic heavyweight gold medal and four world championship titles, then became a leading Soviet sports broadcaster.