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Armando Güner

Can Armando Güner, born 2008 in Krefeld, is a German-Argentine left-footed right winger who won the 2024/25 U17 Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach, played for Argentina's U17s, and joined Galatasaray in February 2026 for 350,000 EUR.

Armando Martinez

Armando Martinez, born in 1961 in Majagua, Cuba, is a Cuban boxer who won light-middleweight gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and silver at the 1982 World Championships.

Armando Reséndiz

Armando Reséndiz (José Armando Reséndiz García, "Toro"), Mexican super middleweight boxer born 1999 in Guayabitos, Nayarit. Record 16-3 (11 KOs); beat Plant and Hurd, WBA champion January-May 2026, lost title to Munguía.

Armando Valente

Armando Angelo Valente (1903-1997), Italian race walker from Genova; 7th in the 10 km walk at the 1924 Paris Olympics; set world records at 20 km, 25 km, and the 2-hour event; five Italian 10 km titles; CONI Gold Medal.

Armas Taipale

Armas Rudolf Taipale (1890-1976), Finnish discus thrower nicknamed Iso-Armas, won both discus events at Stockholm 1912 (45.21 m and 82.86 m both-hands) and discus silver at Antwerp 1920; his 1913 world-best throws were never ratified.

Armen Nazaryan

Armen Nazaryan (Արմեն Նազարյան, born 1974, Masis) is an Armenian-born Greco-Roman wrestler, two-time Olympic champion (1996 for Armenia, 2000 for Bulgaria), 2004 bronze medalist, three-time world champion, and later Bulgarian national coach.

Armen Petrosyan (Արմեն Պետրոսյան) (fighter)

Armen "Superman" Petrosyan (Արմեն Պետրոսյան), born 1990, is an Armenian-Russian middleweight MMA fighter and former Muay Thai champion who went 3-4 in the UFC (2022-2025) after a DWCS knockout win; not related to the kickboxing Petrosyan brothers.

Armenia national football team (Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական)

Armenia national football team (Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական), men's team of the FFA since 1992; never qualified for a World Cup or Euro; FIFA high 30th in 2014; home Yerevan; coach Yeghishe Melikyan.

Armin Eichholz

Armin Eichholz (born 1964, Duisburg) is a German rower, engineer, and manager; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Seoul 1988 for West Germany, bronze at Barcelona 1992, and 1991 world champion in the coxed four.

Armin Hary

Armin Hary (born 1937), West German sprinter, first person to run 100 m in 10.0 seconds (Zurich, 1960) and double 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 100 m and 4x100 m relay.

Ármin Pécsi

Ármin Pécsi (Pécsi Ármin), Hungarian goalkeeper born 2005 in Hainburg, Austria; ex-Puskás Akadémia, signed by Liverpool in 2025 for a reported £1.5m, capped once by Hungary, on 2026-27 loan at TSV Hartberg.

Armin Zöggeler

Armin Zöggeler (Il Cannibale), Italian luger born 1974 in Merano, won Olympic medals at six straight Games 1994–2014 (two golds), six world titles, and a record 57 World Cup races; now Italy's luge technical director and FIL vice president.

Arminas Narbekovas

Arminas Narbekovas (Армин Нарбеков), born 1965 in Gargždai, Lithuanian footballer and coach; 1988 Olympic champion with the USSR, Austria Wien star, Lithuania's UEFA Golden Player, later academy founder.

Arminia Bielefeld

DSC Arminia Bielefeld, German football club founded 3 May 1905 in Bielefeld, plays at the SchücoArena (26,750). Record eight Bundesliga promotions; 2024/25 3. Liga champions and DFB-Pokal finalists, now in 2. Bundesliga.

Armlock

Armlock: grappling submission attacking an arm joint, covering the armbar (juji-gatame), kimura, americana, omoplata, and wrist locks; legal at all adult BJJ belts and about 20% of elite submission finishes.

Armored Core

Armored Core is FromSoftware's mecha action series, debuting on PlayStation in 1997, centered on customizable mercenary mechs called Ravens' Armored Cores, spanning 16 main games through Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023).

Armored Core (アーマード・コア) (video game)

Armored Core (アーマード・コア) is FromSoftware's 1997 PlayStation mech action game that founded the series: assemble a custom AC from modular parts, run mercenary missions for corporations in a post-Great Destruction world, with PS4/PS5 re-release in 2025.

Armored Core V

Armored Core V (アーマード・コア ファイブ) is a 2012 FromSoftware mech action game for PS3 and Xbox 360, published by Namco Bandai, rebuilt around online team territory conquest; Metacritic 68.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is a 2023 FromSoftware mech action game published by Bandai Namco, the first Armored Core since Verdict Day (2013), set on Rubicon 3 and built around Assembly customization and the ACS stagger system.

Armored Core: Verdict Day

Armored Core: Verdict Day (アーマード・コア ヴァーディクトデイ) is FromSoftware's 2013 mecha action game for PS3 and Xbox 360, a sequel to Armored Core V with UNAC AI companions, faction territory war, and online servers closed March 31, 2024.

Arms (video game)

Arms (ARMS) is Nintendo's 2017 Switch fighting game with extendable, curving arms, Joy-Con motion controls, 10 launch fighters grown to 15, 2.72 million sales, Metascore 77, and a 2025 Switch 2 update.

Army Black Knights football

Army Black Knights football: West Point's FBS program, 2024 American Athletic Conference member and 2024 champion; claims 1914, 1944, 1945 national titles; coached by Jeff Monken; competes with Navy and Air Force for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.

Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead is a 2021 American zombie-heist thriller directed by Zack Snyder, starring Dave Bautista, about thieves raiding a zombie-ruled, quarantined Las Vegas.

Army of Two

Army of Two: EA co-op third-person shooter franchise (Army of Two 2008, The 40th Day 2010, The Devil's Cartel 2013) for PS3/Xbox 360, known for the Aggro system, Salem and Rios, and Alpha/Bravo.

Arn Anderson

Arn Anderson (Martin Lunde), "The Enforcer," American retired pro wrestler, founding member of the Four Horsemen in NWA/WCW, famed for his spinebuster, WWE Hall of Famer 2012, later WWE producer and AEW manager 2019-2024.

Arnaldo Andreoli

Arnaldo Andreoli (1893–1952), Italian artistic gymnast from Modena, won team all-around gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics with Italy (359.855 points); later a gymnastics organizer, CONI Gold Medal recipient.

Arnaldo Carli

Arnaldo Carli (30 July 1901 – 20 December 1983) was an Italian track cyclist, gold medalist in the men's 4,000 m team pursuit at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics with Ferrario, Giorgetti, and Magnani, later a professional six-day and Giro d'Italia rider.

Arnaud Boiteau

Arnaud Boiteau, born 1973 in Angers, is a French eventing rider, Olympic team gold medalist at Athens 2004 riding Expo du Moulin, and a civilian écuyer of the Cadre Noir de Saumur who retired from competition in February 2025.

Arnaud Geyre

Arnaud Geyre (Arnaud Pascal Geyre), French road cyclist (1935-2018); 1956 Melbourne Olympic silver in the individual road race and team gold; professional 1958-1963 with Helyett, Mercier-BP-Hutchinson, and Pinturas Ega.

Arnaud Tournant

Arnaud Tournant (born 1978, Roubaix) is a French track cyclist, Olympic 2000 team sprint gold medalist and holder of 14 UCI Track World Championship titles, a record until Harrie Lavreysen passed it; first man under one minute for the kilo (58.875 s, La Paz 2001).