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Amit Elor
Amit Elor (born 2004) is an American freestyle wrestler, 2024 Paris Olympic champion at 68 kg and two-time senior world champion at 72 kg; youngest U.S. Olympic wrestling gold medalist and Super Slam holder.
An Byeong Geun
An Byeong-Geun (안병근, also An Byung-Keun), born 1962, South Korean judoka who won Olympic gold in men's lightweight (−71 kg) at Los Angeles 1984, Asian Games gold in 1986, and placed =20 at Seoul 1988.
An Han Bong
An Han Bong (안한봉, An Hanbong, born 1968) is a South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, 1992 Barcelona Olympic bantamweight 57 kg gold medalist, 1990 Asian Games champion, and later national team head coach.
An Kum Ae
An Kum Ae (안금애), born 1980 in Pyeongyang, North Korean judoka in women's half-lightweight -52 kg; Olympic gold London 2012 (yuko over Yanet Bermoy, DPRK's first judo gold since 1996) and silver Beijing 2008.
Ana Maria Branza Popescu
Ana Maria Branza Popescu (Brânză-Popescu), born 1984 in Bucharest, is a retired Romanian left-handed épée fencer: five Olympics, individual silvers at Beijing 2008 and Tokyo 2020, team gold at Rio 2016, two world team titles, seven European titles, retired December 2021.
Anatoly Beloglazov
Anatoly Beloglazov (Анатолий Белоглазов), born 1956, Soviet freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympic 52 kg champion, three-time world champion, twin brother of Sergey Beloglazov, later coach of Canada, Australia, and Russia.
Anatoly Bykov
Anatoly Bykov (Анатолий Михайлович Быков, b. 1953), Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler, 74 kg: 1976 Olympic gold, 1980 silver, 1975 world champion; later a Kazakhstan coach who settled in Montreal.
Anatoly Kolesov
Anatoly Kolesov (1938–2012) was a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler who won the welterweight gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and three world titles, then became a coach and sports administrator.
Anatoly Parfyonov
Anatoly Parfyonov (Анатолий Иванович Парфёнов, 1925–1993), Soviet Greco-Roman heavyweight wrestler, 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medalist, WWII veteran, and coach of Olympic champion Nikolay Balboshin.
Anatoly Roshchin
Anatoly Roshchin (Анатолий Александрович Рощин, 1932–2016), Soviet Greco-Roman heavyweight wrestler; Olympic silver 1964 and 1968 behind István Kozma, super-heavyweight gold at Munich 1972 at age 40, three-time world champion.
Ancient sports (ancient combative sports)
Ancient combative sports: wrestling, boxing, and pankration, the 'heavy events' of the ancient Olympic Games from 708, 688, and 648 BCE, ruled by referees, ended with the games in 393 AD.
Anders Petersen
Anders Petersen (Anders Otto Petersen, 1899-1966), Danish boxer nicknamed Wunderkind, won flyweight silver at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics as the first Danish Olympic boxing medalist, then fought professionally in Denmark and Sweden until 1935.
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva, "The Spider," Brazilian MMA fighter, record 2,457-day UFC middleweight champion with 10 title defenses, 34-11 1 NC record, UFC Hall of Fame 2023 Pioneer.
Andrade El Idolo
Andrade El Idolo (Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza, born 1989) is a Mexican luchador, formerly La Sombra in CMLL and Los Ingobernables founder; NXT and WWE United States Champion, now in AEW's Don Callis Family and reigning AEW National Champion.
Andras Sike
Andras Sike (Sike András), born 1965 in Eger, is a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, 57 kg bantamweight Olympic champion at Seoul 1988, later Ferencváros coach and Hungarian national Greco-Roman head coach 2015–2021.
Andre Berto
Andre Berto (born 1983, Miami) is a Haitian-American boxer, two-time welterweight world champion (WBC 2008-2011, IBF 2011), 2004 Haitian Olympian, record 32-5 with 24 KOs.
Andre Bonin
Andre Bonin (André Jean Eugène Bonin, 1909–1998) was a French foil fencer of the Cercle d'Escrime de Paris who won team foil gold at the 1948 London Olympics and the 1947 Lisbon World Championships.
Andre Fili
Andre "Touchy" Fili (born 1990) is an American UFC featherweight from Federal Way, Washington, training at Team Alpha Male; pro record 26-14, UFC 14-13-1 NC, known for alternating wins and losses.
André Galvão
André Galvão (Deco), born 1982, Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and coach; six-time ADCC and six-time IBJJF World Champion, founder of Atos Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego; not the Portuguese writer Henrique Galvão.
André Lima (fighter)
André "Mascote" Lima (André Luís Lima Cardoso, born 1999) is a Brazilian UFC flyweight from Feira de Santana, Bahia, a former amateur kickboxer who won his UFC debut by disqualification after being bitten by Igor Severino, and later held a 12-1 record.
André the Giant
André the Giant (André René Roussimoff, 1946–1993), French wrestler and actor with acromegaly-driven gigantism, billed 7'4" and 520 lbs; WWWF/WWE star, WrestleMania III main-eventer, Fezzik in The Princess Bride, first WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Annual WWE battle royal introduced at WrestleMania 30 in 2014 as a tribute to André the Giant, contested for a memorial trophy; first won by Cesaro, later moved to SmackDown, most recently won by Royce Keys in 2026.
Andre Ward
Andre Ward, also known as Andre Michael Ward, is a retired American boxer who won Olympic gold in 2004 and retired unbeaten at 32-0 in 2017.
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Baldini is an Italian left-handed foil fencer, born in 1985 in Livorno, who won Olympic team gold at London 2012 and multiple World Championship medals.
Andrea Borella
Andrea Borella (born 1961, Mestre, Italy), Italian foil fencer; 1984 Olympic team gold, 1986 individual world champion, four world team titles, 17 World Cup wins, FIE Hall of Fame 2025.
Andrea Cipressa
Andrea Cipressa (born 1963, Venezia) is an Italian foil fencer, 1984 Olympic team gold medalist, three-time world team champion (1985, 1986, 1990), and head coach of Italy's national foil teams 2012–2021.
Andrea Lee (fighter)
Andrea "KGB" Lee (born 1989) is an American UFC flyweight fighter and former LFA champion who left the UFC on a record six-fight losing streak.
Andrea Marrazzi
Andrea Marrazzi (2 October 1887 – 18 October 1972), Italian épée fencer from Livorno; won team épée gold at Antwerp 1920, his only Olympics, later served on the Italian Fencing Federation board and wrote La Scherma Moderna (1955).
Andrea Minguzzi
Andrea Minguzzi, Italian Greco-Roman wrestler born 1982 in Castel San Pietro Terme; won surprise 84 kg gold at Beijing 2008, beating Mishin, Abrahamian, and Fodor; Fiamme Oro policeman.
Andreas Tews
Andreas Tews, German amateur boxer born 1968 in Rostock; flyweight silver for East Germany at Seoul 1988 and featherweight gold for Germany at Barcelona 1992; never turned professional.